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Program Description:
Session Two is the second of three sessions covering the 2007 Fourth Annual MDCT Symposium. This session is broken into four parts, the first and second being individual presentations covering a variety of topics and the third and forth being a series of CT Colonography Case Reviews. The presentation titles and the associated faculty for each are listed below. The estimated time for completion is 3 hours.
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SESSION TWO - PART ONE: PRESENTATIONS
(Approximate Running Time: 1.0 hour)
Establishing a 3D Service
Gordon J. Harris Ph.D., Harvard Medical School
Electronic Order Entry with Physicians Support
Keith Dreyer, D.O, Ph.D., Harvard Medical School
MDCT Workflow Optimization
Giles L. Boland, M.D., Harvard Medical School
Questions & Answers
SESSION TWO - PART TWO: PRESENTATIONS
(Approximate Running Time: 30 Minutes)
PET/CT: Indications & Techniques
Rendon C. Nelson, M.D., Duke University
PET/CT: Interpretation
Isaac R. Francis, M.D., Ph.D., University of Michigan
Questions & Answers
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SESSION TWO - PART THREE: CASE STUDIES
(Approximate Running Time: 1.0 hour)
CT Colonography Case Reviews
Elizabeth G. McFarland, M.D., Washington University
Break
SESSION TWO - PART FOUR: CASE STUDIES (CONTINUED)
(Approximate Running Time: 30 Minutes)
CT Colonography Case Reviews
Elizabeth G. McFarland, M.D., Washington University
Questions & Answers
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This program is supported by an unrestricted educational grant from Bracco and Sponsored by ArcMesa Educators and WebMedEd.
Learning Objectives:
Upon completion of this activity the participant will be able to:
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1. Describe 3D image processing techniques and their clinical benefits.
2. Review principles of MDCT workflow optimization.
3. Evaluate PET/MDCT indications and techniques.
4. Identify factors that affect PET/MDCT interpretations
5. Perform case based reviews of MDCT colonography
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Faculty:
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Gordon J. Harris, Ph.D.
Director of the 3D Imaging Service, and the Radiology Computer Aided Diagnostics Laboratory (RAD CADx LAB) at the Massachusetts General Hospital and Associate Professor of Radiology at Harvard Medical School
Dr. Harris received his PhD from Johns Hopkins in Radiation Health Sciences and a BS in Electrical Engineering from Lafayette College. After graduate school, Dr. Harris spent one post-doctoral year and two years as junior faculty at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. After four subsequent years as Director of the Neuroimaging Research Laboratory at New England Medical Center, Dr. Harris joined the faculty at MGH and began new clinically-oriented imaging services. His primary research interests include structural and functional brain imaging research in psychiatric and neurologic illnesses including Autism, Alzheimer's Disease, Huntington's disease, and Alcoholism.
Keith Dreyer, M.D., Ph.D.
Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School
Dr. Dreyer is vice-chair of radiology informatics, corporate director of medical imaging and a radiology instructor at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard University. Dr. Dreyer is recognized for his advanced research into the mining of radiologic and genetic image data for disease discovery and presymptomatic disease detection.
Giles L. Boland, M.D.
Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School
Dr. Boland is director of teleradiology at Massachusetts General Hospital and an associate professor in radiology at Harvard Medical School. His areas of specialty include PACS, teleradiology, voice recognition, RIS, and the enterprise digital solution to PACS and RIS integration.
Rendon C. Nelson, M.D.
Professor and Vice-Chair of Radiology, Duke University Medical Center
Dr. Nelson is currently a Professor of Radiology and Vice-Chairman at Duke University Medical Center. He previously served as the Director of the Division of Abdominal Imaging at Duke University as well as the Director of the Frederick Phillips Magnetic Resonance Research Center at Emory University.
Dr. Nelson has published more than 100 papers in peer-reviewed scientific journals and has contributed numerous articles and chapters in books related to Abdominal Imaging.
Isaac R. Francis, M.D.
Professor of Radiology, Associate Chair for Radiology Research and Director of the Tumor Imaging Core, University of Michigan Medical Center
Dr. Isaac R. Francis was born, raised and educated in India. He began his training in Radiology at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit in 1976. Currently, Dr. Francis is a Professor of Radiology, Associate Chair for Radiology Research and Director of the Tumor Imaging Core at the University of Michigan Medical Center
Elizabeth G. McFarland, M.D.
Director of CT Colonography, Center for Diagnostic Imaging , Inc.
Dr. McFarland, comes to St. Luke's Center for Diagnostic Imaging from the Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology where she was an associate professor of radiology. While at the Mallinckrodt Institute, Dr. McFarland was active in clinical research and trials, specifically focusing on CT Colonography as a less-invasive, more patient-friendly screening technique for colon cancer.
Prior to the Mallinckrodt Institute, Dr. McFarland completed her fellowship in general radiology and gastrointestinal interventional radiology at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. She completed her internship at Brigham & Women's Hospital in Boston. Dr. McFarland is a graduate of the University of California, San Diego where she received various honors & awards as a distinguished student of medicine.
Dr. McFarland is involved in numerous academic and professional medical activities including student mentoring, hospital committee involvement, authoring and editing of manuscripts, texts and journals, as well as ongoing professorships, lectures and scientific presentations. Dr. McFarland's professional affiliations include Radiological Society of North America, American College of Radiology, Association of University Radiologists and American College of Radiology.
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Program Accreditation:
This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the Essential Areas and Policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education through the joint sponsorship of ArcMesa Educators and WebMedEd. ArcMesa Educators is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
This program is approved for up to 3 credit hours of Category 1 AMA/PRA Credit.
Target Audience:
This activity is designed for practicing radiologists working in either private or academic settings, radiologists-in-training, non-radiology physicians and practicing radiologic technologists.
Disclosure of Financial Interests
It is the policy of ArcMesa Educators to ensure balance, independence, objectivity, and scientific rigor in all of its sponsored educational programs. Commercial support from industry does not influence educational content, faculty selection, and/or faculty presentations, and, therefore, does not compromise the scientific integrity of the educational activity. Discussion of off-label product usage is made at the sole discretion of the faculty and is not endorsed by ArcMesa Educators, WebMedEd or the program directors for this activity. Faculty participating in continuing medical education activities sponsored by ArcMesa Educators and WebMedEd are required to disclose to the program audience any real or apparent conflict of interest related to the content of their presentation(s). Faculty not complying with this policy are not permitted to participate in this activity
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Staff Disclosure Declarations
The employees of ArcMesa Educators and WebMedEd have no financial relationships to disclose.
Faculty Disclosure Declarations
Gordon J. Harris Ph.D. - Disclosures: Medical Advisory Board and Consultant - Fovia, Inc.
Keith Dreyer, D.O, Ph.D - Disclosures: Consultant - GE Healthcare, Agfa, Commissure
Giles L. Boland, M.D. - Disclosures: Consultant - Radiology Consulting Group
Rendon C. Nelson, M.D. - Disclosures: Consultant and Grant/Research Support - GE Healthcare, Grant/Research Support - Bracco Diagnostics
Isaac R. Francis, M.D. - Disclosures: No relevant relationships with industry to disclose.
Elizabeth G. McFarland, M.D. - Consultant - Vital Images, GE Healthcare, Medicsight
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