Penn Heart & Vascular: First to Offer Embolic Protection Device during TAVR for Stroke Prevention in Philadelphia October 18, 2018 Penn pioneered transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) in the Philadelphia region in 2007, and is currently one of the first health systems in Philadelphia utilizing the SENTINEL device to protect patients from the risk of stroke. Heart and Vascular
New Tech and Treatments at Penn’s Innovations in Cardiovascular Care 2018 CME October 13, 2018 Dr. Terry Friedman, a Program Director of the upcoming Annual Innovations in Cardiology Update at Penn, discusses the CME event's presentations on topical content, including use of the smartphone in clinical practice and outpatient hemodynamic monitoring, and interactive agenda. Heart and Vascular
1st Annual Intraoperative Molecular Imaging Precision Surgery Meeting to be held in Philadelphia October 12, 2018 Are you a surgeon interested in fluorescent-guided cancer resection? Plan to attend Penn Cancer's CME meeting (November 2, 2018) on clinical trials in intraoperative molecular imaging. Neurosurgery Oncology Surgery
Penn Transplant Symposium for Nephrology Nurses Offers Interactive Agenda and Credits October 06, 2018 A highlight of Penn Medicine's Annual Kidney Transplant Symposium nephrology and transplant nurses, social workers and dialysis staff will include discussion of how the opioid epidemic has affected organ donation and kidney transplantation. Surgery Transplant
Penn Medicine Mobile ECMO: A Plan In Motion For At Risk Cardiac and Respiratory Patients September 06, 2018 Penn experts recognize commonly overlooked symptoms of critical cardiovascular and pulmonological conditions which may require portable Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) during patient transfer to Penn’s Level 1 Trauma Center. Heart and Vascular
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