CME Information

Target Audience: This symposium is designed for cardiologists, electrophysiologists, cardiovascular surgeons, interventional radiologists, and other healthcare professionals with an interest in the treatment of cardiovascular diseases.

Overall Course Learning Objectives
At the conclusion of this course, the participant will provide better patient care through an increased ability to:

   – Apply in practice the recent interventional, pharmacological, device-based surgical advances in the treatment and 
      management of cardiac arrhythmias, advanced heart failure and cardiogenic shock, cardiac transplantation, 
      peripheral arterial disease, pulmonary hypertension, aneurysmal disease, and pulmonary embolism
  – Utilize new medications and imaging modalities in the screening and management of ischemia, coronary artery 
     disease, and hyperlipidemia
  – Define evolving role of the cardiologist in the treatment of heart failure, hyperlipidemia, obesity, diabetes, and 
     cardiovascular disease in women
  – Discuss recent advances in medical, surgical, and percutaneous treatment for the management of hypertension, left 
     atrial occlusion, valvular heart disease, vascular disease, and Kawasaki disease
  – Apply new and updated recommendations for cardiovascular disease in women

Accreditation with Commendation
This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of Swedish Medical Center and Pacific Heart Institute. Swedish Medical Center is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™
Swedish Medical Center designates this live activity for a maximum of 14.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™.  Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) accepts AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ from organizations accredited by the ACCME.

Other Health Professionals
Many credentialing bodies, societies, and boards accept AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ as an equivalent as long as the topic is relevant to the applicant’s field or discipline. If you have any doubts whether an activity will qualify for CE, contact your board prior to registering for the course. 

Swedish CME maintains full control of the content of every course we provide. It is our policy to identify and resolve all speaker and planner conflicts of interest. Each speaker is required to give a balanced, evidence-based presentation that is free of commercial bias. It is our policy to identify and mitigate all relevant faculty and planner financial relationships with ineligible organizations.

Planning Committee
John B. Gordon III, M.D. ~ Course Co-Chair
Richard Wright, M.D. ~ Course Co-Chair
Shephal Doshi, M.D.
Mark Domantay, MHA
Dana Asato, MBA BSN RN CENP LSSMBB
Yesenia Rodriguez
Laurie Turay ~ Senior CME Specialist, Swedish Medical Center