5th Annual Hartford HealthCare Vascular Symposium

All participants must be registered.  Pre-registration is highly preferred, but walk-in registrations will be allowed.  

This is a multi-topic symposium regarding the variety of medical and surgical conditions which involve vascular surgeons as part of either procedures or disease management. Attendees will hear didactic lectures, patient case reviews, debates, and interactive question and answer style programming to improve their understanding of five adjunctive tenets of vascular disease management. Attendees will review the perioperative management of patients with aortic disease, understand the role for treatment of aortic pathology at different sizes, and the plan for surveillance of both treated and untreated aortic pathology. They will review the current and future trends in management of patients with abdominal aortic aneurysm, thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm, aortic dissection, and arch pathology, as well as anticipated short and long-term complications regarding treatment of these conditions.

1. Discuss the optimal screening and surveillance methods for patients prior to aneurysm repair, ideal size criteria for intervention, and factors that may affect what size to treat aneurysms
2. Describe the risk factors of open abdominal aortic repair, including incisional-related risk factors between transabdominal and retroperitoneal approach
3. Analyze cardiovascular risk factors in patients with aortic aneurysm disease and evaluate the role of preoperative testing in risk stratification.
4. Review different options for treatment of complex aneurysms with fenestrated and branched technology
5. Evaluate current evidence guiding the management of uncomplicated acute Type B dissection, including early intervention and medical therapy.
6. Review current technology for treatment of ascending aortic and arch pathology

• Physicians: Hartford HealthCare designates this Live Activity activity for a maximum of 6.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™.  Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.  

  • MOC for American Board of Anesthesiology: This activity contributes to the CME component of the American Board of Anesthesiology’s redesigned Maintenance of Certification in AnesthesiologyTM (MOCA®) program, known as MOCA 2.0®. Please consult the ABA website, www.theABA.org, for a list of all MOCA 2.0 requirements. 

  • MOC for American Board of Internal Medicine: Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 6.50 MOC point(s) in the American Board of Internal Medicine’s (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. It is the CME activity provider’s responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit. Participation the evaluation component, including a thoughtful statement(s) to commitment to change, or an element to maintain in practice, as a result of this activity, is required in order to claim 6.50 MOC point(s).

  • MOC for American Board of Surgery:  Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the learner to earn credit toward the CME requirement(s) of the American Board of Surgery’s Continuous Certification program. It is the CME activity provider's responsibility to submit learner completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABS credit.

  • MOC for American Board of Thoracic Surgery: Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the learner to earn credit toward the CME and Self-Assessment of the American Board of Thoracic Surgery’s Maintenance of Certification program. It is the CME activity provider's responsibility to submit learner completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABTS credit.

• Nurses: This activity is designated for a maximum of 6.50 ANCC contact hours.

• Other Learners: All other learners will receive a Certificate of Participation for 6.50 hours of education.  Consult your professional licensing board regarding the applicability and acceptance of certificates of participation for educational activities certified for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ from organizations accredited by Joint Accreditation for Interprofessional Continuing Education.

Maximum credit amount subject to change based on final activity schedule.

Cancellation Policy

Cancellations received in writing no less than 5 business days before the course will receive a full refund.  Any refunds will be processed in accordance with the procedures of the HHC Accounts Payable Department, and may take up to 60 days.  Please send cancellation requests to continuinged@hhchealth.org.

Hartford HealthCare reserves the right to cancel or postpone this program if necessary; in the event of cancellation, course fees will be fully refunded. We are not responsible for other costs incurred such as non-refundable airline tickets or hotel penalties.

Accessibility Statement
 
Hartford HealthCare is committed to ensuring that its programs, services, goods and facilities are accessible to individuals with disabilities as specified under Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the Americans with Disabilities Amendments Act of 2008.  If you have needs that require special accommodations, including dietary concerns, please contact [email protected].

The Hartford HealthCare Continuing Education team adheres to the Joint Accreditation for Interprofessional Continuing Education's Criteria, Standards, and Policies regarding industry support of continuing education.  

Full disclosure of faculty and their commercial relationships will be made prior to the activity.

