Echo Fiesta: An In-Depth Review of Echocardiography for Sonographers and Physicians
April 24-27, 2025
In-Person or Livestream | Hyatt Regency Hill Country, San Antonio, TX
Currently accepting registrations!
Credit Types:
AMA PRA Category 1™
(22.5),
Nursing
(22.5),
Price: $780-$880 | Early Registration Saves $100
Program
5:00 p.m.
Wednesday, April 23, 2025
5:00 p.m.
- 6:00 p.m.
Pre-Course Registration Check-In
7:00 a.m.
Thursday, April 24, 2025
7:00 a.m.
Pre-Course Registration Check-In and Continental Breakfast
7:45 a.m.
Welcome, Introduction, Course Overview, Get to Know the Audience
Moderators: Jared Bird, MD, Martha Grogan, MD, Steven Lester, MD, S. Allen Luis, MBBS, PhD
8:00 a.m.
BASIC ECHO
Moderator: S. Allen Luis, MBBS, PhD
8:00 a.m.
Advances in LV Quantification – Moving Past 2-D
Said Alsidawi, MD
8:20 a.m.
RV Enlargement and 3-D Assessment: The Forgotten Ventricle
Reza Arsanjani, MD
8:35 a.m.
Practical Tips and Tricks for Optimizing 3-D Assessment of LV/RV Size and Function
S. Allen Luis, MBBS, PhD, Melissa Willers, RDCS
8:55 a.m.
Lung Ultrasound: Assessment By the Clinical Cardiologist
Jared Bird, MD
9:20 a.m.
Echocardiographic Evaluation of Diastolic Function: A Practical Approach
Steven Lester, MD
9:50 a.m.
Panel Discussion
10:00 a.m.
Refreshment Break - Visit Exhibits
10:20 a.m.
MYOCARDIAL IMAGING
Moderator: Sunil Mankad, MD
10:20 a.m.
Ventricular Strain Imaging
S. Allen Luis, MBBS, PhD
10:40 a.m.
Left Atrial Strain Imaging
Chris Ray, MD
11:10 a.m.
Applying Strain Imaging to Interesting Myocardial Imaging Cases
11:15 a.m.
Case 1
Melissa Willers, RDCS
11:20 a.m.
Case 2
Kylie Marvin, RDCS
11:25 a.m.
Case 3
Melissa Willers, RDCS
11:30 a.m.
Case 4
Kylie Marvin, RDCS
11:50 a.m.
Panel Discussion
12:00 p.m.
Lunch
1:15 p.m.
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY
Moderator: Steven Lester, MD
1:15 p.m.
Basic Understanding of Artificial Intelligence in Medicine
Steven Lester, MD
1:35 p.m.
Five Benefits of Artificial Intelligence in Echocardiography
Reza Arsanjani, MD
1:55 p.m.
How May Artificial Intelligence Impact Our Future in Medicine and Echocardiography
Steven Lester, MD
2:20 p.m.
Panel Discussion
2:30 p.m.
Refreshment Break - Visit Exhibits
2:45 p.m.
Breakout Sessions
Rotate as you desire.
2:45 p.m.
AI Fireside Chat
This will be livestreamed.
Reza Arsanjani, MD, Steven Lester, MD
2:50 p.m.
Hands-on Strain Imaging
This will NOT be livestreamed.
S. Allen Luis, MBBS, PhD, Kylie Marvin, RDCS, Chris Ray, MD, A. Landon Wellford, MD, Melissa Willers, RDCS
3:45 p.m.
Breakout Sessions
Rotate as you desire.
3:45 p.m.
Diastology: Cases & Practice Review
This will be livestreamed.
Reza Arsanjani, MD, Steven Lester, MD
3:50 p.m.
Hands-on: Lung Ultrasound & POCUS
This will NOT be livestreamed.
Rosalyn Adigun, MD, Jared Bird, MD, Kylie Marvin, RDCS, Melissa Willers, RDCS
4:45 p.m.
Adjourn
5:30 p.m.
- 6:30 p.m.
Welcome Reception (Windmill Plaza)
Family Members Invited
7:00 a.m.
FRIDAY, APRIL 25, 2025
7:00 a.m.
Continental Breakfast - Visit Exhibits
7:30 a.m.
CARDIOMYOPATHIES
Moderator: Martha Grogan, MD
7:30 a.m.
Echo Assessment of Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
Said Alsidawi, MD
8:00 a.m.
Current and Future Therapies for Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
Prajwal Reddy, MD
8:30 a.m.
Amyloid Heart Disease – When Are Thick Walls Not Just Thick?
Rosalyn Adigun, MD
9:00 a.m.
Current and Future Therapies for Cardiac Amyloidosis
Martha Grogan, MD
9:25 a.m.
Cardio-Oncology: What Every Clinician and Imager Should Know
Chris Ray, MD
9:50 a.m.
Panel Discussion
10:10 a.m.
Refreshment Break - Visit Exhibits
10:30 a.m.
ADVANCED ECHO HEMODYNAMICS
Moderator: S. Allen Luis, MBBS, PhD
10:30 a.m.
Hemodynamics: The Numbers Matter
Sabrina Phillips, MD
10:55 a.m.
