2008 Short Course: Taking Heredity to Heart: Cardiovascular Genetics, An Overview
2008 Short Course Schedule-At-A-Glance
Thursday, October 23
7:30 am –
8:00 am |
Continental Breakfast |
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7:45 am -
8:00 am |
Opening Remarks |
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8:00 am –
9:00 am |
SC 100: Cardiac Tools and Procedures: A Primer |
Robert Siegal, MD |
9:00 am –
10:30 am |
SC 101: Congenital Heart Defects: Pediatric and Adult Perspective |
Jeffrey Towbin, MD, FFAP, FACC, FAHA |
10:30 am –
11:00 am |
Break |
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11:00 am –
12:30 pm |
SC 102: Cardiomyopathy Genetics |
Daniel Judge, MD |
2:00 pm –
3:00 pm |
SC 103: Familial Aneurysm/Dissection Syndromes |
Dianna Milewicz, MD |
3:00 pm –
4:30 pm |
SC 104: Genetics of Arrhythmogenesis and Sudden Cardiac Death |
G. Michael Vincent, MD |
4:30 pm –
4:45 pm |
Break |
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4:45 pm –
5:45 pm |
SC 105: The Impact of Genetics on the Practice of Cardiology |
Elizabeth McNally, MD, PhD |
| 5:45 pm |
Evening Event |
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Friday, October 24
| 7:30 am – 8:00 am |
Continental Breakfast |
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| 8:00 am – 9:00 am |
SC 200: Familial Risk Assessment for Coronary Heart Disease |
Maren Scheumer, MD, MPH, FACMG |
| 9:00 am – 10:30 am |
SC 201: Incorporating Cardiogenetics into Your Practice and Institution
(breakout session) |
Erin Houghton, MS, CGC, Heather MacLeod, MS, CGC |
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SC 202: The Multiple Facets of Managing a Cardiogenetics Family: A Case-based Approach
(breakout session) |
Christina Honeywell, MSC, CCGC, Julie Rutberg, MS, CGC, CCRP |
| 10:30 am – 11:00 am |
Break |
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| 11:00 am – 12:30 pm |
SC 203: The Psychological Implications of Inherited Cardiovascular Disease |
Adrienne Kovacs, PhD, CPsych, Alice Lara, RN, BSN |
| 12:30 pm |
Closing Remarks |
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Click here to download the Short Course Preliminary Program.
Note: Agenda is tentative and subject to change
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