Basic Transesophageal and Critical Care Ultrasound

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Andre Y. Denault, MD, PhD, received his medical degree from the Universite de Montreal, Canada. He completed his training in Internal Medicine at McGill University, Montreal; Critical Care at the Presbyterian-University Hospital, Pittsburgh, USA; Anesthesiology at the Universite de Montreal and PhD in Biomedical Sciences at the Universite de Montreal. Dr. Denault works at the Montreal Heart Institute as a cardiac anesthesiologist and critical care physician and at the Centre Hospitalier de l'Universite de Montreal in critical care. He is a professor of Anesthesiology at the Universite de Montreal Canada. Dr. Denault holds the Richard I. Kaufman Endowment Fund in Anesthesia and Critical Care.

Pierre Couture, MD, received his medical degree from the Universite de Montreal, Canada. He is an anesthesiologist at the Montreal Heart Institute and associate professor of Anesthesiology at the Universite de Montreal.

Yoan Lamarche, MD, conducted his residency in cardiac surgery at Universite de Montreal. He then obtained a subspecialty in intensive care and undertook further training at the University of British Columbia. He is one of the founding members of the Canadian Cardiovascular Critical Care Society (CANCARE) and has been part of the surgical team at the Montreal Heart Institute since 2010.

Jean-Claude Tardif, MD, received his medical degree from the Universite de Montreal, Canada. He is a cardiologist and the director of the Research Center at the Montreal Heart Institute. He is also professor of medicine and holds the endowed Pfizer Research Chair in Atherosclerosis at the Universite de Montreal. Dr. Tardif is the scientific director of the Montreal Health Innovations Coordinating Center and of the Canadian Atherosclerosis Imaging Network.

Annette Vegas, MD, received her medical degree from McGill University in Montreal, Canada. Dr. Vegas is a staff anesthesiologist at the Toronto General Hospital, Canada and is an associate professor of Anesthesiology at the University of Toronto. Her research interests include cardiac anesthesia and TEE education.