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  • Wednesday, Jan 29th
    9:00 AM – 10:45 AM East Coast USA Time
    Physician Preconference Session 1: Physics of MRI and cardiac function
    Location: Regency Room
    Moderator: Amit R. Patel, MD – Division of Cardiology, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA.
    Moderator: Ellen Ostenfeld, MD, PhD – Lund University and Skåne University Hospital, Lund, Sweden
    Moderator: Jorge A. Morales Aldana – Instituto Salvadoreño del Seguro Social
    Moderator: Karima Addetia, MD – University of Chicago
    Physician Preconference
  • Wednesday, Jan 29th
    9:00 AM – 9:12 AM East Coast USA Time
    Spins and Hardware/safety
    Location: Regency Room
    Speaker: Michael Schär, PhD – Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
    Physician Preconference
  • Wednesday, Jan 29th
    9:12 AM – 9:24 AM East Coast USA Time
    Acquisition Basic Pulse Sequences for MR Images (Core Sequences)
    Location: Regency Room
    Speaker: Anthony H. Aletras, PhD – Lund University and University of Thessaloniki
    Physician Preconference
  • Wednesday, Jan 29th
    9:24 AM – 9:36 AM East Coast USA Time
    Reconstruction (Fast Imaging: Parallel Imaging, Acceleration)
    Location: Regency Room
    Speaker: Anthony G. Christodoulou, PhD – University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
    Physician Preconference
  • Wednesday, Jan 29th
    9:36 AM – 9:48 AM East Coast USA Time
    Cine Imaging Acquisition and Recognizing Artifacts/sequences
    Location: Regency Room
    Speaker: Jennifer H. Jordan, PhD, FSCMR – Virginia Commonwealth University
    Physician Preconference
  • Wednesday, Jan 29th
    9:48 AM – 9:59 AM East Coast USA Time
    Discussion Part 1: Physician Preconference Session 1: Physics of MRI and cardiac function
    Location: Regency Room
    Physician Preconference
  • Wednesday, Jan 29th
    9:59 AM – 10:11 AM East Coast USA Time
    Cine MRI: Assessment of LV Function/strain
    Location: Regency Room
    Speaker: Rob J. Van Der Geest, PhD – Leiden University Medical Center
    Physician Preconference
  • Wednesday, Jan 29th
    10:11 AM – 10:23 AM East Coast USA Time
    RV Function and Strain Evaluation
    Location: Regency Room
    Speaker: Ellen Ostenfeld, MD, PhD – Lund University and Skåne University Hospital, Lund, Sweden
    Physician Preconference
  • Wednesday, Jan 29th
    10:23 AM – 10:35 AM East Coast USA Time
    Atrial Function/strain/diastolic function
    Location: Regency Room
    Speaker: Dana C. Peters, PhD, FSCMR – Yale
    Physician Preconference
  • Wednesday, Jan 29th
    10:35 AM – 10:45 AM East Coast USA Time
    Discussion Part 2: Physician Preconference Session 1: Physics of MRI and cardiac function
    Location: Regency Room
    Physician Preconference
  • Wednesday, Jan 29th
    11:00 AM – 12:45 PM East Coast USA Time
    Physician Preconference Session 2: LGE and Ischemic Heart Disease
    Location: Regency Room
    Moderator: Amr Abd Allah, MD, PhD, EDiR – Al nas hospital
    Moderator: Otavio Coelho-Filho, MD, PhD, MPH – University of Campinas - UNICAMP
    Moderator: Luigi Natale, MD – Catholic University - Fondazione Policlinico Universitario "A. Gemelli" IRCCS, Rome (Italy)
    Moderator: James Thompson, DO – USF/UCF/JH/SimonMed
    Physician Preconference
  • Wednesday, Jan 29th
    11:00 AM – 11:12 AM East Coast USA Time
    Gadolinium and Other Contrast Agents: Principles of Contrast Enhancement and Patient Safety
    Location: Regency Room
    Speaker: J. Paul Finn, MD – University of California, Los Angeles
    Physician Preconference
  • Wednesday, Jan 29th
    11:12 AM – 11:24 AM East Coast USA Time
    Late Gadolinium Enhancement Imaging: PSIR, Wideband, Dark Blood and Artifacts
    Location: Regency Room
    Speaker: Iain Pierce, PhD – University College London and Barts Heart Centre
    Physician Preconference
  • Wednesday, Jan 29th
    11:24 AM – 11:36 AM East Coast USA Time
