The Pacemaker: Past, Present and Future
12/13/2007 |
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Time
Program: 8:00 am - 4:30 pm
Registration: 7:00 am - 8:00 am
Event Description
Presented by: LifeScience Alley and the University of Minnesota Department of Surgery
$39 of your registration fee will be retained. The balance will be forwarded to the Bakken Symposium fund as a tax-deductible contribution.
Registration Note: U of M faculty, staff, and students, please register at the $79 Student Rate
Accredited by the Office of Continuing Medical Education
Program Agenda
Topics will include:
- History of the battery-powered pacemaker
- State-of-the-art pacemakers
- Biventricular pacing and current indications for use
- Future trends, technologies, and tools for cardiac resynchronization therapy
- Next generation pacemakers
- Epicardial lead placement via robotic surgery
- The heart/brain connection
- Biological pacemaker
If you would like to make an additional tax-deductible contribution to fund the annual Bakken Symposium, please contact Lauren Steffel, LifeScience Alley Staff Assistant at lsteffel@lifesciencealley.org or 952.542.3077.
Speakers
Selwyn M. Vickers, M.D., Jay Phillips Professor and Chairman of Surgery, University of Minnesota - Department of Surgery; Deborah Powell, M.D., Dean, Medical School, University of Minnesota - Academic Health Center; Frank B. Cerra, MD, Senior Vice President, University of Minnesota - Academic Health Center; Earl E. Bakken, DSc, hon., F.A.C.C., hon., F.I.C.S., hon., F.I.E.E.E., F.I.S.A., Founder & Director, Medtronic, Inc.; David J. Rhees, Ph.D., Executive Director, The Bakken Library & Museum; Vincent L. Gott, Professor of Cardiac Surgery, The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions; Samuel Hunter, Co-invented the Hunter-Roth electrode; David Steinhaus, VP and Medical Director, CRDM, Medtronic, Inc.; David Benditt, Professor of Cardiology, University of Minnesota - Department of Medicine, Hematology and Oncology; Bruce L. Wilkoff, Professor of Cardiology, Cleveland Clinic Foundation; Warren Watson, Vice President CRDM, Medtronic, Inc.; Ken Liao, Assistant Professor, Cardiac Surgery, University of Minnesota - Department of Surgery; Bin He, Ph.D., Professor of Biomedical Engineering, University of Minnesota - Institute for Engineering in Medicine; Eduardo Marbn, Professor of Chief of Cardiology, The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions
Selwyn M. Vickers, M.D. TBA
Deborah Powell, M.D. TBA
Frank B. Cerra, MD TBA
Earl E. Bakken, DSc, hon., F.A.C.C., hon., F.I.C.S., hon., F.I.E.E.E., F.I.S.A. TBA
David J. Rhees, Ph.D. TBA
Vincent L. Gott TBA
Samuel Hunter TBA
David Steinhaus TBA
David Benditt TBA
Bruce L. Wilkoff TBA
Warren Watson TBA
Ken Liao TBA
Bin He, Ph.D. TBA
Eduardo Marbn TBA
Topics
The following topics will be addressed:
Location
University of Minnesota - Mayo Auditorium Directions