Houston Echo Review: Boot Camp for 2023 Echo Board

The Houston Echo Review is a two-day hybrid course of lectures, interactive discussions, and case presentations designed to prepare cardiovascular specialists for the National Board of Echocardiography (NBE) examinations. The course will be a fast-paced review of topics similar to those covered in the ASC exam scheduled for July 2023.

Agenda

Overview

Course Director: Raymond Stainback, MD

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 13th Annual Houston Echo Review: Boot Camp for 2023 Echo Board is offered in cooperation with the American Society of Echocardiography (ASE).

Basant Arya, MD, FACC, FASE

Baylor College of Medicine
St. Luke’s Health – Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center
Houston, Texas

Shamim Badruddin-Mawji, MD, FACC

Coastal Cardiology Associates
Corpus Christi, Texas

Pam Burgess, ACS, BS, RDCS, RDMS, RVT, FASE

Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist Health
Winston-Salem, North Carolina

Hari P. Chaliki, MD, MS, FACC, FASE

Mayo Clinic
Phoenix, Arizona

Bindu Chebrolu, MD, FACC, FASE

Houston Methodist DeBakey Cardiology Associates
Pearland, Texas

Stephanie Coulter, MD, FACC

The Texas Heart Institute
St. Luke’s Health – Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center
Houston, Texas

Maygen del Castillo, MD

Kelsey-Seybold Clinic
Houston, Texas

Jose Diaz-Gomez, MD, FCCM, FASE, NCC (UCNS)

The Texas Heart Institute
Baylor College of Medicine
St. Luke’s Health – Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center
Houston, Texas

Sidney Edelman, PhD

Guest Faculty
Author, Understanding Ultrasound Physics
The Texas Heart Institute
Houston, Texas

Peter Ermis, MD, FACC

Texas Children's Hospital
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, Texas

Enrique Garcia-Sayan, MD, FACC, FASE

Baylor College of Medicine
St. Luke’s Health – Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center
Houston, Texas

Ihab Hamzeh, MD, FACC

The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, Texas

Sheila Heinle, MD, FASE

The Texas Heart Institute
Baylor College of Medicine
Hall-Garcia Cardiology
St. Luke’s Health – Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center

Srikanth Koneru, MD, FRACP, FACC

The Texas Heart Institute
Baylor College of Medicine
St. Luke’s Health – Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center
Houston, Texas

Arunima Misra, MD, FACC, FASE

Baylor College of Medicine
Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center
Houston, Texas

Dhaval Parekh, MD

The Texas Heart Institute
Texas Children’s Hospital
Baylor College of Medicine
St. Luke’s Health – Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center
Houston, Texas

Juan Carlos Plana, MD, FACC, FASE

The Texas Heart Institute
Baylor College of Medicine
St. Luke’s Health – Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center
Houston, Texas

Miguel Quiñones, MD, MACC, FASE

Houston Methodist DeBakey Heart & Vascular Center
Houston, Texas

Mourad Senussi, MD, MS

The Texas Heart Institute
Baylor College of Medicine
St. Luke’s Health – Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center
Houston, Texas

Raymond F. Stainback, MD, FACC, FASE

The Texas Heart Institute
Baylor College of Medicine
Hall-Garcia Cardiology
St. Luke’s Health – Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center

Kara Thompson, MD, FACC

The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, Texas

Triston Thompson, BS, ACS, RDCS, RCS, RVT, FASE

St. Luke’s Health – Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center
Houston, Texas

Lily Zhang, MD, FASE

Ben Taub General Hospital
Harris Health System
Houston, Texas

William Zoghbi, MD, FASE, FAHA, MACC

Houston Methodist DeBakey Heart & Vascular Center
Houston, Texas

Agenda subject to change

Friday – April 14, 2023

7:00 am Registration & Working Breakfast

7:45 Welcome – Day 1 | Raymond Stainback, MD, FACC, FASE

7:50 Initial “Quiz” | Moderator: Dr. Ihab Hamzeh

8:20 Mitral Stenosis | Raymond Stainback, MD, FACC, FASE

8:40 Chamber Quantification | Miguel Quinones, MD, FASE

9:10 LV Diastolic Function | Miguel Quinones, MD, FASE

9:35 Endocarditis | Sheila Heinle, MD

10:00 Panel Q/A (Prior Speakers) | Moderator: Dr. Hamzeh

10:15 Break / Expo Hall

10:25 Board Questions & Cases #1 | Ihab Hamzeh, MD

10:55 Cardiac Masses Including Primary and Secondary Tumors of the Heart | Kara Thompson, MD, FACC

11:20 Stress Echo for Structural Heart Disease: Valves, HCM, Diastolic Stress | Hari Chaliki, MD

