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SCCT2023 Program
8:00am
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8:00am
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1:00pm
Room 210

Starting a CT service in a variety of practice settings

Chairs:
Christopher Maroules, MD, FSCCT
Ronald Karlsberg, MD, FSCCT

 1:00pm SCCT's Starter Kit: An overview
Joanne Olson, MBA
 1:10pm Cardiac CT services in the academic hospital setting
Bradley Allen, MD, MS
 1:25pm Cardiac CT services: Typical IDN model
Syed Hamid Husain, DO, MMM
 1:40pm  Cardiac CT services in community hospitals
Kanae Mukai, MD
 1:55pm Independent practice group models
Patricia Dickson, RT
 2:10pm Hub & spoke models of remote cardiac CT services in rural settings
Mark Ibrahim, MD
 2:25pm Case example: Mobile scanners in the community
Scott Schubert, MS
 2:40pm  Panel discussion/Q & A
3:00pm
Coffee break
 
3:30pm
Room 210

Business aspects of cardiac CT 101

Chairs:
Kanae Mukai, MD
Ronald Karlsberg, MD, FSCCT

 3:30pm Economics of advanced imaging: Lessons from PRECISE
Mark Rabbat, MD, FSCCT
 3:45pm Coding, reimbursement, and engaging payers
Ahmad Slim, MD, FSCCT
 4:05pm ABCs of reimbursement: Terminology everyone needs to know
Patrycja Galazka MD, FSCCT
 4:20pm  Staffing your cardiac CT service: Reality check
Eric Williams, MD, MSCCT
 4:35pm How to support SCCT's national reimbursement advocacy efforts
Michael Morris, MD
 5:00pm Panel discussion/Q&A
6:00pm
Women in CT Reception
 
7:00am
HeartFlow Sponsored Symposium
Arineta Cardio Imaging Sponsored Symposium
 
7:55am
Scientific Sessions start
 
7:55am
General Session Room

Opening session

Chairs:
Brian Ghoshhajra, MD, MBA, MSCCT
Ed Nicol, MD, MBA, FSCCT

 7:55am Welcome 
Brian Ghoshhajra, MD, MBA, FSCCT
 8:00am The top 5 cardiac CT papers
Armin Zadeh, MD, PhD, MPH, MSCCT
 8:10am Arthur S. Agatston Award
Arthur Agatston, MD, FSCCT
Awardee | Martha Gulati, MD, MS
 8:22am Achenbach Pioneer Award
Brian Ghoshhajra, MD, MBA, FSCCT

Awardees | Thomas G. Flohr, PhD and Willi Kalender, MD, PhD
 8:29am  Gold Medal Award
Ed Nicol, MD, MBA, FSCCT

Awardee | J. Jeffrey Carr, MD, MSc, MSCCT
 8:36am

SCCT Clinical Trials and Registries Award supported by Cleerly, Inc.
Awardee | Daniel Jones, MD, PhD, Consultant Cardiologist, St Bartholomew's Hospital and Clinical Senior Lecturer, Queen Mary University of London

The SCCT Clinical Trials and Registries Award: The effect of CTCA guided selective bypass graft assessment on coronary angiographic parameters and outcomes: A sub-study of the BYPASS-CTCA Study

Commentary on SCCT Clinical Trials and Registries Award
John Lesser, MD, MSCCT

 9:03am

Keynote: Random Acts of Medicine
Anupam B. Jena, MD, PhD
Joseph P. Newhouse Professor of Health Care Policy at Harvard Medical School
Host of the Freakonomics, MD podcast, which explores the “hidden side of health care”

Our lives are affected by unexpected – but predictable – events that can profoundly affect our health. These events, which go unnoticed by the untrained eye, can also teach us what really makes medicine work – and how it could work better.

