Onslow Medical Specialties Clinic
Jacksonville, NC  
Harvard Medical School-
Massachusetts General Hospital's  
Update & Review of Echocardiography
2007
Harvard Medical School - Massachusetts General Hospital's
Update & Review of Echocardiography 2007, Cambridge, MA -
22.5 CME hours credit -    Royal Sonesta Hotel, Boston, MA

Course Directors
Robert A. Levine, MD
Malissa J. Wood, MD
Michael H. Picard, MD
Mary Etta E. King, MD
Arthur E. Weyman, MD

Program Committee
Thomas Buck, MD
Essen University, Germany

John Gorcsan III, MD
University of Pittsburgh, PA

Judy W. Hung, MD
Massachusetts General Hospital

Eric M. Isselbacher, MD
Massachusetts General Hospital

James L. Januzzi, MD
Massachusetts General Hospital

Jane E. Marshall, RCDS
Massachusetts General Hospital

Monday - October 15, 2007
Systolic & Diastolic Function
8:15- 9:00 am - Quantification of Systolic Function - Theodore Abraham, MD
9:00- 9:30 am - Hands on Approach Workshop: Clinical Decision making in patients
with dyssynchorny  - David McCarty, MD, Judy Hung,MD, Theodore Abraham,MD,
Marta Sitges,MD
Case Studies of Systolic Function
9:30 - 10:00 am -Challenges, case studies and interpretations of wall motion -
differentiating passive from active motion -  Michael Picard, MD, Martha
Grogan,MD, Gerald Aurigemma,MD
10:00-10:20 am -   Coffee -Break
10:20 - 11:00 am - Diastolic Function: principles, hemodynamics and utility of new
technologies - James D. Thomas, MD
Case Studies of Diastolic Function
11:00 -  11:50 am - Cases of Discrepant diastolic indices: Does my patient have
diastolic dysfunction?  - James Thomas, MD, Theodore Abraham,MD, Gerard
Aurigemma,MD, Martha Grogan,MD
11:50 - 12:00 pm - Questions and Answers
Current Controversies in the Treatment of Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
1:00 - 1:20 pm - Myomectomy is the treatment of choice - Barry Maron, MD
1:20 - 1:40 pm - Alcohol septal ablation is the treatment of choice - Michael Fifer,MD
1:40 - 1:45 pm - Rebuttal - Barry Maron, MD
1:45 - 1:50 pm - Rebuttal - Michael Fifer, MD
Illustrative Case Presentations
1:50 - 2:45 pm - Case Studies in Cardiomyopathies: what is the differential
diagnosis?  - Gerald Aurigemma,MD,Martha Grogan, MD, Ravin Davidoff, MD,
Danita Sanborn,MD, Malissa Wood, MD
2:45 - 3:15 pm - Can you run the marathon? : Echocardiographic insights into
physiologic adaptations to exercise. Athlete's heart vs. cardiomyopathy. - Malissa
Woods,MD
Case Studies in Stress Echo and CAD
3:35 - 4:05 pm - Echocardiographic Imaging in Acute Myocardial Function and
Shock - Michael Picard,MD
4:05 -4:50 pm -  Stress Echo Cases: Can the Experts Agree? - Michael Picard,MD,
Harvey Feigenbaum,MD,Paul Grayburn,MD, Roberto Lang,MD
4:50 - 5:15 pm - Principles of myocardial contrast echocardiography - Paul
Grayburn,MD
5:15 - 6:00 pm - Case Studies: Perfusion Imaging with Echo contrast - - Miacheal
Picard,MD,Paul Grayburn,MD,Marielle-Scherrer-Crosbie,MD

Tuesday - October 16, 2007
Echo in Surgical Decision-making
8:20-8:50 am - Name That Segment! Mapping the mitral valve - William Stewart,MD
8:50-10:10 am - Case Presentations: Valvular & ventricular repair - What does the
surgeon need to know?  Some great cases! - Eric Isselbacher,MD, Cary
W.Akins,MD,Gus Vlahakes,MD,Andrew Maslow,MD,Jonathan Passeri,MD
10:10 -10:20 am - Questions & Answers
10:40 - 11:00 am - Ischemic Mitral Regurgitation: why does it occur? New therapies.
- Judy Hung,MD
How to Measure LV Function
11:00 - 11:30 am - Principles and Workshop Presentation: Assessment of left
ventircular volumes and function using 3D and 3D guided @D echocardiography -
Roberto Lang,MD and Judy Hung,MD
Case Studies of Endocarditis
11:30 - 12:00 pm - Echo evaluation of the patient with suspected bacterial
endocarditis - Susan Wiegers,MD

1:00 - 1:30 pm - Echo in Pulmonary Hypertension: Patient evaluation and
management - Scott Solomom,MD
1:30 - 2:45 pm - Echo Jeopardy - John Gorcsan III,MD, Roberto Lnag,MD, William
Stewart,MD,Natesa Pandian,MD
Case Stuides of Mitral Valve Disease
3:05 -3:30 pm - Mitral Regurgitation: A Step-by-step approach - William Stewart,MD
3:30 - 3:50 pm- Mitral Stenosis: a practical approach - Steven Goldstein, MD
3:50 - 4:30 pm -Cases from MGH and Faculty: Native and Prosthetic valvular heart
disease - Susan Wiegers,MD,Steven Goldstein,MD,Jane Marshall, RDCS, Jennifer
Walker,MD, Mark Adams,RCDS,Itzhak Kronzon,MD, Linda Gillam,MD
Congenital Heart Disease
4:30 - 5:30 pm - Case studies of congenital heart disease: commonly encountered
congenital heart disease: shunts, device closures, Ebstein's - Mary Etta King,MD,
Richard Liberthson,MD,Igor Palacios,MD,Danita Sanborn,MD
Pericardial Disease
5:30 - 6:00 pm - Principles and case studies of tamponade and constriction -
Natesa Pandian,MD

Wednesday - October 17, 2007
Case Studies of Aortic Disease
8:15 - 8:45 am - A comprehensive assessment of Doppler hemodynamics: The
grand tour - Itzhak Kronzon, MD
8:45 - 9:30 am - Case studies of aortic stenosis and regurgitation - Steven
Goldstein,MD, Susan Wigers,MD, Itzhak Kronzon,MD,William Stewart,MD
9:30 - 10:25 am - Echo in the front lines: Case studies of aortic diseases and aortic
dissection  - Eric Isselbacher,MD, Alan Hilgenberg,MD, Andrew
Maslow,MD,Randolph Martin,MD
10:45 - 11:20 am - Is it real or artifact? - Robert Levine,MD, Marielle
Scherrer-Crosbie,MD,Eric Isselbacher,MD
11:20 - 12:00 pm - Cases from the MGH and faculty: name that mass! - Eleanor
Morris,RCDS, Arthur Weyman,MD, Maria Vivaldi,MD, Warren Manning,MD
1:00 - 1:25 pm - Aortic atherosclerosis: from echo findings to therapeutic
implications - Itzhak Kronzon,MD
1:25 - 3:30 pm - Case Studies : the art of differential diagnosis - Jonathan
Passeri,MD,Robert Levine,MD, Judy Hung,MD,Mary Etta King, MD, Malissa
Wood,MD, Michael Picard,MD, Arthur Weyman,MD, Linda Gillam, MD