Conference Zoom Address
https://christushealthvideo.zoom.us/j/92089738743
CME Accreditation Statements
South Coastal Area Health Education Center is accredited by the Texas Medical Association (TMA) to provide continuing medical education for physicians. South Coastal Area Health Education Center designates this educational activity for a maximum of 8 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. The South Coastal Area Health Education Center designates Burn out in the ICU educational activity for up to 1 hour ethic/physician responsibility credit, as required for physicians by the Texas State Board of Medical Examiners.
Nursing Approval Statement
CHRISTUS Spohn Ministry is approved as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by Louisiana State Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. LSNA Provider No. 4002073l. This activity provides up to 8 contact hours.
Radiology Technologist Statement
This conference program is accepted by the American Registry of Radiologic Technologists (ARRT), and approved for up to 8 hours of Category A CE credit by the American Society of Radiologic Technologists (ASRT).
Educational Grants



About the Conference
The Innovations in Cardiovascular Care Conference features a series of accomplished national speakers who will be educating primary care physicians, cardiologists, nurses and allied health professionals about some of the latest treatments and findings in cardiovascular care. Our conference goal is to share ideas and information among providers on the advancements in cardiac health.
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Conference Dates
Saturday, October 10, 2020
8 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Zoom Presentation
Registration
Register at ChristusSpohn.org/CardiacConference to reserve your seat and to receive education credits.
Registration Fees
$50 Physicians, Physician Assistants and Nurse Practitioners
$25 CHRISTUS Physicians
$25 Non CHRISTUS Nursing/Radiology (RT)
Waived CHRISTUS Spohn Associates (Nursing and Clinicians), Medical Residents
Register required at christusspohn.org/cardiacconference
Conference Committee Members
Srikanth Damaraju, M.D., FACC, FSCAI, Chairman
Interventional Cardiologist, Corpus Christi, TX
Shamim Badruddin-Mawji, M.D., FACC
Cardiologist, Corpus Christi, TX
Travis Taylor, M.D., FSCAI
Interventional Cardiologist, Corpus Christi, TX
Stephen Turner, M.D., FACC
Cardiologist, Corpus Christi, TX
MPA TO Bonifacio Vega, II, MPA
Teri Cardenas, MBA |
Randy Mitten, RN |
Pat Clark, MSN, RN |
Ramiro Medina, RT |
Dawn Cramer |
Michele Mora-Trevino, MA |
Sandria George RN, BSN, MHA |
Bonifacio Vega, II |
CONFERENCE KEY NOTE SPEAKER

Venugopal Menon, MD, FACC, FAHA
Dr. Menon is a staff cardiologist in the Section of Cardiovascular Imaging and Director of the Coronary Care Unit in the Robert and Suzanne Tomsich Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, at the Sydell and Arnold Miller Family Heart & Vascular Institute at Cleveland Clinic. He is Director of the Cardiovascular Medicine Fellowship Training Program at the Cleveland Clinic and Associate Director of the Cleveland Clinic Coordinating Center for Clinical Research (C5). He is a Professor of Medicine at the Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University.
