The annual Hopkins course is for cardiologists, general practitioners, and internists seeking a comprehensive review of the year's most topical issues. The program is clinically-oriented, including case presentations, updates on clinical practice and reviews of multi-center trials data, but with an emphasis on the scientific underpinnings of cardiology practice. Subjects range from ion channels to outcomes research, given by a faculty who are in day-to-day practice, drawn from the Hopkins cardiology division and related specialties of pediatric cardiology, neurology, renal medicine, cardiac and vascular surgery. Meet the Professor sessions offer the opportunity to bring interesting or problem cases to stump or share with our clinical experts. As in previous years, we offer an ACLS training and certification module.

Following this course, the participants should be able to:

• Optimize their management of arrhythmias and rationalize their use of implantable devices
• Consider themselves up-to-date in basic science as it applies to proteomics and endothelial biology
• Identify and manage late complications of cardiac surgery
• Be familiar with non-atherosclerotic causes of myocardial infarction
• Make appropriate use of interventional techniques in managing peripheral vascular and carotid artery disease