Echocardiography Best Practice: A Case-Based Update
November 19-22, 2026
In-Person | Fairmont Scottsdale Princess, Scottsdale, AZ
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Program
12:00 p.m.
Thursday, November 19, 2026
12:00 p.m.
Precourse Registration (Princess H/I North Foyer)
1:00 p.m.
Welcome and Course Objective Overview
1:15 p.m.
ECHO TECHNIQUE FOR BEST INFORMATION
Moderators: Sorin Pislaru, MD, PhD, Justin Shipman, MD
1:20 p.m.
Tips and Tricks to Obtain Good Echo Views and Doppler By Echo
Jared Bird, MD, Jeffery Burse, RDCS
1:40 p.m.
Tips and Tricks to Obtain Good LV/RV and LA Strain
Sierra Erickson, RDCS, Jeremy Thaden, MD
2:00 p.m.
TEE Imaging – Getting the Right View and 3-D Echo
Sorin Pislaru, MD, PhD
2:30 p.m.
HANDS-ON: TEE SIMULATOR, ULTRASOUND, AND POCUS
2:30 p.m.
TEE Simulator and Machine Knobology for 3-D Imaging
Said Alsidawi, MD, Kristine Reed, RDCS, Jeremy Thaden, MD
2:40 p.m.
Live Scanning Hands On
Sierra Erickson, RDCS, Bobbi Heon, RDCS, Jae Oh, MD, Sorin Pislaru, MD, PhD
2:50 p.m.
POCUS Workshop
Jared Bird, MD, Bobbi Heon, RDCS, Justin Shipman, MD
4:00 p.m.
Refreshment Break & Visit Exhibits
4:15 p.m.
STRESS ECHO AND HEMODYNAMICS
Moderators: Jae Oh, MD, Said Alsidawi, MD
4:15 p.m.
Stress Echo for Ischemia, Impact of LBBB and Thick Walls
Justin Shipman, MD
4:35 p.m.
Stress Echo for Diastology: Who Needs This? Is It Sensitive Enough?
Jae Oh, MD
4:55 p.m.
Interesting Stress Echo and Hemodynamics Cases
Said Alsidawi, MD, Jared Bird, MD, Jae Oh, MD, Justin Shipman, MD, Jeremy Thaden, MD
6:15 p.m.
Adjourn
7:30 a.m.
Friday, November 20, 2026
7:30 a.m.
Continental Breakfast - Visit Exhibits
8:00 a.m.
THE LONGER CARDIAC CYCLE: DIASTOLIC HEART FAILURE
Moderators: Hari Chaliki, MD, Yee Weng Wong, MBBS
8:00 a.m.
Diastology: Do We Always Need Multiple Parameters?
Jae Oh, MD
8:30 a.m.
HFpEF How To Diagnose and Manage: Who Needs Exercise Echo or Cardiac Cath?
Yee Weng Wong, MBBS
8:50 a.m.
Multimodality Imaging for Cardiomyopathies
Tahir Kafil, MD
9:10 a.m.
Hemodynamic Cases and Discussion
Jeffrey Geske, MD, Benjamin Hibbert, MD, Jae Oh, MD, Yee Weng Wong, MBBS
10:00 a.m.
Refreshment Break & Visit Exhibits
10:20 a.m.
HCM MANAGEMENT AND HF MANAGEMENT BASED ON ECHO AND MULTIMODALITY IMAGING
Moderators: Said Alsidawi, MD, Juan Crestanello, MD
10:20 a.m.
Echo and Multimodality Imaging in HCM: Do All Need Provocative Tests? Who Needs Cardiac MRI?
Jeffrey Geske, MD
10:35 a.m.
Medical HCM Management in 2026: Who Needs Myectomy Instead of Medical Rx?
Said Alsidawi, MD
10:55 a.m.
Septal Reduction Therapy
Juan Crestanello, MD, Benjamin Hibbert, MD
11:20 a.m.
Athlete’s Heart vs Hypertensive HD vs HCM
Tahir Kafil, MD
11:40 a.m.
Panel Discussion
12:00 p.m.
Echo for Clinicians on Diastolic Heart Failure: Diagnosis and Management for Practice
Questions from Dr. Darryl Chutka, Host of Mayo Podcast with Drs. Alsidawi, Oh, Kafil, Geske, and Wong
12:30 p.m.
Lunch
1:00 p.m.
Product Theater - No CME Credit
1:45 p.m.
Refreshment Break & Visit Exhibits
2:15 p.m.
OTHER MYOCARDIAL AND PERICARDIAL DISEASE
Moderators: Jae Oh, MD, Reza Arsanjani, MD
2:00 p.m.
Amyloidosis
This CME activity is supported by an unrestricted educational grant from AstraZeneca.
3:00 p.m.
How To Do A Good Constrictive Study By Echo and AI
Reza Arsanjani, MD
3:20 p.m.
Tamponade Evaluation By Echo and Pericardiocentesis
Vuyisile Nkomo, MD
3:40 p.m.
Refreshment Break & Visit Exhibits
3:55 p.m.
Management of Pericarditis: Is IL-I inhibitor An Answer for Recurrent Pericarditis. Role of Imaging for Diagnosis and Management
S. Allen Luis, MBBS, PhD
4:15 p.m.
