About The Event
500+
Participants Trained
100
Patients Scanned
This event was a collaboration with Xijing Hospital in Xi’an, China, to provide continuing education training for the medical communities in Xi’an, Yan’an, and Ansai cities, all located in Shaanxi province in central China. In addition, free cardiovascular clinics were held in Yan’an and Ansai.
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.
This event was supported by a grant from the Edwards Lifesciences Foundation Every Heartbeat Matters program.
Highlights
The expected long-term, residual impact of this specific event is a deepening relationship with a potential long-term partner in China, advanced training for attendees in China, improved patient care in rural areas, cultural and educational exchange, and a unique volunteer opportunity for ASE members.
5,400 Patients Pre-screened
Prior to our team’s arrival, medical staff led by Drs. Liu, Chen and Zhang, pre-screened 5,400 patients 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 our team imaged them. More complex surgeries were already scheduled for Xi’an.
1st Xijing International Cardiovascular Ultrasound Medicine High-End Forum
Roughly 330 clinicians attended the event hosted by ASE, the Shaanxi Association of Ultrasound in Medicine and Engineering and the Ultrasound Medicine Department of Xijing Hospital. The forum was livestreamed to an additional 5,000 viewers! Our colleagues in China saw through lectures and live demonstrations, the imaging applications we consider standard in our practice, and they in turn shared their unique style and amazing efficiencies.
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.
Education-oriented Project 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.
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
Liwen Liu, MD
Xijing Hospital
Team Members
Jose Banchs, MD, FASE
Keith Collins, MS, RDCS, FASE
Erica Chung, RDCS, RDMS, RVT, FASE
Dali Fan, MD, PhD, FASE
Vera Rigolin, MD, FASE
David Slovut, MD
Jian Zhang
Rhonda Price
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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