National Cardiovascular Health Conference 2002: Conference Webcast

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Webcast session.

• Thursday, April 11, 2002
• Friday, April 12, 2002
• Saturday, April 13, 2002

Thursday, April 11, 8:00 a.m-9:45 a.m.

Welcome
Claude Lenfant, M.D., Director, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
Eve E. Slater, M.D., F.A.C.C., Assistant Secretary for Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Healthy People 2010 Heart Disease and Stroke Strategic Partnership-Memorandum of Understanding Signing Ceremony
Lynn A. Smaha, M.D., Ph.D., Program Chair, National Cardiovascular Health Conference and Past President, American Heart Association

Keynote Address
J. Ian Morrison, Ph. D., Chairman of the Health Futures Forum, Anderson Consulting, Senior Fellow and Former President, Institute for the Future
Healthcare in the Millennium: Vision, Values, and Leadership

Thursday, April 11, 10:00 a.m-11:00 a.m.

Goal Area 1 Topic Plenary: Prevent Development of Risk Factors
Russell V. Luepker, M.D., M.S., Professor and Head, Division of Epidemiology, University of Minnesota School of Public Health
Mobilizing all Communities To Value and Promote CVH
Ross C. Brownson, Ph.D., Professor and Department Chair, St. Louis University School of Public Health
Environmental Approaches to Risk Factor Change

Moderator: Lynn A. Smaha, M.D., Ph.D.

Thursday, April 11, 11:15 a.m.-12:15 p.m.

Concurrent Session #24: Promoting Environments for Risk Factor Change
Thomas Kottke, M.D., M.S.P.H., Mayo Graduate School of Medicine, and Rebecca S. Hoffman
CardioVision2020: A Community Responds to the Lifestyle Syndrome
Gregory N. Connolly, D.M.D., M.P.H., Massachusetts Department of Health
Promoting Environments for Risk Factor Change

Moderator: Janet B. Croft

Thursday, April 11, 3:15 p.m.-4:15 p.m.

Goal Area 2 Topic Plenary: Detect and Treat Risk Factors
Scott M. Grundy, M.D., Ph. D., Director, Center for Human Nutrition, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Achieving Optimal CVH Outcomes for Americans at Risk George A. Mensah, M.D., F.A.C.P., F.A.C.C., Chief, Cardiovascular Health Branch, Division of Adult and Community Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Lessons and Pearls From a Decade of International Declarations on CVH

Moderator: Darwin, R, Labarthe, M.D., Ph.D., Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Thursday, April 11, 4:30 p.m-5:30 p.m.

Concurrent Session #1: Aggressive LDL Lowering in the Treatment of Coronary Heart Disease
Scott Grundy, M.D., Ph.D., University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Intensive LDL Lowering in the Prevention of CVD
Richard C. Pasternak, M.D., F.A.C.C., Massachusetts General Hospital
The Evidence Base to Support Aggressive Lipid Lowering in CHD and CHD Equivalent Patients

Moderator: James I. Cleeman, M.D., National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute

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Friday, April 12, 8:00 a.m.-9:00 a.m.

Goal Area 3 Topic Plenary: Early Recognition and Treatment of Acute Coronary Syndromes and Stroke
James Atkins, M.D., F.A.C.C., Medical Director, Emergency Medicine Education, Division of Cardiology, Professor of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Joseph P. Ornato, M.D., F.A.C.C., F.A.C.E.P., Professor and Chairman, Department of Emergency Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University, Medical College of Virginia
Emergency Medical System Response to Patients With Suspected Acute Coronary Syndromes

Moderator: Rose Marie Robertson, M.D. Immediate Past President, American Heart Association

Friday, April 12, 9:15 a.m.-10:15 a.m.

Concurrent Session #53: Act in Time to Heart Attack Signs: The Evolution of a Science-Based Education Campaign
John R. Finnegan, Jr., Ph.D., University of Minnesota
The Rapid Early Action for Coronary Treatment Study: Lessons Learned
Terry Long, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
Education the Public About Heart Attacks: A Science-Based Campaign

Moderator: Lawton S. Cooper, M.D., M.P.H., National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute

Friday, April 12, 2:15 p.m.-3:15 p.m.

Plenary Session on Health Disparities
Gerald T. O'Connor, Sc.D., Ph.D., Associate Director, Center for Evaluative Clinical Sciences, Dartmouth Medical School
Variability in Cardiovascular Care: Geography is Destiny
Reed V. Tuckson, M.D., Senior Vice President, Consumer Health and Medical Care Advancement, UnitedHealth Group
The Special Challenges and Opportunities in Responding to Health Disparities

Moderator: David Stevens, M.D., Health Resources and Services Administration

Friday, April 12, 3:30 p.m.-4:30 p.m.

Goal 4 Topic Area Plenary: Prevent Recurrence and Complications of Cardiovascular Disease
Sidney C. Smith, Jr., M.D., Professor and Director, Center for Cardiovascular Science and Medicine, University of North Carolina Medical Center
Lori J. Mosca, M.D., Ph.D., M.P.H., Director, Preventive Cardiology, New York Presbyterian Hospital
Secondary Prevention of CVD

Moderator: Jeffrey Kang, M.D., M.P.H., Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services

Friday, April 12, 4:45 a.m.-5:45 p.m.

Session #54: The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services AMI Quality Improvement Project
Diana Ordin, M.D., M.P.H., Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Harlan M. Krumholz, M.D., Yale School of Medicine
Improving the Quality of AMI Care: Lessons From the CMS National AMI Quality Improvement Project

Moderator: James M. Atkins, M.D., F.A.C.C., University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

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Saturday, April 13, 9:00 a.m. -10:00 a.m.

Session #34 : CVD and Women: Reducing Disparities, Increasing Awareness, Making the Move to Better Health
Nieca Goldberg, M.D., Lenox Hill Hospital
Challenges of Cardiac Rehabilitation in Women
Ann Taubenheim, Ph.D., M.S.N., National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
CVD and Women: Reducing Disparities, Increasing Awareness, Making the Move to Better Health

Moderator: Nancy Houston Miller, R.N., B.S.N., Stanford Cardiac Rehabilitation Program

Saturday, April 13, 10:15 a.m.-11:15 a.m.

Session #50: Integrative Medicine Integrative Medicine Approaches to Improve CVH
Martin J. Sullivan, M.D., Duke University Medical Center
Integrative Medicine Approaches To Improve CVH
Brent M. Egan, M.D., Medical University of South Carolina
The Metabolic Syndrome and Vascular Pathology

Moderator: Robinson Fulwood, Ph.D., M.S.P.H., National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute

Saturday, April 13, 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

Closing Session: Looking To The Future: Attaining The Healthy People 2010 Goals. Why Not?

Superstars for Action-a lively "talk show" featuring four dynamic and action-oriented guests who have said "No!" to the unacceptable, and have taken up the cause to achieve better cardiovascular health for themselves and for their communities.

Jack Valenti, President and CEO, Motion Picture Association of America
Irene Pollin, M.S.W., Chairperson, Sister to Sister Everyone Has A Heart Foundation
Aracely Rosales, Co-Principal, Rosales Communications
Peter Cribb, M.Ed., CATCH Program Director, Center for Health Promotion and Prevention Research, University of Texas

Host: Paul Berry, Former Washington ABC-TV Affiliate News Anchor, and President, Paul L. Berry and Associates Media Consultants

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