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2025

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Join colleagues from across our region for a rigorous day of learning and networking!

COAP Annual Meeting 2025: 
June 4th, 8:30 am – 4:00 pm
On-site Happy Hour: 4:00-5:00 pm – ALL are INVITED!

Seattle-Tacoma International Airport Conference Center
17801 International Blvd. (FREE parking provided)

Please join physicians, nurses, quality improvement specialists and healthcare leaders from across our region, and beyond, for a day of shared learning, data review, practice sharing, and planning for the future. Discuss challenges with your community of peers, exchange ideas, and celebrate our collective success.

This meeting is in-person only. All presentations will be recorded and posted on our website this summer.

CNEs and CMEs are available, at no charge, for in-person attendance.

We look forward to seeing you in June!

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2024

 

2022

2022 COAP ANNUAL MEETING AGENDA

Start Time Presentation Speaker
8:00 am Welcome and Overview Tariq Salam, MD
Chair, COAP Management Committee
Tribute to Chris Bryson Richard Whitten, MD
COAP Advisor
Charles Maynard, PhD
COAP Statistician
8:10 am 2021 COAP Cardiac Surgery Data Review Ashok Venkataraman, MD
COAP Management Committee Member
Cardiac Surgeon, PeaceHealth Sacred Heart
8:40 am Best Practice in Cardiac Surgery: The Radial Artery as a Second Arterial Conduit James Brevig, MD
Cardiac Surgeon, Providence Everett
9:10 am 2021 COAP PCI Data Review Ravi Hira, MD
COAP Medical Director
Interventional Cardiologist, MultiCare Pulse Heart
9:40 am Best Practice in PCI: Access Strategies for Bleeding Reduction and Radial Preservation Jacob Doll, MD
Vice Chair, COAP Management Committee
Interventional Cardiologist, VA Puget Sound & UWMC
10:10 am Cardiac Rehabilitation: Building Change for the Future Sarah Speck, MD
Medical Director, Cardiac Rehabilitation, SHVI
COAP Management Committee Member
10:35 am Impact of a Cardiac Quality Improvement Collaborative on Long Term Cost of Care in Washington State Ravi Hira, MD
COAP Medical Director
Interventional Cardiologist, MultiCare Pulse Heart
11:00 am Closing Remarks Tariq Salam, MD
Chair, COAP Management Committee

2021

2021 COAP ANNUAL MEETING AGENDA

Start Time Presentations Presenters
8:00 am Opening Remarks Tariq Salam, MD
Cardiac Electrophysiologist
COAP Management Committee Chair
8:05 am Regional PCI Data Review
& Performance Recognition Awards		 Jacob Doll, MD
Interventional Cardiologist
COAP Management Committee Vice Chair
8:30 am Quality Improvement in PCI:
Lessons from PeaceHealth Sacred
Heart		 Sudeshna Banerjee, MD
Interventional Cardiologist, PeaceHeatlh Sacred Heart
Manju Raju, MD
Interventional Cardiologist, PeaceHealth Sacred Heart
Richard Padgett, MD
Cardiologist, PeaceHealth Sacred Heart
8:55 am Population Health and Cardiac Care in Washington State Melanie Matthews, MS
CEO, Physicians of Southwest Washington
President, MultiCare Care Connected
Michelle Sabia, MPH
Program Manager, Community & Government
Programs, MultiCare Connected
9:40 am Long Term Cardiac Care Outcomes Ravi Hira, MD
Interventional Cardiologist
COAP Medical Director
10:05 am Regional CVS Data Review
& Performance Recognition Awards		 Daniel Mumme, MD
Cardiac Surgeon
COAP Management Committee Member
10:30 am Cardiac Surgery: Failure to Rescue as an Indicator of Program Quality Donald Likosky, PhD
Section Head, Health Services Research and Quality,
Dept. of Cardiac Surgery, University of Michigan
Medicine
11:00 am Closing Remarks Ravi Hira, MD
Interventional Cardiologist
COAP Medical Director

