Annual Houston Echo Review: Boot Camp for Echo Board 2020

The Houston Echo Review is a three-day course of lectures, interactive discussions, and case presentations designed to prepare cardiovascular specialists for the National Board of Echocardiography (NBE) examinations. The first day will cover Cases that focus on New Directions & Techniques of Echocardiography; topics cover, but are not limited to, adult congenital and structural heart disease, AHF, cardiac oncology, complex valve, mechanical circulatory support and adult congenital echocardiography.

The course will be a fast-paced review of topics similar to those covered in the ASCexam scheduled for July 2020. The scope of the review is designed to be extensive enough for attendees to be able to identify their areas of strengths and potential weaknesses when designing their own subsequent self-study program in preparation for the NBE exam.

Attendees may discover that they would additionally benefit from a more extensive multi day review course. For these reasons, the course is scheduled approximately 90 days prior to the NBE examination.  The course will provide an overview of echo lab quality improvement (QI). Both the clinical content and QI material is beneficial for any practicing echocardiographer regardless of whether not they plan to take the NBE exam. The participant will find this course useful for both the NBE initial and recertification examination preparation.   Sonographers are encouraged to attend to improve their clinical knowledge base. However, this course should not be used as a “stand alone” review for sonographers preparing for their professional credentialing examinations.

The 11^th Annual Houston Echo Review: Boot Camp for 2020 Echo Board is offered in cooperation with the America Society of Echocardiography (ASE).

The meeting has been designed for: Physicians, Fellows/Residents, Nurse/Nurse Practitioners, Cardiac Sonographers; CV Ultrasound Students, ASE Members.

Sonographers are encouraged to attend to improve their clinical knowledge base. However, this course should not be used as a “stand alone” review for sonographers preparing for their professional credentialing examinations.

Thursday, April 2nd

9:00am                        Registration & Continental Breakfast

SESSION I – IAC Workshop

10:00am                   Welcome | Raymond Stainback, MD, FACC, FASE

10:10am                    IAC Workshop

Lab Structure |   Raymond Stainback, MD
The Standards | Beverly Gorman, RDCS
Image Optimization I | Leticia Vasquez-Mendoza
Image Optimization II & Lab Operations | Pamela Burgess, ACS, BS, RDCS, RDMS, RVT, FASE
What to Submit | Triston Thompson, RDCS

SESSION II – Echo Intro & Cases

12:30pm                      Lunch | “Read with the Experts: New Directions & Techniques – Case Studies

12:30pm – 2:30pm        Adult Echocardiography

• • • • Advanced Heart Failure / Mechanical Circulatory Support
      • Cardiac Oncology
      • Cardiac Unknowns
      • Complex Valve
      • Structural Heart Disease

Panel  : Basant Arya, MD , Shamim Badruddin-Mawji, MD, FACC, Jose Banchs, MD , Enrique Garcia-Sayan, MD, FACC, FASE,  *Raymond Stainback, MD, FACC, FASE, and  Karla Kurrelmeyer, MD

2:30pm – 4:30pm          Adult Congenital Echocardiography

Panel : Wilson Lam, MD , Peter Ermis, MD , Dhaval Parekh, MD , Angeline Opina, MD, Shivani Aggarwal, MD

Friday, April 3^rd   

7:00 am           Registration & Breakfast                               

8:00 am             Introductions  | Raymond Stainback, MD, FACC, FASE

8:10 am             Initial “Quiz” |  Ihab Hamzeh, MD (Moderator)

8:30 am             Chamber Quantification |  Miguel Quinones, MD, FASE

9:00 am                LV Diastolic Function | Miguel Quinones, MD, FASE

9:30 am             Aortic Stenosis & Mitral Stenosis  |  Raymond Stainback, MD, FACC, FASE

10:10 am          Cardiac Masses Including Primary and Secondary Tumors of the Heart | Kara Thompson, MD, FACC

10:40 am         Break & Visit Exhibits

10:55 am          Stress Echo for Structural Heart Disease: Valves, HCM, Diastolic Stress | Susan Wilansky, MD

11:30 am          Case Presentation: Diastology & Valves | Susan Wilansky, MD

12:00 pm         Lunch with “Quiz” | Ihab Hamzeh, MD (Moderator)

1:00 pm           Right Ventricular Function & Pulmonary Hypertension | Lily Zhang, MD

1:25 pm           Cardiomyopathies |  Stephanie Coulter, MD, FACC

1:55 pm           Contrast Agents: Background & Implementation  | Pamela Burgess, ACS, BS, RDCS, RDMS, RVT, FASE

2:25 pm           Endocarditis | Sheila Heinle, MD

2:55 pm           Stress Echocardiography for Coronary Artery Disease  |  Arunima Misra, MD

