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, President SPH
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
Gregory Hundley, MD
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 Valve Repair 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 Invasive?
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: Mitral Valve Repair
Lab B: Intraoperative 3D TEE-Part 1
5:00 Adjourn for Reception in Conference Hall

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 Gregory Hundley, MD
9:45 Live Surgical Case: Minimally Invasive AVR Joseph Lamelas, MD
Pravin Shah, MD
   During Case Minimally Invasive AVR: My Approach Vincent Gaudiani, 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 A: Aortic Valve Therapy
3:20 Lab B: Intraoperative 3D TEE-Part 2
5:00 Adjourn

Saturday, July 24, 2009
Concurrent Sessions

Moderator: Joseph Cacchine, MD
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?
Joseph Cacchione, MD
Moderator: Joseph Knapp, MD
Imaging for Surgical Planning
9:45 Intraoperative 3D Echo for Surgical Decision Making in Functional MR Stan Shernan, MD
10:10 Myocardial Viability - Is MRI the Best Up & Coming Modality? Is there a role for CT? Gregory Hundley, MD
10:35 Role of Preoperative TEE in Planning Mitral and Aortic Valve Surgery Pravin Shah, MD
11:00 Role of CT With and Without Contrast in Surgical Planning Alex Jehle, MD
11:25 Closing Remarks
11:30 Adjourn

Saturday, July 24, 2009
Concurrent Sessions

Robotic Surgery:
Lateral Endoscopic Approach using Robotics (LEAR)

7:30 Welcome and Overview
7:35 Why the Lateral Endoscopic Approach using Robotics (LEAR) is the Best Technique for Intracardiac Procedures Doug Murphy, MD
Lee Siwek, MD
8:00 CTA Guidance for LEAR: Port Placement and Perfusion Options Doug Murphy, MD
Lee Siwek, MD
8:30 Complex LEAR Mitral Valve Repair: Overview and Case Presentations Doug Murphy, MD
Lee Siwek, MD
9:45 Break
10:00 Complex LEAR ASD: Overview and Case Presentations Doug Murphy, MD
Lee Siwek, MD
10:30 LEAR Cardiac Tumor Excision: Overview and Case Presentations Doug Murphy, MD
Lee Siwek, MD
11:00 LEAR Cryomaze: Overview and Case Presentation Doug Murphy, MD
Lee Siwek, MD
11:30 Training: Virtual Training on the LEAR technique Doug Murphy, MD
Lee Siwek, MD
12:00 Wrap Up, Adjourn Discussion