CME Programs
Dimensions in Heart and Vascular Care: Advancing Your Scope of Excellence
Friday, October 18, 2013
Hershey Lodge, Hershey, Pennsylvania
Overview
With the significant incidence and prevalence of coronary and peripheral artery disease in the United States it is essential for healthcare professionals to stay abreast to the developments within this field. Open to all members of the intraprofessional team, Penn State's Inaugural Dimensions in Heart and Vascular Care: Advancing Your Scope of Excellence, is designed to highlight the numerous dimensions and advancements within the field of heart and vascular care. This meeting is designed to impact practice, explore evidence-based research and demonstrate cutting-edge techniques that can be directly applied to the learners' clinical and academic practice.
Featuring Plenary Speakers
Lawrence Sinoway, M.D.
Director, Penn State Hershey Heart & Vascular Institute
Al Vicere, Ph.D.
Executive Education Director of Strategic Leadership
Darrell G. Kirch, M.D.
President and CEO, Association of American Medical Colleges
"Leadership Mini-Workshop" in Track 4
Wiley W. "Chip" Souba, Jr., M.D.
Vice-President for Health Affairs, Dartmouth College
Six tracks of customized learning, including the 6th Annual Heartbeats in Hershey program
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For more information on these continuing education programs, please contact the Continuing Education office at Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, 717-531-6483 or ContinuingEd@hmc.psu.edu.
Congress on ECMO Therapy
4th International Conference
Saturday, October 19, 2013
Hershey Lodge, Hershey, Pennsylvania
A proven winner for ECMO teams
Building on the success of the past three years, this conference offers nationally known speakers presenting fast-paced sessions on clinical and regulatory issues, new technologies, and advanced strategies of care.
Aly El Banayosy, M.D. - Course Director
Join us in Hershey
Hershey is conveniently located in central Pennsylvania, just 90 minutes from Baltimore and Philadelphia, two hours from Washington, D.C., and three hours from New York City. Come and visit the town that has been named "the sweetest place on earth." There are many attractions in a close radius, including HersheyPark, Hershey's Chocolate World, HersheyPark ZooAmerica, the Hershey Story museum, Hershey Gardens, Hershey Theatre, The Hotel Hershey and its Chocolate Spa, and The Antique Automobile Club of America Museum, as well as Dutch Wonderland and Lancaster PA Dutch country, historic Gettysburg, and the PA state capital of Harrisburg. For additional information about Hershey,PA, please visit HersheyPA.com or call 1-800-HERSHEY (437-7439).
Purpose
The 4th International Congress on ECMO Therapy is presented by Penn State College of Medicine. It is designed to discuss, define, and resolve outstanding clinical and regulatory issues related to ECMO therapy. Discussions will be led by international leaders in the field. New technology and advanced techniques for cannulation and circuitry will be presented. Unique and effective methods for managing long-term ECMO patients in the ICU will be presented as well.
Audience
Cardiothoracic surgeons; heart and lung transplant surgeons; cardiologists including interventional, acute care, heart failure, and heart transplant; cardiac and cardiothoracic fellows; pulmonologists; intensivists; cardiovascular/pulmonary/critical care anesthesiologists; nurse practitioners; physician assistants; and perfusion, nursing, and ECMO teams can benefit from attending this program.
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