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The Cardiometabolic Summit provides a comprehensive review of the latest breakthroughs, advances and innovations in preventive and clinical cardiac and vascular medicine. Expert faculty will explore patient management approaches to the assessment and reduction of cardiovascular disease risk and cost-effective solutions in preventive cardiology. Through focused presentation sessions and panel discussions, they will provide practical patient care management approaches as they address integrative medicine, recent guideline changes, expert consensus updates, lifestyle management, hypertension treatment, advanced coronary artery disease management, and new perspectives on the diabetic heart.
Complete details at CardioMetabolic.BaptistHealth.net
Registration Fees: Please choose Register tab to process your registration.
| Attendee Type | Cost |
| Physicians | $345 |
| BHSF Employee | $95 |
| Nurses and Allied Health Professionals | $195 |
| International Physician | $276 |
Target Audience
Cardiologists, General Internists, Family Physicians, Emergency Medicine and Urgent Care Physicians, Obstetricians, Gynecologists, Psychologists, Physician Assistants, Nurse Practitioners, Nurses, Pharmacists, Respiratory Therapists, Lab Personnel (Friday only), Dietitians and all healthcare professionals who care for patients who wish to prevent – or who have been diagnosed with - cardiology, vascular and or metabolic risks, disorders or diseases.
Learning Objectives
- Address the persistent sex-specific gaps found in guidelines, recommendations and prevention of cardiovascular disease strategies for women, and recognize diagnostic and therapeutic adherence.
- Recognize the risk factors associated with asymptomatic carotid atherosclerotic disease, and examine the evidence that supports a conservative approach to carotid revascularization in asymptomatic patients.
- Interpret and implement current guidelines on utilization of cholesterol lowering therapy to reduce the risk of heart attack and stroke.
- Examine and implement the National Lipid Association recommendations for patient-centered management of dyslipidemia.
- Cite the clinical trial evidence supporting the use of omega-3 fatty acids in cardiovascular disease prevention
- Review the randomized clinical trials currently evaluating the incremental benefit of adding omega-3 fatty acids to statin therapy in high-risk patients with elevated triglycerides.
- Examine the evidence that reveals how meditation promotes health and well-being.
- Implement strategies to effectively motivate smoking cessation behaviors in patients, and examine pharmacologic options for smoking cessation therapies.
- Implement practical treatment protocols for the management of obesity from the point of view of the practicing physician.
- Explain the role of bariatric surgery and its impact in obese individuals diagnosed with diabetes and cardiovascular diseases.
- Initiate effective patient education discussions about the minimal level of exercise needed for improved health.
- Recognize components of the optimal diet for cardiovascular health, and explain the scientific evidence behind popular weight loss diets.
- Recognize the key differences and controversies among the multitude of hypertension practice guidelines, and discuss the different rationales for variable BP goals.
- Examine the formal evidence from the FOURIER trial, and explain how targeted treatment at PCSK9 inhibition confers additional cardiovascular benefits beyond lipid-lowering treatment alone.
- Examine the current results of the CANTOS study and explain how targeting inflammation produces a direct benefit on patient outcomes.
- Examine the impact of adding empagliflozin to standard care of type 2 diabetes patients who are at high risk for cardiovascular events.
- Evaluate the implications of the absence of coronary artery calcium (CAC) in reclassifying patients from a risk stratum in which statins are recommended to one in which they are not.
- Examine statin-associated muscular adverse events, and explain how such events are typically temporal due to the initiation of statin therapy.
- Describe and recognize the usefulness of stress testing in patients with suspected coronary artery disease.
- Examine the role of coronary computed tomographic angiography as a diagnostic tool in the evaluation of patients with chest pain.
- Recognize the strong association atrial fibrillation has with other cardiovascular diseases in order to properly manage, diagnose and treat.
- Examine prevention, reversal and treatment strategies for heart failure, considering medical and surgical options.
- Assess the long-term vital prognosis of patients with abdominal aortic aneurysmal disease or peripheral artery disease to determine possible differences in survival, prognostic risk profiles and causes of death.
