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SCMR is offering the opportunity to acquire CMR Level I Training Verification at the Annual Scientific Sessions (in-person only).
 To receive CMR Level I Training, please complete the following: 

- Attend at least 17 of the 21 defined “Level I Course” sessions
- Complete the Level I verification survey

Level 1 Sessions

  • Wednesday, Feb 4th
    9:00 AM - 10:45 AM  
    Physician's Preconference Session 1: Physics of MRI and Cardiac Function
    Location: Asia II & III and Halls 2-5 (3rd Floor)
    Moderator: Stefan K. Piechnik, PhD, FSCMR – University of Oxford
    Moderator: Michael Salerno, MD, PhD – UCSF
  • Wednesday, Feb 4th
    11:00 AM - 12:00 PM  
    Physician's Preconference Session 2: LGE and Ischemic Heart Disease (Part 1)
    Location: Asia II & III and Halls 2-5 (3rd Floor)
    Moderator: Ming Yen Ng, MD, FSCMR – The University of Hong Kong
    Moderator: Gabriela Liberato, MD – Heart Institute, University of São Paulo
  • Wednesday, Feb 4th
    12:00 PM - 12:45 PM  
    Physician's Preconference Session 3: LGE and Ischemic Heart Disease (Part 2)
    Location: Asia II & III and Halls 2-5 (3rd Floor)
    Moderator: Maria de la Paz Ricapito, MD – Anchorena Clinic
    Moderator: Jannike Nickander, MD, PhD – Karolinska Institutet
  • Wednesday, Feb 4th
    1:30 PM - 2:40 PM  
    Physician's Preconference Session 4: Mapping and Nonischemic Heart Disease (Part 1)
    Location: Asia II & III and Halls 2-5 (3rd Floor)
    Moderator: Laura C. Dragonetti, MD – Cardiovascular Imaging Coordinator (CMR & CT) – Hospital Alemán | Hospital Militar | Instituto Alexander Fleming | Teleradiology
    Moderator: Marly Uellendahl, MD, PhD – DASA - UNIFESP
  • Wednesday, Feb 4th
    2:40 PM - 3:30 PM  
    Physician's Preconference Session 5: Mapping and Nonischemic Heart Disease (Part 2)
    Location: Asia II & III and Halls 2-5 (3rd Floor)
    Moderator: Ibraim Masciarelli Pinto, MD, PhD – Instituto Dante Pazzanese de Cardiologia
    Moderator: Patricia F. Rodriguez Lozano, MD, MSc – University of Virginia Health System
  • Wednesday, Feb 4th
    4:00 PM - 5:00 PM  
    Physician's Preconference Session 6: Flow/Valves/Congenital/Others (Part 1)
    Location: Asia II & III and Halls 2-5 (3rd Floor)
    Moderator: Jeremy D. Collins, MD – Mayo Clinic
    Moderator: Julian Vega Adauy, MD – Chilean Institute of Cardiac Imaging | INCIC
  • Wednesday, Feb 4th
    5:00 PM - 6:00 PM  
    Physician's Preconference Session 7: Flow/Valves/Congenital/Others (Part 2)
    Location: Asia II & III and Halls 2-5 (3rd Floor)
    Moderator: Ntobeko A. Ntusi, MD, PhD – South African Medical Research Council
    Moderator: Luigi Natale, MD – Catholic University - Fondazione Policlinico Universitario "A. Gemelli" IRCCS, Rome (Italy)
  • Thursday, Feb 5th
    8:00 AM - 9:00 AM  
    Technologist Track Session 1: How I Do It: CMR Fundamentals 1
    Location: Asia I and Hall 1 (3rd Floor)
    Moderator: Rebecca Mills, MSc, BSc – OCMR
    Moderator: Filippo Bosio – King's College London
  • Thursday, Feb 5th
    9:10 AM - 10:10 AM  
    Technologist Track Session 2: How I Do It: CMR Fundamentals 2
    Location: Asia I and Hall 1 (3rd Floor)
    Moderator: Jose Abreu, RT – Atrium Health
    Moderator: Nicola Galea, MD, PhD – Sapienza University of Rome
  • Thursday, Feb 5th
    11:10 AM - 12:10 PM  
    Read with the Experts Session 1: Ischemic Cardiomyopathy
    Location: Asia IV and Hall 8 (3rd Floor)
    Moderator: Erasmo de la Pena-Almaguer, MD – Instituto de Cardiologia y Medicina Vascular, TecSalud
    Moderator: Isabella Leo, MD, PhD – Magna Graecia University
  • Thursday, Feb 5th
    2:40 PM - 3:40 PM  
