Upcoming Medical Conferences in New Orleans

Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (SSCI) Southern Regional Meeting (SRM) is organized by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (SSCI) and will be held from Feb 21 - 23, 2019 at InterContinental New Orleans, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America. Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.

2019 Council on Resident Education in Obstetrics and Gynecology (CREOG) & Association of Professors of Gynecology and Obstetrics (APGO) Annual Meeting is organized by Association of Professors of Gynecology and Obstetrics (APGO) and will be held from Feb 27 - Mar 02, 2019 at Hyatt Regency New Orleans, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America.​ Additional Details will be posted as soon as they are available

40th National Conference on Pediatric Health Care is organized by National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners (NAPNAP) and will be held from Mar 07 - 10, 2019 at Hyatt Regency New Orleans, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America. As the Leader in Pediatric Education for Nurse Practitioners, we are offering you more than 100 unique general and concurrent sessions, poster presentations, intensive workshops and certification review courses at our 40th National Conference on Pediatric Health Care. Our conference has sessions for PNPs, FNPs, and their fellow pediatric-focused APRNs at each stage of their careers, from novice to expert. Our session line-up includes classes specific to pharmacology (Rx) and acute care (AC). keynote and general sessions will be presented by nationally-known experts in pediatric health and/or advanced practice nursing. Offering mini tracks addressing hot topics in cardiology, school-based health services, faculty issues and adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) during our March 9 program. When you join us in New Orleans, you'll have the opportunity to earn more than 20 highly valuable contact hours full of evidence-based information to enhance your practice. Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.

ACG/LGS Regional Postgraduate Course is organized by American College of Gastroenterology (ACG) and will be held from Mar 08 - 10, 2019 at Hilton New Orleans Riverside, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America. This CME Conference has been approved for a maximum of 11.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Program Description: The current pace of scientific discovery makes mastery of advancing knowledge, new diagnostic techniques, and progress in therapeutics a challenge for the gastroenterologist and generalist. At the same time, the rigors of the profession demand a deeper understanding of changes occurring within the healthcare system. This program will offer attendees experiences in both areas presented by nationally recognized experts. The structure of the program includes a mix of didactic presentations delivered by expert faculty combined with interactive discussions. Attendees will leave the program ready to immediately implement the knowledge gained to improve their clinical practice. This program is designed for gastroenterologists, primary care physicians, nurses, physician assistants, and nurse practitioners interested in the latest developments in the science of gastroenterology and the art of health care. Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.

2019 Ochsner Regional Neurosciences Symposium is organized by Ochsner Health System and will be held from Mar 15 - 16, 2019 at JW Marriott New Orleans, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America. This CME Conference has been approved for a maximum of 13 CME Credits. Conference Description: This program will provide participants a wide range of knowledge regarding the evaluation, recognition, and treatment-emergent, acute, and chronic - of many of the most common diagnoses, injuries, illnesses, etc. that are commonly seen within the Neuroscience sub-specialties of Neurology, Neurosurgery, Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, and Neuro Critical Care. Educational Objectives: By the end of this conference, the participant should be able to: • Be informed of the most current, clinical approach to initial/acute evaluation, recognition, and treatment of a number of common diagnoses/conditions within the Neurosciences including: Stroke, Back/Neck pain, Movement Disorders, Traumatic Brain injury & Concussion, Epilepsy, Cognitive Disorders, Myelomeningocele, and spinal deformities among others. • Be informed of the many facets of post-acute, inpatient and outpatient rehabilitative management of patients with neurologic disorders or illness. • Be informed of new technologies and strategies currently utilized in both the emergent/acute management of patients seen within the neurosciences specialties - as well as their incorporation into the long-term, chronic management of these patients. • Be informed of the common criteria for surgical vs. non-surgical consultation/management of common diagnoses within the Neurosciences. • Be informed of the current research studies underway at Ochsner in the Neurosciences. Topics Include: • Multiple Sclerosis • Neuropathies • Acute Stroke Management and Rehabilitation • Epilepsy • Genetic Diagnosis and Prognosis for Neurologic Disease • Advances in Brain Tumor Surgery • Spine Care • CNS “Zebras” • Neurorehabilitation • Vestibular Neurology • Application of 3D Printing in the Neurosciences • Concussion Management • Neuro Critical Care Prognostics Indicators • Management of Back Pain • Dementia • Neurologic Consequences of Vasculopathies • Neuroimaging • Headache • Traumatic Brain Injury  Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.

Complete Revascularization for Higher-Risk Indicated Patients (CHIP) AT ACC 2019 is organized by CardioVascular Research Foundation (CRF) and will be held on Mar 15, 2019 at New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America. Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.

Mythbusters: Exposing the Truths of Cardiac Sarcoidosis is organized by Mayo Clinic Cardiovascular Medicine CME (CV CME) and will be held on Mar 15, 2019 at JW Marriott New Orleans, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America. This CME Conference has been approved for a maximum of 2.5 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM.  Target Audience: This course is designed for general cardiologists, electrophysiologists, heart failure specialists, cardiac imaging specialists, as well as cardiology fellows and APPNs. Course Description: This complimentary dinner symposium will review the state-of-the-art strategies for diagnosis and management of cardiac sarcoidosis. Faculty will use a case-based approach encouraging audience participation and discussion to outline challenges and controversies related to cardiac sarcoidosis. Course Objectives: Upon completion of this symposium, participants should be able to: • list specific attributes of echocardiography, FDG-PET, and cardiac MRI in the diagnosis and follow-up of cardiac sarcoid. • identify optimal approaches to risk stratification and treatment of electrophysiologic disturbances in patients with sarcoid. • Evaluate sarcoid patients including identifying those with high likelihood of having disease in the absence of histologic evidence of cardiac sarcoidosis. Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.

