SCCT2022 Program

7:00am

Artrya Sponsored Symposium
The future of cardiac CT - what is needed, what could be done and what needs to be done
Benjamin Chow, MD, MSCCT
Jagat Narula, MD, PhD, FSCCT

Philips Sponsored Symposium
Use of Spectral CT in Chest Pain Evaluation
Leandro Slipczuk, MD, PhD

8:00am

Scientific Sessions start

8:00am

Opening Session

General Session Room
Opening session Chairs: Eric Williamson, MD, MSCCT Brian Ghoshhajra, MD, MBA, FSCCT
8:00am	Welcome & State of Society Eric Williamson, MD, MSCCT
8:09am	ACC President's Address to SCCT Edward Fry, MD, FACC
8:16am	ACR Chair's Address to SCCT Jacqueline Bello, MD, FACR
8:21am	Introduction of Congressman Ted Lieu Eric Williamson, MD, MSCCT
8:22am	Congressman Ted Lieu's Address to SCCT Ted Lieu
8:27am	Introduction of Arthur S. Agatston Eric Williamson, MD, MSCCT
8:28am	Arthur S. Agatston Award Arthur Agatston, MD, FSCCT Awardee: Michael Blaha, MD, MPH
8:39am	Achenbach Pioneer Award Awardee: David Newby, MD, PhD
8:44am	Gold Medal Award Awardee: Ricardo Cury, MD, MBA, MSCCT
8:51am	Honoring SCCT past award winners Brian Ghoshhajra, MD, MBA, FSCCT
9:55am	Top 10 papers Todd C. Villines, MD, MSCCT
9:20am	Concluding remarks Brian Ghoshhajra, MD, MBA, FSCCT

9:30am

Moderated Posters & Best Abstract Presentations
Coffee Break

10:30am

Morning Sessions

The following four sessions will run concurrently.

General Session Room
Current status of multimodality imaging in patients with suspected stable CAD Chairs: Ed Nicol, MD, MBA, FSCCT Kavitha Chinnaiyan, MD, MSCCT
10:30am	ISCHEMIA trial: What does It mean for CAD imaging? Mirvat Alasnag, MD, FSCCT
10:43am	US guidelines: If not CT, which functional test and when? Maros Ferencik, MD, PhD, MCR, MSCCT
10:56am	The future of nuclear imaging in CAD: PET vs. SPECT Renee Bullock-Palmer, MD, FSCCT
11:09am	AI/ML will make traditional stress/function imaging defunct Manish Motwani, MBChB, PhD, FSCCT
11:22am	Diagnostic coronary angiography: Does it have any role in 2022? David Newby, MD, PhD
11:35am	Post Session Debate Speakers with Ed Nicol, MD, MBA, FSCCT; Ron Blankstein, MD, MSCCT; and Eric Williamson, MD, MSCCT
Breakout Room 1
On the cutting edge: Trending technology Chairs: Suhny Abbara, MD, MSCCT Jill Jacobs, MD, MS-HQSM, FSCCT
10:30am	Is it twice as nice? The temporal benefits of dual energy CT & On a new high: How hybrid PET/CT can aid cardiac imaging Pam Woodard, MD, MSCCT
10:55am	What to (ex)spect from spectral CT and it's benefits to cardiac imaging Suhny Abbara, MD, MSCCT
11:10am	Let me count the ways: Photon counting CT - will it improve cardiac imaging? Shuai Leng, MD
11:25am	Out of this world: Future directions in x-ray CT Rajiv Gupta, MD
11:40am	Q&A
Breakout Room 2
CTA 101 Bootcamp Chairs: Armin Zadeh, MD, PHD, MPH, FSCCT Cristina Fuss, MD, PhD, FSCCT
10:30am	What can Cardiac CT do in 2022? Cristina Fuss, MD, PhD, FSCCT
10:45am	How to do CCT Vasvi Singh, MD
11:00am	Calcium & Coronaries David Hur, MD
11:15am	Structural heart disease Chris Maroules, MD, FSCCT
11:30am	Emerging technologies Armin Zadeh, MD, PHD, MPH, FSCCT
11:45am	Q&A
Breakout Room 3
Updates on the role of CAC and CTA in clinical trials Chairs: Michelle Williams, MBChB, PhD, FSCCT Leslee Shaw, PhD, MSCCT
10:30am	CCTA for asymptomatic patients (SCOT-HEART2) David Newby, MD, PhD
10:44am	CACS for asymptomatic patients (Rationale for ROBINSCA) Marlene Vonder
10:58am	Future of CCTA in clinical trials: Lessons from ISCHEMIA Leslee Shaw, PhD, MSCCT
11:12am	Women in CCTA trials (e.g WARRIOR CT) Janet Wei, MD
11:26am	Machine learning in CCTA trials Michelle Williams, MBChB, PhD, FSCCT
11:40am	Q&A

