Advances in Nuclear Cardiology, Cardiac CT and Cardiac MRI: 35th Annual Case Review with the Experts

Friday, January 17, 2020, 7:15 AM - Sunday, January 19, 2020, 2:15 PM PST, Cedars-Sinai Harvey Morse Conference Center

Advanced cardiac imaging with nuclear cardiology, cardiac CT, and cardiac MRI are changing rapidly in their scope and clinical utilization. How the technologies are optimally performed and applied to provide value is the focus of this three day conference, which utilizes extensive case presentation as a means of learning. There is a need to fully understand the new applications of the technologies as well as changes in the evidence regarding their use. Physicians performing, interpreting the tests need to optimize their abilities, and those who order the tests need to understand the issues regarding value-based imaging considering new trial results and guidelines. We meet these educational needs through a live three-day symposium entitled: Advances in Nuclear Cardiology, Cardiac CT and Cardiac MRI: 35th Annual Case Review with the Experts.

*NEW SESSIONS for the 2020 program include THE ISCHEMIA TRIAL: IMPLICATIONS FOR CLINICAL PRACTICE, CARDIAC AMYLOIDOSIS, CARIAC SARCOIDOSIS, MYOCARDIAL BLOOD FLOW WITH PET, SPECT, AND CMR. The last day of the program focuses on expanding use of cardiac CT.

Sessions Include:
SESSION 1: INTERPRETING AND REPORTING SPECT/PET MPI CASES IN DAILY PRACTICE
SESSION 2: THE FUTURE OF NUCLEAR CARDIOLOGY
SESSION 3: RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS, CAMERAS, SOFTWARE, RADIATION
SESSION 4: CARDIAC AMYLOIDOSIS: THE MOST RAPIDLY GROWING NUCLEAR CARDIOLOGY APPLICATION
SESSION 5: MYOCARDIAL VIABILITY AND NUCLEAR CARDIOLOGY CASES
SESSION 6: MYOCARDIAL BLOOD FLOW (MBF) and MYOCARDIAL FLOW RESERVE (MFR) WITH PET, SPECT and CMR
SESSION 7: SARCOIDOSIS and INFECTION
SESSION 8: NEW AND FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS IN PET AND SPECT
SESSION 9: THE ISCHEMIA TRIAL: IMPLICATIONS FOR CLINICAL PRACTICE
SESSION 10:  NUCLEAR CARDIOLOGY AND CARDIAC CT
SESSION 11: CMR: CURRENT AND FUTURE POTENTIAL
SESSION 12: CARDIAC CT: CURRENT STATUS and FUTURE APPLICATIONS
SESSION 13: BEST PAPERS AND BEST CASES
SESSION 14: CARDIAC CT IN AORTIC STENOSIS AND NON-CORONARY HEART DISEASE

To view a detailed agenda, click here.

1. Improve skills in image interpretation, including the recognition of imaging artifacts, and create optimal reports
2. Select patients for imaging studies based on recent guidelines and AUC
3. Understand clinical use of myocardial blood flow measurements with PET and SPECT
4. Know clinical role of nuclear cardiology in amyloidosis and sarcoidosis
5. Assess the use of coronary artery calcium scanning in prevention of CAD
6. Improve application of cardiac CT FFR, and perfusion
7. Evaluate the capabilities of cardiac MRI and the evidence supporting its use
8. Discuss implications of the ISCHEMIA Trial on stress imaging and cardiac CT

Registration is now closed.
Limited On-site registration will be taken based on space availability

Registration will begin at 7:15 AM in Harvey Morse Conference Center (South Tower, Plaza Level). 

Meeting Location: 
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Harvey Morse Conference Center
South Tower, Plaza Level
8700 Gracie Allen Drive
Los Angeles, CA 90048

Parking:
Self parking is available in the visitor parking lots P1, P2 or P4 for a daily rate of $15.00.

P1 on George Burns Road, North Tower, between Beverly Blvd and Alden Drive
P2 on George Burns Road, Spielberg Building, between Beverly Blvd and Alden Drive
P4 on Sherbourne Drive between 3rd St & Gracie Allen

Please refer to the campus map link: Click Here

Standard Fees

Physicians	$750
Non-physicians	$500
Resident/Fellows	$400

To Pay by Check:

Mail payment (with checks made payable to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center) to:
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Office of Continuing Medical Education
Attn: Registrations
700 N. San Vicente Blvd., Suite G550
West Hollywood, CA 90069

Refund Policy:

All cancellations must be submitted in writing and refunds will be subject to an administrative charge. Please e-mail cancellation request to [email protected]. If you do not receive confirmation of your cancellation via e-mail, please call (310) 423-5548. 

Cedars-Sinai Medical Center is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.


