November 02 Nov 02
2018
Friday Fri

Pediatric Grand Rounds (CME): From Nuts to Soup: The Strange (and ongoing) Story of Mechanical Circulatory Support

David Rosenthal, MD - Stanford University

The Roma and Marvin Auerback Lecture in Pediatric Cardiology presents the history of mechanical circulatory support, starting from the earliest applications in humans and continuing to the present. 

Session Description:

This lecture will review the history of mechanical circulatory support, starting from the earliest applications in humans and continuing to the present.  The clinical context of pediatric heart failure will be addressed, to provide an understanding of the role of pediatric circulatory support today.  Current outcomes will be evaluated and future directions explored.

Education goals for this session:

  • Understand the origins of mechanical circulatory support
  • Understand the clinical context of acute heart failure in children
  • Understand outcomes of pediatric circulatory support today
  • Anticipate future trends in pediatric circulatory support

Location

LPCH West Auditorium
725 Welch Road
Palo Alto, CA 94304
USA

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LPCH West Auditorium

725 Welch Road
Palo Alto, CA 94304
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Speaker

David Rosenthal, MD

  • Established PACT program as first pediatric heart failure program in US
  • Participated or lead clinical research in pediatric heart failure and VAD
  • Co-founder of ACTION network for pediatric heart failure quality improvement

 

Speaker profile

CME Credit

Accreditation

The Stanford University School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Credit Designation

The Stanford University School of Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)TM.  Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Cultural and Linguistic Competency

California Assembly Bill 1195 requires continuing medical education activities with patient care components to include curriculum in the subjects of cultural and linguistic competency.  The planners and speakers of this CME activity have been encouraged to address cultural issues relevant to their topic area. The Stanford University School of Medicine Multicultural Health Portal also contains many useful cultural and linguistic competency tools including culture guides, language access information and pertinent state and federal laws. You are encouraged to visit the portal: http://lane.stanford.edu/portals/cultural.html