This conference is presented by CME specialists EOCI Pharmacomm
Other upcoming conferences produced by EOCI include:
Arrhythmia Update
Diabetes Update

HF Update 2020, Canada's largest HEART FAILURE meeting returns to Toronto for its 7th edition! Join us for this exciting 2-day event presented by the Canadian Heart Failure Society for an opportunity to exchange with national and international leaders in the field and colleagues from across Canada.

When: Friday, April 17 - Saturday, April 18, 2020
Where: Marriott Downtown Eaton Centre, 525 Bay St., Toronto
Who should attend: Healthcare professionals involved in heart failure care
  • Cardiologists & Internal Medicine specialists (community & academic)
  • Nurses & allied health professionals
  • Residents & fellows

This year’s meeting theme, Modernizing Heart Failure Care, will be explored through a series of lectures, panel discussions and interactive workshops.

We are delighted to announce that HF Update will feature joint plenary sessions with the Heart Failure Society of America (HFSA) and JACC: Heart Failure!

Conference highlights include:

  • Can we improve the hospital-to-home journey?
  • Current HFrEF topics: Biomarkers, health inequality and more...
  • HFpEF: Diagnosis, special subgroups, mimics and cardiomyopathies
  • Workshops on frailty, palliative care, POCUS and difficult heart failure cases
  • How to integrate SGLTi’s in heart failure
  • Updated CCS Heart Failure Guidelines AND the CHFS Practical Guide to HF therapy

For questions about the program, please email us at contact@HFupdate.ca.

We hope to see you in Toronto this spring!

Sincerely,
HF Update 2020 Planning Committee Co-Chairs

Jonathan Howlett
MD, FRCPC, FCCS, FHFSA(Hon)

Clinical Professor of Medicine,
University of Calgary
Libin Cardiovascular Institute of Alberta,
South Health Campus
Past & Founding President,
Canadian Heart Failure Society
Calgary, AB

Serge Lepage
MD, FRCPC, CSPQ

Full Professor
Director, Heart Function Clinic,
Department of Cardiology,
Université de Sherbrooke
Past President, Quebec Heart Failure Society
Sherbrooke, QC

Shelley Zieroth
MD, FRCPC, FCCS, FHFSA, FESC

Associate Professor, Cardiology,
University of Manitoba
Director, SBH HF and Transplant Clinics
Head, Medical HF Program,
WRHA Cardiac Sciences
President, Canadian Heart Failure Society
Winnipeg, MB