Seventh Curriculum Webinar: Rheumatic Heart Disease: Global Perspectives on Prevention and Treatment

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Rheumatic Heart Disease:
Global Perspectives on Prevention and Treatment
in Collaboration with the
African Society for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery

April 17, 2021
13:00 – 15:30 GMT
9:00 – 11:30 EDT (Montreal)

WUPCHS IAA 2020 03 20

 

Register here: 
https://zoom.wupchs.education/rhd-global-perspectives

The Program

Co-Chairs

Frank Edwin, Accra, Ghana
Darshan Reddy, Durban, South Africa
Zohair Al Halees, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Definition, Epidemiology, and Global Perspective of Rheumatic Heart Disease

Liesl Zuhlke
Cape Town, South Africa

Anatomical and Pathophysiological Changes in Rheumatic Heart Disease

Fidelia Bode-Thomas
Jos, Nigeria

Clinical Recognition, Assessment and Indications for surgery

Krishna Kumar
Kochi, India

Early Screening and Impact of Access to Surgery on Outcomes of Children with Rheumatic Heart Disease

Andrea Beaton
Cincinnati, USA

Keynote: Pathogenesis and Mitral Valve Repair Techniques

Robin Kinsley
Durban, South Africa

Introduced by
Frank Edwin
Accra, Ghana

Novel Strategies for Complex Repair of the Rheumatic Mitral Valve

Vinay Badhwar
Morgantown, USA

Approach to Aortic Valve Repair in Rheumatic Heart Disease

Marcelo Jatene
Sao Paulo, Brazil

Long-term Outcomes of Repair for Rheumatic Valve Disease

Kirsten Finucane
Auckland, New Zealand

Case presentations

Drissi Boumzebra
Marrakech, Morocco

Discussion

Darshan Reddy
Durban, South Africa

Liesl Zuhlke

Liesl Zuhlke
Cape Town, South Africa

Fidelia Bode-Thomas

Fidelia Bode-Thomas
Jos, Nigeria

Krishna Kumar

Krishna Kumar
Kochi, India

Andrea Beaton

Andrea Beaton
Cincinnati, USA

Darshan Reddy

Darshan Reddy
Durban, South Africa

Robin Kinsley

Robin Kinsley
Durban, South Africa

Vinay Badhwar

Vinay Badhwar
Morgantown, USA

Marcelo Jatene

Marcelo Jatene
Sao Paulo, Brazil

Kirsten Finucane

Kirsten Finucane
Auckland, New Zealand

Drissi Boumzebra

Drissi Boumzebra
Marrakech, Morocco
 

CME Credits

This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of the University of Alabama School of Medicine (UASOM) and the World University for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery. The UASOM is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The University of Alabama School of Medicine designates this Regularly Scheduled Series for a maximum of 1.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

UAB is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Institute.