This symposium provides a practical teaching course for those who order, perform or interpret magnetic resonance imaging studies. The program is organized in such a way to allow registrants to attend all or just a portion of the meeting. Three focused segments provide a comprehensive yet practical review and update on the clinical applications of MRI. The meeting begins by focusing on the head and spine, moves into the musculoskeletal system and concludes with cardiovascular and body applications.

A special segment of the program focuses on equipment comparisons and capabilities. Those registrants planning to purchase MRI equipment should find this Wednesday morning session particularly valuable as companies discuss their present capabilities and their plans for the future.

This CME activity is primarily intended and designed to educate diagnostic imaging physicians who supervise and interpret MRI/MRA studies. It should also be useful for referring physicians who order these studies so that they might gain a greater appreciation of the strengths and limitations of clinically relevant MRI exams. Technologists performing these types of imaging exams should also gain benefit from this symposium.

Attendees, at the completion of this course, should be able to:

• Recognize the appearance of normal anatomy and common pathology of all organ systems as seen with MRI
• Implement into practice protocols for MR angiography such as neurological, body and cardiac applications
• Discuss the clinical benefits of perfusion, diffusion, and functional imaging techniques
• Incorporate state of the art spine imaging protocols to clinical practice
• Utilize MRI to evaluate patients with actual or suspected musculoskeletal pathology
• Describe the expanding clinical applications of MRI in assessing pathology of the abdomen
• Evaluate the use of MRI in the assessment of breast pathology
• Describe expanding clinical applications for MRI in the assessment of cardiac disease
• Apply MR safety and contrast enhanced imaging guidelines to clinical practice

No special educational preparation is required for this CME activity.

This program is planned and organized by Educational Symposia, the leader in diagnostic imaging education since 1975.

A list of industry supporters was not available at time of printing. This information will be provided and acknowledged at the meeting.

Tuition includes all course materials, including a comprehensive course syllabus, daily continental breakfasts and coffee breaks. Early registration is strongly suggested. There will be a $50 surcharge for anyone registering after April 1, 2010. Minimum and maximum attendance levels have been established for this meeting. If your registration cannot be accepted, you will be issued a full tuition refund.

Cancellations must be received in writing. A $50 processing fee will be applied to all cancellations. Refunds requested in writing prior to March 15, 2010 will be issued for the amount of tuition paid less the $50 processing fee. No refunds will be made on or after that date.

Scientific Sponsor

Educational Symposia

Accreditation

Physicians: Educational Symposia is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to sponsor continuing medical education for physicians.

Educational Symposia designates this educational activity for a maximum of 39 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)^TM. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Technologists: This activity is approved for credit by the ASRT for 39.00 hours in Category A CE Credit, provided it is completed as designed.

PROGRAM DIRECTOR
Blake A. Johnson, M.D.

Mark H. Awh, M.D.
President, Radsource
Brentwood, TN

Mark J. Decker, M.D.
Director of MRI
Director Musculoskeletal and Spine Radiology
Metropolitan Diagnostic Imaging Group
New York, NY

John F. Feller, M.D.
Medical Director
Desert Medical Imaging
Indian Wells, CA
Assistant Clinical Professor of Radiology
Loma Linda University School of Medicine
Loma Linda, CA

Charles P. Ho, M.D., Ph.D.
Director of Imaging Research
Steadman Hawkins Research Foundation
Vail, CO

Blake A. Johnson, M.D.
Director of Neuroimaging
Center for Diagnostic Imaging
Minneapolis, MN

Russell N. Low, M.D.
Medical Director
Sharp and ChildrenŐs MRI Center
San Diego, CA

Jeffrey H. Maki, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Radiology Department
Director of Body MRI
VA Puget Sound Health Care System
University of Washington, Seattle

Frank Miller, M.D.
Director, Body Imaging Section and Fellowship
Medical Director, MRI
Professor of Radiology
Department of Radiology
Northwestern Memorial Hospital
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Chicago, IL

Haydee Ojeda-Fournier, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Clinical Radiology
Breast Imaging
University of California, San Diego

John D. Reeder, M.D., FACR
Director of Imaging
Proscan Imaging Maryland
Columbia, MD

Jeffrey S. Ross, M.D.
Staff Neuroradiologist
Barrow Neurologic Institute
St. Joseph's Hospital
Phoenix, AZ

Lawrence N. Tanenbaum, M.D., FACR
Director MRI, CT and Outpatient/Advanced Development
Mount Sinai School of Medicine
New York, NY

Phillip F.J. Tirman, M.D.
Musculoskeletal MRI Director
Northern California Division
Radnet, Inc.

