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2009 Professials Conference: Post-conference Follow-Up
Thank you to everyone who joined us April 24-26, 2009 for ACHA's First ever Professionals Conference at the Renaissance Waterfront Marriott in Boston, MA!
Following are links to PDF files of many of the presentations given at the conference, arranged chronologically.
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FRIDAY
Research Symposium I
Sudden Cardiac Death and Malignant Arrhythmias: The Scope of the Problem in ACHD (James Perry, MD): Download PDF
Sudden Cardiac Death and Malignant Arrhythmias: Lessons Learned frrom Observational ICD Studdies (Louise Harris, MD): Download PDF
ACC-NCDR® ICD Registry: Implications for Research (Frank Cecchin, MD): Download PDF
Sudden Cardiac Death in ACHD: Methological Issues in Moving Forward (Paul Khairy, MD, PhD): Download PDF
Research Symposium I
CHD-PHT: Does Everyone "Deserve" a Pulmonary Vasodilator (or Two)? (Michael Landzberg, MD): Download PDF
SATURDAY
Professionals Conference II
Saturday Overview: (William Davidson Jr., MD): Download PDF
Hepaticl Complications of ACHD: Hep-C and Cardiac Cirrhosis (Chinweike Ukomadu, MD): Download PDF
ADHD Program: Downstream Financial Impact (Curt Daniels, MD): Download PDF
The Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Paradigm: from Necessity to Invention (Hank Dorkin, MD): Download PDF
Fast Times at the ACHD Clinic: Managing Atrial Disrhythmias (Daniel Murphy, MD): Download PDF
UPDATES
AARCC Update (Faculty): Download PDF
HEART-ACHD: Health Education and Access Research Trial for Adult Congenital Heart Disease (Anne-Marie Valente, MD): Download PDF
CONGENERATE Update (Paul Khairy, MD & Ariane Marelli, MD): Download PDF
Research Symposium II
Translating QI into Policy: Succeeding in a World in Which Change Could Actually Happen (Cary Sennett, MD, PhD): Download PDF
Quality Measurement and Quality Improvement for ACHD (Kathy Jenkins, MD, MPH): Download PDF
Quality Measures and Quality Improvement in ACHD (Ariane Marelli, MD): Download PDF
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation: A Successful QI Model (Bruce Marshall, MD): Download PDF
Participation in a Quality Collaborative (Monica Kleinman, MD): Download PDF
SUNDAY
Vision 2020 Forum
ACHD Program Regionalization : (Working Group I): Download PDF
ACHD Program Site Certification : (Working Group II): Download PDF
ACHD Workforce Development: (Working Group III): Download PDF
ACHD Program Business Development : (Working Group IV): Download PDF
Questions? E-mail conference@achaheart.org or call ACHA's office at (888) 921-ACHA.