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.

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” 

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