12:10pm

Caristo Sponsored Symposium

Visualising Coronary Inflammation in CCTA: The Next Frontier for Cardiovascular Risk Prediction
Ron Blankstein, MD, MSCCT
Charalambos Antoniades, MD, PhD
Milind Desai, MD, MBA

HeartFlow Sponsored Symposium
Optimizing Patient Care: The Convergence of CCTA, FFRct and Plaque
Leslee Shaw, PhD, MSCCT
Amit K. Pursnani, MD, MSc, FACC, FSCCT
Carlos Collet, MD, PhD
Jonathon Leipsic, MD, FRCPC, MSCCT

1:00pm

Coffee & Dessert Break in Exhibit Hall

1:30pm

Afternoon sessions 1

The following four sessions will run concurrently.

General Session Room
Aortic valve: TAVR Chairs: Anna Reid, MBChB, PhD Jonathan Weir-McCall, MBChB, PhD
1:30pm	TAVR - state-of-the art and remaining challenges Jonathon Leipsic, MD, FRCPC, MSCCT
1:45pm	CT planning for TAVR - protocols, key measurements, high-risk features Tiffany Chen, MD, FSCCT
2:00pm	Valve-in-valve TAVR Chad Kliger, MD
2:15pm	CT planning for complex TAVR (Bicuspid including new classification, AR, alternate access) Mohamed Marwan, MD
2:30pm	Complications of TAVR Jacobo Kirsch, MD, MBA
2:45pm	Q&A
Breakout Room 1
AI and machine learning: Next gen coronary imaging Chairs: Manish Motwani, MBchB, PhD, FSCCT Cristina Fuss, MD, PhD, FSCCT
1:30pm	AI and inflammation: Seeing beyond the human eye Charalambos Antonaides, MD, PhD
1:45pm	AI for atherosclerosis: New paradigm for prevention Andrew Choi, MD, FSCCT
2:00pm	AI and enhanced coronary flow evaluation Koen Nieman, MD, PhD, MSCCT
2:15pm	AI as master clinician: CCT based risk prediction from big data Damini Dey, PhD, FSCCT
2:30pm	Best practices, validity and the FDA in AI/machine learning Partho Sengupta, MD
2:45pm	Q&A
Breakout Room 2
Kahoot: Test your cardiac CT knowledge Chairs: Mike Steigner, MD,FSCCT Sandeep Hedgire, MD, FSCCT
1:30pm	An audience participation game of unknow vascular cases that is designed to inform participants of difficult diagnoses and challenges vascular imager of all levels.
Breakout Room 3
Young Investigator Awards Chairs: Marcus Chen, MD Rene Packard, MD, PhD No CME
1:30pm	Predictive Model Of Iliofemoral Vascular Complications Following Transfemoral Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement: Development And Initial Validation Ofir Koren, MD
1:45 PM	Long-term Prognostic Value Of Hemodynamic Assessment And Plaque Quantification In Coronary CT Angiography Seokhun Yang, MD
2:00pm	Discordance Between Coronary Artery Calcium Area And Density Predicts Long-term Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease Risk Alexander Razavi, MD, PhD, MPH
2:15pm	Predicting Ischemia Using QCT Versus Functional Testing Rebecca Jonas, MD
2:30pm	Temporal Changes In Prognostic Outcomes Among Patients Undergoing Coronary Artery Calcium Scanning: 1998 To 2013 Donghee Han, MD
2:45pm	Validation Of Aortic Valve Computed Tomography Calcium Quantification In Contrast Computed Tomography Jorge Chavarria, MD

3:00pm

Coffee & Educational Sessions in Exhibit Hall
Coffee Break

3:45pm

Afternoon sessions 2

The following four sessions will run concurrently.

