Basic to Advanced Echocardiography from the Blue Ridge Mountains of Asheville

May 17-20, 2017
The Omni Grove Park Inn, Asheville, NC

Registration Closed
Credit Types: AMA PRA Category 1™ (26.25), ABIM MOC (26.25), ABIM MOC Points (26.25), Price: $565 - $750

Agenda

Tuesday, May 16, 2017

6:00-7:00 pm

Pre-registration - Heritage Foyer

Wednesday, May 17, 2017

7:00 am	Registration and Continental Breakfast - Heritage Foyer
7:30 am	Welcome Roger Click, M.D., Ph.D.

FUNDAMENTALS
Dr. Roger Click, presiding

7:40 am	Cases - Teasers Drs. Miller, Click, and Ammash
8:00 am	Assessment of LV Systolic Function in 2017 Barry Karon, M.D.
8:30 am	Diastolic Function Updates Fletcher Miller, Jr., M.D.
9:00 am	Real or Echo Artifact? Frederick Kremkau, Ph.D. and Pam Burgess, RDCS, RDMS, RVT
9:30 am	RV Function in 2017 Garvan Kane, M.D., Ph.D.
10:00 am	Panel Discussion Drs. Karon, Miller, Kremkau, and Kane; Dr. Click, moderator
10:45 am	Challenging Cases for Assessment of Pulmonary Pressures Michael Cullen, M.D.
11:00 am	Echo in Congestive Heart Failure: When and Why Barry Karon, M.D.
11:30 am	Echo in Restrictive Cardiomyopathies Naser Ammash, M.D.
12:00 pm	Challenging Heart Failure Case Lori Blauwet, M.D.
12:15 pm	Panel Discussion Drs. Cullen, Karon, Ammash, and Blauwet; Dr. Click, moderator
12:30 pm	Lunch - Heritage C

ECHO FOR MYOCARDIAL AND PERICARDIAL DISEASE
Dr. Fletcher Miller, Jr., presiding

1:30 pm	Echo Assessment of HCM Hari Chaliki, M.D.
2:00 pm	Cardiac Constriction Barry Karon, M.D.
2:30 pm	Strain for Myocardial Diseases Fletcher Miller, Jr., M.D.
3:00 pm	Panel Discussion Drs. Chaliki and Karon; Dr. Miller, moderator
3:15 pm	Refreshment Break

PARELLEL SESSIONS
SONOGRAPHER SESSION (Foyer)

3:45 pm	Sonographer Hands-On Ms. Burgess, Ms. Harper, and Ms. Klug
5:00 pm	Adjourn

TEE (Main Ballroom)

3:45 pm	TEE for Source of Embolism Cases Roger Click, M.D., Ph.D.
4:15 pm	TEE for Endocarditis Cases Jeremy Thaden, M.D.
4:45 pm	Questions and Answers
5:00 pm	Adjourn
6:00-7:00 pm	Welcome Reception - Skyline Room, Mountainview Terrace, Sammons Wing, 8th Floor Attendees, guests, and faculty invited.

Thursday, May 18, 2017

7:00 am

Continental Breakfast - Heritage Foyer

ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE/AORTIC DISEASE
Dr. Naser Ammash, presiding

7:30 am	Contrast Echocardiography Thomas Ryan, M.D.
8:00 am	Cases in Exercise and Pharmacologic Stress Echo for Coronary Disease Michael Cullen, M.D.
8:30 am	Echo for Acute Coronary Syndromes and Cases Roger Click, M.D., Ph.D.
9:30 am	Panel Discussion Drs. Ryan, Cullen, and Click; Dr. Ammash, moderator
10:00 am	Refreshment Break
10:30 am	Surprises in Stress Echo - Good and Bad Thomas Ryan, M.D.
11:00 am	Multimodality Imaging for Acute Aortic Syndromes Crystal Bonnichsen, M.D.
11:30 am	Value of Echo vs CT in Coronary Artery Anomalies Naser Ammash, M.D.
12:00 pm	Panel Discussion Drs. Ryan and Bonnichsen; Dr. Ammash, moderator
12:30 pm	Adjourn for the afternoon.

