Welcome and Introduction

Deeb Salem, MD
Physician-in-Chief,Tufts-New England Medical Center
Professor and Chair, Department of Medicine,
Tufts University School of Medicine

How to Make Sense of New Cardiac Risk Markers

Paul Ridker, MD, MPH
Director, Center for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention,
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Eugene Braunwald Professor of Medicine,
Harvard Medical School

Chronic Kidney Disease: Proteinuriaand Decreased GFR as New Risk Factors for Cardiovascular Disease

Andrew Levey, MD
Chief,William B. Schwartz, MD Division of Nephrology,
Tufts-New England Medical Center
Dr. Gerald J. and Dorothy R. Friedman
Professor of Medicine,
Tufts University School of Medicine
Tufts-Cardiac Program

Metabolic Syndrome: A 21st Century Epidemic

Anastassios Pittas, MD
Division of Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism,
Tufts-New England Medical Center
Assistant Professor of Medicine,
Tufts University School of Medicine

Dyslipidemia: State of the Art Approaches to Treatment

Jeffrey T. Kuvin, MD
Director of Cardiology Fellowship Program,
Associate Director, Cardiovascular Imaging and
Hemodynamics Laboratory,
Tufts-New England Medical Center
Assistant Professor of Medicine,
Tufts University School of Medicine

Cardiovascular Imaging:
How to Use Cardiac CT
and MRI in Clinical Practice

Martin Maron, MD
Co-director, Cardiovascular MRI Imaging Center,
Tufts-New England Medical Center
Assistant Professor of Medicine,
Tufts University School of Medicine

Heart Failure: What’s New
on the Treatment Front

David DeNofrio, MD
Medical Director, Cardiac Transplantation Program
and Cardiomyopathy Center,
Tufts-New England Medical Center
Associate Professor of Medicine,
Tufts University School of Medicine