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The Division of Cardiovascular Medicine sponsors a weekly continuing education series. Seminars are held Fridays from 7:30-8:30 a.m. in room 234 of the Biological-Pharmaceutical Complex.  Please contact the host if you wish to have lunch with or meet the speaker during his or her time on campus. 

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April 3 — American Heart Association Moving for Healthy Hearts Challenge

All UK Gill Heart Institute employees are invited to put on their sneakers and join the Healthy Hearts Challenge, a 10-week walking challenge with the University of Louisville. The university with the largest amount of physical activity among the challenge participants wins! Last year U of L won, so we need to return the trophy to UK! The activity is calculated via the average number of steps entered into an online AHA database (www.startwalkingnow.org). Participants are responsible for entering all their physical activity. The challenge lasts April 3 - June 11. The walk commences at noon on Wednesday, April 3, starting on Rose Street between Parking Structure 2 and the Mining and Minerals Building. It's an easy, half-mile route around campus, led by Dr. Mary Lynne Capilouto and the UK Wildcat mascot. For more information and to register for the walking challenge, go to the event Web page.

April 12 — Maker's Mark Commemorative Bottle Signing, Keeneland Race Course, Lexington

This year's annual event will have a specially designed bottle featuring a former UK basketball star, who will be signing bottles (which go on sale April 5) starting at 5 a.m.

April 19 and 20 — Neuroendocrine Tumor Regional Conference: Multidisciplinary Management of NET Cancers, Downtown Hilton, Lexington

UK College of Medicine and the North American Neuroendocrine Tumor Society present a symposium on carcinoid tumors and NETs, their sometimes difficult diagnosis, and methods of treatment. Vince Sorrell, MD, director of cardiovascular imaging at the Gill Heart Institute will discuss carcinoid heart disease and its implication and treatments. To register, go to www.nanets.net.

May 11 — New Frontiers in the Cath Lab 2013, Bio-Pharma Complex, UK Campus, Lexington

Designed for primary care physicians, nurse practitioners and EMS technicians, the Gill Heart Institute will provide updates on the latest percutaneous and minimally invasive technologies for the treatment of coronary and peripheral arterial disease, along with emerging procedures in interventional cardiology. For details, click here. To register, go to CECentral. The topics include:

• Advances in STEMI care
• Mechanical therapies in heart failure
• Updates on management of peripheral vascular disease 
• Emerging science: Inside-out central venous access

John C. Gurley, MD; Khaled M. Ziada, MD; Eleftherios S. Xenos, MD, PhD; Justin Frasier, MD; Joseph Foley, MD; Matthew Wiisanen, MD; and Ahmed Abdel-Latif, MD, PhD, are the featured speakers.

May 16 — Strive to Revive:  Overcoming Challenges of Resuscitation conference, Marriott Griffin Gate, Lexington

A joint symposium by the American Heart Association's "My Heart My Life" Get with the Guidelines and UK Gill Heart Institute, this symposium will examine emerging procedures for treating cardiac arrest and sudden cardiac death. This program is designed to provide hospital clinicians and resuscitation professionals with knowledge of:

• The most recent resuscitation science and research and how this information can be used in their facility
• How to improve hospital code team processes
• The AHA recommendations for resuscitation
• How to determine if and how their facility might integrate hypothermia into their resuscitation protocols
• How to use data better to improve outcomes

Our goal is to reach hospitals across the region to support resuscitation efforts, share knowledge of recent science and of our new AHA program through a series of workshops, with the aim of helping hospitals improve resuscitation processes and survival rates. Featured speakers include Mary Ann Peberdy, MD; Julia Martin, MD; Khaled M. Ziada, MD; Vince Sorrell, MD; Charles L. Campbell, MD; and UK fellows. Get more information and see the detailed agenda.

May 18 — AHA Central Kentucky Heart Walk, Keeneland Race Course, Lexington

Gill Heart Institute and UK HealthCare teams will be walking to raise money and awareness for heart disease research. The walk is 8-11 a.m. To donate or learn how to form your own Heart Walk team, click here.

Oct. 11 — Cardiovascular Research Day 2013

Lexington Convention Center
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Oct. 12 — Kentucky Chapter of the American College of Cardiology Annual Meeting

Coronary Pathologies: Atherosclerosis and Beyond
Key Note Speaker: Peter Libby, MD
UK Albert B. Chandler Hospital Auditorium
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