About this Event
Heart Failure Education Day presented by SPH Heart Centre Nursing
Date: Friday, May 29, 2026
Location: Cullen Family Lecture Theatre, St Paul's Hospital
Join us for a day of education and networking at St. Paul’s Hospital for Heart Failure Education Day. This in‑person event will feature expert speakers, interactive workshops, and valuable opportunities to connect with multidisciplinary professionals. Whether you’re an early‑career clinician or a seasoned practitioner, this event is an excellent opportunity to expand your knowledge and strengthen your heart‑failure–related skills
This year is also particularly special given it’s our event’s 25th anniversary & our last year in this historic hospital building before our big move.
Come to say goodbye to our building, but also stay for the learning, networking, prizes & more!
Dietary Restrictions
Please send any dietary restrictions and allergies to [email protected]
Agenda
🕑: 08:00 AM - 08:30 AM
Heart Failure Education Day
Info: Registration
🕑: 08:30 AM - 09:00 AM
Land Acknowledgment and Elder to Open the Day
Info: Josie Mackey, BSN, RN
Nurse/Patient Educator
VAD/Heart Transplant Program SPH
🕑: 09:00 AM - 09:15 AM
Heart Centre Welcome
Info: Dione Nordby, MSN, RN
Director, Heart & Lung, Critical Care,
Respiratory
🕑: 09:15 AM - 09:45 AM
Heart Failure Innovations Over the Years
Info: Wynne Chiu, MSN, RN
CNS Heart Failure and Transplant Program SPH
Marc Bains, Patient Partner
Co-founder of Heart Life Foundation
🕑: 09:45 AM - 10:15 AM
Heart Failure: The Basics
Info: Cindy Nordquist, MN-NP(F)
Heart Function Clinic SPH
🕑: 10:15 AM - 10:30 AM
Break
Info: Enjoy morning refreshments while networking
and visiting the booths of industry and
community partners.
🕑: 10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
GLP-1s and Beyond: Transforming Heart Health
Info: Brittany Buffone, BSc, PharmD, ACPR
Clinical Pharmacist SPH
🕑: 11:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Device and Procedural Therapies for Advanced Heart Failure
Info: Nima Moghaddam, MD FRCPC
Heart Failure/Transplant and Critical Care Cardiologist
Clinical Assistant Professor at UBC
🕑: 11:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Supporting the Failing Heart: A Palliative Perspective
Info: Stephanie Ahuja, MSN, RN
CNS Regional Heart Failure Program
Michelle Orr, BSN, RN, CHPCN
Palliative Care Consult Nurse SPH
🕑: 12:00 PM - 01:00 PM
Lunch
Info: Discover our healthy lunch options, along with
engaging activities such as interactive pathology, a
photobooth, point-of-care complimentary blood work,
and opportunities to connect with industry and
community partners.
🕑: 01:00 PM - 02:30 PM
Workshop: Mechanical Circulatory Support (MCS) Showcase
Info: Objectives:
Attendees will move through small-group sessions where participants engage directly with live MCS
demonstrations.
Identify indications and key components of MCS devices used at SPH.
Review basic principles and nursing considerations for devices including HeartMate 3, Impella,
CentriMag, ProtekDuo, Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation, and CardioMEMS HF System.
🕑: 02:30 PM - 03:15 PM
Voices from the Heart Failure Journey: Rural Clinicians, Patient Partners
Info: Voices from the Heart Failure Journey: Rural Clinicians, Patient Partners, and Tertiary
Cardiologists on Improving Referral Pathways Moderated by Wynne Chiu, MSN, RN, CCN (C)
CNS Heart Failure and Transplant Program SPH
Simone Cowan, MD, MSc, BScPharm, ABIM, FRCPC
Medical Director Heart Function Clinic SPH
David Marceniuk, MN, MD
Powell River, BC
Joel Buenacruz - Patient Partner
Edwina Nearhood - Patient Partner
🕑: 03:15 PM - 03:30 PM
Wrap up and final raffle
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
St. Paul's Hospital, 1081 Burrard Street, Vancouver, Canada
CAD 81.21
