Echo Alaska: Frontiers of Multimodality Imaging Including Echo, Cardiac CT and MRI
July 27-31, 2026
In-Person | Marriott Hotel, Anchorage, AK
Currently accepting registrations!
Credit Types:
AMA PRA Category 1™
(23.0),
ANCC
(23.0),
Price: $790-$990 | Register by 6/23 to Save $100
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
Eric Williamson, MD
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
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
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
Moderator: Eric Williamson, MD
7:00 a.m.
CTA for the Evaluation of Valvular Heart Disease
Eric Williamson, MD
7:30 a.m.
Case 1
Vuyisile Nkomo, MD
7:50 a.m.
Case 2
8:10 a.m.
Case 3
Jared Bird, MD
8:30 a.m.
Case 4
8:50 a.m.
Panel Discussion
9:10 a.m.
Refreshment Break & Visit Exhibits
9:40 a.m.
VALVULAR HEART DISEASE II
Moderator: Eric Williamson, MD
9:40 a.m.
Case 5
Vuyisile Nkomo, MD
10:00 a.m.
Case 6
Rekha Mankad, MD
10:20 a.m.
Case 7
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
8:45 a.m.
Panel Discussion
9:05 a.m.
Refreshment Break & Visit Exhibits
9:30 a.m.
CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE AND PREGNANCY
Moderator: Jonathan Johnson, MD
9:30 a.m.
Management of Heart Disease in Pregnancy
10:00 a.m.
Case 1
Rebecca Ameduri, MD
10:20 a.m.
Case 2
Jonathan Johnson, MD
10:40 a.m.
Case 3
Nathaniel Taggart, MD
11:00 a.m.
Case 4
11:20 a.m.
Case 5
Muhammad Qureshi, MBBS
11:40 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)
Rebecca Ameduri, MD, Macy Bartosh, RDCS, Jared Bird, MD, Crystal Bonnichsen, MD, Nicholas Enger, RDCS, 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, Eric Williamson, 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, 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, Nicholas Enger, RDCS
10:40 a.m.
Live Case Demonstrations – 3-D and Valves
Ahmed Sami Abuzaid, MD, Macy Bartosh, RDCS, Nicholas Enger, RDCS
11:20 a.m.
Live Case Demonstrations – Congenital/Other
Ahmed Sami Abuzaid, MD, Rebecca Ameduri, MD, Nicholas Enger, RDCS, Jonathan Johnson, MD, Muhammad Qureshi, MBBS
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
Credit Types Offered
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AMA PRA Category 1™23.0
-
ANCC23.0
Price: $790-$990 | Register by 6/23 to Save $100
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