IAC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY ACCREDITATION WORKSHOP
Bring your laptop to work on your application.
Ms. Beverly Gorman (Sr. Director, IAC) and Ms. Pamela Burgess

3:00 pm	Welcome Ms. Gorman and Ms. Burgess
3:05 pm	Brief overview of the IAC Echocardiography history and information regarding the structure of IAC Why is was created, history. Purpose of accreditation, what it is, what it is not. Who is sponsoring organization are and their role. IAC Echocardiography Board of Directors and their responsibility. About the standards, basis for the program, minimum standards. Company mission - improving health care through accreditation. Reimbursement - what the IAC does and doesn't do.
3:40 pm	Steps to earning accreditation, reaccreditation Gather information - what is needed to complete the application. Internal self-assessment - what it is and how to perform, using the standards as their guide (attendees are encouraged to bring their policies, protocols). Tips and questions answered on how to review. Case study requirements - how many, what pathology, how to pick cases (what if it's not a perfect case?), final reports (how to review). Sample documents.
4:30 pm	Dinner Break
4:45 pm	Quality Improvement What it is, detailed discussion on the required QI measures (what they are, how much is required, and how often). QI tool - if used, meets the requirements, view webcast. Used for audits. QI meetings, what should be discussed, how many, who needs to attend, meeting minutes.
5:30 pm	The online application - overview of the application, questions, and attachments
5:45 pm	Pre-submission check - what it is and what it isn't
5:50 pm	Final submission, what happens next
6:00 pm	Application decisions What they are and what they do if delayed. Decision letters and application review findings.
6:20 pm	How your lab should run on a daily basis
6:30 pm	Resources - overview of the website, samples, On Demand, live webinars
6:40 pm	Closing Q&A
7:00 pm	Adjourn

Friday, May 19, 2017

7:00 am

Continental Breakfast - Heritage Foyer

ECHO FOR VALVE DISEASE
Dr. Roger Click, presiding

7:30 am	Echo for Aortic Stenosis: How To Fletcher Miller, Jr., M.D.
8:00 am	Low Output Low Gradient Aortic Stenosis Hari Chaliki, M.D.
8:30 am	Echo for Aortic Regurgitation Thomas Ryan, M.D.
9:00 am	Echo for Right-Sided Valves Garvan Kane, M.D., Ph.D.
9:30 am	Panel Discussion Drs. Miller, Chaliki, Ryan, and Kane; Dr. Click, moderator
10:00 am	Refreshment Break
10:30 am	Echo for Mitral Regurgitation: How To Quantify Lori Blauwet, M.D.
11:00 am	3-D/TEE for Mitral Valve Interventions Jeremy Thaden, M.D.
11:30 am	Cases in Stress Echo for Hemodynamic Assessment Garvan Kane, M.D., Ph.D.
12:00 pm	Panel Discussion Drs. Blauwet, Thaden, and Kane; Dr. Click, moderator
12:30 pm	Lunch - Heritage C

PARELLEL SESSIONS
CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE (Main Ballroom)
Dr. Naser Ammash, presiding

1:30 pm	Echocardiography in the Evaluation of RV Enlargement. Where Is That Shunt? Naser Ammash, M.D.
2:00 pm	Echo in Postop Simple Congenital Heart Disease Crystal Bonnichsen, M.D.
2:30 pm	Interventional Echo for Congenital Heart Disease Allison Cabalka, M.D.
3:00 pm	Panel Discussion Drs. Bonnichsen and Cabalka; Dr. Ammash, moderator
3:30 pm	Adjourn

TEE SIMULATOR (Foyer)
Dr. Fletcher Miller, Ms. Klug, and Ms. Harper

1:30 pm	TEE Simulator
3:30 pm	Adjourn

Saturday, May 20, 2017

7:00 am

Continental Breakfast - Heritage Foyer

MORE VALVULAR AND SPECIAL TOPICS
Dr. Roger Click, presiding

7:30 am	Echo for Aortic Prostheses Jeremy Thaden, M.D.
8:00 am	Echo for TAVR: Pre and Post Hari Chaliki, M.D.
8:30 am	Echo for Mitral Prostheses Lori Blauwet, M.D.
9:00 am	Cardiac Masses Roger Click, M.D., Ph.D.
9:30 am	Panel Discussion Drs. Thaden, Chaliki, and Blauwet; Dr. Click, moderator
9:45 am	Refreshment Break
10:00 am	Case Competition: You Be The Judge! Dr. Thomas Ryan, moderator Drs. Bonnichsen, Cullen, Pollak, Kremkau, Karon, and Cabalka, and Ms. Burgess
11:45 am	Adjourn

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