 9:23am  SCCT2023 - Program presentation & highlights
Ed Nicol, MD, MBA, FSCCT
9:35am
Coffee Break in the Exhibit Hall
Moderated Abstract Posters & Educational Exhibits

Education Theater: YIA Abstract Presentations
SCCT Education Theater: Q&A with Dr. Bapu Jena
 
10:15am

The following four sessions will run concurrently.

General Session Room

Imaging coronary disease in women

Chairs:
Barbara Srichai-Parsia, MD, FSCCT
Janet Wei, MD

 10:15am Women and CAD: Pregnancy, menopause and everything in between
Jen Lewey, MD, MPH
 10:30am Microvascular Disease vs. epicardial atherosclerosis: What next with a negative CCTA?
Viviany Taqueti, MD, MPH
 10:45am Noninvasive imaging and SCAD: Are we there yet?
David Adlam, BA, BM, BChm Dphil, FRCP
 11:00am  Osteoporosis and CAC: To supplement or not?
Suvasini Lakshmanan, MD, MS
 11:15am Panel discussion: Optimizing the clinical assessment of women with chest pain
Jen Lewey, MD, MPH
Viviany Taqueti, MD, MPH
David Adlam, BA, BM, BChm Dphil, FRCP
Suvasini Lakshmanan, MD, MS
Colleen Harrington, MD
Breakout 1

On the cutting edge: Trending technology

Chairs:
Emma Cheasty, MBCHB
Ronen Rubinshtein, MD

 10:15am Photon Counting CT: Understanding the principles & clinical applications combined
Ricardo Budde, MD, PhD
 10:30am Spectral imaging
Prabhakar Rajiah, MD, MBBS, FRCR, FSCCT
 10:45am Cutting edge functional valve assessment with CT
Ronak Rajani, MD, PhD, FSCCT, BM, FRCP
 11:00am Technical advances in CT scanner automation
Russell Bull, BSC, MB BCHIR, FRCR, MRCP, FSCCT
 11:15am Strain imaging with cardiovascular CT
Elliot McVeigh, PhD
 11:30am  Q&A
Breakout 2

Introduction to CCT- Bootcamp!

Chairs:
Jennifer Espey, RT(R)(CT)(ARRT)
David Hur, MD, FSCCT

 10:15am What can cardiac CT do in 2023?
Kavitha Chinnaiyan, MD, MSCCT
 10:27am How to do CCT?
Russell Bull, BSC, MB BCHIR, FRCR, MRCP, FSCCT
 10:39am Introduction to coronary artery calcium scoring
Omar Dzaye, MD, PhD
 10:51am Introduction to coronary CTA
Bhavin Rawal, MBBS, BSc, FRCR, MRCP
 11:03am Introduction to structural heart disease-valvular heart disease
Tiffany Chen, MD, FSCCT
 11:15am Introduction to structural heart disease-nonvalvular heart disease
Mohammad Marwan, MD
 11:27am Q&A
Breakout 3

Major clinical trials in cardiac imaging

Chairs:
Renee Bullock-Palmer, MD, FSCCT
Leslee Shaw, PhD, MSCCT

 10:15am DANCAVAS & ROBINSCA: Advancing the role of CAC in preventative cardiology
Marlene Vonder, MSc, PhD
 10:30am PRECISE: Insights into the role of FFRCT in clinical practice
Pamela Douglas, MD
 10:45am ADVANTAGES II and glimpses into CT-PRO to come
Gianluca Pontone, MD, PhD, FSCCT
 11:00am New gifts from old friends: New insights from recent papers from DISCHARGE, SCOT-HEART and ISCHEMIA
Pal Maurovich-Horvat, MD, PhD, MPH, FSCCT
 11:15am Q&A
11:55am
Cleerly, Inc. Sponsored Symposium
GE HealthCare Sponsored Symposium
 
12:45pm
Coffee & Dessert in the Exhibit Hall
 
1:15pm

The following four sessions will run concurrently.

