This is a one-day symposium designed for physicians, physician assistants, APRN’s, nurses, perioperative teams, and technologists focusing on the care of elderly patients with vascular disease. A review of the epidemiology of the American aging population and its characteristics will be presented with the risks and benefits of antithrombotic medication in that group of patients.
Approaches and treatment of common vascular diseases in the elderly will be discussed that enhance the elderly patients’ mobility, survival and quality of life. An overview of recent technological and medical advances in the field will be presented. Special considerations for optimizing the outcomes of the elderly and frail patients will be highlighted as well as related innovations in vascular and endovascular surgery.
Self-assessment credit toward the American Board of Surgery (ABS) Continuous Certification Program will be provided.
MOC POINTS
Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 5.0 Medical Knowledge Only MOC points in the American Board of Internal Medicine's (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program.
Participants will earn MOC points equivalent to the amount of CME credits claimed for the activity. It is the CME activity provider's responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit.
CME CREDITS
The Yale School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
The Yale School of Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 5.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Planners and Speakers
Course Co-Directors
Raul J. Guzman MD
Division Chief, Vascular Surgery
Department of Surgery, Yale School of Medicine
Chief, Vascular Surgery, Yale New Haven Hospital
Surgeon-in-Chief
Vascular Surgery, Heart and Vascular Center
Yale New Haven Health System
Cassius Iyad Ochoa Chaar MD, MS, RPVI
Associate Professor of Surgery (Vascular)
Yale School of Medicine
Guest Speaker
Larry W. Kraiss MD, FACS, DFSVS
Professor and Chief of the Division of Vascular Surgery
Raise awareness on the risks and benefits of antithrombotic therapy in the elderly
Discuss the significance of peripheral arterial disease and its treatment in elderly
Identify strategies to select elderly patients for vascular surgery
Examine new therapies for abdominal aortic aneurysms
Summarize the outcomes of aortic dissection in older patients
Review the risks and benefits of treatment of carotid artery disease
Discuss the treatment options of deep venous thrombosis
Highlight options for improving quality of life and managing varicose veins
Summarize new technologies to treat vascular disease and their applicability in the elderly population
The Yale School of Medicine, Department of Surgery, Section of Vascular Surgery is grateful to its supporters. They are acknowledged in all conference materials.
