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2022 Cardiovascular Lecture Series: Part 1
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This will be a hybrid event. It comes off on Thursday the 9th of June 2022 and is Chaired by Dr. Kow Entsua-Mensah. The virtual venue will be via Zoom and streamed on this page too.
Date: Thursday 9th June 2022
Time: 1700 - 2000 GMT (4:00-8:00pm Local Time)
Target Participants: Cardiothoracic Surgeons, Cardiologists, Internal Medicine Specialists, Family Medicine Specialists, and General Practitioners
The AGENDA for this event is available in the downloadable section, accessible after registration.
PS: Kindly return to this page to see and participate in the live session as scheduled.
Overview
Course Description
BAYER Pharmaceuticals in collaboration with the National Cardiothoracic Centre (NCTC) will be delivering a series of cardiovascular lectures. The first of the series is themed; Coronary Artery Disease.
The Cardiovascular Lecture Series has been instituted as an annual event. The 2022 series has been expanded to include many more topics which capture a wider range of pathologies causing significant cardiovascular morbidities. The series aims to equip medical practitioners within and beyond the cardiology discipline with key knowledge fundamentals, important time-bound interventions and the latest trends and up-to-date guidelines in the chosen cardiovascular disease topics.
This event aims to empower participants to appreciate the processes and mechanisms that underly the pathology of coronary artery disease. This will impact in early diagnosis and institution of interventions.
The course will also highlight the principles of intervention, pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic. The effectiveness of management is dependent on many factors, which will be clearly stated in the course. The last segment of the course will expand on the surgical interventions that are available for the doctor, the indications, techniques, and the expected outcomes.
What you will learn
• Participants are expected to learn the risk factors underlying the aetiology of CAD, including novel risk factors.
• Participants will also learn about the interaction between risk and environmental factors in the initiation of CAD.
• Course participants are expected to learn about the biochemical mechanisms underlying the pathophysiologic processes of CAD.
• Course participants will also learn about how to intervene medically to curtail the progression of CAD in the emergency and non-emergency settings.
• The course will also highlight the locally available treatment and the successes of the local programme
• The course will also empower participants especially non-cardiologists to help expand access to cardiovascular care using well-trained general practitioners and cardiologists.
Course Content
Lecture Sessions
- Cardiovascular Lecture Series: Part 1 3 hours
Downloadables
- Event Agenda
About Facilitators
- 9 Courses on CES
Dr Lambert Tetteh Appiah
BSc, MB.ChB, FWACP, FGCPS, PGCert, Cert (Interv. Cardiol.)
Consultant Cardiologist, Senior Specialist Physician, and Senior Lecturer.
Department of Medicine, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science & Technology - School of Medical Sciences (KNUST-SMS), Ghana. Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH).
Dr. Lambert Tetteh Appiah is a clinician who teaches and practices Evidence-Based Medicine in the clinic setting. He is a practicing Senior Specialist Physician, a cardiologist, and a researcher with an interest in global cardiovascular health including prevention, epidemiology, clinical trials, implementation science, improving health systems, and training.
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- 5 Courses on CES
Dr. Alfred Doku
BSc, MB ChB, FWACP, Fellow-GMC, FGCP, MPH
Lecturer, Consultant Physician, and Cardiologist
SMD, CHS, University of Ghana. Department of Medicine and Therapeutics and National Cardiothoracic Centre. University of Ghana Medical School. Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital, Accra
Dr. Alfred BSc, MB ChB, FWACP, Fellow-GMC, FGCP, MPH, is an accomplished Consultant Physician Specialist and Cardiologist, currently holding the position of Senior Lecturer at the University of Ghana Medical School, College of Health Sciences, University of Ghana.
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- 1 Course on CES
Prof. Martin Tamatey
BSc, MBChB, FWACS
Associate Professor, Consultant Cardiothoracic Surgeon
University of Health and Allied Sciences, National Cardiothoracic Centre
Professor Martin Tamatey is a consultant cardiothoracic surgeon at the National Cardiothoracic Centre, Korle Bu Teaching Hospital, Accra. He is also an associate professor at the University of Health and Allied Sciences (UHAS). He is currently the Head of the Department of Surgery, School of Medicine (UHAS).
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- 1 Course on CES
Dr Kow Entsua-Mensah
BSc (Med. Sci) MBChB FWACS FGCS
Consultant Cardiothoracic Surgeon, Part-Time Lecturer
National Cardiothoracic Centre - Korle Bu Teaching Hospital, School of Medical Sciences, University of Cape Coast
Dr. Kow Entsua-Mensah is a leading Consultant Cardiothoracic Surgeon at the National Cardiothoracic Centre (NCTC) in Ghana. He is also a part-time lecturer in Cardiothoracic Surgery at the school of Medical Sciences, University of Cape Coast (Ghana).
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