February 25, 2015

The seventh annual TriHealth Pulmonary Sleep Conference is scheduled from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday, March 20 at Bethesda North in Golder Rooms I and II. The conference is geared toward respiratory care practitioners, nurses, physicians, sleep technologists, respiratory therapy students and other allied health care professionals.

Speakers include experts in pulmonary, critical care and sleep medicine, pulmonary arterial hypertension, hyperbaric medicine, advanced wound care, anesthesiology, cardiovascular and thoracic surgery, heart failure, religion and spirituality, and Ohio law.

• Rev. Frank Nation DMin, BCC - "Spirituality and Healing - Working Together in Healthcare"
• Mohammad Sheatt MD - "Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension"
• Arti Masturzo MD - "Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy: Clinical Practice"
• Matt Schantz MD - "Surgical Patients with OSA and Morbid Obesity"
• Eric Okum MD - "ECMO and the Cardiac Patient"
• Shahrokh Javaheri MD - "Sleep Apnea in Heart Failure: A Mortal Co-Morbidity"
• Junaid Malik MD - "Managing OSA with the Morbidly Obese - Post-Surgical Patient"
• Katrina Trimble JD - "Ethics, Social Media and Ohio Law"

The cost of $20 includes continental breakfast, lunch and afternoon snacks. Pre-registration is required and seating is limited.

Continuing Education credits are approved for 8 CEU through the American Association of Respiratory Care and American Association of Sleep Technologists. For more information or a registration form, contact Debra Clifton BHS, RRT, TriHealth Pulmonary Services, at 513 862-2423, or email Debra_Clifton@TriHealth.com.