What you'll learn:
- Identify key patient factors and medical history that should be considered when assessing cardiac risk
- Identify situations in which elective surgery should be postponed due to high risk cardiac conditions
- Determine when additional testing should be ordered prior to non-cardiac surgery
About the presenter

Dr. Imran Ahmad graduated from the University of Illinois medical school. He completed residency training in Internal Medicine at Stanford University Medical Center followed by Cardiology and Interventional Cardiology training at the Cleveland Clinic.
He has been in active practice for over 10 years with Northwestern Medicine in Illinois and Medical Director of Interventional Cardiology at Central DuPage Hospital.
Course chairs
- Katie McGarry, DNP
- Karen Acevedo, MS, RN, CPNP-PC
- Rachel Osei-Owusu
- Jordan Younis
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AAFP CREDIT STATEMENT
The AAFP has reviewed - Optimizing Management of Common Specialty Conditions in the Primary Care Setting, and deemed it acceptable for AAFP credit. Term of approval is from 3/18/2023 - 3/17/2024. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. This session is approved for 1.0 live AAFP Prescribed credit. AAFP Prescribed credit is accepted by the American Medical Association as equivalent to AMA PRA Category 1 credit(s)™️️️️️️️️️ toward the AMA Physician’s Recognition Award. When applying for the AMA PRA, Prescribed credit earned must be reported as Prescribed, not as Category 1.
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