8:00 AM          Registration, Buffet Breakfast and Exhibits

8:55 AM          Welcome and Introductions

9:00 AM          Epidemiology of Atrial Fibrillation
.......................Efrain Gonzalez, MD

10:00 AM        Current Guidelines and Treatment Strategies for Stroke Prevention in Atrial Fibrillation
.......................Sebastian Koch, MD

10:50 AM        Coffee Break / Exhibits

11:05 AM        New Opportunities for the Prevention of Atrial Fibrillation Thrombosis
.......................J.Marcus Wharton, MD

12 NOON        Panel Discussion / Q&A / Case Presentations

12:30 PM        Adjourn

DISTINGUISHED FACULTY

EFRAIN GONZALEZ, MD
Director, Electrophysiology
Baptist Healthcare System
Miami, FL

SEBASTIAN KOCH, MD
Associate Professor of Neurology
Director, Patrick Cesarano Neurosonology Lab
University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
Miami, FL

J. MARCUS WHARTON, MD
Professor of Medicine
Medical Director Electrophysiology
Director, Electrophysiology Fellowship Program
Medical University of South Carolina
Charleston, SC