CDC’s Public Health Grand Rounds Presents: “Million Hearts 2022: A Compelling Call to Action”

CDC’s Public Health Grand Rounds Presents:
“Million Hearts 2022: A Compelling Call to Action”
Tuesday, February 20, 2018
1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. (ET)
Global Communications Center (Building 19)
Alexander D. Langmuir Auditorium

Session Summary: This Public Health Grand Rounds will provide an overview of the Million Hearts 2022 initiative, including the current troubling trends in cardiovascular disease mortality, outlining the many communities and populations for which the rate is on the rise; strategies, actions, and partnerships needed for greatest impact in preventing cardiovascular events; highlighting partners and places where these strategies are being effectively deployed; and tools and resources that are currently available.

Presented by:

Janet S. Wright, MD, FACC
Executive Director, Million Hearts®,
Division of Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
“Million Hearts 2022: Focusing Action for Impact””

Leslie Meehan, MPA, AICP
Director, Office of Primary Prevention
Tennessee Department of Health
“Creating Livable, Prosperous and Healthy Communities”

George S. Schroeder, MD
Family Practitioner
Plymouth Family Physicians

“ABCS Improvement in the Real World”

Kathleen Tong, MD
Associate Professor
Director, Heart Failure Program
Director, Preventive Cardiology and Cardiac Rehabilitation Program
Medical Director, Ventricular Assist Device Program
University of California, Davis
“What Works to Prevent Second Heart Attacks”

Facilitated By:

John Iskander, MD, MPH, Scientific Director, Public Health Grand Rounds
Phoebe Thorpe, MD, MPH, Deputy Scientific Director, Public Health Grand Rounds
Susan Laird, MSN, RN, Communications Director, Public Health Grand Rounds

These sessions are open to the public. To learn more about system requirements needed to join the session please visit:  https://www.cdc.gov/cdcgrandrounds/archives/2018/february2018.html