Preliminary Program

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Wednesday, June 23, 2010
6:30 AM – 9:00 AM	Pre- meeting Workshop Registration
7:30 AM – 5:00 PM	Pre-meeting Workshop: Heart Failure Disease Management Program

Thursday, June 24, 2010
8:00 AM – 4:00 PM	Registration
10:00 AM – 11:30 AM	Concurrent Industry Sponsored Workshops - Session I
11:30 AM – 1:00 PM	AAHFN First Time Attendee Luncheon
1:00 PM – 2:00 PM	Concurrent Industry Sponsored Workshops - Session II
2:10 PM – 4:00 PM	Opening Session
2:10 PM – 2:15 PM	Welcome Remarks
	Peggy Kirkwood, RN, MSN, APRN, BC
2:15 PM – 3:00 PM	Presidential Address
	Sue Wingate, RN, PhD, CRNP
3:00 PM – 4:00 PM	Keynote: Current State of Heart Failure Care
	Debra Moser, DNSc, RN
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM	Grand Opening Reception
	Exhibits Open Location: Exhibit Hall

Friday, June 25, 2010
6:30 AM – 5:00 PM	Registration
7:00 AM – 8:00 AM	Concurrent Industry Sponsored Breakfast Symposia
8:05 AM – 9:05 AM	Motivational Session
	Life's Daily Challenges: Lifting Ourselves Above Julie Miller, BSN, CCRN
9:05 AM – 9:50 AM	AAHFN Town Hall Meeting
9:50 AM - 10:20 AM	Networking and Exhibits
	Location: Exhibit Hall
10:20 AM - 11:20 AM	Concurrent Sessions 1 Cornerstones: Pathophysiology of Heart Failure Using Case Studies Michele Gilbert, MSN, NP, C
	Advanced: Echos: Understanding and Application Barry Karon, MD
	Global: Depression in Heart Failure—How to Assess, Identify and Treat Debra Moser, DNSc, RN
11:25 AM - 12:25 PM	Concurrent Sessions 2
	Cornerstones: Recognizing the Emergency Department Role in Acute Heart Failure Syndrome Connie Lewis, MSN and Karen Miller, RN, BSN, MPA
	Advanced: Integrating Technology in Heart Failure: Clinical Applications [CRT], Mary Dutkiewicz, MSN, ANP, Bc
	Global: LVADs are Not for Everybody: Patients and Hospitals Frank Smart, MD
12:25 PM – 2:00 PM	Lunch, Exhibits and Poster Presentations
2:00 PM – 3:00 PM	Concurrent Sessions 3
	Cornerstones: Promoting Self Management Vicki Bush, BSN, MSN, FNP and Mary Jane Swartz, BSN, MSN
	Advanced: Common Electrophysiologic Abnormalities in the Heart Failure Patient Aseem Desai, MD
	Global: Oral Abstract Presentations and Competition
3:05 PM – 4:05 PM	Concurrent Sessions 4
	Cornerstones: Telemonitoring for Heart Failure Management: A Hospital Based Experience Julie Webster, RN, MSN
	Advanced: Incorporating Ultrafiltration as a Therapy Option for Diuretic Resistance: Inpatient and Outpatient Case Studies Kristi Hayes, MSN, FNP-BC and Beth Towery Davidson, DNP, ACNP, CCRN
	Global: Oral Abstract Presentations and Competition
4:05 PM – 4:35 PM	Networking and Exhibits
4:35 PM – 5:35 PM	Concurrent Sessions 5
	Cornerstones: Non-Arrhythmic Syncope in Heart Failure: Patient Workup and Management
	Robin Trupp, PhD, RN, APRN
	Advanced: Heart Failure with Preserved LV Function (Diastolic Dysfunction) Barry Karon, MD
	Global: End of Life Management of Patients with Heart Failure Ann Loth, BSN, MS

Saturday, June 26, 2010
6:30 AM – 1:00 PM	Registration
7:00 AM – 8:00 AM	Concurrent Industry Sponsored Breakfast Symposia
8:05 AM – 8:20 AM	Awards and Grants
8:20 AM – 9:05 AM	Incoming President’s Address
	Vera Caro-Barton, RN, MSN, C-FNP
9:10 AM - 10:10 AM	Concurrent Sessions 6
	Cornerstones: Heart Failure and Co-Morbidities: Anemia, Atrial Fibrillation, Chronic Respiratory Diseases and Type 2 Diabetes Nancy Albert, PhD, MSN, RN
	Advanced: Cardiorenal Syndrome James Young, MD
	Global: Women and Heart Failure… Myths and Reality, Kismet Rasmusson, MSN
10:10 AM - 10:40 AM	Networking and Exhibits
10:40 AM – 11:40 AM	Concurrent Sessions 7
	Cornerstones: Panel Discussion - Transitions of Care Moderator: Louis Teichholz, MD Michele Gilbert, MSN, NP, C Ann Loth, BSN, MS Julie Webster, RN, MSN
	Advanced: What to Do When the Patient Gets Better Frank Smart, MD
	Global: Publication Committee Panel Discussion - How to Get Published Maureen Flattery, RN, MS, NP Kismet Rasmusson, MSN Nancy Redeker, PhD, RN, FAHA, FAAN Traci Stewart, RN, MSN
11:40 AM – 1:10 PM	Lunch and Exhibits
12:10 PM – 1:10 PM	Communities of Practice Special Interest Groups
1:15 PM – 2:15 PM	Concurrent Sessions 8
	Cornerstones: Fluid Management in the Heart Failure Patient, Nancy Albert, PhD, MSN, RN
	Advanced: End Stage HF Management: Surgical Options Mary Zellinger,RN, MN, ANP-BC, CCRN-CSC
	Global: Motivational Interviewing Cheryl Dennison, RN, MSN, PhD
2:20 PM – 3:20 PM	Closing Session Keynote: Future of Heart Failure Care James Young, MD