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Cardiac Valves: Past, Present, and Future

Presented by LifeScience Alley & the U of MN

12/8/2008

Time

Registration: 7:30 am - 8:00 am
Program: 8:00 am - 5:00 pm

Event Description

The Second Annual Bakken Surgical Device Symposium will be held December 8-9, 2008, spotlighting Cardiac Valves. This program will explore the early innovations and current practice with an eye to future developments in cardiac valve design and technique. Alley Institute and the Minnesota Medical Foundation fund this continuing series thanks to your tax-deductible contribution**. A substantial portion of registration fees support our annual spotlight on device development and innovation.

**$300 of the Full Conference Registration rate is tax-deductible, or $200 of your Day One or Day Two Conference Registration rate is tax-deductible.

This program has been approved for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit. Determination of exact number of credits is pending.

There are hotel rooms reserved for the Bakken Symposium for Dec. 7th and Dec. 8th at the Radisson University Hotel, 2 blocks from the symposium. Rate per night is $109.00. Please Reference the Bakken Symposium when booking. View website.

The Bakken Surgical Device Symposium is presented by the University of Minnesota and supported by LifeScience Alley and Alley Institute

Don't forget to register for the 7th Annual LifeScience Alley Conference & Expo, which follows this program on December 10th! Register Here.

Agenda: December 8, 2008
8:00 am - Welcome
Selwyn M. Vickers, M.D., FACS and Jay Phillips, Professor and Chair, Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota

8:15 am - Welcome
Frank B. Cerra, M.D., Senior Vice President for Health Sciences, Academic Health Center, University of Minnesota

9:00 am - Plenary Talk - Progress Toward a Tissue Engineered Heart Valve
Speaker: John E. Mayer Jr., M.D., Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School

10:00 am - Coffee Break

10:30 am - History of Cardiac Valve Development at the University of Minnesota
Richard W. Bianco, Program Director Experimental Surgical Services, Associate Professor of Surgery, University of Minnesota

11:00 am - Session I: Mechanical Heart Valves
Moderator: Herbert Ward, M.D.
Speakers: Hartzell Schaff, M.D., Professor, Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Mayo Clinic; Jack Bokros, Ph.D, CEO, Medical Carbon Research; Robert Emery Jr., M.D., Cardiac Surgical Associates

12:00 - Lunch (box lunches provided)

1:00 pm - Session I: Mechanical Heart Valves
Moderator: Herbert Ward, M.D.
Speaker: Robert Gallegos, M.D., Assistant Professor, Harvard Medical School

2:00 pm - Session II: Tissue Heart Valves
Moderator: Sara Shumway, M.D.
Speakers: James L. Cox, M.D., Emeritus Chief, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine, Medical Director, ATS Medical, Inc.; W. Eric Jamison, M.D., Professor of Surgery, University of British Columbia; James St. Louis, M.D., Associate Professor, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Minnesota, Aldo Castaneda Professorship in Congenital Heart Surgery; Kenneth Liao, M.D., Assistant Professor, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Minnesota, Surgical Director of Heart Transplantation Program, Head, Robotic & Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery Program, CMIS

3:30 pm - Coffee Break

4:00 pm - Session III: Device Development: From Bench to Bedside
Moderator: Lyle Joyce, M.D.
Speakers: Frederick J. Schoen, M.D., Ph.D, Professor of Pathology and Health Services and Technology, Harvard Medical School, Brigham & Women's Hospital; Robert J. Levy, M.D., Professor of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Attending Cardiologist

5:00 pm Adjourn

AGENDA: December 9, 2008
8:30 am - Welcome by Earl Bakken

8:45 am - Session III: Device Development: From Bench to Bedside
Moderator: Rose Kelly, M.D.
Speakers: Ulrich Steinseifer, Ph.D, Head of Cardiovascular Engineering, Helmholtz-Institute, RWTH Aachen University, Chair of Applied Medical Engineering; Ajit Yoganathan, Ph.D, Regents' Professor, Associate Chair for Research, The Wallace H. Coulter Distinguished Faculty Chair in Biomedical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology; Paul Iaizzo, Ph.D, M.D., Professor of Surgery, Integrative Biology and Physiology and Anesthesiology, University of Minnesota, Distinguished University Teaching Professor, Medtronic Professor of Visible Heart Research; Zeeshan Syedain, Graduate Student, Robert T. Tranquillo Lab

10:30 am - Coffee Break

11:00 am - Session IV: Looking to the Future - Techniques and Technology
Moderator: Dan Garry, M.D.
Speakers: Robert Wilson, M.D., Professor of Medicine, Director, Interventional Cardiology, University of Minnesota Director, Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory, Fairview University Medical Center; Raoul Bonan, M.D., Institut de Cardiologie de Montreal; Ranjit John, M.D., Assistant Professor, Cardiovascular Surgery, University of Minnesota

12:00 - Lunch

1:00 pm - Session IV: Looking to the Future
Moderator: Dan Garry: M.D.
Speakers: Mathew Williams, M.D., Surgical Director, Cardiovascular Transcatheter Therapies, Cardiac Surgery and Interventional Cardiology, New York Presbyterian Hospital; Rakesh M. Suri, M.D., Ph.D, Assistant Professor of Surgery, Mayo Clinic

2:00 pm - Coffee Break

2:30 pm - 4:30 pm - Closing Plenary - Cardiac Surgeons and Cardiologists on Future Directions in Cardiac Valve Replacement
Moderator: Richard Bianco
Plenary Speakers: Dr. James Cox, Dr. Hartzell Schaff, Dr. John Mayer, Dr. Raoul Bonan, Dr. Mathew Williams, Dr. Robert Wilson, Dr. Robert F. Schwartz, Dr. Robert Emery Jr.