Austin Katrynuik, Trainee

Austin Katrynuik

TRAINEE

University of Arizona Student austinkat@email.arizona.edu

AUSTIN KATRYNUIK is originally from Vancouver, Canada and is currently a senior at the University of Arizona. He is expected to graduate in December 2020 with a B.S. of Public Health with an emphasis in health systems theory and practice and a minor in biochemistry. After graduation, Austin aspires to become an MD/MPH with a specialty in interventional cardiology. His goal is to work in underserved and underrepresented populations in urban/rural areas and utilize preventative medicine to help decrease the prevalence of chronic diseases that disproportionately affects those communities. He currently volunteers at Clinica Amistad and the Southern Arizona AIDS Foundation. Also, he works as a medical scribe in the TMC emergency department and hopes to continue his work with his mentor Dr. Tushar Acharya.

Project

ANALYSIS OF INTER-USER VARIABILITY WHEN EXAMINING CARDIAC MRI’S AS A DIAGNOSTIC TOOL FOR PULMONARY ARTERIAL

The purpose of this study was to analyze the inter-user variability when quantifying right ventricle function on cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (CMR). CMR has been increasingly acknowledged as the gold-standard method in quantifying the left ventricle size and function due to its accuracy. The accuracy and reproducibility of the right ventricle, however, may be more challenging due to its complex geometry especially in conditions such as pulmonary hypertension. This multi-center study aims to analyze the variability between cardiac imagers when using CMR as a quantification and

diagnostic tool.