20th Annual
Heart and Vascular Symposium
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Keynote Speaker:
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This event has already occurred.
Thank you to all of those who attended.
Dr. Charles W. Acher is certified by the American Board of Surgery with a certificate of additional qualifications in vascular surgery. His clinical and research interests include prevention of ischemic spinal cord injury in repair of thoraco-abdominal aneurysms (TAA), renal and visceral arterial occlusive disease, minimally invasive endovascular surgery, treatment of cerebral vascular occlusive disease for stroke prevention (carotid and subclavian revascularization), and limb salvage in severe vascular disease.
His current research activities include participation in a VA cooperative study on aneurysm detection and management, research in treatment of thoracoabdominal aneurysm, and prevention of paraplegia in thoracic aneurysm surgery. He served as executive investigator of the ADAM Small Aneurysm Trial, principal investigator for NASCET Carotid Trial, and on other VA/NIH cooperative trials. He is a co-investigator of the Beaver Dam OFFSPRING Study and principal investigator for the CTAG Study at the University of Wisconsin.
Dr. Acher earned his medical degree from Indiana University Medical School in Indianapolis in 1973, and completed his internship and residency at the University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics in Madison in 1978. He performed a GI and peripheral vascular surgery fellowship at Gloucestershire Royal Hospital in Gloucester, England from 1978-80, and was a peripheral vascular fellow of E. Stanley Crawford at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston.
| Special Physician Only Session Thursday, February 4, 2010 |
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6-7 p.m. |
Dinner |
7-9 p.m. |
Charles W. Acher, MD: Insights from Working in the British National Health Care System |
| Conference Friday, February 5, 2010 – National Wear Red Day 8 a.m.-4 p.m. |
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7:15-8 a.m. |
Registration/Breakfast/Poster Viewing |
8-9:30 a.m. |
Keynote Speaker: Charles W. Acher, MD, Professor of Vascular Surgery, University of Wisconsin – Madison The Impact of TEVAR (Thoracic Endovascular Aneurysm Repair) on the Treatment of Thoracic Aortic Disease |
9:30-10 a.m. |
Break with vendors |
10-10:45 a.m. |
Robert L. Duerr, MD, FACC, Cardiologist Advances in Interventional Cardiology – Percutaneous Repair of Structural Heart Disease and Percutaneous Left Ventricular Assist Devices |
10:45-11:30 a.m. |
Philippe Masser, MD, Vascular Surgeon Evaluating New Technologies and Procedures: A Primer |
11:30 a.m.-noon |
Lunch provided |
Noon-12:30 p.m. |
Poster Presentations |
12:30-1:30 p.m. |
Breakout sessions – Choice A or B |
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1:30-2:30 p.m. |
Breakout sessions – Choice A or B |
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2:30-2:45 p.m. |
Break |
2:45-3:45 p.m. |
J. Antonio Lopez, MD, Cardiologist: Heart Failure Program |
3:45-4 p.m. |
Posters and closing remarks |
Agenda subject to change.
Online Registration:
No longer taking registration. Event has already occurred.
Location
St. Luke’s Boise Medical Center
South Tower, Anderson Center
190 E. Bannock Street, Boise, Idaho
(208) 381-1501
Map – Parking Information
- From I-84 take Broadway Exit (#54) north
- Continue through the Front Street intersection
- Turn left into the first driveway on the left, immediately before the strip mall
- There is a blue St. Luke’s Employee Parking sign at the entrance.
- Follow the driveway until