General Session Room

Case-based journey into TAVR lifetime management

Chairs:
Anna Reid, MBChB, PhD
Jonathan Weir-McCall, MBChB, PhD

 1:15pm Case presentation: The lifetime journey of TAVR
Vivian Ng, MD
 1:30pm Valve in valve - basics to basilica
Jonathon Leipsic, MD, MSCCT
 1:45pm HALT: Diagnosis (multimodality) to prognosis
Omar Khalique, MD, FSCCT
 2:00pm  Structural valve deterioration: CT, PET, and histopathology
Stephanie Sellers, PhD
 2:15pm Q&A
Breakout 1

AI and machine learning: Coronary imaging

Chairs:
Manish Motwani, MBChB, PhD, FSCCT
Michelle Williams, MBChB, PhD, FRCR, FSCCT

 1:15pm AI/Health and innovation
Charis Antoinaides, MD, PhD, FRCP
 1:30pm AI for plaque analysis: Radiomics and deep learning
Damini Dey, PhD
 1:45pm AI for stenosis and atherosclerosis assessment
Rebecca Jonas, MD, PhD
 2:00pm AI and pericoronary fat
Andrew Lin, MBBS, PhD, BMedSc
 2:15pm AI for CT assessment of ischemia and FFR
Koen Nieman, MD, PhD, MSCCT
 2:30pm Panel discussion
Breakout 2

Kahoot: The last CV imager standing III

Chairs:
Sandeep Hedgire, MD, FSCCT
Vinit Baliyan, MBBS

 1:15pm 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 3

A critique of the international Chest Pain Guidelines

Chairs:
Eric Williamson, MD, MSCCT
Renee Bullock-Palmer, MD, FSCCT

 1:15pm Discordance in international chest pain guidelines: Does it matter?
Leslee Shaw, PhD, MSCCT
 1:30pm ACC/AHA Guidelines: A critical appraisal
Andrew Kelion, MD, FRCP
 1:40pm ESC Guidelines: A critical appraisal
Mouaz Al-Mallah, MD, MSc, FSCCT
 1:50pm NICE Guidelines: A critical appraisal
Maros Ferencik, MD, PhD, MCR, MSCCT
 2:00pm Do the international chest pain guidelines work for women?
Barbara Srichai-Parsia, MD, FSCCT
 2:10pm Panel Discussion: Working towards optimal chest pain guidelines
2:55pm
Coffee in the Exhibit Hall
SCCT Education Theater: Magically improving the patient experience
    Joe Swicklik, RT(R)(CT)
 
3:30pm

The following four sessions will run concurrently.

General Session Room

Great debates in cardiac CT

Chairs:
Koen Nieman, MD, PhD, MSCCT
Pamela Woodard, MD, MSCCT

 3:30pm

Debate #1: In troponin-positive acute chest pain, if the coronary arteries are unobstructed no further advanced imaging is necessary

Pro: Andrew Kelion, MD, FRCP
Con: Chiara Bucciarelli-Ducci, MD, PhD, FRCP

 4:00pm

Debate #2: There is insufficient evidence to justify population screening for coronary atheroma compared with guideline-based primary prevention

Pro: David Newby, MD, PhD
Con: Khurram Nasir, MD, MPH, FSCCT

 4:30pm

Debate #3: Cardiac CT has made diagnostic TEE redundant

Pro: Tim Fairbairn, MBChB, PhD
Con: Omar Khalique, MD, FSCCT

Breakout 1

Decision making strategies in mitral interventions

Chairs:
Philipp Blanke, MD
Evin Yucel, MD

 3:30pm Case in a box: FMR- when to perform TEER vs TMVR
Philipp Blanke, MD
 3:45pm NeoLVOT: Lessons learned
Anna Reid, MBChB, PhD
 4:00pm It's not just the valve!
Joao Cavalcante, MD, FSCCT
 4:15pm Valve in valves, rings and MAC
Tiffany Chen, MD, FSCCT
 4:30pm Q&A
Breakout 2

