CARDIAC MRI
“This is our CMR group”
Introduction
The mission of Houston Methodist Hospital isto provide high quality, cost-effective healthcare that delivers the best value to the peoplewe serve in a spiritual environment of caringin association with internationally recognizedteaching and research. The continued growthand rapid success of the Cardiac MRDepartment has been in part due to theintegration of vast imaging backgrounds,ranging from: CT, MR, Echocardiography, X-rayand general Ultrasound technologist meldedto form our CMRI Team. The next generationon SCMR CMRI technologists will benefit frommulti-modality expertise!
At Houston Methodist, under Dr. Dipan Shah’s direction, the Cardiac MR Department has flourished. Currently HMH has 2 dedicated magnets for clinical imaging and another magnet dedicated to research and development. The chart shows rapid growth of the CMRI department after 2008, when Cardiology took over the CMR scans. This continued success has paved the way for a 3rd clinical magnet to be ready February of 2017.
Research Affiliations
HMH Growth and Development
Houston Methodist Hospital- CMR Staff
Current and Past CMR Fellows
Course Director: Dipan J. Shah, MDNext course date: April 3-7, 2017, Houston, TexasDesigned for Radiologists, Cardiologists, and MRI TechnologistFormat includes didactic lectures, observation of clinical cases, scanning opportunities, and review of clinical casesEmail: [email protected] for more information or to register.
CMR Workshop
ICMR: National Institute of HealthRice UniversityRobotics: University of HoustonSiemens collaboration
2.5 Dedicated Clinical CV Scanners1 Dedicated Research CV Scanner
Omar Cheema MD-Milwaukee, WI
Ankit Patel MD-Cartersville, GA
Jeff Dela Cruz MD-Houston, TX
Lucien Abboud MD- Starke, FLKamran Shaikh MD- Kyle, TXVenkat Polsani MD- Atlanta, GA
Juan Mattei-Lopez MD- Houston, TXDan Le MD- North CarolinaDanai Kitkungvan-MD Houston, TXNick Gramze MD-Houston, TXEric Yang MD-Houston, TXBader Alshammari MD- Houston, TX
• Dipan Shah MD- Medical Director• Faisal Nabi MD- Attending• Karen Chin BS, RCS – CMRI Manager• Bader Alshammari MD- Fellow• Eric Yang MD- Fellow• Kyle Autry (RT)(R)(CT)(MR)- Chief Technologist• Jeremy Hinojosa (RT)(R)(ARDMS) (AB)(MR)-
Technologist• Corinne Bontiff RCS- Technologist• Farzan Hassan BS, (RT)(R)(MR) Technologist• Glenda Santua- BSN Nurse Manager• Farah Jabel- BSN- CMRI Nurse• Carmelita Mauleon- BSN- CMRI Nurse• Mirna Mendoza- Secretary
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