Bolivia Sessions: Contest for Young Interventionists

Sponsored by Abbott Vascular LATAM

32nd SOLACI Regional Sessions – 11° Southern Cone Region

April 20th and 21st, 2017.
Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia.


Case Submission: “Fostering Hemodynamics among Young Cardiologists”.

It is with great pleasure that we hereby invite all young Latin American cardiologists specializing in hemodynamics to submit relevant clinical cases to the next SOLACI Sessions, Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia, to be held on April 20th and 21st, 2017.

 

Participants will be competing for the “best case” prize, which consists of complete coverage to attend to a SOLACI Session 2017,  including air fare, accommodation and registration. Winner will have the chance to choose amongst SOLACI Sessions 2017 destinations: Managua, Nicaragua (September 29th and 30th) or Bogotá, Colombia (October 5th and 6th).

 

Submitted cases must be of educational value and must pertain to the field of interventional cardiology.

 

All cases will be initially evaluated by the appointed committee and shortlisted to the best 8, which shall be presented orally during our sessions. During these presentations, a second complementary evaluation will decide on the winner.

 

New case submission deadline: April 2nd, 2017.

 

Submission status will be communicated on the first week of April 2017 through SOLACI web page.

 

 Submission Criteria and Specifications:

 

  • Case submission is meant for young Latin American interventional cardiologists and topics include: adult peripheral vascular and structural heart interventional cardiology.

 

  • In each case only one interventionist can sign. Being a fellow cardiologist or interventionist is not required.

 

  • Attach a letter of recommendation from the Chief of the Hemodynamic Service you belong to.

 

  • Send a Word file with your case description, no longer than 300 words, font size 11.

 

  • Send a complementary Power Point file with your case presentation. Even though you may use videos for your oral presentation during our sessions (up to 5), this initial file may only include up to 5 pictures only.

 

  • One cardiologist may present more than one case. If such were the case, they should be sent separately.

 

  • Cases shall be submitted via this .

 

 

Dr. Jorge Mayol

SOLACI Session Director

Dr. Mario Araya

SOLACI Sessions Vice Director

Dr. Carlos Vaca

Organizing Committee of SOLACI Sessions Bolivia 2017

Drs. Luis Urna, Eduardo Torrez Torrico y Javier Ibáñez

Scientific Committee of SOLACI Sessions Bolivia 2017

Drs. Gustavo Vigniolo y Christian Dauvergne

Medical Images Contest Coordinators

Dres. Erick Hornez y Marcelo Halac

Solidary Program Coordinators 

Dr. Pedro Trujillo

Coordinator of the Contest for Interventionists in Training – SOLACI Sessions

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