News about GHSEV events, activities and updates.
Coronavirus (COVID-19) Resources for Echocardiography and Vascular Labs Dear Greater Houston Society of Echo-Vascular members and colleagues. Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the provision of echocardiographic services will remain essential, and as you may know, health care personnel can be at significant risk if appropriate measures are not taken. The American Society of Echocardiography has rapidly developed a series of educational … Read more
We would like to thank Dr. Christian Lilje for the great talk on Congenital Heart Disease: Echocardiography Primer last Thursday! We’d also like to say thank you to Philips for sponsoring the meeting, the students for all of your help, and all of the great GHSEV members for coming out! If you haven’t done so yet, we would like to … Read more
Our traditional annual holiday meeting is our most attended (and fun!) and this year was not exception. Current and new GHSEV members gathered last Thursday December 12 at the Waterside Café (John P. McGovern TMC Commons) for an evening of learning, networking, and fellowship. We had the latest echo and ultrasound technology on display, a fantastic meal catered by Third … Read more
We want to thank our current and new members for attending this fantastic Halloween-themed interactive event last night, and special thanks to the sonographers and physicians who took the time to prepare and submit “scary cases”, and to Bracco Imaging for sponsoring the event and food. A total of 6 outstanding and truly “spooky” cases were selected, and presented by … Read more
Do you have a “scary” echo or vascular case to present at our next GHSEV meeting on Thursday, October 24? The GHSEV board will review the submissions and make the difficult decision as to which studies will be presented in our meeting as a 5 minute oral presentation. Sonographers can pair up with an MD from your lab to prepare … Read more
Dear GHSEV, We write to you today with great sadness, our beloved former #1 Board Member, Mike Adams, is now resting peacefully. For those of you that don’t know, the GHSE now GHSEV, would never have existed, if it wasn’t for Mike Adams. He took on the arduous task of starting this society and worked hard to keep it going. … Read more
Hello, GHSEV! We would like to say thank you to Dr. Kara Thompson for a great talk on cardiac masses and tumors yesterday! This was not only a great refresher on the differential diagnosis and presentation of benign and malignant cardiac tumors (and pseudo-masses), but an excellent learning opportunity for those taking boards soon. We would like to also thank … Read more
The 10th Annual Houston Echo Review: Boot Camp for 2019 Echo Board, organized by the GHSEV and Texas Heart Institute, was held from April 4 to 6 at the new Houston Intercontinental Hotel TMC. The three-day course was a total success, and participants seeking to prepare for the upcoming ASCeXAM® or to simply improve their general knowledge of adult echocardiography … Read more
We hope you all had a great Valentine’s Day. Dr. Joseph Coselli had an amazing talk about Aortic and Thoracoabdominal Surgical Repair Techniques for the Sonographer. We are very grateful to have had him spend his Valentine’s evening with us and giving us such a great lecture. We also announced and introduced our new logo and branding. This is just … Read more
The final program is ready for the 10th Annual Houston Echo Review: Boot Camp for 2019 Echo Board. Excellent echo board review course presented by The Greater Houston Society of Echo-Vascular and the Texas Heart Institute in cooperation with the American Society of Echocardiography, featuring outstanding speakers from the top Houston academic institutions. Register online here.