Chip Truwit, M.D.
Professor & Chair, Department of Radiology
Hennepin County Medical Center
Margaret and H.O. Peterson Chair in Neuroradiology
University of Minnesota School of Medicine

Alyssa T. Watanabe, M.D.
Voxel Imaging, Inc.
Associate Clinical Professor of Radiology
University of Southern California School of Medicine
Los Angeles, CA

SUNDAY, APRIL 11, 2010

5:00 - 6:00 PM
          Registration, Including
          MRI of the Head & Spine

MONDAY, APRIL 12, 2010

7:30 - 8:00 AM
          Continental Breakfast for
          Registrants

8:00    MR Contrast Agents: Issues & Applications
          Lawrence N. Tanenbaum, M.D., FACR

8:40    Intracranial Hemorrhage:
          A Practical Approach
          Blake A. Johnson, M.D.

9:20    Neuroimaging of Stroke
          Chip Truwit, M.D.

10:00  Question & Answer Session
          Faculty

10:15 - 10:30
          Coffee Break for Registrants

10:30  Clinical Neuro MRA
          Lawrence N. Tanenbaum, M.D., FACR

11:10  MR Imaging of Cerebrovascular
          Variants
          Chip Truwit, M.D.

11:50  MR Angiography of the
          Carotid Bifurcation
          Jeffrey S. Ross, M.D.

12:30 PM
          Question & Answer Session
          Faculty

12:45 - 1:45
          Lunch Break - On Your Own

1:45    Clinical Perfusion Imaging
          Lawrence N. Tanenbaum, M.D., FACR

2:20    Adult Brain Tumors
          Jeffrey S. Ross, M.D.

3:00    Posterior Fossa Tumors in Children
          Chip Truwit, M.D.

3:30    Question & Answer Session
          Faculty

3:45 - 4:00
          Coffee Break for Registrants

4:00    Clinical Diffusion Imaging
          Lawrence N. Tanenbaum, M.D., FACR

4:40    Pituitary Gland and the Sella Turcica
          Blake A. Johnson, M.D.

5:20    Question & Answer Session
          Faculty

5:45    End of Session

TUESDAY, APRIL 13, 2010

7:30 - 8:00 AM
          Continental Breakfast for
          Registrants

8:00    MR of CNS Infections
          Blake A. Johnson, M.D.

8:40    Practical Functional Imaging
          Jeffrey S. Ross, M.D.

9:20    Neuroimaging of Congenital
          Brain Anomalies
          Chip Truwit, M.D.

10:00  Question & Answer Session
          Faculty

10:15 - 10:30
          Coffee Break for Registrants

10:30  Cranial Nerves I - VI
          Blake A. Johnson, M.D.

11:10  White Matter Disease -
          Pediatric & Adult
          Jeffrey S. Ross, M.D.

11:50  Cranial Nerves VII - XII
          Blake A. Johnson, M.D.

12:30 PM
          Question & Answer Session
          Faculty

12:45 - 1:45
            Registration for Musculoskeletal MRI

12:45 - 1:45
          Lunch Break - On Your Own

1:45    MRI of the Lumbar Spine:
          Degenerative Disease &
          Review of Nomenclature
          Alyssa T. Watanabe, M.D.

2:20    Peripheral Nerve Abnormalities
          of the Extremities
          Phillip F.J. Tirman, M.D.

3:00    Spinal MRI in Pain Management
          Alyssa T. Watanabe, M.D.

3:30    Question & Answer Session
          Faculty

3:45 - 4:00
          Coffee Break for Registrants

4:00    Imaging of Cervical Spine Trauma
          John F. Feller, M.D.

4:35    MRI of the Spine:
          Demyelinating and Trauma
          Alyssa T. Watanabe, M.D.

5:15    Question & Answer Session
          Faculty

5:30    End of Session

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 14, 2010

7:30 - 8:00 AM
          Registration for MRI of the Body & Heart

7:30 - 8:00
          Continental Breakfast for
          Registrants

8:00    Spinal MRI in Pain Management -
          Case Based Review
          Alyssa T. Watanabe, M.D.

8:30    Comparative Imaging of the
          Cervical Spine
          John F. Feller, M.D.

