NOVEMBER 2026: SDEP® Advanced* Cardiology

Location: SonoPath Veterinary Education Center, Andover, NJ

2-day Advanced Ultrasound Training Program

Designed for advanced veterinary sonographers ready to refine echocardiographic technique, improve diagnostic interpretation, and integrate advanced cardiac pathology into clinical decision-making.

Prerequisite: Participants should be comfortable performing routine echo ultrasound examinations and have prior SDEP® echo training, hands-on ultrasound lab experience, or equivalent scanning proficiency. Please email if you have any questions about suitability SDEP@sonopath.com. NOTE: This lab is not suitable for beginners.

Instructors & Speakers:

Dr. Camden Rouben, DVM, DACVIM (Cardiology)
Dr. Eric Lindquist, DMV (Italy), DABVP (Canine & Feline), Cert. IVUSS, Found & CEO of SonoPath
Additional special guest speakers in the field of Cardiology

Course Overview:

The SDEP® Advanced Echocardiography & Cardiac Lab & Lecture training weekend is designed for clinicians who already possess foundational echocardiography skills and are ready to move into advanced interpretation, pathology recognition, and clinical application.

This immersive program expands beyond image acquisition to focus on the “why” behind cardiac findings to help participants connect echocardiographic changes with physiology, disease progression, treatment planning, and patient outcomes. Through advanced lectures, hands-on scanning refinement, and case-based discussion, attendees will strengthen both technical precision and diagnostic reasoning.

The course covers acquired and congenital cardiac disease in dogs and cats, advanced measurement interpretation, Doppler optimization, image troubleshooting, and current consensus recommendations in veterinary cardiology. Participants will also explore less commonly discussed but clinically important conditions such as myocarditis, nutritional cardiomyopathies, and the heart as an effector organ in systemic disease.

Hands-on lab sessions focus on improving efficiency, probe positioning, Doppler alignment, image optimization, and measurement accuracy to create more consistent and clinically meaningful echocardiographic studies.

Learning Objectives:

By the end of this course, you will be able to:

Recognize and interpret advanced echocardiographic pathology in dogs and cats
Differentiate acquired versus congenital cardiac disease using echocardiography
Refine probe positioning, image acquisition, and scanning efficiency
Optimize Doppler alignment and echocardiographic measurements for diagnostic accuracy
Identify and correct common echocardiographic errors and artefacts
Apply advanced cardiac measurement techniques with greater confidence and consistency
Understand echocardiographic manifestations of systemic and metabolic disease

What’s Included:

Lifetime access to pre- and post-lab materials on the SonoPath Education Network
3 hours of instructed, hands-on wet lab
3:1 student:instructor ratio
13 hours of deep dive live lectures over 2 days
Daily breakfast, lunch, and snacks (plus lots of coffee!)
Evening welcome reception
Full-service support after the lab weekend

NOVEMBER 2026: SDEP® Advanced* Cardiology

$2,675.00

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You will earn 16 RACE approved CE Credits. Your CE certificate will be presented at the lab weekend.
REFUNDS:

Owing to the high demand of attendees, complexity and significant financial commitment involved in providing CE events, SonoPath retains the following policy for refunds after signing up and paying for a CE event: A refund will be issued in a form of credit, if cancellation is made 1 month prior to the course that can be applied to another hands-on course (provided that space is available), live-virtual course, online courses or educational products. If the applied credit is less than the chosen option, an additional fee will be charged for the difference. The credit balance will need to be used within 12 months of the issued credit, otherwise the credit will be forfeited. Please contact us with any questions at sdep@sonopath.com
For questions please contact Diane McFadden, Director of Education with questions: diane.mcfadden@sonopath.com

As part of setting up a new telemed account, or if you have purchased a new machine (other than from SonoPath), we will require a QA on the image quality prior to case submissions, to assess any limitations and provide recommendations.

Before committing to an SDEP® ultrasound lab, we encourage planning for success after your weekend training is completed. This begins with the correct equipment.

Please note: Handheld/POC units are not recommended for continued training after lab weekends, unless you will only be scanning animals 15 lbs or less.

Minimum Requirements (Echo):

Cardiac package with:

PW/CW, M-mode & color Doppler

15.6” high-res LED monitor

Small patient cardiac phased array probe (frequency range approx. 4–10 MHz)

Medium-to-large patient cardiac phased array probe (frequency range approx.1–6 MHz)

For after lab case submissions:

Video clips in DICOM format

DICOM transfer and file compression functionality to the SonoPath server (contact distributor for confirmation)

Note: Handheld/POC units are not accepted for case submissions to SonoPath

(After lab) Please note for submitting cases: DICOM format is required; however, minor deficiencies in the requirements may be accepted provided that the customer understands the limitations and how it may impact interpretation by the specialist.

Please contact SonoPath with your specific model and specific probes for more individual feedback sdep@sonopath.com.

NOVEMBER 2026: SDEP® Advanced* Cardiology

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