Course overview
Musculoskeletal MR of Commonly Imaged Joints
10 - 12 August 2018
Course director
| Mark Murphey, MD, FACR Physician-in-Chief American Institute for Radiologic Pathology |
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| Donna Blankenbaker, MD Professor of Radiology University of Wisconsin |
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| William Morrison, MD Professor of Radiology Thomas Jefferson University Hospital |
This course is designed to provide the non-musculoskeletal-trained radiologist with an intensive hands-on experience in the technique and the interpretation of MR imaging of the knee, shoulder, ankle/foot and hip.
Attendees will review and interpret more than 100 musculoskeletal MR examinations under the supervision of expert faculty. Each attendee will develop a higher level of expertise and confidence in evaluating MR of these various joints. All cases will be reviewed on a FUJI Synapse workstation.
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Abdominal Imaging
13 - 15 August 2018
Course directors
| Dushyant Sahani, MD Director of Computed Tomography Massachusetts General Hospital |
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| Avinash Kambadakone-Ramesh, MD, FRCR Assistant Professor, Harvard Medical School Abdominal Imaging and Intervention Massachusetts General Hospital |
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| Kumar Sandrasegaran, MD Section Chief - Abdominal Imaging Indiana University School of Medicine |
This brand-new course will cover up-to-date CT protocols, latest guidelines on managing incidentalomas, how to report complex post-operative CT, customising reporting templates for cancer staging, with special reference to what the surgeon needs to know. Plus, the course staff will offer their unique approaches to reporting many CT findings which are seen daily, such as dilated bile ducts, small volume nodes, and misty mesentery.
The course also discusses “do not miss” cases in the major abdominal organs and will cover the following topics:
- How to deal with focal liver, pancreas, adrenal and kidney lesions
- Pitfalls in liver, pancreas and kidney imaging
- Pitfalls in postoperative CT
- Newer CT technology, including dual energy CT
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Breast Imaging Boot Camp with Tomosynthesis
17 - 19 August 2018
Course directors
| Michael Linver, MD, FACR Director of Mammography, X-Ray Associates of New Mexico, P.C. |
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| Christopher Comstock, MD, FACR Attending Radiologist, Director, Breast Imaging, Postgraduate Training and Education, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center |
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| David Schacht, MD, MPH Section Chief, Breast Imaging University of Chicago |
This course, led by Michael Linver, MD, FACR, and Christopher Comstock, MD, FACR, is designed to provide practicing radiologists with intensive, hands-on experience in breast imaging. Throughout the three-day program, participants will develop their interpretive expertise in the evaluation of mammography studies through hands-on interpretation of over 500 digital screening, diagnostic mammograms and digital breast tomosynthesis cases at their own individual workstation. Participants will enhance their perceptive skills with direct assistance from a panel of expert radiologists.
This course satisfies the following MQSA and ACR accreditation requirements:
- Re-establishing continuing experience requirements of the MQSA
- Initial qualifications for Full Field Digital Mammography (FFDM) under MQSA
- This course meets the eight hours of initial training in breast tomosynthesis as required by the FDA