    Perfusion Techniques: Acquisition, Analysis, and Artifacts
    Location: Regency Room
    Speaker: Teresa M. Correia, PhD – CCMAR Algarve, Portugal & King's College London, UK
    Physician Preconference
  • Wednesday, Jan 29th
    11:36 AM – 11:48 AM East Coast USA Time
    Coronary and Plaque Imaging: Acquisition and Clinical Use
    Location: Regency Room
    Speaker: Rene Michael M Botnar, PhD – Institute for Biological and Medical Engineering
    Physician Preconference
  • Wednesday, Jan 29th
    11:48 AM – 11:59 AM East Coast USA Time
    Discussion Part 1: Physician Preconference Session 2: LGE and Ischemic Heart Disease
    Location: Regency Room
    Physician Preconference
  • Wednesday, Jan 29th
    11:59 AM – 12:11 PM East Coast USA Time
    Myocardial Infarction: Acute, Chronic, and MINOCA
    Location: Regency Room
    Speaker: John Greenwood, MBChB, PhD, FRCP, FSCMR, FACC, FESC, FBCS, FICS – Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute
    Physician Preconference
  • Wednesday, Jan 29th
    12:11 PM – 12:23 PM East Coast USA Time
    Assessment of Myocardial Ischemia and Quantification of Myocardial Perfusion
    Location: Regency Room
    Speaker: Robert Manka, MD, FSCMR – University Hospital Zurich
    Physician Preconference
  • Wednesday, Jan 29th
    12:23 PM – 12:35 PM East Coast USA Time
    Device Imaging and VT ablation
    Location: Regency Room
    Speaker: Isabella Leo, MD, PhD – Royal Brompton & Harefield NHS Foundation Trust. Magna Graecia University Catanzaro
    Physician Preconference
  • Wednesday, Jan 29th
    12:35 PM – 12:45 PM East Coast USA Time
    Discussion Part 2: Physician Preconference Session 2: LGE and Ischemic Heart Disease
    Location: Regency Room
    Physician Preconference
  • Wednesday, Jan 29th
    1:30 PM – 2:30 PM East Coast USA Time
    Physician Preconference Session 3: Mapping and non-ischemic heart disease I
    Location: Regency Room
    Moderator: Andrea Cardona, MD, PhD, FACC, FSCMR – Regional Healthcare Unit, USL Umbria, Italy
    Moderator: Tevfik F. Ismail, MD, PhD, BSc, FSCMR – Guy's and St Thomas' Hospital/King's College London
    Physician Preconference
  • Wednesday, Jan 29th
    1:30 PM – 1:42 PM East Coast USA Time
    Mapping (T1, T2, T2*) Techniques: Acquisition, Analysis, and Artifacts
    Location: Regency Room
    Speaker: Jane Cao, MD MPH FACC – St. Francis Hospital and The Heart Center
    Physician Preconference
  • Wednesday, Jan 29th
    1:42 PM – 1:54 PM East Coast USA Time
    Applications in Myocarditis
    Location: Regency Room
    Speaker: Eike Nagel, MD – Goethe University Frankfurt
    Physician Preconference
  • Wednesday, Jan 29th
    1:54 PM – 2:06 PM East Coast USA Time
    Applications in Infiltrative Heart Diseases (Including iron)
    Location: Regency Room
    Speaker: Andrew Arai, MD – Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, Department of Radiology, University of Utah School of Medicine
    Physician Preconference
  • Wednesday, Jan 29th
    2:06 PM – 2:18 PM East Coast USA Time
    Dcm/non-ischemic Cardiomyopathy
    Location: Regency Room
    Speaker: Chetan Shenoy, MBBS, MS – Cardiovascular Division, Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
    Physician Preconference
  • Wednesday, Jan 29th
    2:18 PM – 2:30 PM East Coast USA Time
    Discussion: Physician Preconference Session 3: Mapping and non-ischemic heart disease I
    Location: Regency Room
    Physician Preconference
  • Wednesday, Jan 29th
    2:30 PM – 3:30 PM East Coast USA Time
    Physician Preconference Session 4: Mapping and non-ischemic heart disease II
    Location: Regency Room
    Moderator: Victor A. Ferrari, MD – University of PA Medical Center
    Moderator: Priya Jagia, MD, DNB RADIOLOGY – ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES, DELHI
    Physician Preconference
  • Wednesday, Jan 29th
    2:30 PM – 2:42 PM East Coast USA Time
    Hypertrophic Diseases
    Location: Regency Room
    Speaker: Betty Raman, MBBS FRACP DPhil – University of Oxford