General Session Room
Great Debates in cardiac CT Chairs: Brian Ghoshhajra, MD, MBA, FSCCT Mirvat Alasnag, MD, FSCCT
3:45pm	PRO: Time to incorporate FFRCT into routine practice Kavitha Chinnaiyan, MD, MSCCT CON: FFRCT just doesn't "measure up" to other tests Tim Fairbairn, MBChB, PhD
4:15pm	PRO: Quantitative plaque evaluation: A step change for the field of CAD imaging Matt Budoff, MD, MSCCT CON: Plaque quantification is fool's gold: CAC & stenosis is all we need Armin Zadeh, MD, PhD, MPH, FSCCT
4:45pm	PRO: CACS: The power of zero is all you need for risk stratification Khurram Nasir, MD, MPH, FSCCT CON: CACS: There is no real power to the zero in prevention Michelle Williams, MBChB, PhD, FSCCT
Breakout Room 1
Mitral valve: TMVR Chairs: John Lesser, MD, MSCCT Eric Williamson, MD, MSCCT
3:45pm	2022 state-of-the-art for transcatheter mitral valve interventions Colin Barker, MD
4:00pm	CT planning for TMVR: How I do it? John Lesser, MD, MSCCT
4:15pm	High risk TMVR: Septal ablation, LAMPOON Joao Cavalcante, MD, FSCCT
4:30pm	Complications of mitral valve prosthesis Praveen Ranganath, MD
4:45pm	CT in evaluation and management of paravalvular leak closure Tiffany Chen, MD, FSCCT
5:00pm	Q&A
Breakout Room 2
Advocacy Chairs: Dustin Thomas, MD, FSCCT Ron Blankstein, MD, MSCCT
3:45pm	Welcome & introduction Ron Blankstein, MD, MSCCT
3:47pm	Advocacy update from ACC Dipti Itchhaporia, MD, FACC
3:54pm	Advocacy update from ACR Jacqueline Bello
3:56pm	Advocacy update 2021-2022 Dustin Thomas, MD, FSCCT
4:07pm	Update from the AMA House of Delegates Kanae Mukai, MD, FSCCT
4:13pm	How do imagers get reimbursed for coronary CTA: Current and future RVU codes Ahmad Slim, MD, FSCCT
4:21pm	Ongoing advocacy for CAC: Update from SHAPE Mort Naghavi, MD
4:29pm	Effectively engaging your representatives in Congress Jack Kingston
4:45pm	Roundtable discussion
Breakout Room 3
Global challenges for cardiovascular CT: Training/Education, Personnel (Cardiologists, Radiologist, Techs), infrastructure/IT, Guidelines Chairs: Russell Bull, FRCR, MRCP, FSCCT Aloha Meave, MD
3:45pm	U.K. James Shambrook, BM, FSCCT
3:52pm	Europe Gianluca Pontone, MD, PhD, FSCCT
3:59pm	U.S./Canada Lynne Koweek, MD, FSCCT
4:06pm	Israel Ronen Rubinshtein, MD, FSCCT
4:13pm	South America Patricia Carrascosa, MD, PhD, MSCCT
4:20pm	Africa Rita Nassanga, MBChB, Mmed
4:27pm	Africa Brian Ghoshhajra, MD, MBA, FSCCT
4:34pm	China/Hong Kong Ming-Yen Ng, BMedSci, BMBS, FRCR, FSCMR
4:41pm	India/Asia Mona Bhatia, MD, FSCCT
4:48pm	Korea/Japan Kakuya Kitagawa, MD, PhD, FSCCT & Dong Hyun Yang, MD
4:55pm	Australia Andrew Lin, PhD, MBBS, FSCCT
5:02pm	Group Discussion

5:20pm

Novel Technologies

Hear from, and engage with, industry leaders regarding their perspectives on how the future of cardiovascular CT will be shaped by novel technologies. Hear how they believe these technologies will transform the way we manage our patients.

