8:00 AM          Registration, Buffet Breakfast, Exhibits

8:25 AM          Welcome and Introductions

8:30 AM          Diagnosis and Evaluation of PAH: Recognizing the Signs and Symptoms
........................Debra Fertel, MD

9:00 AM          PAH: Lung Disease
.......................Marilyn Glassberg, MD

9:30 AM          Portopulmonary Hypertension: Understanding PAH in the Setting of
........................Liver Disease
........................Shirin Shafazand, MD 

10:00 AM        PAH Compllicating Connective Tissue Diseases (CTDs) 
........................Javier Jimenez, MD, PhD

10:30 AM        Coffee Break 

11:00 AM        Evolving Treatment Strategies in PAH with Left Heart Disease
........................Sandra Chaparro, MD

11:30 AM        Chronic Thromboembolic PAH: When to Suspect it, When to refer for Surgery
........................Ruben Penaranda, MD

12 NOON       Evidence-based Treatment Algorithm: Applying Knowledge to Clinical Practice
.......................Nicholas Hill, MD

1:00 PM           Adjourn

DISTINGUISHED FACULTY

JAVIER JIMENEZ, MD, PhD
PROGRAM DIRECTOR
Heart Failure Transplant and PH
University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
Miami, FL

DEBRA FERTEL, MD
Director, Lung Transplant and PH
Jackson Memorial Hospital
Miami, FL

MARILYN GLASSBERG, MD
Director, Pulmonary Fibrosis Program
University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
Miami, FL

SHIRIN SHAFAZAND, MD
Director, PH Program
University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
Miami, FL

SANDRA CHAPARRO, MD
Heart Failure Transplant and PH
University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
Miami, FL

RUBEN PENARANDA, MD
Director, Pulmonary Disease
Doctors Hospital—Baptist Health System
Miami, FL

NICHOLAS HILL, MD
Chief Pulmonary, Critical Care + Sleep Division
Tufts New England Medical Center
Tufts University School of Medicine—Boston