Virtual University of Best Practices (2022)

Management of Carotid Artery & Intracranial Atherosclerotic Disease for Stroke Prevention (December 12, 2022)

  • Agenda(link is external)|Bios(link is external)|Video(link is external)

  • Welcome & Introduction (Presentation(link is external)|Video(link is external))

    • Hattie Rees Hanley, MPP– Director & Founder, Right Care Initiative, Center for Healthcare Organizational and Innovation Research, UC Berkeley School of Public Health; Invited Founding Member, Centers for Disease Control & Prevention Hypertension Roundtable; Cardiovascular Disease Master Plan Steering Committee Member, California Department of Public Health

    • William J. Bommer, MD, FACP, FACC – Chairman, Right Care Initiative University of Best Practices; Chairman, California Department of Public Health’s 2022 Heart Attack & Stroke Master Plan Steering Committee; Specialty Delegate, California American College of Cardiology and California Medical Association; Director, California ePCI Program; Director, Prevention Forward Program and Professor of Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of California, Davis

  • Management of Intracranial Artery Atherosclerosis (Presentation(link is external)|Video(link is external))
    • Nirali Vora, MD – Co-Chair, Right Care Technical Expert Group; Clinical Associate Professor, Neurology, Stanford Stroke Center; Director, Global Health Neurology; Program Director, Adult Neurology Residency
  • Management of Carotid Artery Atherosclerosis (Presentation(link is external)|Video(link is external))
    • Anirudh Sreekrishnan, MD, MHS – Vascular Neurology Fellow, Clinical Instructor, Neurology Stanford Hospital
  • Q & A Discussion (Presentation(link is external)|Video(link is external))
    • Imaging Techniques
    • Optimal Medical Management & Lifestyle Therapy Approaches (OMT & TLC)
    • Surgical & Procedural

AFib, CVD Events & Sleep + Helpful Technology w/ Stanford & USC (November 14, 2022)

  • Agenda|Bios|Video
  • Welcome & Introduction (Presentation|Video)
    • Hattie Rees Hanley, MPP– Director & Founder, Right Care Initiative, Center for Healthcare Organizational and Innovation Research, UC Berkeley School of Public Health; Invited Founding Member, Centers for Disease Control & Prevention Hypertension Roundtable; Cardiovascular Disease Master Plan Steering Committee Member, California Department of Public Health
  • Sleep’s Relationship to Cardiovascular Events
    • Katharine Sears Edwards, PhD – Cognitive Behavioral Therapist & Clinical Assistant Professor, Stanford Cardiovascular Medicine (Presentation|Video)
    • Fiona Barwick, PhD, DBSM – Clinical Associate Professor; Director, Sleep & Circadian Health Program, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Division of Sleep Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine (Presentation|Video)
  • Innovations in Atrial Fibrillation Detection (Presentation|Video)
    • Marco Perez, MD – Associate Professor of Medicine, Cardiac Electrophysiologist, Stanford Cardiovascular Medicine; Co-Founder, QALY; Director, Stanford Inherited Arrhythmia Clinic; Co-Principal Investigator, Apple Heart Study
  • A Patient’s Perspective on Sleep’s Relationship to Atrial Fibrillation (Video)
    • Steven Chen, PharmD, FASHP, FCSHP, FNAP – Associate Dean for Clinical Affairs; William A. & Josephine A. Heeres Chair in Community Pharmacy; Prof. of Clinical Pharmacy, University of Southern California; Co-Chair, LA Region University of Best Practices
  • Managing Atrial Fibrillation to Prevent Strokes (Presentation|Video)
    • William J. Bommer, MD, FACP, FACC – Chairman, Right Care Initiative University of Best Practices; Chairman, California Department of Public Health’s 2022 Heart Attack & Stroke Master Plan Steering Committee; Specialty Delegate, California American College of Cardiology and California Medical Association; Director, California ePCI Program; Director, Prevention Forward Program and Professor of Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of California, Davis
  • Closing Discussion (Presentation|Video)

Silicon Valley Stroke Response Innovations (October 25, 2022)

  • Agenda|Bios|Video
  • Welcome, Introduction & Video from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders & Stroke (Presentation|Video)
    • Hattie Rees Hanley, MPP – Director & Founder, Right Care Initiative, Center for Healthcare Organizational and Innovation Research, UC Berkeley School of Public Health; Invited Founding Member, Centers for Disease Control & Prevention Hypertension Roundtable; Cardiovascular Disease Master Plan Steering Committee Member, California Department of Public Health
    • Nirali Vora, MD – Co-Chair, Right Care Technical Expert Group; Clinical Associate Professor, Neurology, Stanford Stroke Center; Director, Global Health Neurology; Program Director, Adult Neurology Residency
  • San Mateo County Mobile Stroke Unit with State & National Data (Presentation|Video)
    • Ilana Spokoyny, MD – Vascular Neurologist, Sutter West Bay Medical Group; Medical Director of the Mobile Stroke Unit, Sutter’s Mills-Peninsula Medical Center
  • San Mateo Emergency Medical Services (Presentation|Video)
    • Greg Gilbert, MD, FAEMS, FAAEM – San Mateo County Emergency Medical Services Medical Director
    • Patient Story – Ram Madduluri
  • Stroke Awareness Foundation of Santa Clara County(Presentation|Video)
    • Chuck Toeniskoetter, MBA – Survivor & Patient Advocate; Founder, Stroke Awareness Foundation
    • Noemi Conway – Executive Director, Stroke Awareness Foundation
      • A Survivor’s Perspective
      • Progress in Santa Clara County Systems of Care
      • Stroke Awareness Mobile Phone App Update
  • Q & A and Policy Discussion (Presentation|Video)
    • Eveline Stock, MD – Co-Chair, Right Care Initiative Bay Area Silicon Valley University of Best Practices; Assistant Professor and Cardiology, University of California San Francisco Cardiovascular Care & Prevention Center
    • Edward M. Yu, MD, CMQ, CPPS, CPE – Co-Chair, Right Care Initiative Bay Area Silicon Valley University of Best Practices; Chief Quality Officer, Palo Alto Medical Foundation
    • William J. Bommer, MD, FACP, FACC – Statewide Chairman, Right Care Initiative University of Best Practices; Chairman, California Department of Public Health’s 2022 Heart Attack & Stroke Master Plan Steering Committee; Specialty Delegate, California American College of Cardiology and California Medical Association; Director, California ePCI Program; Director, Prevention Forward Program and Professor of Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of California, Davis

