The meeting at the Wynn Las Vegas begins on April 12, 2010 with formal lectures scheduled throughout the day. (Registration will be held on Sunday, April 11, 2010 from 5:00 - 6:00 PM). Question and answer sessions complement the teaching program and provide for interaction between registrants and the faculty.

This symposium provides a practical, comprehensive review of the important aspects of clinical MRI/MRA of the head & spine. Physicians and technologists practicing neuroradiography utilizing MRI should expand their knowledge base and obtain additional information on safe and efficient scanning protocols. A special non-accredited 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 those physicians who supervise and interpret neuroradiology MRI studies. Thus, it should be particularly helpful for radiologists, neurologists, and neurosurgeons. This CME activity 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 neuroradiography.

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

• Describe expanded applications and pitfalls for MRI/MRA as it applies to neuroradiography
• Recognize the MRI appearance of normal anatomy and common pathology
• Incorporate protocols to effectively assess patients with CNS pathology
• Discuss the clinical benefits of functional imaging, perfusion, and diffusion imaging techniques
• Effectively assess stroke patients using MRI techniques
• Incorporate state of the art imaging protocols and techniques for assessment of the spine into 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 18.75 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 18.5 hours in Category A CE Credit, provided it is completed as designed.

PROGRAM DIRECTOR
Blake A. Johnson, M.D.

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

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

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

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
          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
          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  End of Course

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