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FACULTY TRAINING CENTER1

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Matthew J Budoff, MD, FSCCT

Professor of Medicine
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Program Director and Director of Cardiac CT
Division of Cardiology
Harbor-UCLA Medical Center

Dr. Budoff is a national expert on Coronary Artery Calcification (CAC) and CT Angiography. He is recognized as a leader in the development of CAC Scoring and an innovator in the non-invasive objective detection methods for cardiac disease. He is an investigator in many large pharmaceutical trials and multicenter studies funded by the National Institutes of Health.

Dr. Budoff’s research is devoted to advancing procedures that can help doctors identify patients early that are at high-risk for cardiac events and progression of coronary calcium. This early detection can lead to patients being placed on the correct therapeutic path to prevent a heart attack. Additionally, Dr. Budoff’s research focuses on how to maximize the utility of non-contrast CT scans of the heart. His team has shown that supplementary measurements can be evaluated for thoracic aortic calcification, aortic valve calcification, mitral annular calcification, pericardial fat, liver fat, myocardial scar and bone density.

Education

BS, 1986, University of California, Riverside, CA
MD, 1990, George Washington University, Washington, DC

FACULTY MEMBERS

Dr. Matthew Budoff is the primary teacher and will cover the following topics; coronary calcium, cardiac CT angiography of native coronaries,
stents and bypass grafts, congenital heart disease and incidentals.
Dr Jonathan Leipsic is a world-renown radiologist who will cover both Trans-mitral and tricuspid CT as well as FFRct.
Dr Jina Chung is level 3 imager in nuclear, echo, MR and CT and will cover TAVR, as well as questions related to TEE/CT and MR/CT.
Dr Sion Roy runs our inpatient CT service and will review cases related to acute chest pain in the Emergency Department.
Dr Jay Thomas is our chief of cardiology, an interventional cardiologist with interest in peripheral imaging and will review peripheral CT
in an optional half day course on Friday afternoon.
Dr Jim Adams has been teaching cardiac CT for >15 years and will review cases for ½ day during the course.

ABOUT TRAINING CENTER

The CDCRC facility is located on the campus of Harbor-UCLA Medical Center in Torrance, California.  Just south of downtown Los Angeles, Torrance is close to the Los Angeles Airport LAX and some of the most beautiful beaches in Southern California. There are several hotels and shopping centers within the area and detailed information will be provided during the registration process.

  • CLOSE TO LAX AIRPORT
  • CATERED BREAKFAST & LUNCH
  • EARLY START AVAILABLE
  • 24 HOUR ACCESS TO FACILITY
  • PRIVATE AND SECURED TRAINING CENTER
  • FREE PARKING