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This CME activity is sponsored by the UC, San Diego School of Medicine.

The University of California, San Diego School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The University of California, San Diego School of Medicine designates this live event for a maximum of 31 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Please sign in each day as well as complete course and lecture evaluations to receive appropriate CME credit.  CME certificates will be mailed after course completion.

• Medical_Professionals
• Medical_students
• Nurses

At the conclusion of this activity, the participants should be able to:

• Identify specific indications and contraindications to transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) in both cardiac and non-cardiac anesthesiology, including particular uses in assisting invasive line placement, hemodynamic instability, and myocardial and valvular assessments.
• Demonstrate safe probe insertion techniques, manipulation and image acquisition of a standard approach to a comprehensive 20 view TEE exam.
• Examine the concepts of the Doppler principle, their application to Pulsed Wave, Continuous Wave, Color Flow and tissue Doppler imaging and their use in hemodynamic calculations, valvular and ventricular assessments.
• Review pathologic cardiac states and their echocardiographic representations including qualitative and quantitative assessments.  Potential pathologic states include but are not limited to mitral valve, aortic valve, tricuspid valve, left and right ventricular systolic and diastolic as well as aortic diseases.
• Evaluate the use of limited transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) FoCUS exam in the perioperative arena

Timothy Maus, MD, FASE
Associate Clinical Professor
Director of Perioperative Echocardiography
Associate Director of Cardiac Anesthesia Fellowship
University of California, San Diego

UCSD Course Co-Director

Dalia Banks, MD, FASE
Associate Clinical Professor 
Director of Cardiac Anesthesia
Director of Cardiac Anesthesia Fellowship
University of California, San Diego

UCSD Faculty

Byron Fergerson, MD
Associate Clinical Professor
VAMC Site Director of Cardiac Education
University of California, San Diego

Liem Nguyen, MD
Assistant Clinical Professor
Director of Cardiac Education
University of California, San Diego

Ramon Sanchez, MD
Associate Clinical Professor
Director of Hepatic Transplantation Anesthesia
University of California San Diego

The UCSD Echocardiography Visiting Preceptorship is offered on a bimonthly basis with limited space per session. The limited course space serves to maintain the intimate nature and quality of small group sessions.

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Group registrations not allowed

Accompanying persons not allowed

We don’t accept Online Abstracts

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