Upcoming Medical Conferences in Reston

Breast MR with Guided Biopsy is organized by American College of Radiology (ACR) and will be held from Apr 22 - 23, 2019 at American College of Radiology, Reston, Virginia, United States of America. The target audience for this medical event is Radiologists. This CME Conference has been approved for a maximum of 22.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Course Overview: This 100-case, two-day course, led by Wendy DeMartini, MD and Habib Rahbar, MD, is designed to provide practicing radiologists with an intensive, hands-on experience in reading breast MRI. Throughout the two-day program, participants will develop their interpretive skills through extensive case reviews at individual workstations. In addition, hands-on MRI guided biopsy workshops will provide training inaccurate and safe MRI guided biopsy techniques. Learning Objectives: At the conclusion of this course, participants will be able to: • Assess the clinical role of breast MRI in patient selection and in improved detection, diagnosis, and treatment of breast disease • Learn imaging protocols and techniques to produce high-quality breast MR images in keeping with current recommended standards • Accurately and efficiently interpret and report on breast MR exams in accordance with the ACR BI-RADS® MRI module • Use breast MRI guided biopsy tools effectively and safely Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.

Breast Imaging Boot Camp with Tomosynthesis is organized by American College of Radiology (ACR) and will be held from Apr 25 - 27, 2019 at American College of Radiology, Reston, Virginia, United States of America. The target audience for this medical event is Radiologists. This CME Conference has been approved for a maximum of 34.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Course Overview: This three-day course, led by Michael N. Linver, MD, FACR; and Christopher E. Comstock, MD, FACR, is designed to provide practicing radiologists with an intensive experience in breast imaging. Throughout the program, participants will develop their interpretive expertise in the evaluation of mammography studies by hands-on interpretation of over 240 digital screening and diagnostic mammograms at their own individual PACS digital workstation. Specific instruction in the use and application of computer-aided techniques will also be provided. In addition, interventional workshops will be available in breast ultrasound and stereotactic biopsy. Learning Objectives: At the conclusion of this course, participants will be able to: • Utilize perception skills for detection of cancer at digital mammographic screening • Interpret digital mammographic screen-detected findings • Demonstrate skills to minimize the call-back rate for normal/benign findings at mammographic screening • Describe the application of computerized techniques as an aid in mammographic interpretation • Recognize diagnostic workup of screen-detected findings and symptomatic patients • Conduct interventional workshops for stereotactic and ultrasound-guided biopsy Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.

American College of Radiology (ACR) CT Colonography is organized by American College of Radiology (ACR) and will be held from May 02 - 03, 2019 at American College of Radiology, Reston, Virginia, United States of America. The target audience for this medical event is Radiologists. This CME Conference has been approved for a maximum of 21.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits. Course Overview: CT Colonography (CTC) is an evolving technology with considerable potential for widespread screening of colorectal cancer. Application of appropriate techniques and knowledge of correct interpretation skills are vital to successfully implementing this technique. The goal of this two-day course is to educate attendees in the technique, performance, and interpretation of CTC through the supervised review of a minimum of 50 cases. The course will also provide a forum for discussing research initiatives, regulatory issues and the reimbursement environment. Learning Objectives: At the conclusion of this course, participants will be able to: • Recognize the techniques necessary to acquire diagnostic CTC images, including patient preparation, scanning parameters, and display/navigational methods • Identify interpretation methods and recognize how to avoid pitfalls • State current research initiatives, regulatory issues, and reimbursement environments • Interpret and report CTC studies through supervised review of a minimum of 50 cases Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.

Abdominal Imaging Course is organized by American College of Radiology (ACR) and will be held from May 09 - 11, 2019 at ACR Education Center, Reston, Virginia, United States of America. Credit: 35 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ and 25 SAM Credits Course Description This 3-day course focuses on how to improve your abdominal imaging service. It will cover up-to-date CT protocols, latest guidelines on managing incidentalomas, how to report complex post-operative CT, customizing reporting templates for cancer staging, with special reference to what the surgeon needs to know. The course staff offer their unique approaches to reporting many CT findings, which are seen daily, such as dilated bile ducts, small volume nodes, misty mesentery. The course also discusses "Do not miss" cases in the major abdominal organs. The course will cover how to deal with focal liver, pancreas, adrenal and kidney lesions; pitfalls in liver, pancreas and kidney imaging; pitfalls in postoperative CT and, newer CT technology, including dual energy CT. The course will teach physicians how to accurately acquire and interpret cases affecting various abdomen and pelvic organs and vascular structures performed in both routine and challenging scenarios. Program and Learning Objectives At the conclusion of this conference, participants will be able to: • Understand how to protocol CT studies for various clinical indications in the abdomen. • Learn the multimodality investigation of liver, biliary, pancreatic and renal diseases. • Confidently deal with complex CT including postoperative imaging. • Apply algorithms to manage incidental lesions in the abdomen and pelvis. Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.

