CVI’s Inaugural Cardiology Boot Camp is a FREE education program for the 2022 incoming class of new Cardiology Fellows, focusing on what every Cardiology Fellow needs to know during their first months of training. We also welcome Internal Medicine Residents with an interest in Cardiovascular Medicine to join us for CVI’s Cardiology Boot Camp!

Core concepts in the diagnosis and management of patients with known or suspected cardiovascular disease will be highlighted focusing on:

• General Clinical Cardiology
• Echocardiography
• ECG Interpretation/Arrhythmia Diagnosis and Management
• Coronary Disease/Interventional Cardiology
• Avoiding Burnout

CVI’s Cardiology Boot Camp 2022 incorporates three educational opportunities:

Part One: Available June 5, 2022

• Comprehensive recorded library of focused didactic presentations
• Expert faculty
• On-demand viewing

Part Two: Sunday, July 24, 2022 at 8:00am

• Live, virtual case-based interactive session with CVI’s expert faculty
• Interactive audience response and ask-the-expert sessions
• Recorded for on-demand viewing also!

Topics/Speakers

• Evaluation and Management of Chest Pain in the ED: Overview of the Updated Chest Pain Guidelines – Sabrina Islam, MD (Temple)
• Management of Hemodynamic Instability: An Approach to Hypotension and Hypertension – Benjamin Khazan, MD (Penn)
• Evaluation of Acute Shortness of Breath in the Emergency Room – Ileana Pina, MD (Jefferson)

Learning Objectives:

• Evaluate chest pain in the Emergency Room setting: Role of history, EKG, biomarkers and CT angiography, including ER treatment of STEMI
• Manage hemodynamic instability in the Emergency Room
• Demonstrate how to effectively treat acute heart failure

Topics/Speakers

• Echo in HF (Systole and Diastole) – Nana Afari-Armah, MD (Medstar)
• Echo Basics (POC, TTE, minimal TEE) – Vivek Kulkarni, MD (Cooper)
• Echo Emergencies: What Will I See My First Call? – Frank Silvestry, MD (Penn)

Learning Objectives:

• Utilize POC Echo, TTE and TEE
• Recognize the echo findings in cardiovascular emergencies: Tamponade, acute valvular disease, aortic dissection
• Describe echo findings in heart failure: Cardiomyopathies

Topics/Speakers

• Basic EKG Review: Ischemia and Infarction, Electrolyte Abnormalities, Ventricular Hypertrophy, Drug Effects, Heart Block, Normal Variants Including Ethnic/Racial Differences – Anuj Basil, MD (Temple)
• Atrial Arrhythmias: Recognition and Acute Management of SVT, PAT, Atrial Flutter and Atrial Fibrillation – Tina Baykaner, MD (Stanford)
• Ventricular Arrhythmias – Edmond Cronin, MD (Temple)
• Device Management: Telemetry Strips, Identification on X-Ray, Normal and Abnormal Function, Newer Technologies – Robert Schaller, DO (Penn)

Learning Objectives:

• Differentiate SVT from VT on a 12-Lead ECG
• Diagnose and manage supraventricular and ventricular arrhythmias
• Identify normal and abnormal CIED behavior on cardiac monitoring system
• Appreciate which patients with heart block may benefit from insertion of a temporary pacing lead

 Topics/Speakers

• Preparing Patients for the Cath Lab and Obtaining Vascular Access – Maria Baldasare, MD (Ozarks)
• Recognition and Management of Cardiogenic Shock – Paul Fiorilli, MD (Penn)
• Basics of Hemodynamics – David Goldberg, MD (Penn)
• PCI in the Setting of ACS: Management Strategies from Initial Presentation Through Post Intervention – Ellen Keeley, MD (U FLA)
• Basics of Coronary Angiography – Simon Topalian, MD (Cooper)

Learning Objectives

• Prepare patients for the cath lab
• Perform diagnostic angiograms
• Develop management strategies for PCI in the setting of Acute Coronary Syndrome prior, during and post PCI
• Explain basic hemodynamics education
• Recognize and treat cardiogenic shock
• Identify the best practices for vascular access for right and left heart catheterization procedures
• Distinguish between different coronary angiographic projections and delineate coronary artery pathology
• Recognize cardiogenic shock and explain management and escalation criteria to mechanical circulatory support

Topic/Speaker

• CARDIOLOGY FELLOW – TOP GUN: How to Bring your Best and Prevent your Worst – Samuel Sears, PhD (East Carolina)

Learning Objectives

• Identify common challenges for first year cardiology fellows
• Examine how demands challenge psychological well being
• Activate three wellness behaviors to optimize well-being and high performance

Starting cardiology fellowship represents the realization of years of training.  Professional demands increase and success partially depends on consistently managing personal and professional attitudes and behavior.  The purpose of this talk is to discuss common challenges in the first year and the introduction of your own strategies for keeping your mental functioning at its best.