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The 10th Annual
Nigerian Cardiovascular Symposium 2023
Virtual Lecture Series
September 2-3, 9-10

NCS 2023 Pre-conference Workshop
In Collaboration with the Nigerian Cardiac Society
September 11th - 12th

OVERVIEW

 

This symposium is designed to provide attendees with an opportunity to learn the basic concepts and recent advances in cardiovascular medicine including Heart Failure, Interventional Cardiology, Electrophysiology and Heart Disease Prevention. Educational methods include didactic lectures, case reviews and group discussions.

TARGET AUDIENCE

 

The course is intended for Cardiovascular Disease Specialists, Primary Care Providers, Physicians in Training, Nurses and other allied health professionals interested in the field of cardiology.

 

ACCREDITATION

 

Nigerian Cardiac Society designates this activity for a maximum of 10 CPD credits.

REGISTRATION

Registration is free. However, there is a 10,000.00-naira processing fee for the CME and attendance certificates.

COURSE OBJECTIVES

 

At the end of the Symposium, the attendees should be able to do the following:

 

  • Understand and implement the latest strategies for evaluation and Management of Heart Failure.

  • Recognize and treat the most common cardiac arrhythmias appropriately.

  • Understand and implement the most effective strategies for management of ischemic heart disease.

  • Understand and implement the most current strategies in cardiovascular disease prevention.​

  • Describe the role of interventional Cardiology and Electrophysiology in the management of Heart Failure.

  • Understand the latest advances in the management of Heart Failure.

  • Understand the latest advances in Echocardiography.

Overview

Agenda

Agenda

September 2, 2023

Heart Failure

President's Opening Address: Obinnaya Emerole, MD


Moderators:

Onyedika Ilonze MD, Ebere Chukwu MD


Panelists: 

Okechukwu Ogah MBBS, PhD, Mahmoud Sani MBBS, PhD, Amam Mbakwem MBBS, Kamilu Karaye, MBChB, PhD

Topic

Presenters

Time (WAT)

Time (EST)

President’s Opening Address

Obinnaya Emerole MD

1:30 PM

8:30 AM

Introduction

Onyedika Ilonze, MD

2:00 PM

9:00 AM

Diagnostic Testing in Acute Heart Failure https://google.com

Ebere Chukwu, MD   

2:10 PM

9:10 AM

Medical Management of Heart Failure – Review of the Guidelines 

Ugochukwu Egolum, MD 

2:40 PM

9:40 AM

Management of Heart Failure in the CCU - Tips, Drips and Mechanics 

Albert Hicks, MD

3:10 PM

10:10 AM

Break 

Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy and Cardiac Amyloidosis: Commoner than being diagnosed 

Rosalyn Adigun, MD, PharmD

3:20 PM

10:20 AM

Managing Peripartum Cardiomyopathy and other Heart Failure in a Resource Limited Setting  

Fiona Strasserking, MD

3:50 PM

10:50 AM

Case Presentations  

Seun Okunuga MBChB, Onyedika Ilonze MD, MPH

4:20 PM

11:20 PM

Panel Discussion, Q&A 

5:00 PM

12:00 PM

Faculty

Faculty

Addo, Kamel, MD

Cardiac Electrophysiology

Consultant Cardiologist, 

Mount Carmel Medical Group, 

Columbus, Ohio, USA

Addo, Tayo, MD

Interventional Cardiology

Professor,

Department of Internal Medicine at UT Southwestern Medical Center

Dallas, Texas, USA

Adigun, Rosalyn, MD, PharmD

Advanced Cardiac Imaging, Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology

Medical Officer, 

Division of Cardiovascular and Renal Products,

CDER/FDA

USA

Ajuluchukwu, Jayne, MBBS

General Cardiology

Professor, Chief of Cardiology, 

Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH)

Alli, Seun, MD, MHA

Interventional Cardiology

Director, Structural Heart Program, 

Novant Health 

Charlotte, North Carolina, USA

Bolorunduro, Oluwaseyi, MD MPH

Interventional Cardiology

Consultant Cardiologist,

NOVA Cardiovascular Care, INOVA Fairfax Hospital

Fairfax, Virginia, USA

Chiadika, Olasimbo, MD

Advanced Cardiac Imaging

Associate Professor, 

Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center (UTHealth) McGovern Medical School

