Cardiology Symposium 2025: Cardiovascular Care for the Non-cardiologist

February 1, 2025

Overview

The Cardiology Symposium is an educational offering to the primary care community and other interested health care providers. The purpose of this educational activity is to update the primary care community on the latest advances in cardiovascular care and how these advances apply to ongoing patient care. Through a combination of lectures, panel discussions and case broadcast, participants will be better equipped to evaluate patients with cardiac disease and assess treatment options. Lecture sessions are enhanced by panel Q&A. Additionally, scheduled break-out sessions provide an opportunity for specific case Q&A with a dedicated field expert. Faculty include Prisma Health physician leaders in the fields of cardiology, electrophysiology, and lifestyle medicine.

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ABIM MOC Medical Knowledge Credit

Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 7.25 MOC points in the American Board of Internal Medicine’s (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. It is the CME activity provider’s responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit.

Upon completing the activity evaluation and claiming the appropriate AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™, participants will be able to complete quiz questions to earn MOC points.

Registration Pricing

Physician - $125.00
Advanced Practice Providers - $50.00
Residents and Medical Students - $10.00
All other Prisma employees - $10.00
Other attendees - $10.00

Target Audience

  • Primary Audience
    Practicing Physicians, Fellows, Residents
  • Secondary Audience
    Medical Students, Nurse Practitioners, Physician Assistants, Registered Nurses, Technicians
  • Specialty Audience
    Emergency Medicine, Family Medicine, Internal Medicine

Learning Objectives

As a result of participating in this activity, learners will...

  • Have a better understanding of updated diagnostics, intervention, and ongoing management of cardiac diagnoses seen by primary care providers in their patients, including how and when to refer these patients to cardiology.
  • Know more about updated treatment modalities available through heart and vascular services.
  • Have an increased understanding and in-practice application of updated concepts of diagnostics, intervention, and ongoing management of cardiac diagnoses.
  • Have an increased understanding and in-practice application of referral to cardiology for continued and new treatment modalities.

Additional Information

Competencies this activity addresses: 
Employ evidence-based practice
Interprofessional communication
Medical knowledge
Patient care and procedural skills
Provide patient-centered care
Systems-based practice
Teams and teamwork
Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 7.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™
    The University of South Carolina School of Medicine Greenville designates this live activity for a maximum of 7.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

    The University of South Carolina School of Medicine Greenville is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
  • 7.25 Attendance
Registration opens: 
11/05/2024
Claim credit by: 
03/05/2025
Event starts: 
02/01/2025 - 8:00am EST
Event ends: 
02/01/2025 - 4:30pm EST

 

Agenda
7:00amRegistration, continental breakfast, visit vendor booths
8:00amWelcome
Dr. Trey Chandler
Session I 
Moderator: TBD
8:10amResistant Hypertension - Medical Management and Renal Denervation
TBD
8:45amHeart Failure Therapies: What's New in 2025?
TBD
9:20amContemporary Approach to Cryptogenic Stroke
Dr. Christopher Asuzu
9:55amPanel Q&A
10:10amBreak/Visit Vendors
Session II 
Moderator: TBD
10:30amPAD - New Options for "Unsalvageable" Cases
Dr. Tara Holder
11:15amWound Care for Primary Care
Dr. Robert Klein
12:00pmQ&A
12:05pmLunch Instructions/Lunch Selection/Visit Vendors/Break
Session III
Break Out Sessions
12:25pmA. Case Studies: Heart Failure – Using risk scores and “I Need Help” Mnemonic to know how, when, and to whom to refer patients
Dr. Eric Bonno
12:25pmB. Case Studies: PFO Closure - Decision making and use of the RoPE score in referral for PFO closure
Dr. Jesse Jorgensen
1:10pmVisit Vendors/Break
Session IV
Moderator: TBD
1:35pmThe Next Frontier: Artificial Intelligence Guided Plaque Analysis for Primary Prevention
Dr. Chris Salmon
2:05pmTricuspid Valve and TriClip
Dr. Jesse Jorgensen
2:40pmQ&A
2:45pmVisit Vendors/Break
Session V
Moderator: TBD
3:00pmUpdates in Lipid Management: ApoB, Lp(a), Calcium Scores, and More
Dr. Devin Haddad
3:35pmEvaluation of Lower Extremity Edema
Dr. Tara Holder
4:10pm Q&A
4:20pm Closing Remarks
TBD
 

 

 

Clemson University School of Nursing
Greenville, SC 29605
United States

“The University of South Carolina School of Medicine Greenville has been reviewed by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME®) and awarded Accreditation with Commendation as a provider of continuing medical education (CME) for physicians. Accreditation in the ACCME System seeks to assure the medical community and the public that the University of South Carolina School of Medicine Greenville delivers education that is relevant to clinicians’ needs, evidence-based, evaluated for its effectiveness, and independent of commercial influence.”

ACCME Accreditation with Commendation

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Available Credit

  • 7.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™
    The University of South Carolina School of Medicine Greenville designates this live activity for a maximum of 7.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

    The University of South Carolina School of Medicine Greenville is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
  • 7.25 Attendance
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Registration Pricing

Physician - $125.00
Advanced Practice Providers - $50.00
Residents and Medical Students - $10.00
Other attendees - $10.00


In-Person vs Virtual Attendance

Please select whether you plan to attend the conference in-person or virtual. This will be used by event coordinators to plan accordingly for lunch. You may change your selection at any time by emailing CME@prismahealth.org.