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LocationFairfax Radiological Consultants |
Target AudienceRadiologists and Cardiologists |
ObjectivesUpon completion of this educational activity, participants will be able to:
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Course OverviewThis 3 ½ day offering begins with a four hour 'Intro to Advantage Workstation (AW) Cardiac Software Workshop' to be held on Sunday afternoon lead by a GE Applications Specialist. The purpose of this class is to provide attendees with basic knowledge of the workstation to produce diagnostic coronary images The skills learned in this session will allow for a faster pace during Dr. Earls' course resulting in a maximum number of cases reviewed. (This session is a mandatory part of the class. Unless attendees have extensive experience using GE's Cardiac CT software on the AW they should plan on attending this session). The focus of this course is learning how to perform and interpret cardiac CT angiography examinations. The intent of this offering is to primarily provide a large volume of mentored cases for either ACC/AHA or ACR accreditation purposes. A combination of live clinical cases (usually 30-35) as well as archived cases (usually 40-45, many with available conventional angiographic correlation) will be processed and interpreted together during the course. Participants will have their own AW. It is assumed attendees have either gone to a basic cardiac CT course or have some clinical experience scanning patients and processing cases. This course also offers the opportunity to obtain additional cases toward Level 3 cardiology certification requirements. |
Faculty BackgroundDr. Earls received his medical degree from New York University School of Medicine. He completed his internship in general Surgery and residency in Diagnostic Radiology at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington DC. He completed Fellowship training in Magnetic Resonance Imaging at NYU. He previously served on the full time faculty at both Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and the University of Washington School of Medicine. Dr. Earls is currently Vice President and Medical Director of Fairfax Radiological Consultants (FRC), P.C. and is Director of the Cardiac CT Lab at the Inova Heart and Vascular Institute in Falls Church, VA. He is the author of over 100 articles, book chapters, abstracts and other publications on advanced imaging technologies. Dr Earls' research interests currently include new technologies and methods for improving accuracy and reproducibility of cardiac CT. He lectures extensively on cardiac CT and has been Course Director for both national and international Cardiovascular Imaging meetings. |
About Fairfax Radiological Consultants P.C.FRC is a large 70+ physician sub-specialized radiology practice based in the Washington D.C. suburbs of Northern Virginia. Fairfax Radiology’s cardiac CT program was started by Dr Earls 4 years ago and is now one of the busiest clinical programs in the U.S. They have performed approximately 6000 studies and have an extensive database of cases, including many with conventional angiographic correlation. |
Comments From Previous Participants"Excellent one-on-one training on how to hands on process numerous cases, many of which are live cases. Very intense and time efficient. Thorough coverage of coronary arteries, anomalies, pulmonary veins, bypass grafts." |
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