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Nuclear Cardiology Today 2.0
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Preparing for a New Era of Nuclear Cardiology
AGENDA | FACULTY | HOTEL & TRAVEL INFO
NC Today 2.0 will guide you through the latest tips and tools: whom to test, why to test, how to test, and when to test. This interactive, case-based program will cover the newest guidelines, recommendations, regulations, radiotracers, artificial intelligence, and changing healthcare provider models.
| Program Co-chair Dennis Calnon, MD, MASNC, Has a Message for You |
Registration Rates
| Early Registration Rates (End Feb 29, 2024) |
Advanced Registration Rates
(March 1 - May 3, 2024) |
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| MEMBER | ||
| Physician, Scientist (US and International) and Industry | $699 | $899 |
| Technologist, Trainee, International Emerging Markets, Associate, Emeritus, Practice Administrator | $299 | $349 |
| NON-MEMBER | ||
| Physician, Scientist (US and International) and Industry | $950 | $1,050 |
| Non-physician | $850 | $950 |
Program Objectives
- Understand how cardiac testing is evolving and how to keep your practice current.
- Develop the knowledge base to optimize your nuclear cardiology lab to meet the needs of your medical community.
- Improve interpretive and reporting skills to maximize the value of the test.
- Understand the collaborative role of imager, cardiac clinician, and referring provider to provide patient-centric care.
Credits
Physicians can earn 14* AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM and ABIM MOC Points.
Technologists can earn 14* ARRT Category A credits.
Agenda
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Friday, May 3 |
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2:50 – 3:00 pm |
Welcome, introductions, goals and objectives |
Dennis Calnon, MD, MASNC, and David Wolinsky, MD, MASNC |
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Session 1: What Does Nuclear Cardiology 2.0 Look Like? |
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3:00 – 3:30 pm |
Has functional imaging stood the test of time? What does the future hold? |
Prem Soman, MD, PhD, MASNC |
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3:30 – 4:00 pm |
Is CCTA +/- CT-FFR the preferred test for evaluation of chest pain in 2024? What does the future hold? |
Mouaz Al-Mallah, MD, MSc, MASNC
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4:00 – 4:20 pm |
How can ASNC support SPECT while advocating for the use of PET? |
Lawrence Phillips, MD, FASNC |
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4:20 – 4:50 pm |
What role will private equity and third-party payers play in determining the tests patients receive? What is the future impact of prior authorization, AUC? |
David Wolinsky, MD, MASNC, and Tim Attebery, DSc, MBA |
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4:50 – 5:15 pm |
Break/Exhibits |
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Session 2: Are You Prepared for Nuclear Cardiology 2.0? |
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5:15 – 5:30 pm |
What equipment is best for your lab? Your patient population? How do you choose? |
Dennis Calnon, MD, MASNC |
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5:30 – 5:45 pm |
What do you miss out on without PET? When is SPECT good enough? |
Marcelo Di Carli, MD, MASNC |
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5:45 – 6:00 pm |
Will SPECT/CZT MBF ever compete with PET? What are the tradeoffs? |
Prem Soman, MD, PhD, MASNC |
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6:00 – 6:15 pm |
Are you ready to embrace artificial intelligence? |
Mouaz Al-Mallah, MD, MSc, MASNC |
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6:15 – 6:30 pm |
How does private practice utilize social media effectively? |
Vasvi Singh, MD |
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6:30 pm |
Q&A |
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Reception To Follow |
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Saturday, May 4 |
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7:00 am |
Breakfast |
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Session 3A: Controversies in Nuclear Cardiology |
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8:00 – 8:20 am |
How do recent guidelines affect patient selection for cardiac imaging? |
Lawrence Phillips, MD, FASNC
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8:20 – 8:35 am |
Will new PET tracers replace rubidium and ammonia? |
Panithaya Chareonthaitawee, MD |
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8:35 – 8:50 am |
Is exercise testing less important than a higher quality image and measurement MBF? |
Randall Thompson, MD, MASNC |
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8:50 – 9:15 am
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What is the real value of PET? Better image quality, more information or both? |
Marcelo Di Carli, MD, MASNC |
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9:15 – 9:30 am |
What does the nuclear cardiologist do who is not trained to read CT? |
Randall Thompson, MD, MASNC |
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9:30 – 9:45 am |
Should all MPI studies be combined with CAC assessment? |
Mouaz Al-Mallah, MD, MSc, MASNC |
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9:45 – 10:30 am |