Chest Pain Guidelines & CAC News from Denmark’s DANCAVAS RCT (October 11, 2022)

  • Agenda|Bios|Video
  • Welcome (Presentation|Video)
    • Hattie Rees Hanley, MPP – Director & Founder, Right Care Initiative, Center for Healthcare Organizational and Innovation Research, UC Berkeley School of Public Health; Invited Founding Member, Centers for Disease Control & Prevention Hypertension Roundtable; Cardiovascular Disease Master Plan Steering Committee Member, California Department of Public Health
  • Chest Pain Guidelines (Presentation|Video)
    • Introduced by David Maron, MD – C.F. Rehnborg Professor of Medicine; Chief, Stanford Prevention Research Center; Director, Preventive Cardiology, Stanford University School of Medicine
    • Martha Gulati MD, MS, FACC, FAHA, FASPC, FESC – President, American Society For Preventive Cardiology; Writing Committee Chair, 2021 AHA/ACC/ASE/CHEST/SAEM/ SCCT/SCMR Guideline for the Evaluation & Diagnosis of Chest Pain; Professor of Cardiology & Director of Prevention, Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute; Associate Director, Barbra Streisand Women’s Heart Center
  • 10 min Q&A (Video)
  • Danish Cardiovascular Screening Study (DANCAVAS): Interview Featuring 5 Year Results of a 10 Year RCT(Presentation|Video)
    • Axel Diederichsen, MD, PhD – Professor, Department of Cardiology, Odense Universitets Hospital, Denmark; Co Principal Investigator, DANCAVAS randomized controlled trial
    • David Maron, MD
    • Matthew Budoff, MD, FACC, FAHA – Professor of Medicine, Endowed Chair of Preventive Cardiology, School of Medicine UCLA; Program Director, Division of Cardiology, LA Biomedical Research Institute; Steering Committee & Director, CT Reading Center, Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA) Trial

Adopting Life Saving Breakthroughs for Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy & TAVR (September 27, 2022)

  • Agenda|Bios|Video
  • Welcome & Introduction (Presentation|Video)
    • Hattie Rees Hanley, MPP – Director & Founder, Right Care Initiative, Center for Healthcare Organizational and Innovation Research, UC Berkeley School of Public Health; Invited Founding Member, Centers for Disease Control & Prevention Hypertension Roundtable; Cardiovascular Disease Master Plan Steering Committee Member, California Department of Public Health
  • Hypertrophy Causes, Risks, and Treatment; Aortic Stenosis (Presentation|Video)
    • William Bommer, MD, FACP, FACC – Statewide Chairman, Right Care Initiative University of Best Practices; Chairman, California Department of Public Health’s 2022 CVD Master Plan Steering Committee; Specialty Delegate, CA American College of Cardiology and CA Medical Association; Director, California ePCI Program, Dept. of Health Care Access and Information; Director, Prevention Forward Program & Professor of Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, UC Davis
  • Transcutaneous Aortic Valve Interventions (Video)
    • Jeffrey Allen Southard, MD – Interventional Cardiologist, Associate Clinical Professor, Director, Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement Program, UC Davis Medical Center
  • Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Causes, Risks & Treatment (Presentation|Video)
    • William Bommer, MD, FACP, FACC
  • New & Emerging Medical Treatment for Hypertrophic Obstructive Cardiomyopathy (Presentation|Video)
    • Milind Desai, MD, MBA – Cleveland Clinic Director of Clinical Operations, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine; Professor of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University College of Medicine; Endowed Chair, Cardiovascular Medicine
  • Panel Q&A (Presentation|Video)
    • Joseph Sky, MD, FACP, FACC – Vice-Chair, Right Care Initiative University of Best Practices; Chief of Preventive Cardiology, Associate Chief of Staff, David Grant Medical Center, US Air Force
    • Eveline Oestreicher Stock, MD – Co-Chair, Right Care Initiative Bay Area Silicon Valley University of Best Practices; Assistant Professor and Cardiology, University of California San Francisco Cardiovascular Care & Prevention Center
    • Ted Abraham, MD, FACC, FASE

