The worldwide statistics are shocking: It is estimated that by 2020, heart disease and stroke will become the leading causes of death and disability around the globe, with fatalities projected to increase to more than 20 million a year. To better prepare cardiovascular healthcare professionals for detecting, managing and treating this burgeoning epidemic, the American College of Cardiology offers the New York Cardiovascular Symposium, a course that combines rigorous science with clinically relevant strategies. 

Valued for more than four decades, the symposium, as directed by world-renowned cardiologist Valentin Fuster, MD, PhD, MACC, comprises three days of compelling sessions led by a team of experts who review the latest developments, advanced methods and cutting-edge technologies for treating cardiovascular disease. Nowhere else will you receive such a comprehensive review of critical information on essential topics related to coronary artery and valvular heart diseases, cardiac and electrical failure, atrial fibrillation and more. 

Cardiovascular professionals from around the world gather annually at this symposium to compare procedures and policies and learn from each other. The New York Cardiovascular Symposium has been and continues to be the one course that can and will have the greatest and most positive impact on your profession, your practice and most important, your patients.

Learner Objectives

By projecting how we practice cardiovascular medicine in the next five years, the overall goal of this course is to enhance competency by providing participants with the most up-to-date developments in the diagnosis, treatment and management of cardiovascular disease and to facilitate this transfer of knowledge into practice to improve patient outcomes.

Upon completion of this course, attendees should be able to —

• Incorporate current and emerging clinical evidence in the comprehensive assessment, treatment and management of patients with, or at increased risk of, cardiovascular disease, including hypertension and diabetes
• Identify the methods and timing of treatment for coronary artery disease, including the latest discoveries in athero-thrombogenesis 
• Evaluate and employ contemporary approaches, treatment and management strategies in patients with systolic heart failure and rhythm disorders (including atrial and ventricular arrhythmias) 
• Discuss optimal systems and strategies for the diagnosis and management of STEMI, including antithrombotic and non-antithrombotic challenges
• Debate a multidisciplinary team approach to managing aortic valve disease and mitral regurgitation
• Interpret the impact that genetics, cell regeneration and molecular signaling have made in monitoring cardiovascular health

TARGET AUDIENCE

This course is intended for cardiovascular specialists, internists, family physicians, advanced practice nurses, nurses in cardiology and physician assistants.

Course Director

Valentin Fuster, MD, PhD, MACC
Director, Zena and Michael A. Wiener Cardiovascular Institute
The Mount Sinai Medical Center and School of Medicine
New York

Invited Faculty 

David H. Adams, MD, FACC 
The Mount Sinai Medical Center and School of Medicine 

Piero Anversa, MD 
Brigham and Women’s Hospital 

Donna Arnett, PhD, MSPH 
University of Alabama, Birmingham

Deepak L Bhatt, MD, MPH, FACC 
VA Boston Healthcare System 

Robert O. Bonow, MD, MACC 
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine 

Mark W. Burket, MD, FACC 
Medical College of Ohio

Robert M. Califf, MD, FACC 
Duke Medicine 

Christopher P. Cannon, MD, FACC 
Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Kim A. Eagle, MD, MACC 
University of Michigan Cardiovascular Center 

Ted Feldman, MD, FACC 
Evanston Hospital 

Bernard J. Gersh, MB, ChB, DPhil, MACC 
Mayo Clinic 

Michael R. Gold, MD, PhD, FACC 
Medical University of South Carolina 

Martin Grabenwöger, MD 
University of Vienna 

Daniel Gruenstein, MD 
University of Minnesota 

Roger J. Hajjar, MD, FACC 
The Mount Sinai Medical Center and School of Medicine 

Henry R. Halperin, MD, MA 
Johns Hopkins Hospital 

John G. Harold, MD, MACC 
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center 

Shalom Jacobovitz 
American College of Cardiology 

Ik-Kyung Jang, MD, PhD, FACC 
Massachusetts General Hospital

C. Ronald Kahn, MD 
Joslin Diabetes Center 

Smadar Kort, MD, FACC 
Stony Brook University Medical Center 

Harlan M. Krumholz, MD, SM, FACC 
Yale University School of Medicine 

Kenneth W. Mahaffey, MD, FACC 
Stanford University 

Donna M. Mancini, MD 
Columbia University 

Francis E. Marchlinski, MD, FACC 
University of Pennsylvania Health System 

Barry J. Maron, MD, FACC 
Minneapolis Heart Institute Foundation 

Vallerie V. McLaughlin, MD, FACC 
University of Michigan Hospital 

Jagat Narula, MD, PhD, MACC 
The Mount Sinai Medical Center and School of Medicine

Eric Olson, MD, PhD 
University of Texas Southwestern Medical 

Bertram Pitt, MD, FACC 
University of Michigan School of Medicine 

Vivek Y. Reddy, MD 
The Mount Sinai Medical Center and School of Medicine 

Dan M. Roden, MD 
Vanderbilt University Medical Center 

Ralph L. Sacco, MD 
University of Miami 

Samin K. Sharma, MBBS, FACC 
The Mount Sinai Medical Center and School of Medicine 

Sidney C. Smith Jr., MD, FACC 
University of North Carolina 

Paul Stelzer, MD, FACC 
The Mount Sinai Medical Center and School of Medicine 

Miguel Torres, MD, PhD 
Fundación Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares (CNIC) 

Renu Virmani, MD, FACC 
CVPath Institute, Inc. 

Lars Wallentin, MD, PhD 
Uppsala Clinical Research Center 

Mark W. Wholey, MD 
Pittsburgh Vascular Institute 

Clyde W. Yancy, MD, FACC 
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Location 
All sessions will be held at the New York Hilton - Midtown, New York, 1335 Avenue of the Americas, New York. The meeting site telephone number is 212-586-7000.

Accommodations
Rooms are available at the New York Hilton - Midtown and the Sheraton New York.

Rates, Taxes & Additional Charges

New York Hilton - Midtown 
1335 Avenue of the Americas
Rate: $499 + tax and additional guest charges

Sheraton NY Hotel & Towers 
811 7th Avenue 53rd St
Rate: $469 - tax and additional guest charges; includes complimentary internet

• All rates are per room and are subject to 14.75% tax (subject to change) as well as up to a $3.00 charge per room per day.
• Special requests can not be guaranteed, however hotels will do their best to honor all requests.
• Hotels will assign specific rooms upon check-in, based on availability.

Hotel Information & Policies

• Those requesting a room must first register for the course. Click here to register.
• Each registrant may reserve up to TWO rooms at the conference rate as long as rooms are available. Please contact The Housing Connection if you need additional rooms. Please contact Orchid Event Solutions (OES) if you need additional rooms.
• A TWO NIGHT MINIMUM STAY is required.
• Reservations will not be accepted without credit card guarantee or a check for one night’s room plus tax for each room reserved.
• We reserve the right to release a reservation for which payment (check or credit card) has been declined.
• To make a hotel reservation through fax, mail or phone, click here.

Deadlines

• All rooms will be booked on a first come first basis and are subject to availability.
• Rooms at the conference rate are available until November 13, 2013 for the New York Hilton - Midtown and November 18, 2013 for the Sheraton– or earlier if the block sells out.
• Changes and substitutions must be made by phone, fax, mail or internet by the dates indicated above. After these dates please contact the hotel directly.

Confirmations

• Orchid Event Solutions will send you an acknowledgment of your reservation. Please review all information for accuracy.
• E-mail acknowledgment will be sent, if an e-mail address is provided (preferred), or by fax or mail.
• If you do not receive an acknowledgment or have questions, please call OES. You will not receive a confirmation from the hotel.

Submission Info

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