6th Annual Healthy Churches 2020 National Conference
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ABC-Sponsored Workshop
Cardiac Amyloidosis: More Common Than You Think
Thursday, November 21, 2019 | 4:00pm – 5:30pm
Location: Symphony 1
Description: This workshop will focus on educating health ministries about hATTR amyloidosis and unique barriers of diagnosis for individuals of West African descent.
Experts in the field will address the following:
• Disease symptoms and risk factors
• Understanding the effects of Amyloidosis on the Heart
• Current methods of treatment for the disease
• Genetic testing barriers in communities of West African descent
• Best practices for health ministry engagement in disease state awareness, early diagnosis, and genetic testing.
Presenters
| John M. Fontaine, MD, MBA Professor of Medicine, Director Arrhythmia Services Drexel University College of Medicine Philadelphia, PA |
Kevin M. Alexander, MD Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiologist Stanford University Stanford, CA |