Gundersen Health’s Practical Tips for Excellent HTN Control & Pharmacy Techs as Health Coaches with USC (September 12, 2022)

  • Agenda|Bios|Video
  • Welcome (Presentation|Video)
    • Hattie Rees Hanley, MPP – Director & Founder, Right Care Initiative, Center for Healthcare Organizational and Innovation Research, UC Berkeley School of Public Health; Invited Founding Member, Centers for Disease Control & Prevention Hypertension Roundtable; Cardiovascular Disease Master Plan Steering Committee Member, California Department of Public Health
    • William Bommer, MD, FACP, FACC – Statewide Chairman, Right Care Initiative University of Best Practices; Chairman, California Department of Public Health’s 2022 CVD Master Plan Steering Committee; Specialty Delegate, CA American College of Cardiology and CA Medical Association; Director, California ePCI Program, Dept. of Health Care Access and Information; Director, Prevention Forward Program & Professor of Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, UC Davis
  • Practical Tips for Excellent Hypertension Control and Insights on Coronary Calcium (Presentation|Video)
    • Michael Dolan, MD, FACP – Executive Vice President & Chief Medical Officer, Internal Medicine Physician, Gundersen Health System
  • 10 min Q&A (Video)
  • Utilizing Pharmacy Techs as Community Health Workers to Manage Hypertension (Presentation|Video)
    • Introduction by: Cindy Giambrone, PharmD
    • Steve Chen, PhamD, FASHP, FCSHP, FNAP – Associate Dean for Clinical Affairs; William A. & Josephine A. Heeres Chair in Community Pharmacy; Prof. of Clinical Pharmacy, University of Southern California; Co-Chair, LA Region University of Best Practices
    • Jessica Abraham, PharmD, APh – Director of Population Health, University of Southern California
    • Fabiola Barrera, Clinical Pharmacy Technician, CPT – University of Southern California, School of Pharmacy
  • Q & A Discussion (Presentation|Video)
    • Scott Flinn, MD – Lead, National Hypertension Control Roundtable Partnerships Team; Co-Chair, Right Care Initiative University of Best Practices; Regional Medical Director, Blue Shield of California; Former US Navy Undersea Medical Officer with the Navy Seals
    • Cindy Giambrone, PharmD – Co-Chair, Right Care Initiative Heart Failure Work Group; Director, Performance Improvement and ACO Pharmacy Risk, Memorial Care Foundation and Medical Groups

Limb Conservation + PAD with USC & Stanford (August 23, 2022)

  • Agenda|Bios|Video
  • Welcome (Presentation|Video)
    • Hattie Rees Hanley, MPP – Director & Founder, Right Care Initiative, Center for Healthcare Organizational and Innovation Research, UC Berkeley School of Public Health; Invited Founding Member, Centers for Disease Control & Prevention Hypertension Roundtable; Cardiovascular Disease Master Plan Steering Committee Member, California Department of Public Health
    • Edward M. Yu, MD, CMQ, CPPS, CPE – Co-Chair, Right Care Initiative Bay Area Silicon Valley University of Best Practices; Chief Quality Officer, Palo Alto Medical Foundation
  • Peripheral Artery Disease: Disparities, Epidemiology, State of the Art Limb Preservation & the Consequences of Complaceny
    • Introduced by: Eveline Stock, MD – Co-Chair, Right Care Initiative Bay Area Silicon Valley University of Best Practices; Assistant Professor and Cardiologist, University of California San Francisco Cardiovascular Care & Prevention Center
    • Vincent Rowe, MD (Presentation|Video) – Professor of Clinical Surgery, University of Southern California (USC) Keck School of Medicine; Faculty member, USC Cardiac & Vascular Institute
    • David Armstrong, DPM, MD, PhD (Presentation|Video)- Professor of Surgery, Keck School of Medicine of USC; Co-Director, USC Limb Preservation Program; Director, Southwestern Academic Limb Salvage Alliance (SALSA); Director, USC Center to Stream Healthcare in Place (C2SHiP)
  • Peripheral Artery Disease: Use of Arterial Calcification as an Imaging Biomarker (Presentation|Video)
    • Introduced by: Nirali Vora, MD – Co-Chair, Right Care Initiative Bay Area Silicon Valley University of Best Practices; Clinical Associate Professor, Neurology, Stanford Stroke Center; Director, Global Health Neurology; Program Director, Adult Neurology Residency
    • Shipra Arya, MD, SM, FACS – Associate Professor of Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine; Section Chief of Vascular Surgery, Veterans Affairs (VA) Palo Alto Healthcare System
    • Jenny Woo – Lead Pre-Med Student Research Assistant, Right Care Initiative
  • Q & A Discussion (Presentation)

CKD Early Detection; CMS Medicare Star Ratings; Innovative Approach to Health Coaching with Undergraduates (August 8, 2022)

