AAP SECTION ON CARDIOLOGY AND CARDIAC SURGERY ABOUT US

Scientific Program Outline
Section on Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery
2011 AAP National Conference and Exhibition
Day 1 - Friday, October 14, 2011
Renaissance Boston Waterfront Hotel
Pacific Grand Ballroom E-H
Boston, MA

8.30 am	Abstract Presentations
	Moderators: Seema Mital, MD, FAAP, LuAnn Minich, MD, FAAP

9:30 am	Break

9:45 am	H0014 Symposium #1: Quality Improvement Measures; What, Where, When & Why
	Moderators: Jeffrey Towbin, MD, FAAP and Kathy Jenkins, MD, FAAP

	Developing a Pediatric Cardiology Quality Improvement Program
	Faculty: Carole Lannon, MD, FAAP

	Measuring Quality of Care: Lessons from Adult Cardiovascular Disease
	Faculty: Frederick Masoudi, MD, MSPH, FACC, FAHA, FACP

	Pediatric Cardiology Quality Measures Working Group
	Faculty: Kathy Jenkins, MD, FAAP

	What Have We Learned From Quality Improvement?
	Faculty: Ramesh Sachdeva, MD, PhD, JD, FAAP

	Panel Discussion

12:45 pm	Lunch- Society for Pediatric Cardiology Training Program Directors

1:45 pm	Young Investigator Award Abstract Presentations
	Moderators: Christopher Snyder, MD, FAAP, Jeffrey Towbin, MD, FAAP

3:30 pm	Break

3:45 pm	Young Investigator Award Abstract Presentations
	Moderators: Christopher Snyder, MD, FAAP, Jeffrey Towbin, MD, FAAP

5:00 pm	Poster Question and Answer Session – Light refreshments served

6:00 pm	Adjourn

Section on Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery
2011 AAP National Conference and Exhibition
Day 2 - Saturday, October 15, 2011
Renaissance Boston Waterfront Hotel
Pacific Grand Ballroom E-H
Boston, MA

8:15 am	Abstract Presentations
	Moderator: LuAnn Minich, MD, FAAP

10:15 am	Break

10:30 am	Abstract Presentations
	Moderator: LuAnn Minich, MD, FAAP

12:00 pm	Pediatric Cardiology Fellows Workshop
	Finding A Job: The Current Job Market

1:00 pm	H1027 Symposium #2: Pediatric Cardiology Quality Improvement
	Moderators: Robert Beekman, III, MD, FAAP, Kathy Jenkins, MD, FAAP

	Quality Improvement in Pediatric Echocardiography: Present and Future Initiatives
	Faculty: Leo Lopez, MD

	Understanding and Measuring Pediatric Populations Undergoing Diverse Procedures and Interventions
	Faculty: Lisa Bergersen, MD, MPH, FAAP

2:45 pm	Break

	Pediatric Electrophysiology
	Faculty: John Kugler, MD, FAAP

3:40 pm	Adult Congenital Heart Disease
	Faculty: Michelle Gurvitz, MD, FAAP

	Quality Improvement in the Cardiovascular Intensive Care Unit
	Faculty: David Nelson, MD

	Panel Discussion

4:30 pm	Abstract Presentations
	Moderators: Christopher Snyder, MD, FAAP, James Tweddell, MD, FAAP

5:15 pm	Adjourn

7.00 pm	Section Banquet - tickets required (catered event #M05)
	Seaport Hotel, Flagship A & B Room

Section on Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery
2011 AAP National Conference and Exhibition
Day 3 – Sunday, October 16, 2011
Renaissance Boston Waterfront Hotel
Pacific Grand Ballroom E-H
Boston, MA

8:15 am	Presentation of the 2011 Young Investigator Award & Education Travel Grant Awards

8:20 am	Presentation of the 2011 Research Fellowship Award
	Recipient: Katja Gist, DO
	Sponsored by the Helen and Will Webster Foundation

8:25 am	Presentation of the results of the 2011 Research Fellowship Award
	Presenter: Thomas C. Dispenza, MD
	Sponsored by the Helen and Will Webster Foundation

8:55 am	Founders Award Presentation
	Recipient: James H. Moller, MD, FAAP

9:00 am	Founders Address: The Heart in the Muscular Dystrophies
	Presenter: Hugh D. Allen, MD, FAAP

9:30 am	Break

9:45 am	H2021 Symposium #3: Quality Improvement
	Moderators: James Tweddell, MD, FAAP, W. Robert Morrow, MD, FAAP

	The JCCHD National Quality Improvement Collaborative (NPC-QIC)
	Faculty: Robert H. Beekman, III, MD, FAAP

	Nomenclature/Database of Surgical Treatment in Congenital Heart Disease
	Faculty: Jeffrey Jacobs, MD

	Linking Databases to Evaluate Outcomes and Quality
	Faculty: Sara Pasquali, MD, FAAP

	Planning for Surgery
	Faculty: Michael Mitchell

	Assessment of Technical Competency in Pediatric Cardiac Surgery
	Faculty: Emile Bacha, MD, FACS

	Panel Discussion

1:15 pm	Adjourn