ECHO-Chicago: Resistant Hypertension

January 20, 2026 to April 21, 2026
Transform Hypertension Care in Your Community!
 
Hypertension is one of the most powerful and modifiable drivers of heart disease, stroke, and kidney failure, yet blood pressure control remains unacceptably low, especially in medically underserved communities. In Illinois, one in three adults lives with hypertension, and fewer than 25% have it under control. For many patients, community-based primary care clinicians are the frontline and lifeline of care.

This dynamic educational series empowers primary care clinicians to take on one of the most challenging aspects of cardiovascular care: resistant hypertension. Through practical, guideline-driven training and expert mentorship, participants will gain the skills and confidence to move beyond in-clinic measurements, implement out-of-office blood pressure monitoring, and overcome real-world barriers to optimal management.

Be part of a growing community of clinicians committed to improving outcomes, reducing disparities, and delivering smarter, more effective hypertension care starting now.

Target Audience

This activity has been designed for primary care clinicians interested in the treatment of resistant hypertension.

Learning Objectives

After this activity, participants will be able to:

  • Describe current clinical practice guidelines for the diagnosis and management of resistant hypertension.
  • Apply evidence-based blood pressure measurement techniques, including appropriate use of in-office, home, and ambulatory blood pressure monitoring.
  • Differentiate true resistant hypertension from pseudo-resistant hypertension in primary care practice.
  • Select comprehensive management strategies for patients with resistant hypertension.
  • Analyze clinical features of hypertension, indicating secondary causes or specialty referral.
  • Individualize hypertension management for high-risk populations, including African American patients, older adults, and patients with diabetes, chronic kidney disease, or elevated cardiovascular risk.
Additional information
ACGME/ABMS Core Competencies: 
Patient Care and Procedural Skills
Medical Knowledge
Practice-based Learning and Improvement
For more information, please contact:
CME Coordinator Contact Name: 
ECHO-Chicago
CME Coordinator Contact Email: 
[email protected]
CME Coordinator Contact Phone: 
773-702-2213

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Summary
Available credit: 
  • 12.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
  • 12.00 Participation
Event starts: 
01/20/2026 - 8:00am
Event ends: 
04/21/2026 - 9:00am
Activity opens: 
12/01/2025
Activity expires: 
05/21/2026
Add to calendar: 
DateSession
Jan 20Introduction to Echo-Chicago, Hypertension – Hypertension Guideline Updates and How to Use Home or Ambulatory BP Monitoring
Jan 27Dietary Approach to Hypertension
Feb 3Resistant Hypertension – Definition and Management of Primary Resistant Hypertension
Feb 10Hypertension in African Americans: Approaches to Therapy
Feb 17Hypertension Urgencies and Emergencies
Feb 24Hypertension: Diabetes and CVD Risk
Mar 3Treatment of Hypertension in the Elderly
Mar 10Role of Kidney Disease and Renal Artery Stenosis as a Cause of Resistant Hypertension
Mar 31Additional Causes of Resistant Hypertension – Osa, Coarctation of the Aorta
Apr 7Pheochromocytoma
Apr 14Hypertension in Pregnancy
Apr 21Primary Hyperaldosteronism
The agenda is subject to change.
Online Webinar
Chicago, IL
United States
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To learn more about the ECHO-Chicago curricula, visit our website!
 
ACCESSIBILITY The University of Chicago is committed to providing equal access appropriate to need and circumstances and complies fully with legal requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act. If you are in need of special accommodation, please contact ECHO-Chicago via email.
 
The University of Chicago reserves the right to cancel or postpone this conference due to unforeseen circumstances. In the unlikely event this activity must be cancelled or postponed, the registration fee will be refunded; however, the University of Chicago is not responsible for any related costs, charges, or expenses to participants, including fees assessed by airline/travel/lodging agencies.
UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO FACULTY
Tamar Polonsky, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine
 
Matthew Sorrentino, MD
Professor of Medicine
 
Disclosure Declarations
As a provider accredited by the ACCME, the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine asks everyone in a position to control the content of an educational activity to disclose all financial relationships with any ineligible companies. This includes any entity whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients. Financial relationships are relevant if a financial relationship, in any amount, exists between the person in control of content and an ineligible company during the past 24 months, and the content of the education is related to the products of an ineligible company with whom the person has a financial relationship. Mechanisms are in place to identify and mitigate any relevant financial relationships before the start of the activity.

Additionally, the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine requires Authors to identify investigational products or off-label uses of products regulated by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration at first mention and where appropriate in the content.
Physician Credit
The University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 12 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Other Participant Credit
Other participants will receive a Certificate of Participation. For information on the applicability and acceptance of Certificates of Participation for educational activities certified for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ from organizations accredited by the ACCME, please consult your professional licensing board.
 
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