  • Agenda|Bios|Video
  • Welcome (Presentation|Video)
    • Hattie Rees Hanley, MPP – Director & Founder, Right Care Initiative, Center for Healthcare Organizational and Innovation Research, UC Berkeley School of Public Health; Invited Founding Member, Centers for Disease Control & Prevention Hypertension Roundtable; Cardiovascular Disease Master Plan Steering Committee Member, California Department of Public Health
    • William J. Bommer, MD, FACP, FACC – Statewide Chairman, Right Care Initiative University of Best Practices; Specialty Delegate, CA American College of Cardiology and CA Medical Association; Director, California ePCI Program; Director, Prevention Forward Program & Professor of Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Univ. of California, Davis; Chairman, California Department of Public Health’s 2022 CVD Master Plan Steering Committee
  • Chronic Kidney Disease & Screening: Identifying the Risks & Knowing Why it Matters (Presentation|Video)
    • Despina Kayichian, MD, MsHCA, MHA – Nephrologist, Former Chief Medical Officer, Venice Family Clinic
  • Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Update: Medicare Advantage Star Ratings (Presentation|Video)
    • Introduction by: Cindy Giambrone, PharmD – Co-Chair, Right Care Initiative Heart Failure Work Group; Director, Performance Improvement and ACO Pharmacy Risk, Memorial Care Foundation and Medical Groups
    • Ashby Wolfe, MD, MPP, MPH – Chief Medical Officer, San Francisco, Seattle & Denver Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (Regions 8, 9 & 10)
  • Training Undergraduate Students as Health Coaches to Promote Lifestyle Change and Improve Blood Pressure (Presentation|Video)
    • Susan L. Ivey, MD, MHSA, FAAFP – Co-Chair, Right Care Initiative University of Best Practices; Professor, Adjunct, UC Berkeley School of Public Health; Director of Research, Health Research for Action; Principal Investigator, UC Berkeley Hypertension Health Coaching Project
    • Edith Baca, BS, MPH Candidate – Graduate Student Researcher, Coordinator and Trainer, UC Berkeley Hypertension Health Coaching Project, Health Research for Action
  • Q & A Discussion (Presentation|Video)
    • Joseph Sky, MD, FACP, FACC – Vice-Chair, Right Care Initiative University of Best Practices; Chief of Preventive Cardiology, Associate Chief of Staff, David Grant Medical Center, US Air Force

UCLA & UCSF Special Guests on Stroke, Accelerated Detection & Hospital Arrival; + Familial Hypercholesterolemia & Lp(a), Powerful Risk Factors for Stroke & MI (June 28, 2022)

  • Agenda|Bios|Video
  • Welcome & Introduction (Presentation|Video)
    • Hattie Rees Hanley, MPP – Director and Founder, Right Care Initiative, Center for Healthcare Organizational and Innovation Research, UC Berkeley School of Public Health; Founding Member, CDC Hypertension Roundtable
    • Nirali Vora, MD – Co-Chair, Right Care Initiative Bay Area Silicon Valley University of Best Practices; Clinical Associate Professor, Neurology, Stanford Stroke Center; Director, Global Health Neurology; Program Director, Adult Neurology Residency
  • Innovative Technologies to Accelerate Stroke Detection & Hospital Arrival (Presentation|Video)
    • Jeffrey L. Saver, MD, FAHA, FAAN, FANA – Senior Associate Vice Chair for Clinical Research, Department of Neurology, Director, UCLA Comprehensive Stroke and Vascular Neurology Program
  • Q & A Discussion (Video)
  • Hidden Risk Factors for Early Stroke & CVD: Familial Hypercholesterolemia & Lp(a) (Presentation|Video)
    • Cat Davis Ahmed, MBA – Vice President for Policy and Outreach, Family Heart Foundation
  • Panel (Presentation|Video)
    • Eveline Stock, MD – Co-Chair, Right Care Initiative Bay Area Silicon Valley University of Best Practices; Associate Professor and Cardiologist, University of California San Francisco Cardiovascular Care & Prevention Center
    • John Kane, MD, PhD – Director, Adult Lipid Clinic, Endocrinologist, Professor of Medicine, UCSF
    • Mary J. Malloy, MD – Director, Pediatric Lipid Clinic, Co-Director, Adult Lipid Clinic, Professor of Medicine, Endocrinologist, UCSF
  • Q & A Discussion (Presentation|Video)
    • Edward M. Yu, MD, CMQ, CPPS, CPE – Co-Chair, Right Care Initiative Bay Area Silicon Valley University of Best Practices; Vice President & Chief Quality Officer, Palo Alto Medical Foundation

Health Effects of Wildfire Smoke (June 13, 2022)

  • Agenda|Bios|Video
  • Welcome & Introduction (Presentation|Video)
    • Hattie Rees Hanley, MPP – Director and Founder, Right Care Initiative, Center for Healthcare Organizational and Innovation Research, UC Berkeley School of Public Health; Founding Member, CDC Hypertension Roundtable
  • The Need for Low Literacy Health Education Material (Presentation|Video)
    • Susan L. Ivey, MD, MHSA – Co-Chair, Right Care Initiative University of Best Practices; Professor, Adjunct, UC Berkeley School of Public Health; Director of Research, Health Research for Action
    • William J. Bommer, MD, FACP, FACC – Statewide Chairman, Right Care Initiative University of Best Practices; Specialty Delegate, CA American College of Cardiology and CA Medical Association; Director, California ePCI Program; Director, Prevention Forward Program & Professor of Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Univ. of California, Davis; Chairman, California Department of Public Health’s 2022 CVD Master Plan Steering Committee
    • Joseph Sky, MD, FACP, FACC – Co-Chair, Right Care Initiative University of Best Practices; Chief of Preventative Cardiology, Deputy Chief of Medical Staff, David Grant Medical Center, US Air Force
  • Pulmonary, Cardiovascular & metabolic Effects of Air Pollution (Presentation|Video)
    • John Balmes, MD – Pulmonologist, Critical Care Specialist, Professor Emeritus of Environmental Health Sciences, UCSF; Professor, Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital (ZSFG) Divisions of Occupational & Environmental Medicine & Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine; Director, UC Berkeley Northern California Center for Occupational and Environmental Health; Physician Member, California Air Resources Board
  • Pediatric Asthma & Exposures to Particulate Matter, Pollution & Wildfire Smoke (Presentation|Video)
    • Stephanie Holm, MD, PhD, MPH – Co-Director of the Western States Pediatric Environmental Health Specialty Unit; Assistant Clinical Professor Volunteer, Medicine, UCSF
  • Summary and Q & A Discussion (Presentation|Video)

