Save the Date for our Spring 2025
NESE Conference!
Saturday, May 3rd, 2025
“Echo Potpourri”
Lake Morey Resort | Fairlee, VT
Make it a fun family weekend!
Call Lake Morey Resort to book your rooms!
802-333-4311
Or visit: www.lakemoreyresort.com and use code NE-ECHO for special rates!
Echo Potpourri
PROGRAM SCHEDULE:
7:30 AM - 8:20 AM
Registration, Continental Breakfast and Exhibits
8:20 AM – 8:30 AM
Welcome, Housekeeping
Steven Walling, ACS, RDCS, FASE
8:30 AM – 9:30 AM
Echo and MRI
Scott Friedman, MD
9:30 AM – 10:30 AM
Twice as Nice: A Review of Atrial Level Defects
Bryon Gentile, MD, FASE
10:30 AM – 10:45 AM
Refreshment Break, Exhibits, Prize Giveaway
10:45 AM– 11:45 AM
Heart Under Pressure: The Aortic Stenosis Challenge
Vincent Lipari, DO & Christina Lynch, RDCS
11:45 AM – 12:15 PM
Industry and Exhibit Trot
12:15 PM – 12:45 PM
Lunch and Learn: ASE Scholarship Presentations
Scholarship Winners and NESE Board Members
12:45 PM – 1:45 PM
Tetralogy of Fallot: Echo Evaluation of the Right Heart in Congenital Heart Disease
Tiffani E. Wood, ACS, RDCS (AE, PE, FE), Joshua Price, MD
1:45 PM – 2:45 PM
Metabolic Syndrome and Echo
Zach Bukowski, BS, RDCS
2:45 PM – 3:00 PM
Refreshment Break and Exhibits
3:00 PM – 4:00 PM
Challenging Cases and Hemodynamics Encountered in the Echo Lab
Jeff Hill, MSc, ACS, FASE & Richard A. Palma, BS, ACS, RCCS, RCS, RDCS, FACVP, FSDMS, FASE
4:00 PM – 4:15 PM
One Beat Echo Game
Bryan Doldt, RDCS, FASE & Steve Walling, ACS, RDCS, FASE
4:15 - 4:30 PM
Prize Giveaway, Closing Remarks, Adjourn
Make your weekend extra special!
Check out these local hot spots!
Vermont Institute of Natural Science
Norwich Farmers Market (find it on Facebook and Instagram)
ASE 2025 Scholarship Contest
$2500 for registration and travel to the 50th Anniversary Scientific Session!
Thank you to our conference sponsors!
CREDIT:
The Accrediting Body designates this educational activity for a maximum of 6.0 CEU Credits. Continuing education credits are honored by the American Registry for Diagnostic Medical Sonography (ARDMS) and Cardiovascular Credentialing International (CCI) towards registry requirements for sonographers. Credits are not valid towards ARRT of physician requirements.
COURSE DESCRIPTION:
The faculty members of this program will utilize their clinical expertise and experience to improve attendees’ awareness and understanding of basic measurements and application of conventional and advanced technology. Teaching methods will include lectures, case presentations, live scanning, and audience participation.
FACULTY DISCLOSURE:
In order to ensure the highest balance, independence, objectivity and scientific rigor, faculty are required to disclose all relevant financial relationships with any commercial interest related to the subject matter of the educational activity. Faculty also will disclose any off-label and/or investigational use of pharmaceuticals or instruments discussed in their presentation. Disclosure will be published in course material so the participants may formulate their own judgments regarding the presentation.
FACULTY:
Bryan Doldt, MS, RDCS, FASE
Program Director, Echocardiography Programs
School of Medical Imaging and Therapeutics MCPHS University, Worcester, MA
Zachary Bukowski, BS, RDCS
Echocardiography Sonographer
Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center
Lebanon, NH
Scott Friedman, MD
Chief of Cardiology and Associate Chief of Medicine White River Junction VA Medical Center
White River Junction, VT
Bryon A. Gentile, MD, FASE
Director of Interventional Echocardiography
UMass Chan Medical School, 55 Lake Ave North, Worcester, MA
Jeff Hill, MSc, ACS, FASE
Assistant Professor, Echocardiography Programs
School of Medical Imaging and Therapeutics, MCPHS University, Worcester, MA
Vincent Lipari, DO
Advanced Imaging Cardiologist and Director of Cardiovascular CT
Hartford Hospital, Hartford, CT
Christina Lynch, MHA, RDCS
Cardiac Sonographer
Hartford Hospital
Hartford, CT
Richard A. Palma, BS, ACS, RCCS, RCS, RDCS, FACVP, FSDMS, FASE
Director, Duke Cardiac Ultrasound Program Duke School of Medicine, Raleigh, NC
Steve Walling, BS, ACS, RDCS, FASE
Program Director and Clinical Coordinator
Hoffman Heart School of Cardiovascular Technology
Saint Francis Hospital, Hartford, CT
Tiffani E. Wood, ACS, RDCS (AE, PE, FE)
Lead Cardiac Sonographer
University of Vermont Medical Center
Burlington, V
Our Spring 2024 conference was a huge success!
Thank you to all who participated.
