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ForwardJose “Pepe” Alvarez, Jr., M.D., Memorial Lecture on Vascular Disease: DVT and Pulmonary Embolus: Recent Advances in Diagnosis and Therapy
Deep venous thrombosis (DVT) and pulmonary embolism (PE) are the two most important manifestations of venous thromboembolism (VTE), which is the third most common life-threatening cardiovascular disease, after myocardial infarction and stroke, in the United States. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the annual incidence of VTE is one or two per 1,000 persons, and the overall mortality rate is between 60,000 and 100,000 annually. Please join us for the 15th Annual Jose “Pepe” Alvarez Jr., M.D., Memorial Lecture on Vascular Disease, with guest speaker John A. Kaufman, M.D.
Target Audience
Cardiologists, Vascular Surgeons, Interventional Radiologists, Interventional Cardiologists, Primary Care Physicians, Podiatrists, Emergency Medicine Physicians, General Internists, Nurses, Pharmacists, Respiratory Therapists and other interested healthcare providers.
Learning Objectives
- Describe current indications, techniques, and outcomes for intervention in deep venous thrombosis and acute pulmonary embolism.
- Implement evidence-based risk stratification of patients presenting with DVT or acute pulmonary embolism, and initiate appropriate treatment.
John A. Kaufman, M.D., M.S., FSIR, FAHA, FCIRSE, EBIR
Chair, Department of Interventional Radiology
Director, Dotter Interventional Institute
Frederick S. Keller Professor of Interventional Radiology
Oregon Health & Science University
Portland, Oregon
John Kaufman, M.D., faculty for this educational event, is a consultant for Argon, Cook Medical, Medyx.ai, and Shape Memory Medical. In addition he is a stock shareholder for Auxetics, Hatch Medical, Endoshape and VuMedi. Dr. Kaufman indicated that he will include discussion of off-label use in his presentation.
Barry T. Katzen, M.D. – Consultant for Phillips, Gore and Boston Scientific.
All of the relevant financial relationships listed for this individual have been mitigated.
Non-faculty contributors and others involved in the planning, development, and editing/review of the content have relevant financial relationships to disclose with ineligible companies*:
Other contributors involved in the planning, development, and editing/review of the content have no relevant financial relationships to disclose with ineligible companies.*
*Ineligible companies - Companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.
Baptist Health South Florida is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians. Baptist Health has been re-surveyed by the ACCME and awarded Commendation for 6 years as a provider of CME for physicians.
Baptist Health South Florida designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
This activity has been approved for 1.5 credit hours, CE Broker Course #20-848838, by the Florida Boards of Medicine, Osteopathic Medicine and by the Florida Council of Physician Assistants.
This activity has also been approved for 1.5 credit hours for Nurse Practitioners, Nurse, Pharmacists, Respiratory Therapists (direct delivery) and Occupational Therapists. Baptist Health South Florida CE Broker Provider #50-182.
Available Credit
- 1.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
- 1.50 General certificate of attendance
- 1.50 Nurse Practitioners
- 1.50 Florida Board of Nursing
- 1.50 Florida Board of Occupational Therapy
- 1.50 Florida Board of Pharmacy
- 1.50 Florida Board of Podiatric Medicine
- 1.50 Florida Board of Respiratory Therapy
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