1) Salsa Against Stroke; 2) Stroke: Need for Speed; 3) HTN “Shake, Rattle & Roll” Telehealth Clinical Trial (May 24, 2022)

  • Agenda|Bios|Video
  • Welcome & Introduction (Presentation|Video)
    • Hattie Rees Hanley, MPP – Director and Founder, Right Care Initiative, Center for Healthcare Organizational and Innovation Research, UC Berkeley School of Public Health; Founding Member, CDC Hypertension Roundtable
    • Eveline Oestreicher Stock, MD – Co-Chair, Right Care Initiative Bay Area Silicon Valley University of Best Practices; Assistant Professor and Cardiology, University of California San Francisco Cardiovascular Care & Prevention Center
    • Edward M. Yu, MD, CMQ, CPPS, CPE – Co-Chair, Right Care Initiative Bay Area Silicon Valley University of Best Practices; Vice President & Chief Quality Officer, Palo Alto Medical Foundation
  • Stroke: The Need for Speed (Presentation|Video)
    • Jeff Klingman, MD – Assistant Chief of Staff, Director of Performance Improvement, Chair of Chiefs of Neurology, Kaiser Permanente
  • Salsa Against Stroke and Q & A Facilitation (Video)
    • Nirali Vora, MD – Co-Chair, Right Care Initiative Bay Area Silicon Valley University of Best Practices; Clinical Associate Professor, Neurology, Stanford Stroke Center; Director, Global Health Neurology; Program Director, Adult Neurology Residency
  • Controlling Hypertension Among African Americans with Phone Coaching: Results of the “Shake, Rattle & Roll” Clinical Trial
    • Stephen Sidney, MD, MPH – Director of Research Clinics, Kaiser Permanente Northern California Division of Research (Presentation|Video)
    • Mai N. Nguyen-Huynh, MD, MAS, FAHA – Chief of Neurology, Diablo Service Area; Regional Medical Director, Primary Stroke & Research Scientist II, Division of Research, The Permanente Medical Group (Presentation|Video)
  • Q & A Discussion (Video)
    • William J. Bommer, MD, FACP, FACC – Statewide Chairman, Right Care Initiative University of Best Practices; Specialty Delegate, CA American College of Cardiology and CA Medical Association; Director, California ePCI Program; Director, Prevention Forward Program & Professor of Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Univ. of California, Davis; Chairman, California Department of Public Health’s 2022 CVD Master Plan Steering Committee

Mother’s Day Monday Women’s CVD (May 9, 2022)

  • Agenda|Bios|Video
  • Welcome & Introduction (Presentation|Video)
    • Hattie Rees Hanley, MPP – Director and Founder, Right Care Initiative, Center for Healthcare Organizational and Innovation Research, UC Berkeley School of Public Health; Founding Member, CDC Hypertension Roundtable
    • Catrina Taylor, PhD, MSPH – Chief, Health Information and Statistics Section, Chronic Disease Control Branch, California Department of Public Health; Member, Right Care Initiative Technical Expert Group & Women’s CVD Writing Group
  • Women’s Cardiovascular Disease from the Veteran’s Administration’s Perspective (Presentation|Video)
    • Carolyn Clancy, MD, MACP – Assistant Under Secretary for Health Discovery, Education and Affiliate Networks, Veterans Health Administration; Former Director, Agency for Healthcare
  • Q & A Discussion (Video)
    • Facilitated by: Noel Bairey Merz, MD, FACC, FAHA, FESC
  • Broken-Heart Syndrome (Presentation|Video)
    • Noel Bairey Merz, MD, FACC, FAHA, FESC – Director, Barbra Streisand Women’s Heart Center; Director, Linda Joy Pollin Women’s Heart Health Program; Director, Preventive and Rehabilitative Cardiac Center; Professor, Cardiology, Smidt Heart Institute; Leader, Right Care Women’s Cardiovascular Disease Writing Group
  • Q & A Discussion (Video)
  • Right Care Women’s CVD Writing Group (Presentation|Video)
    • Noel Bairey Merz, MD, FACC, FAHA, FESC
    • Catrina Taylor, PhD, MSPH
    • Sara Johnson, MD, FACOG – Clinical Obstetrician & Gynecologist, Alta Bates Summit Medical Center-Alta Bates Campus
    • Eveline Oestreicher Stock, MD – Co-Chair, Right Care Initiative Bay Area Silicon Valley University of Best Practices; Assistant Professor and Cardiology, University of California San Francisco Cardiovascular Care & Prevention Center