    Technologist Track Session 3: How I Do It: CMR Fundamentals 3
    Location: Asia I and Hall 1 (3rd Floor)
    Moderator: Sara Elizabeth Ramirez Flores, MD – Hospital Central Fuerza Aérea del Perú / Clínica Internacional
    Moderator: Robert J. Holtackers, PhD – Maastricht University Medical Centre
  • Thursday, Feb 5th
    4:40 PM - 5:40 PM  
    Clinical & Translation Session 6: CMR in Clinical Trials: Defining Outcomes, Driving Guidelines
    Location: Asia II & III and Halls 2-5 (3rd Floor)
    Moderator: Ellen Ostenfeld, MD, PhD – Lund University and Skåne University Hospital, Lund, Sweden
    Moderator: Kenneth Bilchick, MD, MSc – University of Virginia Health System
  • Thursday, Feb 5th
    5:50 PM - 6:50 PM  
    Read with the Experts Session 2: Non-ischemic Cardiomyopathy and Inflammatory Diseases
    Location: Asia IV and Hall 8 (3rd Floor)
    Moderator: Sabrina Nordin, MD – Cardiac Vascular Sentral Kuala Lumpur
    Moderator: Rebecca Kozor, MD, PhD – Royal North Shore Hospital, Sydney
  • Friday, Feb 6th
    8:00 AM - 9:00 AM  
    Clinical & Translation Session 8: Decoding the Substrate: CMR for Ventricular Arrhythmias and Sudden Cardiac Arrest (Joint with ESCR/NASCI)
    Location: Asia II & III and Halls 2-5 (3rd Floor)
    Moderator: Scott Flamm, MD, MBA – SimonMed Imaging
    Moderator: Kate Hanneman, MD, MPH – Toronto General Hospital
  • Friday, Feb 6th
    9:10 AM - 10:10 AM  
    Technologist Track Session 6: How I Do It: Valvular and Congenital Heart Diseases
    Location: Asia I and Hall 1 (3rd Floor)
    Moderator: Louise McGrath – One Welbeck
    Moderator: Jeremy Hinojosa – Houston Methodist DeBakey Heart & Vascular Center
  • Friday, Feb 6th
    11:10 AM - 12:10 PM  
    Clinical & Translation Session 10: Debate 2: The Role of CMR in HFpEF: Clinical Game-Changer or Overstated Promise?
    Location: Asia II & III and Halls 2-5 (3rd Floor)
    Moderator: Attila Feher, MD, PhD – Yale University
    Moderator: Ibraim Masciarelli Pinto, MD, PhD – Instituto Dante Pazzanese de Cardiologia
  • Friday, Feb 6th
    1:30 PM - 2:30 PM  
    Read with the Experts Session 3: Valvular Heart Disease
    Location: Asia IV and Hall 8 (3rd Floor)
    Moderator: Raj Janardhanan, MD – University of Arizona
    Moderator: Gina E. Lazzara, MD – Vanderbilt University Medical Center
  • Friday, Feb 6th
    2:40 PM - 3:40 PM  
    Clinical & Translation Session 12: The Valve Whisperers: CMR at the Heart of the Heart Valve Team (Joint with SCMR/DIC/SPR)
    Location: Asia II & III and Halls 2-5 (3rd Floor)
    Moderator: Cesar H. Nomura, MD, PhD – Heart Institute, University of São Paulo
    Moderator: Jorge Andion Torreao, MD, PhD – Heart Institute USP
  • Saturday, Feb 7th
    8:00 AM - 9:00 AM  
    Read with the Experts Session 4: Cardiac Masses and Pericardial Disease
    Location: Asia IV and Hall 8 (3rd Floor)
    Moderator: Bruno B. Lima, MD, PhD – Vanderbilt University Medical Center
    Moderator: Attila Feher, MD, PhD – Yale University
  • Saturday, Feb 7th
    9:10 AM - 10:10 AM  
    Congenital Track Session 9: Read with the Expert
    Location: Americas II & III and Hall 4 (2nd Lower Level)
    Moderator: Juan Carlos Infante, Jr., MD – Nicklaus Children's Hospital
    Moderator: Gerald Greil, MD, PhD – UT Southwestern Medical Center
  • Saturday, Feb 7th
    11:10 AM - 12:10 PM  
    Clinical & Translation Session 15: CMR in Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy: From Diagnosis to Risk Stratification
    Location: Asia I and Hall 1 (3rd Floor)
    Moderator: Yuchi Han, MD, MSc, FSCMR – The Ohio State University
    Moderator: Christopher M. Kramer, MD – University of Virginia Health