Utilizing Evidence-Based Strategies to Improve Outcomes in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension

Program Overview

This CME/CNE series includes four, 30-minute modules that bring learners up-to-date regarding recent advances in the treatment and management of patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH). Aaron B. Waxman, MD, PhD will interview four PAH experts, providing insight into recent science, clinical trial data of emerging and emerged therapies and current therapeutic options. Strategies for delivering comprehensive, interprofessional care in PAH will be discussed. Each module, worth 0.50 CME credits or 0.50 CNE contact hours, will provide clinicians with practical, clinically relevant information to utilize when treating and managing patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension.

Learning Objectives

1. Recognize symptoms of PAH for an earlier diagnosis
2. Apply current guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of PAH
3. Identify safety and efficacy data of current and emerging therapies for the treatment of PAH
4. Collaborate with the multidisciplinary/interprofessional team to apply evidence-based strategies for improved outcomes in patients with PAH

Modules

1. Scientific Update on Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension
2. Achieving an Earlier Diagnosis in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension
3. Understanding Treatment Options for PAH
4. Applying Evidence-based Strategies to Patient-Centered Care

Chair

Aaron B. Waxman, MD, PhD
Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
Director, Pulmonary Vascular Disease Program
Executive Director, Center for Pulmonary-Heart Diseases
Brigham and Women’s Hospital Heart and Vascular Center
Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Boston, Massachusetts

Faculty

Evelyn M. Horn, MD
Director, Heart Failure and Pulmonary Hypertension
Perkin Heart Failure Center
Weill Cornell Medicine
New York, New York

Inderjit Singh, MBChB, BMedSci, MRCP
Director, Pulmonary Vascular Program
Pulmonary, Critical Care & Sleep Medicine
Yale School of Medicine
New Haven, Connecticut

Jeffrey Voner, MSHS, MPH, PA-C, DFAAPA
Senior Physician Assistant
Pulmonary Vascular Program Clinical Coordinator
Pulmonary Hypertension Association Comprehensive Care Center Coordinator
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts

James White, MD, PhD
Professor, Department of Medicine Pediatrics and Pharmacology and Physiology
University of Rochester
Pulmonary Hypertension Physician
University of Rochester Medical Center
Rochester, New York

Financial Support

This activity has been supported by an independent educational grant from Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc.

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