News about GHSEV events, activities and updates.
We are pleased to announce the GHSEV 2024 Annual Echo-Vascular Educational Meeting, scheduled for Wednesday, December 11, at the Westin Houston Medical Center. Our traditional holiday-themed educational event promises an engaging evening of education, networking, and celebration within our echo community. This meeting provides an excellent opportunity to connect with colleagues and industry leaders, discover our vendors’ latest advancements in … Read more
New this year, we summoned our first-ever Stump the Professor: Halloween Edition! With seven daring presenters conjuring up spooky cases from various Houston-area echocardiography laboratories, the goal was to haunt and stump our judges. The fierce competition was full of frights, but the judges were tough to terrify. First, we thank GE Healthcare for sponsoring this eerie event! A special … Read more
The GHSEV is thrilled to announce the return of our highly anticipated Halloween-themed case-presentation competition, “Stump the Professor: Halloween Edition”, taking place on Wednesday, October 30, 2024, at 6:00 PM in the Cooley Auditorium at Texas Heart Institute. In this exciting format, sonographers and fellows/residents from Houston’s major institutions will team up with MDs from their labs to present challenging, … Read more
Dear Fellows and Echo Enthusiasts, Get ready to nail your echo boards! We are excited to invite you to EchoQuest: The Ultimate Board Prep Challenge on July 11, 2024, from 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM at the Houston Methodist Rio Grande Auditorium. Hosted by Dr. Chebrolu, this dynamic session will feature engaging echo trivia, crucial last-minute tips, and a fantastic … Read more
We are thrilled to share that our inaugural DIY Strain and 3D Workshop was a huge success! We extend our sincere gratitude to Canon, GE Healthcare, Philips, and Siemens for providing their cutting-edge machines and coordinating volunteers. Their support enabled us to offer attendees the opportunity to practice obtaining optimal echo images, measuring strain, and 3D cropping with 2D and … Read more
We are excited to invite you to the Greater Houston Society of Echo-Vascular (GHSEV) DIY Strain and 3D Workshop, scheduled for Thursday, March 14, 2024, from 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm at the Texas Heart Institute Cooley Auditorium. This workshop aims to enhance your proficiency in acquiring optimal echocardiographic datasets for myocardial strain analysis and mastering the acquisition of 3D … Read more
The 14th Annual Houston Echo Review Boot Camp for the 2024 Echo Board is a two-day virtual course aimed at preparing cardiovascular specialists for the National Board of Echocardiography (NBE) examinations, which will take place on April 19 and 20, 2024, using a hybrid format. The course is designed to cover topics similar to those included in the ASCexam scheduled…
We are thrilled to invite you to the GHSEV 2023 Annual Echo-Vascular Educational Meeting! Our traditional holiday-themed educational event is scheduled for Thursday, December 14, and will take place at the Hilton Houston Plaza/Medical Center Hotel, located at 6633 Travis St, Houston, TX 77030. We expect a fantastic turnout this year, with plenty of opportunities to connect with colleagues, learn about … Read more
The spooky season has not ended yet until we have our GHSEV Scary Cardiovascular Images competition! We had an outstanding turnout, with seven echocardiography labs from the Houston area submitting cases and a total of twelve cases that were presented. The competition was intense and frightening! Firstly, we would like to thank GE Healthcare for sponsoring the event. We went…
With Halloween around the corner from our next educational meeting, the GHSEV is happy to announce that we are bringing the popular “Scary Cardiovascular Images” event on Wednesday, November 1, 2023, starting at 6:00 p.m. This hybrid event will be held at the Cooley Auditorium at Texas Heart Institute and utilizing our Zoom platform. Sonographers and/or fellows/residents from the major … Read more