Online Appendix for the following February
JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging article
TITLE: Achieving Quality in Cardiovascular Imaging II: Proceedings from the Second
American College of Cardiology-Duke University Medical Center Think Tank on Quality in
Cardiovascular Imaging
AUTHORS: Pamela S. Douglas, MD, MACC, FASE, FAHA, Jersey Chen, MD, Linda Gillam,
MD, FACC, Robert Hendel, MD, FACC, Greg Hundley, MD, FACC, Fred Masoudi, MD,
FACC, Manesh Patel, MD, Eric Peterson, MD, FACC, FAHA
APPENDIX
ACC-Duke Think Tank II on Quality in Cardiovascular Imaging
(Washington D.C., October 2007)
Conference Co-Directors:
Pamela S. Douglas, MD, MACC
Greg Hundley, MD, FACC
Fred Masoudi, MD, FACC
Steering Committee:
Linda Gillam, MD, FACC
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Robert Hendel, MD, FACC
Manesh Patel, MD
Eric Peterson, MD, FACC
Writing Group:
Pamela S. Douglas, MD, MACC, Corresponding author
Jersey Chen, MD
Linda Gillam, MD, FACC
Robert Hendel, MD, FACC
Greg Hundley, MD, FACC
Fred Masoudi, MD, FACC
Manesh Patel, MD
Eric Peterson, MD, FACC
Participants:
Joseph M. Allen , American College of Cardiology; Kevin Appareti, Philips Ultrasound; Suzanne
Bissonnette, Bristol-Myers Squibb Medical Imaging; Kris Blader, The Medicines Company; Ralph
Brindis, MD, National Cardiovascular Data Registry; Robert Califf, MD, Duke Translational Medicine
Institute; Robert Carretta, MD, Covidien; Karen Caruth, American College of Cardiology; Charles E.
Chambers, MD, Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions; Jersey Chen, MD, Yale
University School of Medicine; Joseph Chin, MD, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services; Joshua
Cooper, MD, Heart Rhythm Society; John Dent, MD, American Society of Echocardiography; Michael
Domanski, MD, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute; Pamela S. Douglas, MD, Duke University
Medical Center; Sabine Duffy-Sandstrom, Siemens Medical Solutions; Dawn M. Edgerton, Certification
Board of Nuclear Cardiology; Cass Finley, Duke Clinical Research Institute; Alyn Ford, Siemens Medical
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Solutions Inc; John Fraser, PhD, Philips Ultrasound ; Peter Gardiner, MD, Bristol-Myers Squibb Medical
Imaging; Thomas C. Gerber, MD, American Heart Association; Linda Gillam, MD, Columbia University
Medical Center; Joseph S. Green, PhD, American College of Cardiology; Barbara Greenan, American
College of Cardiology; Paul Heidenreich, MD, Stanford University; Robert C. Hendel, MD, Midwest
Heart Specialists; Karen A. Hicks, MD, U.S. Food and Drug Administration; W. Gregory Hundley, MD,
Wake Forest University Health Sciences; Neil C. Jensen, United Healthcare; Robert L. Jesse, PhD,
Veterans Health Administration; James G. Jollis, MD, Duke University Medical Center; Sandra Katanick,
RN, Intersocietal Accreditation Commission; Carrie Kovar, American College of Cardiology, Christopher
M. Kramer, MD, Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance; Michael S. Lauer, MD, National
Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute; Edward L. Lyons, Jr., GE Healthcare; Frederick A. Masoudi, MD,
Denver Health Medical Center; Robert McNamara, MD, Yale University School of Medicine; Diane
Millman, Attorney, Powers Pyles Sutter & Verville; Marelle Molbert, Duke Clinical Research Institute;
Anthony Montagnolo, ECRI Institute; Jagat Narula, MD, UCI Medical Center; Jerry Olszewski, Astellas
Pharma US, Inc.; Manesh R. Patel, MD, Duke Clinical Research Institute; Eric D. Peterson, MD, Duke
Clinical Research Institute; Steve E. Phurrough, MD, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services;
Michael Poon, MD, Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography; Wayne Powell, Society for
Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions; Joel S. Raichlen, MD, AstraZeneca; Mia Rosenberg,
American College of Cardiology; David C. Sager, GE Healthcare; Milton Schwarz, MD, Aetna; Jack J.
Slosky, PhD, Bristol-Myers Squibb Medical Imaging; David P. Slovut, MD, PhD, Society for Vascular
Medicine; Norman Stockbridge, MD, PhD, U.S. Food and Drug Administration; Allen J. Taylor, MD,
Society of Atherosclerosis Imaging and Prevention; Patricia Upchurch, American Society of Nuclear
Cardiology; R. Parker Ward, MD, American Society of Nuclear Cardiology; Jason Whiting, MEDRAD,
Inc.; Andrew Whitman, Medical Imaging & Technology Alliance; Pam Wilcox, RN, American College of Radiology; Michael Wolk, MD, Weill-Cornell Medical School; Pamela K. Woodard, MD, American
College of Radiology, North American Society for Cardiovascular Imaging; and Bram Zuckerman, MD,
U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
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The following companies provided sponsorship for the meeting:
Aetna, Astellas Pharma US, Inc, AstraZeneca, Bristol-Myers Squibb Medical Imaging, Covidien,
GE Healthcare, The Medicines Company, MEDRAD, Inc., Philips Ultrasound, Siemens Medical
Solutions, and United Healthcare.
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