Emergency Radiology Course is organized by American College of Radiology (ACR) and will be held from May 16 - 18, 2019 at ACR Education Center, Reston, Virginia, United States of America. Credits: Earn up to 35 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ and 25 SAM Credits. Course Overview: This three-day course is designed to provide the practicing radiologist an intensive hands-on experience in imaging interpretation of traumatic and non-traumatic emergencies. Pertinent concepts of imaging technique will be reviewed and will motivate the case-based learning process. Attendees review over 300 emergent examinations covering all organ systems and modalities commonly encountered in the emergency radiology setting. Through participation in multiple interpretation sessions under the supervision of expert faculty, participants develop a higher level of expertise and confidence in emergent imaging. Formal lectures cover the core concepts, organized by organ system. Program and Learning Objectives: At the conclusion of this course, participants will be able to: • Develop a systematic search pattern for evaluating MDCT examinations of the multiple-trauma patient. • Recognize common and significant injuries in trauma. • Familiarize with potential sources of missed diagnoses and interpretation pitfalls in MDCT of trauma. • Understand basic technical principles for proper acquisition of CT images in the emergency patient (trauma and non-trauma). • Learn the characteristic appearance of various causes of acute abdominal, chest and pelvic emergencies on plain radiography, CT and US. • Learn fundamental imaging aspects of non-traumatic neurological, and head and neck emergencies. • Review common and uncommon fractures of the upper extremities, lower extremities, and pelvis and spine, with emphasis on the “easily missed” fracture. Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.

ACR Dartmouth PET/CT is organized by American College of Radiology (ACR) and will be held from Jun 03 - 05, 2019 at American College of Radiology, Reston, Virginia, United States of America. The target audience for this medical event is Radiologists. This CME Conference has been approved for a maximum of 34.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits. Course Overview: PET/CT has become the standard-of-care imaging modality in cancer management and has garnered an evolving role in diagnosing neurodegenerative and oncologic disease. This three-day preceptorship is designed to provide practicing radiologists and nuclear medicine physicians with an intensive, hands-on experience in reading PET/CT. Attendees will interpret more than 150 oncologic PET/CT scans. Each multiple scan interpretation session concludes with a detailed review of the key findings. Through these sessions, the attendee will develop a higher level of expertise and confidence in interpreting PET/CT. If you have already completed some formal coursework in PET and/or PET/CT but only have limited experience reading scans in daily clinical practice, this course is for you. Learning Objectives: At the conclusion of this course, participants will be able to: • Identify and discuss the clinical applications of PET/CT • Describe a systematic approach to interpreting PET/CT • Recognize normal variants, incidental findings, and pitfalls on PET/CT • Interpret PET/CT for a wide range of oncologic indications including assisting in diagnosis, staging, restaging and monitoring response to therapy in a variety of cancer types Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.

Coronary CT Angiography Course is organized by American College of Radiology (ACR) and will be held from Jun 07 - 09, 2019 at ACR Education Center, Reston, Virginia, United States of America. Credit: 33.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ and 25 SAM Credits Course Description This three-day course is designed to optimize your clinical practice skills by providing intense training in interpreting coronary CTA examinations under the supervision of expert faculty. Participants use workstations with the same vendor software as in their own practice and have access to nearly 100 cases. Most cases include clinical scenarios as well as coronary catheter angiography correlation. The course also covers technical considerations for obtaining optimal examinations for interpretation. Program and Learning Objectives • At the conclusion of this course, participants will be able to: • Identify normal cardiac anatomy, including coronary arteries, coronary veins, cardiac chambers, valves, and great vessels, as well as identify and describe the clinical importance of variant anatomy • Describe basic technical aspects of coronary CT, including prospective versus retrospective gating, single-cycle versus multicycle reconstruction, temporal resolution, spatial resolution, scan parameters, and contrast-injection techniques • Determine appropriate technique for administering beta blockers and nitroglycerin, with knowledge of absolute and relative contraindications • Identify and describe how to improve examinations with artifacts, such as cardiac arrhythmias, ECG misregistration, and poor breath hold • Descc Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.

