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CathSHOCK 2024 Conference
Saturday, November 30, 2024
University of Calgary, Foothills Campus
The CathSHOCK Conference is a multidisciplinary event for physicians and allied health professionals. It showcases up-to-date approaches and management strategies for cardiogenic shock in the cath lab. Presentations focus on:
- The role of a Shock Team in the management of Cardiogenic Shock patients
- Percutaneous Mechanical Circulatory Support options
- MCS-assisted PCI - when and how to decide
- Support of the unstable patient in the cath lab
CathSHOCK provides a practice-based learning opportunity for the delivery of care when managing cardiogenic shock. Attendees will have the opportunity to participate in simulations with dedicated Proceduralist and Allied Health simulation streams.
Learning Objectives
- To understand the frontier of percutaneous MCS options
- To review current approaches and management of cardiogenic shock in the cath lab
- To provide a practice-based learning opportunity when managing cardiogenic shock patients
Dr. Eric Horlick
Dr. Horlick is an Adult Interventional Cardiologist specializing in Structural and Adult Congenital Heart Disease at the Toronto General Hospital. Eric completed medical school, Internal Medicine and Cardiology at McGill University and then did fellowship training in PCI and ACHD intervention at the Toronto General Hospital and never left. He was “structural” long before this name was coined. He was named the Inaugural Peter Munk Chair in Structural Heart Disease in 2015 and was promoted to the rank of Professor of Medicine in 2018.
Eric has devoted his career to the care of patients with structural heart disease, the education of advanced trainees in this area, and to research to clarify the long-term outcomes of patients after these interventions. He has trained 35 fellows in structural and congenital heart disease from 6 continents. Dr. Horlick has over 200 publications and has given over 500 invited lectures internationally. Eric co-founded the Canadian Network for Adult Congenital Heart Disease Intervention Research, is a CIHR and Heart and Stroke Foundation funded investigator, and clinical trialist. Dr. Horlick was designated a Master Interventionalist by the Society of Cardiovascular Angiography and Intervention in 2023, and remains the only adult Cardiologist in Canada with this designation
Eric has been married to Sheri since 1999, they met on a school trip when they were 15. When friends, family, and Eric have medical questions, they usually ask Sheri, a social worker by training. Eric and Sheri are blessed with 2 teenage children who are their greatest source of pride and happiness.
Dr. Ayaaz K. Sachedina
Chair, CathSHOCK Conference
Ayaaz is a Canadian Interventional Cardiologist at Foothills Medical Centre and the University of Calgary. He is the Director of CathSHOCK – Calgary Shock Symposium, the Lead for the Percutaneous Mechanical Circulatory Support Program in the Cardiac Catheterization Lab, and the coordinator of the Cardiogenic Shock Team Initiative at Foothills. He completed his medical training at the University of Toronto, the University of Western Ontario, and the University of Texas where he completed a fellowship in Interventional Heart Failure at the Center for Advanced Cardiopulmonary Therapeutics and Transplant, Texas Medical Center, Houston. His focuses include coronary intervention, percutaneous mechanical support in the management of cardiogenic shock, and TAVI.
Dr. Michael Tsang
Lead, Program Advisory Committee
Dr. Michael Tsang is an Interventional and Critical Care Cardiologist. He completed his Cardiology, Interventional Cardiology and Critical Care Cardiology at McMaster University. He holds a MSc. in Health Science Education and is the Assistant Program Director for the McMaster Adult Cardiology Residency Program. His clinical, educational and quality improvement work focus is on Cardiogenic Shock, the Shock Team, Mechanical Circulatory Support and Complex coronary artery disease. He is the Catheterization Laboratory Lead on Cardiogenic Shock and Mechanical Circulatory Support at Hamilton Health Sciences. He co-lead the McMaster Cardiogenic Shock Team model through which he continues to strive for excellence.
Samantha Morahan
The clinical engagement specialist leads the planning and execution of the clinical innovation initiatives and guides clinical members in fostering collaborations.