Controversies in Clinical Cases – Interactive Case-Based Discussion. |
Dennis Calnon, MD, MASNC, and David Wolinsky, MD, MASNC |
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10:30 – 11:00 am |
Break/Exhibits |
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Session 3B: Controversies in Amyloid Imaging |
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11:00 – 11:20 am |
Current state of cardiac ATTR amyloidosis |
David Wolinsky, MD, MASNC |
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11:20 – 11:35 am |
Are you doing high quality cardiac amyloid imaging? |
Prem Soman, MD, PhD, MASNC |
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11:35 – 11:50 am |
Where is the disease taking us? Will PET be the modality of choice? |
Panithaya Chareonthaitawee, MD |
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11:50 am – 12:05 pm |
Should nuclear cardiologists be the leaders in developing amyloid programs? |
Saurabh Malhotra, MD, FASNC |
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12:05 – 12:30 pm |
Cases with ACEs
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Saurabh Malhotra, MD, FASNC; Vasvi Singh, MD; Prem Soman, MD, PhD, MASNC; David Wolinsky, MD, MASNC |
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12:30 – 12:45 pm |
Q&A |
Faculty and Audience |
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12:45 – 1:45 pm |
Lunch/Exhibits |
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1:45 – 2:30 pm |
Controversies in Real World Practice: Case Challenges – BYOC |
Dennis Calnon, MD, MASNC, and David Wolinsky, MD, MASNC |
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2:30 pm |
Adjourn |
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Sunday, May 5: 8:00 am – 12:30 pm |
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7:00 am |
Breakfast |
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Session 4: Practical Dilemmas in Everyday Practice |
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8:00 – 8:15 am |
In a patient with a history of seizures but none for the last 3 months, is referred for regadenoson stress MPI. What do you do? |
Vasvi Singh, MD |
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8:15 – 8:30 am |
What do you do if the referring physician orders an inappropriate test? |
Panithaya Chareonthaitawee, MD |
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8:30 – 8:45 am |
Should you ever do a pharm stress in a patient who can exercise? |
Randall Thompson, MD, MASNC |
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8:45 – 9:00 am |
The perfusion study is normal but there is TID. What should you do next? |
Prem Soman, MD, PhD, MASNC |
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9:00 – 9:15 am |
The perfusion study is normal but the ECG response to vasodilator stress is abnormal. What do you do? |
Panithaya Chareonthaitawee, MD
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9:15 – 9:30 am |
Should we be measuring and reporting heart to contralateral wall ratios on Tc-99m PYP/HMDP? |
Saurabh Malhotra, MD, FASNC |
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9:30 – 10:00 am |
Break/Exhibits |
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10:00 – 10:15 am |
What do we do when there is no more thallium? How should we assess myocardial viability if we don’t have F-18 FDG PET? |
Prem Soman, MD, PhD, MASNC |
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10:15 – 10:30 am |
How little is too much caffeine when doing vasodilator MPI stress? |
Dennis Calnon, MD, MASNC |
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10:30 – 10:45 am |
Patient has moderate CAC on a chest CT performed for other reasons. What should you do? |
Randall Thompson, MD, MASNC |
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10:45 – 11:00 am |
There is no detectable calcium on non-gated, free breathing CTAC images. Does this mean the patient does not have atherosclerosis? |
Mouaz Al-Mallah, MD, MSc, MASNC |
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11:00 – 11:15 am |
PYP is grade 1 in a patient with high suspicion for amyloid. What would you do next? |
Saurabh Malhotra, MD, FASNC |
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11:15 – 11:30 am |
How often to you repeat a stress test on patients waiting kidney transplant/liver transplant? |
David Wolinsky, MD, MASNC |
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11:30 – 11:45 am |
If the calcium score is zero, is there a reason to proceed to MPI or CCTA? |
Mouaz Al-Mallah, MD, MSc, MASNC |
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11:45 am – 12:00 pm |
Final Remarks |
Dennis Calnon, MD, MASNC, and David Wolinsky, MD, MASNC |
Faculty
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Program Co-chair Dennis Calnon, MD, MASNC |
Program Co-chair David Wolinsky, MD, MASNC |
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Mouaz Al-Mallah, MD, MSc, |
Tim Attebery, DSc, MBA |
Panithaya |
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Brigham and Women’s Hospital Boston, MA |
NYU Langone Health New York, NY |
Cook County Health Chicago, IL |
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Midwest Heart and Vascular Specialists Oakland Park, KS |
University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, PA |
St. Lukes Health System Kansas City, MO |
Hotel & Travel Information
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