About The Event
500+
Participants Trained
97
Patients Scanned
A team of 11 ASE Foundation volunteers returned from China in late September, following a meaningful training and patient outreach event. Two days of lectures and two days of free clinics produced impressive results.
This event was supported by a grant from the Edwards Lifesciences Foundation Every Heartbeat Matters program.
You can read about our 2016 event in China here.
Highlights
While Yinchuan and Guyuan are very large cities by American standards, their locations are remote and they are often overlooked by visiting groups in favor of cities that are easier to reach. As a first visit by all members of the volunteer team, we enjoyed “discovering” this part of China. 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.
2 Days I 97 Patients
The team participated in two days of free clinics in Yinchuan and Guyuan, scanning 97 patients. Each patient had been pre-screened by CT surgeons and the majority had cardiac abnormalities, including complex congenital heart diseases.
Lectures Livestreamed to 5,000 Viewers
The team was joined by colleagues in China to make robust educational presentations. Between the two one-day lectures in Yinchuan and Xi’an, we had 500 on-site attendees, many of whom traveled thousands of miles. In addition, 5,000 people live-streamed the lectures.
ASE Guideline Giveaways
Each on-site lecture attendee received a USB drive loaded with ASE guideline documents in English and Chinese. Two translated ASE guideline posters – the mitral regurgitation and aortic regurgitation posters from the recent Valvular Regurgitation guideline document (Zoghbi et al) – were also popular giveaways for attendees.
Participants & Collaborators
The volunteer team consisted of 11 ASE Foundation sonographers and physicians listed below.
Team Leaders
Cynthia Taub, MD, FASE
Liwen Liu, MD
Xijing Hospital Xi’an, China
Team Members
Yung-Wei Chi, DO
Frederick C. Cobey, MD, MPH, FAS
Craig E. Fleishman, MD, FASE
Yuchi Han, MD, MMSc, FASE
Lanqi Hua, BS, RDCS, FASE
Carlene McClanahan, RDCS
James Thomas, MD, FASE
Yan Wang, RDCS, FASE
Yu Wang, RDCS
Jian Zhang
Rhonda Price, Staff
Partners In Care
The ASE Foundation thanks our partners for this event: Edwards Lifesciences Foundation; Xijing Hospital in Xi’an; and General Hospital of Ningxia Medical University in Yinchuan.
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