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What is the North Florida Cardiovascular Symposium?

The 21st Annual North Florida Cardiovascular Symposium (formerly named the Ponte Vedra Cardiac Symposium) is sponsored by the North Florida Cardiovascular Education Foundation (a Florida 501-c3 Non-Profit Medical Education Foundation) for the principal purpose of providing the highest quality of evidence based scientific information in clinical Cardiology to this regional population of Cardiovascular providers. This annual Symposium presents a high quality, professional, education program that is immediately applicable to improve patient care in a format that promotes active interaction between the attendee and the expert faculty in a CME environment free of commercial bias.

What is the Format?

The emphasis of the program is on clinical knowledge, based on the best evidence-based scientific information available. Each faculty presenter is instructed to provide this information in a lecture format that initially emphasizes the basic scientific knowledge base and then relates this data to support the clinical information presented. In addition, panel discussions are organized to allow attendees to expand understanding of both the basic and clinical information.

Who Should Attend?

The intended audience is ACC Clinical Cardiologists, ACC Cardiovascular Associate providers (APRN, PA, Technicians, Technologists) as well as Internal Medicine Physicians, Emergency Physicians, Pharm D, and others with a commitment to excellence in critical care of patients with Cardiovascular disease.

  • Clinical Cardiologists
  • Interventional Cardiologists
  • Electrophysiologists
  • Cardiovascular Surgeons
  • Internists
  • Pharm D
  • Primary Care Specialists with interest in cardiovascular disease
  • Cardiovascular Healthcare Associates (ARNP, RN, PA, Technician)
  • Physicians are invited to register one office Physician Assistant or Nurse Practitioner at no charge when registering
North Florida Cardiovascular Education Foundation Board of Directors

Shreya Ghetiya, MD, FACC – Co-Director

Shailee Shah MD, FACC – Co-Director

Vaqar Ali, MD, FACC

Amr Barakat, MD, FACC

Van Crisco, MD, FACC

Ashu Dhanjal, MD, FACC

George Dibu, MD, FACC

Praveen Kanaparti, MD, FACC

Michael Koren, MD, FACC

Juan Leoni, MD, FACC

Gayle Martin, MD, FACC

Parag Patel, MD, FACC

Peter Pollak, MD, FACC

Allen Seals, MD, FACC

Matthew Soto Arenall, Pharm D

Kim St Clair, APRN-BC, FACC

Gladys Velarde, MD, FACC