About The Event
Representatives from our host Xijing Hospital in Xi’an organized three educational events, two patient outreach opportunities in rural areas, and numerous opportunities for professional and cultural exchanges.
Xijing Hospital has a history of more than 70 years and is a large general hospital combining medical care, education, and research. In clinical practice, they have conducted more than 20 national or world “firsts,” including ten-finger replantation and face transplantation. In 2015, they had 3.85 million outpatient and emergency visits, 91,600 operations, and the average stay of in-patients was 6.76 days. Xijing Hospital is ranked number 5 in China. The Department of Ultrasound, which is separate from the Cardiology Department, was founded 50 years ago, and is now under the guidance of Dr. Liwen Liu. The Ultrasound Department does 2,500 echo studies a day, with a staff of 188.
Highlights
What was designed as an education-oriented project easily developed into much more
Interspersed between the clinical and educational activities was the ability to experience the wonderful culture that China has to offer, including amazing food, national monuments and historic sites. The highlights of the trip, however, were the friendships that we developed and the relationships that we created.
Over 600 clinicians attended educational events
Our volunteers participated in impressive lectures and learning. Although languages are different, our passions for echo, patient care, teaching and learning are exactly the same.
Medical staff, led by Drs. Liu, Chen and Zhang, pre-screened 5,400 patients
Prior to the ASEF volunteers arrival, patients were pre-screened by auscultation and clinical examinations. Of the dozens of patients scanned in Xi’an, Yan’an, and Ansai, fifteen received surgical corrections in the three days immediately after we imaged them. More complex surgeries were already scheduled for Xi’an.
Free translated ASE Guidelines and USBs
Translated versions of the Chamber Quantification and LV Diastolic Function posters were distributed, as well as USB drives loaded with ASE guideline documents in English and Chinese. Siemens Healthineers in China organized and funded the printing for 500 each of the Chamber Quantification and LV Diastolic Function posters.
Participants & Collaborators
The team consisted of ASE Foundation volunteer physicians and sonographers who worked along side team members in Xi’an and Yan’an, China. Thank you to members of the Xijing Ultrasound Department: Xiaodong Zhou, Minjuan Zheng, Xin Meng, Jing Wang, Hua Feng, Xinxing Yang, Shujia Sun, Nan Kang, Daojie Xuhong, Haiyan Zhang, Xi Chen, Jianyong Peng, Wenqing Gong, Dan Zhao, Fen Gu, Xiaoli Zhu, Wei Han; the Xijing Cardiothoracic Surgery Department: Wensheng Chen, Feng Jin, Chao Zhang; and the Yan’an Ultrasound Department: Jianlei Zhang, Shengjun Tuo, Xiaochuan Feng, Xiaoye Cao, Lei Jing, Xinyu Liu, Yishu Jing.
Team Leaders
Cynthia C. Taub, MD, FASE
Montefiore Medical Center New York, NY
Liwen Liu, MD
Xijing Hospital Xi'an, China
Team Members
Jose Banchs, MD, FASE University of Texas – MD Anderson Cancer Center Houston, TX
Keith A. Collins, MS, RDCS, FASE Froedtert/Medical College of Wisconsin Milwaukee, WI
Erica G. Chung, RDCS, RDMS, RVT, FASE North Shore University Hospital East Meadow, NY
Dali Fan, MD, PhD, FASE University of California Davis Medical Center Sacramento, CA
Vera H. Rigolin, MD, FASE Northwestern University Chicago, IL
David Slovut, MD Montefiore Medical Center New York, NY
Jian Zhang Duke University Medical Center Durham, NC
Rhonda Price ASE Foundation Durham, NC
Partners In Care
The ASE Foundation thanks our partners for this event, Xijing Hospital, Yan’an People’s Hospital, and Ainuo Foundation.
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