Mammography in Virtual Santa Fe PLEASE NOTE: Course will Now be a Live Streaming Event!
- Location VIRTUAL,
- Date Aug 7 - 9 2020
- Price $495.00 – $795.00*
- Credits 20.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™
- Topic Mammography
Course Description
Registration deadline is THURSDAY, AUGUST 6, 2020 AT 12:00 NOON CDT!!
Welcome to our First Live Streaming Activity!
This course is designed for radiologists who find themselves challenged by the new practical issues of performing successful high-quality breast imaging in a changing medical environment. The integration of new breast imaging technologies with the traditional ones is the focus of a world-class faculty, even in these challenging times.
ALL TIMES LISTED ARE EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME.
EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVES
By the end of this activity, registrants will be able to:
- Apply new and improved skills in perception to the interpretation of screening mammograms.
- Develop strategies to counter the attacks on the performance of regular screening mammography in women beginning at age 40, especially those at high risk for breast cancer.
- Perform a more comprehensive evaluation of screening-detected abnormalities, including appropriate use of special mammographic views, ultrasound, MR, and other modalities.
- Appraise the current status of interventional breast procedures, especially core biopsy.
- Delineate the expanding role of Breast MR in everyday practice of breast imaging, including its role in screening high-risk patients, and the new role of abbreviated breast MR.
- Appreciate the role of Whole Breast Ultrasound and Contrast Enhanced Mammography in breast cancer screening.
- Discern the burgeoning role of breast ultrasound as a screening and diagnostic tool.
- Understand the value of breast density in helping to establish breast cancer risk on imaging.
ACCREDITATION
This live 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 the International Institute for Continuing Medical Education and X-Ray Associates of New Mexico, P.C. The International Institute for Continuing Medical Education is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
DESIGNATION
The International Institute for Continuing Medical Education, Inc., designates this live activity for a maximum of 20.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
MODALITY BREAKDOWN
This program provides the following CME Credit Hours by Modality:
Schedule
Friday, August 07
Registration deadline is THURSDAY, AUGUST 6, 2020 AT 12:00 NOON CDT!! | |
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PLEASE NOTE: Schedule times have changed slightly | |
ALL TIMES LISTED ARE EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME. | |
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MAMMOGRAPHY: PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE | |
| 10:25- 10:40 AM | Welcome and Announcements – LINVER |
| 10:40 – 11:25 AM | The History of Controlling Breast Cancer: Past and Present – TABAR |
| 11:25 – 12:30 PM | Controlling Breast Cancer: the Future – TABAR |
| 12:30 – 12:45 PM | BREAK |
| 12:45 – 1:45 PM | Asymmetries – TABAR |
| 1:45 – 2:00 PM | Q & A for Dr. Tabar |
| 2:00 – 3:15 PM | LUNCH BREAK, and OPTIONAL LUNCH AND LEARN (non-CME) LECTURE, "AI as an Aid for Early Detection & Breast Cancer Risk Assessment" by Nico Karssemeijer, PhD SPONSORED BY SCREENPOINT MEDICAL |
| 3:15 – 4:00 PM | The Art of Screening Mammography Interpretation – LINVER |
| 4:00 – 4:40 PM | Breast Tomosynthesis in Clinical Practice – DESTOUNIS |
| 4:40 – 4:55 PM | BREAK |
| 4:55 – 5:25 PM | Tomosynthesis: Evaluation of Calcifications – LINVER |
| 5:25 – 6:10 PM | Tomosynthesis Case Review – LINVER |
| 6:10 – 6:30 PM | Q & A for Dr.’s Destounis and Linver |
| 6:30 PM | DAY 1 LECTURES CONCLUDE |
Saturday, August 08
BREAST MR AND BEYOND | |
| 10:00 – 10:05 AM | Announcements – LINVER |
| 10:05 – 10:40 AM | A History of Breast MR – NEWSTEAD |
| 10:40 – 11:40 AM | Breast MR: Indications – NEWSTEAD |
| 11:40 – 12:20 PM | Fundamentals of Breast MR: Interpretation – COMSTOCK |
| 12:20 – 12:35 PM | BREAK |
| 12:35 – 1:15 PM | Abbreviated MR and Contrast-Enhanced Mammography – COMSTOCK |
| 1:15 – 1:30 PM | Q & A for Dr.’s Newstead and Comstock |
| 1:30 – 2:30 PM | LUNCH BREAK, and OPTIONAL LUNCH AND LEARN (non-CME) LECTURE, “How Wide Angle Breast Tomosynthesis is Changing Clinical Practice” by Dr. Brandi Fagin, SPONSORED BY SIEMENS |