Featuring Canon Medical USA, HeartFlow, GE Healthcare and Siemens Healthineers.

Chairs: Ed Nicol, MD, MBA, FSCCT and Maros Ferencik, MD, PhD, MCR, MSCCT

No CME

6:15pm

Welcome Reception

7:00am

Medis Medical Imaging Sponsored Symposium
Pushing beyond today's frontiers in CT analysis
Matt Budoff, MD, MSCCT
Joao Cavalcante, MD, PhD, FSCCT
Jeroen Bax, MD, PhD
Marton Kolossvary, MD, PhD
Carlos Collet, MD, PhD

Canon Sponsored Symposium
Every Heart Covered
Marcus Chen, MD & Amar Dhanantwari, PhD

7:50am

SCCT Business Meeting

8:00am

Morning Sessions 1

The following four sessions will run concurrently.

General Session Room
Critical appraisal of global Chest Pain Guidelines Chairs: Michelle Williams, MBChB, PhD, FSCCT Tim Fairbairn, MBChB, PhD
8:00am	US chest pain guidelines: A primer Ron Blankstein, MD, MSCCT
8:14am	How have the NICE guidelines impacted imaging utilization in the UK? Jonathan Weir-McCall, MBChB, PhD
8:28am	European guidelines: Shifting the paradigm Jeroen Bax, MD, PhD
8:42am	Evidence that we need to fill the gap in the current chest pain guidelines Leslee Shaw, PhD, MSCCT
8:56am	Q&A: Panel discussion with curated questions
Breakout Room 1
Non-atherosclerotic Arteriopathy and Arteritis Chairs: Nehal Mehta, MD Karen Ordovas, MD, MAS
8:00am	Epidemiology of SCAD Sandeep Hedgire, MD, FSCCT
8:12am	Peripheral & coronary inflammatory diseases Nehal Mehta, MD
8:24am	FMD and related arteriopathy: Non-inflammatory Andrew Dicks, MD
8:36am	Genetic aortopathies Karen Ordovas, MD, MAS
8:48am	Debate: PRO: CCTA is a first-line test for SCAD -OR- CON: CCTA should not be used for SCAD diagnosis Brian Ghoshhajra, MD, MBA, FSCCT Kelley Branch, MD, MSc, FSCCT
9:15am	Q&A
Breakout Room 2
Cardiovascular CT for EP Chairs: Purvi Parwani, MBBS Edward Hulten, MD, FSCCT
8:00am	2022 update on role of CT in electrophysiology/heart rhythm (AF ablation, VF ablation, LAAC) Harold Litt, MD, PhD
8:15am	State-of-the art imaging of the myocardium for EP applications (Cardiomyopathies, late iodine enhancement) Edward Hulten, MD, FSCCT
8:30am	CT in the evaluation of VT ablation (proton beam, cryo, etc) Scott Bugenhagen, MD, PhD
8:45am	CT planning for transcatheter LAAC Vinit Baliyan, MD
9:00am	CT vs Echo for post-procedural complications after LAAC Ed Nicol, MD, MBA, FSCCT
9:15am	Q&A
Breakout Room 3
What to know as a CCT trainee and ECP! Chairs: Vasvi Singh, MD Nina Meyersohn, MD
8:00am	Advice from the current SCCT President to trainees and ECPs: How to succeed in CCT? Eric Williamson, MD, MSCCT
8:14am	Future of CCT research: What to expect in the next 5 years? Koen Nieman, MD, PhD, MSCCT
8:28am	How to have a thriving CCT program within a multimodality imaging program Ron Blankstein, MD, MSCCT
8:42am	How to successfully expand your CCT program beyond coronaries? Sandeep Hedgire, MD, FSCCT
8:56am	Establishing a hybrid cardiology-radiology CCT program: How to successfully collaborate? Emma Cheasty, MBChB
9:03am	Establishing a hybrid cardiology-radiology CCT program: How to successfully collaborate? Emilio Fentanes, MD, FSCCT
9:10am	Q&A

9:30am

Moderated Posters & Best Abstract Presentations
Coffee break

10:30am

Morning Sessions 2

The following four sessions will run concurrently.

