ACC Lake Louise - Annual Cardiology Conference

16th Annual Residents’ Research Competition

Philip — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 16:42:03 +0000

ACC Lake Louise is committed to supporting and encouraging case-based clinical research among cardiology and cardiac surgery residents and fellows. The 16th Annual Residents’ Research Competition will be held Sunday, March 13, 2011.

2010 Final Agenda

Philip — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 02:43:34 +0000

The final agenda is now available. Read more…

Introducing the Educational Support Program

Philip — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 03:14:30 +0000

We are delighted to introduce the ACC Lake Louise Educational Support Program, offering cardiology residents and fellows enrolled in Canadian training programs complimentary tuition to the 2010 ACC Lake Louise Conference. The objective of this Program is to assist fellows and residents in their ongoing educational development. To learn more, click here to download the Educational Support Program information letter.

2010 Preliminary Agenda

Philip — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 19:18:43 +0000

The preliminary agenda is now available. Read more…

15th Annual Residents’ Research Competition

Philip — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 19:17:51 +0000

Thanks to all the residents and fellows who submitted abstracts to the 2010 Residents’ Research Competition! After reviewing the many excellent submissions from across the country, the panel of judges have selected 3 finalists for the 2010 Competition. We are also very pleased to announce the first Poster Competition. Read more…

2010 CCS Workshop

Philip — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 19:14:32 +0000

The 2010 Canadian Cardiovascular Society (CCS) National Workshop Initiative, under the auspices of the CCS Heart Failure Guidelines Program, is pleased to present its 4th annual heart failure workshop at ACC Lake Louise. Details on this workshop will be available shortly.

Welcome to Novartis – Bronze Sponsor for 2010

Philip — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 21:22:43 +0000

Novartis Pharmaceuticals Canada Inc. (www.novartis.ca) has joined in supporting the 26th Annual Cardiovascular Conference at Lake Louise.

Our thanks to Novartis for making this event possible. Here’s to a successful partnership in furthering cardiovascular research and continuing medical education!

Welcome to Pfizer – Bronze Sponsor for 2010

Philip — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 21:20:32 +0000

Pfizer Canada Inc. (www.pfizer.ca) has joined in supporting the 26th Annual Cardiovascular Conference at Lake Louise.

Our thanks to Pfizer for making this event possible. Here’s to a successful partnership in furthering cardiovascular research and continuing medical education!

Welcome to Roche – Silver Sponsor for 2010

Philip — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 21:18:57 +0000

Roche Canada (www.rochecanada.com) has joined in supporting the 26th Annual Cardiovascular Conference at Lake Louise.

Our thanks to Roche for making this event possible. Here’s to a successful partnership in furthering cardiovascular research and continuing medical education!

Welcome to Boehringer Ingelheim – Platinum Sponsor for 2010

Philip — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 21:17:03 +0000

Boehringer Ingelheim (Canada) Ltd./Ltée. (www.boehringer-ingelheim.ca) has joined in supporting the 26th Annual Cardiovascular Conference at Lake Louise.

Our thanks to Boehringer Ingelheim for making this event possible. Here’s to a successful partnership in furthering cardiovascular research and continuing medical education!

Welcome to AstraZeneca – Platinum Sponsor for 2010

Philip — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 21:14:22 +0000

AstraZeneca Canada Inc. (www.astrazeneca.ca) has joined in supporting the 26th Annual Cardiovascular Conference at Lake Louise.

Our thanks to AstraZeneca for making this event possible. Here’s to a successful partnership in furthering cardiovascular research and continuing medical education!

Preliminary Conference Agenda and Faculty

Philip — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 21:11:51 +0000

The 26th Annual Cardiovascular Conference at Lake Louise will be held March 21-25, 2010.

Download the print-friendly version of the preliminary agenda.

ACC Lake Louise, in Banff National Park, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, provides a five-day scientific program on the latest diagnostic, therapeutic, and preventive approaches to cardiovascular disease. Faculty are among those who set the worldwide cardiovascular agenda. This accredited event has a 25-year tradition of excellence.

The conference is designed to benefit cardiologists, internists, cardiovascular surgeons, general practitioners, and other healthcare professionals interested in cardiovascular medicine and surgery. The program consists of lectures, panel discussions, knowledge translation workshops.

Lake Louise offers family-friendly ski runs for all levels of ability, as well as miles of beautiful cross-country ski trails. Special lift ticket discounts are available for conference attendees and their families.

In addition to skiing, visitors to Lake Louise are able to enjoy ice skating on the lake and the amenities of the fully equipped health club. You can also experience dog- and horse-sled rides, or pamper yourself in the newly updated spa. Your culinary cravings will be more than satisfied with the exquisite food selection at one of the several dining rooms within the Château.

Residents Research Competition Update

Philip — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 02:14:15 +0000

Residents Research Competition Update
The ACC Lake Louise Conference aims to support and encourage case-based clinical research among cardiology and cardiac surgery residents and fellows. Residents and fellows in Canadian training programs are invited to participate in the 2010 ACC Lake Louise Residents’ Research Competition. For information about this competition, click here. Note that the deadline for abstracts has been extended to Feb. 13. The three winning finalists will be announced Feb. 18.

