Rocky Mountain Valve Symposium

Rocky Mountain Valve Symposium

"There's no better meeting that features live surgeries by the world's top cardiac surgeons and wet lab practice to demonstrate the surgical techniques observed!"
-Tim Descamps
IHIMF Executive Director

"Great meeting! I have been coming back year after year and always take away many great ideas and often a better understanding...for my patients. Thank you!"
-Past Rocky Attendee

ROCKY MOUNTAIN VALVE SYMPOSIUM

Thursday, July 22, 2010
Mitral Valve

8:00 WELCOME Jeff Fee
8:05 Defining the Future of Valve Procedures Kim Eagle MD
8:10 Mitral Valve Surgery: Hyperbole-Market Space-Outcomes:
An Inconvenient Marriage- The Surgeon, Cardiologist and Guidelines
Kim Eagle, MD
8:30 Multi-Modality Imaging of the Mitral Valve:
CT, Echo, MRI and 3D Echo: State of the Art
Ed Gill, MD
9:10 New Echo Based Classification of Mitral Valve
Pathology in Relevance to Valve Repair
Pravin Shah, MD
9:30 Live Surgical Case: Robotic Mitral Lee Siwek, MD
Pravin Shah, MD
During Case Interventional Options for the Mitral Valve:
The Percutaneous Mitral Clip
Saibal Kar, MD
11:00 Minimally Invasive Mitral Valve Surgery:
“Miami Method”
Joseph Lamelas, MD
11:30 Minimally Invasive Mitral Valve Surgery:
Is My Approach for Every Surgeon?
Vincent Gaudiani, MD
12:00 LUNCH
1:00 Technologies in Treatment of Mitral Valve:
What is the Controversy?
Tom Gleason, MD
1:30 Debate: Which Technology and Approach is Best?
Are We Abandoning Outcomes in Favor of Less
Vincent Gaudiani, MD
Joseph Lamelas, MD
Saibal Kar, MD
Tom Gleason, MD
2:00 Panel Discussion: Surgeon and Cardiologist:
Which Approach and When?
Rocky Faculty
2:45 Mitral Valve Intervention: Have We Changed the Future? Kim Eagle, MD
3:00 Break
3:20 Wet Lab A:
Wet Lab B:
5:00 Adjourn
5:15 Social Hour: Tapas in Montana

Friday, July 23, 2010
Aortic Valve

8:00 Innovations in Industry
(not qualified for CME credit)
8:30 Aortic Valve Intervention: Who is Coming to Dinner?
Is there a Surgeon at the Table?
Kim Eagle MD
8:45 Optimal Imaging for the Aortic Valve Stan Shernan, MD
9:15 MRI for the Aortic Valve Alex Jehle, MD
9:45 Live Surgical Case: Minimally Invasive AVR Vincent Gaudiani, MD
Pravin Shah, MD
During Case Minimally Invasive AVR: My Approach Joseph Lamelas, MD
During Case Percutaneous Aortic Valve Technology: Current State Peter Block, MD
10:45 Percutaneous Aortic Valve Peter Block, MD
11:15 Transapical vs. Transfemoral Percutaneous AV
Technologies: Do We Need Both?
Vinod Thourani, MD
12:00 LUNCH
1:00 Technologies in Aortic Valve Treatment:
What is the Controversy?
Vincent Gaudiani, MD
1:30 Debate: Which Technology and Approach is Best? Tom Gleason, MD
Vincent Gaudiani, MD
Joseph Lamelas, MD
Peter Block, MD
2:00 Panel Discussion: The Demise of the Sternotomy AVR? Rocky Faculty
2:45 Aortic Valve Intervention: Has Current Technology Changed
The Indications for Surgery and Valve Choices
Kim Eagle, MD
3:00 Break
3:20 Wet Lab
5:00 Adjourn

Saturday, July 24, 2009
Practice Development

8:00 Welcome
8:05 Building the Teamwork Culture Peter Block, MD
8:25 Heart Valve Center of Excellence-
If You Build It, They Will Come
Pravin Shah, MD
8:45 The Hybrid Procedure Room-
Should Your Hospital Build It?
Vinod Thourani, MD
9:05 How Does This Future State Fit with
Healthcare Reform?
Kim Eagle, MD
9:25 Closing Remarks
9:30 Adjourn