Jefferson Ultrasound Research and Education Institute (JUREI)

The Leading Edge in Diagnostic Ultrasound
Annual Conference
May 19-22, 2009
The Borgata Hotel, Casino and Spa, Atlantic City, NJ
  

Program Overview

Women's Imaging Symposium

Musculoskeletal Ultrasound

Vascular Imaging and Doppler

Elastography Symposium

Pediatric Ultrasound for the Generalist

Principles Tune-Up

Contrast Agents in Ultrasound

Fetal Nuchal Translucency

Ultrasound General Imaging "The Requisites"

Emergency and Critical Care Ultrasound

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    Women's Imaging Symposium
    Breast Ultrasound Tutorial
    Tuesday, May 19, 2009

    Tuesday, May 19, 2009                                                     Moderator: Annina Wilkes, MD

    7:00

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    8:00

    		   Continental Breakfast  

    8:00

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    8:10

    		   Introduction

    Annina Wilkes, MD

    8:10

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    8:45

    		   Breast Ultrasound: Overview

    Annina Wilkes, MD

    8:45

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    9:30

    		   Physics

    Christopher R. Merritt, MD

    9:30

    -

    10:15

    		   Optimization Techniques

    Cynthia L. Rapp, BS, RDMS

    10:15

    -

    10:45

    		   Break  

    10:45

    -

    11:15

    		   BIRADS Lexicon – Diagnostic Criteria

    Christopher R. Merritt, MD

    11:15

    -

    12:00

    		   Complex Cysts and Color Doppler

    Cynthia L. Rapp, BS, RDMS

    12:00

    -

    1:30

    		   Lunch (on your own)  

    1:30

    -

    2:30

    		   Solid Masses

    Cynthia L. Rapp, BS, RDMS

    2:30

    -

    3:15

    		   Elastography for Assessment of Breast Masses

    Barbara Cavanaugh, MD

    3:15

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    3:45

    		   Break in the Exhibit Hall

     

    3:45

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    4:45

    		   Ultrasound Guided Breast Biopsy Barbara Cavanaugh, MD

    4:45

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    5:15

    		   Faculty Panel

     

    5:15

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    6:30

    		   Hands-On Scanning  

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    Women's Imaging Symposium
    Advances in Ob/Gyn Symposium
    Wednesday, May 20 - Thursday, May 21, 2009

    Wednesday, May 20, 2009                        Program Director: Oksana H. Baltarowich, MD

    7:00

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    8:00

    		   Continental Breakfast  

    8:00

    -

    8:45

    		   3D Fetal Sonography - What Have We Learned?

    Wesley Lee, MD

    8:45

    -

    9:30

    		   Practical Approaches to Fetal CNS Evaluation

    Ilan Timor-Tritsch, MD

    9:30

    -

    10:15

    		   What's Important About the Fetal Heart?

    Wesley Lee, MD

    10:15

    		  

    10:45

    		   Break in Exhibit Hall

     

    10:45

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    11:30

    		   More About the Fetal Heart Philippe Jeanty, MD

    11:30

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    12:15

    		   Amniotic Fluid, Umbilical Cord and Placenta

    Ilan Timor-Tritsch, MD

    12:15

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    1:45

    		   Lunch on your own

     

    1:45

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    2:30

    		   Why Is Fetal Soft Tissue Assessment Important? Wesley Lee, MD
    2:30

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    3:15

    		   Fetal Skeletal Dysplasias

    Philippe Jeanty, MD

    3:15

    		  

    3:45

    		   Break in the Exhibit Hall

     
    3:45

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    4:30

    		   Sonography of Fetal Tumors Philippe Jeanty, MD

    4:30

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    5:15

    		   3D in Gynecology

    Ilan Timor-Tritsch, MD

    5:15

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    5:30

    		   Ultrasound in Low-Invasive Imaging Guided Management of Small Pelvic Cystic Masses

