7:30am

Registration / Continental Breakfast/View Exhibits

8:00-8:10am

Welcome and Introductions

8:15-9:45am

Debates in Cardiology

Moderators: Mary Norine Walsh, MD and Eric N. Prystowsky, MD

AEDs should be available in all public venues

Protagonist: Douglas S. Segar, MD
Antagonist: Richard I. Fogel, MD

Interventional cardiology will make invasive valve surgery obsolete

Protagonist: James B. Hermiller, MD
Antagonist: David A. Heimansohn, MD

Sinus rhythm is better than rate control for most patients with

Afibrillation

Protagonist: Eric N. Prystowsky, MD
Antagonist: Sandeep Joshi, MD

9:45-10:00am

Break

10:00-11:00am

RICHTER LECTURE:
QI: Lessons learned from Guidelines applied in practice and other initiatives

Kim Eagle, MD University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

11:00-11:15am

Break / View Exhibits

11:15-12:15pm

Quality Improvement Initiatives:
What Works: The Bottom Line

Moderated by: Mary Norine Walsh, MD

Intervention

Edward Fry, MD
Heart Failure/Transplant
Mary Norine Walsh, MD

Vascular

Brian Bigelow, MD
Electrophysiology
Eric N. Prystowsky, MD

Surgery

David A. Heimansohn, MD
Hospital Pay for Performance
Linda Gates, CCS-P, ACS-CA

12:15-1:45pm

 Lunch / Visit Exhibits

1:15-1:45pm

MRI/CT in the evaluation of cardiac patients: What to order and for whom?

Michael C. Elliott, MD

1:45-2:45pm 

Fellows Forum: Stump the Faculty with cases and discussants

Moderated by: Mary Norine Walsh, MD
Dustin Agan, MD
Oleg Chebatarov, MD
Polly Moore, MD
Ken Morris, MD

2:45-3:00pm

 Q&A

3:00pm  

Adjourn / CME distribution