Registration / Continental Breakfast / View Exhibits

Welcome and Introductions

Debates in Cardiology

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

1. All patients should receive drug eluting stents
   Protagonist: Andrew M. Fouts, MD
   Antagonist: Edward T.A. Fry, MD
2. It’s the cholesterol level, not the statin that’s important
   Protagonist: Brian C. Bigelow, MD
   Antagonist: Michael J. Kourany, MD
3. Patients with heart failure should be routinely monitored by implantable devices
   Protagonist: David P. Rardon, MD
   Antagonist: Mary Norine Walsh, MD

Break

RICHTER LECTURE: The Right, the Wrong, and the Difference - Diagnostic Errors in the Age of Evidence-Based Medicine.

Lisa Sanders, MD
Assistant Clinical Professor at the Yale University School of Medicine and Clinical Educator in Yale’s Primary Care Internal Medicine Residency program

Break / View Exhibits

Hallway Consultations
Moderated by: Mary Norine Walsh, MD

• Does my patient need SBE prophylaxis?
  Michael D. Elliott, MD
• The BNP is elevated – what do I do?
  Mary Norine Walsh, MD
• When can I stop warfarin for my patient in AF?
  Eric N. Prystowsky, MD
• My high-risk patient for CAD had a normal stress test – do I need to do anything else?
  John R. Bates, MD
• When do I need to consider statins for children?
  Leonard A. Steinberg, MD
• What are the key drug interactions I need to know for my cardiac patients?
  Scott Freeland, PharmD

 Lunch / Visit Exhibits

My Most Challenging Case This Year
John R. Bates, MD   
Eric N. Prystowsky, MD
James W. VanTassel, MD
Mary Norine Walsh, MD

Fellows Forum: Stump the Faculty
Fellows: Dustin Agan, Geoff Day, Kent Morris, Rosh Vatthyam

John R. Bates, MD
Michael D. Elliott, MD
Eric N. Prystowsky, MD
Mary Norine Walsh, MD
James W. VanTassel, MD

Q&A

Adjourn / CME distribution