2020 ALACC Winter Conference

The 2020 ALACC Winter Conference ​​is
Saturday, January 11, 2020
at the Grand Bohemian Hotel in Mountain Brook, Alabama.

Click here to register for the conference.

The Grand Bohemian is offering a discounted room rate for the conference until December 10, 2019.  Click here to book your room.  

Agenda*
7:00 - 7:50 am
Registration Opens
Strolling Breakfast in Exhibit Hall
 
7:50 - 7:55 am Welcome
Fadi Hage, MD, FACC
 
7:55 - 8:45 a.m. 
High Sensitivity Troponin. How should we use it in 2020?
Allan S. Jaffe, MD - Mayo Clinic
 
8:45 - 9:30 a.m. 
ACC Imaging Section Lecture: Imaging for Risk Stratification in CAD 
Jamieson M. Bourque, MD - UVA Health
 
9:30 - 10:30 a.m,
Challenging ECGs - Audience Participation Session
Harish Doppalapudi, MD - UAB
 
10:30 - 10:45 a.m. 
Break: Exhibit Hall
 
10:45 - 12:05 p.m. 
Case-Based Learning Discussions
10:45-11:05        
Coronary Vasospastic Disease - Jason Thompson, MD - Birmingham Heart Center
11:05-11:25        
Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection -  Dave Cox, MD - CVA
11:25-11:45        
Novel Interventions for Atrial Fibrillation – Jose Osorio, MD - Grandview
11:45-12:05        
Percutaneous Interventions for Congenital Heart Disease – Arka Chatterjee, MD - UAB
 
12:05 - 1:10 p.m. 
Lunch Program: The Ami Iskandrian Young Investigator Abstract Poster Competition
Please email csmith@alacc.org for a submission form.  All submissions are due December 11th.

WIC Networking Luncheon: Habitat Feed and Social Restaurant Private Dining Room
Hosted by ALACC WIC Representative Wynne Crawford, MD
 
1:10 - 2:15 pm  
Fellows in Training Jeopardy Competition
Christopher Malozzi, DO & Samuel McElwee, MD

CVT Breakout Session: Strategies and Best Practices for Improving Outcomes in PAH
 
2:15 – 3:30 p.m.  
Professional Well-Being and Clinician Burnout
2:15-2:45              A crisis in health care: Call to action – John I. Kennedy, UAB
2:45-3:15              How to take care of ourselves - Laxmi Mehta, MD - OSU Wexner Medical Center
3:15-3:30             Discussion

CVT Breakout Session:  Basic ECHO Modalities/Images
Sharon Howell, Manager - Cardiac Imaging - Emory University Hospital

3:30 - 3:45 p.m.
Break: Exhibit Hall
 
3:45 - 4:30 p.m.
Drug-induced Cardiac Toxicity
Carrie Lenneman, MD - UAB

CVT Breakout Session: New DM Injectable Drugs and Cardiac Patients
Mary Payton Davis, PA - UAB

4:30 - 5:30 p.m.
Atrial Fibrillation - Audience Participation Session
Paul Tabereaux, MD - The Heart Center
Harish Doppalapudi, MD - UAB
Fadi Hage, MD - UAB

CVT Breakout Session: Paleo/Keto Diet and Long Term Cardiovascular Health
Beth Kitchin, PhD, RDN - UAB Nutrition Sciences

*Agenda subject to change.

This conference will be approved and accredited for CME/CE.  Information will be posted at the earliest possible date.