About this event
- Date and time Thu 12 Oct 2023 from 8:00am to 13 Oct 2023 at 12:20pm
- Location Royal Society of Medicine
- Organised by Partner Symposium
Cardiovascular medicine is a rapidly evolving discipline, with continuous advances applicable in primary, secondary and tertiary care. Research studies and clinical trials continually extend the evidence base addressing cardiovascular disease recognition, diagnosis and treatment while new technologies, drugs and devices relentlessly expand the therapeutic choices available to clinicians and their patients.
Stay at the forefront of cardiovascular medicine with our two-day seminar in partnership with Cleveland Clinic and its Heart, Vascular and Thoracic Institute. Join experts from the UK and the USA as they comprehensively review recent changes in the field, offering critical updates and recommendations. Guests will have access to a complimentary drinks reception with canapés to network with fellow attendees and well-renowned speakers from the event.
By attending this event, you will learn:
- Optimal management of dyslipidemia, hypertension, kidney disease, diabetes, obesity, diet, and lifestyle for cardiovascular risk reduction
- Primary prevention challenges in specific populations like cancer patients, females, and the elderly
- Diagnosis and management essentials for stable angina, acute coronary syndromes, and peripheral vascular disease
- Integrate advances in the diagnosis and management of heart valve disease
- Identifying suitable patients for structural heart interventions and when to refer them for advanced therapies
- Recommendations for heart failure diagnosis and management
- New options for preventing, detecting, and managing heart rhythm disorders
Target Audience
This course is designed for general practitioners, general physicians, cardiologists, cardiac surgeons, nurses, and other medical professionals interested in cardiovascular medicine.
Cleveland Clinic has been ranked the No. 1 heart care program for 28 consecutive years in the annual “America’s Best Hospitals” survey done by U.S. News & World Report, as well as the No. 2 hospital in the world by Newsweek’s World’s Best Hospitals 2022 list.
Caring for life. Researching for health. Educating those who serve.
Accreditation
In support of improving patient care, Cleveland Clinic Center for Continuing Education is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
Credit Designation
American Medical Association (AMA)
Cleveland Clinic Foundation Center for Continuing Education designates this internet live activity for a maximum of 7.75 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Certificate of Participation
A certificate of participation will be provided to other healthcare professionals for requesting credits in accordance with their professional boards and/or associations
Faculty Disclosure
The Cleveland Clinic Foundation Center for Continuing Education has implemented a policy to comply with the current Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education Standards for Integrity and Independence requiring mitigation of all faculty conflicts of interest. Faculty declaring a relevant financial relationship will be identified in the activity syllabus.
Sponsorship and exhibit
For exhibiting or sponsoring this event, please contact Heather Muirhead by emailing muirheh@ccf.org
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Agenda
Day 1: View the programme
Registration and breakfast
Welcome and Introduction
Lars Svensson, MD,PhD, Thoracic and Cardovascular Surgery, Cleveland Clinic and Olaf Wendler, MD, PhD, Consultant Cardiac Surgeon, Cleveland Clinic London and King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Session 1: Detection and prevention of cardiovascular disease
Chairs: Leslie Cho, MD, Cardiovascular Medicine, Cleveland Clinic and Bernard Prendergast, DM, Consultant Cardiologist, Cleveland Clinic London and Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust
Panel: Milind Desai, MD, MBA, Cardiovascular Medicine, Cleveland Clinic, Ruth Whitby, BSc, MBBS, DRCOG, General Practice, Cleveland Clinic London, Barbara McGowan, MA, MBBS, MRCP, PhD, Professor, Diabetes and Endocrinology, Cleveland Clinic London and Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, and Venugopal Menon, MD, Cardiovascular Medicine, Cleveland Clinic
Who is at risk? The dawn of precision medicine
Charis Antonaides, MD, PhD, Chair, British Heart Foundation, Professor, Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Oxford and Director, Acute Multidisciplinary Imaging and Interventional Centre and Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Prevention and management of cardiovascular disease in women throughout their lifespan
Leslie Cho
Exercise and sport: couch to 10K and beyond
Sanjay Sharma, BSc(Hons), MB ChB, MD, Consultant Cardiologist, Cleveland Clinic London
Prevention in the very elderly: 'Fall' is not a diagnosis