    Malkhaz Mizandari, MD, PhD

    Thursday, May 21, 2009                                     

    7:00

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    8:00

    		   Continental Breakfast  

    8:00

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    8:45

    		   Evaluation of thye Pregnant Patient With Abdominal Pain

    Genevieve Bennett, MD

    8:45

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    9:30

    		   Sonography of the Cervix

    Vincenzo Berghella, MD

    9:30

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    10:15

    		   4D Ultrasound - New Horizons for the Moving Fetus

    Wesley Lee, MD

    10:15

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    10:45

    		   Break in Exhibit Hall  

    10:45

    -

    11:30

    		   Sonography of the First Trimester

    Leslie Scoutt, MD

    11:30

    -

    12:15

    		   Ultrasound Evaluation of Ectopic Pregnancy

    Genevieve Bennett, MD

    12:15

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    1:45

    		  

    Lunch on your own

     

    1:45

    -

    2:30

    		   Sonography of Myometrial Disorders Oksana H. Baltarowich, MD

    2:30

    -

    3:15

    		   Ultrasound and Hysteroscopy: A Match Made in Heaven

    Benjamin Gocial, MD

    3:15

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    3:45

    		   Break in Exhibit Hall

     

    3:45

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    4:30

    		   Sonography of Ovarian Torsion Leslie Scoutt, MD

    4:30

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    5:15

    		   Sonohysterography: Usual and Unusual Findings

    Oksana Baltarowich, MD

    5:15

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    5:30

    		   Questions and Answers Faculty

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    Musculoskeletal Ultrasound
    Tuesday, May 19 - Wednesday, May 20, 2009

    Tuesday, May 19, 2009                                            Moderator: Levon Nazarian, MD

    7:00

    -

    8:00

    		   Continental Breakfast  

    8:00

    -

    8:45

    		   Introduction to Musculoskeletal Ultrasound

    Levon Nazarian, MD

    8:45

    -

    9:15

    		   Ultrasound of the Shoulder: Anatomy and Technique

    J. Antonio Bouffard, MD

    9:15

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    10:00

    		   Ultrasound of the Shoulder: Pathology

    Levon Nazarian, MD

    10:00

    -

    10:30

    		   Demo: Ultrasound of the Shoulder

    Nandkumar Rawool, MD, RDMS

    10:30

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    11:00

    		   Break  

    11:00

    -

    11:30

    		   Ultrasound of the Elbow

    Theodore Miller, MD

    11:30

    -

    12:00

    		   Ultrasound of the Hand and Wrist

    Theodore Miller, MD

    12:00

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    12:30

    		   Demo: Upper Extremity (elbow, wrist and hand)

    J. Antonio Bouffard, MD

    12:30

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    2:00

    		   Lunch  

    2:00

    -

    2:45

    		   Ultrasound of the Knee

    J. Antonio Bouffard, MD

    2:45

    -

    3:30

    		   Foot and Ankle

    Levon Nazarian, MD

    3:30

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    4:00

    		   Break  

    4:00

    -

    4:25

    		   Demo: Foot and Ankle

    Nandkumar Rawool, MD, RDMS

    4:25

    -

    4:50

    		   Demo: Knee

    J. Antonio Bouffard, MD

    4:50

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    5:30

    		   Comparison Ultrasound and MRI in Musculoskeletal

    Theodore Miller, MD
    Wednesday, May 20, 2009                                              Moderator: Levon Nazarian, MD

    7:00

    -

    8:00

    		   Continental Breakfast  

    8:00

    -

    		 9:00   Ultrasound of  the Adult Hip

    J. Antonio Bouffard, MD

    9:00

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    9:45

    		   Ultrasound of Soft Tissue Masses

    Levon Nazarian, MD

    9:45

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    10:15

    		   Ultrasound in Clinical Sports Medicine

    John McShane, MD

    10:15

    -

    10:45

    		   Break  

    10:45

    -

    11:15

    		   Color Doppler in Musculoskeletal Ultrasound

    Levon Nazarian, MD

    11:15

    -

    11:45

    		   3D and Other New Techniques in Musculoskeletal Ultrasound

    Nandkumar Rawool, MD, RDMS

    11:45

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    12:30

    		   Interventional MSK Ultrasound Levon Nazarian, MD

    12:30

    -

    2:00

    		   Lunch on your own

     