CCT education & training

Chairs:
Kelley Branch, MD, MSc, FSCCT
Rosa Lopez, RT, CT

 3:30pm Advice from the current SCCT President to trainees, ECPs and technologists
Brian Ghoshhajra, MD, MBA, MSCCT
 3:42pm Why an imaging fellowship & how to get most out of your training: Not just a check-box exercise!
Rhanderson Cardoso, MD
 3:54pm Making CCT a core curriculum of training programs
Ron Blankstein, MD, MSCCT
 4:06pm Completed CCT training, what now? Finding the right opportunity
Evan Zucker, MD
 4:18pm Work-life balance: How to do it all
B. Kelly Han, MD, FSCCT
 4:30pm Career development opportunities for CCT technologists
Nikkole Weber, RT(R)(CT)(M), CSCCT
 4:42pm Q&A
Breakout 3

Ireland presents

Chairs:
Julie O'Brien, MD, FSCCT, MCh, BAO, MRCPI, FFR(FRCI)
Patrick Donnelly, MB BCh BAO, MD, FRCP, FSCCT

 3:30pm Introduction and overview of cardiac CT in Ireland
Julie O'Brien, MD, MCh, BAO, MRCPI, FFR(FRCI), FSCCT
Patrick Donnelly, MBB Ch, BAO, MD, FRCP, FSCCT
 3:42pm DISCHARGE Trial: An Irish perspective
Jonathan Dodd, MD
 3:54pm Putting research into practice: An update from a cardiac CT prevention programme
Jeni Jones, MB Bch BAO
 4:06pm CT-FFR: Is it still necessary in a post PCI world?
Divyesh Sharma, MBBS, MSc, FRCP, MMedSci
 4:18pm Structural heart disease programmes from an Irish perspective
Julie O'Brien, MD, FSCCT, MCh, BAO, MRCPI, FFR(FRCI)
 4:30pm 4D cardiac CT: Does it add value to your heart team discussions?
Andrew Howe, MD
 4:42pm  Future directions in developing the specialty: A panel discussion
5:05pm

More information to come

5:15pm
SCCT Education Theater: TECHS | More magic for the patient experience
In the Exhibit Hall                             Joe Swicklik, RT(R)(CT)
 
6:00pm
Welcome Reception in the Exhibit Hall | All attendees welcome!
Education Theater:  Early Career Mixer
SCCT Education Theater:  TECHS | Technologist Mixer
 
7:00am
Philips Healthcare Sponsored Symposium
Caristo Diagnostics Sponsored Symposium
 
7:50am
SCCT Business Meeting
 
8:00am

The following four sessions will run concurrently.

General Session Room

Ischemia and anatomy: Either, neither or both?

Chairs:
Carlos Rochitte, MD
Francesca Pugliese, MD, PhD, FSCCT

 8:00am Should we test for ischemia with large plaque burden?
Amit Patel, MD, FSCCT
 8:15am Plaque quantification software: Does it add? What are the pitfalls?
Manish Motwanti, MBChB, PhD, FSCCT
 8:30am Asymptomatic flow-limiting disease: To intervene or not?
Mirvat Alasnag, MD, FSCCT
 8:45am FFRCT or stress testing after CCTA? Pro approach
Tim Fairbairn, MBChB, PhD
 8:55am FFRCT or stress testing after CCTA? Con approach
Mark Hamilton, MBChB
 9:05am Panel Debate: Addressing the challenges of coronary imaging
Breakout 1

Vascular CTA: The essentials

Chairs:
Sandeep Hedgire, MD, FSCCT
Ayaz Aghayev, MD, FSCCT

 8:00am How big is too big? CTA as a guide for diagnosis and follow up of aortic aneurysms
Arzu Canan, MD
 8:15am Time to pick up the phone 1: CTA in acute aortic syndromes
Aws Hamid, MD, MS
 8:30am Time to pick up the phone 2: Non aortic vascular emergencies
Sandeep Hedgire, MD, FSCCT
 8:45am CTA in post operative thoracic and abdominal aorta
Mike Rubens, MD, FRCR
 9:00am Vascular devices, the old, the new and everything in between
Vinit Baliyan, MBBS
 9:15am Q&A
Breakout 2

