MAVES 2010 was a huge sucess. A special thanks to the planning committe listed below for allthe work they did to pull this off.

MAVES Planning Committee:
Keith Amberman, CCP, MD Representative, Co-Program Director
Shelley Brown, CCP, MD Representative, Co-Program Director
David Fitzgerald, CCP, VA Representative
Carla Maul, CCP, DC Representative

Some of the prentations from the meeting have been graciously provided by the presenters and are linked below. Thank you to all who attened and we hope to see you again next year!

Current Therapies for Refractory Heart Failure: Heart ransplantation and Mechanical Circulatory Support: Shashank S. Desai, MD

The Future of VAD's: Dr. Hassan Tetteh

EMS Training for the Mechanical Circulatory Support Device Patient: Tonya Elliot, MSN, RN, CCTC

How to Train Your Staff: Lori Edwards, MSN, RN

Percutaneous ECMO as a “Bridge to Bridge” Therapy in an MCS Program: Dave Fitzgerald, CCP

A Tale of Two H1N1 Patients: Irv Birenbaum, CCP

Program Agenda