Penn Medicine The 6th Alfred P. Fishman Symposium Clinical Approach To Pulmonary Hypertension & Pulmonary Embolism For The General Internist & Medical Subspecialist 2023

Friday, April 14, 2023, 7:30 AM – 4:20 PM, Smilow Center for Translational Research, Philadelphia, PA

Course Overview

• This course will provide current approaches to caring for and improving the lives of patients with pulmonary hypertension and pulmonary embolism. Experts in the field who provide care for these patients at large specialty centers will present at this course which will be highly interactive with attendees.
• This activity has been designed for physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, respiratory therapists, nurses, residents, fellows, students who may encounter patients with pulmonary hypertension or pulmonary embolism in their practices.

• Specialties – FAMILY MEDICINE, INTERNAL MEDICINE, INTERNAL MEDICINE – Adult Congenital Heart Disease, INTERNAL MEDICINE – Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology, INTERNAL MEDICINE – Critical Care Medicine, INTERNAL MEDICINE – Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, INTERNAL MEDICINE – Gastroenterology, INTERNAL MEDICINE – Geriatric Medicine, INTERNAL MEDICINE – Hematology, INTERNAL MEDICINE – Infectious Disease, INTERNAL MEDICINE – Interventional Cardiology, INTERNAL MEDICINE – Medical Oncology, INTERNAL MEDICINE – Nephrology, INTERNAL MEDICINE – Pulmonary Disease, INTERNAL MEDICINE – Rheumatology, INTERNAL MEDICINE – Sleep Medicine, INTERNAL MEDICINE – Sports Medicine, INTERNAL MEDICINE – Transplant Hepatology, THORACIC AND CARDIAC SURGERY

1. Identify types of pulmonary hypertension in local specialist and nonspecialist practices
2. Review the usual management of patients with pulmonary hypertension or pulmonary embolism
3. Describe the therapeutic possibilities for different forms of pulmonary hypertension