UAB - SOM - Division of Cardiovascular Disease - Echocardiography Labs

Division of Cardiovascular Disease

Echocardiography Labs

	The Echocardiography Lab provides comprehensive patient care using the most advanced echocardiography testing available. Echocardiograms use ultrasonic sound waves that reflect (“echo”) off a patient’s heart structure and back to a computer for interpretation.

Related Information	Echocardiography Fellowship Echocardiography Patient Care Rotation Echocardiography Research Program

Locations	UAB Hospital North Pavilion 6th Floor 615 18th Street South Birmingham, Alabama 35233 The Kirklin Clinic (TKC) 4th Floor 2000 6th Avenue South Birmingham, Alabama 35205 Birmingham VA Medical Center (BVAMC) 6th Floor 700 19th Street South Birmingham, Alabama 35233

Directors	UAB Hospital Echo Lab and The Kirklin Clinic Echo Lab Navin Nanda, MD BVAMC Echo Lab & Heart Station Gilbert Perry, MD

Faculty	Pohoey Fan, MD Navin Nanda, MD Gilbert Perry, MD Robert Robichaux, MD Frank Seghatol-Eslami, MD

Patient Population	People with a wide variety of heart conditions, including: Valve disorders Left and right ventricular function Heart failure Myocardial diseases Pericardial diseases Congenital heart diseases

Clinical Services	2D echocardiograms Color doppler echocardiograms Bubble echocardiograms Treadmill stress echocardiograms Dobutamine stress echocardiograms 3-D echocardiograms Transesophageal echocardiograms

Training	Performing and/or interpreting studies (including transthoracic echocardiographic studies) Interpreting results Completing reports Presenting cases or special topics during Echocardiography Grand Rounds

Research	Primarily correlating echo findings with other noninvasive and invasive modalities and cardiac surgery.