Conference Updates 2010

Philip — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 20:47:51 +0000

Opening of 2010 Registration
Registration via mail and fax is now open. Online registration will be available very shortly.

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2009 Faculty Presentations

Philip — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 00:20:12 +0000

Below is the list of faculty presentations for ACC Lake Louise 2009. For faculty info, abstract(s), supplemental slides and/or podcasts, please click on the physician’s name.

Paul W. Armstrong, MD FRCPC

Do ACS Guidelines Change Clinical Practice?
Podcast available.

Heidi Maria Connolly, MD FACC

Update on Infectious Endocarditis Prophylaxis
Evaluation of Cardiac Masses
Presentation notes and podcasts available.

Ralph Damiano, Jr., MD FACC

Surgical Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation
CABG vs. PCI for Left Main and Three-Vessel Coronary Artery Disease: The Great Debate
Presentation notes and podcasts available.

Justin Ezekowitz, MBBCh MSc FRCPC

Canadian Cardiovascular Society Workshop:
The Many Different Faces of Heart Failure
Presentation notes and podcasts available.

Paul W. M. Fedak, MD PhD FRCSC

Bigger Is Not Better: How to Shrink a Failing Heart
Podcast available.

Matthias G. Friedrich, MD FESC

New Approaches to Imaging in Acute Infarction: The Role of CT and MRI
Podcast and notes available.

Bernard J. Gersh, MB ChB DPhil FRCP FACC

From Darwin to Tilt Table Testing: Pathophysiology and Management of Vasovagal Syncope
The Natural History of Atrial Fibrillation: Is It a Vascular Disease?
Presentation notes and podcasts available.

Chris Granger, MD FACC

Reorganizing Acute MI Care: What Next in Canada and the United States
Clinical Trials: Why They Fail to Meet Expectations
Presentation notes and podcasts available.

Jonathan Howlett, MD FRCPC

Canadian Cardiovascular Society Workshop
The Many Different Faces of Heart Failure
Presentation notes and podcasts available.

Debra Lynn Isaac, BN MD FRCPC

Canadian Cardiovascular Society Workshop
The Many Different Faces of Heart Failure
Presentation notes and podcasts available.

Peter Liu, MD FRCPC FACC

Ronnie Campbell Memorial Lecture Heart Failure Lost and Found - Discoveries over 25 Years
Looking Forward: Are We Ready for Cardiovascular Vaccines?
Presentation notes and podcasts available.

Allan M. Ross, MD FACC FAHA

The Treatment of AMI: What Have We Learned in 50 Years?
Presentation notes and podcasts available.

Erik Schampaert, MD FRCPC

CABG vs. PCI for Left Main and Three-Vessel Coronary Artery Disease: The Great Debate
Antithrombotics in Post-PCI Care
Presentation notes and podcasts available.

Reginald E. Smith, PharmD ACPR

Knowledge Translation Workshops
Case-Based Interactive Exercises with Faculty

Canadian Cardiovascular Pharmacists Network (CCPN) Pharmacotherapy Workshop

Mario Talajic, MD FRCPC

Pulmonary Vein Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation
Management of Atrial Fibrillation in Heart Failure
Presentation notes and podcasts available.

Alexander Turpie, MD FRCPC

Venous Thromboembolic Disease: Diagnosis and Treatment
Novel Anticoagulants: Goodbye, Warfarin!
Presentation notes and podcasts available.

David D. Waters, MD FACC

Newer Indications and Limitations of Statin Therapy
The Metabolic Syndrome: What Every Cardiologist Should Know
Presentation notes and podcasts available.

Paul W. Armstrong, MD FRCPC

Philip — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 09:22:49 +0000

Paul Armstrong is University Professor of Medicine (Cardiology) and Director of the Canadian VIGOUR Centre (Virtual Coordinating Centre for Global Collaborative Cardiovascular Research).

Dr. Armstrong’s investigative career has developed around congestive heart failure and acute coronary syndromes. He frequently serves as visiting professor and is the author or co-author of over 400 peer reviewed publications. He is also a member of a number of international editorial boards, advisory groups and consults widely on health science matters.

Dr. Armstrong has received several awards, including the: Research Achievement Award of the Canadian Cardiovascular Society, Heart and Stroke Foundation Award of Merit, Robert Beamish Leadership Award, Prix Galien
Canada Research Award, and University of Alberta Kaplan Award for Excellence in Research.

Do ACS Guidelines Change Clinical Practice?

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Heidi Maria Connolly, MD FACC

Philip — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 09:22:25 +0000

Heidi Connolly is a Professor of Medicine and a Consultant in Cardiovascular Diseases at Mayo Clinic.

She received her medical degree from the Royal College of Surgeons in Dublin Ireland. She completed an Internal Medicine residency, Cardiology fellowship at Mayo Clinic. Subsequently she completed special training in Echocardiography and Adult Congenital Heart Disease and is Board Certified in both Internal Medicine and Cardiovascular Diseases.

