Program-at-a-Glance
FRIDAY, JUNE 23, 2006

7:00 am
Registration Opens

8:30 am - 12:30 pm
Hypertension Academy CME: 4/CEU: .4
What the Practitioner Needs to Know to Effectively Measure and Treat Hypertension
   Elijah Saunders, MD
Modifying the Office Environment to Improve Blood Pressure Measurement and Management
   Samar Nasser, PA-C, MPH
Overview of Antihypertensive Drugs
    Domenic Sica, MD
Novel Approaches to Lowering Blood Pressure in Tough to Control Patients
    Angela Brown, MD
Opportunities and Pitfalls in Treating Hypertension in Persons with Chronic Kidney Disease
    Matthew Weir, MD
Debate: Diuretics Have Been Overemphasized as Antihypertensive Agents
    Kenneth Jamerson, MD - PRO
    Jackson Wright, MD - CON
Supported by an educational grant from Abbott Laboratories

2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Opening Ceremony/Neil Shulman Lecture: ISHIB Partners' Summit --
The Evolution of Hypertension and Cardiovascular Risk: A 20-Year Perspective CME: 2/CEU: .2
Jointly Sponsored by ISHIB; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC); the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI); and the Jackson Heart Study.
The Jackson Heart Study
   Herman Taylor, Jr., MD, MPH
The State of Cardiovascular Health Worldwide
   George A. Mensah, MD
The Future of Cardiovascular Health: An NHLBI Prospective
   Peter Savage, MD
Hypertension: A 20-Year ISHIB Perspective
   Elijah Sanders, MD
Supported by an educational grant from AstraZeneca

5:00 pm
Registration Closes

5:30 pm - 6:30 pm
ISHIB 20th Anniversary Celebration
Founders’ Recognition Reception
Supported by AstraZeneca

6:30 pm - 8:30 pm
ISHIB 20th Anniversary Celebration
Founders’ Recognition Banquet
*Attire: Black-tie
Supported by AstraZeneca

SATURDAY, JUNE 24, 2006

7:00 am
Registration Opens

8:00 am - 11:00 am, 3:00 pm - 6:30 pm
Exhibition Open

8:00 am - 10:00 am
Lifestyle Modification Workshop - Culturally Relevant Lifestyle Interventions to Decrease the Metabolic Syndrome CME: 2/CEU: .2
Stress and African American Women: Implications for Clinical Practice
   Mary Webb, PhD, RN
Modifying the DASH Diet for Soul Food
   Jenice Rankins, EdD
Where Are the Tools? Web Resources to Support Lifestyle Changes
    Temple Robinson, MD

10:00 am - 11:00 am
Continuing Education Committee Meeting
Ethnicity & Disease Editorial Board Meeting

11:00 am - 1:00 pm
ISHIB2006 Round Table Lunch Symposium - Answering the Challenges of Cardiovascular Disease and Metabolic Risk: What Should Every Practitioner Know? CME: 2/CEU: .2
The Metabolic Environment in Race and Ethnicity
   Sherita Hill Golden, MD, MPH
CVD and the Metabolic Environment - The Need for an Evidence Based Plan
   Keith C. Ferdinand, MD
The Link Between CVD and the Metabolic Environment - Emerging Evidence
   Brent M. Egan, MD
Supported by an educational grant from Merck & Co., Inc.

1:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Plenary Session I - Diabetes and Its Risk Factors as a True Outcome of the Metabolic Syndrome CME: 2/CEU: .2
Metabolic Syndrome: A Prelude to Diabetes and Its Long-Term Complications?
   Sandeep Gupta, MD
Ethnic Differences in Diabetes and the Metabolic Syndrome
   Kwame Osei, MD
Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease: Reducing Risk and End Organ Damage
   Rita J. Louard, MD

3:30 pm - 5:00 pm
Workshop A – Metabolic Syndrome in Children and Adolescents CME: 1.5/CEU: .15
Overview on Epidemiology, Prevalence and Implications for Premature Cardiovascular Disease
   Elizabeth Rappaport, MD
Metabolic Syndrome in African American Children and Adolescents
    Silva Arslanian, MD
Metabolic Syndrome in Hispanic Children and Adolescents
    Martha Cruz, DVM, DPhil

3:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Workshop B – Obesity: Risk Factors and Management CME: 1/CEU: .1
Medications for Obesity Management: Prescription and Over-the-Counter Options
   David Kountz, MD
Surgical Procedures for the Treatment of Obesity
   Dennis C. Smith, Jr., MD

5:00 pm
Registration Closes

5:00 pm - 6:30 pm
Exhibit Reception/Abstract Poster Session
Supported by an educational grant from Novartis Pharmaceuticals

6:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Dinner Symposium - Screen and Intervene - - A Year 2006 Hypertension and Cardiovascular Disease Update CME: 2/CEU: .2
Blood Pressure: In Control or Out of Control? An Epidemiological Examination of How Well We Are Managing Hypertension in Ethnic Minority Populations and the Importance of Early Risk Identification and Intervention-Getting to Goal and Staying There
   Karol E. Watson, MD, PhD
Hypertension: A Systemic Disease Requiring Systematic Approaches to Therapy-Recent Clinical Practice Recommendations Focusing on Combination Therapy in Difficult-to-Treat Patient Populations with High Blood Pressure and Compelling Conditions
   Keith C. Ferdinand, MD
The Foundation Role of Calcium Channel Blockers and ACE Inhibitors for Hypertension Management in Ethnic Minority Populations-Evidence, Clinical Trials, and the Prediction of Outcomes: When Combination Therapy Makes Sense
   Elijah Saunders, MD
Presenting: Real World Strategies for Optimizing Management of High Blood Pressure, Cardiac Risk Factors, and Preventing End Organ Disease
   Domenic A. Sica, MD
Supported by an educational grant from Novartis Pharmaceuticals

