2011 Meetings

FH CME Symposium focused on Ethnic Populations

ASPC is partnering with the NLA, AACIO, ASPC, AAPI, ABC, CAPI and FAPI to sponsor an upcoming CME Symposium program entitled, Familial Hypercholesterolemia: Prevalence, Diagnosis and Management with Special Reference to Ethnic Populations in the USA, on Sunday, November 13, 2011, in Orlando, Florida.

This symposium will focus on ethnic disparities in a relatively less known type of hyperlipidemia, the role of ApoB lipoprotein and LP(a) in familial hypercholesterolemia and current recommendations in the management.

November 8, 2011 is the deadline for reservations for this CME program!

For additional information contact: Email Lindy Chapman at lindyc@uab.edu or call 205-934-8256.

Register now for the FH CME Symposium!

The Great Wall International Congress of Cardiology (GW-ICC)
Population wide Efforts for the Reduction of Cardiometabolic Risks Symposium
Sponsored by ASPC
October 13-16
Beijing, China

The Great Wall International Congress of Cardiology (GW-ICC) is one of the most influential and successful comprehensive cardiovascular Congress with the most complete subject in the Asia Pacific region.

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3rd Annual Orange County Symposium
Cardiovascular Disease Prevention: Unmet Needs, Management Challenges, and the Difficult Patient
October 22, 2011
Hilton Anaheim
Anaheim, CA

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Symposium Lecture Topics

• Unmet Needs for Targeting Residual CVD Risk Statement
  • Cholesterol and Lipoprotein Metabolism and Recognized Defects leading to CVD
  • New Focus on HDL Therapeutic
  • Triglyceride-Rich Lipoproteins: Evidence and Guidance for Management
• Unmet Needs Beyond Lipids
  • Hypertension: How Low Should We Go for BP Lowering in DM and High Risk Subjects
  • Obesity, Insulin Resistance, Diabetes, and CVD
  • Diabetes and CVD: How Aggressively Should We Target Glycemic Control
• Challenges in Everyday Practice and The Difficult Patient
  • Inflammation and CVD
  • What is the Role of Cardio-Vascular Imaging?
  • 10-year vs. Lifetime CVD Risk
• Lifestyle and Complementary Approaches to CVD Risk Reduction
  • Good Fats-Bad Fats
  • Vitamins: To Pop or Not to Pop
  • Exercise
  • Complementary and Integrative Approaches: Herbals, Nutraceuticals, Acupuncture
• Round Table Discussions
  • Cardiometabolic Risk
  • Challenging Cases of the Difficult Patient

Cardiovascular Risk Prevention Symposium
In Conjunction with American Society of Hypertension, American Society for Preventive Cardiology, and Association of Black Cardiologists
Saturday, May 21, 2011
4:30 - 6:00 PM

This program is available as on-demand online program on this site.
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Overview:
This interactive, in-depth symposium will provide an opportunity for the audience to introspectively examine their knowledge and perception of what Cardiovascular Risk Prevention will "look like" in the coming years. Pending changes in healthcare landscape have many questioning the impact of policy and strategy revolutions on both the local and national scene. Discussion following the presentations will provide for lively dialogue with a panel of renowned experts in the field.

10^th Annual Emory Symposium on Coronary Atherosclerosis Prevention and Education (ESCAPE)
June 1-5, 2011
Amelia Island Plantation, Amelia Island, FL
This meeting is endorsed by the ASPC
To download the ESCAPE Brochure 2011

At ESCAPE you will hear nationally renowned speakers discuss four preventionfocused
areas relative to cardiologists and practicing physicians and clinicians:
Translating science to clinical practice, Hot Topics in Prevention, Pivotal Perspectives
in Prevention, and Initiatives and Approaches in Prevention.This conference will close
the knowledge gaps between national guideline goals, practice, and research.
Physicians and clinicians will have the opportunity to discuss with the speakers
and other attendees on how these principles can be applied to patient care in the
context of their own practice in order to decrease cardiovascular disease risk.
Core Competencies: Patient Care and Medical Knowledge.

18th Asian Pacific Congress of Cardiology
May 5–8, 2011
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

On Saturday, May 7, the ASPC was partner with the Asian Pacific Society of Cardiology to present ”Challenges and Opportunity: Obesity and Diabetes in Asia.”

ASPC's Annual Meeting and Reception
In conjunction with EPI/NPAM 2011
March 25, 2011
Marriott Marquis, Atlanta, GA

Featuring speaker Darwin R. Labarthe, MD, MPH, PhD, FAHA
Director, Center for Disease Control's Division for Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention

FEATURING:

• From CVD to CVH: A Quiet Revolution —a lecture by 2006 ASPC Stokes Award winner and renowned CVD expert Darwin Labarthe, MD, MPH, PhD of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta

Controversies in Preventive Cardiology Debate at AHA/EPI NPAM
Prevention of Coronary Heart Disease in Women: Are the Similarities Greater than the Differences?
Ezra Amsterdam MD, FACC vs. Nanette Wenger, MD, FACC

Friday, March 25, 2011
Atlanta, GA