8:00 8:30            Get together, light refreshments                                       

8:30 8:50            Welcome address:

                           Prof. Zeev  Rotstein, Dr. Orly  Goitein

Session I

Chairs: Prof. Gad  Keren; Dr. Eli Konen

8:50 9:20            Cardiac MRI: Introduction; CMR for Ischemic Heart Disease

                                Prof. Phillippe Douek (France)

9:20 9:50            CMR in Non-Ischemic Cardiomyopathies

                                Dr.  James Moon (UK)

9:50 10:20          Cardiac CT: Introduction; CCTA for Ischemic Heart Disease

                                Prof. Joseph Schoepf  (USA)

10:20 10:40        Cardiac CT as a triage tool in the chest pain unit – the Sheba experience

                           Dr. Orly Goitein –  Dr. Shlomi Matetzky (Israel)

10:40 11:00        Vascular health: Mechanism and imaging guided prevention

                                Dr. Galit  Aviram – Prof. Shmuel  Banai (Israel)

                     Coffee Break

Session II

Chairs: Prof. Michael Glikson; Dr. Jorge Blinder

11:30 11:50        Left Ventricular Non-Compaction new insights using CMR

                                Dr.  James Moon (UK)

11:50 12:05        The role of CMR in the diagnosis of Myocarditis

                                Dr. Arik Wolak (Israel)

12:05 12:25        The diagnostic role of CMR in Arrhythmias

                                Dr.  James Moon (UK)

12:25 12:40        CMR changing diagnosis and treatment:

                                Exciting cases from our archives

                                Dr. Eli Konen (Israel)

New Horizons in Cardiac Imaging:

12:40 13:00        Guiding intervention with advanced cardiac imaging

                                Dr.  James Moon (UK)

13:00 13:20        New horizons: Cardiac CT – 256 slice

                                Dr. Tamar Gaspar- Dr. Ronen Rubinstein (Israel)

                Lunch Break

Prof. Joseph Schoepf is a Professor of Radiology and Medicine at the Medical University of South Carolina .He is the Director of Cardiovascular Imaging and CT Research and Development.

Dr. Schoepf serves on the editorial boards of several scientific journals including “Radiology” and “European Radiology” and is Associate Editor of the “Journal of Thoracic Imaging”. He has given > 300 invited lectures internationally, has authored > 130 articles in peer reviewed scientific journals, 20 book chapters, and two books.

Dr. James Moon is a senior lecturer and the director of the Heart Hospital Imaging Centre in London. He has authored > 60 articles in peer reviewed scientific journals. Dr. Moon has given more than 60 invited national and international talks including plenary sessions at the SCMR annual meeting and ACC. He won numerous wards for investigational projects in cardiac imaging. Dr. Moon is currently setting up the UCL CMR academy.

Prof.  Philippe Douek is the Chairman of Department of Radiology at Lyon, France. He is a Professor of radiology.

He is a teacher and researcher on the organization chart of UMR-CNRS 5515 CREATIS, INSERM U. 630. Prof. Douek serves as a member of Committee Interface INSERM/SFR.

Prof.  Douek has given > 30 invited lectures internationally, has authored > 120 articles in peer reviewed scientific journals, 10 book chapters, and two books.

Dr. Thomas Henzler is currently a research fellow at the Department of Radiology and Radiological Science, medical University of South Carolina. He is involved in research in coronary plaque imaging.

He graduated from the medical schools of the University of Ulm, Germany and the University of Berne, Switzerland.

Session III

Chairs: Prof  Alex Battler; Dr. Nathan Peled

14:00 14:30        CT for perfusion, stress and viability

                                Prof. Joseph Schoepf  (USA)

14:30 14:45        Dobutamine stress CMR

                           Dr. Ashraf Hamdan (Israel)

14:45 15:00        Adenosine stress CMR

                           Prof. Phillippe Douek (France

15:00 15:20        Coronary plaque characterization 

                                Dr. Thomas Henzler (USA)

15:20 15:30        Closing remarks:

                           Dr. Orly  Goitein (Israel)