Forgot about us? Right sided valvular interventions

Chairs:
Philipp Blanke, MD
Omar Khalique, MD, FSCCT

 8:00am Case presentation: Decision making for tricuspid interventions
Vivian Ng, MD
 8:15am Multimodality Imaging in determining the severity of TR
Joao Calvacante, MD, FSCCT
 8:30am Cardiac CT planning for tricuspid interventions
Sagit Ben Zekry, MD
 8:45am CT planning for pulmonary valve interventions
Prabhakar Rajiah, MD, MBBS, FRCR, FSCCT
 9:00am Q&A
Breakout 3

Hands-on CCT: Learn how to troubleshoot!

Chairs:
Russell Bull, BSC, MB BCHIR, FRCR, MRCP, FSCCT
Carmel Brophy, BSc, MSc CT

 8:00am Patient preparation 
Colin Monaghan, DCR(R)(CT)
 8:12am Managing complications 
Julie O'Brien, MD, FSCCT, MCh, BAO, MRCPI, FFR(FRCI)
 8:24am Contrast induced nephropathy: A real entity? 
Julie O'Brien, MD, FSCCT, MCh, BAO, MRCPI, FFR(FRCI)
 8:36am Protocol choice and arrhythmia management 
Elizabeth Shaw, MD, MBBS, BSc
 8:48am Dose reduction techniques & CT dosimetry in 2023
Jim Stirrup, DLM, MD, FRCP, FSCCT
 9:00am Scan dose protocols: A physicist's perspective
Shuai Leng, PhD, FAAPM
 9:12am Q&A
9:40am
Coffee Break in the Exhibit Hall
Moderated Abstract Posters & Educational Exhibits

Education Theater: YIA Abstract presentations
SCCT Education Theater: TECHS | Research - Where do I fit in? A CT tech's role in research and quality projects
 
10:30am

The following four sessions will run concurrently.

General Session Room

A catch up on updates in clinical guidelines and expert consensus documents

Chairs:
Sujata Shanbhag, MD, MPH
Marcus Chen, MD

 10:30am Use of Coronary Computed Tomographic Angiography for Patients Presenting with Acute Chest Pain to the Emergency Department
Kavitha Chinnaiyan, MD, MSCCT

 10:45am Cardiac CT in chronic coronary artery disease
Stephan Achenbach, MD, MSCCT
 11:00am Guidelines: Bias and its effect. Where everyone is equal but some are more equal than others.
Martha Gulati, MD, MS
 11:15am  Do guidelines actually make a difference?
Jonathan Weir-McCall, MBChB, PhD
 11:30am Q&A
Breakout 1

AI and CCT: The future and reality in practice

Chairs:
Andrew Choi, MD, FSCCT
Maros Ferencik, MD, PhD, MCR, MSCCT

 10:30am The double-edged sword of AI
Brian Ghoshhajra, MD, MBA, MSCCT
 10:44am Technical integration and real-world application
Marly van Assen, MSc, PhD
 10:58am Ethics and legal challenges: How AI is reshaping clinical practice
Tessa Cook, MD, PhD
 11:12am AI and economics: Who pays for the future?
Ronen Rubinshtein, MD
 11:26am The new doctor-patient-imager relationship: Where does AI fit?
Michelle Williams, MBChB, PhD, FRCR, FSCCT
 11:40am Panel discussion
Breakout 2

The comprehensive CCT program

Chairs:
Suhny Abbara, MD, MSCCT
Carolyn Lowry, BSRT(R)(CT) CSCCT

 10:30am CCT structured reporting in 2023 
Jill Jacobs, MD, MS-HQSM, PhD, FSCCT
 10:45am Extracardiac findings relevant for the CCT reader 
Ayaz Aghayev, MD, FSCCT
 11:00am Integrated CCT reporting: From technologists to the reader. Heads-up control!
Kimberly Hatch, RT(R)(CT)
 11:15am How to make it work as a team? 
Emma Cheasty, MBCHB, FRCR
 11:30am How to start and build a contemporary CCT program? 
Prashant Nagpal, MD, FSCCT
 11:45am Q&A
Breakout 3