General Session Room
Cardiac CT assessment in non-chest pain patients Chairs: Ronen Rubinshtein, MD, FSCCT Lynne Koweek, MD, FSCCT
10:30am	Evaluation prior to coronary interventions (PCI, CABG, CTO) Daniele Andreini, MD, PhD, FSCCT
10:42am	Coronary assessment prior to non-coronary cardiac interventions (valve, aortic, congenital heart disease) Emma Cheasty, MBChB
10:54am	Cardiac CT in cardio-oncology Juan Lopez-Mattei, MD, FSCCT
11:06am	Cardiac CT prior to EP procedures (ablation, LAA occlusion, scar assessment) Tom Wong, MD
11:18am	Cardiac CT for the evaluation of cardiomyopathies (dilated cardiomyopathy, amyloidosis, HCM, sarcoidosis, DCM) Tom Treibel, MBBS, PhD
11:30am	High-risk occupations Ahmad Slim, MD, FSCCT
11:42am	Q&A
Breakout Room 1
AI and CCT: In real-world practice Chairs: Michael Lu, MD, MPH Suvasini Lakshmanan, MD, MS
10:30am	Hype versus hope of AI for CCT Ed Nicol, MD, MBA, FSCCT
10:44am	AI for structural imaging Jonathan Weir-McCall, MBChB, PhD
10:58am	AI and multimodality imaging: Lessons learned from other modalities Tim Leiner, MD, PhD, EBCR, FSCCT
11:12am	Just analyze my $%! CAC: A reality in 2022? Ivana Isgum, PhD*
11:26am	AI and the future: What is missing? Charles Kahn, MD, MS
11:40am	Q&A
Breakout Room 2
Women and cardiovascular disease Chairs: Pamela Woodard, MD, MSCCT Erin Michos, MD, MHS
10:30am	Sex based differences in CVD: Implications for imagers Erin Michos, MD, MHS
10:42am	Microvascular dysfunction: When to suspect? How to evaluate? Vivany Taqueti, MD, MPH
10:54am	Unique role of cardiac CT in evaluating women with suspected CAD Quynh Truong, MD, MPH, FSCCT
11:06am	Coronary dissection: How to diagnose? How to manage? Amy Sarma, MD
11:18am	Are women covered in the guidelines? Purvi Parwani, MBBS, MPH
11:30am	Gaps in Women's Health Leslee Shaw, PhD, MSCCT
11:42am	Q&A
Breakout Room 3
Imaging congenital heart disease: A practical primer Chairs: Vasu Gooty, MD Kanwal Farooqi, MD
10:30am	Congenital heart disease: A stepwise approach to cardiovascular anatomy Karen Stout, MD
10:42am	Adult congenital heart disease management guidelines: The role of cardiac CT Renee Bullck-Palmer, MD, FSCCT
10:54am	A practical guide to pediatric cardiac CT scanning: From neonates to adolescents Anjali Chelliah, MD
11:06am	Cardiac CT in aortic coarctation Kanwal Farooqi, MD
11:18am	The unnatural history of congenital heart disease: A CT tour of common CHD surgeries Thomas Semple, MBBS, BSc, FRCR
11:30am	It came from the ED: Incidental congenital heart defects diagnosed on CT Prachi Agarwal, MBBS, MD, MS
11:42am	Q&A

12:10pm

Siemens Healthineers Sponsored Symposium
Real-world results: Cardiovascular care with the world’s first photon-counting CT
Lynne M. Hurwitz-Koweek, MD, FSCCT
Ricardo Budde, MD, PhD, FSCCT
Matthew Fuld, PhD

GE Healthcare Sponsored Symposium
Changing the Beat in Cardiac Care with Advanced CT Technologies
Ricardo C. Cury, MD, MSCCT

1:00pm

Exhibit Hall: Coffee & Dessert

1:30pm

Afternoon Sessions 1

The following four sessions will run concurrently.