Dr. Janine Eckstein
Dr Janine Eckstein is an Interventional Cardiologist at the University of Saskatchewan in Saskatoon, SK. She completed her Internal Medicine and Cardiology training in Saskatoon prior to completing an Interventional/Structural Cardiology fellowship at St Michael’s Hospital in Toronto. She is Medical Director of the Structural Heart Program for Saskatoon and Northern SK. Her clinical interests include coronary intervention, structural heart disease and percutaneous management as well as percutaneous mechanical support.
Dr. Malek Kass
Dr. Malek Kass is an Associate Professor of Medicine and Radiology at the University of Manitoba and the Medical Director of the Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation (TAVI) Program at St. Boniface Hospital in Winnipeg, MB. After completing training in Internal Medicine at the University of Manitoba and Cardiology, Interventional Cardiology, and Cardiac Imaging at the University of Ottawa Heart Institute, Dr. Kass now serves as the Director of Structural Intervention at St. Boniface. He also leads the TAVI training program. His research interests include medical education, complex coronary intervention, and structural heart disease intervention.
Dr. Nakul Sharma
Dr. Nakul Sharma completed his undergraduate medical training at the University of Saskatchewan before pursuing Cardiology at the Mazankowski Alberta Heart Institute. In 2011 Dr. Sharma became the first Cardiac Transplant/VAD Fellow in Alberta and pursued a Masters in Public Health from the University of Alberta. Dr. Sharma continues to participate in both local and national workshops in Heart Failure and Cardiac Transplantation. His current research interests are in Advanced Heart Failure and Mechanical Support. He is the Director of Heart Failure Clinics at the Rockyview General Hospital and Program Director for the Adult Cardiology Residency Program in Calgary. He also enjoys playing competitive basketball, building Lego, and collecting sports memorabilia.
Dr. Brian Potter
Dr. Brian J. Potter
Dr. Brian J. Potter obtained his MD from McGill University in 2004, completed internal medicine and adult cardiology training at the University of Montréal, and an interventional cardiology fellowship at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in 2014 before joining the Cardiology group at the Centre hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal (CHUM). He also completed a Masters in Epidemiology at the Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health.
Dr. Potter is the Director of the Percutaneous Heart Failure Interventions Program and Co-Director of the High-Risk PCI Program at the CHUM and Director of CICU Research & Quality. His clinical and research interests include interventions for both chronic and acute heart failure.
Steve Menzies
Steve has been a member of the cardiovascular perfusion team at FMC since 2007 and became the clinical lead of the program in 2016. This team of 11 perfusionists is responsible for the safe operation of the heart lung machines for approximately 1700 open heart cases annually as well as the bedside management of 30-35 ECLS patients in the CVICU. Steve and his team are also responsible for the initiation and troubleshooting for the various ventricular assist devices utilized at FMC. In 2009 Steve began work at the Alberta Children’s Hospital to help develop a rescue ECLS program alongside the PICU team. Despite the challenges related to starting an ECLS program in a tertiary center with no cardiac surgery program, this initiative was launched in late 2010. Critical to the success of ECLS at both ACH and FMC, Steve helped create a high and low fidelity sim doll in collaboration with the eSim departments and is planning to continue to develop and strengthen this education platform.
Gregory Schnell
Dr. Greg Schnell is from Saskatoon where he completed a degree in pharmacy and worked as a pharmacist before going on to medical school at The University of Western Ontario in London, Ontario. He subsequently returned to the west and Calgary for his internal medicine and cardiology training. He has completed a fellowship in echocardiography in Calgary and at The University of Virginia. Dr. Schnell has a general cardiology practice with a special interest in critical care cardiology in addition to providing echocardiography services in the Calgary Health Region. He is an associate clinical professor at The University of Calgary and has been Director of the Cardiac Intensive Care Unit at the Foothills Medical Centre since 2008.