Saturday Schedule
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8:00 am - 8:10 am
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Reflection/Introduction
Osbert Blow, MD, PhD, FACS, President & Chief Medical Officer, CHRISTUS Spohn Health System
Srikanth Damaraju, MD, FACC, FSCAI
5th Annual Innovations in Cardiac Care Chairman
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8:10 am - 9:00 am |
Shock: a critical care crisis in the age of COVID-19
Dr. Venu Menon
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9:00 am - 9:10 am |
Case directed approach - ECHO innovations
Dr. Shamim Badruddin-Mawji |
9:10 am - 9: 45 am |
Innovations in Echocardiography
Dr. Enrique Garcia-Sayan |
9:45 am – 10:00 a.m. |
Q & A – Morning Session |
10 am - 10:15 am |
BREAK
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10:15 am - 10: 20 am |
A.M. Valvular HD case study
Dr. Raymond Acebo
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10:20 am - 10:50 am |
Red flags in echo reports: when to call the cardiologist
Dr. Raymond Stainback |
10:50 am - 10: 55 am |
A.M. PVD case study
Dr. Rob Webster
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10:55 am - 11:30 am |
PVD - approach to the patient with ischemic limbs
Dr. Subhash Banerjee
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11:30 am - 11: 45 am |
ACS update
Dr. Lawrence Brenner |
11:45 am - 12:05 pm |
Syncope - approach for the clinician
Dr. Hans Moore |
12:05 pm – 12:15 pm |
Q & A – Lunch Session |
12:15 pm - 12:45 pm |
LUNCH |
12:45 pm - 1:15 pm |
Women and Heart Disease
Dr. Susan Wilansky |
1:15 pm - 1:45 pm |
Adult congenital Heart disease
Dr. Peter Ermis |
1:45 pm - 2: 00 pm |
Hypertension in the age of COVID-19
Dr. Travis Taylor |
2:00 pm - 2:30 pm |
ECMO - an update for the clinician
Dr. Arthur Randolph Mielke
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2:30 pm – 2:45 pm |
Q & A – Afternoon Session |
2:45 pm - 3:00 pm |
BREAK |
3:00 pm - 3:30 pm |
Cardiovascular disease in the age of COVID-19 - Corpus Christi edition
Dr. Srikanth Damaraju |
3:30 pm – 4:00 pm
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Pulmonary Hypertension: what everyone ought to know
Dr. Bindu Akkanti
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4:00 pm - 4: 45 pm |
Burnout in the ICU (1 hours of CME Ethics)
Dr. Kay Guntupalli |
4:45 pm – 5:00 pm |
Q & A – Evening Session and Closing Remarks |
Panel of Speakers
Bindu Akkanti, M.D., CMQ, FCCP - Houston, TX
Associate Professor of Medicine, Medical Director, Pulmonary
Rehabilitation, Wellness Center, Medical Director, Heart
Failure ICU, Heart & Vascular Institute, UT Health’s McGovern
School of Medicine
Shamim Badruddin-Mawji, M.D., FACC - Corpus Christi, TX
Cardiologist
Subhash Banerjee, M.D., FACC - Dallas, TX
Professor at UT Southwestern Department of Internal
Medicine and Chief of Cardiology and Director of the Cardiac
Catheterization Laboratory at the VA North Texas Texas Health
Care System
Lawrence Brenner, MD, FACC - Corpus Christi, TX
Interventional Cardiologist
Srikanth Damaraju, M.D., FACC, FSCAI - Corpus Christi, TX
Interventional Cardiologist
Peter Ermis, M.D. - Houston, TX
Assistant Professor of Pediatric and Medicine of Cardiology at
Baylor College of Medicine Texas Children’s Hospital
Enrique Garcia-Sayan, M.D., FACC, FASE - Houston, TX
Director of Echocardiography and Associate Chief of
Cardiology at LBJ General Houston
Kay Guntupalli, M.D., MACP - Houston, TX
Professor and Chief, Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep
Medicine Section, Baylor College of Medicine
Venu Menon, M.D., FACC, FAHA – Cleveland, OH
Section Head of Clinical Cardiology and Director of Cardiac
Intensive Care Unit at Cleveland Clinic
Arthur R. Mielke, M.D., MAJ (P), MC - San Antonio, TX
Anesthesiologist, intensivist/ECMO Physician, Assistant
Medical Director ECMO Service, San Antonio Military
Medical Center
Hans Moore, M.D. - Washington DC
Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology, Washington DC Veterans
Affairs Medical Center Cardiology
Raymond Stainback, M.D. - Houston, TX
Section Chief, Noninvasive Cardiology, Texas Heart Institute at
Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center
Travis Taylor, M.D., FSCAI - Corpus Christi, TX
Interventional Cardiologist
Susan Wilansky, M.D. - Phoenix, AZ
Cardiovascular & Metabolic Disease Specialist at the Mayo Clinic