    2:00

    -

    3:30

    		   Upper Extremity Hands-On Sessions Faculty

    3:30

    -

    4:00

    		   Break

     
    4:00 - 5:30   Lower Extremity Hands-On Sessions Faculty

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    Vascular Imaging And Doppler
    Wednesday, May 20 - Friday, May 22, 2009

    Wednesday, May 20, 2009                                Moderator: Laurence Needleman, MD

    7:00

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    8:00

    		   Continental Breakfast  

    8:00

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    9:00

    		  

    Principles Tune-Up: How Sharp Are You?

    Frederick W. Kremkau, PhD

    9:00

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    9:30

    		   Peripheral Arteries: Native and Postintervention Evaluation

    George Berdejo, BA, RVT

    9:30

    -

    10:00

    		   Unusual Arterial Vascular Conditions: Case Presentations

    Thom Rooke, MD

    10:00

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    10:30

    		   Break in the Exhibit Hall

     

    10:30

    -

    11:00

    		   Traumatic Injuries: Diagnosis and Treatment Christopher R.B. Merritt, MD

    11:00

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    11:15

    		   Nonimaging Tests

    George Berdejo, BA, RVT
    11:15 - 11:45   Upper Extremity Arteries Ann Marie Kupinski, PhD, RVT
    11:45 - 12:00   Interesting Cases / Questions and Answers

    Christopher R.B. Merritt, MD

    George Berdejo, BA, RVT

    Thom Rooke, MD

    Ann Marie Kupinski, PhD, RVT

    12:00

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    1:30

    		   Lunch on your own

     

    1:30

    -

    2:00

    		   Unusual Venous Vascular Conditions: Case Presentations

    Thom Rooke, MD

    2:00

    -

    2:30

    		   Venous Ultrasound: Protocols, Interpretation and Practical Tips

    George Berdejo, BA, RVT

    2:30

    -

    3:00

    		   Evidence Based Venous Ultrasound Laurence Needleman, MD

    3:00

    -

    3:30

    		   Break in the Exhibit Hall

     

    3:30

    -

    4:00

    		   Chronic Venous Disease

    Leslie Scoutt, MD
    4:00 - 4:30   Upper Extremity Venous Disease Sandra Allison, MD

    4:30

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    5:00

    		   Venous Disease Panel Discussion

    Leslie Scoutt, MD

    Sandra Allison, MD

    Laurence Needleman, MD

    George Berdejo, BA, RVT
    Thursday, May 21, 2009                                         Moderator: Laurence Needleman, MD

    7:00

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    8:00

    		   Continental Breakfast  

    8:00

    -

    8:30

    		   Doppler Optimization Traci Fox, MS, RDMS, RVT

    8:30

    -

    9:00

    		   Cerebrovascular Ultrasound: Protocols and Tips

    Katheleen Carter, BSN, RN, RVT, FSVU

    9:00

    -

    9:30

    		   Cerebrovascular Ultrasound Interpretation

    Laurence Needleman, MD

    9:30

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    10:00

    		   Cerebrovascular Ultrasound Pitfalls John Pellerito, MD

    10:00

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    10:30

    		   Break in the Exhibit Hall

     

    10:30

    -

    11:00

    		   Screening for PAD and AAA: What Are the Controversies?

