
Rita Birchard
@ritabirchard
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15-03-2010 04:57:22
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Honoured to present at American Association of Heart Failure Nurses today as their keynote speaker. So much admiration for this society and what they all do. I look forward to collaborations with them & ASPC Thanks for laughing at my jokes. My husband Gareth Gwyn say I am funny to me photo 📸: Rita Birchard


Hope dealer! Brittany Clayborne, MS, Psy.D with an incredibly powerful patient keynote at American Association of Heart Failure Nurses #hope #evolution #thrive



And we’re off! Sheldon Litwin and #MikeZile kick off the 3rd annual Charleston HFpEF Conference. Happy to have the CardioNerds represented too! It’s going to be good y’all! Jeremy Brooksbank Sukriti Banthiya, MD Johnny Hourmozdi @Brian_Houston12 Robert Mentz, MD John Mandrola, MD Harriette Van Spall, MD MPH 🇨🇦 Marat Fudim, MD MHS


Heart failure is worse than most cancer diagnoses. Imagine if we talked to our patients like they had a cancer diagnosis as Aaron Goodman - “Papa Heme” highlights here. How would that change treatment inertia? Imagine the scenarios of discussion with patients that would change.




Not in the hospital today - big tennis tournament in San Antonio for the Tedford kids. But we still all went Red! #GoRedForWomen MUSC Cardiology Fellowship Programs MUSC Cardiology Pamela B Morris MD Dr. Martha Gulati ♥️🫀❤️🩹🇨🇦 Harriette Van Spall, MD MPH 🇨🇦 John P Erwin III MD MBA MACC (#BigPoppy ) Rita Birchard Andrew J Sauer MD Joey Spinner


At #ACC24 we are partnering with Second Helpings Atlanta to have the annual meeting a zero food waste event. Please consider donating to this organization to help our fellow Atlantans get much needed meals. American College of Cardiology HCWvsHunger Emory Healthcare #ACCCVT classy.org/campaign/food-…

Shutting down air traffic worldwide is no match for the #CharlestonHFpEFConference! Sheldon Litwin getting us started. Standing room only! MUSC Cardiology Fellowship Programs Kavita Sharma Mikhail Kosiborod Harriette Van Spall, MD MPH 🇨🇦 Dr. Martha Gulati ♥️🫀❤️🩹🇨🇦 Molly Silkowski, DO James Fang Michele Esposito Michael Felker




#THT2025 is just around the corner. See y'all in Boston (assuming Charleston ever thaws out!). Manreet Kanwar Jennifer Cowger Anthony Carnicelli, MD FACC Dan Burkhoff MD PhD Rachna Kataria, MD Alexander Hajduczok, MD 🇺🇦🙏 Navin Kapur Rita Birchard MUSC Cardiology Fellowship Programs Jennifer Hajj, RN Javed Butler Jason N. Katz Robert Mentz, MD


Evaluate emerging treatment strategies and new therapeutic options to improve management of care for patients w/ heart failure. WATCH LIVE w/ the incomparable Dr. Martha Gulati ♥️🫀❤️🩹🇨🇦 Javed Butler on Feb 24! SAVE THE DATE ➡️ ms.spr.ly/6016UUGCC


Fresh press out of JACC Journals highlighting our work with ALT-FLOW EFS: 2-Year Highlights (APTURE LA→CS shunt) 1️⃣ 82 % of participants moved ≥1 NYHA class lower 2️⃣ 89 % “responders” (≥ 5-pt ↑ in KCCQ-OSS; mean +31 pts) 3️⃣ +46 m in 6-min-walk distance 4️⃣ Gains held
