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Meet-the-Professor SessionsThursday, March 13, 200811:45 AM–12:45 PMTP1 Transesophageal Echo and Transthoracic Echo Usein ResuscitationMichael Blaivas, MD, RDMSPacific · South Tower/Level 1Following this session, participants shouldbe able to discuss transesophageal echo (TEE)use in resuscitation, pitfalls common totransthoracic echo (TTE) and TEE, andcommon TTE/TEE findings in resuscitation.TP2 Postabortion and Postpartum UltrasoundDouglas Brown, MDLeucadia · South Tower/Level 1Following this session, participants willbe able to describe the most useful sonographicfeatures for identifying retained products ofconception and discuss features unique to thepost–cesarean delivery patient.TP3 Thyroid Fine-Needle Aspiration: Why, When,and How?Mark Lockhart, MD, MPHOceanside · South Tower/Level 1After this session, participants will be able tounderstand the indications and clinical settingsthat lead to thyroid fine-needle aspiration(FNA). This session will enable them to accessFNA techniques.TP4 Basic Screening for Congenital Heart Disease inClinical PracticeMark Sklansky, MDPoint Loma · South Tower/Level 1Following this session, participants will be ableto identify the major problems with currentscreening methods for fetal heart disease.TP5 First-Trimester, Integrated, Sequential, andContingent Risk Assessment for Down Syndrome:What Does It Mean?Steven Warsof, MDSolana · South Tower/Level 1Following this session, participants will be ableto counsel patients appropriately through themaze of new first-trimester risk assessmentoptions for Down syndrome.Friday, March 14, 20086:45 AM–7:45 AMFA1 Controversies in Polycystic Ovary Syndrome:Diagnosis by UltrasoundMisty Blanchette Porter, MDLeucadia · South Tower/Level 1Following this session, participants will be ableto discuss the criteria for establishing the diagnosisof polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS),discuss the role of pelvic ultrasound in establishingthe diagnosis of PCOS, and review theindications for endometrial biopsy in patientswith a thickened endometrial echo.FA2 Updates in Neonatal NeurosonologyDorothy Bulas, MDOceanside · South Tower/Level 1Following this session, participants will be ableto describe advanced sonographic techniques thatare useful in imaging the neonatal brain, includingthe use of the transmastoid view and Dopplersonography.FA3 Is It Real or Is It an Artifact?Peter L. Cooperberg, MD, CM, FRCPCAnaheim · North Tower/Marriott Pavilion/Lobby LevelAfter this session, participants will learn to appreciatehow the physical principles of ultrasoundcan cause echoes to appear on the image thatdo not necessarily reflect the actual position orintensity of the actual interface in the body.Participants will then be able to avoid misdiagnosingabnormalities that are actually artifactsand avoid missing abnormalities that look likeartifacts.FA4 Color Flow Doppler Ultrasound of the Fetal HeartLisa Hornberger, MDPoint Loma · South Tower/Level 1Following this session, participants will be ableto understand the role of color flow Doppler inthe evaluation of structural and functional fetalcardiovascular disease and in cardiac screening.FA5 Ultrasound and Magnetic Resonance Imaging ofCentral Nervous System AnomaliesDeborah Levine, MDSolana · South Tower/Level 1Following this session, participants will be ableto describe the types of central nervous systemanomalies for which magnetic resonance imagingadds additional information beyond thatavailable with ultrasound.72FA6 Vascular Protocols and Interpretation CriteriaLaurence Needleman, MDPacific · South Tower/Level 1Following this session, participants will be ableto describe the necessary components to documentand interpret carotid, lower extremityvenous,upper extremity venous, arterial, andrenal arterial duplex scans.