Converging Roads: Where Health Care Ethics and Medicine Converge is organized by St. John Paul II Foundation and will be held on Mar 16, 2019 at Notre Dame Seminary Graduate School of Theology, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America. This CME Conference has been approved for a maximum of 7.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Course Description: Where Health Care Ethics and Medicine Converge Converging Roads is a regional conference series offering continuing education for health care professionals that equips them to practice the highest ethical and medical standards of their profession. Converging Roads provides health care professionals, chaplains, students, and administrators with the most up-to-date training in health care ethics enabling them to more effectively care for their patients. An initiative of the St. John Paul II Foundation, Converging Roads is deeply rooted in the Catholic moral tradition and is presented in multiple local or regional conferences. Health care professionals receive continuing medical education credits, insight from national level speakers, and the opportunity for networking with local health care professionals. Conference Objectives are: Discuss the true meaning of freedom according to the classical ethical tradition. • Describe a well-formed conscience and the basic human right to discharge one’s conscience. • Identify threats to conscience faced by medical professionals today. • Identify protections and legal rights of medical professionals in the face of threats to the right to serve. • Discuss the legal trends of physician assisted suicide in the U.S. and Louisiana. • Identify ways the medical community can address physician assisted suicide in their respective areas of medicine. • Describe the ethical dimensions involved in Physician Assisted Suicide for the health care professional and what is medically inappropriate. • Identify physician assisted suicide as a symptom of the problem of secular medical ethics and a result of post-Hippocratic medicine. • Describe the medical options for a family struggling with infertility. • Discuss the emotional and psychological suffering associated with infertility. • Identify best practices for medical treatment, psycho-social support, and intervention on behalf of patients. • Discuss the meaning and purpose of suffering and how to help patients mature through suffering.

American College of Cardiology (ACC) 68th Annual Scientific Session and Expo is organized by American College of Cardiology (ACC) and will be held from Mar 16 - 18, 2019 at New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America. Accreditation: Physicians The American College of Cardiology Foundation (ACCF) is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians. The ACCF designates this live activity for a maximum of 28 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. ABIM MOC Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 28 Medical Knowledge 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. European Board for Accreditation in Cardiology (EBAC) External CME Credit ACC.19 will be accredited by the European Board for Accreditation in Cardiology (EBAC) for 20 hours of External CME credits. Each participant should claim only those hours of credit that have actually been spent in the educational activity. The Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) and the European Board for Accreditation in Cardiology (EBAC) have recognized each other's accreditation systems as substantially equivalent. Apply for credit through the post-course evaluation. Nurses The American College of Cardiology Foundation (ACCF) is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation (ANCC Provider Number 0019). The ACCF designates this educational activity for a maximum of 28 continuing nursing education contact hours. Nurses should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. Conference Description: Despite tremendous advances in recent years, cardiovascular disease (CVD) remains the leading cause of death throughout the world. While ongoing research seeks to further improve outcomes in several areas of CVD, numerous well-defined, evidence-based practices face struggles with implementation. It is imperative that every member of the cardiovascular team play their role(s) to address these practice gaps and optimize cardiovascular care. Therefore, in this era of rapid transformation, education is essential to update clinicians on the latest science and advances in CVD, facilitate uptake of evolving best practices, and promote practical solutions that support the entire care team. ACC.19 will provide an engaging and empowering educational environment that offers a contemporary environmental scan, state-of-the-art updates, expert perspectives on challenging clinical decisions, and tools to help clinicians navigate real-world challenges with the collective goal of improving outcomes for patients with cardiovascular disease. Conference Goals: • To provide a stimulating environment for information sharing of new knowledge, presentation of research, networking and collaboration with a goal of improving cardiovascular disease management for all patients • To facilitate translation of cardiovascular science to all members of the care team leading to high-quality, patient-centered care • To allow for examination and discussion of important contributions and controversies in cardiovascular care • To integrate traditional and novel educational techniques and create an interactive and informative learning environment • To promote cardiovascular science and education to a global audience Conference Objectives are: • Acute and Stable Ischemic Heart Disease • Arrhythmias and Clinical EP • Congenital Heart Disease • Heart Failure and Cardiomyopathy • Invasive CV Angiography and Intervention • Non-Invasive Imaging • Prevention • Pulmonary Hypertension and Venous Thromboembolic Disease • Valvular Heart Disease • Vascular Medicine Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.

44th Meeting of the International Aldosterone Conference (IAC) is organized by Meetings Plus, Inc and will be held from Mar 21 - 22, 2019 at Holiday Inn New Orleans-Downtown Superdome, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America. IAC meeting has become the premier forum for new findings in the fields of aldosterone, corticosteroids, metabolizing enzymes and the mineralocorticoid receptor in hypertension, heart failure, atherosclerosis, and the metabolic syndrome. Research from basic, clinical and translational studies are presented throughout the program to achieve a comprehensive and cohesive update to the field. Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.