Nurses and Technologists Symposium: Innovations in Cardiac and Vascular Care

Speaker(s)

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  Carlos Avila, RT(R)(MR)(CT)

  MRI Clinical Specialist
  Baptist Health South Florida
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  James Benenati, MD

  Medical Director, Noninvasive Vascular Laboratory
  Miami Cardiac & Vascular Institute
  Florida International University Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine
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  Elliott Elias, MD
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  Wendy Fields, MSN, ANP-BC

  Nurse Practitioner
  Ballad CVA
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  Muhammad Hasan, MBBCh, RPVI, RVT

  Manager, Echocardiography and Noninvasive Vascular Testing
  Vascular Medicine
  Miami Cardiac & Vascular Institute
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  Mario Pascual, MD

  Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiologist
  Baptist Health Medical Group
  Baptist Health Medical Group
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  Constantino Peña, MD, FSIR

  Medical Director of Vascular Imaging
  Medical Director of Vascular Imaging Interventional Radiology
  Miami Cardiac & Vascular Institute
  Florida International University Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine
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  Ramon Quesada, MD

  Medical Director of Structural Heart, Complex Coronary Intervention and Cardiac Research
  Miami Cardiac & Vascular Institute
  Herbert Wertheim School of Medicine / Florida International University
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  Brian Schiro, MD

  Interventional Radiologist
  Interventional Radiology
  Miami Cardiac & Vascular Institute
  Miami Cardiac & Vascular Institute
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  Benjamin Starnes, MD

  Alexander Whitehill Clowes Endowed Chair in Vascular SurgeryProfessor and Chief; Division of Vascular Surgery
  University of Washington
  University of Washington

Presentations:

• 1:00 PM – 1:15 PM

  Developing a Ruptured Aortic Aneurysm Program: What does it Involve?
  Benjamin W. Starnes, MD – University of Washington
• 1:15 PM – 1:30 PM

  Aortic Dissection Treatment: Multidisciplinary Approach
  James F. Benenati, MD – Miami Cardiac & Vascular Institute
• 1:30 PM – 1:40 PM

  TAVR: Who is a Candidate and Does it Help?
  Ramon Quesada, MD – Miami Cardiac & Vascular Institute
• 1:40 PM – 1:50 PM

  Preventing Stroke: Closing a PFO, or a Left Atrial Appendage
  Wendy Fields, MSN, ANP-BC – Ballad CVA
• 1:50 PM – 2:00 PM

  The Value of Real Time Ultrasound!
  Elliott Elias, MD
• 2:00 PM – 2:15 PM

  Contrast Enhanced Ultrasound: Imaging Without the Risk
  Muhammad Hasan, MBBCh, RPVI, RVT – Miami Cardiac & Vascular Institute
• 2:15 PM – 2:25 PM

  The Future of Imaging Without Radiation
  Constantino S. Peña, MD, FSIR – Miami Cardiac & Vascular Institute
• 2:25 PM – 2:35 PM

  Cutting-Edge Vascular MRI
  Carlos Avila, RT(R)(MR)(CT) – Baptist Health South Florida
• 2:35 PM – 2:45 PM

  Venous Stents: What is New?
  Brian J. Schiro, MD – Miami Cardiac & Vascular Institute
• 2:45 PM – 3:00 PM

  Electrophysiology Mapping Without Radiation
  Mario Pascual, MD – Baptist Health Medical Group