AzSE's 4th Annual Echocardiography Symposium

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When:   Friday January 12th and Saturday, January 13th, 2007

Where:   Airport Marriott - Loop 202 and 44th Street, Phoenix

 

 

PROGRAM OVERVIEW

The symposium is designed for clinicians and sonographers who are actively involved in the practice of echocardiography. The symposium will consist of lecture and workshop sessions designed to introduce relevant clinical issues, provide a comprehensive review in state-of-the-art echocardiography applications and techniques, and encourage discussion by the presenters and the audience.

 

INVITED FACULTY

 

Joan Baker, MSR, RDCS, FSDMS  

Director of Global Marketing, Sound Ergonomics, Inc., Kenmore , WA.  

Hari Chaliki , MD

Assistant Professor of Medicine, Consultant, Division of CV Diseases, Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale , AZ.

Umaima Fatima, MD, DiplACC 

Assistant Professor of Medicine, Good Samaritan Hospital -University of Arizona; Director of Cardiac and Vascular Imaging, Cardiovascular Institute of Arizona.

Barbara Feiereisel, RDCS, RVT, RDMS

Pediatric Sonographer, Arizona Pediatric Cardiology Consultants, Phoenix , AZ.

Steven Lester, MD, FACC*

Assistant Professor of Medicine, Director, Echocardiography Laboratories, 

Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale , AZ

John Lynch, MD, FACC*

Assistant Professor of Medicine, Director, Cardiac Rehabilitation Program, 

Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale , AZ

Sudhir Ken Mehta, MD, MBA, CPE
Chairman of Pediatrics, Pediatric Cardiology, 

Fairview and Lakewood Hospitals, Cleveland, OH

Don Milburn, RDCS, RVT, AACT, FSDMS

Manager, LOGIQ Customer Education Programs, 

GE Healthcare, Milwaukee , WI

Brian Sandweiss, MD

Medical Director Echocardiography,

Arizona Pediatric Cardiology Consultants, Phoenix , AZ.

Gail Size, BS, RDCS, RVT

President, Inside Ultrasound, Pearce , AZ

*PROGRAM DIRECTORS  

 

PROGRAM SCHEDULE 

Friday, January 12th  

6:00 p.m.

Registration Opens  

6:30 p.m.

Welcome  

Drs. John Lynch and Steven Lester

6:45 p.m.  

Emerging Technologies 

Mr. Don Millburn  

8:00 p.m.

Advanced Cardiac Imaging 

Dr. Umaima Fatima

9:00 p.m.

Evening Adjournment

 

Saturday, January 13th  

7:30 a.m.  

Registration and Continental Breakfast  

8:00 a.m.

Quantitation of Aortic Regurgitation: Guidelines and

Role of 3-D echocardiography 

Dr. Hari Chaliki  

8:45 a.m.  

Congenital Abnormalities

Dr. Ken Mehta  

9:30 a.m.  

Interventional Echocardiography  

Dr. Brian Sandweiss

10:15 a.m.

Refreshment Break – Visit Exhibits 

10:45 a.m.  

Professionalism in Sonography 

Mr. Don Millburn  

11:30 a.m.

Echo Lab Accreditation 

Ms. Gail Size

12:15 p.m.

Lunch Break – Visit Exhibits

1:30 p.m.  

Pediatric Techniques in the Adult Setting  

Ms. Barbara Feiereisel 

2:30 p.m.  

Refreshment Break

2:40 p.m.

Minimizing Sonographer Injury

Ms. Joan Baker  

3:40 p.m  

Break  

3:50 p.m.

Vascular Ultrasound in the Echo Lab 

Ms. Gail Size  

4:50 p.m. 

Closing Remarks - Drs. Lester and Lynch  

Program Evaluation, and  CME credits

5:00 p.m.

Adjournment  

 

CME ACCREDITATION

The Arizona Society of Echocardiography is accredited by the Society of Medical Diagnostic Sonography to provide continuing education credits to sonographers.

This symposium is being funded by educational grants from various commercial organizations. A complete list of commercial supporters and contributors will be published in the symposium syllabus. Any faculty relationship with the manufacturer(s) of any commercial product(s) which could be perceived as a real or apparent conflict of interest will be disclosed in detail at the time of the meeting.

 

REGISTRATION 

The registration fee is $60 for all attendees. The fee will be waived to all 2007 AzSE members in good standing.  Advance registration strongly encouraged. Limited onsite registration may be available.

The registration fee includes admission to all sessions and exhibits, syllabus and materials, continental breakfast, and break refreshments.  

For more information and registration

e-mail us at: events@azse.org

or contact us directly at 602-599-5008.

 


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