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Atrium Health-Sanger Heart and Vascular Institute

Atrium Health-Sanger Heart and Vascular Institute

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Address

1237 Harding Place. Kenilworth Medical Plaza
Charlotte,
NC
28204
United States

Categories

Clinical CMR Centers, CMR Clinical Training Centers, and CMR Technologist Training Centers

Description

Atrium Health-Sanger Heart and Vascular Institute cardiovascular imaging program is a multidisciplinary team dedicated to the performance of advanced cardiac imaging–performing 110,000 echocardiograms, 13,000 cardiac CT studies and 7,000 CMR studies annually. The Atrium Health CMR program employs 2 cardiac outpatient Siemens 3.0T and 1.5T scanners, in addition to performing CMR studies at 3 Charlotte area hospital scanners.

Clinical Director Details

Name: Michael Elliott MD
Email: michael.elliott@atriumhealth.org

Clinical CMR Services

Faculty Specialties:
  • Adult Cardiologist
  • Radiologist
  • Pediatric Radiologist
Clinical Scanner Magnet Strength:
  • 1.5T
  • 3.0T
Type of Facility:
  • Private hospital
Number of CMR performed per year:
  • 2000 or more
Condition CMR offered for:
  • Chest pain / Stress CMR
  • Heart failure
  • Cardiomyopathy
  • Myocarditis/COVID19
  • Pericardial disease
  • Valve disease
  • Vascular disease including aorta
  • Cardiac masses
  • Congenital heart disease (children)
  • Congenital heart disease (adult)
  • Cardio-oncology
  • Cardiac Transplant
  • Cardiac Amyloid
  • Cardiac Sarcoidosis
  • Pericardial disease
Do you scan patients with cardiac implantable electronic devices (e. g. pacemaker): Yes
Do you hold accreditation for your CMR service:
  • ACR
Music during Scan Available: Yes
Video during Scan Available: No

Clinical CMR Training

Fellowship Applicant Pre-Requisite:
  • Cardiology Fellowship
Type of training:
  • Adult CMR training
  • Pediatric/CHD training
Level of Training offered:
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
Duration of Training:
  • 1 year
  • More than 1 year
Type of funding:
  • Funded positions
Structured training program: Yes
Number of Level 3 trainers: 8
Number of Trainees per Year: 1
How to apply/contact information:

Holly Gonzales, MD, FACC
Program Director, Advanced Cardiovascular Imaging Fellowship
Atrium Health-Sanger Heart and Vascular Institute
holly.gonzales@atriumhealth.org

Technologist CMR Training

How to Apply / Contact Information:

Jose Abreu RT(CT)(MR) MRSO
MR supervisor/cardiac MRI lead technologist, Atrium Health
jose.abreu@atriumhealth.org

Last Updated: January 22, 2025