The ASE PCHD Council and Education committees is continuing a series of webinars to discuss and share practical tips / tricks in the practice of congenital heart disease imaging. This educational offering will comprise of 4 webinars /year (one per quarter). By leveraging the virtual platform, these sessions are designed to reach the ASE pediatric and congenital community, both sonographers and physicians.  

This webinar will be a case based discussion with focus importance of communication to allow for optimal decision making when performing transesophageal echocardiography in the operating room.  The presentations will focus on cases in which communication and team work were utilized to ensure optimal outcome was achieved.

• CME Information:  1.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ (Pending Approval).
• Date: May 19, 2022
• Time: 6:30 - 8:00pm EST

Moderators: 

• Sowmya Balasubramanian, MD Associate Professor, Pediatric Cardiology. C.S Mott Children’s Hospital, University of Michigan
• Gregory Tatum, MD Professor, Pediatric Cardiology, Duke University Medical Center

Speaker(s):

“Teamwork Saves the Day: When in Doubt, Draw it Out”

Jolie Britt, MD, Assistant Professor, Texas Children’s Hospital, Baylor College of Medicine

“Unexpected Ventricular Dysfunction”

Katie Virk, MD, Pediatric Cardiology Fellow and Heidi Cuffee, RDCS, Seattle Children’s Hospital, University of Washington

“Finding the Right Balance; Pulmonary Artery Banding in Complex Congenital Heart Disease”

Kevin Wilkes, MD Pediatric Cardiology Fellow, Texas Children’s Hospital, Baylor College of Medicine

“Perioperative Communication – Atrioventricular Septal Defect”

Kevin Pettit, MD, Pediatric Cardiology Fellow, Children’s Hospital Colorado, University of Colorado

Panelists:

• Jason Williams, MD Assistant Professor, Pediatric Cardiology, Nationwide Children’s Hospital
• Meryl Cohen, MD Professor, Pediatric Cardiology, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
• Jennifer Romano, MD Professor, Cardiac Surgery, C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital, University of Michigan

Learning Objectives:

1. Recognize the importance of a thorough post-operative TEE exam to identify issues that can be addressed intraoperatively to mitigate need for re-intervention at a later time.
2. Understand the importance of communication between imagers and the surgical team intraoperatively for best surgical outcomes
3. Learn strategies for real-time imaging and troubleshooting when issues arise in the OR.

Target Audience: National and international pediatric and congenital heart disease community. Pediatric cardiologists, Pediatric cardiology sonographers, Pediatric cardiology trainees

Disclosures:

ASE is committed to ensuring that its educational mission, and all accredited continuing educational programs provide a protected space to learn, teach, and engage in scientific discourse free from influence from organizations that may have an incentive to insert commercial bias into education.

While a monetary or professional affiliation with an ineligible company does not necessarily influence a speaker’s presentation, the Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education and policies of the ACCME require that all financial relationships with ineligible companies* be identified and mitigated prior to engaging in an accredited CE activity. In accordance with these policies, ASE actively identified relevant financial relationships between faculty in control of this accredited CE activity and ineligible companies and implemented mitigation strategies to eliminate any potential influence from persons or organizations that may have an incentive to insert commercial bias in this activity. (*Companies that are ineligible to be accredited in the ACCME System (“ineligible companies”) are those whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, reselling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.)

The following faculty members have no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies:

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All relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies listed for the following faculty members have been mitigated:

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Members of the ASE CME Committee members (not serving as faculty) do not have any financial relationships with ineligible companies.  Click here for a list of these members.

None of the ASE staff who were involved in the planning and implementation of this educational activity have relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose with ineligible companies.  Click here for a list of ASE staff members.

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