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GUEST FACULTY

Ralph G. Brindis, MD, MPH, FACC, FSCAI
President, American
College of Cardiology
Senior Advisor for
Cardiovascular Disease
Northern California Kaiser
Clinical Professor of Medicine
University of California
San Francisco, CA

José E. Escabí-Mendoza, MD, FACC
Chief, Coronary Care Unit
& Chest Pain Center
Cardiologist Staff
physician, Cardiology Section
VA Caribbean Healthcare System
San Juan, PR
Hilton Franqui, MD
Fellow in Cardiovascular Diseases
University Hospital
San Juan, PR

Eileen M. Handberg, PhD, ARNP, FACC
Associate Professor of Medicine
Division of Cardiovascular Medicine
Director, Clinical Trials Program
Program Director, Florida
CARES & CAP
University of Florida
Gainesville, FL

Ana Maldonado, MSN, CNS, FNP, RN
Instructor
Department of Nursing
University of Puerto Rico Mayagüez
Mayagüez, PR

Abigail Matos, DNP, MS, ANPC, RN, CCA
Secretary/Treasurer CCA - ACCPR
Associate Professor
Department of Nursing
University of Puerto Rico Mayagüez
Mayagüez, PR

Margo Minnisian, ACNP-BC, MSN, CNS,
FAHA, CCA

Cardiology Nurse Practitioner
Women’s Heart Center
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Los Angeles, CA

Miriam Nieto, PhD, RN, CCA
President CCA - ACCPR
Associate Professor
Department of Nursing
University of Puerto Rico Mayagüez
Mayagüez, PR

Evia Padilla, MSN, CCTC, RN
Cardiac Transplant Program Coordinator
Cardiovascular Center of
Puerto Rico and Caribbean
San Juan, PR

Donna M. Polk, MD, MPH, FACC
Director Preventive Cardiology
Director Women’s Heart Program
Hartford Hospital
Hartford, CT

Lourdes Santiago, MSN, DE, CNS, RN, CCA
Professor
Department of Nursing
University of Puerto Rico Mayagüez
Mayagüez, PR


PROGRAM


FRIDAY MAY 28, 2010

2:50 – 3:00 pm Introduction and Welcoming remarks
Miriam Nieto, PhD, RN, CCA
President, CCA-PR
3:00 – 3:25 pm The convergence of Type 2 Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease, the CCA perspective
Donna M. Polk, MD, MPH, FACC
3:25 – 3:30 pm Questions and Answers
3:30 – 3:55 pm Stem cell therapy for ischemic heart disease
Eileen Handburg, PhD, ARNP, FACC
3:55 – 4:00 pm Questions and answers
4:00 – 4:25 pm Guidelines and care of the heart failure patients
Miriam Nieto, PhD, RN, CCA
4:25 – 4:30 pm Questions and Answers
4:30 – 4:55 pm Advance Practice Nursing as Partner of the Cardiologist
Abigail Matos, DNP, MS, ANPC, RN, CCA
4:55 – 5:00 pm Questions and answers

SATURDAY MAY 29, 2010

8:00 – 8:20 am Registration
8:20 - 8:30 am Welcoming Remarks
Ralph G. Brindis, MD, MPH, FACC, FSCAI
8:30 – 8:55 am What means being the first CCA Fellow
Eileen Handburg, PhD, ARNP, FACC
8:55 – 9:00 am Questions and Answers
9:00 – 9:25 am ACC Guidelines of STEMI
Lourdes Santiago, MSN, DE, CNS, RN, CCA
9:25 – 9:30 am Questions and Answers
9:30 – 9:55 am Ischemic heart disease in women
Margo Minnisian, ACNP-BC, MSN, CNS, FAHA, CCA
9:55 – 10:00 am Questions and Answers
10:00 – 10:25 am Congenital Cardiomyopathy
Ana Maldonado, MSN, CNS, FNP, RN
10:25- 10:30 am Questions and Answers
10:30 – 11:00 am Coffee Break
11:00 – 11:25 am Exercise in Heart Failure
Eileen Handburg, PhD, ARNP, FACC
11:25 – 11:30 am Questions and Answers
11:30 – 11:55 am Get with the Guidelines: Prevention and Management of heart disease in women
Margo Minnisian, ACNP-BC, MSN, CNS, FAHA, CCA
11:55 – 12: 00 n Questions and Answers
12:00 – 12:25 pm Hypertension: Research for Evidence Based nursing practice
Lourdes Santiago, MSN, DE, CNS, RN, CCA
12:25 – 12:30 pm Questions and answers

12:30 – 2:00 pm Lunch

2:00 – 2:25 pm Heart transplant: Nursing Perspectives
Elvia Padilla Fuentes, MSN, CCTC, RN
2:25 – 2:30 pm Questions and answers
2:30 – 2:55 pm National ACC Update
Ralph G. Brindis, MD
2:55 - 4:00 pm 2010 Distinguished Citizen Award Activity
Amalia Martínez-Picó, MD

SUNDAY MAY 30, 2010

Workshops

9:00 - 10:00 am ICD and pacemakers
Hilton Franqui, MD
10:00 – 11:00 am Chest Pain Units
José Escabi-Mendoza, MD, FACC