Course Description:

This course is designed for physicians, sonographers, technologists and other health care professionals seeking to acquire the specific skill sets and knowledge base required to perform and interpret transcranial Doppler (TCD) studies. In the course, attendees will learn the basic skills for performance and interpreting TCD, transcranial imaging (TCI) and monitoring studies through didactic lectures and guided hands-on sessions with faculty. Interactive case studies will serve as a basis for development of interpretation skills.

Attendees will also be instructed in the various applications and settings in which transcranial Doppler is performed including the vascular laboratory, emergency room, neurosurgical arena, and operating room. Some of the major topics include performance of TCD in patients with extracranial occlusive disease, functional vasomotor reactivity testing, monitoring during carotid stenting and endarterectomy, diagnosis of intracranial stenosis and acute intracranial occlusion, diagnosis of vasospasm secondary to subarachnoid hemorrhage, and detection and grading of patent foramen ovale. Learning will be accomplished through didactic sessions with faculty presenting in those areas of special interest and/or specialization. Guided hands-on and interactive case studies are also provided where appropriate.

Dates:

March 18-20,2009

Location:

Pacific Vascular Institute for Continuing Medical Education (PVICME)
18702 North Creek Parkway, Suite 212
Bothell, WA. 98011
(425) 398-7772

To Register:

Call (425) 398-7772
Website: http://www.pvicme.com/transDoppler.htm