The SHM Kentucky Chapter will be hosting a virtual conference on Thursday, December 8th at 4:00 p.m. ET titled "A Multidisciplinary Approach to Management of Patients with Infective Endocarditis at the University of Kentucky". Infective endocarditis is a life-threatening infection of the cardiac valves associated with significant in-hospital morbidity and mortality. As a result of the effects of the opioid epidemic, a significant proportion of patients with endocarditis admitted to the University of Kentucky have concomitant substance use disorder. In order to better coordinate between the multiple medical specialties involved in caring for this population and to improve patient outcomes the University of Kentucky formed a multidisciplinary endocarditis team in September 2021. In order to provide additional information to other hospital throughout the state of Kentucky this conference will share the combined expertise of the team with interactive talks from specialists in the fields of infectious diseases, addiction medicine, cardiac surgery, cardiology and neurology.

Agenda:
4:00-4:30 PM – Multidisciplinary Management of Infective Endocarditis – Dr. Sami El-Dalati, Assistant Professor of Medicine at the University of Kentucky and Director of the Multidisciplinary Endocarditis Team
4:30-5:00 PM – WRAP Around Case Management Services for Patients with Infective Endocarditis Related to Substance Use Disorder – Dr. James Aaron Grubbs,  Assistant Professor at the University of Kentucky and infectious diseases physician
5:00-5:30 PM – Medication Assisted Treatment of Opioid Use Disorder in patients with Infective Endocarditis – Dr. Eloise Fields, Assistant Professor working in hospital medicine and on the inpatient addiction medicine consult service at the Kentucky College of Osteopathic Medicine 
5:30-6:00 PM – Cardiac Imaging for the Diagnosis of Infective Endocarditis – Dr. Talal Alnabelsi, Assistant Professor of Medicine at the Gill Heart & Vascular Institute and a multi-modality cardiac imager
6:00-6:15 PM - Break
6:15-6:45 PM – Surgical Management of Infective Endocarditis – Dr. Hassan Reda, Practices in the field of adult cardiac surgery at the University of Kentucky
6:45 -7:15 PM – Management of Neurologic Complications of Infective Endocarditis – Dr. Kara Kennedy,  Associate Professor of Neurology at the University of Kentucky, where she practices as a vascular neurologist and is the Neurology representative for the University of Kentucky Multidisciplinary Endocarditis Team.
7:15-7:45 PM – Percutaneous Mechanical Aspiration for Treatment of Right-sided Endocarditis – Dr. John Gurley
7:45-8:15 PM – Surgical Management of Infective Endocarditis – Dr. Michael Sekela, Professor of Surgery University of Kentucky. Current- Division Chief, CT Surgery

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