UPCOMING EVENTS

6th Annual CVI Update in Nuclear Cardiology
May 11 , 2010

2nd Annual Echo Update
January 10, 2010
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Rosemary attended the CVI Heart Health Pavilion and received a free blood pressure check. Her blood pressure was high and the on-site nurses suggested she seek immediate treatment. Rosemary started medication after visiting her physician. She also made lifestyle changes and lost a significant amount of weight. She is managing her hyper-tension and has gotten her health under control.

Community Education Programs

CVI organizes community education programs for patients, their families and the general public - to heighten awareness as to what they can do to help themselves and their loved ones reduce or avoid the effects of heart disease.

Our Progams for 2010 will include:

  • Community Nutrition Education Program: February-April
    CVI’s Nutrition Education Program was the first Community Education program developed by CVI, and we are pleased to be able to continue its success after almost a decade. This grant opportunity partners the CVI with community organizations: YMCAs, worksites, retirement communities, etc. to provide cardiovascular and nutrition education during February, March, and April.
    - Click here for grant application

  • Heart & Soul: Year Round
    • CVI uses the Heart & Soul program to provide cardiovascular risk reduction education, counseling and follow up support to at- risk, populations in faith community settings throughout the extended greater Philadelphia Region.
    - Click here for more information

  • Heart Moments: Seen on WHYY TV-12
    • WHYY and the Cardiovascular Institute of Philadelphia have teamed up to help you get heart smart. In these short "Heart Moments" videos, local patients and their doctors share information that could save your life.

  • Heart Health Pavilion at the International Spring Festival: April 17, 2010
    Last year, 4500 attendees, 131 displays, International Foods, Stages of Live Cultural Entertainment, free screenings and health information. All events and activities are free to the public.

    This year the CVI celebrates its 10th year anniversary in positively impacting cardiovascular health in the Delaware Valley.

Professional Education

Our goal is to ensure that health professionals have the most current information on prevention, diagnosis and treatment of cardiovascular disease through the use of advanced imaging techniques and catheter therapies, implantable devices, surgical or pharmacologic treatment options.

Since 1999, CVI has hosted over 160 accredited continuing medical education programs for more than 10,000 participants: ranging from the basics of cardiovascular health for community health educators to the challenges of late stent thrombosis faced by cardiologists.

Our Programs for 2009 include the following:

  • Electronic Medical Records – Decreasing Medical Errors, Increasing Patient Safety, September, 2009
  • Rethinking Childhood Obesity – Environmental & Psychosocial Effects, Familial Implications & Changing Policy – Health Educator's Conference – Wednesday, October 7, 2009 – Sheet Metal Worker's Union Hall
  • 16th Annual Carlos Finlay Symposium – Saturday, October 3, 2009 – Temple University Health Sciences Campus
  • 16th Annual Clinical Management of Heart Disease – Cardiology Update 2009 – Sunday, October 25, 2009 – Hyatt Regency Philadelphia at Penn's Landing
  • Inaugural – Diagnostic Radiology Update – 2009 – December, 2009 – Drexel University College of Medicine
  • 2nd Annual Echocardiography Update Sunday, January 10, 2010 – Loews Philadelphia Hotel
  • 6th Annual Update in Nuclear Cardiology – Wednesday, April 14, 2010 – Hyatt Regency Philadelphia at Penn's Landing