Welcome to
Austin Heart
Continuing Medical Education (CME)
Austin Heart seeks to support you and your practice by offering educational opportunities that will allow for the exchange of the latest ideas and approaches to common and complex cardiovascular problems.
Our Education Committee is composed of the following physicians:
SHAPE (Society of Heart Attack Prevention and Eradication)
There are over 1.4 million heart attacks each year. Over half are first-time events and one-third will result in death. Austin Heart invites you to help us improve these statistics by becoming our partner in the SHAPE-UP initiative. SHAPE-UP is an innovative approach to identify the asymptomatic population potentially at risk for a future cardiovascular event so treatment can be initiated early to eradicate the disease. Primary care physicians play a crucial role in identifying this at-risk population so that we can proactively alter the progression of cardiovascular disease. Austin Heart is a member of SHAPE and is providing one-on-one educational program about SHAPE-UP at the PCP’s office. One hour of CME will be awarded for this program. To make a reservation to have the SHAPE-UP program delivered to your office, contact Shelley Reed at 512-296-6532 or by e-mail.
Upcoming Events
Austin Heart is excited to announce a complimentary medical education webcast 1/23/13 at 12pm CT.
Webcast topic: Resistant Hypertension treated by a new, innovative therapy under investigation known as Catheter-Based Renal Denervation (RDN). Click here for Event registration. For more information on RDN, click here. Hope you can join in!
Please Note: CME credits will not be offered with this education event.
Recent CME Events:
Title: 3rd Annual Stem Cell Research Symposium
Date: November 19, 2012
Title: Arrhythmias and Sleep Apnea
Presenter: Kevin Gallagher, MD, Austin Heart
Date: November 14, 2012
Title: Upholding Professional Accountability
Presenter: Mari Robinson, JD, Texas Medical Board
Date: November 9, 2012
Title: Cardiac MRI/MRA
Presenter: Sina Meisamy, MD, Community Radiology Associates
Date: November 7, 2012
Title: Sudden Cardiac Arrest
Presenter: Tri-County Medical Society
Date: October 16, 2012
Title: New vs. Old Antiplatelet and Anticoagulant Therapies
Presenter: Shane Bailey, MD, Texas Cardiac Arrhythmia
Craig Siegel, MD, Austin Heart
Jeffrey Whitehill, MD, Austin Heart
Robert Wozniak, MD, Cardiovascular Specialists of Texas
Date: October 10, 2012
Title: New Treatment for Severe Aortic Stenosis
Presenter: Stephen J. Dewan, MD, FACS, FACC, Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgeons (CVTS)
Date: March 1, 2012
Title: Aortic Stenosis – Incidence, Symptomatology, Natural History, and Treatment Options – The Past, The Present, The Future
Presenter: Frank Zidar, MD
Date: December 8, 2010
Title: CHF Update Cases and Highlights of Recent Heart Failure Meetings
Presenter: David Morris, MD
Date: December 10, 2010
Title: Sleep Medicine, Cardiovascular Disease and Austin Heart
Presenter: Stanley Wang, MD, JD, MPH
Date: April 7, 2011
Title: Perspectives in Atrial Fibrillation
Presenter: Paul Coffeen, MD
Date: April 13, 2011
CONTACT US
If you would like to receive e-mails regarding future CME offerings, please contact Austin Heart's Physician Relations Coordinator, Shelley Reed at shelley.reed@austinheart.com or 512-610-2448
