• Echocardiography Cardiac Doppler Ultrasound

Echocardiography Ultrasound – Five-Day Intensive

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Take your echocardiography skills to the next level with this five-day, hands-on program. Designed for healthcare professionals seeking practical experience and confidence in scanning and interpreting cardiac studies, this course blends lectures, case-based learning, demonstrations, and extensive clinical lab practice on live models.

Echocardiography has evolved rapidly — from M-Mode and two-dimensional imaging to Doppler, color flow, and advanced three- and four-dimensional techniques. This course covers it all, giving you the knowledge and skills to accurately assess valvular abnormalities, systolic and diastolic function, and common cardiac pathologies.

Our state-of-the-art scan lab and low student-to-instructor ratio ensure you get individualized guidance and ample time to practice, refine protocols, and build confidence. By the end of the program, you’ll be ready to perform comprehensive echocardiographic studies with proficiency and precision.

 

Tuition

  • Advanced Registration $3020 = more than 60 days before the course

  • Regular Registration $3220 = 30-60 days before the course

  • Late Registration $3420 = 30 days or less before the course

Target Audience
Physicians who want to learn basic echocardiography procedure skills and entry level interpretation, and sonographers or other health professionals learning to perform adult echocardiography procedures.

CME Credit

  • “The Advanced Health Education Center is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.”

  • “The Advanced Health Education Center designates this educational activity for a maximum of 40 hours AMA PRA Category I™. Physician should claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity."

 

Disclosure of Relevant Financial Interest for Individuals in Control of Content

As an ACCME-accredited provider, Advanced Health Education Center (AHEC) is committed to ensuring balance, independence, objectivity, and scientific rigor in all of its educational activities. 

In accordance with ACCME Standard 3, AHEC requires that all individuals in control of content—including planners, faculty, committee members, and administrative personnel involved in the planning, development, or production of educational activities—disclose all financial relationships with ineligible companies within the past 24 months. A financial relationship is considered relevant if it exists between the individual and an ineligible company whose products or services are related to the content of the educational activity.

AHEC has implemented mechanisms to identify, mitigate, and disclose relevant financial relationships to prevent commercial bias in its educational activities. All disclosed relevant financial relationships have been mitigated prior to the commencement of the educational activity.

The individuals listed below are acknowledged by AHEC as having control of the content, planning, development, or administrative support of all educational activities.

  • Marilyn Sackett, M. Ed, RT (R), Committee Member

    • AHEC: President

    • No relevant financial interest to disclose

  • Jence Garza, MHA RT(R) - Committee Member

    • AHEC: Chief Executive Officer (CEO)

    • No relevant financial interest to disclose

  • Peggy Hoosier, M.Ed RT(R)(M) - Committee Member

    • AHEC: Consultant

    • No relevant financial interest to disclose

  • Kelli Reddix, MBA, BAAS, LVN - Program Director

    • AHEC: Senior Vice President

    • No relevant financial interest to disclose

  • Nanette Joiner

    • AHEC: Administrative Support

    • No relevant financial interest to disclose

  • Debbie Robertson, BS, RDMS

    • Ultrasound Faculty

    • No relevant financial interest to disclose

  • Virlene Guzman, RT(R), RDMS, RVT

    • Ultrasound Faculty

    • No relevant financial interest to disclose

  • Shawn Shanmuganathan, BS, RDMS, RVT

    • Ultrasound Faculty

    • No relevant financial interest to disclose

Private Ultrasound Tutorials

We understand that you may want/need to practice your new skill set more than the regularly scheduled courses allow. You can add an extra day of scanning in addition to this course by calling AHEC and speaking to a faculty member about our private tutorial option. Additionally, this tutorial is a one on one session with our expert faculty and can be designed to enhance your already developed skills. Call AHEC at 1-800-239-1361 for more information or click here for more details. Private Ultrasound Tutorials

AHEC Cancellation and Refund Policy for Skills Courses

AHEC defines a skills course as a limited enrollment course where a received registration with payment reserves your place in a course (i.e. all Ultrasound courses, Mammography Initial Training and other theory courses). For cancellations received at least two weeks prior to the course date, a refund minus the 3% transaction fee and a 30% processing fee will be given. Within two weeks of the course, no refund is given, but a tuition credit – less a 30% processing fee – may be applied to a future course. No refunds or tuition credit is given for non-attendance. Facilities may substitute employees by notification to AHEC at least one week in advance.

