Continuing Medical Education at South Miami Heart Center and The Wound Center

Education is an essential component of well-rounded cardiac and wound care programs. Therefore, South Miami Heart Center and The Wound Center at South Miami Hospital are devoted to providing Continuing Medical Education (CME) that focuses on both existing and new diagnostic and therapeutic modalities as well as disease prevention. The target audience includes physicians and clinicians in the local, regional and national medical communities.

An Educational Edge
South Miami Heart Center brings internationally-known experts to discuss developments in cardiovascular medicine, focusing on cardiovascular disease and prevention, cardiothoracic surgery, heart failure, interventional cardiology, electrophysiology and interventional radiology. The specialist and the primary care physician will be better able to recognize problems sooner and treat or refer patients earlier.

Similarly, The Wound Center’s annual symposium provides updates on research developments and information on clinical indications, applications, precautions and tips for optimizing wound care outcomes.  Physicians who treat patients with chronic or non-healing wounds as well as those who refer patients for treatment, including primary care physicians, will be better able to implement strategies to improve patient care.  

Upcoming Symposiums
Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery Symposium: 
Perspectives on Current and Future State-of the-Art Techniques (4.5 Cat. 1)
Saturday, April 21, 2012

The Biltmore Hotel, Coral Gables, Florida (4.5 Cat. 1)
Symposium Director: Lisardo Garcia-Covarrubias, M.D., FACS
 
Experts and pioneers in minimally invasive cardiac surgery will review the different approaches, outcomes and patient selection for various procedures.  For more information, visit MICSmiami.BaptistHealth.net.
 

Seventh Annual Wound Care Symposium: Beneath the Surface: In-depth Focus on Wound Care
Saturday, September 22, 2012
The Ritz-Carlton Coconut Grove, Miami, Florida
Symposium Director: Steven Kang, M.D.
 
This symposium brings together nationally and internationally known wound care experts to focus on practical clinical applications of the most current evidence-based protocols for care of venous and diabetic ulcers. Discussion topics also will include atypical ulcers and how to distinguish these from common chronic wounds of unusual etiologies. For more information, visit WoundCareMiami.BaptistHealth.net.

Conferences:
To enhance CME convenience and access, South Miami Heart Center offers monthly one- and two-hour conferences on the South Miami Hospital campus: 

• Cardiovascular Conferences—One-hour conferences held one Friday a month at noon; and two-hour conferences held three times a year in the evening. Conferences are planned under the direction of the South Miami Heart Center Task Force.
• Case-review meetings—Held throughout the year under the direction of South Miami Heart Center.

Contact Us
For more information about South Miami Heart Center CME programs, contact Janisse Post, R.N., at 786-662-5469 or JanisseP@baptisthealth.net.

For more information on The Wound Center CME programs, contact Mary Kay Wood Vera, R.N., at 786-662-4690 or MaryKatW@baptisthealth.net.

To register for an upcoming CME conference, please access the online catalogue at www.baptisthealth.net/cme. Contact the Continuing Education Department at cme@baptisthealth.net  or 786-596-2398.