
Thursday, March 6, 2025
Nurse / Technologist Symposium
Join us Thursday, March 6 for this top Nurse/Technologist Symposium brought to you by the Scottsdale Interventional Forum, HonorHeath and top healthcare providers in Arizona!
PROGRAM DIRECTORS

HonorHealth Heart Care - Shea
Scottsdale, Arizona

HonorHealth Heart Care - Shea
Scottsdale, Arizona
PLANNING COMMITTEE
Tashauna Overman, DNP, AGACNP-BC, RN
HonorHealth Heart Group
Scottsdale, Arizona
Michele Fiore, MSN, RN, NEA-BC
HonorHealth Scottsdale Shea Medical Center
Scottsdale, Arizona
Shannon Hohnstein, FNP-BC, MSN, RN
HonorHealth Heart Care – Shea
Scottsdale, Arizona
SPEAKERS
- Robert F. Burke, MD
- Andrew Cluckey, MD
- Nancy Denke, DNP, ACNP-BC, RN
- Geoffrey Jao, MD
- Morton J. Kern, MD
- Imad Khaled, MD
- Amy Kleinhans, DNP, AGNP-C, FHRS
- Taral N. Patel, MD
- Megan Rayyan, AGACNP-BC, BSN, RN
- Christina S. Reuss, MD
- David G. Rizik, MD
- Joanne Saczynski, MSN, RN, ACRP-CP
- Kevin Stone, MHA
- Lydia M. Taranto, MD
- Sirisha Vadali, MD
- Charles M. Wojnarski, MD
PROGRAM OVERVIEW
The SIF 2025 Nurse/Technologist Symposium is designed to provide attendees with a foundation to incorporate new technology into his/her nursing practice, to utilize current clinical diagnostic information and to assess and prioritize patients’ treatment needs.
OBJECTIVES
- Define early symptoms of a myocardial infarction and delineate between STEMI versus non-STEMI on ECG
- Define emerging treatment and therapies for patients in cardiogenic shock from STEMI
- Review post-operative management for structural heart patients (early detection of complications and how to treat various complications should they occur)
- Review and apply bedside management for acute, decompensated heart failure based on the prevailing guideline-directed care
- Describe the emerging role of GLP-1 agonists and its impact on cardiovascular health
NURSE/TECH SYMPOSIUM AGENDA
Location: CultureKeepers Hall
8:00 am | Registration / Continental Breakfast | |
Culturekeepers Hall | ||
8:50 am | Welcome and Introduction | |
Stephanie Ressler, MSN, AGACNP-BC, RN and Shelley M. Glynn, MSN, AGACNP-BC, RN Kierland Grand Ballroom | ||
2025 SIF NURSE - TECHNOLOGIST PROGRAM | ||
Panel: | Michele Fiore, MSN, RN, NEA-BC; Shelley M. Glynn, MSN, AGACNP-BC, RN; Shannon Hohnstein, FNP-BC, MSN, RN; Tashauna Overman, DNP, AGACNP-BC, RN; Stephanie Ressler, MSN, AGACNP-BC, RN; Joanne Saczynski, MSN, RN, ACRP-CP | |
9:00 am | Jeopardy: Who is Mort Kern for $500? | |
Morton J. Kern, MD | ||
9:20 am | STEMI vs. NSTEMI: Early Symptom Recognition and Diagnosis | |
Imad Khaled, MD | ||
9:35 am | Contemporary Management of STEMI Patients: Shock or No Shock? | |
Taral N. Patel, MD | ||
9:50 am | Effects of Drugs and Alcohol on Cardiovascular Health | |
Nancy Denke, DNP, ACNP-BC, RN | ||
10:05 am | TEER vs. MVR: When is Surgery Favored Over Transcatheter Edge-to-Edge Mitral Valve Repair? | |
David G. Rizik, MD and Charles M. Wojnarski, MD | ||
10:20 am | Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection: Women and Heart Disease | |
Christina S. Reuss, MD | ||
10:35 am | Equipoise: What’s That? We Did That Study Already | |
Joanne Saczynski, MSN, RN, ACRP-CP and Kevin Stone, MHA | ||
10:50 am | Structural Heart Disease: Evaluation, Management and Postop Care | |
Tashauna Overman, DNP, AGACNP-BC, RN | ||
11:10 am | Alphabet Soup of the Day: Cardiac Biomarkers | |
Shelley M. Glynn, MSN, AGACNP-BC, RN | ||
11:25 am | BREAK | |
11:45 am | Cryptogenic Stroke: What’s a PFO? | |
Robert F. Burke, MD | ||
12:00 pm | Arrhythmia Management: SVT, PAT vs. AFib: Which One is It? | |
Amy Kleinhans, DNP, AGNP-C, FHRS
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12:15 pm | Oral Anticoagulation vs. Left Atrial Appendage Closure Device for Non-Valvular AFib: What’s at Risk? | |
Andrew Cluckey, MD | ||
12:30 pm | Management of Acute Decompensated Systolic Heart Failure: What Happened to My Pump? | |
Geoffrey Jao, MD | ||
12:50 pm | Indications for Pacemaker: What’s a Block? | |
Lydia M. Taranto, MD | ||
1:05 pm | Vascular Complications: Cath Lab Digest | |
Megan Rayyan, AGACNP-BC, BSN, RN | ||
1:20 pm | Battling Metabolic Syndrome: GLP-1 – Good or Bad? | |
Sirisha Vadali, MD | ||
1:35 pm | Mechanical Circulatory Support: MCS to the RESCUE! | |
Michele Fiore, MSN, RN, NEA-BC | ||
2:00 pm | Course Conclusion / Closing Remarks | |
Stephanie Ressler, MSN, AGACNP-BC, RN and Shelley M. Glynn, MSN, AGACNP-BC, RN | ||