3:20 pm           Break & Exhibits

3:40 pm           Mitral Regurgitation | Enrique Garcia-Sayan, MD, FACC, FASE

4:05 pm           Aortic Regurgitation |William Zoghbi, MD, FASE, MACC

4:25 pm           Prosthetic Valve Assessment | William Zoghbi, MD, FASE, MACC

4:45 pm           Strain Assessment: Cardio-Oncology and Other Ready for Prime Time Uses | Juan Carlos Plana, MD

5:15 pm           Unknown Cases #1 | Shamin Badruddin-Mawji, MD, FACC & Raymond Stainback, MD, FACC, FASE

5:50 pm           Cocktail Reception  | 27^th Floor CHI St. Luke’s Medical Tower Aerial Visual Tour of the Texas Medical Center with Dr. Stainback

7:00pm            Evening Concludes

Saturday, April 4^th               

7:00 am           Registration & Breakfast

7:30 am            Unknown Cases #2 | Raymond Stainback, MD, FACC, FASE

7:50 am            “Simple” Congenital Heart Disease: ASD, VSD, Ebstein’s Anomaly, PDA | Peter Ermis, MD

8:10 am             “Complex” Congenital Heart Disease | Dhaval Parekh, MD

8:30 am             Physics of Ultrasound – Select Pearls for the Board |  Sidney Edelman, PhD (Pre-recorded)

9:00 am            Mechanical Circulatory Support (LVADs) |    Raymond Stainback, MD, FACC, FASE

9:30 am             Unknown Cases #3 | Raymond Stainback, MD, FACC, FASE

10:00 am         Break & Visit Exhibits

10:20 am          Pericardial Disease | Ihab Hamzeh, MD

10:50 am          Tricuspid & Pulmonary Valve Disease | Raymond Stainback, MD, FACC, FASE

11:20 am          Point of Care Cardiovascular Ultrasound: How, What, When & Where | Basant Arya, MD

11:50 am          Coronary Artery Disease: Complications of Myocardial Infarction | Joseph Navarijo, MD, FACC

12:20 pm         Lunch with “Quiz” |    Ihab Hamzeh, MD (Moderator)        

1:20 pm           TEE for Percutaneous Intracardiac Interventions: ASD/PFO, LA Appendage, TAVR, MV | Srikanth Koneru, MD, FRACP, FACC

2:00 pm           Diseases of the Aorta | Basant Arya, MD

2:30 pm           M-mode Echocardiography |   Salim Virani, MD, PhD

2:50 pm           Break & Visit Exhibits

3:00 pm           Board Questions & Cases #1 | Lily Zhang, MD

3:30 pm           Board Questions & Cases #2 | Ihab Hamzeh, MD

4:00 pm           Board Questions & Cases #3 | TBD

4:30 pm           Question and Answer Session

4:45 pm           Adjourn

Accreditation

This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the Essential Areas and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education through the joint sponsorship of Texas Heart Institute and the Greater Houston Society of Echocardiography. Texas Heart Institute is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Credit Designation

Texas Heart Institute designates this live activity for a maximum of 22.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit ^TM Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

An evaluation form sent via email will provide each participant with the opportunity to review the speakers and their presentations, to identify educational needs, and to comment on any perceived commercial or promotional bias in the presentation.

Learning Objectives

At the conclusion of each lecture in the series, the participant should be able to:

• Recognize the morphological features of the disease process under discussion based on two-dimensional and M-mode echocardiography as well as the basic clinical applications of newer modalities including three-dimensional imaging and speckle tracking modalities.
• Cite the most important two-dimensional echo quantitative methods clinically applicable to the cardiovascular disease under discussion.
• Apply and/or be able to refer to the most appropriate methods for Doppler assessment and quantitative methods of the cardiovascular disease process under discussion.
• Improve the quality and efficiency of echocardiography laboratories, which will lead to improved patient care after review of recommended Quality Improvement metrics for laboratories.
• Recognize a spectrum of cardiovascular pathological conditions, including those mentioned above by being presented with up to 100 rapid-paced clinical recognition cases
• Explain cardiac anatomy and pathology by both transesophageal and transthoracic echo imaging as these, along with stress echocardiography will be incorporated into the didactic and case-based learning components of the exam.
• Improve their ability to incorporate physics of ultrasound material into their clinical use of echocardiography.
• Identify areas of weakness that may be better addressed by targeted self-study including a slower paced and more in-depth formal echocardiography review course.

Location

The symposium will be held at the Houston Marriott Medical Center/Museum District
6580 Fannin Street | Houston, TX 77030. A block of guest rooms has been reserved with a special course rate. To ensure accommodations at the discounted rate, please make your reservations by Monday, March 16, 2020.

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Ground Transportation

Taxi service to the Texas Medical Center (TMC) hotels from Hobby Airport averages $35 one way. Taxi service from Bush Intercontinental Airport averages $50 one way; Uber $25 one way. The drive to the TMC is approximately 30 minutes from Hobby Airport and approximately 45 minutes from Bush Intercontinental Airport.

Parking

Parking is included within your registration fees for self-parking only. The Marriott Hotel self-parking is located in the Scurlock Towers garage entrance on 6535 Main Street.