Nuclear Cardiology for Fellows-in-Training
Nuclear Cardiology for Fellows-in-Training
March 23, 2012
Renaissance Chicago Downtown Hotel
Chicago, IL
This event is not part of the official ACC Annual Scientific Session & Expo and/or ACC-i2 with TCT, as planned by their Program Committees. This event does not qualify for continuing medical education (CME), continuing nursing education (CNE) or continuing education (CE) credit.
Registration for this course is now closed.
Purpose
The purpose of this program is to provide a better understanding of nuclear cardiology. The program does not offer extensive training or certification in the field.
Target Audience
All fellows-in-training for cardiology, nuclear medicine, and radiology are encouraged to attend.
Objectives
The primary objectives of this course are to enable participants to:
- Recognize the proper application of the ACC/ASNC appropriate use criteria across a variety of patients
- Employ optimal methodology to acquire, process, interpret, and report nuclear cardiology studies
- Evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of new protocols and imaging technologies and how to incorporate these into clinical practice
- Review and improve interpretation skills in standard and emerging technologies in nuclear cardiology
- Recognize how to utilize clinical guidelines to enhance performance, document compliance, and improve clinical management
- Analyze and update the basic physiological approach to stress testing and perfusion imaging
- Review the role of radionuclide myocardial perfusion imaging for the diagnosis of coronary artery disease
- Evaluate the role of complementary myocardial imaging techniques
Program Chairs
| Mouaz H. Al-Mallah, MD, FASNC Program Co-Chair Wayne State University & King Abdul-Aziz Center Riyadh, Saudi Arabia |
Edwin Wu, MD Program Co-Chair Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine Chicago, IL |
| Sharmila Dorbala, MD Brigham and Women’s Hospital Boston, MA |
Thomas A. Holly, MD Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine Chicago, IL |
| Rupa Mehta, MD, FASNC University of Chicago Chicago, IL |
Patty Reames, CNMT, RT(R), NCT, FASNC OSU Heart Center Bellefontaine/OSU Heart Center Marysville Marysville, OH |
| Prem Soman, MD, PhD, FASNC University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Cardiovascular Institute Pittsburgh, PA |
Accreditation and Continuing Education Credit
No continuing medical education (CME) credits are given for this course.
Certificates
Certificates of attendance will be made available one week after the conference on the ASNC Web site. An e-mail will be sent with your log-in information and instructions on how to access your certificate. Any requests for certificates after March 23, 2013 will be assessed a $10.00 service charge.
Program Location
This program will be held at the Renaissance Chicago Downtown Hotel, 1 W Wacker Drive, Chicago, IL 60601. ASNC has not set aside a room block for this program, but encourages individuals to visit the ACC.12 Housing Web site for information about local hotels.
Registration Fees
There are no registration fees for this course (member or non-member), but pre-registration is advised to reserve a space in this course.
Course Materials
ASNC is pleased to provide online electronic access to all syllabus materials at no additional charge to attendees. This full-size, full-color set of slides is available for your review approximately two weeks prior to the course. All registered attendees will receive an email with instructions on how to access the syllabus. Attendees may download the syllabus prior to the course and are encouraged to bring their laptop in order to access the syllabus during the course. If an attendee prefers a printed syllabus, they can print it from the online version or pre-order one from ASNC for an additional fee. Attendees who choose to purchase a printed syllabus will also have access to the electronic syllabus. Each participant is asked to select their syllabus preference during the registration process. Pre-ordered syllabi will be available for pick-up on site.
- Electronic Syllabus Only ($0): Attendees who select the electronic syllabus option will be responsible for downloading the presentations or printing the presentations prior to the course. ASNC will not provide printed syllabi to attendees unless the printed option was selected during registration.
- Black-and-White Printed Syllabus Plus Electronic Syllabus ($20) – Attendees who choose to purchase a printed syllabus also have access to the electronic syllabus. The syllabus will consist of two black-and-white slides per page.
- Color Printed Syllabus Plus Electronic Syllabus ($60) – Attendees who choose to purchase a printed syllabus also have access to the electronic syllabus. The syllabus will consist of two color slides per page.
Syllabus Online Access Information:
The 2012 Nuclear Cardiology for Fellows-in-Training Course syllabus is available for you to access online. ASNC is pleased to offer this full color syllabus option which will allow you to review all slides in a full size, full color format before, during and after the course.
To access the online syllabus, please visit www.ConferenceProceedings.com/asnc. When prompted, enter the Access Key that was emailed to you. Please speak with an ASNC staff member on site or e-mail vparcan@asnc.org if you do not know your Access Key. If you experience difficulty accessing the electronic syllabus, please contact CadmiumCD at support@cadmiumcd.com.
Acknowledgment of Commercial Support
This activity is supported by an independent educational grant from Astellas Pharma US, Inc. and GE Healthcare.