    Physician Preconference
  • Wednesday, Jan 29th
    2:42 PM – 2:54 PM East Coast USA Time
    Afib, Pulmonary Vein, LAA imaging
    Location: Regency Room
    Speaker: Daniel Lee, MD, MSc – Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
    Physician Preconference
  • Wednesday, Jan 29th
    2:54 PM – 3:06 PM East Coast USA Time
    Assessment of Arrhythmogenic Cardiomyopathy
    Location: Regency Room
    Speaker: Allison Hays, MD – The Johns Hopkins University
    Physician Preconference
  • Wednesday, Jan 29th
    3:06 PM – 3:18 PM East Coast USA Time
    Radiologic Pathologic Correlation of Cardiac Masses
    Location: Regency Room
    Speaker: Jonathan W. Weinsaft, MD – Weill Cornell Medicine
    Physician Preconference
  • Wednesday, Jan 29th
    3:18 PM – 3:30 PM East Coast USA Time
    Discussion: Physician Preconference Session 4: Mapping and non-ischemic heart disease II
    Location: Regency Room
    Physician Preconference
  • Wednesday, Jan 29th
    4:00 PM – 5:00 PM East Coast USA Time
    Physician Preconference Session 5: Flow and Valves
    Location: Regency Room
    Moderator: Daniel Lee, MD, MSc – Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
    Moderator: M. Barbara Parsia, MD, MSc – Georgetown University School of Medicine
    Physician Preconference
  • Wednesday, Jan 29th
    4:00 PM – 4:12 PM East Coast USA Time
    Phase Contrast Imaging: Acquisition, Analysis, and Artifacts
    Location: Regency Room
    Speaker: Oliver Wieben, PhD – University of Wisconsin-Madison
    Physician Preconference
  • Wednesday, Jan 29th
    4:12 PM – 4:24 PM East Coast USA Time
    4d-flow and Its Clinical Applications Including Aorta?
    Location: Regency Room
    Speaker: Melany B. Atkins, MD – Fairfax Radiological Consultants, Inova Fairfax Hospital
    Physician Preconference
  • Wednesday, Jan 29th
    4:24 PM – 4:36 PM East Coast USA Time
    Aortic/pulmonic valve disease
    Location: Regency Room
    Speaker: Dipan J. Shah, MD – Weill Cornell Medical College, Houston Methodist DeBakey Heart and Vascular Center, Houston, Texas, USA
    Physician Preconference
  • Wednesday, Jan 29th
    4:36 PM – 4:48 PM East Coast USA Time
    Mitral/tricuspid valve disease
    Location: Regency Room
    Speaker: Joao Cavalcante, MD – Allina Health Minneapolis Heart Institute
    Physician Preconference
  • Wednesday, Jan 29th
    4:48 PM – 5:00 PM East Coast USA Time
    Discussion: Physician Preconference Session 5: Flow and Valves
    Location: Regency Room
    Physician Preconference
  • Wednesday, Jan 29th
    5:00 PM – 6:00 PM East Coast USA Time
    Physician Preconference Session 6: Congenital and others
    Location: Regency Room
    Moderator: Luis Landeras, MD – The University of Chicago
    Moderator: Ming-Yen Ng, BMBS FRCR FSCMR – The University of Hong Kong
    Physician Preconference
  • Wednesday, Jan 29th
    5:00 PM – 5:12 PM East Coast USA Time
    Technical aspects of contrast-enhanced and non-contrast enhanced MRA
    Location: Regency Room
    Speaker: Patrick Norton, MD – University of Virginia
    Physician Preconference
  • Wednesday, Jan 29th
    5:12 PM – 5:24 PM East Coast USA Time
    Aorta, Pulmonary Artery, and Vasculitis
    Location: Regency Room
    Speaker: Rodrigo Salgado, PhD – Antwerp University Hospital & Holy Heart Lier
    Physician Preconference
  • Wednesday, Jan 29th
    5:24 PM – 5:36 PM East Coast USA Time
    Assessment of Congenital Heart Lesions
    Location: Regency Room
    Speaker: Evangelia Nyktari, MD – Onassis Cardiac Surgery Centre
    Physician Preconference
  • Wednesday, Jan 29th
    5:36 PM – 5:48 PM East Coast USA Time
    Assessment of the Pericardium
    Location: Regency Room
    Speaker: Manish Motwani, MB ChB, PhD, FSCMR – Manchester Heart Institute
    Physician Preconference
  • Wednesday, Jan 29th
    5:48 PM – 6:00 PM East Coast USA Time
    Discussion: Physician Preconference Session 6: Congenital and others
    Location: Regency Room
    Physician Preconference