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Date/Time
Date(s) - 04/13/2026 - 04/14/2026
5:00 pm
Location
The Ohioan Hotel and Event Center
CONFERENCE SCHEDULE
MONDAY, April 13, 2026 & TUESDAY, April 14, 2026
Monday, April 13, 2026 (2 CECs)
- 5:30pm-6:00pm: Registration
- 6:05pm-7:05pm: Joel W. Hughes, Ph.D., MAACVPR (Kent State University) “What’s New in Psychosocial Management in Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation, Focusing on Depression and Kinesiophobia?”
- 7:10pm-8:10pm: Danielle Blais, PharmD, FCCP, BCCP, BCPS (Cardiology Lead Specialty Practice Pharmacist at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center) “Cardiac and Pulmonary Medications How They Affect Patients with Exercise”
- 8:10pm-9:10pm Evening Social
Tuesday, April 14, 2026 (6 CECs)
- 7:30am: Registration
- 8:20am: Welcome
- 8:30am-9:30am: Julie Varelmann, MHA, RRT, RCP (The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center) “Decoding the Codes: The Key to Clarity”
- 9:30am-10:30am: Christine Swanson, MSN, AGACNP-BC & Erika Rogers BSN, RN (University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center) “LVAD Basics: Pump parameters, Doppler MAP, Equipment management, Alarms, Emergency protocols, and guidelines for exercise”
- 10:30am-10:45am: Vendor Break
- 10:45am-11:45am: Louise Cruz, RDN, LD (Ohio University) “Nutrition Management in Cardiac and Pulmonary Rehabilitation: Guidelines, Clinical Considerations, and Patient Communication”
- 11:45am: Board Announcements
- 12:00pm-1:00pm: Lunch/Vendor exhibits
- 1:00pm-2:00pm: Kelsey Black, MD (The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center) “Mindfulness and Tapping into breath”
- 2:00pm-3:00pm:Megan Gross, MPH, CHES, ACSM-CEP, EIM (Holland Hospital) “Leveraging National QI Efforts to Improve Program Quality”
- 3:00pm-3:15pm: Vendor Break
- 3:15pm-4:15pm: Joseph Khabbaza, MD (Cleveland Clinic) “Clearing the Air: The Essential Role of Airway Clearance in Bronchiectasis Treatment”
- 4:15pm-4:30pm: Wrap Up
*Only submit registration and pay for one person at a time.
*Note Attendees will need a parking pass displayed in window of vehicle to park at the Fawcett Center which will be e-mailed prior to the Meeting.
To book a hotel room at the Ohioan:
- Go to https://www.theohioan.com/
- Select “Book Now” in the top right corner of the screen
- Select the preferred dates and enter code 2604OACPR into the Group ID section
- Then select “Book Now”