General Session Room
CT Jeopardy Chairs: Kelley Branch, MD, MSc, FSCCT
1:30pm	Past Presidents Suhny Abbara, MD, MSCCT Koen Nieman, MD, PhD, MSCCT Jonathon Leipsic, MD, FRCPC, MSCCT
	FiRST Members Sotirios Evangelou, MD Suvasini Lakshmanan, MD, MS Arzu Canan, MD
	Judges Brian Ghoshhajra, MD, MBA, FSCCT Cristina Fuss, MD, PhD, FSCCT
	Scorekeeper Nidhi Madan, MD, MPH
Breakout Room 1
Ask Siri: Cardiac CT and current events - A roundtable discussion Chairs: Andrew Choi, MD, FSCCT Kavitha Chinnaiyan, MD, MSCCT
1:30pm	SCCT 2005 - 2022: Looking back - Technology and Hardware Advancements Stephan Achenbach, MD, MSCCT
1:40pm	SCCT 2005 - 2022: Looking back - Developing the Evidence (Pre SCOT-Heart) Leslee Shaw, PhD, MSCCT
1:50pm	SCCT 2005 - 2022: Looking back - Data that takes CT to the next level: SCOT-Heart and Beyond David Newby, MD, PhD
2:00pm	Can We Look Beyond COVID-19? Pandemic Impact and the Future of Global Practice (INCAPS 2) Andrew Einstein, MD, PhD, MSCCT
2:10pm	Cardiac Imaging and the Environment: Reducing our CT Footprint Tobias Heye, MD
2:20pm	Panel discussion with J. Jeffrey Carr, MD, MSCCT; Purvi Parwani, MBBS; Praveen Ranganath, MD
Breakout Room 2
Overcoming technical challenges in CCTA Chairs: Sandeep Hedgire, MD, FSCCT Carlo DeCecco, MD, PhD, FSCCT
1:30pm	You can beat it: How to image patients with arrhythmias Mohamed Marwan, MD
1:44pm	Don't be dense: Optimizing cardiac ca++ / metal Marcus Chen, MD
1:58pm	Living large: Imaging obese patients Jill Jacobs, MD, MS-HQSM, FSCCT
2:12pm	Going with the flow: How can FFR-CT help? Diana Litmanovich, MD
2:26pm	Don't get stressed: How can perfusion help? Gowtham Grandhi, MD, MPH
2:40pm	Q&A
Breakout Room 3
Vascular: Aorta to aZygos Chairs: James Shambrook, BM, MRCP, FRCR, FSCCT Prashant Nagpal, MD, FSCCT
1:30pm	Thoracic aorta Mike Bolen, MD
1:45pm	Abdominal aorta Ayaz Aghayev, MD
2:00pm	Peripheral arteries Nila Ahktar, MD
2:15pm	Visceral arteries Michael Winkler, MD, MSCCT
2:30pm	Venous Nina Meyersohn, MD
2:45pm	Q&A

3:00pm

Coffee & Educational Sessions in Exhibit Hall

3:45pm

Afternoon Sessions 2

The following four sessions will run concurrently.

