These courses are intended for internal hospital staff.

Activity Description:

This recurring educational activity provides a multidisciplinary forum for reviewing complex cardiothoracic surgical cases. The goal is to enhance clinical decision-making, improve perioperative management, and promote evidence-based practices in pediatric and adult cardiothoracic surgery. Participants will engage in case-based discussions, review imaging and operative strategies, and address complications and outcomes. The conference fosters collaboration among surgeons, cardiologists, intensivists, anesthesiologists, radiologists, neonatologists, perfusionists, nursing, and other staff to optimize patient care.

Target Audience:

Cardiothoracic surgeons, Intensivists, Cardiologists, Anesthesiologists, Perfusionists, Advanced practice providers (NPs and PAs), Nurses, RTs, Genetic Counselor, Patient Navigators, Echo sonographers, and Pharmacists

Learning Objective:

At the conclusion of this activity, participants should be able to:

•    Conduct multidisciplinary reviews of cardiothoracic surgical cases to support collaborative surgical planning.
•     Evaluate patient history and imaging to inform operative strategy and anticipate potential complications.
•    Evaluate proposed surgical plans during case review and articulate potential risks, complications, and contingency approaches based on team discussion.
•    Strengthen interdisciplinary communication to enhance perioperative decision-making and patient outcomes.

Moderator:

Mike DiMaria, MD
Max Mitchell, MD

Non-faculty contributors and others involved in the planning, development and editing/review of the content have no relevant financial relationships to disclose with ineligible companies.*

*Ineligible companies – Companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.

Accreditation:

The HCA Healthcare Continental Division is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Credit Designation:

The HCA Healthcare Continental Division designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. ​

Commercial Support:  

This Activity was developed without support from any ineligible company.*The ACCME defines ineligible companies as those whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients. Note: The ACCME does not consider providers of clinical service directly to patients to be commercial interests – unless the provider of clinical services is owned, or controlled by, and ACCME defined ineligible company.​

Disclosure: 

The HCA Healthcare Continental Division is committed to providing CME that is balanced, objective, and evidenced-based. In accordance with the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) Standards for Integrity and Independence all parties in control of content are required to disclose all conflicts of interest with ACCME defined ineligible companies. None of the planners, faculty, and those in control of this educational activity have relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.​