PHA's 2009 PH Resource Network Symposium

Program Agenda

Early Reading: PH Resource Network Symposium Program Available Now!

Catch a sneak-peak of the September 24-26 PH Resource Network Symposium Leading Progress, Creating Partnerships: Empowering the Interdisciplinary PH Team by viewing the Symposium program book. (PDF) If you are attending Symposium, take this opportunity now to find out more about which sessions you’d like to attend, chart a course for your continued education through our dual-track program, or read previews of the abstract poster presentations.

Like what you see? Online registration is open until September 21! Register online now. PHA will also accept mail, fax and day-of onsite registrations.

For the first time, Concurrent Breakout Sessions will be separated into two tracks. Sessions designated as Level 1 are geared towards novice practitioners in the PH field, or in that particular subject area. Sessions designated as Level 2 are geared towards advanced practitioners. Attendees are not required to dedicate themselves to a single track, but have the option to choose individual sessions that best fit with their interest and experience level.

Level 1 sessions are identified in blue. Level 2 sessions are identified in green.

Thursday, September 24, 2009

11:00 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.	Advocacy Day on Capitol Hill
10:00	Registration opens
11:00-11:45	Advocacy Day training
11:45-12:15	Board busses, lunch served
12:15-1:15	Travel to Capitol Hill, through security
1:30-2:30	Welcoming remarks, to first visit (group photos as time permits)
2:30	First appointment
3:00	Second appointment
3:30	Third appointment
4:00	Fourth appointment
4:30	Assemble at pick up location and board busses
5:00	Busses depart

5:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.	Registration Open
6:30 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.	Welcome Dinner
	Allied Health Professionals Exerting an Influence
	Michael Petty, Ph.D., R.N., C.C.N.S., C.N.S. University of Minnesota Medical Center

Friday, September 25, 2009

7:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.	Registration Open
8:00 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.	Opening Breakfast
	Current Research in PAH
	Michael D. McGoon, M.D. Mayo Clinic, Minn.
9:35 a.m. – 10:25 a.m.	Keynote Speaker
	YOU Make It Happen
	Donna Cardillo, R.N., M.A. President, Cardillo & Associates
10:25 a.m. – 10:45 a.m.	Coffee Break
10:45 a.m. – 11:35 p.m.	General Sessions #1
	PAH 101
	Cardiology & Diagnostic Interpretation of PAH
11:45 a.m. – 12:35 p.m.	General Session #2
	Hemodynamics
	Pumonary Diagnostic Interpretation of PAH
12:45 p.m. – 2:15 p.m.	Luncheon
	Palliative Care: When and How It Can Help
	Keith Swetz, M.D. Mayo Clinic, Minn.
2:25 p.m. – 3:15 p.m.	Concurrent Breakout Sessions #1
	Physiology of Left and Right Heart Disease
	Prostacyclins*
	Complications in PAH**
	Pediatric PAH**
3:25 p.m. - 4:15 p.m.	Concurrent Breakout Sessions #2
	Oral PH Medications*
	Prostacyclins*
	Cardiac MRI & PH Patients
	Methamphetamine Use & PAH
4:15 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.	Research Poster Viewing and Discussion
4:45 p.m. - 5:15 p.m.	PH Resource Network Committee Meetings
7:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.	Optional "Illuminated Monuments of D.C." Bus Tour

Saturday, September 26, 2009

8:00 a.m. – 9:25 a.m.	Breakfast
	Caring for the Caregiver
	Rev. Stephen White, Ph.D. PHA Board of Trustees
9:35 a.m. – 10:25 a.m.	Concurrent Breakout Sessions #3
	Transitioning Therapy**
	Oral PAH Medications
	A Life Worth Living: Quality of Life In PAH
	How to Publish & Conduct Nursing Research
10:25 a.m. – 10:45 a.m.	Coffee Break
10:45 a.m. – 11:35 p.m.	Concurrent Breakout Sessions #4
	Patient Assistance Programs & Insurance Issues
	Pharmacy Issues: Generics, Herbals & Special Situations
	Pulmonary Rehab**
	Secondary Conditions & PAH**
11:45 p.m. - 12:35 p.m.	Concurrent Breakout Sessions #5
	Helping Patients Live Day to Day
	Conducting Clinical Trials**
	Scleroderma & PAH
	Transplantation & PAH
12:45 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.	Closing Luncheon
	REVEAL Outcomes
	David B. Badesch, M.D. Univ. of Colorado
	Hap Farber, M.D. Boston Univ. School of Medicine, Mass.
	Abby Kirchman, R.R.T. Duke Univ., N.C.

* designates a repeated session

** indicates recently added speakers

11.0 CNE, CEU & CPE credits will be available.

Advocacy Day provides the opportunity for allied health professionals to meet with their local congressional representatives to advocate on behalf of PH legislation. More information can be found on the Advocacy Day page.

On Friday afternoon the Research Poster session will be open to attendees, and posters will continue to be available for viewing for the duration of the Symposium. The Research Posters are another first for the PHRN Symposium; information on submitting abstracts can be found on the Abstracts page.

See the monuments of Washington D.C. shine during the “Illuminated Monuments of D.C.” bus tour. This nighttime tour provides a unique view our nation’s capitol – perfect for both first-time and frequent visitors. Washington D.C. is home to a wealth of historical landmarks, many of which we will see on the tour, including the Washington Monument, U.S. Capitol and the Lincoln Memorial. The tour will be conducted on a coach bus with an expert guide. Participants will be able to step off the coach and take pictures at several of the monuments. Please sign up at the time of registration.