We look forward to seeing you at The Newseum today, Tuesday, March 2, from 6:30 until 9:30 p.m. for “Innovations and Disparities in Health Care: The Past, Present, and Future.”
This dinner symposium, hosted by SCAI and cosponsored with the Association of Black Cardiologists, Mended Hearts, and WomenHeart: The National Coalition for Women with Heart Disease, will be held on the 8th floor of The Newseum, 555 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20001. This is at the intersection of Pennsylvania Avenue and Sixth Street NW. Please enter using the 6th Street NW entrance. A security guard will greet you and send you on the elevator up to the 8th floor. Once you arrive on the 8th floor, you will see the SCAI registration table and an SCAI staff member will assist you.
AGENDA
Symposium Moderator:
Mark Turco, M.D., FSCAI
Washington Adventist Hospital
Historical Perspective on AMI Care: Medical Progress Over the Years
Speaker TBA
The Disparity Reality in Health Care Delivery: Economic, Scientific & Public Education Factors that Impact Care
Roxana Mehran, M.D., FSCAI
Columbia University
Cardiovascular Device Innovation & Protecting Public Health: An FDA/CDRH Perspective
Andrew Farb, M.D.
U.S. Food and Drug Administration, CDRH-ODE-DCD-ICDB
Panel Discussion
Marcos Pesquera, MPH
Allen J. Taylor, M.D., FACC, FAHA
Ron Waksman, M.D., FACC
WHO SHOULD ATTEND?
The spectrum of healthcare providers including:
- general and family physicians
- internal physicians
- nurse practitioners
- general cardiologists
- invasive/interventional cardiologists
- other healthcare provides welcomed
HOW DO THESE DISPARITIES AFFECT YOUR PATIENTS?
- Cardiovascular disease is the number one killer of both men and women in the U.S.
- Women under the age of 50 are twice as likely to die from a heart attack as men in their same age group.
- African American women ages 55-64 are twice as likely as white women to have a heart attack and 35 percent more likely to suffer from heart disease.
- In 2006, nearly 47 percent of African American women, and nearly 45 percent of African American males had CVD.
Sponsored by:
*Funded, in part, by educational grants from Abbott Vascular and Medtronic CardioVascular
