Former TV news journalist among
featured speakers at event
INDIANAPOLIS –Hundreds of health-care professionals
are expected to attend the fifth annual Franciscan St. Francis Health Cardiovascular Symposium on Friday, Sept. 14.
Hosted
by the Franciscan St. Francis Heart Center, participants will discuss topics
ranging from the latest cardiovascular procedures and interventions, innovative
treatments for atrial fibrillation, peripheral arterial disease, new imaging
technology and approaches to enhance cardiovascular diagnoses and minimally
invasive surgical approaches for valve surgery.
Presenters include cardiologists from Franciscan Physician Network Indiana
Heart Physicians
along with cardiovascular surgeons from Cardiac
Surgery Associates
and a St.
Francis pharmacist.
The
day-long symposium,
which will be held at the JW Marriott in downtown Indianapolis, offers
continuing medical education credits, is designed to give primary care
physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, nurses and other allied
health professionals insight into new treatments and procedures advancing
patient outcomes.
Participants
also will hear from Indianapolis veteran television journalist, writer and
speaker Anne Ryder,
who will discuss how life-transforming events prompted her to change direction
and purpose in both her personal life and profession. Ryder, who has amassed
numerous awards and accolades in her career, has reported widely from war zones
around the globe and traveled to Calcutta to interview Mother Teresa, the last
American journalist to do so before her death in 1996.
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Franciscan
St. Francis Heart Center
In 2012, Franciscan St. Francis Heart
Center-Indianapolis was recognized by HealthGrades as the number one program in
Indiana for overall cardiac services and named one of America’s 100 best
hospitals for cardiac care and coronary intervention. In addition, St. Francis
received five stars for heart attack treatment, coronary interventional
procedures, heart valve repair and replacement surgery, cardiology services and
heart failure treatment. The dedicated team of independent and Franciscan St.
Francis Health physicians provide streamlined care with superior results
according to U.S. News & World Report.
