THORACIC ULTRASOUND FOR PULMONOLOGISTS

Program Director, Anthony Gray, M.D.

Associate Course Directors: Carla Lamb, M.D.,

Andrew Villanueva, M.D. and Sheila Cunniff, R.N.

LAHEY CLINIC FACULTY

Ghazwan Acash, M.D.

Interventional Pulmonary Fellow, Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine

Sheila Cunniff, R.N., B.S.

Associate Chief of Ambulatory Nursing Practice, Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine

Anthony Gray, Jr., M.D.

Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine,

Asst. Prof. of Medicine,

Tufts Univ. School of Medicine

Carla Lamb, M.D.

Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine

Asst. Clinical Professor, Tufts Univ. School of Medicine

Timothy N. Liesching, M.D.

Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine

Asst. Prof. of Medicine, Tufts Univ. School of Medicine

Christopher Molgaard, M.D.

Department of Diagnostic Radiology,

Asst. Clin. Prof.-Radiology, Tufts Univ. School of Medicine

David Riker, M.D.

Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine

Andrew Villanueva, M.D.

Chairman, Dept. of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine

Asst. Clin. Prof.-Medicine,

Tufts Univ. School of Medicine

GUEST FACULTY

Anne Gonzalez, M.D.

Assistant Professor of Medicine

McGill University Health Center, Montreal Chest Institute, Montreal, Canada

PROGRAM OVERVIEW & COURSE OBJECTIVES

There is increasing interest in ultrasound applications by chest clinicians. Ultrasound has proven to be of great aid in staging of lung cancer when used with bronchoscopes or GI endoscopes. Portable ultrasound devices are bringing ultrasound application to the clinic and the intensive care unit. This course will

serve as an introduction to thoracic ultrasound applications for pulmonologists. The course will employ lectures by experts and instructional video. A hands-on workshop will familiarize the participants with currently available ultrasound technology for use by pulmonologists.

At the completion of this course the attendees will:

1. Have an understanding of basic principles of ultrasound imaging;

2. Appreciate the use of transthoracic ultrasound imaging both in the clinic and at the bedside;

3. Recognize vascular structures in the chest with ultrasound;

4. Appreciate the role of EBUS in sampling mediastinal lymph nodes and staging lung cancer.

Saturday, November 8, 2008

7:30 am Registration & Continental Breakfast

8:00 Welcome and Introduction

Anthony Gray, Jr., M.D.

8:15 Ultrasound – Basic Principles

Ghazwan Acash, M.D.

8:40 Pleural Ultrasound

Anne Gonzalez, M.D.

9:00 Ultrasound in the ICU

Anthony Gray, M.D.

9:25 Break

9:40 EBUS I – Identifying Central and Peripheral Lesions

Carla Lamb, M.D.

10:10 EBUS II – TBNA Scope

David Riker, M.D.

Saturday, November 8, 2008 (continued)

10:40 am Establishing Competency/ Billing for US

Carla Lamb, M.D.

11:10 Ultrasound – Clinical Examples and US Jeopardy!

David Riker, M.D.

11:45 Lunch

12:45 Rotate through Labs: EBUS/Vessel/Transthoracic

5:15 Adjourn

This course is endorsed by the American Association for Bronchology.