CME Credit Provided by the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson
TOPIC: "Valvular Heart Disease: Advances in Imaging"
SPEAKER: Raj Janardhanan, MD, MRCP, FACC, FASE
LOCATION: UAHS 5403 (LIVE) and BANNER-UMC-SC 3030 (VIDEO CONFERENCED)
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About the Speaker
Raj Janardhanan, MD, MRCP, FACC, FASE, joined the University of Arizona Department of Medicine as an associate professor of medicine and medical imaging. On faculty with the Division of Cardiology, he is the director of Non-Invasive Cardiac Imaging at the Banner- University Medical Center South and co-director for Non-Invasive Cardiac Imaging, as well as director of Echocardiography, at Banner – UMC Tucson. He is a member of the Sarver Heart Center.
After undergraduate medical training in India, Dr. Janardhanan had extensive clinical and research training in the United Kingdom in non-invasive cardiology with Roxy Senior MD, DM, FRCP, FESC, FACC, and Avijit Lahiri, PhD, MSc. After completion of the Membership of the Royal College of Physicians (MRCP) diploma, he chose to move to the United States in 2004, when he was offered the position of clinical project director of the Echo Core Lab at the Brigham and Womens’ Hospital, Harvard University to work with the renowned Marc Pfeffer, MD, PhD, and Scott Solomon, MD.
He completed clinical cardiology fellowship at the University of Virginia, followed by training in advanced multi-modality non-invasive imaging working with Christopher Kramer, MD, George Beller, MD, and John Dent, MD.
He has been involved in multicenter trials and presented lectures nationally and internationally. He has published several peer reviewed articles and bookchapters which are available on pubmed: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed?term=Rajesh%20Janardhanan
Dr. Janardhanan is a Fellow of the American College of Cardiology (FACC). He is fully certified in echocardiography with a Diplomate in adult comprehensive echocardiography as well as Fellowship of the American Society of Echocardiography (FASE). This is the highest level of recognition in the field of echocardiography. His area of expertise includes 3-Dimensional echocardiography and he has been nominated as an editorial board member for 3D echocardiography for the ASE.
In addition to board certification in cardiac CT and nuclear cardiology, he has Level 3 training in advanced cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (CMR).
He has a special interest in imaging in structural heart disease and interventional 3D-TEE during transcatheter and intra-operative procedures. He is a member of the successful TAVI team of the University of Arizona.
Dr. Janardhanan's areas of clinical interests include valvular/structural heart disease, cardiomyopathies, heart failure and cardiac risk screening in athletes. His areas of research interests include hypertensive heart disease, diastolic dysfunction, strain imaging, myocardial perfusion and viability imaging.
He has a passion for teaching and an ardent advocate for improving effective communication with patients and families. He is involved in several non-profit charitable organizations to improve global healthcare.
Medicine Grand Rounds
Accreditation Statement: The University of Arizona College of Medicine - Tucson is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.The University of Arizona College of Medicine - Tucson designates this live activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s) ™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Disclosure Statement: All Faculty, CME Planning Committee Members, and CME Office Reviewers have disclosed that they have no financial relationships with commercial interests that would constitute a conflict of interest concerning this CME activity.
Learning Objectives:
- Diagnose a variety of internal medicine illnesses
- Understand more clearly advances in therapy
- Become truly professional physicians
CONTACT: Karena Nespoli, Office of the Chair, UA Department of Medicine, (520) 626-6349 or knespoli@deptofmed.arizona.edu
University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson, Room 5403
1501 N. Campbell Ave.
Tucson, AZ 85724
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Banner – University Medical Center South, Conference Room 3030
2800 E. Ajo Way
Tucson, AZ 85713