Houston, Texas, USA

Chukwu, Ebere O., MD

Advanced Heart Failure & Transplant Cardiology

Consultant Cardiologist, 

Baylor Scott & White, 

Temple, Texas, USA

Da-Wariboko, Akanibo, MD

Cardiac Electrophysiology

Medical Director of Cardiac Electrophysiology

Houston Methodist,

Baytown, Texas, USA

Edafe, Emmanuel, MBBS

Interventional Cardiology

Honorary Consultant and Lecturer

Department of Medicine

University of Port Harcout Teaching Hospital, 

Port Harcourt, Nigeria

Efeovbokhan, Nephertiti, MD

Interventional Cardiology

Consultant Cardiologist, 

NEA Baptist Hospital, 

Jonesboro, Arkansas, USA

Egolum, Ugochukwu, MD

Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology

Consultant Cardiologist, 

Georgia Heart Institute, 

Gainesville, Georgia, USA

Ekeruo, Ijeoma, MD

Cardiac Electrophysiology

Associate Professor, 

Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center (UTHealth) McGovern Medical School

Houston, Texas, USA

Emerole, Obinnaya, MD

Interventional Cardiology

President, Cardiovascular Education Foundation

Consultant Cardiologist,

Georgia Heart Physicians

Macon, Georgia, USA

Gupta, Ragini, MD

Cardiac Anesthesiology

Assistant Professor, Clinical Anesthesiology

Temple University, 

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Hicks, Albert, MD

Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology

Medical Director,

Cardiac Transplantation at University of Maryland School of Medicine, 

Baltimore, Maryland, USA

Igbalode, Kenneth Y MD

Interventional Cardiology

Consultant Cardiologist, UW Medicine Valley Medical Center. 

Renton, Washington USA

Munoz, Amy CEPS, CCDS

Clinical Account Executive, Biosense Webster

Houston, Texas USA

Ibebuogu, Uzoma, MD

Interventional Cardiology

Professor of Medicine,

(Cardiology) and Preventive Medicine at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, 

Memphis, Tennessee, USA

Ilonze, Onyedika, MD

Advanced Heart Failure

Assistant Professor

Clinical Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, 

Indianapolis, Indiana, USA

Iseko, Iseko, MBBS, MBA

General Cardiology

Cardiac Interventions & Group MD

The Limi Hospitals, 

Nigeria

Majekodunmi, Tosin, MBBS, PhD, MRCP

Structural and Interventional Cardiology, Adult Congenital Heart Disease

Medical Director & Chief of Cardiology, 

Euracare,

Nigeria

Ngwu, Ogundu, MD

Cardiac Electrophysiology

Consultant Cardiologist, 

Kaiser Permanente, 

Potomac, Maryland, USA

Nyeche, Ovundah, MBBS

Rivers State University Teaching Hospital, 

Port Harcourt, Nigeria

Ogah, Okechukwu, MBBS, PhD

General Cardiology

Senior Lecturer, 

Department of Medicine, University of Ibadan, 

Nigeria

Oladimeji, Oluwaseye, MBBS

Interventional Cardiology

Consultant Cardiologist,

Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, 

Lagos, Nigeria

Olafiranye, Oladipupo, MD, MS

Interventional Cardiology

Associate Professor of Medicine, 

Department of Internal Medicine at 

UT Southwestern Medical Center, 

Dallas, Texas, USA

Olatunde, Sunday, MD, MPH

Advanced Cardiac Imaging

Consultant Cardiologist, 

Prisma Health Cardiology,

Columbia, South Carolina, USA

Onuorah-Ezenekwe, Ifeoma, MD

Advanced Cardiac Imaging

Assistant Professor, 

Division of Cardiology, Emory University School of Medicine, 

Atlanta, Georgia, USA

Oseni, Abdullahi, MD

Interventional Cardiology

Consultant Cardiologist, 

Norton Heart & Vascular Institute, 

Louisville, Kentucky, USA

Raghunathan, Deepa, MD

Advanced Cardiac Imaging

Assistant Professor, 

Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center (UTHealth) McGovern Medical School,

Houston, Texas, USA

Shobayo, Fisayomi, MD

Advanced Cardiac Imaging

Consultant Cardiologist, 

Kelsey Seybold, 

Houston, Texas, USA

Shofu, Abimbola, MD

General Cardiology

Consultant Cardiologist, 

OhioHealth Heart & Vascular Physicians,

Pickerington, Ohio, USA

Strasserking, Fiona, MD

Advanced Cardiac Imaging

Assistant Professor,

Department of Internal Medicine at UT Southwestern Medical Center,

Dallas, Texas, USA

Okunuga, Seun MBChB

Lagos State University Teaching Hospital

Talledo Mori, Carlos, RTR BSc

Cardiology Lead Radiology Technologist

Memorial Hermann Hospital

Houston, Texas USA

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