The 24th Annual Toronto Perioperative Echo Symposium will be held on Saturday & Sunday September 20-21, 2025.

Virtual Symposium | Saturday & Sunday | September 20-21, 2025

Program & Objectives

Registration

Registration opening April 2025.

REGISTRATION

REGISTRATION FEES

Early-bird rates until July 31, 2025, 11:59pm eastern time.
Physicians*: $450 CAD (includes tax)
Fellows: $125 CAD (includes tax)

Early-bird rates until August 1, 2025
Physicians*: $550 CAD (includes tax)
Fellows: $150 CAD (includes tax)

*Physicians from low to high Human Development Index (HDI) countries qualify for a discounted registration fee, which will be applied at checkout.
Registrants will receive the link to the virtual symposium 1 month prior to the event.

Program

Day 1:

  • EACTAIC – Aortic Valve 
    • Aortic Valve repair – the surgeon’s perspective, (TBA) 
    • Aortic Valve repair TEE, Oana Cole
    • TEE quantification of AS (Including 3D and Low Flow Low Gradient), Johan Bence 
    • TEE Assessment of AV Prosthesis, Stefaan Bouchez
    • TEE for Basilica Procedure, F Guarracino
  • Toronto – Mitral Valve
    • Classical mitral valve repair techniques – David and Omran
    • Emerging and minimally invasive techniques – Piroze and Salvatori
  • UCLA – Adult Congenital Heart Disease 
    • Common post-surgical ECHO findings in ACHD patients. Speaker: Dr. Jeannette Lin, cardiologist
    • ECHO support for Structural Heart Disease Intervention in ACHD patients. Speaker: Dr. Gentian Lluri cardiologist
    • ECHOing the unexpected and undiagnosed ACHD patient. Speaker: Dr. Tiffany Williams, anesthesiologist

 

Day 2

South America and South Africa – Infectious disease in developing nations (TBA)

    • Chagas Disease – Carlos Galhardo
    • Endocarditis – Felipe Munoz
    • HIV and TB – Blanche Cupido (South Africa)

Boston – Mechanical Circulatory Support

    • TEE Guided Decision Making for LVAD Implantation (TBA) – Aidan Sharkey
    • ECHO guidance for temporary MCS (TBA) – Mark Robitaille
    • The ECMO Alphabet Soup (TBA) – Maurizio Bottiroli
    • MCS Case Review (TBA)  – Megan Krajewski

Montreal – Structural Heart Disease

    • TEE and triclip, Patrick Garceau cardiologist
    • Introduction to ICE for structural heart disease, Reda Ibrahim cardiologist 
    • Challenging mitral clip cases, Marco Julien anesthesioogist
    • New development in educational tools to teach TEE, André Denault anesthesiologist 

 

Additional program details coming soon.