Aortic Aneurysms and Dissections

Boston, MA US
December 1, 2023

This is a virtual course

December 1, 2023


This course provides education on acute and chronic aortic conditions to physicians and APPs who might encounter patients with these conditions in their practice but may not have sufficient familiarity with their management. The course will have two sessions – morning and afternoon. The morning session will focus on the fundamentals of aortic aneurysms and chronic aortic disease and will be targeted to PCPs, cardiologists and APPs. The afternoon session will focus on aortic dissection and other acute aortic syndromes, which will be more relevant to ER physicians and APPs.

Target Audience

This activity is intended for Physicians, Nurses, Physician Assistants in the following specialties Cardiology, Critical Care, Emergency Medicine, General Practice, Geriatric Medicine, Hematology/Oncology, Internal Medicine, Interventional Cardiology, Obstetrics/Gynecology, Peripheral Vascular Disease, Primary Care, Pulmonary Disease, and Sports Medicine.

Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this activity, participants will be able to:

  1. Diagnose etiology, genetics and diagnosis of aortic aneurysms.
  2. Identify indications for surgery and understand surgical techniques involved in aneurysm treatment.
  3. Identify aortic dissection and other acute aortovascular syndromes.
  4. Improve management and surveillance of patients with aortic disease.
  5. Develop strategies to improve cohesive teamwork.

 

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Additional Information

Provided by: 

Massachusetts General Hospital - Corrigan Minehan Heart Center and
Mass General Brigham

Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 8.00 AAPA Category I CME
  • 8.00 ABIM MOC II
  • 8.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
  • 8.00 Nursing Contact Hours
  • 8.00 Participation
Course opens: 
06/26/2023
Course expires: 
01/31/2024
Event starts: 
12/01/2023 - 7:50am EST
Event ends: 
12/01/2023 - 5:00pm EST
Cost:
$125.00
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7:55amWelcome and Introduction | Arminder Jassar, MBBS; Eric Isselbacher, MD; Matthew Eagleton, MD
Section I: Ascending Aortic Aneurysms

Arminder Jassar, MBBS & Eric Isselbacher, MD

8:00

Who gets aneurysms of the proximal aorta and what do we do about them? Lessons from the 2022 Guidelines | Eric Isselbacher, MD

8:25

The importance of medical management of aortic aneurysms, both pre-op and post-op | Amy Spooner, MD

8:40 

Imaging of the Aorta: Which Modality to Choose, How to Interpret Reports? | Sandeep Hedgire, MD

9:00 

Genetics of Aortic Disease: Who to Screen, How to Screen, and When? | Mark Lindsay, MD, PhD

9:20 

BREAK

9:30 

Bicuspid aortic valve disease and related aortopathy; A common clinical Conundrum | Jordan Bloom MD, MPH
9:50Surgery for the Aortic Root / Ascending Aorta and the Aortic Arch: What is going on inside the surgeon’s head? | Duke Cameron, MD
10:10Panel Discussion and Q&A: Ascending Aortic Aneurysms | 
Moderators: Eric Isselbacher, MD & Arminder Jassar, MBBS
Panel: Duke Cameron, MD; Jordan Bloom, MD, MPH; Mark Lindsay, MD, PhD; Sandeep Hedgire, MD; Thoralf Sundt, MD
10:30BREAK
Section II: Descending Aortic and Thoracoabdominal Aortic Aneurysms

Moderators: Duke Cameron, MD & Matthew Eagleton, MD

10:40 

Aortic guidelines: When to intervene on the descending and the thoracoabdominal Aorta? | Eric Isselbacher, MD

10:50 

Open and endovascular Strategies for Descending Aortic and Thoracoabdominal Aortic Aneurysms (TAAA): Who is a candidate for what? | Matthew Eagleton, MD

11:10 

Management of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms in the current era: When and how? | Sunita Srivastava, MD

11:30 

Panel Discussion and Q&A: Descending Aortic and Thoracoabdominal Aortic Aneurysms | 
Moderators: Duke Cameron, MD & Matthew Eagleton, MD
Panel: Eric Isselbacher, MD; Sunita Srivastava, MD; Amy Spooner, MD, MPH
11:50Lunch Break
Session III: Aortic Dissection and other Acute Aortic Syndromes

Moderators: Jared Conley, MD, PhD, MPH and Arminder Jassar, MBBS

12:30

The most lethal aortic complication: Overview of Acute aortic dissection | Jahan Mohebali, MD, MPH

12:50

Does my patient have an aortic dissection? | Jared Conley, MD, PhD, MPH

1:10

My patient has an Aortic Dissection – what else should I look for? | Arminder Jassar, MBBS

1:30

Waiting for transfer – what can I do? Initial Management, Lines, and Drugs | Phillip Rice Jr., MD