High Resolution CT of the Chest (HRCT) is organized by American College of Radiology (ACR) and will be held from Jun 10 - 12, 2019 at American College of Radiology, Reston, Virginia, United States of America. The target audience for this medical event is Radiologists. This CME Conference has been approved for a maximum of 34.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits. Course Overview: Developed in conjunction with the Society of Thoracic Radiology and the Fleischner Society, this three-day course, led by Jeffrey Kanne, MD, and Gerald Abbott, MD, FACR, is designed to provide practicing radiologists with the skills and understanding necessary to interpret high-resolution CT of the chest in diffuse infiltrative lung diseases. Participants will receive lectures on specific aspects of HRCT interspersed with the hands-on interpretation of related cases. Faculty provides direct supervision and assistance with hands-on interpretation. The integration of clinical, radiologic, and pathologic information will also be discussed Learning Objectives: At the conclusion of this course, participants will be able to: • State the clinical indications and optimal approach for high resolution imaging of the lung parenchyma • Utilize approach to CT differential diagnosis based on pattern and distribution of abnormality • Recognize clinical features of the common interstitial lung diseases • Describe the importance and mechanism of multidisciplinary consultation in the diagnosis of interstitial lung disease Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.

Breast Imaging Boot Camp with Tomosynthesis is organized by American College of Radiology (ACR) and will be held from Jun 13 - 15, 2019 at American College of Radiology, Reston, Virginia, United States of America. The target audience for this medical event is Radiologists. This CME Conference has been approved for a maximum of 34.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits. Course Overview: This three-day course, led by Michael N. Linver, MD, FACR; and Christopher E. Comstock, MD, FACR, is designed to provide practicing radiologists with an intensive experience in breast imaging. Throughout the program, participants will develop their interpretive expertise in the evaluation of mammography studies by hands-on interpretation of over 240 digital screening and diagnostic mammograms at their own individual PACS digital workstation. Specific instruction in the use and application of computer-aided techniques will also be provided. In addition, interventional workshops will be available in breast ultrasound and stereotactic biopsy. Learning Objectives: At the conclusion of this course, participants will be able to: • Utilize perception skills for detection of cancer at digital mammographic screening • Interpret digital mammographic screen-detected findings • Demonstrate skills to minimize the call-back rate for normal/benign findings at mammographic screening • Describe the application of computerized techniques as an aid in mammographic interpretation • Recognize diagnostic workup of screen-detected findings and symptomatic patients • Conduct interventional workshops for stereotactic and ultrasound-guided biopsy Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.

Neuroradiology – Head & Neck Course is organized by American College of Radiology (ACR) and will be held from Jun 17 - 19, 2019 at ACR Education Center, Reston, Virginia, United States of America.  Credits: Earn up to 35 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ and 25 SAM Credits Course Overview: What part of the body engenders more fear in a radiologist than the head and neck? Your concerns will be eliminated by this special offer course taught by giants in the field of head and neck radiology. This three-day head and neck neuroradiology course, conducted by Course Director Nafi Aygun, MD, will address all the difficult anatomy and pathology of the head and neck. The material will include predominantly CT and MR imaging with advanced application techniques also applied to ultrasound and PET/CT. Emphasis will be placed on the TNM staging of cancers of the aerodigestive system, the intricate anatomy of the sinonasal cavity, lesions that arise from and cross the skull base, and deep space tumors of the neck. Plus discover the most common sources of anxiety: lesions of the temporal bone, the brachial plexus, and the teeth. Program Objectives: At the conclusion of this course, participants will be able to: • Improve reporting of head and neck cancer imaging studies through familiarity with the AJCC TNM staging system. • Provide a concise differential diagnosis of red and white retrotympanic middle ear masses. • Describe sinonasal and osteomeatal complex inflammatory disease in a way that assists the endoscopic sinus surgeon and highlights potential and existent complications. • Describe the role of ultrasound, fine needle aspiration, and PET/CT in the work-up and follow-up of masses in the neck. • Locate an extramucosal mass in the head and neck in a fascia-lined space and provide a limited differential diagnosis for lesions in that space. • Differentiate among the common cysts and solid masses arising from the teeth. Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.