ASHP Summer Meeting 2006
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Critically Evaluating Evidence Addressing Current Controversies ? Aggressive Lipid Lowering and Intensive Heart Failure Pharmacotherapy
Track:
Sessions
Program Code: 121-L01
Date: Monday, June 26, 2006
Time: 2:00 PM to 5:00 PM
SPEAKER(S):
Robert Lee Page II, Pharm.D., Associate Professor, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center
Dr. Saseen is an Associate Professor of Clinical Pharmacy and Family Medicine at the University of Colorado Denver. He is a Board Certified Pharmacotherapy Specialist with added qualifications in cardiology, is certified as a Clinical Lipid Specialist, and is a Fellow of the American College of Clinical Pharmacy. Dr. Saseen received both his B.S. pharmacy degree and PharmD degree from the State University of New York at Buffalo and then completed an ambulatory care research fellowship at the University of Illinois at Chicago. In his current position, Dr. Saseen practices as a clinical pharmacy specialist at University of Colorado’s Family Medicine Center, and educates pharmacy and medical students. His research and other scholarly endeavors focus on cardiovascular pharmacotherapy. Dr. Saseen is on the board of regents for the American College of Clinical Pharmacy, is a member of the Board of Directors for the National Lipid Association’s Accreditation Council for Clinical Lipidology, and is a member of the Board of Directors and Editorial Board for the journal Pharmacotherapy. He has won several teaching awards, most recently was the recipient of the Doctor of Pharmacy Class of 2009’s Outstanding Instructor Award in May of 2008.
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Description
Learning Objectives:
Review evidence-based pharmacotherapy recommendations for dyslipidemia and heart failure.
Compare and contrast recent evidence from prospective clinical trials evaluating aggressive lipid lowering (e.g., TNT, IDEAL, PROVE-IT).
Compare and contrast recent evidence from prospective clinical trials evaluating intensive heart failure pharmacotherapy (e.g., Elite-II, VALHEFT, CHARM).
Using a systematic approach, provide evidence-based recommendations for aggressive lipid lowering and intensive heart failure pharmacotherapy that can be applied to a health system.
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