Alex Wu, MB, BS, Consultant Physician, General Internal Medicine, Cleveland Clinic London and Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust
Cancer and the heart: A new group at risk
Ali Vazir, MBBS PhD, Royal Brompton Hospital and Imperial College London and Royal Brompton and Harefield Hospitals, Guy's and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust
Panel discussion
Session 2: Vascular risk factors new and old
Chairs: Leslie Cho and Venu Menon
Panel: Raj Sharma, BSc (Hons), MBBS, Consultant Cardiologist, Cleveland Clinic London and St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Joan Pattle, MBBS, MRCGP, MBA, BSBA (Finance), General Practice, Cleveland Clinic London and NHS North West London CCG, George Amin-Yousseff, MB BCh, MSc, MRCP, Consultant Cardiologist, Cleveland Clinic London and King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, and Leslie Cho
Modern lipid management: Latest drugs, latest targets, latest strategies
John Deanfield, CBE, FMedSci, Professor, Cardiology, University College London
Hypertension: An old disease with new treatment options
Venu Menon
Diabetes and the obesity epidemic: time for action
Dorota Dworakowska, MD, PhD, MRCP UK, Consultant, Diabetes and Endocrinology, Cleveland Clinic London
Hormone replacement and the heart: Estrogen and testosterone
Leslie Cho
Kidneys and the cardiovascular system: Between a rock and a hard place
Peter Hill, BSc, MBBS, Consultant Nephrologist and General Physician, Cleveland Clinic London and Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
Panel discussion
Tea and coffee break
Session 3: Heart failure
Moderators: Randy Starling, MD, MPH, Cardiovascular Medicine, Cleveland Clinic and Bushra Rana, MBBS, Consultant Cardiologist, Cleveland Clinic London and Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
Panel: George Amin-Yousseff, George Auzinger, MD, AFICM, Consultant Intensive Care Medicine, Cleveland Clinic London and King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Jim Newton, MB ChB(Hons), MD, Consultant Cardiologist, Cleveland Clinic London and Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, and Milind Desai
A disease with many faces: The new universal definition of heart failure
Randy Starling
Diagnosis beyond echocardiography and BNP: The role of advanced imaging
Dudley Pennel, BA, MB Bchir, MA, MD, Consultant Cardiologist, Cleveland Clinic London and Royal Brompton and Harefield Hospitals, Guy's and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust
Acute heart failure: Where cardiology and critical care collide (and collaborate)
Venu Menon
Chronic heart failure: Drugs, devices and end-of-life care
Raj Sharma
Long COVID syndrome: New disease or urban myth?
Guy Lloyd, MD, Consultant Cardiologist, Cleveland Clinic London and Barts Health NHS Trust
Panel discussion
Lunch
Session 4: Valve Disease 1 - diagnosis and surveillance
Moderators: Brian Griffin, MD, Cardiovascular Medicine, Cleveland Clinic and Bernard Prendergast
Panel: Jim Newton, Tapesh Pakrashi, Raj Sharma, BSc (Hons), MBBS, Consultant Cardiologist, Cleveland Clinic London, Mike Bellamy, BSc (Hons), MBBS (Hons), MD, Consultant Cardiologist, Cleveland Clinic London and Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, and Marc Gillinov, MD, Thoracic and Cardovascular Surgery, Cleveland Clinic
The scale of the problem: Early diagnosis, early referral, early intervention
Brian Griffin
Echocardiographic assessment: Anatomy, physiology and indicators for intervention
Kelly Victor, DClinSc, Lead Physiologist for Echocardiography, Cleveland Clinic London
Valve clinics: More than just watchful waiting
Bushra Rana
Don’t forget the right heart: Under-assessed and easily over-looked
Jonathan Byrne, MB ChB, Consultant Cardiologist, Cleveland Clinic London and King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: Muscle or mitral?
Milind Desai
Panel discussion
Tea and coffee break
Session 5: Valve Disease 2 - transcatheter intervention and surgery
Moderators: Jon Byrne and Aung Oo, MBBS, MD, Consultant Cardiac Surgeon, Cleveland Clinic London and Barts Health NHS Trust
Panel: Andreas Baumbach, MD, Consultant Cardiologist, Cleveland Clinic London, Cesare Quarto, MD, PhD, Consultant Cardiac Surgeon, Cleveland Clinic London and Royal Brompton and Harefield Hospitals, Guy's and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, Max Baghai, BSc, MBBS, MRCS, PhD, Consultant Cardiothoracic Surgeon, Cleveland Clinic London and King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, and Brian Griffin
Transcatheter aortic valve replacement: Innovation, evolution and new indications
Ian Webb, PhD, MA, Consultant Cardiologist, Cleveland Clinic London and King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Aortic valve repair: Large roots and re-implantation techniques
Lars Svensson
Mitral and tricuspid edge-to-edge repair: Ready for lift off
Sam Dawkins, MBBS, BSc, MRCP, DPhil, Consultant Cardiologist, Cleveland Clinic London and Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Mitral valve surgery: Repair, replace or robot?