Dr. Robert Miller
Dr. Robert Miller is a Clinical Associate Professor in the Department of Cardiac Sciences at the University of Calgary. He completed training in Internal Medicine and General Cardiology at the University of Calgary. He went on to complete training in Advanced Heart Failure and Cardiac Transplantation at Stanford University, and Advanced Cardiac Imaging at Cedars Sinai Medical Center. His clinical work also includes the Advanced Heart Failure service and cardiac function clinic. His research interests include advanced cardiac imaging applications in patients with cardiomyopathies as well as epidemiology in heart failure and cardiac transplantation.
Dr. Jeff Shaw
Dr. Jeff Shaw is a cardiologist specializing in advanced echocardiography, critical care medicine, and critical care cardiology at the University of Calgary.
Dr. Shaw completed internal medicine, cardiology, and critical care medicine residencies at the University of Calgary, where he was the Chief Cardiology Resident. He completed fellowship training in Advanced Echocardiography at the University of Calgary.
Dr. Shaw’s research is published in national peer-reviewed scientific journals. Dr. Shaw leads the Cardiology Simulation program at the University of Calgary and has received teaching awards from the Division of Cardiology and the Department of Medicine. Dr. Shaw is a representative of cardiac critical care within the shock team.
Elissa Babe
Elissa Babe is the Unit Manager for the Cardiac Cath Lab, Electrophysiology and CPCR at Foothills Medical Centre. Elissa was a Cath Lab nurse for over 10 years, with experience in both the Foothills Medical Center and the Mazankowski Heart Institute Cath Labs. Her interest in team development and quality improvement inspired her to transition to a management role earlier this year. The Cath Lab team consists of 70 staff (Nurses, MRT’s, Physiological Tech’s and support staff) that provide service to Southern Alberta. Our Cath Lab performs around 7000 procedures per year 25% of which are emergency procedures. Elissa leads her team with a commitment to excellence and continuous growth. She is also passionate about fostering a collaborative environment that prioritizes innovation.
Dr. Daniel Kim
Daniel Kim is a Professor of Medicine and Interventional & Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiologist at the University of Alberta. He is the Medical Director of Advanced Heart Failure & Transplantation. He is a recognized educator, having received teaching awards for Undergraduate, Postgraduate and Peer Teaching. His clinical and research interests are on novel detection methods for rejection and cardiac allograft vasculopathy, cardiorenal physiology in heart failure, cardiogenic shock team implementation, invasive intracoronary imaging and coronary physiologic assessment. He has authored and co-authored numerous publications including guidelines and consensus statements from CCS and the ISHLT.
Dr. Iqbal Jaffer
Dr. Iqbal Jaffer is a cardiac surgeon and aspirational interventional cardiologist based at McMaster University in Hamilton. He completed all his training at McMaster including a PhD in Blood contacting medical devices which also makes him an aspirational hematologist. He is currently assistant professor in surgery, residency program director for cardiac surgery, surgical lead for the TAVR program and surgical lead for the ECLS program. He has developed the Future Leaders in Cardiac Surgery and Interventional Cardiology program with Edwards Lifesciences and he is currently undertaking a Royal College certificate as a clinician educator. He has a wife who is a palliative care physician and two sons who keep him humble and if there is any time left, he enjoys baking and playing golf.
Dr. Derek So
Dr. Derek So, a professor at the University of Ottawa Heart Institute, is an interventional cardiologist and director of the cardiac catheterization laboratory. He obtained his medical degree from the University of Toronto and completed residency in Cardiology and Interventional Cardiology in Ottawa. Dr. So holds a Master’s degree in clinical epidemiology from the Harvard School of Public Health. His research interests include: acute coronary syndromes, pharmacogenomics, personalized anti-platelet therapy and cardiogenic shock. He is the interventional cardiology lead at the UOHI Code Shock Program team. Dr. So also leads the Canadian Cardiovascular Research Collaboratory (C3) cardiogenic shock working group.