Identifying Inflammatory Pericarditis and Effusive-Constrictive Pericarditis
S. Allen Luis, MBBS, PhD
11:20 a.m.
Echo in the ICU
Sunil Mankad, MD
11:45 a.m.
Echo During Advanced Circulatory Support (ECMO/LVAD/Impella)
Rosalyn Adigun, MD
12:15 p.m.
Panel Discussion
12:30 p.m.
Adjourn
7:30 a.m.
SATURDAY, APRIL 26, 2025
7:30 a.m.
Continental Breakfast - Visit Exhibits
8:00 a.m.
AORTIC VALVE DISEASE
Moderator: Hector Michelena, MD
8:00 a.m.
Aortic Stenosis – When the Valve Area Doesn’t Fit (Ectopy, Afib, Discrepant Data)
Said Alsidawi, MD
8:25 a.m.
Aortic Stenosis – Low-Flow, Low-Gradient Diagnosis and Management Including Stress Echo
Rekha Mankad, MD
8:50 a.m.
Aortic Regurgitation – Getting with the Guidelines
Hector Michelena, MD
9:10 a.m.
Echo Evaluation of Aortic Valve Prostheses (including TAVR peri AR)
Jonathan Wong, MD
9:30 a.m.
Panel Discussion
9:50 a.m.
Refreshment Break - Visit Exhibits
10:10 a.m.
MITRAL VALVE DISEASE
Moderator: Sunil Mankad, MD
10:10 a.m.
Anatomy of the Mitral Valve and Mitral Regurgitation
Hector Michelena, MD
10:35 a.m.
Mitral Annular Dysjunction – Not Just an Incidental Finding
Rekha Mankad, MD
10:55 a.m.
Mitral Valve Interventions
Ratnasari Padang, MBBS, PhD
11:20 a.m.
Echo Evaluation of Mitral Valve Prostheses and MitraClip: Practical Approach
Jeremy Thaden, MD
11:45 a.m.
Panel Discussion
12:00 p.m.
Lunch
1:00 p.m.
CONTROVERSIES IN VALVE DISEASE
Moderator: Jared Bird, MD
1:00 p.m.
SAVR Versus TAVR
Juan Crestanello, MD, Trevor Simard, MD
1:25 p.m.
Surgical Mitral Valve Repair Versus MitraClip/TMVR
Juan Crestanello, MD, Benjamin Hibbert, MD
1:50 p.m.
Isolated Surgical Tricuspid Valve Repair Versus Transcatheter Tricuspid Interventions
Juan Crestanello, MD, Trevor Simard, MD
2:15 p.m.
Panel Discussion
2:30 p.m.
Refreshment Break - Visit Exhibits
2:50 p.m.
Breakout Sessions
Rotate as you desire.
2:50 p.m.
Hands-on 3-D Knobology
This will be livestreamed.
S. Allen Luis, MBBS, PhD, Kylie Marvin, RDCS, Ratnasari Padang, MBBS, PhD, A. Landon Wellford, MD, Melissa Willers, RDCS
2:55 p.m.
Hands-on TEE Simulator
This will NOT be livestreamed.
Sunil Mankad, MD
Moderator: Jared Bird, MD
3:50 p.m.
Breakout Sessions
Rotate as you desire.
3:50 p.m.
Valvular Heart Disease Rapid Fire Cases
This will be livestreamed.
Rekha Mankad, MD, Ratnasari Padang, MBBS, PhD, Sabrina Phillips, MD
3:55 p.m.
Hands-on TEE Simulator
This will NOT be livestreamed.
Jared Bird, MD, Sunil Mankad, MD, Kylie Marvin, RDCS, Melissa Willers, RDCS
4:50 p.m.
Adjourn
7:30 a.m.
SUNDAY, APRIL 27, 2025
7:30 a.m.
Continental Breakfast - Visit Exhibits
7:45 a.m.
TRICUSPID VALVE INTERVENTIONS AND CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE
Moderator: Juan Crestanello, MD
7:45 a.m.
Anatomy of the Tricuspid Valve and Tricuspid Regurgitation
Jared Bird, MD
8:10 a.m.
3-D Assessment of Tricuspid Regurgitation for Procedural Guidance
Ratnasari Padang, MBBS, PhD
8:35 a.m.
Tricuspid Valve Interventions
Jeremy Thaden, MD
9:05 a.m.
Perivalvular Leak Closure: Decision and Intraprocedural Guidance
Jonathan Wong, MD
9:30 a.m.
Adult Congenital Heart Disease – When to Suspect?
Sabrina Phillips, MD
9:55 a.m.
Panel Discussion
10:10 a.m.
Refreshment Break - Visit Exhibits
10:25 a.m.
CASE OF THE YEAR - YOU PICK THE WINNER
10:25 a.m.
Case 1
Prajwal Reddy, MD
10:30 a.m.
Case 2
S. Allen Luis, MBBS, PhD
10:35 a.m.
Case 3
Jared Bird, MD
10:40 a.m.
Case 4
Steven Lester, MD
10:50 a.m.
Case 5
Said Alsidawi, MD
12:00 p.m.
Adjourn
Credit Types Offered
-
AMA PRA Category 1™22.5
-
Nursing22.5
Price: $780-$880 | Early Registration Saves $100
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