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BIDMC Education Scholarly Program
What are Non-Technical Skills, anyway? (and how to teach them)
Echo Lab Fellows’ Presentation to Northwestern’s Chief of Cardiac Surgery
Echo Lab research fellows Drs. Shirin Saeed, Adil Manji, and Usman Ahmed presented the lab’s ongoing projects and research focus areas at Surgery Grand Rounds on June 11th, 2025 during the visit of Dr. Douglas R. Johnston, Chief of Cardiac Surgery at Northwestern University. Their presentation highlighted a diverse portfolio of investigations, including basic science projects exploring purinergic signaling in females undergoing cardiac surgery, altered mitochondrial metabolism in postmenopausal women, and distinct miRNA signatures associated with postoperative atrial fibrillation. They also showcased advancements in 3D printing for mitral valve modeling. In outcomes research, the team is analyzing sex-based differences, process improvement initiatives, and leveraging large datasets such as STS, NSQIP, VQI, and NRD. Echocardiographic research featured the transition from qualitative to quantitative assessment using 3-dimensional imaging. In the educational domain, they discussed innovations in ultrasound education, including kinematic metric tools for psychomotor skill acquisition, virtual reality platforms, and a dedicated website offering educational materials, quizzes, case discussions, lecture videos, CME courses, and a medical journal.
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INTERACTIVE MODULES
This spotlight introduces a Problem-Based Learning Discussion (PBLD) case on tachyarrhythmias developed for departmental teaching, built around a single evolving patient scenario with an embedded audience-response question and staged case progressions.
This Problem-Based Learning Discussion (PBLD) uses a structured clinical case to guide a learner-driven, interactive exploration of the perioperative anesthetic management of CEA. Topics include anesthetic technique selection (regional versus general anesthesia), neuromonitoring modalities, intraoperative hemodynamic management, shunting indications, emergence considerations, and recognition of procedure-specific postoperative complications — including cerebral hyperperfusion syndrome and cranial nerve injury.
Huma Syed Hussain, MD, Thy Vo, MD, Lisa Kunze, MD
Case by Case Insights into Advanced Echocardiographic Diagnostics
David Benavides Zora, MD, Sumeeta Kapoor, MD, Yifan Bu, MD, Maurizio Bottiroli, MD
Perioperative Management of Carotid Body Paragangliomas
Sumeeta Kapoor, MD, Gifty Addae, MD, Maria Borrelli, DO, Robina Matyal, MD
Sumeeta Kapoor, MD, Yifan Bu, MD, Benjamin Aronow, MD, Matthew Gao, DO
Feroze Mahmood, MD
Optimization of Analgesia for Rib Fractures: Evidence-Based Approaches
Laura Cook, NP Andrey Rakalin, MD
Case Presentation From Vascular Division
Kaavya Mahajan, MD Jacopo Colombo, MD
Federico Puerta Martinez, MD Victor Polshin, MD
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