Echo Alaska: Frontiers of Multimodality Imaging Including Echo, Cardiac CT and MRI

July 27-31, 2026
In-Person | Marriott Hotel, Anchorage, AK

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Credit Types: AMA PRA Category 1™ (23.0), ANCC (23.0), Price: $790-$990 | Register by 6/23 to Save $100

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Program

5:00 p.m.

Sunday, July 26, 2026

5:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.

Precourse Registration (Anchorage Ballroom Foyer, 2nd Floor)

6:30 a.m.

Monday, July 27, 2026

6:30 a.m.

Precourse Registration and Continental Breakfast

7:00 a.m.

Welcome and Introduction – Course Overview & Objective Review

Moderator: Grace Lin, MD, MBA

7:10 a.m.

HEART FAILURE AND INTRODUCTION TO MULTIMODALITY IMAGING

Moderator: Grace Lin, MD, MBA

7:10 a.m.

Introduction to Cardiac MRI & CT: Which Test for Which Patient

7:40 a.m.

Case 1

Grace Lin, MD, MBA

8:00 a.m.

Case 2

Daniel Borgeson, MD

8:20 a.m.

Case 3

Grace Lin, MD, MBA

8:40 a.m.

Case 4

S. Allen Luis, MBBS, PhD

9:00 a.m.

Panel Discussion

9:20 a.m.

Refreshment Break & Visit Exhibits

9:40 a.m.

SYSTOLIC AND DIASTOLIC HEART FAILURE: ECHO/CT/MRI

Moderator: Grace Lin, MD, MBA

9:40 a.m.

Multimodality Imaging in Cardiomyopathy

John Bois, MD

10:10 a.m.

Case 6

Daniel Borgeson, MD

10:30 a.m.

Case 7

Panithaya Chareonthaitawee, MD

10:50 a.m.

Case 8

Matthew Martinez, MD

11:10 a.m.

Case 9

Grace Lin, MD, MBA

11:30 a.m.

Case 10

Daniel Borgeson, MD

11:50 a.m.

Panel Discussion

12:15 p.m.

Adjourn for afternoon. Return for evening session

4:00 p.m.

EVENING SESSIONS

4:00 p.m.

Diastolic Function Workshop

Grace Lin, MD, MBA, Matthew Martinez, MD

5:00 p.m.

Systemic Diseases: Imaging/Pathologic Correlation

Melanie Bois, MD, Crystal Bonnichsen, MD, Rekha Mankad, MD

6:00 p.m.

Adjourn

6:30 a.m.

Tuesday, July 28, 2026

7:00 a.m.

Continental Breakfast - Visit Exhibits

7:00 a.m.

VALVULAR HEART DISEASE I

7:00 a.m.

CTA for the Evaluation of Valvular Heart Disease

7:30 a.m.

Case 1

Vuyisile Nkomo, MD

7:50 a.m.

Case 2

Matthew Martinez, MD

8:10 a.m.

Case 3

Jared Bird, MD

8:30 a.m.

Case 4

S. Allen Luis, MBBS, PhD

8:50 a.m.

Panel Discussion

9:10 a.m.

Refreshment Break & Visit Exhibits

9:40 a.m.

VALVULAR HEART DISEASE II

9:40 a.m.

Case 5

Vuyisile Nkomo, MD

10:00 a.m.

Case 6

Rekha Mankad, MD

10:20 a.m.

Case 7

Vuyisile Nkomo, MD

10:40 a.m.

Case 8

Rekha Mankad, MD

11:00 a.m.

Case 9

Nathaniel Taggart, MD

11:20 a.m.

Case 10

S. Allen Luis, MBBS, PhD

11:40 a.m.

Panel Discussion

12:00 p.m.

Adjourn

6:30 a.m.

Wednesday, July 29, 2026

6:30 a.m.

Continental Breakfast - Visit Exhibits

7:00 a.m.

ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE AND ASSESSMENT OF THE UNSTABLE PATIENT

Moderator: Crystal Bonnichsen, MD

7:00 a.m.

Case 1

Philip Araoz, MD

7:25 a.m.

Case 2

Panithaya Chareonthaitawee, MD

7:50 a.m.

