Conference Program Schedule
NEW CONFERENCE DATES
July 15th - 18th
Friday, July 15, 2005
6:30 am - 8:00 am
Corporate Partners Roundtable Breakfast
8:30 am - 12:30 pm
Hypertension Academy
1:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Lifestyle Modification Workshop
Developing Effective Prescriptions for Lifestyle Modification
6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
OPENING CEREMONY AND NEIL SHULMAN LECTURE
Neil Shulman Lecture Keynote Speaker:
Dr. Myriam Allende-Vigo, MD, FACP, FACE
Past President, Puerto Rican Society of Endocrinology & Diabetology
Professor and Director, Division of Endocrinology
University of Puerto Rico
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
President's Reception
Saturday, July 16, 2005
8:00 am - 9:00 am
Ethnicity & Disease Editorial Board Meeting
9:00 am - 10:00 am
Continuing Education Committee Meeting
10:00am - 11:00am
ISHIB Members' Annual Meeting
(formerly General Business meeting)
11:00 am - 1:00 pm
Lunch Symposium
CV Risk Reduction in the Patient With Hypertension and Diabetes
Supported by an unrestricted educational grant from GlaxoSmithKline
1:00 pm – 2:30 pm
Plenary Session I
The Current Age of Cerebrovascular Disease: Epidemiology and Paradigms for Therapy
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Workshop A
Contemporary Issues Effecting Patients With Hypertension Today
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
Workshop B
Diabetes in the 21st Century
6:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Dinner Symposium
Reducing Cardiovascular and Renal Risk: Achieving Blood Pressure Goals with Combination Therapy in Ethnic Patient Populations
Supported by an unrestricted educational grant from Bristol- Myers Squibb/Sanofi-Aventis, Inc.
Sunday, July 17, 2005
6:30 am - 8:00 am
Breakfast Symposium
Clinical Trials and Special Populations: Best Practices & Techniques for Patient Recruitment and Retention
Supported by an unrestricted educational grant from Mylan Bertek Pharmaceuticals
8:30 am - 10:30 am
Plenary Session II
Cardiovascular Disease Has No Boundaries
11:00 am - 1:00 pm
Lunch Symposium
Examining the Evidence: Optimizing Heart Failure Management in African American Patients
Supported by an unrestricted educational grant from NitroMed
1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Meet the Abstract Author Reception
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Workshop C
Lifestyles of Children & Adults Affected by Obesity: Reaching, Teaching, and Treating
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
Workshop D
Race, Ethnicity, and the Metabolic Syndrome
6:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Dinner Symposium
Combination Therapy For Cardiovascular Risk Reduction
Supported by an unrestricted educational grant from Novartis Pharmaceuticals
Monday, July 18, 2005
6:30 am - 8:00 am
Breakfast Symposium
Navigating the Path to Optimal Blood Pressure Control in African Americans: Using a Comprehensive Evidence-Based Roadmap
Supported by an unrestricted educational grant from Reliant Pharmaceuticals
8:30 am - 10:30 am
Plenary Session III
Cardiovascular Disease (CVD) and Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) Interaction
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