Cedars Sinai Transcranial Doppler Building Interpretation Skills-March 2025

Date & Location:  Thursday, March 20, 2025, 7:45 AM – Friday, March 21, 2025, 12:15 PM PST, Online

Target Audience
Specialties – Cardiology, Critical Care Medicine, Hematology, Imaging, Neurology, Neurosurgery, Pediatrics, Radiology
Professions – Nurse, Nurse (Advanced Practice NP CRNA CNM CNS), Physician, Physician Assistant

Overview
This online course will build the basic skills required for interpretation for a variety of transcranial Doppler diagnostic and advanced studies. Using established guidelines and criteria, each subject will be explored as case studies are reviewed, analyzed, and discussed in an open and supportive atmosphere by our expert faculty. The case studies provided during this course may be used to help satisfy the 100 supervised studies required to take the ASN Neurosonology examination.
Objectives

Understand the anatomy, vessels, landmarks, and collateral pathways of the Circle of Willis
Interpret 100 supervised case studies in a variety of TCD applications
Develop an awareness of waveform morphology in normal and diseased states
Improved reporting skills including appropriate terminology
Better understand the many applications of transcranial Doppler for inpatient and outpatient use
Identify opportunities for interprofessional collaboration with members of the team that interpret transcranial Doppler studies

 
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*Note: these are continuous video recordings during the conference, they include individual lectures mentioned in the Detail section below
Basic Interpretation Skills Guide.pdf
March 20.mp4 (4 hours)
March 21.mp4 (4 hours)
 
*Detail:

Thursday, March 20, 2025

Welcome and Course Introduction
7:50AM – 7:55AM
Brenda Rinsky, RVT

Basic Interpretation Skills Guide
7:55AM – 8:00AM

Normal Studies and Acoustic Limitations: Guidelines, Criteria, and Case Studies
8:00AM – 9:00AM
Konrad H. Schlick, MD

Break
9:00AM – 9:05AM

Stenosis and Occlusion and Collateral Flow Patterns: Guidelines, Criteria, and Case Studies
9:05AM – 10:30AM
Konrad H. Schlick, MD

Technical Tricks and Tips
10:30AM – 10:45AM
Danielle Seth-Hunter, RVT

Break
10:45AM – 10:55AM

Monitoring- Guidelines, Criteria, and Case Studies
10:55AM – 12:15PM
Benedict Pereira, MD

Adjourn
12:15PM – 12:16PM

Friday, March 21, 2025

Bubble Studies: Guidelines, Criteria, and Case Studies
8:00AM – 9:00AM
Benedict Pereira, MD

Break
9:00AM – 9:05AM

Vasospasm: Guidelines, Criteria, and Case Studies
9:05AM – 10:00AM
Konrad H. Schlick, MD

Technical Tricks and Tips
10:00AM – 10:10AM
Danielle Seth-Hunter, RVT

Break
10:10AM – 10:15AM

Circulatory Arrest: Guidelines, Criteria, and Case Studies
10:15AM – 11:15AM
Konrad H. Schlick, MD

Break
11:15AM – 11:20AM

Vasomotor Reactivity, Sickle Cell anemia: Guidelines, Criteria, and Case Studies
11:20AM – 12:10PM
Konrad H. Schlick, MD

Closing Remarks and Adjournment
12:10PM – 12:15PM
Brenda Rinsky, RVT