Role of CT imaging in common congenital heart diseases: A practical overview

Chairs:
Aloha Meave, MD
B. Kelly Han, MD, FSCCT

 10:30am Septal defects and anomalous pulmonary veins
Charles Peebles, MBBS, MRCP, FRCR
 10:45am Tetralogy of Fallot
Jennifer Cohen, MD
 11:00am Transposition of great arteries
Thomas Semple, MBBS, BSc, FRCR, MD(Res)
 11:15am Complex congenital heart diseases
Ashwin Prakash, MD
 11:30am Putting it all together: Case-based review
Mini Pakkal, MD, FRCR, FSCCT
 11:45am Q&A
12noon
Siemens Healthineers Sponsored Symposium
United Imaging Sponsored Symposium
 
1:00pm
Coffee & Dessert in the Exhibit Hall
 
1:30pm

The following four sessions will run concurrently.

General Session Room

CT Jeopardy

Chair:
Kelley Branch, MD, MSc, FSCCT

 1:30pm  
 FiRST Committee Anam Waheed, MD
Dhiran Verghese, MD
Patricia Rodriguez-Lozano, MD
 Past Presidents J. Jeffrey Carr, MD, MSc, MSCCT
Jonathon Leipsic, MD, MSCCT
Eric Williamson, MD, MSCCT
 Judges Cristina Fuss, MD, PhD, FSCCT
Brian Ghoshhajra, MD, MBA, MSCCT
 Score Keeper Nidhi Madan, MD, MPH
Breakout 1

Cardiopulmonary evaluation

Chairs:
Prachi Agarwal, MBBS, MS
Sumit Gupta, MBBS, PhD

 1:30pm The role of (double/triple) rule out studies
Joseph Schoepf, MD, FSCCT
 1:45pm The etiology of Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension (PAH)
Orly Goiten, MD
 2:00pm The role of echo and CMR in PAH
Ellen Ostenfeld, MD, PhD
 2:15pm The clinical role of CCT for PAH
Jadranka Stojanovska, MD, MS
 2:30pm CT tools to assess pulmonary flow and perfusion
Deepa Gopalan, MD
 2:45pm Q&A
Breakout 2

Overcoming the technical challenges in cardiovascular CT

Chairs:
David Hur, MD, FSCCT
Mona Bhatia, MD, FRCR, FSCCT

 1:30pm Imaging patients with arrhythmias
Suhny Abbara, MD, MSCCT
 1:45pm Optimizing cardiac ca++ / metal
Purvi Parwani, MBBS
 2:00pm Imaging obese patients
Jennifer Espey, RT(R)(CT)(ARRT)
 2:15pm Imaging  patients with impaired renal function
Rhanderson Cardoso, MD, MHS
 2:30pm Quality assurance - closing the loop 
Elizabeth Shaw, MD, MBBS, BSc
 2:45pm Q&A
Breakout 3

Imagers and interventionalists

Chairs:
Mirvat Alasnag, MD, FSCCT
Robert Safian, MD, MCSO

 1:30pm Plaque burden, stenosis severity or both?
Marcio Bittencourt, MD, PhD, MPH
 1:45pm Nonobstructive CAD on CCTA: Intervention or not? 
David Newby, MD, PhD
 2:00pm How does CCTA help the interventionalist?
Carlos Collet, MD, PhD
 2:15pm Is CCTA sufficient to go direct to CABG?
Patrick Serruys, MD, PhD
 2:30pm Panel Debate. Imagers and interventionalists: Moving cardiac CT to the cath lab and operating theater
3:15pm
Coffee in the Exhibit Hall
Education Theater: Early career | Most interesting cardiac CT cases from my training
SCCT Education Theater: TECH programming
 
3:45pm

The following four sessions will run concurrently.