Pharmacist on the Care Team, State of the Evidence (April 26, 2022)

  • Agenda|Bios|Video
  • Welcome & Introduction (Presentation|Video)
    • Hattie Rees Hanley, MPP – Director and Founder, Right Care Initiative, Center for Healthcare Organizational and Innovation Research, UC Berkeley School of Public Health; Founding Member, CDC Hypertension Roundtable
    • William J. Bommer, MD, FACP, FACC – Statewide Chairman, Right Care Initiative University of Best Practices; Specialty Delegate, CA American College of Cardiology and CA Medical Association; Director, California ePCI Program; Director, Prevention Forward Program & Professor of Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Univ. of California, Davis; Chairman, California Department of Public Health’s 2022 CVD Master Plan Steering Committee
    • Eveline Oestreicher Stock, MD – Co-Chair, Right Care Initiative Bay Area Silicon Valley University of Best Practices; Assistant Professor and Cardiology, University of California San Francisco Cardiovascular Care & Prevention Center
    • Catrina Taylor, PhD, MSPH – Chief, Health Information and Statistics Section, Chronic Disease Control Branch, California Department of Public Health
    • Edward M. Yu, MD, CMQ, CPPS, CPE – Co-Chair, Right Care Initiative Bay Area Silicon Valley University of Best Practices; Vice President & Chief Quality Officer, Palo Alto Medical Foundation
  • A Medical Director’s Experience in Adding the Pharmacist to the Care Team (Video)
    • Scott Flinn, MD – Lead, National Hypertension Control Roundtable Partnerships Team; Co-Chair, Right Care Initiative University of Best Practices; Regional Medical Director, Blue Shield of California; Former US Navy Undersea Medical Officer with the Navy Seals
  • Veterans Affairs Evidence on the Power of Adding the Pharmacist to the Care Team (Presentation|Video)
    • Anthony P. Morreale, PharmD, MBA, BCPS, FASHP – Associate Chief Consultant for Clinical Pharmacy and Policy, Department of Veterans Affairs Pharmacy Benefits Management, Veterans Affairs (VA) Central Office
  • Q & A and Discussion on Kaiser Program (Video)
    • Stephen Sidney, MD, MPH – Director of Research Clinics, Kaiser Permanente Northern California Division of Research
  • State of the Evidence Outside of the Veterans Affairs System (Presentation|Video)
    • Steven Chen, PharmD, FASHP, FCSHP, FNAP – Co-Chair, Right Care LA UBP; Associate Dean for Clinical Affairs; Heeres Chair in Community Pharmacy; Professor of Clinical Pharmacy, University of Southern California
    • Jessica Abraham, PharmD, APh – Director of Population Health, University of Southern California
  • Q & A and Leadership Discussion (Presentation|Video)

AMGA HTN Measure Up Pressure Down (April 11, 2022)

  • Agenda|Bios|Video
  • Welcome & Introduction (Presentation|Video)
    • Hattie Rees Hanley, MPP – Director and Founder, Right Care Initiative, Center for Healthcare Organizational and Innovation Research, UC Berkeley School of Public Health; Founding Member, CDC Hypertension Roundtable
    • William J. Bommer, MD, FACP, FACC – Statewide Chairman, Right Care Initiative University of Best Practices; Specialty Delegate, CA American College of Cardiology and CA Medical Association; Director, California ePCI Program; Director, Prevention Forward Program & Professor of Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Univ. of California, Davis; Chairman, California Department of Public Health’s 2022 CVD Master Plan Steering Committee
  • AMGA Measure Up Pressure Down Hypertension Campaign (Presentation|Video)
    • Jerry Penso, MD, MBA – President and CEO, AMGA; Co-Founder; Right Care Initiative University of Best Practices; 2009 Right Care Leadership Award Winner
    • John Cuddeback, MD, PhD – Chief Medical Informatics Officer, AMGA
  • Q & A Discussion (Presentation|Video)

Coronary Artery Calcium Evidence & Debate (March 29, 2022)