2020

2020 COAP ANNUAL MEETING AGENDA

Start Time Presentation Speaker
8:00 am Welcome & Introductions Tariq Salam, MD
COAP Management Committee Chair, Cardiac Electrophysiologist, Multicare Pulse Heart Institute, Tacoma WA
8:05 am 2019 PCI Data Review
Data Discussion Recognition of Top PCI Performers		 Ravi Hira, MD
COAP Medical Director, Interventional Cardiologist, Harborview Medical Center and UWMC, Seattle WA
8:30 am Best Practice: Out of Hospital Cardiac Arrest – Appropriate Selection of Patients for Cardiac Catheterization and PCI Michael Ring, MD
Interventional Cardiologist, Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center, Spokane WA
9:00 am 2019 Cardiac Surgery Data Review Data Discussion Recognition of CVS Top Performers Eric Lehr, MD
Cardiothoracic Surgeon, Swedish Medical Center, Seattle WA
9:25 am Best Practice: Acute Kidney Injury and Fluid Management in Cardiac Surgery Daniel Mumme, MD
Cardiothoracic Surgeon, Multicare Tacoma General Hospital, Tacoma WA
10:00 am Closing Remarks Ravi Hira, MD
COAP Medical Director, Interventional Cardiologist, Harborview Medical Center and UWMC, Seattle WA

2019

2019 COAP ANNUAL MEETING AGENDA

Start Time Presentations Speaker
8:00 am Welcome & Introductions Jeannie Collins-Brandon
COAP Program Director
Dennis Hoover PharmD
COAP Management Committee Chair
8:10 am COAP Updates: PRO PM Project, PBM Initiative, Research and Publication Ravi Hira, MD
COAP Medical Director
8:30 am Keys to Breaking Down Barriers: Building High Functioning Teams in Health Care Karl Pister, PCC/LCSW
Founder and President of The Coaching Group, Inc.
9:15 am 2018 PCI Data Panel Ravi Hira, MD
Interventional Cardiologist, COAP Medical Director
Jacob Doll, MD
Staff Cardiologist, VA Puget Sound Health Systems
9:45 am Sharing Best Practices in PCI Multicare Pulse Institute: Prashant Atri, MD FACC
Interventional Cardiologist
Seaneen Holmes, RN
Coronary Center of Excellent, Administrative Manager;
Valley Medical Center: Sumeet Subherwal, MD
Interventional Cardiologist
10:15 am BREAK; visit exhibits  
10:30 am Patient Preferences for Treatment of Coronary Artery Disease Jacob Doll, MD
Staff Cardiologist, VA Puget Sound Health Systems
11:00 am Information Technologies in Health Care and Quality Improvement: Challenges, Innovations and Pathways to Solutions Abel Cruz, MBA, CISSP, PMP
Vice President of Cloud Computing, Smith Technologies
11:30 am LUNCH; visit exhibits  
12:15 pm COAP 2018 Performance Recognition Awards Ravi Hira, MD
COAP Medical Director
Dennis Hoover, PharmD
COAP Management Committee Chair
12:30 pm 2018 Cardiovascular Surgery Data Panel Eric Lehr, MD
Cardiac Surgeon
Swedish Hospital; Denial Mumme, MD
Cardiac Surgeon, Tacoma General Hospital;
Ryan Foresman, MD
Cardiovascular Anesthesiologist, Harrison Medical Center
1:00 pm Sharing Best Practices in Cardiac Surgery Harrison Medical Center: Chris King, MD Cardiac Surgeon
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center: Mandya Vishwanath, MD
Cardiac Surgeon
1:30 pm Moving the Needle Campaign Launch: Advancing Patient Safety Through Collaborative Quality Improvement Efforts Donald Berwick, MD
President Emeritus and Senior Fellow, Institute for Healthcare Improvement (video presentation)
1:45 pm Panel Discussion: Treating Patients with Endocarditis; Opioid Prescribing Practices Moderator: Nancy Fisher, RN, MD, MPH
Chief Medical Officer, CMS
Darcy Jaffe, MN ARNP, NE-BC, FACHE
Senior VP for Safety and Quality, WSHA
Joseph Merrill, MD, MPH
Addiction Medicine, Assoc Professor of Medicine, UW
Charissa Fotinos, MD, MSc
Deputy Chief Medical Officer, WA HCA
2:30  pm BREAK; visit exhibits  
2:45 pm How do payers perceive value? Sean Beecher
Director of Value Based Provider Contracting, Premera Blue Cross
3:15 pm Longitudinal Outcomes in Cardiac Care: Data Presentation Ravi Hira, MD
COAP Medical Director
3:45 pm Regional Heart Team Discussion: Case Reviews Case Presentations: Ravi Hira, MD
Cardiac Surgeons: Daniel Mumme, Eric Lehr, James Brevig
Interventional Cardiologists: Jacob Doll, Sumeet Subherwal, Michael Duong
Electrophysiologist: Tariq Salam
4:30 pm Closing Remarks, Raffle Drawing Ravi Hira, MD
COAP Medical Director
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