Conquering Cardiovascular Disease:
Integrating the Latest Research into Your Practice
Jointly Sponsored with the American
Heart Association
8:00 a.m. | Welcome and Opening Remarks
Nancy Donovan, MD
Moderator, MMS Committee on Women in Medicine |
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8:10 a.m. | American Heart Association 2020 Impact Goal - Health
Factors Contributing to Heart Disease: Hypertension, Cholesterol,
Diabetes
N. A. Mark Estes, III, MD
Professor, Tufts University School of Medicine; Director,
Cardiac Arrhythmia Center; Director, Cardiac Electrophysiology and
Pacemaker Laboratory Click here to download Dr. Estes's
presentation (.pdf, 35 pages) |
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9:00 a.m. | Gender Differences in Cardiovascular Disease - Case
Studies
Samia Mora, MD, MHS
Associate Physician, Brigham and Women's Hospital; Assistant
Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School Click here to download Dr. Mora's
presentation (.pdf, 34 pages) |
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| 10:00 a.m. | Break/ Exhibits |
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| 10:20 a.m. | Inflammation and Heart Disease in Women
Ayan R. Patel, MD
Associate Professor, Tufts University School of Medicine;
Director, Cardiovascular Imaging and Hemodynamic Laboratory;
Director, Women's Heart Center Click here to download Dr. Patel's
presentation (.pdf, 21 pages) |
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| 11:20 a.m. | Alcohol and Heart Disease in Women
Kenneth J. Mukamal, MD, MPH
Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical
School Click here to download Dr. Mukamal's
presentation (.pdf, 63 pages) |
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| 12:20 p.m. | Closing Remarks
Nancy Donovan, MD |
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Resources:
Go Red
for Women
American
Heart Association
AHA My Life Check
Impact Goal News Release
American Heart Association: Life's Simple
7 (.pdf, 1 page)
American Heart Association: Primary Prevention
Performance Measures (.pdf, 42 pages)
Journal of American College of Cardiology: Women
and Ischemic Heart Disease (.pdf, 15 pages)
