Record Attendance at Mount Sinai Heart's 16th Annual 2013 Live Symposium of Complex Coronary Cases
More than 1,100 interventional cardiac and vascular specialists participated in Mount Sinai Heart's 16th Annual 2013 Live Symposium of Complex Coronary, Valvular, and Vascular Cases held from Tuesday, June 11, to Friday, June 14.
It was the largest number of attendees in the event's history and included cardiologists, vascular surgeons, radiologists, fellows, nurses, technicians, and other allied health care professionals from cardiac catheterization and vascular laboratories around the globe.
The four-day event featured 28 live broadcasts of cardiac procedures, as well as expert presentations and panel discussions on the latest advances and treatment approaches for complex coronary and cardiovascular disease.
"Our goal is to educate, especially because the field of interventional cardiology is constantly evolving," says Samin K. Sharma, MD, Director of Clinical and Interventional Cardiology and the Zena and Michael A. Wiener Professor of Medicine, who headed the symposium with Annapoorna S. Kini, MD, Director of the Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory, and Prakash Krishnan, MD, Director of Endovascular Intervention in the Cardiac Catheterization Lab.
Added Dr. Sharma: "Together, we must continue to drive innovation and further advance the treatment of coronary, valvular, and peripheral vascular disease in an effort to achieve the safest outcomes for all patients."
Individual symposium days were dedicated to endovascular intervention, coronary intervention, structural heart disease, and nursing.
"Interventional cardiology is a true team effort. It is vital that physicians, nurses, and others in the field maintain current evidence-based protocols to offer the most optimal care to our patients," says Beth Oliver, DNP, RN, Vice President of Clinical Operations for Mount Sinai Heart, who directed the special one-day symposium for nurses and technologists along with Antonietta Tolentino, MSN, ANP-C.
New to this year's event was the use of interactive handheld devices, which allowed participants to answer survey questions from presenters. The symposium also featured a special real-time broadcast of an interventional procedure from Mumbai, India, which showcased the use of novel bioabsorbable drug-eluting stents. These stents, approved for use in other countries, are currently undergoing clinical trials in the United States, including at Mount Sinai.
About the Mount Sinai Health System
Mount Sinai Health System is one of the largest academic medical systems in the New York metro area, with more than 43,000 employees working across eight hospitals, over 400 outpatient practices, nearly 300 labs, a school of nursing, and a leading school of medicine and graduate education. Mount Sinai advances health for all people, everywhere, by taking on the most complex health care challenges of our time — discovering and applying new scientific learning and knowledge; developing safer, more effective treatments; educating the next generation of medical leaders and innovators; and supporting local communities by delivering high-quality care to all who need it.
Through the integration of its hospitals, labs, and schools, Mount Sinai offers comprehensive health care solutions from birth through geriatrics, leveraging innovative approaches such as artificial intelligence and informatics while keeping patients’ medical and emotional needs at the center of all treatment. The Health System includes approximately 7,300 primary and specialty care physicians; 13 joint-venture outpatient surgery centers throughout the five boroughs of New York City, Westchester, Long Island, and Florida; and more than 30 affiliated community health centers. We are consistently ranked by U.S. News & World Report's Best Hospitals, receiving high "Honor Roll" status, and are highly ranked: No. 1 in Geriatrics and top 20 in Cardiology/Heart Surgery, Diabetes/Endocrinology, Gastroenterology/GI Surgery, Neurology/Neurosurgery, Orthopedics, Pulmonology/Lung Surgery, Rehabilitation, and Urology. New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai is ranked No. 12 in Ophthalmology. U.S. News & World Report’s “Best Children’s Hospitals” ranks Mount Sinai Kravis Children's Hospital among the country’s best in several pediatric specialties.
For more information, visit https://www.mountsinai.org or find Mount Sinai on Facebook, Twitter and YouTube.
Skipping Breakfast May Compromise the Immune System
Feb 23, 2023 View All Press Releases
Valentin Fuster, MD, PhD, Receives Prestigious Award from City of Barcelona, Spain
Jan 23, 2023 View All Press Releases
Digital Marker for Coronary Artery Disease Built by Researchers at Mount Sinai
Dec 20, 2022 View All Press Releases
Samin Sharma, MD, Named Director of the Mount Sinai Cardiovascular Clinical Institute
Nov 28, 2022 View All Press Releases
Blinding Eye Disease Strongly Associated With Serious Forms of Cardiovascular Disease
Nov 17, 2022 View All Press Releases