- Examine the primary causes of aortic stenosis, its progression and risks, and recognize the diagnostic tests and treatment options available.
Parking:
Daily parking is $22.00.
Overnight parking is $45 plus tax
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 11.5 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 11.5 credit hours by the Florida Boards of Medicine, Osteopathic Medicine, Podiatric Medicine, Psychology and the Florida Council of Physician Assistants. 1.0 credit for the Thursday session (CE Broker #20-600075), 6.0 credits for the Friday session (CE Broker #20-600077) and 4.5 credits for the Saturday session (CE Broker #20-600079).
Successful completion of this CME activity enables the participant to earn up to 11.5 MOC points in the American Board of Internal Medicine’s (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. Participants will earn MOC point’s equivalent to the amount of CME credits claimed for the activity. It is the CME activity provider’s responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC points.
Your participation information will be shared with the ACCME, which will in turn report your points to ABIM. Successful completion of a course examination is required to earn ABIM MOC points.
Application for CME has been filed with the American Academy of Family Physician Determination of credit is pending.
Approved on a session-by-session basis for a total of 11.5 contact hours by the Florida State Board of Nursing CE Broker Provider #50-182 (1.0 credit for the Thursday session, 6.0 credits for the Friday session and 4.5 credits for the Saturday session.)
This activity has been approved on a session-by-session basis for a total of 11.5 contact hours by the Florida State Board of Pharmacy, CE Broker Provider #50-182; (1 credit for the Thursday session, 6.0 credits for the Friday session and 4.5 credits for the Saturday session.)
This activity has been approved for a total of 11.5 contact hours for respiratory therapy personnel in the category of General Direct Delivery of Respiratory Care by the State of Florida, AHCA provider #RCE58, Baptist Health South Florida. CE Broker Provider #50-182. 1.0 credit for the Thursday session, 6.0 credits for the Friday session and 4.5 credits for the Saturday session.
Sonographers and vascular technologists may use these credits to fulfill their ARDMS requirements.
These activities have been approved for continuing education credits by the Florida Bureau of Radiation Control, Provider #3201106. (1.0 credit Thursday Course #20001710), (6.0 credits Friday Course #20001711) and (4.5 credits Saturday Course #20001712).
This activity has been approved for a total of 6 contact hours (Friday only) by the Florida Board of Clinical Laboratory Personnel in the category of clinical chemistry.
This activity has been approved by the Commission on Dietetic Registration for 11.5 CPEUs.
Price
Please note that your registration was after the cutoff time for name badges and the roster. Please bring a copy of your paid receipt or this email (you can show on phone) to the registration table.
A few things to know before you attend:
∙Discounted Parking Rates:
Valet $22 daily charge.
Overnight $45. This charge should appear in your hotel portfolio.
∙ Welcome Keynote Lecture and Dinner begins promptly at 5:45 p.m. on Thursday in the Mona Lisa Ballroom
∙ Symposium Registration and breakfast begins at 7:15 a.m. on Friday and Saturday.
∙ Meeting Room and Exhibit Locations: Ocean Tower II B-C ■ Exhibit Hall Location: Ocean Tower II A
∙ Complimentary internet is available throughout the meeting areas and Exhibit Hall. No special code is necessary to log-in.
∙ Temperatures in the meeting room tend to be cool and personal comfort levels vary. Please bring a sweater/jacket with you to the summit.
∙ Hotel website: http://NobuEdenRoc.com
∙ IMPORTANT: The Annual Food and Wine Festival is taking place this week. We strongly encourage early arrival to guarantee a parking space or carpooling or uber.
∙ Available Faculty Presentations are at http://CardioMetabolic.BaptistHealth.net/Presentations
∙ Faculty presentations will be updated and available for two weeks following the summit.
∙ Contact us: CME@BaptistHealth.net or 786-596-2398.
Required Hardware/Software
Technical Support: If you are experiencing technical difficulties or have received an error message, please send an email to CME@BaptistHealth.net and include a print screen of the error message, your browser name and version, username and URL where the error occurred. You can expect a response within 48 hours.