Dr. Connolly is Director of the Congenital Heart Center and Co-Director of the Marfan and Thoracic Aortic Clinic at Mayo Clinic. She is an active member of the Echocardiography Laboratory with special interests in congenital and intraoperative echo.

Additional clinical and research interests include valvular heart disease, carcinoid heart disease, and cardiac disorders in pregnancy. Among other awards, Dr. Connolly has been recognized by the Mayo Cardiovascular Division Fellows for her teaching programs. She also received the United States Department of Health and Human Services FDA Commissioner’s Special Citation for her work on drug related valve disease.

Update on Infectious Endocarditis Prophylaxis

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Evaluation of Cardiac Masses

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Ralph Damiano, Jr., MD FACC

Philip — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 09:22:04 +0000

Ralph J. Damiano, Jr., M.D., earned a B.S. in biology and graduated summa cum laude from Dartmouth College. He was awarded an M. D. degree from Duke University and went on to complete both his General Surgery and Cardiothoracic Surgery training at Duke University Medical Center. From 1996 until 2000, Dr. Damiano was Professor and Chief of the Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery at Hershey Medical Center, Penn State University. He joined the faculty of Washington University School of Medicine as the John M. Shoenberg Professor of Surgery and Chief of Cardiac Surgery in April, 2000. In 2005, he was appointed Vice-Chairman of the Department of Surgery.

His clinical interests include all aspects of adult cardiothoracic surgery, with particular emphasis on coronary artery revascularization, atrial fibrillation surgery, valve repair and minimally invasive surgery. He was one of the pioneers of robotically assisted cardiac surgery and performed the first robotically-assisted surgery in North America in 1998. His group has also been the world leader in the research and development of surgery for atrial fibrillation.

Dr. Damiano has over 250 publications and has given over 300 invited lectureships around the world. He was Associate Editor of the Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery from December 1998 through January 2008 and is presently Editor of the journal Innovations: Technology and Techniques in Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery. He has been President of the Cardiac Surgery Biology Club, is President-elect of the Society of Clinical Surgery, and also President-elect of the International Society for Minimally Invasive Cardiothoracic Surgery. In 2006, he was the recipient of the Clinical Teacher of the Year Award at Washington University School of Medicine. He was named the 2008 Physician Health Care Hero of the Year by the St. Louis Business Journal.

Surgical Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation

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CABG vs. PCI for Left Main and Three-Vessel Coronary Artery Disease: The Great Debate

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Justin Ezekowitz, MBBCh MSc FRCPC

Philip — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 09:21:44 +0000

Dr. Justin Ezekowitz obtained his undergraduate medical training at the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, achieving an honors degree. He completed his medical residency at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Centre in Dallas, Texas, a Masters of Science in Clinical Epidemiology at the University of Alberta Public Health Sciences (as well as participating in the CIHR TORCH program), and his Cardiology fellowship at the University of Alberta.

His clinical interests are focused on heart failure. He is the Director of the Heart Function Clinic at the University of Alberta Hospital, the oldest and one of the largest heart function clinics in Canada. He is also involved in the setting up of the chronic disease management programs in heart failure across Alberta. He is also on the 2008 and 2009 CCS HF guideline committee.

His research focus is heart failure. He is involved in numerous clinical trials in heart failure both at a local investigator-initiated level as well as multicenter international trials. Primary interests include clinical research into heart failure with a preserved systolic function, population health of heart failure, devices in heart failure, and acute heart failure. He has published numerous manuscripts related to the outcomes of heart failure patients in Circulation, JACC, CMAJ, JAMA and Annals of Internal Medicine amongst others.

Canadian Cardiovascular Society Workshop
The Many Different Faces of Heart Failure

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Vignette 2: I wish I had taken my anti-hypertension medications. Now what do I do? “Treat me like it’s 1974.”
Vignette 3: What do you mean I have heart failure?

Paul W. M. Fedak, MD PhD FRCSC

Philip — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 09:21:18 +0000

Paul W. M. Fedak graduated with honours from the University of Toronto medical school and completed further training in cardiac surgery (F.R.C.S.C.) and biomedical science (Ph.D.) in Toronto. He was awarded a Detweiler Fellowship from the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada which supported advanced training in surgery for end-stage heart disease at Northwestern Dr. Fedak is currently an active clinical cardiac surgeon and independent research investigator at the University of Calgary. He is a “Clinical Investigator” of the Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical research (AHFMR). Dr. Fedak aims to develop novel approaches to treat heart failure, through mechanical device, stem cell and tissue engineering platforms. He has published over 60 peer-reviewed original manuscripts and five book chapters in this field.

Dr. Fedak serves as an Invited Reviewer and/or Editorial Board Member for 12 leading biomedical publications. He is a “Distinguished Reviewer” of the Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. He is the recipient of numerous international and national research awards. Some of these include the C. Walton Lillehei Award (American Association for Thoracic Surgery), Vivien Thomas Young Investigator Award (American Heart Association), Paul Cartier Award (Canadian Society of Cardiac Surgeons), and Wilfred Bigelow Award (University of Toronto). He actively serves on Committees for the American Heart Association and Canadian Cardiovascular Society.

Bigger Is Not Better: How to Shrink a Failing Heart