  • Agenda|Bios|Video
  • Welcome & Introduction (Presentation|Video)
    • Hattie Rees Hanley, MPP – Director and Founder, Right Care Initiative, Center for Healthcare Organizational and Innovation Research, UC Berkeley School of Public Health; Founding Member, CDC Hypertension Roundtable
    • Edward M. Yu, MD, CMQ, CPPS, CPE – Co-Chair, Right Care Initiative Bay Area Silicon Valley University of Best Practices; Vice President & Chief Quality Officer, Palo Alto Medical Foundation
  • State of the Evidence (Presentation|Video)
    • Lt. Col. Joseph Sky, MD, FACP, FACC – Co-Chair, Right Care Initiative University of Best Practices; Chief of Preventive Cardiology & Deputy Chief of Medical Staff, David Grant Medical Center, US Air Force
    • Travis Harrell, MD, FACP, FACC – Chief of Cardiology, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center; Active Duty Commander, US Navy Medical Corps
    • Matthew Budoff, MD, FACC, FAHA – Professor of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles; Program Director for Cardiology Fellowship, Director of Cardiac Computed Tomography, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center
  • Debate Statement: “There is Sufficient Research to Support a Strong Recommendation to Perform Coronary Artery Calcium (CAC) for Risk Assessment in Primary Prevention.” (Presentation|Video)
    • Moderator: David Maron, MD, FACP, FACC – C.F. Rehnborg Professor of Medicine; Chief, Stanford Prevention Research Center; Director, Preventive Cardiology, Stanford University School of Medicine
    • Pro: Philip Greenland, MD, FACP, FACC – Harry W. Dingman Professor of Cardiology, Professor of Preventive Medicine, Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine; Senior Editor, JAMA; Member, NHLBI Observational Study Monitoring Board for the Framingham Heart Study; Previous Member, Board of External Experts of the NHLBI
    • Con: Robert Kaplan, PhD – Research Director, Clinical Excellence Research Center, Stanford University; Former Chief Science Officer US HHS Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ); Co-Founder, Right Care Initiative Technical Expert Group; Former Associate Director, National Institutes of Health
  • Discussion Panel and Q & A Moderated by David Maron (Video)
    • Noel Bairey Merz, MD, FACC, FAHA, FESC – Director, Barbra Streisand Women’s Heart Center; Director, Linda Joy Pollin Women’s Heart Health Program; Director, Preventive and Rehabilitative Cardiac Center; Professor, Cardiology, Smidt Heart Institute (5 min)
    • Anthony Demaria, MD, MACC – Founding Co-Chair, Original NHLBI Funded Pilot of Right Care Initiative University of Best Practices (subsequently renamed Be There San Diego); Judith and Jack White Chair in Cardiology and Founding Director, Sulpizio Heart Institute, UC San Diego School of Medicine (5 min)
    • William J. Bommer, MD, FACP, FACC – Statewide Chairman, Right Care Initiative University of Best Practices; Specialty Delegate, CA American College of Cardiology and CA Medical Association; Director, California ePCI Program; Director, Prevention Forward Program & Professor of Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Univ. of California, Davis; Chairman, California Department of Public Health’s 2022 CVD Master Plan Steering Committee (5 min)
    • Travis Harrell, MD, FACP, FACC
    • Matthew Budoff, MD, FACC, FAHA
    • Philip Greenland, MD, FACP, FACC
    • Robert M. Kaplan, PhD
    • Joseph Sky, MD, FACP, FACC

ISCHEMIA Trial Leaders on CVD Surgery vs Optimizing Medication (March 14, 2022)

  • Agenda|Bios|Video
  • Welcome (Presentation|Video)
    • Hattie Rees Hanley, MPP – Director and Founder, Right Care Initiative, Center for Healthcare Organizational and Innovation Research, UC Berkeley School of Public Health; Founding Member, CDC Hypertension Roundtable
  • California: Two Decades of Revascularization (Presentation|Video)
    • William Bommer, MD, FACP, FACC – Statewide Chairman, Right Care Initiative University of Best Practices; Specialty Delegate, CA American College of Cardiology and CA Medical Association; Director, California ePCI Program; Director, Prevention Forward Program & Professor of Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Univ. of California, Davis; Chairman, California Department of Public Health’s 2022 CVD Master Plan Steering Committee
  • COURAGE & ISCHEMIA Clinical Outcomes (Presentation|Video)
    • David Maron, MD – C.F. Rehnborg Professor of Medicine; Chief, Stanford Prevention Research Center; Director, Preventive Cardiology, Stanford University School of Medicine
  • The Role of Revascularization in Optimizing Patients’ Symptoms, Function & Quality of Life (Presentation|Video)
    • John A. Spertus, MD, MPH – Clinical Director of Outcomes Research, Saint Luke’s Mid America Heart Institute; Professor of Medicine, Lauer Missouri Endowed Chair, University of Missouri-Kansas City
  • Federal Perspective & Economics (Presentation|Video)
    • Steven H. Sheingold, PhD – Director, Division of Health Financing Policy, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE), Department of Health and Human Services
  • Payer Perspective on Incorporating Scientific Evidence into Payment Decision Policy (Presentation|Video)
    • Bob Plass, MD, MMM – Medical Director, Blue Shield of California; Executive Committee, Blue Cross Blue Shield Association Medical Policy Panel
  • Summary and Q & A Discussion (Presentation|Video)
    • Robert Kaplan, PhD – Research Director, Clinical Excellence Research Center, Stanford University; Former Chief Science Officer US HHS Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ); Co-Founder, Right Care Initiative Technical Expert Group; Former Associate Director, National Institutes of Health

Valentine’s Monday: Genetics, Family History in CVD & Hypertension; CAC as a Risk Stratifier + Support for COVID-Fatigued Health Teams (February 14, 2022)