SUNDAY, JUNE 25, 2006

6:00 am
Registration Opens

6:30 am - 8:00 am
Breakfast Symposium - Atherothrombosis Management in High-Risk Populations: Clinical Development and Practice Implications CME: 1.5/CEU: .15
Atherothrombosis Management in High-Risk Populations: Clinical Development and Practice Implications Prevention and Management of Stroke in High-Risk Populations
   Bruce Ovbiagele, MD
Cardiovascular Risk Assessment and Management in High-Risk Patients with Peripheral Arterial Disease
   Donna Mendes, MD
Supported by an educational grant from Bristol-Myers Squibb/Sanofi Pharmaceuticals Partnership

8:00 am - 11:00 am, 3:00 pm - 6:30 pm
Exhibition Open

8:30 am - 10:30 am
Plenary Session II - Hypertension to Heart Failure: A Cardiovascular Disease Continuum CME: 2/CEU: .2
A-Heft and BiDil for Heart Failure in Blacks
   Anne Taylor, MD
Energy Metabolism and Hypertension
   Lizzy Brewster, MD
Inflammation, Coronary Heart Disease and Race
   Michelle Albert, MD, MPH

11:00 am - 1:00 pm
Lunch Symposium - Treatment Options for the Patient With Multiple Comorbidities CME: 2/CEU: .2
Strategies for the Prevention of Macrovascular and Microvascular Complications in the Patient With Diabetes and Hypertension
   John M. Flack, MD, MPH
The Cardiovascular Disease Continuum: Therapeutic Options and Class Effects
   Domenic A. Sica, MD
Renin-Angiotensin Blockade and Diabetes: Where to Go Next?
   Shawna D. Nesbitt, MD, MS
Supported by an educational grant from GlaxoSmithKline

1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Special Session - Hypertension, Complications, and Chronic Diseases in the Post-Katrina Environment: Development of an Action Plan to Address the Health Issues CME: 2.0/CEU: .2
What Really Happened? The Human Face of Katrina
   Keith C. Ferdinand, MD
Pre-Katrina Storms: The Underlying Epidemiology of Chronic Diseases
    Evangeline Franklin, MD
Post-Katrina Storms: The Burden of Disease Leading to Poor Health and Compounding the Effects of a Disaster
    Cheryl Taylor, PhD, RN
The Plan and Call to Action: Steps to Curb the Increase of Chronic Disease in the Aftermath of Katrina
Kevin U. Stephens, Sr., MD, JD

3:30 pm - 5:00 pm
Workshop C – Metabolic Syndrome and Its Role In Chronic Kidney Disease CME: 1.5/CEU: .15
Antihypertensives and Their Effect on Insulin Resistance
    Susanne Nicholas, MD, PhD
Metabolic Syndrome Predicts Risk of Chronic Kidney Disease
    Paul Whelton, MD
Obesity, Metabolic Syndrome, and Family History of End Stage Renal Disease
    William McClellan, MD

3:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Workshop D – Metabolic Syndrome and the Stroke Continuum CME: 1/CEU: .1
Stroke Risk Factors and Their Evaluation
    Galen Henderson, MD
Current Paradigms for the Treatment of Stroke
    Salina Waddy, MD

5:00 pm
Registration Closes

5:00 pm - 6:30 pm
Exhibit Reception/Abstract Poster Session
Supported by an educational grant from Novartis Pharmaceuticals

6:30 pm – Midnight
Exhibit Breakdown

6:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Dinner Symposium - Insights into Managing an Epidemic: Hypertensive Black Patients at Risk for Cardiovascular Disease CME:2/CEU: .2
The Epidemic of the Metabolic Syndrome and Cardiovascular Complications in Blacks
   George A. Mensah, MD
Pharmacologic Considerations in the Difficult-to-Treat Black Hypertensive Patient
   Domenic A. Sica, MD
Management of Hypertension in Black Patients: Making the Right Choices
   William Cushman, MD
"Real-World" Patient Management: Panel Discussion
   Luther T. Clark, MD
Supported by an educational grant from the Bristol-Myers Squibb Sanofi-Synthelabo Partnership

MONDAY, JUNE 26, 2006

7:00 am
Registration Opens

8:30 am - 10:30 am
Plenary Session III - Lipid Abnormalities with Metabolic Syndrome and Cardiovascular Disease CME: 2/CEU: .2
Ethnic Differences in Triglyceride Levels Contribute to the Under-Diagnosis of the Metabolic Syndrome in African Americans
   Anne Sumner, MD
Emerging Therapies in the Management of the Metabolic Syndrome
   Elizabeth Ofili, MD, MPH
Management of Metabolic Syndrome: Importance of Therapeutic Lifestyle Modification
   Shiriki Kumanyika, PhD, MPH

10:00 am
Registration Closes

11:00 am - 12:00 pm
ISHIB Annual Members Meeting

12:00 pm – 1:30 pm
Hypertension Guidelines Working Group Meeting



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