Dr. Brennan Ballantyne
Dr. Brennan Ballantyne is an electrophysiologist and advanced heart failure cardiologist in Calgary, Alberta at the Libin Cardiovascular Institute. He is also a clinical assistant professor at the University of Calgary. He completed fellowship training in both cardiac electrophysiology & arrhythmia and advanced heart failure & transplant cardiology. Dr. Ballantyne’s clinical interests include the care of patients with heart failure and cardiac devices, optimization of cardiac resynchronization therapy, and cardiomyopathy and neuromuscular disease. His research interests include tricuspid regurgitation and cardiac devices, leadless pacing, and optimizing care for CIED patients with heart failure.
Dr. Pantelis (Pent) Diamantouros
Dr. Pantelis (Pent) Diamantouros is a Professor of Medicine at Western University and has been a member of the Division of Cardiology at London Health Sciences Centre since 2007. He completed his cardiology training at Western University followed by a Coronary and Structural Interventional Cardiology Fellowship at Duke University. Previously, he was the Program Director for the Cardiology Training Program and he is currently the Director of Interventional Cardiology. In addition to percutaneous coronary intervention, his clinical interests include TAVI, PFO/ASD closure and LAA occlusion.
Dr. Daniel Holloway
Dr. Daniel Holloway is a cardiac surgeon at the Libin Cardiovascular Institute and the Cardiac Surgery Residency Program Director at the University of Calgary. He received his medical education at Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario and his cardiac surgery training at the University of Calgary. He underwent fellowship training in cardiac transplantation, mechanical circulatory support, and TAVI at Northwestern University in Chicago, Illinois. His clinical practice includes minimally invasive valve and coronary surgery, mechanical circulatory support, TAVI, and open-heart surgery.
Dr. Juan Russo
Dr. Juan Russo is an interventional cardiologist and clinician investigator. He earned his medical degree at McMaster University in 2011. He completed residencies in internal medicine at the University of Toronto, and adult cardiology at the University of Ottawa Heart Institute. He then completed his fellowship training in interventional cardiology at the University of Ottawa Heart Institute, and subspecialty training in complex higher-risk interventions and advanced hemodynamic care at Columbia University Irving Medical Center. Dr. Russo has a clinical interest in higher-risk coronary interventions and cardiac critical care. His primary research focus is developing neuroprotective strategies for the early management of comatose survivors of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest.
Dr. Byran Har
Dr. Bryan Har is an interventional cardiologist at Foothills Medical Centre in Calgary, AB. He completed his medical training at Western University and his cardiology and interventional cardiology fellowships at the University of Calgary. He is a Clinical Associate Professor and is the Lead of the Cardiac Catheterization Lab Research Program at Foothills Medical Centre. His clinical interests include high-risk coronary interventions, intracoronary calcium modification, and intravascular imaging.
Dr. Akshay Bagai
Dr. Akshay Bagai is a practicing interventional cardiologist and Past Director of the Cardiac Intensive Care Unit at St. Michael’s Hospital. He is an Associate Professor in the Department of Medicine at the University of Toronto. Dr. Bagai received his MD and trained in Internal Medicine and Cardiology at the University of Toronto. He completed his training in Interventional Cardiology at St. Michael’s Hospital. He obtained a Masters degree in Health Sciences from the Clinical Research Training Program at Duke University, USA. He returned to Toronto and joined the Division of Cardiology at St. Michael’s Hospital in August 2013. His clinical and research interests are closely aligned and include complex, high risk and total occlusion percutaneous coronary intervention, and transcatheter interventions for mitral and tricuspid valve disease.
Dr. Corey Adams
Dr. Corey Adams is an adult cardiac surgeon whose practice focuses on valvular heart surgery at the Foothills Medical Centre. He is a fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Canada and a member of Canadian Cardiovascular Society of Cardiac Surgeons. He has special interest in minimally invasive valve surgeries, infective endocarditis, and transcatheter aortic valve implantation. Dr. Adams joined the Libin Cardiovascular Institute in April of 2020 as a Clinical Associate Professor and is a team member of the Minimally Invasive Surgery Program and the Structural Heart Program.