11:45 Case Presentation: Diastology & Valves | Hari Chaliki, MD

12:10 Panel Q/A (Prior Speakers) | Moderator: Dr. Raymond Stainback

12:25 Lunch Break / Expo Hall

1:10 Right Ventricular Function & Pulmonary Hypertension | Lily Zhang, MD

1:35 RV and LV Strain: How to Perform / Quick Tips for Lab Accreditation | Triston Thompson, ACS, FASE

2:00 Contrast Agents: Background & Implementation | Pamela Burgess, ACS, BS, RDCS, RDMS, RVT, FASE

2:25 Aortic Stenosis | Raymond Stainback, MD, FACC, FASE

2:50 Stress Echocardiography for Coronary Artery Disease | Arunima Misra, MD

3:15 Panel Q/A (Prior Speakers) | Moderator: Dr. Garcia-Sayan

3:30 Break / Expo Hall

3:45 Mitral Regurgitation | Enrique Garcia-Sayan, MD, FACC, FASE

4:10 Aortic Regurgitation | William Zoghbi, MD, FASE, MACC

4:35 Prosthetic Valve Assessment | William Zoghbi, MD, FASE, MACC

5:00 Strain Assessment: Cardio-Oncology and Other Ready for Prime Time Uses | Juan Carlos Plana, MD

5:25 Cardiomyopathies | Stephanie Coulter, MD, FASE

5:50 Unknown Cases #1 | Drs. Shamim Badruddin-Mawji & Raymond Stainback

6:10 Panel Q/A (Prior Speakers) | Moderators: Drs. Hamzeh & Stainback

6:25 pm Reception | Beverages & Hors d’oeuvres

Saturday – April 15, 2023

7:30 am Registration & Working Breakfast

7:45 Welcome & Unknown Cases #2 | Raymond Stainback, MD, FACC, FASE

8:05 Formulas You Need to Know for the Board – Part 1: Hemodynamics | Enrique Garcia-Sayan, MD, FACC, FASE

8:20 “Simple” Congenital Heart Disease: ASD, VSD, Ebstein’s Anomaly, PDA | Peter Ermis, MD

8:45 “Complex” Congenital Heart Disease | Dhaval Parekh, MD

9:10 Physics of Ultrasound – Select Pearls for the Board | Sidney Edelman, PhD

9:40 Mechanical Circulatory Support (LVADs) | Raymond Stainback, MD, FACC, FASE

10:05 Panel Q/A (Prior Speakers) | Moderators: Drs. Garcia-Sayan & Stainback

10:20 Break / Expo Hall

10:35 Unknown Cases #3 | Drs. Maygen del Castillo & Bindu Chebrolu

10:55 Pericardial Disease | Ihab Hamzeh, MD

11:20 Tricuspid & Pulmonary Valve Disease | Enrique Garcia-Sayan, MD, FACC, FASE

11:45 POCUS-Driven Approach to Shock | Mourad Senussi, MD

12:05 Practical Lung Ultrasonography Assessment (LUA) for Respiratory Distress | Jose Diaz-Gomez, MD, FCCM, FASE, NCC (UCNS)

12:25 Panel Q/A (Prior Speakers) | Moderator: Dr. Stainback

12:40 Lunch “CME Quiz with Answers” / Expo Hall | Moderator: Dr. Hamzeh

1:30 Coronary Artery Disease: Complications of Myocardial Infarction | Joseph Navarijo, MD, FACC

1:55 TEE for Percutaneous Intracardiac Interventions: ASD/PFO, LA Appendage, TAVR, MV | Srikanth Koneru, MD, FRACP, FACC

2:25 Diseases of the Aorta | Basant Arya, MD

2:50 M-Mode Echocardiography | Raymond Stainback, MD, FACC, FASE

3:15 Panel Q/A (Prior Speakers) | Moderators: Drs. Garcia-Sayan, Hamzeh & Stainback

3:30 Board Questions & Cases #2 | Lily Zhang, MD

4:00 Formulas You Need to Know for the Board – Part 2: Physics & Instrumentation | Enrique Garcia-Sayan, MD, FACC, FASE

4:15 pm Adjourn

Overview

Educational Objectives

At the conclusion of this symposium, participants 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.

Accreditation

Texas Heart Institute is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Credit Designation

Texas Heart Institute designates this live activity for a maximum of 17.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

ABIM MOC Credit

Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 17.00 Medical Knowledge MOC points in the American Board of Internal Medicine’s (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. Participants will earn MOC points equivalent to the amount of CME credits claimed for the activity. It is the CME activity provider’s responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit. Successful completion is a passing grade of 70% on the assessment in the CME evaluation.

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Physician
$600.00

ASE Physician
$480.00

Non-Physician
$150.00

ASE Non-Physician
$120.00

Fellow/Resident/Medical Student
$150.00

ASE Fellow/Resident/Medical Student
$120.00

Physician: Virtual Only
$600.00

Non-Physician: Virtual Only
$150.00

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