Case 3

S. Allen Luis, MBBS, PhD

8:15 a.m.

Case 4

Jared Bird, MD

8:40 a.m.

Panel Discussion

9:00 a.m.

Refreshment Break & Visit Exhibits

9:30 a.m.

CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE AND PREGNANCY

Moderator: Jonathan Johnson, MD

9:30 a.m.

Case 1

Steve Kindel, MD

9:50 a.m.

Case 2

Muhammad Qureshi, MBBS

10:10 a.m.

Case 3

Nathaniel Taggart, MD

10:30 a.m.

Case 4

Jonathan Johnson, MD

10:50 a.m.

Case 5

Muhammad Qureshi, MBBS

11:10 a.m.

Case 5

Steve Kindel, MD

11:30 a.m.

Panel Discussion

12:00 p.m.

Adjourn

6:30 a.m.

Thursday, July 30, 2026

6:30 a.m.

Continental Breakfast - Visit Exhibits

7:00 a.m.

MULTIMODALITY IMAGING WORKSHOPS & ECHO LIVE SCANNING

7:00 a.m.

Tips and Tricks for the Sonographer (including hands-on): Imaging Tips (Coronaries, POCUS/Lung US, Pedoff Probe, etc.) (Main Ballroom)

Ahmed Sami Abuzaid, MD, Macy Bartosh, RDCS, Jared Bird, MD, Crystal Bonnichsen, MD, Nicholas Enger, RDCS, Donald Hagler, MD, Steve Kindel, MD, Muhammad Qureshi, MBBS

7:00 a.m.

CT/MRI Workshop – Trouble Shooting, Image Acquisition, Interpretation, Interesting Cases (Ballroom 2)

Philip Araoz, MD, John Bois, MD

8:00 a.m.

Echo for Guiding Procedures: 3-D Image Acquisition; focus on knobology and optimization, tips and tricks for intraop and procedural imaging (Main Ballroom)

Macy Bartosh, RDCS, Jared Bird, MD, Nicholas Enger, RDCS, Donald Hagler, MD, Rekha Mankad, MD, Vuyisile Nkomo, MD, Nathaniel Taggart, MD

8:00 a.m.

Nuclear Workshop – PET, PYP, and More - Trouble Shooting, Image Acquisition, Interpretation, Interesting Cases (Ballroom 2)

John Bois, MD, Panithaya Chareonthaitawee, MD

9:30 a.m.

Refreshment Break & Visit Exhibits

10:00 a.m.

ECHO LIVE SCANNING (Main Ballroom)

10:00 a.m.

Live Case Demonstrations – Strain Workshop

Ahmed Sami Abuzaid, MD, Macy Bartosh, RDCS, Daniel Borgeson, MD, Nicholas Enger, RDCS, Grace Lin, MD, MBA, Matthew Martinez, MD

10:40 a.m.

Live Case Demonstrations – 3-D and Valves

Ahmed Sami Abuzaid, MD, Macy Bartosh, RDCS, Jared Bird, MD, Nicholas Enger, RDCS, Rekha Mankad, MD, Vuyisile Nkomo, MD

11:20 a.m.

Live Case Demonstrations – Congenital/Other

Ahmed Sami Abuzaid, MD, Nicholas Enger, RDCS, Donald Hagler, MD, Jonathan Johnson, MD, Steve Kindel, MD, Muhammad Qureshi, MBBS, Nathaniel Taggart, MD

12:00 p.m.

Adjourn

6:30 a.m.

Friday, July 31, 2026

6:30 a.m.

Continental Breakfast - Visit Exhibits

7:00 a.m.

MISCELLANEOUS TOPICS

Moderator: Crystal Bonnichsen, MD

7:00 a.m.

Multimodality Imaging for Aortic Disease

Crystal Bonnichsen, MD

7:25 a.m.

Cardiac Masses: Imaging/Pathologic Correlation

Philip Araoz, MD, Melanie Bois, MD

8:15 a.m.

Refreshment Break

8:30 a.m.

Case of the Year – You Vote!

Moderator: Crystal Bonnichsen, MD

10:00 a.m.

Adjourn