Course Description

This 3 day course, 5 hours per day, will be divided into 45 minute segments in which key topics in neuroradiology, head/neck radiology and musculoskeletal radiology will be presented in both a didactic and case presentation format.

Registrants will actively participate in answering questions related to challenging imaging material.  It is anticipated that in each 45 minute segment, approximately 7 cases will be shown and as appropriate questions will be posed for each case.

Educational Objectives

• Describe the crucial and accurate elements of a diagnostic imaging report in brain, spine, head / neck and musculoskeletal imaging
• Understand the basic underlying anatomy which allows a complete analysis of stroke patients and subsequent interventional care.
• Develop an understanding of merit base incentives and other metrics used to evaluate radiology practices.
• Demonstrate future improvements in MR imaging

Target Audience

This course is intended for academic and community radiologists who have a particular interest in neuroradiology, head and neck radiology and musculoskeletal radiology, Residents and fellows preparing for ABR examinations and Neurologists whose practice involves interpretation of neuroradiology images would benefit from this imaging material.

Accreditation

The International Institute for Continuing Medical Education, Inc. is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (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 15.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

 

Schedule

Friday, May 22

7:00 - 7:25 am	Breakfast
7:25 - 7:30 am	Welcome / Overview of Course - Quencer
BRAIN IMAGING
7:30 - 8:30 am	Common intracranial tumors - Castillo
8:30 - 9:00 am	Intracranial cysts - Castillo
9:00 - 9:30 am	Brain Maturation - Saigal
9:30 - 10:00 am	Sella/Parasellar Abnormalities - Castillo
10:00 - 10:15 am	DISCUSSION/BREAK
10:15 - 10:45 am	White Matter Disease in Adults: emphasis on age-related changes - Castillo
HEAD & NECK IMAGING
10:45 -11: 45 am	Base of Skull/Temporal Bone - Saigal
11:45 - 12:15 pm	Cerebellopontine Angle Masses - Saigal
12:15 - 12:45 pm	Orbital Lesions - Quencer

Saturday, May 23

7:00 - 7:30 am	Breakfast
BRAIN: VASCULAR
7:30 - 8:00 am	Vasculitis/Vessel Wall Imaging - Castillo
8: 00 - 8:30 am	Ischemic Stroke: an interventionalist’s approach - Hirsch
8:30 - 9:00 am	Extracranial Vascular Abnormalities - Saigal
9:00 - 9:30 am	Vascular Abnormalities of Brain and Spine Diagnosis/Treatment - Hirsch
9:30 - 10:00 am	“My worst Heachache”---Pitfalls and Pearls - Hirsch
10:00 - 10:15 am	DISCUSSION/BREAK
SPINE IMAGING
10:15 - 10:45 am	Variants of Disk Disease - Quencer
10:45 - 11:15 am	Infection/Inflammation/Mimics - Quencer
11:15 - 11:45 am	Pediatric Spine Abnormalities - Saigal
MUSCULOSKLETAL RADIOLOGY
11:45 - 12:15 pm	Metabolic Bone Disease - Subhawong
12:15 - 12:45 pm	Tumors of the Vertebral Column - Quencer

Sunday, May 24

7:00 - 7:30 am	Breakfast
MUSCULOSKELETAL RADIOLOGY
7:30 - 8:00 am	Imaging of Hip Pain - Subhawong
8:00 - 8:30 am	Imaging of the Shoulder pain - Subhawong
8:30 - 9:00 am	MSK procedures: Problems/Pearls - Subhawong
9:00 - 9:30 am	Tumors Soft Tissue and Bone - Subhawong
9:30 - 9:45 am	DISCUSSION/BREAK
PEDIATRIC NEURORADIOLOGY
9:45 -10:15 am	Congenital Brain/Spine Abnormalities - Saigal
10:15 - 10:45 am	Pediatric Neurology Emergencies - Saigal
10:45 - 11:15 am	White Matter Disease in Children - Saigal
SOCIOECONOMIC ISSUES
11:15 - 11:45 am	MACRA/QPP/MIPS/APMS—What a radiologist needs to know - Hirsch
11:45 - 12:15 pm	Case Based Health Policy Issues - Hirsch
12:15 - 12:45 pm	2010 Update on Vertebral Augmentation and new interventional spine procedures - Hirsch

Speakers

Program Director

Robert M. Quencer, MD

Professor and Chair of Radiology

University of Miami
Miami, FL

 

 Faculty

Mauricio Castillo, MD

Professor of Radiology and Chief of Neuroradiology

University of North Carolina

 

Joshua Hirsch, MD

Professor of Radiology, Vice Chair and Service Line Chief of Interventional Radiology

Massachusetts General Hospital

 

Gaurav Saigal, M.D.

Professor of Radiology

Chief of Neuroradiology

Chief of Pediatric Radiology

University of Miami Miller School of Medicine

 

Ty Subhawong, MD

Associate Professor of Radiology

University of Miami
Miami, FL