    Thom Rooke, MD

    11:00

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    11:30

    		   Aorto Iliac Diseases and Endograft/Post Procedural Evaluation 1

    Katheleen Carter, BSN, RN, RVT, FSVU
    11:30 - 12:00   Aorto Iliac Diseases and Endograft/Post Procedural Evaluation 2 Katheleen Carter, BSN, RN, RVT, FSVU

    12:00

    -

    1:30

    		   Lunch on your own

     

    1:30

    -

    2:00

    		   Transcranial Doppler Ann Marie Kupinski, PhD, RVT
    2:00 - 2:30   Great Patient Service and How To Give It

    George Berdejo, BA, RVT

    2:30

    -

    3:00

    		   Renal Doppler

    Ann Marie Kupinski, PhD, RVT

    3:00

    -

    3:30

    		   Break in the Exhibit Hall

     

    3:30

    -

    5:00

    		   Case Analysis

    Ann Marie Kupinski, PhD, RVT

    Laurence Needleman, MD

    John Pellerito, MD
    Friday, May 22, 2009                                                         Moderator: Sharon Segal, DO

    7:00

    -

    8:00

    		   Continental Breakfast  

    8:00

    -

    8:30

    		   Innovations in Vascular Imaging and Doppler Flemming Forsberg, PhD

    8:30

    -

    9:00

    		   Mesenteric Evaluation

    John Pellerito, MD

    9:00

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    9:30

    		   Liver Doppler Sandra Allison, MD

    9:30

    -

    10:00

    		   Doppler in the Reproductive Systems (male and female) John Pellerito, MD

    10:00

    -

    10:30

    		   Break

     

    10:30

    -

    11:00

    		   Interesting Cases

    Sharon Segal, DO

    11:00 - 11:30   Transplants Sandra Allison, MD

    11:30

    -

    12:00

    		   Panel Discussion

    Sharon Segal, DO

    Sandra Allison, MD

    John Pellerito, MD

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    Elastography Symposium
    Thursday, May 21, 2009

    Thursday, May 21, 2009                            Morning Moderator: Flemming Forsberg, PhD
    8:00 - 8:05   Introduction Barry B. Goldberg, MD
    8:05 - 8:25   Model-based Elastography: Problems and Opportunities Marvin Doyley, PhD
    8:25 - 8:50   Some Unusual, But Relevant Applications of Elasticity Imaging

    Jonathan Rubin, MD
    8:50 - 9:10   Cardiac Elastography: Experimental and In Vivo Results Tomy Varghese, PhD
    9:10 - 9:35   More Usual, But Relevant Applications of Elasticity Imaging Jonathan Rubin, MD
    9:35 - 9:45   Questions and Answers Panel
    9:45 - 10:05   Break in the Exhibit Hall  
    10:05 - 10:30   Prostate Elastography - Where Are We Going? Ethan Halpern, MD
    10:30 - 10:50   Thyroid Elastography - An International Multicenter Study Rick Feld, MD
    10:50 - 11:15   Transient Shear Wave Imaging of the Breast Barbara Cavanaugh, MD
    11:15 - 11:25   Questions and Answers Panel
    11:25 - 12:00   Hands-On Demonstrations  

    Pediatric Ultrasound
    Friday, May 22, 2009

    Friday, May 22, 2009      Course Director: Henrietta Kotlus Rosenberg, MD, FACR, FAAP

    7:00

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    8:00

    		   Continental Breakfast  

    8:00

    -

    8:35

    		   Hypoxic Ischemic Brain Injury in Neonates

    Dorothy I. Bulas, MD

    8:35

    -

    9:15

    		   Urinary Tract Infection

    Henrietta K. Rosenberg, MD

    9:15

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    9:55

    		   Neonatal Spine

    Dorothy I. Bulas, MD

    9:55

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    10:15

    		   Superficial Lumps and Bumps Henrietta K. Rosenberg, MD

    10:15

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    10:45

    		   Break  

    10:45

    -

    11:15

    		   GI Emergencies

    Henrietta K. Rosenberg, MD

    11:15

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    11:45

    		   Pediatric Gynecology Dorothy I. Bulas, MD
    11:45 - 12:15   Developmental Dysplasia of the Infant Hip Henrietta K. Rosenberg, MD
    12:15 - 12:30   Questions and Answers  

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    Principles Tune-Up
    Tuesday, May 19, 2009

    Tuesday, May 19, 2009                                    Moderator: Larry D. Waldroup, BS, RDMS

    7:00

    -

    8:00

    		   Continental Breakfast  

    8:00

    -

    10:00

    		   Principles of Sonography Part 1

    Frederick W. Kremkau, PhD

    10:00

    -

    10:30

    		   Break

     