General Session Room
Safely talk the talk: Interpretation techniques and security Chairs: Pam Woodard, MD, MSCCT Jill Jacobs, MD, MS-HQSM, FSCCT
3:45pm	Look what's new: CAD RADS 2 Ricardo Cury, MD, MBA, MSCCT
3:59pm	Be apropos: What your referring clinician wants to know Barbara Srichai-Parsia, MD, FSCCT
4:13pm	Is it coincidental? How to deal with incidentals? Jacobo Kirsch, MD, MBA
4:27pm	It's now a fact: Interfacing with patients immediately receiving their imaging results post Cures Act Jeff Carr, MD, MSc, MSCCT
4:41pm	You better be sure that you're cybersecure! Benoit Desjardins, MD, PhD
4:55pm	Q&A
Breakout Room 1
Right heart congenital defects pre & post intervention Chairs: B. Kelly Han, MD, FSCCT Zach Steinberg, MD
3:45pm	Do the right thing: Introduction to tetralogy of Fallot and other RV outflow tract defects B. Kelly Han, MD, FSCCT
3:58pm	Cardiac CT imaging in children with right heart defects Jennifer Cohen, MD
4:11pm	Imaging the right ventricular outflow tract for transcatheter valve replacement Kan Hor, MD
4:24pm	What do interventionalists need from the CT imager for RVOT intervention? Zach Steinberg, MD
4:37pm	CT as a cry for help: Imaging post-procedural complications in right-sided interventions Ashwin Prakash, MD
4:50pm	Putting it all together: Case-based review of TOF and other RVOT defects Anthony Hlavacek, MD
5:03pm	Q&A
Breakout Room 2
What can we add to coronary stenosis in clinical practice? Chairs: Daniel Berman, MD, MSCCT Kavitha Chinnaiyan, MD, MSCCT
3:45pm	Visual coronary assessment: Volume, location, HRP, calcium? Damini Dey, PhD, FSCCT
4:00pm	CT perfusion: Stress, rest, dual energy Francesca Pugliese, MD, PhD, FSCCT
4:15pm	Advanced coronary flow analysis: FFR-CT, shear stress, machine learning CFD Koen Nieman, MD, PhD, MSCCT
4:30pm	Beyond visual assessment of CAD: AI, ML, Radiomics, intracoronary and pericoronary fat Charalambos Antoniades, MD, PhD
4:45pm	Expert commentary
Breakout Room 3
SCCTechnologist Forum: A team approach to a cardiac CT practice Chairs: Kelley Branch, MD, MSc, FSCCT Nikkole Weber, RT (R)(CT)(M), CSCCT
3:45pm	Team building from the ground up: Cardiac CT lab and personnel certification Kerrie Watts, BSc, MRT(R), CTIC
4:00pm	Team preparedness: Prepping for Cardiac CT Peg Lowery, RN, BSN
4:15pm	Technologist Expertise Allows for Magnificent Catches Carolyn Lowry, BSRT(R)(CT)
4:30pm	Clean-up team: Preventing protocol chaos Rosa Lopez, RT(CT)
4:45pm	Teams behind the scenes: Setting up and maintaining a 3D Lab Michelle Kohanski, AAS, RT(R)(CT) & Jennifer McGowan, MM, RT(CT)
5:00pm	Q&A

5:15pm

Team Spirit

General Session Room
Team Spirit Chairs: Stephan Achenbach, MD, MSCCT
5:15pm	VITAL Workstation Ricardo Cury, MD, MBA, MSCCT
	SIEMENS Workstation Suhny Abbara, MD, MSCCT
	GE Workstation Jonathon Leipsic, MD, FRCPC, MSCCT
	Philips Workstation Wm. Guy Weigold, MD, FSCCT
	Referee Ron Blankstein, MD, MSCCT Nina Meyersohn, MD

8:00am

Coffee break in Foyer

8:30am

Morning Sessions 1

The following two sessions will run concurrently.

General Session Room
AI and CCT: Beyond the hype Chairs: Eric Williamson, MD, MSCCT Andrew Choi, MD, FSCCT
8:30am	The double-edged sword of AI: Improving reproducibility or accelerating replaceability? Michelle Williams, MBChB, PhD, FSCCT
8:44am	Beyond the cloud: Technical integration and real-world application Ricardo Cury, MD, MBA, MSCCT
8:58am	Decision-maker or decision-support: Who gets sued if AI screws up? Brent Savoie, MD, JD
9:12am	AI and health equity: Improving equity or increasing disparities? Rhanderson Cardoso, MD, MHS
9:26am	The new doctor-patient-imager relationship: Where does AI fit? Carlo De Cecco, MD, PhD, FSCCT
9:40am	Q&A
Breakout Room 1
Coronary calcium in 2022 Chairs: Anandita Kulkarni, MD Michael Shapiro, DO, MCR, FSCCT
8:30am	Current guidelines for the use of CAC in preventive cardiology Mike Shapiro, MD, FSCCT
8:42am	CAC - dedicated CAC score vs. non-cardiac scan vs. coronary CTA - limitations and advantages Seamus Whelton, MD, MPH Harvey Hecht, MD, FSCCT
8:54am	Warranty period of CAC in asymptomatic population Omar Dzaye, MD, PhD
9:06am	Why should we perform CTA in symptomatic patients with stable chest pain? J. Jeffrey Carr, MD, MSc, MSCCT
9:18am	Association of CAC with quantitatively and qualitatively assessed adverse plaque Orly Goiten, MD
9:30am	High-density calcium plaque - protective despite high CAC score? Leslee Shaw, PhD, MSCCT
9:42am	Q&A

10:00am

Coffee break in Foyer

10:15am

Morning Sessions 2

The following two sessions will run concurrently.