  • Agenda|Bios|Video
  • Welcome & Introduction (Presentation|Video)
    • Hattie Rees Hanley, MPP – Director and Founder, Right Care Initiative, Center for Healthcare Organizational and Innovation Research, UC Berkeley School of Public Health; Founding Member, CDC Hypertension Roundtable
  • Family History as a Predictor of CVD Events & the Role of Genetics in Hypertension (Presentation|Video)
    • Donna K. Arnett, PhD, MSPH – Dean, University of Kentucky College of Public Health; Professor, Department of Epidemiology; Past Associate Dean & Chair, Department of Epidemiology, University of Alabama, Birmingham; Past President, American Heart Association (AHA); Elected Fellow, AHA, American College of Epidemiology, American Epidemiological Society
    • Introduction by: Robert Kaplan, PhD – Research Director, Clinical Excellence Research Center, Stanford University; Former Chief Science Officer US HHS SHRQ; Former Associate Director, National Institutes of Health; Co-founder and Leader, Right Care Initiative Technical Expert Group
    • Facilitator of Q&A: Catrin Taylor, PhD, MSPH – Chief, Health Information and Statistics Section, Chronic Disease Control Branch, California Department of Public Health
  • Evolution of Coronary Calcium Screening as a Tool for Cardiovascular Risk Assessment – Lessons Learned from MESA, CARDIA & Beyond (Presentation|Video)
    • Nathan D. Wong, PhD, FACC, FAHA, FNLA, FASPC – Professor, Director, Heart Disease Prevention Program, Division of Cardiology, UC Irvine; President, InterAmerican Heart Foundation; Past President, American Society for Preventative Cardiology
    • Introduction by William Bommer, MD, FACP, FACC
    • Facilitator of Q&A: Stephen Sidney, MD, MPH – Director of Research Clinics, Kaiser Permanente Northern California Division of Research
  • Operational & Mental Well-being Support for COVID Fatigued Healthcare Teams (Presentation|Video)
    • Jeffrey J. Smith, Major, DSW – Behavioral Scientist and Faculty, Family Medicine Residency, David Grant Medical Center (DGMC); Assistant Professor, Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences
    • Introduction by: Joseph Sky, MD, FACP, FACC – Co-Chair, Right Care Initiative University of Best Practices; Chief of Preventative Cardiology, Deputy Chief of Medical Staff, David Grant Medical Center, US Air Force
  • Q&A Discussion (Presentation|Video)
    • Facilitator of Q&A: Joseph Sky

AMA + CDC Initiatives & Resources to Control Blood Pressure, LDL & A1c (January 25, 2022)

  • Agenda|Bios|Video
  • Welcome & Introduction (Presentation|Video)
    • Hattie Rees Hanley, MPP – Director and Founder, Right Care Initiative, Center for Healthcare Organizational and Innovation Research, UC Berkeley School of Public Health; Founding Member, CDC Hypertension Roundtable
    • William J. Bommer, MD, FACP, FACC – Statewide Chairman, Right Care Initiative University of Best Practices; Specialty Delegate, CA American College of Cardiology and CA Medical Association; Director, California ePCI Program; Director, Prevention Forward Program & Professor of Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Univ. of California, Davis
  • American Medical Association’s Resources and Technical Assistance for Reaching Blood Pressure Control Targets (Presentation|Video)
    • Karen Kmetik, PhD – Group Vice President, Improving Health Outcomes, American Medical Association
    • Michael K. Rakotz, MD, FAHA, FAAFP – Vice President, Health Outcomes, American Medical Association; Clinical Assistant Professor of Family and Community Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
  • Practical Approaches & A Vision for the Future From the Team Lead of the CDC Hypertension Control Roundtable Partnerships Work Group (Presentation|Video)
    • Scott Flinn, MD – Lead, National Hypertension Control Roundtable Partnerships Team; Co-Chair, Right Care Initiative University of Best Practices; Regional Medical Director, Blue Shield of California; Former US Navy Undersea Medical Officer with the Navy Seals
  • Q&A Discussion (Presentation| Video)
    • Keith Emmons, MD, MPH – Medical Director, CenCal Health
    • John Ovretveit, PhD – Professor, Karolinska Institute
    • Eveline Stock, MD – Co-Chair, Right Care Initiative Bay Area Silicon Valley University of Best Practices; Assistant Professor and Cardiology, University of California San Francisco Cardiovascular Care & Prevention Center
    • Catrina Taylor, PhD, MSPH – Chief, Health Information and Statistics Section, Chronic Disease Control Branch, California Department of Public Health

Disparate Impacts of Obesity by Ethnicity; + Managing Diabetes & Cardiovascular Comorbidities (January 10, 2022)

  • Agenda|Bios|Video
  • Welcome & Introduction (Presentation|Video)
    • Hattie Rees Hanley, MPP – Director and Founder, Right Care Initiative, Center for Healthcare Organizational and Innovation Research, UC Berkeley School of Public Health; Founding Member, CDC Hypertension Roundtable
  • COVID Update (Presentation|Video)
    • William J. Bommer, MD, FACP, FACC – Statewide Chairman, Right Care Initiative University of Best Practices; Specialty Delegate, CA American College of Cardiology and CA Medical Association; Director, California ePCI Program; Director, Prevention Forward Program & Professor of Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Univ. of California, Davis
  • Addressing the Comorbidities of Cardiovascular Disease, Diabetes & Obesity (Presentation|Video)
    • Jonathan Q Purnell – Interim Director, Center for Preventive Cardiology Knight Cardiovascular Institute, Oregon Health & Science University
  • Ethnic Disparities in Obesity-Associated Metabolic Diseases (Presentation|Video)
    • Diana Alba, MD – Physician, UCSF Weight Clinic; Assistant Professor, Division of Endocrinology, UCSF School of Medicine (Introduction by Dr. Jean Shahdadpuri)
  • Discussion and Closing Remarks (Presentation| Video)