    10:30

    -

    12:30

    		   Principles of Sonography Part 2 Frederick W. Kremkau, PhD

    12:30

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    2:00

    		   Lunch on your own  
    2:00 - 3:00   Doppler Principles Part 1 Frederick W. Kremkau, PhD

    3:00

    -

    3:30

    		   Break, Exhibit Hall  

    3:30

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    5:00

    		   Doppler Principles Part 2

    Frederick W. Kremkau, PhD

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    Contrast Agents in Ultrasound
    Tuesday, May 19, 2009

    Tuesday, May 19, 2009                             Morning Moderator: Flemming Forsberg, PhD

    7:00

    -

    8:00

    		   Continental Breakfast  

    8:00

    -

    8:05

    		   Introduction

    Barry B. Goldberg, MD

    8:05

    -

    8:30

    		   Polymer microbubbles for drug delivery

    Margaret Wheatley, PhD

    8:30

    -

    8:55

    		   Novel VEGFR-2 Targeted Microbubble for Molecular Imaging of Tumor Angiogenesis

    Christopher Anderson, PhD

    8:55

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    9:20

    		   Molecular imaging with ultrasound

    Art Fleischer, MD

    9:20

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    9:45

    		   Contrast Ultrasound at High Frequencies

    David E Goertz, PhD

    9:45

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    10:05

    		   Questions and Answers

    Panel

    10:05

    -

    10:25

    		   Break  

    10:25

    -

    10:50

    		   Targeted transfection by Sonoporation in inflammatory disease

    Joshua J Rychak, PhD

    10:50

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    11:15

    		   Subharmonic contrast intravascular ultrasound for Vasa Vasorum imaging

    David E Goertz, PhD

    11:15

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    11:40

    		   In vivo subharmonic pressure estimation

    Flemming Forsberg, PhD

    11:40

    -

    12:00

    		   Questions and Answers

    Panel

    12:00

    -

    1:30

    		   Lunch on your own

     

    1:30

    -

    1:55

    		   Contrast enhanced imaging of ovarian cancer

    Art Fleischer, MD

    1:55

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    2:20

    		   Angiogenesis and Vaso Vasorum Imaging

    Steven Feinstein, MD

    2:20

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    2:45

    		   Contrast enhanced ultrasound for pancreas transplantations: normal and pathologic findings

    Antonio S. Marcelino, MD

    2:45

    -

    3:00

    		   Questions and Answers

    Panel

    3:05

    -

    3:35

    		   Break  

    3:35

    -

    4:00

    		   Contrast targeted prostate biopsies: the TJU experience

    Ethan Halpern, MD

    4:00

    -

    4:25

    		   Complications of liver transplantation: Multimodality imaging approach

    Antonio S. Marcelino, MD

    4:25

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    4:45

    		  

    Questions and Answers

    Panel

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    Fetal Nuchal Translucency
    Friday, May 22, 2009

    Friday, May 22, 2009
    7:00 - 8:00   Continental Breakfast  
    8:00 - 8:10   Introduction to NTQR and Welcome to the Nuchal Translucency Course Jean Lea Spitz, MPH, RDMS
    8:10 - 9:05   First Trimester Risk Assesment: What Does the Data Show Jean Lea Spitz, MPH, RDMS
    9:05 - 9:55   Combined First and Second Trimester Screening Stephen Chasen, MD
    9:55 - 10:20   Break  
    10:20 - 11:10   Technical Aspects of Nuchal Translucency and Nasal Bone Jean Lea Spitz, MPH, RDMS
    11:10 - 12:00   Additional Considerations including Multiple Pregnancies Stephen Chasen, MD

     

    Ultrasound General Imaging "The Requisites"
    Wednesday, May 20 - Thursday, May 21, 2009