Marc Gillinov
Emerging technologies: Necessity is the mother of invention
Samir Kapadia, MD, Cardiovascular Medicine, Cleveland Clinic
Panel discussion
Drinks reception
Day 2: View the programme
Breakfast
Session 6: Coronary artery and peripheral venous disease
Moderators: Venu Menon and Simon Redwood, MBSS, MD, FRCP, FACC, FSCAI, Interventional Cardiology, Cleveland Clinic London and Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust
Panel: Carole Ridge, MB BCh, BAO, MRCPI, Consultant Radiologist, Cleveland Clinic London and Royal Brompton and Harefield Hospitals, Guy's and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, Gianluca Lucchese, MD, PhD, Consultant Cardiac Surgeon, Cleveland Clinic London and Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, Julian Strange, MB ChB, FRCP, MD, Consultant Cardiologist, Cleveland Clinic London and University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust, and Lars Svensson
Investigation of chest pain: Towards personalized "precision" testing
Milind Desai
Angina and normal coronary arteries: The role of the microcirculation
Ramzi Khamis, MBChB, DIC PhD, Consultant Interventional Cardiologist, Cleveland Clinic London and Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
Revascularization for stable angina: Who, where and how?
Ian Webb
Coronary bypass grafting: Old treatment, new approaches
Olaf Wendler
Acute coronary syndromes: What do we know, and what do we need to know?
Andreas Baumbach, MD, Consultant Cardiologist, Cleveland Clinic London and Barts Health NHS Trust
Chronic venous disease: New approaches and treatment options
Chung Lim, MBBS, PhD, Consultant Vascular Surgeon, Cleveland Clinic London and Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust
Panel discussion
Tea and coffee break
Session 7: Heart rhythm management
Moderators: Niraj Varma, MA, MD, PhD, Consultant Cardiac Electrophysiologist, Cleveland Clinic London and Aldo Rinaldi, MBBS, MD, Consultant Cardiologist, Cleveland Clinic London and Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust
Panel: Manav Sohal, BSc, MBBS, MRCP, PhD, Electrophysiology, Cleveland Clinic London and St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Sanjay Sharma and Tom Wong, MB ChB, MRCP, MD, Consultant Cardiologist, Cleveland Clinic London and St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and Royal Brompton and Harefield Hospitals, Guy's and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust
Medical and interventional options for atrial fibrillation: Who wins?
Matthew Wright, MB, BS, PhD, Consultant Cardiologist, Guy’s and St Thomas’ and Cleveland Clinic London
Left atrial appendage closure in atrial fibrillation patients: Stroke prevention without anticoagulation
Narbeh Melikian, BSc(Hons), MBBS(Hons), MD(Res), Consultant Cardiologist, Cleveland Clinic London and King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Sudden death: Who is at risk?
Pier Lambiase, BA, BM BCh, PhD, Consultant Cardiologist, Cleveland Clinic London and Barts Health NHS Trust
Beyond atrial fibrillation: Ablation for ventricular arrhythmias
Magdi Saba, MB BCh, MSc, MD, Consultant Cardiologist, Cleveland Clinic London and St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Syncope and autonomic dysfunction: Difficult diseases, difficult patients
Nick Gall, MSc, MD, Consultant Cardiologist, Kings College London and King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Pacemakers and defibrillators: New implant and explant approaches
Aldo Rinaldi
Advances in electrophysiology: New and emerging approaches
Niraj Varma
Panel discussion
Closing remarks
Close of meeting
Location
Royal Society of Medicine, 1 Wimpole St, Marylebone, London, W1G 0AE, United Kingdom
Disclaimers:
Registration for this event will close on 11 October 2023 at 1:00am (BST). Late registrations will not be accepted.
The agenda is subject to change at any time
All views expressed at this event are of the speakers themselves and not of the Royal Society of Medicine, nor the speaker's organisations.