General Session Room

Team based care and data management

Chairs:
Jill Jacobs, MD, MS-HQSM, FSCCT
Ronen Rubinshtein, MD

 3:45pm Team-based care: International perspective
Colin Monaghan, DCR(R)(CT)
Tim Fairbairn, MBChB, PhD

 4:05pm Team-based care: US perspective
Diana Litmanovich, MD
Eli Gelfand, MD
 4:25pm Deploying and integrating advanced support aids   
Ricardo Cury, MD, MBA, MSCCT
 4:45pm Panel discussion
Breakout 1

Establishing and running a congenital heart disease service: Key principles

Chairs:
Anjali Chelliah, MD
James Shambrook, BM, MRCP, FRCR, FSCCT

 3:45pm Developing a CT CHD program: Tips and tricks
Anthony Hlavacek, MD
 4:00pm Peer learning conferences and practical lessons from difficult cases
Prachi Agarwal, MBBS, MS
 4:15pm Implementing 3D modeling for CHD in CT practice
Kanwal Farooqi, MD
 4:30pm CT for procedural planning in CHD: Interventional and surgical perspectives (US)
Tariq Hussain, MD
 4:40pm CT for procedural planning in CHD: Interventional and surgical perspectives (European)
Alexander Kempny, MD
 4:50pm Panel discussion
Speakers plus Thomas Semple, MBBS, BSc, FRCR, MD(Res) and Aparna Deshpande, MBBS, MRCP, FRCR
Breakout 2

CT imaging in prevention

Chairs:
Erin Michos, MD, MHS
Michael Blaha, MD, MPH

 3:45pm CAC in 2023: An update based on recent clinical trials?
Michael Blaha, MD, MPH
 4:00pm How to deal with incidental CAC on chest CT 
Mouaz Al-Mallah, MD, MSc, FSCCT
 4:15pm Communication: Shared decision-making, therapy, lifestyle choices, adherence and long-term outcomes
J. Jeffrey Carr, MD, MSC, MSCCT
 4:30pm The current role of imaging in cardiovascular prevention
Michael Shapiro, MD, FSCCT
 4:45pm The future of cardiovascular CT in preventive cardiology
Ron Blankstein, MD, MSCCT
 5:00pm Q&A
Breakout 3

Read with the Experts

Chairs:
Maros Ferencik, MD, PhD, MCR, MSCCT
Andrew Kelion, MD, FRCP

 3:45pm Cardiologist
Emma Cheasty, MBChB, FRCR
 3:45pm Radiologist
Suhny Abbara, MD, MSCCT
 3:45pm Radiologist
Cristina Fuss, MD, PhD, FSCCT
 3:45pm Cardiologist
Kelley Branch, MD, MSc, FSCCT
 5:00pm Q&A
5:30pm
Exhibit hall closes
 
5:15pm
Awards: Best Abstract & Young Investigator Awards (YIA)
 
5:30pm
General Session Room

Team Spirit

Chair:
Stephan Achenbach, MD, MSCCT

 5:30pm VITAL Workstation
Ricardo Cury, MD, MBA, MSCCT
 5:30pm SIEMENS Workstation
Suhny Abbara, MD, MSCCT
 5:30pm GE Workstation
Jonathon Leipsic, MD, FRCPC, MSCCT
 5:30pm Philips Workstation
Cristina Fuss, MD, PhD, FSCCT
 5:30pm Referee
TBD
 5:30pm Referee
Ron Blankstein, MD, MSCCT
6:30pm
End of Saturday sessions
 
7:00pm
Social event | Lucky Strike
Play pool, darts, shuffleboard, bowl and socialize with your friends. If you just feel like sitting, eating, drinking and talking to friends, you can do that too!
Additional purchase required
 
8:00am
Coffee break in the foyer
 
8:30am

The following two sessions will run concurrently.

