Echocardiography and
Vascular Ultrasound Core Laboratory and Research Services At
Columbia University Medical Center
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Columbia University Medical Center has well-established
research echocardiography and vascular ultrasound core
laboratories. The research laboratory is staffed by a study
coordinator, 3 research sonographers and 4 dedicated
research echocardiography fellows. Staffing is maintained at
a level that ensures rapid turn around of all submitted
patient studies. There is space for secure storage of all
study-related materials including digital data storage with
daily backup to accessory hard drives and magneto-optical
discs. The core laboratory function not only includes data
analysis but onsite training of participating laboratories.
There are established protocols for quality assurance of
these participating laboratories as well as the core
laboratory. There are analog review stations with the
capability of analog to digital conversion. For digitally
captured images, the latest release Siemens review station
is available for use. This has excellent image quality and
permits auto calibration for images acquired using the DICOM
standard with most commercially available systems. Optical
disc readers for images not stored in CD/DVD format are also
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Core Lab Services Provided:
Trial Support
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Protocol development
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Echo
specific manual development
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Case
report development
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Clinical onsite training
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Preparation of material for investigator and regulatory
meetings
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Assistance in manuscript development
Image Analysis
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Skilled interpretation of:
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Transthoracic
echocardiograms
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Transesophageal
echocardiograms
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Vascular ultrasound
studies
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Written transcription of results into case report forms
and/or online databases
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Core
lab intra-and inter-observer variability measures and
other documentation of quality assurance activities
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Study specific standard operating procedures for core
lab image analysis
Contact Us:
Patrick Muir
Echocardiography and Vascular Ultrasound Core Laboratory
and Research Services
Division of Cardiology
Department of Medicine
College of Physicians & Surgeons,
Columbia University
Address:
622 West 168th Street
Presbyterian Hospital Building
PH3-342
New York, NY 10032
Patrick A. Muir
For more information, please contact Patrick Antonio
Muir, program coordinator.
Phone:(212)
305-9093
Fax: (212) 342-3718
E-mail: pam2147@columbia.edu
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Physician Leadership and Expertise
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Linda D. Gillam, MD, FACC,FAHA, FASE
Dr. Gillam previously directed the
Echocardiography Lab at Hartford Hospital for 16
years. She has extensive experience in
multi-center trials. She has authored over 100
peer-reviewed publications and is a Past
President of the American Society of
Echocardiography. She serves on the editorial
boards of Circulation and the Journal of the
American College of Cardiology.
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Rebecca Hahn, MD, FACC
Dr. Hahn is the associate director for the
Echocardiography and Vascular Ultrasound Core Laboratory
and Research Services. She previously directed the
Echocardiography Lab at North Shore University Hospital.
Prior to that, she was the Director of Clinical
Echocardiography at Cornell University. She has
published over 30 peer-reviewed papers and is the
Director of a large live program in echocardiography
that has recently celebrated its ninth anniversary. She
maintains a strong clinical interest in congenital heart
disease and device closure.
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| Shunichi Homma, MD, FACC
Dr. Homma, the Margaret Milliken Hatch Professor of
Medicine is the Associate Chief of Cardiology and has
directed the Echocardiography Lab at Columbia for over
15 years. He has participated in over 20 federally
funded trials as both principal and co-investigator. He
has authored more than 200 peer-reviewed publications
and is on the editorial board of the Journal of the
American College of Cardiology.
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