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Program Description:
Session Three is the third 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 fourth 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 4.5 hours.
 
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SESSION THREE - PART ONE:  PRESENTATIONS
(Approximate Running Time: 1 hour 40 minutes)
Radiation Dose Optimization in Cardiac CT
Mannudeep K. Kalra, M.D., Harvard Medical School
Optimizing Cardiac CT Image Acquisition
Frank J. Rybicki, M.D., Ph.D., Harvard Medical School
Coronary CTA Image Interpretation
Geoffrey D. Rubin, M.D., Stanford University
Evaluating Chest Pain in the ER
William P. Shuman, M.D., F.A.C.R., University of Washington
Questions & Answers
SESSION THREE - PART TWO:  PRESENTATIONS
(Approximate Running Time: 1 hour 20 minutes)
MDCT of Pulmonary Veins
Suhny Abbara, M.D., Harvard Medical School
Non Coronary Cardiac CT
Arthur Stillman, M.D., Ph.D., Emory University
Cardiac CT Practice
Geoffrey D. Rubin, M.D., Stanford University
Questions & Answers
SESSION THREE - PART THREE:  CASE REVIEWS
(Approximate Running Time: 40 minutes)
Cardiac CTA Case Review
Suhny Abbara, M.D., Harvard Medical School
Udo Hoffman, M.D., M.P.H., Harvard Medical School
Break
SESSION THREE - PART FOUR:  CASE REVIEWS (CONTINUED)
(Approximate Running Time:   45 minutes)
Cardiac CTA Case Review
Udo Hoffman, M.D., M.P.H., Harvard Medical School
Questions & Answers
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:
 
1.   Describe techniques toward optimizing radiation dose in cardiac CT
2.   Explain protocols to optimize cardiac CT image acquisition.
3.   Distinguish considerations in interpretation of coronary CTA.
4.   Review principles and techniques for the use of MDCT in evaluating chest pain in the ER
5.   Assess imaging considerations for MDCT of pulmonary veins
Faculty:
Mannudeep K. Kalra, M.D.
Staff Radiologist, Massachusetts General Hospital
Dr. Kalra is a Staff Radiologist at Massachusetts General Hospital
Frank J. Rybicki, M.D., Ph.D.
Co-Director, Cardiovascular Imaging Section and Director, Applied Imaging Science Laboratory, Department of Radiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital
Dr. Rybicki is Co-Director of the Cardiovascular Imaging Section and Director of the Applied Imaging Science Laboratory in the Department of Radiology at Brigham and Women's Hospital. He is also Assistant Professor of Radiology at Harvard Medical School. Dr Rybicki received his BS in mathematics from the University of Pennsylvania in 1988, and his MD, PhD (medical engineering/ nuclear engineering) from Harvard Medical School and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He completed his residency in diagnostic radiology at Brigham and Women's Hospital.
 
Geoffrey D. Rubin, M.D.
Associate Professor of Radiology Director, Cardiovascular Imaging Stanford University School of Medicine
Dr. Rubin is Associate Professor of Radiology Director, Cardiovascular Imaging Stanford University School of Medicine .
William P. Shuman, M.D., F.A.C.R.
Vice Chair and Medical Director, Radiology, UW Medical Center Professor of Radiology, UW School of Medicine
Dr. Shuman received his medical degree from the State University of New York in Syracuse, New York. After completing a residency in diagnostic radiology at Mary Fletcher Hospital of the University of Vermont in Burlington in 1979, Dr. Shuman went on to complete a two-year fellowship in Ultrasound and Computed tomography at the University of Washington in 1981. Shuman continued at the UW as a professor in the departments of Radiology, Oncology and Radiation Oncology until 1990. While at the UW, he served as the Director of CT (1982-1990) and MR (1983-1990) and chaired the Magnetic Resonance Planning Group from 1982 - 1985. In addition to his directorships at the UW, Shuman has also held a directorship in Computed Tomography, U/S and MR at the University of Vermont (1992-1995) and continued to hold clinical positions at the University of Washington and Seattle University. In 1995, Dr. Shuman became the director of CT/MR/US at Evergreen Hospital Medical Center. In 1997, he was promoted to medical director of Evergreen's Diagnostic Imaging Department. In 2003, Dr. Shuman returned to the University of Washington to become the medical director of Radiology at UWMC and vice chair of the Department of Radiology.
Suhny Abbara, M.D.
Director of Noninvasive Cardiac and Vascular Imaging, Massachusetts General Hospital.
Dr. Suhny Abbara is the Director of the Cardiovascular Imaging Section of the Department of Radiology at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) & Harvard Medical School and he is Fellowship Director of the MGH Cardiac Imaging Fellowship Program. He runs the annual Harvard Postgraduate Course: Clinical Update in Cardiac CT and the quarterly MGH cardiac CT Imaging workshops, as well as the MGH Visiting Fellowship Program.
On the international level, Dr. Abbara has been program director or on the program committee for the ‘International Conference on Cardiac CT‘, the annual scientific conference of the ‘Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography‘ (SCCT) and the cardiac imaging conference and case interpretation sessions of the ‘American College of Radiology‘ (ACR). He is Chairman of the CTA-Academy Training Programs of the SCCT. Dr. Abbara has created educational programs and self-assessment modules for recertification for the ACR and American College of Cardiology.
He has published over 50 articles, is associate editor of the Journal of the SCCT and is the editor of the Cardiac Imaging section of the 2006 Year Book of Diagnostic Radiology.
Arthur Stillman, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Radiology, Harvard University
Dr. Hoffman is Assistant Professor of Radiology, Harvard University
Udo Hoffman, M.D., M.P.H.
Director , Division , Department of Radiology, Emory University.
Dr. Arthur Stillman, director of cardiothoracic imaging at Emory University Hospital, pointed out that the COURAGE (Clinical Outcomes Utilizing Revascularization and Aggressive Drug Evaluation) study showed no meaningful difference in survival or reduced risk of heart attack with the use of interventional device procedures (angioplasty, stents) plus optimal medical therapy compared with optimal medical therapy alone for patients with chronic angina.
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 4.5 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
Staff Disclosure Declarations
The employees of ArcMesa Educators and WebMedEd have no financial relationships to disclose.
Faculty Disclosure Declarations
Mannudeep K. Kalra, M.D. - Disclosures: No relevant relationships with industry to disclose.
Frank J. Rybicki, M.D., Ph.D. - Disclosures: Speaker Bureau - Toshiba, Siemens Medical, Bracco Diagnostics, Grant/Reasearch Support - Vital Images
Geoffrey D. Rubin, M.D. - Disclosures: No relevant relationships with industry to disclose.
William P. Shuman, M.D., F.A.C.R. - Disclosures: Grant - GE Healthcare
Suhny Abbara, M.D. - Disclosures: Consultant - E-Z-EM, Partners Imaging, Royalties - Siemens Medical, Stock Options - Amirsys.
Arthur Stillman, M.D., Ph.D. - Disclosures: No relevant relationships with industry to disclose.
Udo Hoffman, M.D., M.P.H. - Consultant - Bayer Healthcare, Siemens Medical, Bracco Diagnostics, Grant/Research Support - Bayer Healthcare, Siemens Medical, Advisory Board - Bayer Healthcare, Siemens Medical, Vital Images.