General Session Room

AI and CCT: Looking broadly and looking forward

Chairs:
Ed Nicol, MD, MBA, FSCCT
Jill Jacobs, MD, MS-HQSM, MPH, PhD, FSCCT

 8:30am AI and new models of image enhancement in CCT
Ivana Isgum, PhD
 8:44am AI simulation for structural CCT imaging
Ronak Rajani, MD, PhD, BM, FRCP, FSCCT
 8:58am AI in Thoracic: Can AI reliably find my nodules and masses?
Michael Lu, MD, MPH
 9:12am AI guided treatment of CAD by CCT:  The next decade
Andrew Choi, MD, FSCCT
 9:26am AI and the future of CV medicine
Dipti Itchhaporia, MD
 9:40am Panel discussion
Breakout 1

Cardiac CT reporting in 2023: What really matters?

Chair:
Cristina Fuss, MD, PhD, FSCCT
Ricardo Cury, MD, MBA, MSCCT

 8:30am Reporting stenosis: CAD-RADS and beyond
Lynne Koweek, MD, FSCCT
 8:42am Plaque: How detailed should the report be?
Maros Ferencik, MD, PhD, MCR, MSCCT
 8:54am Incorporating FFRCT into clinical practice: Challenges and opportunities
Timothy Fairbairn, MBChB, PhD
 9:06am A pragmatic approach to incidental findings in CCTA
James Shambrook, BM, MRCP, FRCR, FSCCT
 9:18am PCAT and EAT: Should we include it in our reports, and how?
Borek Foldyna, MD
 9:30pm Panel discussion: How to produce the optimal clinical report
10:00am
Coffee break in the foyer
 
10:15am

The following two sessions will run concurrently.

General Session Room

Technical advances in coronary atherosclerosis imaging

Chair:
Pamela Woodard, MD, MSCCT
Michelle Williams, MBChB, PhD, FRCR, FSCCT

 10:15am Computational flow dynamics
Eric Williamson, MD, MSCCT
 10:30am CT perfusion
Gianluca Pontone, MD, PhD, FSCCT
 10:45am Plaque Imaging
Pal Maurovich-Horvat, MD, PhD, MPH, FSCCT
 11:00am Fat and inflammation imaging
Charalambos Antoniades, MD, PhD
 11:15am Q&A
Breakout 1

Non-valvular structural heart interventions

Chairs:
Ahmad Slim, MD, FSCCT
Quynh Anh Truong, MD, MPH

 10:15am Case presentation: role of CT for paravalvular leak closure 
Leandro Slipczuk, MD, PhD
 10:30am Myocardial analysis by CT
Francesca Pugliese, MD, PhD, FSCCT
 10:45am LVAD 
Lynne Koweek, MD, FSCCT
 11:00am LAA closure
Roosha Parikh, MD, FSCCT
 11:15am Emerging role of CT to support EP/myocardial analysis
Usha Tedrow, MD, MSc
 11:30am Q&A
11:50am
 
General Session Room

Closing session

Chairs:
Brian Ghoshhajra, MD, MBA, MSCCT
Ed Nicol, MD, MBA, FSCCT

 11:50am Welcome and take home points
Brian Ghoshhajra, MD, MBA, MSCCT
 11:53am SCCT2023 Highlights
 12:25pm Keynote | Sustainability and SCCT2023
Michael Zalis, MD
 12:35pm Presidential transition
Brian Ghoshhajra, MD, MBA, MSCCT
 12:40pm Presidential transition
Ed Nicol, MD, MBA, FSCCT
 12:42ppm President's Address
Ed Nicol, MD, MBA, FSCCT
1:00pm
Adjourn. Safe travels!
 

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 16 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™.

Physicians 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 34.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™.


16 Category A CE credits are available for sessions attended in-person. Sign-in sheets required for each session. No credits will be available for On Demand recordings.

* Credit counts are subject to change pending approval.

*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