Faculty

Program Chairs
	Andrea Natale, MD Texas Cardiac Arrhythmia Institute Austin, TX		Amin Al-Ahmad, MD Texas Cardiac Arrhythmia Institute Austin, TX
Faculty
	Luigi Di Biase, MD, PhD Albert Einstein College of Medicine at Montefiore Hospital New York, NY		Pasquale Santangeli, MD, PhD Cleveland Clinic Cleveland, OH
	Dhanunjaya Lakkireddy, MD Kansas City Heart Rhythm Institute at HCA Midwest Health Overland Park, KS		Roderick Tung, MD The University of Arizona College of Medicine-Phoenix Phoenix, AZ
	Devi Nair, MD St. Bernard’s Heart & Vascular Center Jonesboro, AR		Wendy Tzou, MD University of Colorado School of Medicine Aurora, CO

CME Accreditation

Activity Goal
This activity is designed to address the following core and team competencies:
Patient care, medical knowledge, practice-based learning and improvement, interprofessional collaboration, and roles and responsibilities.

Target Audience
The symposium is intended to meet the educational needs of Electrophysiologists, Cardiologists, Fellows in Training, and Allied Healthcare Professionals with a clinical interest in the management of complex cardiac arrhythmias.

Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this educational activity, participants will be able to:

• Evaluate different strategies in the ablation of complex arrhythmias.
• Examine the potential advantages and disadvantages in the use of different ablation strategies.
• Review the use and application of new technology in ablation of arrhythmias.
• Assess the role of LAA closure and practical aspects of use in daily practice.

Accreditation Statement
To support the improvement of patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by MediaSphere Medical and Ciné-Med. Ciné-Med is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) to provide continuing education for the health-care team.

Ciné-Med designates this educational activity for a maximum of 2.5 AMA PRA CATEGORY 1 Credit(s)™for Physicians. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Ciné-Med designates this activity for 2.5 Contact Hours for Nurses.

Disclosure Policy
MediaSphere Medical and Ciné-Med adheres to accreditation requirements concerning industry support of continuing medical education. Speakers are required to openly disclose any limitations of data and/or any discussion of any off-label, experimental, or investigational uses of drugs or devices in their presentations. Speakers will disclose any relationships at the beginning of their presentations.

All MediaSphere Medical and Ciné-Med employees in control of content have indicated that they have no relevant financial relationships to disclose.

It is the policy of MediaSphere Medical and Ciné-Med to ensure balance, independent objectivity, and scientific rigor in all its supported educational programs. All faculty members participating in educational activities are required to disclose to the program audience any real of apparent conflicts of interest held within the past 12 months.

MediaSphere Medical and Ciné-Med implement a mechanism to identify and resolve all conflicts of interest prior to delivering the educational activity to learners.

Non-Endorsement Statement
MediaSphere Medical and Ciné-Med verify that sound education principles have been demonstrated in the development of this educational offering as evidenced by the review of its objectives, teaching plan, faculty, and activity evaluation process. MediaSphere Medical and Ciné-Med does not endorse or support the actual opinions or material content as presented by the speaker(s) and/or sponsoring organization.

Commercial Support
The symposium is supported through educational grants from:
Abbott • Biosense Webster, Inc. • Boston Scientific • Medtronic

Sponsor Institutions

Joint Providership:
MediaSphere Medical, LLC and Ciné-Med

Industry Partners

Industry Partners

Partners In Educational Advancements   

EP Cases for the Real World is made possible through the generous educational grant support of our Industry partners.

Abbott • Biosense Webster, Inc. • Boston Scientific • Medtronic