9:00    MRI Equipment: Present Capabilities:
          Future Directions
          (Not accredited for AMA PRA Category 1 Credits^TM or A CE credit)

10:15 - 10:45
          Coffee Break for Registrants

10:45  MRI of the Spine: Post-op
          Evaluation Including Spinal Implants
          Alyssa T. Watanabe, M.D.

11:30  MRI of the Lumbar Spine:
          A Sports Medicine Approach
          Phillip F.J. Tirman, M.D.

12:00 PM
          Question & Answer Session
          Faculty

12:15  MRI of the Head & Spine -
            End of Session

12:15 - 1:15
          Lunch Break - On Your Own

1:15    MRI of the Shoulder:
          Glenohumeral Instability
          Charles P. Ho, M.D., Ph.D.

1:50    MRI of the Shoulder: Rotator
          Cuff & Non-labral Pathology
          Mark J. Decker, M.D.

2:20    MRI of Knee Injuries
          Charles P. Ho, M.D., Ph.D.

3:00    Question & Answer Session
          Faculty

3:15 - 3:30
          Coffee Break for Registrants

3:30    MRI of Knee Menisci
          Mark H. Awh, M.D.

4:10    MRI of Knee Ligaments
          Mark J. Decker, M.D.

4:50    MRI of the Wrist & Hand
          Charles P. Ho, M.D., Ph.D.

5:30    Question & Answer Session
          Faculty

5:45    End of Session

THURSDAY, APRIL 15, 2010

7:30 - 8:00 AM
          Continental Breakfast for
          Registrants

8:00    Commonly Missed Meniscal Tears
          John D. Reeder, M.D., FACR

8:40    MRI of the Finger
          Mark J. Decker, M.D.

9:20    MRI of the Elbow
          John D. Reeder, M.D., FACR

10:00  Question & Answer Session
          Faculty

10:15 - 10:30
          Coffee Break for Registrants

10:30  MRI of the Foot and Ankle
          Mark H. Awh, M.D.

11:10  MRI of the Hip
          John D. Reeder, M.D., FACR

11:50  MR of Sports Injuries in the
          Professional Athlete
          Mark H. Awh, M.D.

12:30 PM
          Question & Answer Session
          Faculty

12:45  Musculoskeletal MRI -
            End of Session

12:45 - 1:45
          Lunch Break - On Your Own

1:45    MRI for Breast Cancer:
          Current Status
          Haydee Ojeda-Fournier, M.D.

2:35    MRI of Cirrhosis
          Russell N. Low, M.D.

3:10    The Breast MRI Lexicon
          Haydee Ojeda-Fournier, M.D.

3:50    Question & Answer Session
          Faculty

4:00 - 4:15
          Coffee Break for Registrants

4:15    MRI of the Bowel and Peritoneum
          Russell N. Low, M.D.

4:50    Artifacts and Pitfalls in
          Breast MRI
          Haydee Ojeda- Fournier, M.D.

5:30    Question & Answer Session
          Faculty

5:45    End of Session

FRIDAY, APRIL 16, 2010

7:30 - 8:00 AM
          Continental Breakfast for
          Registrants

8:00    MR Guided Breast Interventions
          Haydee Ojeda-Fournier, M.D.

8:40    Peripheral MRA
          Jeffrey H. Maki, M.D., Ph.D.

9:10    MR of the Pancreas
          Frank Miller, M.D.

9:45    Question & Answer Session
          Faculty

10:00 - 10:15
          Coffee Break for Registrants

10:15  Basics of Cardiac MRI
          Jeffrey H. Maki, M.D., Ph.D.

10:55  MRI of the Female Pelvis
          Frank Miller, M.D.

11:35  Cardiac MRI for Ischemic Disease
          Jeffrey H. Maki, M.D., Ph.D.

12:15 PM
          Question & Answer Session
          Faculty

12:30 - 1:30
          Lunch Break - On Your Own

1:30    Diffusion and Perfusion:
          New Tools for Oncologic Imaging
          Russell N. Low, M.D.

2:10    Pitfalls in MRA
          Jeffrey H. Maki, M.D., Ph.D.

2:50    MR Adrenal & Renal: Dogma
          and Exceptions
          Frank Miller, M.D.

3:30    Question & Answer Session
          Faculty

3:45 - 4:00
          Coffee Break for Registrants

4:00    New Techniques & Old Pearls
          in Body MRI
          Russell N. Low, M.D.

4:30    Body MR Case Review
          Frank Miller, M.D.

5:00    Question & Answer Session
          Faculty

5:15    MRI of the Body & Heart -
            End of Session

5:15    End of Course

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