PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE OF CARDIAC IMAGING
Saturday, April 5, 2008
Course Director: Ashley Davidoff, MD
Location: Massachusetts Medical Society Headquarters, 860 Winter Street, Waltham, MA

NERRS designates this educational activity for a maximum of 7 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits.™ Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. The NERRS is accredited by the Massachusetts Medical Society to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

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8:30 - 9:00 am	REGISTRATION AND COFFEE
9:00 - 9:10 am	Welcome and Introduction Ashley Davidoff, MD Professor of Clinical Radiology, University of Massachusetts School of Medicine Staff Radiologist, St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center
9:10 - 9:30 am	Applied Anatomy and Embryology Ashley Davidoff, MD
9:30 - 10:00 am	Coronary Arteries: Applied Anatomy and Pathology Henri Cuenoud, MD Associate Professor of Medicine and Pathology, University of Massachusetts Medical School
10:00 - 10:30 am	Applied Cardiac Pathology — Emphasis on Ischemic Disease Henri Cuenoud, MD
10:30 - 10:45am	TEA BREAK
10:45 - 11:15 am	Applied Cardiac Physiology Gerard Aurigemma, MD Professor of Medicine and Radiology, University of Massachusetts Medical School Director of Non-invasive Cardiology, UMass Memorial Medical Center
11:15 - 11:45 am	Basic Principles in Cardiac CT Jeffrey Mendel, MD Chair of Radiology, St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center
11:45 am- 12:15 pm	Basic Principles in MRI Michael Atalay, MD Assistant Professor of Diagnostic Imaging and Medicine, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University Director of Cardiac MRI and CT, Rhode Island Hospital
12:15 - 12:45 pm	Basic Principles in Nuclear Cardiology Kevin Donohoe, MD Assistant Professor of Radiology, Harvard Medical School Staff Radiologist, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
12:45 - 1:30 pm	LUNCH BREAK
1:30 - 2:00 pm	Clinical Role of Cardiac MRI E. Kent Yucel, MD Associate Professor of Radiology, Yale University School of Medicine Director of Breast Imaging, Yale New Haven Hospital
2:00 - 2:30 pm	Clinical Role of Cardiac CT Suhny Abbara, MD Assistant Professor of Radiology, Harvard Medical School Director of Noninvasive Cardiovascular Imaging, Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital
2:30 - 3:00 pm	Clinical Role of PET CT Sharmila Dorbala, MBBS Instructor in Radiology, Harvard Medical School Associate Director of Nuclear Cardiology, Divisions of Nuclear Medicine and Cardiovascular Diseases, Departments of Radiology and Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
3:00 - 3:15 pm	TEA BREAK
3:15 - 3:45 pm	MRI Case Review Suhny Abbara, MD
3:45 - 4:15 pm	CT Case Review Ricardo C. Cury, MD Assistant Professor of Radiology, Harvard Medical School Director of Clinical Cardiac MRI, Massachusetts General Hospital
4:15 - 4:45 pm	Question and Answer Session
4:45 - 5:15 pm	LIGHT SNACK Review Sessions
5:15 - 6:00 pm	Congenital Heart Disease Laureen Sena, MD Laureen Sena, MD Clinical Instructor in Radiology, Harvard Medical School Pediatric Radiologist, Children’s Hospital Boston Rapid Fire
6:00 - 6:30 pm	Acquired Heart Disease Suhny Abbara, MD
6:30 - 7:00 pm	Cardiovascular Board Review Frank Rybicki, MD, PhD Associate Professor of Radiology, Harvard Medical School Director of the Applied Imaging Science Laboratory; Co-Director of the Cardiovascular Imaging Section; Radiologist, Brigham and Women’s Hospital