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Biykem Bozkurt

Baylor College of Medicine, Texas, US

Biography

Dr Biykem Bozkurt is the Immediate Past President of the Heart Failure Society of America. Dr Bozkurt is a Professor of Medicine, an advanced heart failure and cardiac transplantation specialist, Medical Care Line Executive (Medicine Department Chair) at the DeBakey VA Medical Center; W.A. “Tex” and Deborah Moncrief, Jr., Chair; Mary and Gordon Cain Chair; Vice-Chair of Department of Medicine; Director of the Winters Center for Heart Failure and Associate Director of Cardiovascular Research Institute at Baylor College of Medicine. 

Featured Courses

Incorporating GDMT and PRO Endpoints for Personalised HF Management
  • 1.00 EBAC

Learning objectives

  • Review current GDMT in HFrEF and HFpEF
  • Describe the relationship between initiation of GDMT and HF outcomes
  • Prescribe GDMT according to current international recommendations
  • Recall the elements of the Kansas City Cardiomyopathy Questionnaire
  • Describe the clinical studies that support the use of functional and QoL measures in practice
  • Initiate quality of life and functional improvement measures in routine practice
  • Initiate SGLT-2 inhibitors in patients presenting with De novo HF and in patients already on other GDMT
  • Adopt shared decision-making with HF patients
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