Society of Invasive Cardiovascular Professionals (SICP) Update

8th Annual WI-SICP Educational Conference Bigger than Ever!

The culmination of a year’s work was realized at the 8th Annual Educational Conference of the Wisconsin Chapter of the SICP, which was held at the Kalahari Water Park and Resort in Wisconsin Dells on November 8 and 9. 

The weekend started off on Friday night with conference check-in and a social gathering in the resort’s bowling complex. Over 80 attendees enjoyed an evening of networking with many of the 18 vendors as well as cath lab professionals and physicians from around the state. As has been our tradition, bowling and an all-you-can-eat pizza buffet were available for all attendees. 

Saturday morning began at 0645 with late registration and a wonderful deluxe breakfast. Each attendee was welcomed with an SICP bag and WI-SICP cooler filled with sweet treats.

President Terri Schroeder welcomed the attendees and introduced the current and incoming members of the Board. Terri also introduced special guest Patrick Hoier, President-elect of SICP. Patrick gave an overview of the SICP and welcomed all new members.

Terri started the presentations by introducing the first speaker. Speakers and topics presented were:

• The Hybrid Procedure

David Kress, MD, Aurora-St. Luke’s Medical Center, Milwaukee, WI

• VT/ICD Programming Strategies: Providing All the Shocks that are Needed (but not more)

James Roth, MD, Froedtert Memorial Lutheran Hospital, Milwaukee, WI

• Renal Denervation

Thomas Shimshak, MD, FACC, Wheaton Franciscan Health Care, Racine, WI

• The Future of the Cath Lab in the New Health Care

David Mathias, MD, BayCare Cardiology Clinic, Green Bay, WI

• The Future of Health Care Under the Affordable Care Act

Ron Johnson, U.S. Senator from Wisconsin 

• Arctic Front

Mohamed Rahman, MD, Aurora Medical Group-BayCare, Green Bay, WI

• CTO Coronaries

Khaldoon Alaswad, MD, Appleton Medical Center, Appleton, WI

• Stem Cell Therapy in Coronary Disease – Hype or Hope?

Amish Raval, MD, University of Wisconsin Hospitals, Madison, WI

The conference ended with remarks by the incoming president, John Gaffney. All attendees commented on how much they enjoyed it and were looking forward to next year. Some parting comments heard were:

“Best conference to date”

Ann Russart, Past Treasurer
WI-SICP

“I liked the diversity in topics and the speakers were outstanding”

Duane Huelse, Aurora St. Luke’s Medical Center, Faculty MATC

“The Wisconsin Chapter of the SICP presented an amazing conference. The selection of speakers and topics were timely and ideal for the current practice of invasive cardiovascular professionals.”

Patrick Hoier, President-elect, SICP

The WI-SICP would like to thank our vendors for their support.

Watch our website for updates. If you would like more information on the WI-SICP, please contact John Gaffney, President, at 4gaffneys@att.net.

See you on November 7-8, 2014 at the Kalahari for our 9th Annual WI-SICP Educational Conference!