Carotid Stent e-learning Program

This CME e-learning opportunity consists of 7 modules and presents the following:

• Introduction to carotid artery disease and stroke
• Diagnosis of carotid artery disease
• Treatment of carotid artery disease
• Patient Selection
• Carotid angiography
• Carotid stenting procedure
• Carotid stenting simulation

This program is meant for vascular surgeons, interventional radiologists and interventional cardiologists who have an interest in carotid stenting. Visit the e-learning page of the Swedish Medical Center website for full information, or go directly to Carotid Stenting page to begin.

6th Annual Preventative Cardiology Symposium

Friday, February 1, 2008 | Swedish Medical Center

The Preventative Cardiology Symposium will provide attendees with the latest information, data, therapies and quality improvement in the prevention and clinical management of cardiovascular diseases.  This symposium will be held on the Cherry Hill Campus in the Auditorium from 7am - 4:30pm.  More information and registration>

Swedish Medical Center Cardiology Cath Conference

The Cardiology Cath Conference provides updates on the latest data, diagnosis and therapies in the prevention and treatment of cardiovascular disease for cardiologists, interventional cardiologists, interventional radiologists, and vascular surgeons. This conference is held on Tuesday mornings from 7:00 – 8:00 a.m. in the Education Center at Swedish’s Cherry Hill Campus. 

The 1 st, 2 nd & 3 rd Tuesdays of the month feature presentations by Swedish physicians and guest speakers for which Category I CME credits are offered. The 4 th Tuesdays of the month are Category II CME events devoted to cardiovascular case presentations where physicians are invited to bring a challenging case to discuss amongst their colleagues.

Topics include:

• Carotid Artery Stents
• Diastolic Heart Failure
• Gene Therapy
• Electrophysiology
• Robotic Bypass
• Atrial Fibrillation
• Peripheral Vascular Disease (carotid, renal, iliac & SFA)
• Congestive Heart Failure
• Acute Coronary Syndrome & MI
• PFO & ASD

View upcoming Cath Conferences: (http://cmetracker.net/SWEDISH/CMECath.html)

Experience the SimSuite®

The SimSuite® at Swedish Medical Center allows physicians to weigh their choices of catheters, balloons, drugs and time to cross the lesion, contrast utilization in a simulated environment. To get the flavor of the SimSuite, we've prepared two video clips.

View SimSuite preview videos

System Requirements: Windows (XP, 2000, Me, 98 or SE) or Macintosh (OS X) with broadband connection, Windows Media Player (version 9) and speakers. You may download the latest version of Windows Media Player 9 for Windows or Mac.