    Wednesday, May 20, 2009                                           Course Director: Alfred Kurtz, MD
    7:00 - 8:00   Continental Breakfast  
    8:00 - 9:00   Basic Imaging Christopher Merritt, MD
    9:00 - 10:00   Understanding Doppler Christopher Merritt, MD
    10:00 - 10:30   Break in the Exhibit Hall  
    10:30 - 12:00  

    Abdominal Ultrasound - Part I

    (Liver, Gallbladder and Bile Ducts)

    		Oksana H. Baltarowich, MD
    12:00 - 1:30   Lunch on your own  
    1:30 - 2:30  

    Abdominal Ultrasound - Part II

    (Pancreas and Spleen)

    		Oksana H. Baltarowich, MD
    2:30 - 3:30   Kidneys, Adrenal Glands and Retoperitoneum Sandra Allison, MD
    3:30 - 4:00   Break in the Exhibit Hall  
    4:00 - 5:00   Musculoskeletal Levon Nazarian, MD
    Thursday, May 21, 2009                            
    7:00 - 8:00   Continental Breakfast  
    8:00 - 9:00  

    Obstetrics Part I

    (1st Trimester, Ectopic Pregnancy)

    		Alfred Kurtz, MD
    9:00 - 10:00  

    Obstetrics Part II

    (2nd and 3rd Trimester)

    		Alfred Kurtz, MD
    10:00 - 10:30   Break in the Exhibit Hall  
    10:30 - 11:30   GU Sonography of Urinary Bladder, Scrotum and Prostate Ethan Halpern, MD
    11:30 - 12:30  

    Vascular

    (Arterial and Venous)

    		Laurence Needleman, MD
    12:30 - 2:00   Lunch on your own  
    2:00 - 3:00   Gynecologic Ultrasound Leslie Scoutt, MD
    3:00 - 4:00  

    Interventional Ultrasound Including Thyroid Biopsy: A Practical Guide

    		Rick Feld, MD
    4:00 - 4:30   Break in the Exhibit Hall  
    4:30 - 5:15   Advances in Ultrasound Imaging Barry Goldberg, MD

    Emergency and Critical Care Ultrasound
    Thursday, May 21, 2009

    Thursday, May 21, 2009   
    7:00 - 8:00   Continental Breakfast  
    8:00 - 8:30   Introduction: Brief overview of ultrasound in the care of the critically ill.  Scope of today’s program.  The “Holy Grail”: non-invasive hemodynamic monitoring, and real-time guidance for invasive procedures Anthony J. Dean, MD
    8:30 - 9:00   Review of cardiac ultrasound technique: windows, planes and views

    Anthony J. Dean, MD

    Paul Mayo, MD
    9:00 - 9:30   Cardiac pathology in critical care: effusions, tamponade and assessment of ventricular function Anthony J. Dean, MD
    9:30 - 10:00   Demonstration of cardiac views on model and practice cases

    Anthony J. Dean, MD

    Paul Mayo, MD
    10:00 - 10:30   Break in the Exhibit Hall  
    10:30 - 11:00   Assessment of the Inferior Vena cava for intravascular volume assessment Anthony J. Dean, MD
    11:00 - 11:45   Demonstration of IVC assessment and practice cases

    Anthony J. Dean, MD

    Paul Mayo, MD
    11:45 - 12:45   Lunch on your own  
    12:45 - 1:30   The judicious use of CT and ultrasound: minimizing radiation exposure in the critically ill Christopher R. B. Merritt, MD
    1:30 - 2:00   Identification of pleural and peritoneal fluid collections Paul Mayo, MD
    2:00 - 2:30   Ultrasound guided procedure: thoracentesis, pericardiocentesis and paracentesis Paul Mayo, MD
    2:30 - 3:00   Ultrasound guidance in peripheral and central venous access Paul Mayo, MD
    3:00 - 3:30   Break in the Exhibit Hall  
    3:30 - 4:15   Evaluation of the pleura for PTX Anthony J. Dean, MD
    4:15 - 5:00   Case review: Pot pouri of cases with panel of speakers

    Anthony J. Dean, MD

    Paul Mayo, MD

    Christopher R. B. Merritt, MD

     


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