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POWERPOINT DOWNLOADS This program has taken place. The following Powerpoint files from the presenters are available for download. Falkner.ppt 4.38 MB Keilson.ppt 3.23 MB Moser.ppt 1.18 MB PRIOR SYMPOSIA Although the following symposia have already taken place, you can download Powerpoint files used by the presenters and find additional information about many of these events. • BACK TO CURRENT • New York, NY   10/30/2007 • Los Angeles, CA   10/24/2007 • San Francisco, CA   09/26/2007 • New York, NY   03/21/2007 • Washington, DC   11/08/2006 • Los Angeles, CA   10/25/2006 • New York, NY   03/15/2006 • Los Angeles, CA   10/26/2005 • Rochester, NY   10/18/2005 • Portland, ME   10/05/2005 • MORE...

Wednesday, October 5, 2005 UPDATE ON THE MANAGEMENT OF HYPERTENSION • Attendance is FREE! This program will be of interest to family practitioners, internists, cardiologists, and other health care professionals involved in the treatment of hypertension. Dana Center Auditorium – Maine Medical Center 22 Bramhall Street Portland, ME 04102 Program: 7:30 AM – 11:05 AM PROGRAM 7:30 AM Coffee and Registration 8:00 AM Introduction Keilson L 8:05 AM Hypertension and the Metabolic Syndrome in Children and Adolescents – What Should We Be Doing About It? Falkner B 8:50 AM Questions and Answers 9:00 AM Coffee Break 9:15 AM Confusing Messages from the Hypertension Treatment Trials – Whom and What Should You Believe? Moser M 10:00 AM Questions and Answers 10:10 AM The Importance of Tight Blood Pressure Control: How to Achieve JNC 7 Guidelines Weber M 10:55 AM Questions and Answers 11:05 AM Adjournment CO-CHAIRS Leonard Keilson, MD, MPH Director, Maine Center for Lipids Associate Professor of Medicine University of Vermont Attending Physician Maine Medical Center Portland, ME Marvin Moser, MD President, Hypertension Education Foundation, Inc. Clinical Professor of Medicine Yale University School of Medicine New Haven, CT ADDITIONAL SPEAKERS Bonita Falkner, MD Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics Thomas Jefferson University Philadelphia, PA Michael Weber, MD Professor of Medicine SUNY Downstate College of Medicine Brooklyn, NY This program provides an opportunity to meet the experts and discuss the state of the art as it relates to the clinical management of hypertension. SYPOSIUM OBJECTIVES Upon completion of this program, attendees should be able to: • Apply recommendations of the JNC 7 in making treatment decisions • Explain results of recent hypertension treatment trials • Manage hypertension and the metabolic syndrome in children and adolescents • Recognize the value of combination medical therapy in hypertensive patients ACCREDITATION STATEMENT The American Society of Hypertension, Inc. is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians. DESIGNATION STATEMENT The American Society of Hypertension, Inc. designates this educational activity for a maximum of 3.5 category 1 credits toward the AMA Physician’s Recognition Award. Each physician should claim only those credits that he/she actually spent on the activity. CME ACTIVITY Sponsored by the American Society of Hypertension, Inc. (ASH) in cooperation with the Hypertension Education Foundation, Inc. and The Journal of Clinical Hypertension®. Funded by an unrestricted educational grant from Novartis Pharmaceuticals—its support is greatly appreciated.

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