Upcoming Medical Conferences in Reston

Breast Imaging Boot Camp with Tomosynthesis is organized by American College of Radiology (ACR) and will be held from Jan 24 - 26, 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 and 25 SAM Credits. Conference Description : 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. Conference Objectives are : • 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.

Breast MR with Guided Biopsy is organized by American College of Radiology (ACR) and will be held from Jan 28 - 29, 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 and 21 SAM Credits. Conference Description : 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. Conference Objectives are : • 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.

ACR Dartmouth PET/CT is organized by American College of Radiology (ACR) and will be held from Feb 04 - 06, 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 and 25 SAM 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.

High Resolution CT of the Chest (HRCT) is organized by American College of Radiology (ACR) and will be held from Feb 11 - 13, 2019 at American College of Radiology, Reston, Virginia, United States of America. The target audience for this medical event is General radiologists and or non-thoracic imaging fellowship trained radiologists that are called upon to interpret HRCT studies in their practice. This CME Conference has been approved for a maximum of 34.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits and and 25 SAM Credits. Course Overview: This three-day course 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. During the program, participants will receive lectures on specific aspects of HRCT, interspersed with hands-on interpretation of cases related to those topics. Faculty will provide direct supervision and assistance with hands-on interpretation. The integration of clinical, radiologic, and pathologic information will also be discussed. 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

Neuroradiology Course is organized by American College of Radiology (ACR) and will be held from Mar 11 -13, 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 35 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Course Overview: This three-day neuroradiology course, led by Nafi Aygun, MD, includes the four domains of neuroradiology in brain, spine, head and neck, and pediatric neuroimaging. The material will center on CT and MR imaging with advanced application techniques. General disease categories of vascular, inflammatory, demyelinating, traumatic, degenerative, neoplastic, congenital and metabolic diseases of the CNS and the head and neck in adults and children will be covered with case material. The lectures each day will introduce common themes for differential diagnoses and lay the groundwork for extensive time devoted to reviewing a library of cases ranging in difficulty and disease type. Attendees can personalize their course by selecting more cases from one subspecialty area than another to remedy perceived weaknesses. Learning Objectives: At the conclusion of this course, participants will be able to: • Provide limited relevant differential diagnoses for masses in different regions of the brain, spine, and head and neck • Prioritize imaging studies and provide pertinent imaging features that will guide therapy in patients with strokes or other vascular lesions of the brain or spine • Correctly utilize the terms accepted by the American Society of Neuroradiology for describing the degenerative spondylotic disease of the cervical and lumbar spine • List imaging features that help clinicians provide accurate TNM staging of head and neck cancers • Differentiate among the many causes of sensorineural and conductive hearing loss through neuroimaging • List features that distinguish the various cysts of the head and neck Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.

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.

Performance Navigator : Cardiometabolic Conditions is organized by American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) and will be held during Apr 24 - 26, 2019 at Hyatt Regency Reston, Reston, Virginia, United States of America. 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.

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.