Credit Designation Statement
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center designates this Live Activity for a maximum of 24.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Non-Physician Attendance
Non-physicians: A certificate of participation will be provided to other health care professionals requesting credits. Participants should ensure in advance that their credentialing or licensing organization accepts AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM.

CE Credit for Technologist
The American Society of Nuclear Cardiology is a recognized provider of continuing education credit for technologists. ASNC’s Continuing Education (CE) credit is accepted by the NMTCB and ARRT. This live activity has been approved by the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology for a maximum of 23.75 ARRT Category A credits for technologists.

ABIM MOC Recognition Statement
Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 24.00 Medical Knowledge MOC points in the American Board of Internal Medicine's (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. Participants will earn MOC points equivalent to the amount of CME credits claimed for the activity. It is the CME activity provider's responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit.



Co-Sponsors
Co-sponsored by the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology, the Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography, the California Chapter of the American College of Cardiology, the Arizona Chapter of the American College of Cardiology and the International Academy of Cardiology.

AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™ (MD, DO) (24.00 hours), ABIM MOC Part 2 (24.00 hours), ABIM MOC Part IV (24.00 hours), Non-Physician AMA Attendance (24.00 hours)

Book your hotel room at a special rate.

A limited number of Superior King rooms are available at a special conference rate of $289 per night, plus tax.
Each individual guest must make their own reservations by calling (310) 278-5444 no later than Monday, January 6, 2020. 

Please identify yourself as member of the Cedars-Sinai Nuclear Cardiology Conference. 
All reservations must be guaranteed and accompanied by a first night room deposit or guaranteed with a major credit card.

Sofitel Los Angeles at Beverly Hills
8555 Beverly Blvd.,
Los Angeles, CA 90048

Course Directors
Daniel Berman, MD, FACC, MSCCT, MASNC
Chief, Cardiac Imaging
Cedars-Sinai Smidt Heart Institute
Medical Director of Artificial Intelligence in Medicine Program
Professor of Imaging
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

James Min, MD, FACC, MSCCT
Professor of Radiology and Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine
Director, Dalio Institute of Cardiovascular Imaging
New York Presbyterian|Weill Cornell

Alan Rozanski, MD, FACC
Director of Nuclear Cardiology and Cardiology Fellowship Training
Professor of Medicine
Mount Sinai St. Luke’s Hospital

Piotr Slomka, PhD, FACC
Research Scientist, Artificial Intelligence in Medicine Program
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Los Angeles, CA

Guest Faculty
Timothy Bateman, MD, FACC, MASNC
University of Missouri, Kansas City School of Medicine

Rob Beanlands, MD, FACC, MASNC
University of Ottawa Heart Institute

Matthew Budoff, MD, FACC, MSCCT
Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute

Tracy Callister, MD, FACC, FSCCT
Tennessee Heart & Vascular Institute

Panithaya Chareonthaitawee, MD, FACC
Mayo Clinic

Victor Cheng, MD, FSCCT
Minneapolis Heart Institute

Sharmila Dorbala, MD, FACC, FASNC
Harvard Medical School

Jacek Kwiecinski, MD
Warsaw Institute of Cardiology, Poland

Jamshid Maddahi, MD, FACC, FASNC
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA

John Mahmarian, MD, FACC, FSCCT, MASNC
Houston Methodist

Robert Miller, MD, FACC
University of Calgary

Koen Niemen, MD, FSCCT
Standford Health Care

Leslee Shaw, PhD, FACC, MSCCT, MASNC
Weill Cornell Medicine

Todd Villines, MD, FACC, MSCCT
Walter Reed National Military Medical Center

Jack Ziffer, MD, MSCCT, FASNC
Baptist Health South Florida

Cedars-Sinai Faculty
Anthony Christodoulou, PhD
Damini Dey, PhD, FSCCT
Rohan Dharmakumar, PhD
John Friedman, MD, FACC
Sean Hayes, MD
Raj Makkar, MD
Jignesh Patel, MD, PhD, FACC
Prediman Shah, MD, MACC
Behzad Sharif, PhD
Balaji Tamarappoo, MD, PhD, FACC
Louise Thomson, MD
Serge Van Kriekinge, PhD

Exhibit Fee: $1,750

Should you decide to participate at this important educational activity, please complete the online exhibit registration. 
Online registration is required even if paying by check. An account will need to be created. 

Click the “Register” tab, select your registrant category “Exhibitor/Vendor” and proceed. 

Please email [email protected] for more information.

 

Co-Sponsors
Co-sponsored by the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology, the Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography, the California Chapter of the American College of Cardiology, the Arizona Chapter of the American College of Cardiology and the International Academy of Cardiology.