Conference Schedule

Thursday April 11, 2024

8:00 am – 9:00 am Registration​

8:45 am – 9:00 am Opening Remarks​

9:00 am – 10:00 am Practical Approaches to Nutrition and Cardiopulmonary Disease Julie Meyer RDN, LD​

10:00 am – 11:00 am Update on Lung Transplant for End-Stage Lung Disease Anupam Kumar MD, FCCP​

11:00 am – 11:30 am Vendor Time and Beverages​

11:30 am – 12:30 pm Avoiding Denial: Tips and Tricks to AACVPR Certification Kara Sweere, RN, CEP, MA, CCRP​

12:30 pm – 1:15 pm Lunch​

1:15 pm – 2:45 pm Cardiac Rehab Landscape of MN/Program Sustainability and Legislative Updates Jim Peacock PhD, MPH; Sara Johnson MS, RD, LD, Emily Sayles MPH; Mike Nelson MS, RCEP, CCRP, Kari Weber MS, RRT, AE-C, CCRP​

2:45 pm – 3:15 pm Vendor Time​

3:15 pm – 4:15 pm The Role of Mental Health and Illness in Cardiac Rehabilitation Laura Suarez Pardo, MD​

4:15 pm – 5:15 pm Z-Scores and Pulmonary Function Testing Guy Deutschmann, RRT, AE-C, RPFT, RRT-ACCS, RRT-NPS, RT-SDS

5:30 pm - 7:00 pm Happy Hour and Vendor Time

Friday April 12, 2024

7:00 am – 8:00 am Breakfast and Vendor Time

7:15 am – 7:45 am Board Meeting​

8:00 am – 8:15 am Opening remarks​

8:15 am – 9:15 am Cardiac Rehab in Women with Heart Disease Wen-Chih Wu, MD​

9:15 am – 10:15 am Cardiac Rehabilitation: Research Today to Define the Guidelines of Tomorrow Tom Olson PhD, FACSM, FAHA; Adam Shultz, MS, ACSM-CEP; Kara Sweere, RN, CEP, MA, CCRP​

10:15 am – 10:45 am Vendor Time​

10:45 am – 11:45 am Echocardiographic Evaluation of Dyspnea David Fine, MD​

11:45 am – 12:45 pm Lunch​

12:45 pm – 1:15 pm Meet the Board/Pass the Gavel​

1:15 pm – 2:15 pm Sleep: Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Importance, Implications, and Management Erin Golden, MD​

2:15 pm – 3:15 pm How to Develop Staff Competencies That are Fun and Effective Teresa Eber Lee, EdD, RCEP, CCEP, CCRP, ACE-HC​

3:15 pm – 3:30 pm Wrap Up