2025 SCA Echo Board Review Course

SCA Echo Board Review Course 2025

The Echo Board Exam Review Course is designed for Fellows who will be sitting the National Board of Echocardiography Advanced Perioperative Transesophageal Examination (Advanced PTEeXAM). A panel of experts will lead sessions designed to help prepare Echo Board candidates for the exam.

AGENDA

SATURDAY, MAY 31, 2025

• 10:00 AM – 10:50 AM Welcome and Introductions Dr. Aidan Sharkey, MD
  10:05 AM – 10:35 AM ULTRASOUND PHYSICS 1 Feroze Mahmood, MD, FASE
  10:35 AM – 10:45 AM Break
  10:45 AM – 11:10 AM ULTRASOUND PHYSICS 2 Feroze Mahmood, MD, FASE
  11:10 AM – 11:25 AM Break
  11:25 AM – 12:00 PM ULTRASOUND PHYSICS 3 Feroze Mahmood, MD, FASE
  12:00 PM – 1:00 PM Lunch
  1:00 PM – 2:15 PM MOCK EXAM 1 AND PANEL DISCUSSION Mark Robitaille, MD
  2:15 PM – 2:30 PM Break
  2:30 PM – 3:45 PM MOCK EXAM 2 AND PANEL DISCUSSION Sohail Mahboobi, MD, FASA
  3:45 PM – 4:00 PM Break
  4:00 PM – 5:15 PM MOCK EXAM 3 AND PANEL DISCUSSION Shweta Yemul Golhar, MD

SUNDAY, JUNE 1, 2025

• 10:00 AM – 10:05 AM Welcome and Introductions
  10:05 AM – 10:40 AM HEMODYNAMICS WORKSHOP 1 Dr. Aidan Sharkey, MD
  10:40 AM – 10:50 AM Break
  10:50 AM – 11:10 AM HEMODYNAMICS WORKSHOP 2 Feroze Mahmood, MD, FASE
  11:10 AM – 11:20 AM Break
  11:20 AM – 11:40 PM HEMODYNAMICS WORKSHOP 3 Feroze Mahmood, MD, FASE
  11:40 PM – 11:50 PM Break
  11:50 AM – 12:15 PM HEMODYNAMICS WORKSHOP 4 Feroze Mahmood, MD, FASE
  12:15 PM – 1:00 PM Break
  1:00 PM – 1:35 PM PHYSICS & HEMODYNAMIC CORE PRINCIPLES 1 Feroze Mahmood, MD, FASE
  1:35 PM – 1:45 PM Break
  1:45 PM – 2:15 PM PHYSICS & HEMODYNAMIC CORE PRINCIPLES 2 Feroze Mahmood, MD, FASE
  2:15 PM – 2:30 PM Break
  2:30 PM – 3:45 PM MOCK EXAM 4 AND PANEL DISCUSSION Kendra Derry, MD, FRCPC

Educational Learning Objectives

After completing this activity, the participant should be better able to:

• Review the fundamentals of ultrasound physics.
• Perform hemodynamic calculations using ultrasound.
• Define the clinical application of two and three-dimensional echocardiographic imaging and use of Doppler principle to assess normal and abnormal cardiac states.
• Discuss the normal and abnormal anatomy and function of the native and implanted valves using 2D/3D imaging and Doppler derived quantification.
• Assess the integral role of echocardiography guided decision-making in complex surgery, percutaneous therapies, and clinical dilemmas.