SMH Echo Rounds
Date: Thursday, December 1, 2022 Time: 08:00-09:00 ET Speakers: Fotis Katsikeris MD FRCPC Echo Fellow, St. Michael's Hospital Objectives: 1. Describe the cellular process of diastole 2. Outline the phases of diastole 3. Describe the echocardiographic..
Date: Thursday, November 24, 2022 Time: 08:00-09:00 ET Speakers: Taylor Petropoulos, MD, FRCPC Chief Cardiology Resident, University of Toronto Objectives: 1. Review the types of prosthetic valves 2. Review the Doppler Assessment of prosthetic valves..
Date: Thursday, November 10, 2022 Time: 08:00-09:00 ET Speakers: Patrick Prudhomme MD FRCPC Objectives: 1. Describe a systematic approach for cardiac mass assessment using echocardiography using case-based Learning. 2. List the possible limitations...
Core Curriculum Title: Echo assessment of post acute MI mechanical complications Speaker: Dr. Hatem Alansari Cardiology Resident, University of Toronto Objectives: 1) Epidemiology and incidence of acute MI mechanical complications 2) Risk Factors for..
Date: Thursday, October 13, 2022 Time: 08:00-09:00 ET Speakers: Waseem Hijazi MD FRCPC Cardiology Resident, University of Calgary Objectives: 1) Review the pathophysiology and epidemiology of cardiac amyloidosis 2) Introduce a case of cardiac amyloid...
Date: Thursday, October 16, 2022 Time: 08:00-09:00 ET Speaker: Ryan Quinn MD FRCPC Echo Fellow, St. Michael's Hospital
Speaker: Dr. Ra Han, Pediatric Cardiologist, St. Michael's Hospital and The Hospital for Sick Children Learning Objectives 1) Review the components of a normal pediatric echocardiogram 2) Identify common critical congenital heart defects 3) Recognize red
Advanced Topics Title: Deciphering the Mystery of Agitated Saline Contrast Speaker: Howard Leong-Poi MD FRCPC FACC FASE, St. Michael's Hospital Objectives: 1) Discuss the basic principles behind agitated saline contrast studies. 2) Review features...
Speaker: Patrick Prud'homme MD FRCPC Echo Fellow, St. Michael's Hosptial Objectives: 1) Describe the strengths and limitations of echocardiography in imaging hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM). 2) Choose alternative or complementary imaging methods in...
Advanced Topic Speaker: Géraldine Ong MD FRCPC Cardiologist, Structural Heart Program Staff Echocardiographer, St. Michale’s Hospital Echo Lab. Cardiologist, Structural Heart Program. Staff Echocardiographer, St. Michale’s Hospital Echo Lab ...
Core Curriculum Speaker: Ciara Pendrith MD C1, Cardiology Resident, St. Michael's Hospital Objectives: 1. Discuss etiologies of mitral stenosis 2. Describe the echocardiographic features and grading of the severity of mitral stenosis 3. Discuss...
Core Curriculum Speaker: Michael Ruiz MD C2, Cardiology Resident, St. Michael's Hospital Objectives: 1. Review principles of cardio-oncology and chemotherapy associated cardiac toxicity 2. Discuss left ventricular systolic function assessment with...
Core Curriculum Title: The Physics of echocardiography; How I learned to love AS Objectives: 1. Outline how ultrasound waves are created and used for US imaging 2. Discuss the physics and the relationship between pressure and flow 3. Outline the basic..
Core Curriculum Title: Overnight On Call Echo Assessments Date: Thursday, July 21, 2022 Time: 08:00-09:00 ET Speaker: Dr. Carol Graham Cardiology Resident, St. Michael's Hospital Objectives: 1) To recognize clinical situations that require urgent...
peaker: Patrick Prud'homme, Echo Fellow, St. Michael's Hosptial Objectives: 1) Review main physics and pathophysiologic concepts that may contribute to imprecision in measurements during cardiac echocardiography. 2) Discuss common sources of error...
Advanced Curriculum Title: Why transcutaneous mitral valve replacement (TMVR) isn’t transcatheter aortic valve intervention (TAVI) yet ? Date: Thursday, June 23, 2022 Time: 08:00-09:00 ET Speaker: Anas Merdad MBBS FRCPC Interventional Echo Fellow, St....
Speaker: Chi-Ming Chow MD MSc FRCPC FASE FCCS Director of Echo Lab, St. Michael's Hospital Professor in Medicine, University of Toronto Objectives: 1) Describe what is amyloid and the cardiac involvement 2) Describe the classic echo features of cardiac.
Speaker: Vesna Mihajlovic, M.D., FRCPC Cardiology, PGY7 Echocardiography Fellow, St. Michael's Hospital University of Toronto Objectives: 1) Review the indications, contra-indications, safety, and diagnostic accuracy of stress echo 2) Review the...
Date: Thursday, May 5, 2022 Speaker: Abdulrahman Alanazi MBBS Objectives: 1. Discuss historical perspectives of infective endocarditis 2. Review the diagnostic criteria of infective endocarditis 3. Explain echocardiographic findings in infective...
Date: Thursday, May 12, 2022 Speaker: Jeff Henderson MD Objectives: 1) Examine the utility of echo in diagnosing device-related infections 2) Examine the utility of CT in diagnosing device-related infections 3) Examine the utility of PET in diagnosing..