General Session Room
Cutting edge coronary atherosclerosis imaging Chairs: Michael Lu, MD, MPH Cristina Fuss, MD, PhD, FSCCT
10:15am	Computational flow dynamics vs. machine learning for CAD assessment Dinesh Kalra, MD
10:29am	Myocardial mass at risk: Can computational flow dynamics help? Carlos Collet, MD, PhD
10:43am	Multi-energy CAD assessment (CT: Dual energy, spectral and photon counting) Prabhakar Rajiah, MD, FRCR
10:57am	The ABC's of AI in CAD Michael Lu, MD, MPH
11:11am	Is it pie in the sky? The utility of AI for the diagnosis of CAD - PRO Andrew Choi, MD, FSCCT
11:18am	Is it pie in the sky? The utility of AI for the diagnosis of CAD - CON Ed Nicol, MD, MBA, FSCCT
11:25am	Q&A
Breakout Room 1
Common issues in structural heart disease Chairs: Amar Shah, MD Jeroen Bax, MD, PhD
10:15am	Transcatheter tricuspid valve interventions Omar Khalique, MD, FSCCT
10:30am	Septal defect closure Amar Shah, MD
10:45am	Transcatheter LV ventricular reconstruction (Aneurysm, pseudoaneurysm, VSD closure) Markus Scherer, MD, FSCCT
11:00am	CT in endocarditis Juan Lopez-Mattei, MD, FSCCT
11:15am	Update on therapeutic and monitoring devices Jody Shen, MD
11:30am	Q&A

11:50am

Closing session

General Session Room
Closing session Chairs: Eric Williamson, MD, MSCCT Brian Ghoshhajra, MD, MBA, FSCCT No CME
11:50am	Welcome and take home points Eric Williamson, MD, MSCCT
11:55am	Presentation of the SCCT2022 Best Abstract Awards Eric Williamson, MD, MSCCT
12:05pm	Presentation of the SCCT2022 Canon Young Investigator Awards Koen Nieman, MD, MSCCT
12:15pm	SCCT2022 Highlights Kelley Branch, MD, MSc, FSCCT Maros Ferencik, MD, PhD, MSCCT Mirvat Alasnag, MD, FSCCT Andrew Choi, MD, FSCCT
12:35pm	Presidential transition Eric Williamson, MD, MSCCT
12:40pm	Presidential transition Brian Ghoshhajra, MD, MBA, FSCCT
12:42pm	President's Address Brian Ghoshhajra, MD, MBA, FSCCT

1:00pm

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CME Information

The Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography (SCCT) is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians. The Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography designates this live educational activity for a maximum of 18AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ .

Physicals should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. Attendees will be given access to the recordings of live activity sessions. This will afford them the opportunity to earn an additional 31.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™.

*Sponsored Symposia are not a part of the SCCT program content as designed by the SCCT Annual Scientific Program Committee and are not approved for CME credit.

*Program is subject to change

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J. Jeffrey Carr, MD, MSCCT

Pamela Carr

Kavitha Chinnaiyan, MD, MSCCT

Arul Chinnaiyan, MD, PhD

Phillip Greenland, MD, FSCCT

Cristina Fuss, MD, PhD, FSCCT

Benefactors of SCCT

Stephan Achenbach, MD, MSCCT

Joanne Olson, MBA

Friends of SCCT

Ron Blankstein, MD, MSCCT

Andrew Choi, MD, MSCCT

Jens Eichhorn, MD, PhD

Majd Mark Ibrahim, MD

Kanae Mukai, MD

Ahmad Slim, MD, FSCCT

Nikki Weber, R.T.(R)(CT)(M)(ARRT), CSCCT

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CME Information

Thank you to our top tier donors