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VHAC Statewide Meeting
Thu, Sep 14
|Kimpton Forum Hotel in Charlottesville
Virtual Attendance Option Available Upon Registration.
Time & Location
Sep 14, 2023, 11:30 AM
Kimpton Forum Hotel in Charlottesville, 540 Massie Rd, Charlottesville, VA 22903, USA
About the event
Join us as we present updates on the work taking place across the Commonwealth.
Registration Opens at 11:30 PM
Meeting Presentations will begin prompltly at 12:15PM
AGENDA
12:15PM Welcome - State of the State: Next Level Cardiac Care in the Commonwealth
Peter K. O'Brien, M.D., F.A.C.C
Medical Director, Centra Stroobants Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory
Chief Quality Officer, Centra Heart and Vascular Institute
Co-founder and Steering Group, Virginia Heart Attack Coalition
Sourthern Regional Lead, Virginia Heart Attack Coalition
12:30PM VCSQI STEMI Registry: Data Drives Change
Eddie Fonner
Executive Director, Virginia Cardiac Services Quality Initiative (VCSQI)
KEYNOTE PRESENTATION
12:45PM Holding Hands & Singing Kumbaya
Bob Page, M.Ed., NRP, CCP, NCEE, CHSE, CHSOS
Statewide CE Educator at Virginia Office of EMS Edutainment Consulting and Seminars, LLC
1:45PM Sparking Engagement: (re)Igniting the Partnership with EMS
Ray Whatley, MBA, CEM®, NRP
Executive Director, Northern Virginia EMS Council
Northern Regional Lead, Virginia Heart Attack Coalition
2:30PM Unlocking Success: Optimizing Door-to-Balloon Time in STEMI FMC
John Patterson, MD, FAAC
Cardiologist Lewisgale Physicians Cardiology Blacksburg
3:00PM Leveraging Technology to Improve Patient Outcomes: Regional Systems of Care
Forrest Winslow
Pulsara
3:45PM Heart of Discovery: New Cardiology Clinical Trials
Michael Kontos, MD, FACC
Medical Director, Coronary ICU
Co-Director, Chest Pain Center Virginia Commonwealth University
Co-founder and Steering Group, Virginia Heart Attack Coalition
Central Regional Lead, Virginia Heart Attack Coalition
Manu Kaushik, MD
Cardiologist, Bon Secours St. Mary's Hospital
Central Regional Lead, Virginia Heart Attack Coalition
4:30PM Unmasking Cardiogenic Shock: Strategies for Saving Hearts
Cardiogenic Shock Behnam Tehrani, MD, FSCAI
Medical Director of the Cardiac Catheterization Laboratories Inova Heart and Vascular Institute
Northern Regional Lead, Virginia Heart Attack Coalition