 

Objectives
At the completion of this course, the learner will be able to:

  • Explain normal cardiovascular anatomy and physiology and relate cardiovascular functions to disease.
  • Discuss cardiac mechanical and electrical physiology and relate this information from the echocardiogram to the basic electrocardiogram.
  • Operate several ultrasound units for the production of 2-D, M-Mode and Doppler echocardiograms
  • Perform an echocardiogram using the protocol defined by the American Society of Echocardiography, i.e. parasternal long and short, apical 2, 4, 5, and long, and subcostal long and short axis.
  • Quantitatively analyse the results of 2-D and M-Mode echocardiogram.
  • Analyse the results of an echocardiogram for normal versus abnormal findings.
  • Analyse echocardiograms for common cardiac pathologies.
  • Identify and resolve basic technique and equipment problems that interfere with the quality of studies.
  • Define the clinical responsibilities of an echocardiographer who is confronted with significant clinical findings.
  • Conduct a basic patient history and assessment that relates to interpretation of echocardiographic findings.
  • Operate several cardiac ultrasound instruments and apply various types of cardiac Doppler; pulse wave, continuous wave and color flow mapping. *Describe the normal cardiovascular blood flow through the heart and the great vessels as defined by Doppler velocity measurements and profiles.
  • Quantify Doppler findings in echocardiography.
  • Analyse common cardiac Doppler findings for common cardiac pathologies.
  • Identify the diseases or cardiac pathologies that require definition by Doppler examination.

Course Topics

  • Ultrasound Physics and Instrumentation
  • Cardiovascular Anatomy and Physiology and EKG
  • Equipment Orientation
  • Anatomy and Physiology and Cardiac Catheterization
  • 2-D Imaging
  • M-Mode
  • Acquired Heart Disease
  • Congenital Heart Disease
  • Doppler Instrumentation and Controls
  • Doppler Normals
  • Cardiac Quantification
  • Cardiac Doppler in Disease
  • Special Procedures
  • Contrast Echocardiography

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The Advanced Health Education Center designates this educational activity for a maximum of 40 hours AMA PRA Category I™. Physician should claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Shawn Shanmuganathan BS, RDMS, RVT

Shawn has been a Nuclear Medicine Technologist and Ultrasound Technologist for over 40 years. He received his Bachelor’s Degree in Biology from Loyola College in Madra, India, a post graduate diploma in Nuclear Medicine Technology from John F. Kennedy Medical Center in Edison, New Jersey, and a post graduate diploma in Diagnostic Ultrasound from the State University of New York in New York City. The majority of his career has been in Texas as a Sonographer, Chief Sonographer and Program Director. Shawn also was the Program Director for an ultrasound training program for five years. Shawn is a very experienced and knowledgeable instructor. His passion for teaching is obvious in the classroom.

Echocardiography Cardiac Doppler Ultrasound

  • Course ID: ECHODOP-989-206
  • Event Location: Advanced Health Education Center, 8502 Tybor Drive, Houston, Texas, USA, 77074
  • Credit: 40 AMA PRA Category 1™
  • Date: 01/12/2026 - 01/16/2026
  • Time: 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
  • Instructor: Shawn Shanmuganathan BS, RDMS, RVT
  • Other available dates:
  • $3,220.00
  • $3,020.00


Tags: Echocardiography, Ultrasound, Cardiac Doppler, AMA PRA Category 1, Echo Cardiac Doppler, Doppler CE Credits