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Agenda

Day 1
Day 2
Day 3
Day 4

Wednesday, April 30, 2025 – Building a Point-of-Care Ultrasound Program
All times in Eastern Time
12:45 pm
 Registration
1:00 pm
 Welcome & Introduction & Define your POCUS Program
Courtney Smalley, MD
1:15 pm
 Machine Choice, IT Configuration, and EMR Workflows
Joshua Jacquet, MD
1:45 pm
 POCUS Training - “Building a POCUS Program in Family Medicine”
John Hanicak, MD
2:05 pm
 POCUS Training - “The Experienced Program - Ways to Move the Program Forward”
Course Faculty
2:30 pm
 Roundtable Discussion
Courtney Smalley, MD, Siddharth Dugar, MD, John Hanicak, MD, Robert Stenberg, MD, and Course Faculty
3:00 pm
 Refreshment Break
3:10 pm
 Quality Improvement
Siddharth Dugar, MD
3:40 pm
 Credentialing and Privileging
Robert Stenberg, MD
4:10 pm
 Billing and Coding
Courtney Smalley, MD
4:30 pm
 AI and Future Directions
Joshua Jacquet, MD
4:50 pm
 Q&A and Closing Remarks
Courtney Smalley, MD
5:00 pm
 Adjourn

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Thursday, May 1, 2025 – Procedural POCUS DAY: “Procedural Wins – Core Skills for Procedural POCUS Expertise”
All times in Eastern Time
7:00 am
 Registration, Continental Breakfast and Exhibits
7:45 am
 Welcome and Introduction
Eduardo Mireles-Cabodevila, MD and Shetal N. Shah, MD
8:00 am
 Basics of Procedural Ultrasound Lecture: Pt prep, Equipment and Technique
Alex Ockerse, PA-C, D. Alex Paratore, DO, and Shetal N. Shah, MD
8:45 am
 Basics of Procedural Ultrasound Workshop
Alex Ockerse, PA-C, D. Alex Paratore, DO, and Shetal N. Shah, MD
9:30 am
 Refreshment Break and Visit Exhibits
9:45 am
 Paracentesis, Thoracentesis, and Soft Tissue Aspirations Lecture
Eileen Nelson, APRN, CNP, and Shetal N. Shah, MD
10:15 am
 Paracentesis, Thoracentesis, and Soft Tissue Aspirations Workshop
Alex Ockerse PA-C, D. Alex Paratore, DO, and Shetal N. Shah, MD
11:45 am
 Lunch and Visit Exhibits
12:45 pm
 Peripheral Lecture and Workshop
Aanchal Kapoor, MD and Marissa Brar, APRN, CPN
1:45 pm
 Central Venous Access Lecture and Workshop
Avneep Aggarwal, MD, Mani Latifi, MD, and Michael Taylor, MD
3:30 pm
 Refreshment Break and Visit Exhibits
3:45 pm
 Putting your Procedural Ultrasound Skills into Practice: Case Based Simulation
Avneep Aggarwal, MD, Marissa Brar, APRN, CPN, Erica Campbell-Brown, CNP, Aanchal Kapoor, MD, Mani Latifi, MD, Eileen Nelson, APRN, CNP, Alex Ockerse, PA-C, D. Alex Paratore, DO, Shetal N. Shah, MD, and Michael Taylor, MD
5:15 pm
 Adjourn

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Friday, May 2, 2025 – Diagnostic POCUS Day: “Make the Diagnosis – Core Skills for POCUS Image Acquisition”
All times in Eastern Time
7:00 am
 Registration, Continental Breakfast and Exhibits
7:45 am
 Welcome and Introduction
Eduardo Mireles-Cabodevila, MD and Courtney Smalley, MD
8:00 am
 Basics of Ultrasound: Probes, Planes and Artifacts
Courtney Smalley, MD
9:00 am
 Scan Session
Courtney Smalley, MD
10:00 am
 Refreshment Break and Visit Exhibits
10:15 am
 Morning Session: “Pump and Pipes”

Show Me Where Your Pump Is: Cardiac POCUS
Patrick Collier, MD, PhD and Ben Alencherry, MD

Evaluating the Pipes: Vascular DVT/Aorta
Douglas Joseph, DO
12:00 pm
 Lunch and Visit Exhibits
1:00 pm
 Afternoon Session: “Evaluating the Tank”

Oh, the Pain! Focused Assessment with Sonography for Trauma (FAST)
Joshua Jacquet, MD and Robert Stenberg, MD

Lung and IVC – Intrathoracic and Intravascular Compromise
Ajit Moghekar, MD
2:30 pm
 Intro to “RUSH” and Shock
Marina Boushra, MD and Siddharth Dugar, MD
3:00 pm
 Refreshment Break and Visit Exhibits
3:15 pm
 Putting your Skills into Practice: An Intro to Diagnosing Shock with POCUS Simulation
Ben Alencherry, MD, Marina Boushra, MD, Patrick Collier, MD, PhD, Siddharth Dugar, MD, Joshua Jacquet, MD, Douglas Joseph, DO, Eduardo Mireles-Cabodevila, MD, Ajit Moghekar, MD, Courtney Smalley, MD, and Robert Stenberg, MD
5:00 pm
 Adjourn

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Saturday, May 3, 2025 – Hands-on Simulation Workshops
All times in Eastern Time
7:30 am
 Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:00 am
 “RUSH” into your Practice: Assessing Critically Ill Patients in Shock
(Group A) or Advanced Assessment of the Rapidly Decompensating Patient
(Group B)
10:00 am
 Refreshment Break
10:15 am
 “RUSH” into your Practice: Assessing Critically Ill Patients in Shock
(Group B) or Advanced Assessment of the Rapidly Decompensating Patient
(Group A)
12:15 pm
 Adjourn

Hands-on Simulation Workshops

“RUSH” into your Practice:
Assessing Critically Ill Patients in Shock
Leads:
Marina Boushra,
MD, Lauren Moore, MD,
and Courtney Smalley, MD

AND

Advanced Assessment of the Rapidly Decompensating Patient
Leads:
Siddharth Dugar, MD,
Eduardo Mireles-Cabodevila, MD,
and Matthew Siuba, DO

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A 5-minute question and answer period is included in each speakers allotted time.

 

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