1:50

Pack your Bags, Ready for Transfer | Michael Frakes, APRN, FCCM, FAEN, FACHE

2:10

Panel Discussion and Q&A |
Moderators: Jared Conley, MD, PhD, MPH  & Arminder Jassar, MBBS
Panel: Eric Isselbacher, MD; Phillip Rice Jr., MD; Michael Frakes, APRN, FCCM, FAEN, FACHE; Jahan Mohebali MD, MPH
2:35BREAK
Session IV: Aortic Dissection and other Acute Aortic Syndromes II

Moderators: Matthew Eagleton, MD & Eric Isselbacher, MD

2:50 

The patient left my ER – I wonder what is happening to them now? | Arminder Jassar, MBBS

3:10

Surgery for Acute Type A Aortic Dissection: One Size Fits All | Thor Sundt, MD

3:30 

Acute Type B Dissections: when to intervene? | Jahan Mohebali, MD, MPH

3:50 

Ruptured Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm: From ER to OR | Anahita Dua, MD, MS, MBA
4:10Lifetime management of aortic dissection: surveillance after initial repair | Motahar Hosseini, MD

4:30 

Panel Discussion and Q&A |
Moderator: Matt Eagleton, MD & Eric Isselbacher, MD
Panel: Thor Sundt, MD, Jahan Mohebali, MD, MPH, Anahita Dua, MD, MS, MBA; Arminder Jassar, MBBS; Motahar Hosseini, MD

4:55

Conclusion | Arminder Jassar, MBBS; Eric Isselbacher, MD; Matthew Eagleton, MD
5:00pmAdjourn

 

Livestream
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, MA 02114
United States
Course Directors

Arminder Jassar, MBBS

Cardiac Surgeon, Massachusetts General Hospital;
Assistant Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School

Matt Eagleton, MD

Chief of Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital;
Professor of Surgery in the Field of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Harvard Medical School

Eric Isselbacher, MD, MSc

Cardiologist, Massachusetts General Hospital;
Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School

 
Faculty

Jordan Bloom MD, MPH

Cardiac Surgeon, Massachusetts General Hospital;
Assistant Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School

Duke Cameron, MD
Cardio-Thoracic Surgeon and Co-Director of the Marfan Syndrome and Related Conditions Clinic,
Massachusetts General Hospital

Jared Conley, MD, PhD, MPH

Emergency Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital;
Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine, Harvard Medical School

Anahita Dua, MD, MS, MBA

Vascular Surgeon, Massachusetts General Hospital;
Associate Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School

Michael Frakes, APRN, FCCM, FAEN, FACHE
Chief Quality Officer, Director of Clinical Care, Boston MedFlight

Sandeep Hedgire, MD

Radiologist, Massachusetts General Hospital;
Assistant Professor of Radiology, Harvard Medical School

Motahar Hosseini, MD

Cardiac Surgeon, Massachusetts General Hospital

Mark Lindsay, MD, PhD

Cardiologist, Pediatric Cardiologist, Massachusetts General Hospital;
Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School

Jahan Mohebali, MD, MPH

Vascular Surgeon, Massachusetts General Hospital;
Assistant Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School

Phillip Rice Jr., MD

Chair of Emergency Medicine, Mass General Brigham;
Lecturer of Emergency Medicine, Harvard Medical School

Amy Spooner, MD

Cardiologist, Massachusetts General Hospital;
Instructor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School 

Sunita Srivastava, MD

Vascular Surgeon, Massachusetts General Hospital;
Assistant Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School

Thoralf Sundt, MD

Chief, Division of Cardiac Surgery, Co-Director of the Corrigan Minehan Heart Center, Massachusetts General Hospital;
Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School

 

In support of improving patient care, Mass General Brigham is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
 

Credit Designation Statements

AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™
Mass General Brigham designates this live activity for a maximum of 8 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Nursing
Mass General Brigham designates this activity for 8 ANCC contact hours. Nurses should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Physician Assistants
Mass General Brigham has been authorized by the American Academy of PAs (AAPA) to award AAPA Category 1 CME credit for activities planned in accordance with AAPA CME Criteria. This activity is designated for 8 AAPA Category 1 CME credits. PAs should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation.

MOC Recognition Statement 
Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the activity, with individual assessments of the participant and feedback to the participant, enables the participant to earn 8 MOC points in the American Board of Internal Medicine (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.

Available Credit

  • 8.00 AAPA Category I CME
  • 8.00 ABIM MOC II
  • 8.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
  • 8.00 Nursing Contact Hours
  • 8.00 Participation

Price

Cost:
$125.00
Please login or register to take this course.
Registration TypeEarly Bird Rate
(Before November 1, 2023)		Standard Rate
(After November 1, 2023)
Physicians$100.00$125.00
Allied Health Care Professionals $100.00$125.00
Residents/Fellows$50.00$50.00

 


Cancellation Policy:
Registrations cancelled on or before November 17, 2023 will be refunded, less a $15 administrative fee. Registrations cancelled after November 17, 2023 will not be refunded.

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