Echo in the Critical Ill Patients
Justin Shipman, MD
4:35 p.m.
Panel Discussion
5:15 p.m.
Adjourn
7:30 a.m.
Saturday, November 21, 2026
8:00 a.m.
VALVE DISEASE: MYTHS AND NEW PARADIGMS FOR BEST PRACTICE
Moderators: Juan Crestanello, MD, Vuyisile Nkomo, MD
8:00 a.m.
Assessment of AS in Regular and Irregular Rhythm: What Is The Best Parameter for Severity? Is Dobutamine Stress Echo Necessary?
Said Alsidawi, MD
8:20 a.m.
What Determines the Optimal Timing and Indication for TAVR: Importance of Underlying Myocardial Dysfunction.
Hari Chaliki, MD
8:40 a.m.
Surgical Management of Aortic Valve Disease and Tissue vs Mechanical Valve
Juan Crestanello, MD
9:00 a.m.
Assessment of AR By Echo: Is Pressure Halftime Reliable?
Jeffrey Geske, MD
9:20 a.m.
When Do We Need AVR for Acute and Chronic AR?
Jared Bird, MD
9:40 a.m.
Challenging AS/AR Cases
Reza Arsanjani, MD, Hari Chaliki, MD, Vuyisile Nkomo, MD
10:10 a.m.
Panel Discussion
10:20 a.m.
Refreshment Break & Visit Exhibits
10:40 a.m.
TIME FOR MITRAL VALVE
Moderators: Benjamin Hibbert, MD, Juan Crestanello, MD
10:40 a.m.
Assessment of MR By Echo (Functional vs Primary): What Is Atrial MR?
S. Allen Luis, MBBS, PhD
11:00 a.m.
Assessment of Rheumatic and Calcific MS By and Treatment Options
Jeremy Thaden, MD
11:20 a.m.
Percutaneous Options for MR Management
Benjamin Hibbert, MD
11:40 a.m.
Imaging for Percutaneous MR Management
Jared Bird, MD
12:00 p.m.
Surgical Management of MV
Kristen Sell-Dottin, MD
12:20 p.m.
Panel Discussion
12:30 p.m.
Lunch
1:00 p.m.
Product Theater - No CME Credit
1:45 p.m.
Refreshment Break & Visit Exhibits
2:15 p.m.
NEW KID ON THE BLOCK – TRICUSPID VALVE
Moderators: Vuyisile Nkomo, MD, Sorin Pislaru, MD, PhD
2:15 p.m.
Imaging of Tricuspid Valve Regurgitation By Echo How Do We Describe Regurgitation Severity and Anatomy
Hari Chaliki, MD
2:35 p.m.
Severe TR: Not too Early, Not Too Late For Intervention
Vuyisile Nkomo, MD
2:55 p.m.
Surgical Management of TV Disease
Juan Crestanello, MD
3:15 p.m.
Prosthetic Valve Evaluation: Structural and Non-structural Disease and Endocarditis
Sorin Pislaru, MD, PhD
3:35 p.m.
Transcatheter Valves from Echo Core Lab: Quality Assurance for Valve Assessment
Jae Oh, MD
3:55 p.m.
Clinicians’ Questions for Valvular Heart Diseases: What to Look for In Echo and Surgical or Transcatheter
Questions from Dr. Darryl Chutka, Host of Mayo Podcast With Drs. Crestanello, Pislaru, Nkomo, and Chaliki
4:20 p.m.
Panel Discussion
4:30 p.m.
Adjourn
7:30 a.m.
Sunday, November 22, 2026
7:30 a.m.
Continental Breakfast - Visit Exhibits
8:00 a.m.
CASES
Moderators: Said Alsidawi, MD, Jae Oh, MD, Hari Chaliki, MD, Juan Crestanello, MD, Vuyisile Nkomo, MD
8:00 a.m.
Case 1
Sierra Erickson, RDCS
8:15 a.m.
Case 2
Bobbi Heon, RDCS
8:30 a.m.
Case 3
Francois Marcotte, MD
8:45 a.m.
Case 4
Hemalatha Narayanasamy, MBBS, MD
9:00 a.m.
Case 5
Tahir Kafil, MD
9:15 a.m.
Case 6
George Wang, MD
9:30 a.m.
Case 7
Kristen Sell-Dottin, MD
9:45 a.m.
Refreshment Break & Visit Exhibits
10:00 a.m.
CASES
Moderators: Said Alsidawi, MD, Hari Chaliki, MD, Juan Crestanello, MD, Vuyisile Nkomo, MD, Jae Oh, MD
10:00 a.m.
Case 8
Jeremy Thaden, MD
10:15 a.m.
Case 9
Yee Weng Wong, MBBS
10:30 a.m.
Case 10
Vuyisile Nkomo, MD
10:45 a.m.
Case 11
George Wang, MD
11:00 a.m.
Case 12
Nikita Rafie, MD
11:15 a.m.
Case 14
Raymond Fohtung, MD
11:30 a.m.
Case 15
Reza Arsanjani, MD
11:45 a.m.
Case 16
Said Alsidawi, MD
12:15 p.m.
Adjourn
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