| 2:30 – 3:30 PM: | EXHIBITOR ROUNDTABLE (non-CME) |
| 3:30 – 4:20 PM | DCIS on Breast MR – PORTER |
| 4:20 – 5:05 PM | MR of Lobular Breast Cancer – PORTER |
| 5:05 – 5:20 PM | BREAK |
| 5:20 – 6:05 PM | Imaging Evaluation of Breast Symptoms – LEUNG |
| 6:05 – 6:55 PM | Tomosynthesis: Controversies and Advances – LEUNG |
| 6:55 – 7:10 PM | Q & A for Dr.’s Porter and Leung |
| 7:10 PM | DAY 2 LECTURES CONCLUDE |
Sunday, August 09
BREAST ULTRASOUND AND MORE | |
| 10:00- 10:02 AM | Announcements – GIESBRANDT |
| 10:02 – 11:15 AM | Breast Anatomy as seen with Ultrasound – STAVROS |
| 11:15 – 12:15 PM | Breast Cancer: Tabar Types and Molecular Subtypes by Ultrasound – STAVROS |
| 12:15 – 1:05 PM | Combined Qualitative Diagnostic & Predictive Diagnostic Biomarkers: How It Could Be Done – STAVROS |
| 1:05 – 1:20 PM | BREAK |
| 1:20 – 2:10 PM | Screening with Whole Breast Ultrasound – ROUX |
| 2:10 – 2:25 PM | Q & A for Dr.’s Stavros and Roux |
| 2:25 – 3:30 PM | LUNCH BREAK, and OPTIONAL LUNCH AND LEARN (non-CME) LECTURE, Practical Application of Elastography by Dr. Stacy Smith-Foley SPONSORED BY HOLOGIC |
| 3:30 – 4:15 PM | Breast Density and Breast Cancer Screening – DESTOUNIS |
| 4:15 – 5:05 PM | Evaluation of the High Risk Patient – LEWIS |
| 5:05 – 5:20 PM | BREAK |
| 5:20 – 5:55 PM | Ultrasound, Stereo, and MR Biopsy – GIESBRANDT |
| 5:55 – 6:25 PM | Breast Imaging in the Setting of Pregnancy and Lactation – GIESBRANDT |
| 6:25 – 6:45 PM | Q & A for Dr.’s Destounis, Lewis, and Giesbrandt |
| 6:45 PM | COURSE CONCLUDES |
Speakers
PROGRAM CO-DIRECTORS
Michael N. Linver, MD, FACR, FSBI
Director Emeritus of Mammography
X-Ray Associates of New Mexico, P.C.
Clinical Professor of Radiology
University of New Mexico School of Medicine
Albuquerque, New Mexico
Adjunct Professor of Radiology
George Washington University School of Medicine
Washington, DC
Jamie Giesbrandt, MD
X-Ray Associates of New Mexico, P.C.
Albuquerque, New Mexico
FACULTY
Christopher Comstock, MD, FACR, FSBI
Director of Breast Imaging Education
Evelyn H. Lauder Breast Center
Attending Radiologist
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
New York, New York
Stamatia Destounis, MD, FACR, FSBI
Clinical Professor of Imaging Sciences,
University of Rochester
Elizabeth Wende Breast Care, LLC
Rochester, New York
Jessica W.T. Leung, MD, FACR, FSBI
Professor of Diagnostic Radiology
Deputy Chair of Department of Breast Imaging
Tiffany Lewis, DO
X-Ray Associates of New Mexico, P.C.
Albuquerque, New Mexico
Bruce A. Porter, MD, FACR
Director Emeritus
First Hill Diagnostic Imaging
Seattle, Washington
Gillian M. Newstead, MD, ChB, FACR
Director of Global Breast Imaging
Department of Radiology
University of Chicago
Chicago, Illinois
Susan G. Roux, MD
Medical Director
Carol Hatton Breast Care Center
Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula
Monterey, California
A. Thomas Stavros, MD, FACR, FSRU, FSBI, FRANZCR
Professor Specialist
Department of Radiology
University of Texas Health Sciences Center
San Antonio, Texas
Laszlo Tabar, MD, PhD, FACR (Hon.)
Professor Emeritus of Radiology
Uppsala University Faculty of Medicine
Medical Director Emeritus
Department of Mammography
Falun Central Hospital
Falun, Sweden
Registration
If you have any trouble registering for this event, please contact our support by calling 205-467-0290 Ext 101. If there is no immediate response please email us at info@iicme.net.
Fees
| Registration Type | Regular Rate |
|---|---|
| Physicians | $795.00 |
| Residents, Fellows, Retired, Military | $595.00 |
| Technologists/Allied Health Prof. | $495.00 |
ONE DAY REGISTRATION | |
| Physician (1 Day) - After July 7th | $395.00 |
| Residents, Fellows, Retired & Military (1 Day) - After July 7th | $295.00 |
| Technologists / Allied Health Prof. (1 Day) - After July 7th | $195.00 |
TWO DAY REGISTRATION | |
| Physician (2 Day) - After July 7th | $595.00 |
| Residents, Fellows, Retired & Military (2 Day) - After July 7th | $495.00 |
| Technologists / Allied Health Prof. (2 Day) - After July 7th | $395.00 |
RECORDING ONLY | |
| Recording Only | $395.00 |
A letter of verification from the Department Chairman must accompany the application of anyone wishing to qualify for the reduced rate. Enrollment will be confirmed on the basis of registration fee. We do not process registration without payment.
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