Mitigation of Relevant Financial Relationships

Hartford HealthCare adheres to the ACCME’s Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education.  Any individuals in a position to control the content of a CE activity, including faculty, planners, reviewers, or others are required to disclose all relevant financial relationships with ineligible entities (commercial interests). 

All relevant conflicts of interest have been mitigated prior to the commencement of the activity.

Member Information

Role in activity

Nature of Relationship(s) / Name of Ineligible Company(s)

Carolyn B Martindale, MSN
Director, Heart and Vascular Specialty Programs
HHC

Activity Coordinator, Nurse Planner, Peer Reviewer

Nothing to disclose

Edward Gifford, MD
Vascular Surgeon
Hartford HealthCare

Course Director, Faculty

Paid consultant-Inroad medical|Paid consultant-Mavericks Endo Inc (Relationship has ended)|Advisor-Cagent Vascular|Consulting Fee-Cook Medical, Inc.

Dina Al Rameni, MD
Cardiac Surgeon

Faculty

Nothing to disclose

Kodilichi Baldino, MD

Faculty

Mina L Boutrous, MD
University of Connecticut Health Center

Faculty

Mohiuddin Cheema, MD
HHCMG

Faculty

Consulting Fee-Edwards Lifesciences Corporation|Consulting Fee-Terumo (Any division)

Jesse A Columbo, MD, MS
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Dartmouth Hitchcock

Faculty

Nothing to disclose

Javairiah Fatima, MD, Professor and Chief, Vascular Surgery
Professor of Surgery, Chief of Vascular Surgery
Nuvance-Northwell Health

Faculty

Consulting Fee-Terumo (Any division)|Consulting Fee-W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.

Jenna S Jordan, APRN
APRN
Hartford Health Care Medical Group

Faculty

Nothing to disclose

Amandeep Juneja, MD, RPVI
Surgeon

Faculty

Nothing to disclose

Mathew Kahn, MD
Resident (PGY-1)

Faculty

Christine Kariya, MD
Assistant Professor
UConn Health

Faculty

Kimberly T Malka, MD, PhD
Attending Physician
Maine Health

Faculty

Jean Panneton, MD, FRCSC. FACS
professor of surgery
eastern virginia medical school at old dominion university

Faculty

Paid consultant-Medtronic (Any division)|Speakers Bureau-Medtronic (Any division)|Membership on Advisory Committees or Review Panels, Board Membership, etc.-Medtronic (Any division)|Grant or research support-Medtronic (Any division)|Grant or research support-Terumo (Any division)|Paid consultant-Terumo (Any division)|Grant or research support-Cook Medical, Inc. (Relationship has ended)|Paid consultant-Philips (Any division)|Grant or research support-W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.|Paid consultant-W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.|Membership on Advisory Committees or Review Panels, Board Membership, etc.-endospan|Paid consultant-endospan|Grant or research support-endospan|Paid consultant-endoron medical|Paid consultant-getinge

Tracy Patel, MD
Cottage Grove Cardiology, HHC HVI

Faculty

Nothing to disclose

Sheelagh M Pousatis, MD
Hartford HealthCare Heart and Vascular Institute

Faculty

Nothing to disclose

Gabrielle Rieth, MD

Faculty

Parth Shah, MBBS
Vascular Surgeon
Hartford Healthcare

Faculty

Nothing to disclose

Owen Glotzer, MD
Vascular Surgeon

Faculty, Other Planning Committee Member

Nothing to disclose

Akhilesh Jain, MD
Chief of Vascular Surgery, Hartford Hospital
HHC PhysiciansCare, Inc

Faculty, Other Planning Committee Member

Independent Contractor (included contracted research)-Terumo (Any division) (Relationship has ended)|Independent Contractor (included contracted research)-Cook Medical, Inc. (Relationship has ended)

Brendan Gontarz, MD
surgeon

Faculty, Planning Committee Member

Kristy Wrana, BSN
Nurse Navigator, Quality and Research
HHCMG, Vascular Group

Other Planning Committee Member

Nothing to disclose

There is no commercial support for this program.