Stanford Department of Radiology Presents
8th Annual Symposium on Advances in Breast MRI
October 22-24, 2009
Encore at Wynn Las Vegas
Course Directors: Bruce L. Daniel, M.D. and Debra M. Ikeda, M.D.
Director of Technologist Symposium:
Anne Marie Sawyer, BS, RT(R)(MR)
Course Highlights:
Faculty Comprised of Leading Experts in Breast Imaging
Dedicated Breakout Sessions for Practicing Physicians and Technologists for Focused Learning
Residents and Fellows Lunch: Getting a Great Job Doing Breast MRI
Objectives | Accreditation | Program | Faculty | Accommodations | Travel | Registration
Statement of Need
MRI has become an increasingly influential adjunct to mammography and ultrasound in detecting breast cancer. MRI is now being used to grade biopsies and stage patients. Studies have shown that breast MRI, especially in high risk patients is proving to be an important tool for breast cancer screening. While breast MRI is catching on, its utilization is just beginning, primarily because the exam is more complicated, time-consuming and expensive. This course will provide critical education for utilizing and optimizing breast MR in your practice.
Target Audience
This course is intended for practicing radiologists, radiology technologists, nurses, physician assistants, fellows, scientists, and anyone interested in advanced applications within the field of breast MRI.
Learning Objectives
At the conclusion of this activity, participants should be able to:
- Analyze the recent technical and clinical advances and challenges in breast MRI
- Evaluate the current evidence-based clinical indications for use of breast MRI in cancer detection, staging and monitoring response to therapy
- Perform and interpret breast MRI exams utilizing current techniques and protocols
- Optimize breast MRI through correlation with ultrasound and mammography
- Implement interventional techniques for biopsy utilizing breast MRI
- Distinguish the advantages and disadvantages of 3T vs. 1.5T for performing breast MRI
Accreditation
The Stanford University School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
Credit Designation:
Stanford University School of Medicine designates this educational activity for a maximum of 16.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.Technologists: This course has been approved for up to 14.5 ARRT Category A CE credits for those technologists attending the entire course.
Program
Thursday, October 22, 2009
7:30-8:00 am Registration & Check-in, Continental Breakfast
Early AM Session: Latest Advances in Breast MRI
8:00-8:30 Pre-Test: What do you know?
Debra M. Ikeda, MD
8:30-9:00 The Top 5 Technical Advances in the Past 2 Years that will Affect your Practice
Mark A. Rosen, MD, PhD
9:00-9:30 The Top 5 Clinical Advances in the Past 2 Years that will Affect your Practice
Elizabeth A. Morris, MD
9:30-9:45 Coffee Break
Late AM Session: Case Based Learning: Breast MRI Interpretation
9:45-10:15 Using the ACR Breast MRI Lexicon
Mark A. Rosen, MD, PhD
10:15-10:45 Dynamic Contrast Enhanced MRI - Analysis and Use of Workstations
Maurice van den Bosch, MD, PhD
10:45-11:15 Tough Cases - Teasing out a Diagnosis from Equivocal Findings: When to use BIRADS 0 and 3
Mark A. Rosen, MD, PhD
11:15-11:45 Discussion/Q & A
11:45-1:15 pm Lunch
Early PM Session: Techniques for Breast MRI
1:15-1:45 Physics of Breast MRI
Brian Hargreaves, PhD
1:45-2:15 Protocols Session
Moderated by Robert J. Herfkens, MD
All Faculty
2:15-2:45 Artifacts
Brian Hargreaves, PhD
2:45-3:00 Coffee Break
Late PM Session: Evidence-Based Breast MRI
3:00-3:30 Cancer Detection: Update on Surveillance and Screening with MRI
Elizabeth A. Morris, MD
3:30-4:00 Staging MRI: Impact and Controversies
Mark A. Rosen, MD, PhD
4:00-4:30 Therapy: The Role of MRI in Managing Chemotherapy and Radiation Therapy
Maurice van den Bosch, MD, PhD
4:30-5:00 Discussion/Q & A
Friday, October 23, 2009
7:30-8:00 am Continental Breakfast
Early AM Session: MRI-Guided Interventions
8:00-8:30 Grid-Based Biopsy- Techniques and Tough Cases: Concordance of Biopsy Results and MRI
Elizabeth A. Morris, MD
8:30-9:00 Freehand Biopsy - Techniques and Tough Cases
Bruce L. Daniel, MD
9:00-9:30 New Techniques: Ablation and Other Novel MRI-Guided Therapies
Maurice van den Bosch, MD, PhD
9:30-9:45 Coffee Break
Late AM Session: Breast MRI in Practice
9:45-10:15 Safety and NSF Update
Robert J. Herfkens, MD
10:15-10:45 Growing a Successful Breast MRI Practice
Bruce A. Porter, MD, FACR
10:45-11:15 MRI of Silicone Breast Augmentation and Reconstruction
Bruce L. Daniel, MD
11:15-11:45 Discussion/Q & A
11:45-1:15 pm Lunch
(Residents and Fellows brown bag lunch: "Getting a Great Job Doing Breast MRI"
A discussion lead by Dr. Elizabeth Morris)
Early PM Session: Case-Based Learning: Multimodality Approach
(Technologist Break-Out Session Begins - See Program Below)
1:15-1:45 DCIS
Bruce A. Porter, MD, FACR
1:45-2:15 Tough Cases: When Not to Use Breast MRI
Elizabeth A. Morris, MD
2:15-2:45 Multi-Modality 3D Imaging: Correlation of MR and Automated 3D Breast Ultrasound
Bruce A. Porter, MD, FACR
2:45-3:00 Coffee Break
Late PM Session: Hot Topics in Breast MRI
3:00-3:30 Second-Look Sonography after MRI
Debra M. Ikeda, MD
3:30-4:00 MRI-Digital Mammo Comparison and Correlation
Debra M. Ikeda, MD
4:00-4:30 Jeopardy Game: A Fast-Paced Overview of Breast MRI Interpretation
Bruce L. Daniel, MD
4:30-5:00 Discussion/Q & A
Technologist Breakout Session:
1:15-1:45 Basics of Diagnostic MRI for Breast Disease
Anne Marie Sawyer, BS, RT(R)(MR), FSMRT
1:45-2:15 Anatomy, Physiology & Pathology of the Breast
Debra M. Ikeda, MD
2:15-2:45 MRI Contrast Agents & Analysis of Uptake in CAD
William Faulkner, BS, RT(R)(MR)(CT), FSMRT
2:45-3:00 Coffee Break
3:00-3:30 MRI-Guided Breast Biopsy
Teresa Nelson, RT(R)(MR)
3:30-4:00 Advanced MRI Techniques of the Breast
William Faulkner, BS, RT(R)(MR)(CT), FSMRT
4:00-4:30 The Technologist for Breast MRI and MRI-Guided Biopsy
Elizabeth A. Morris, MD
4:30-5:00 Current Technical Challenges of Breast MRI
Brian Hargreaves, PhD
5:00-6:00 Wine & Cheese Reception for Faculty and Technologist Attendees
Saturday, October 24, 2009
7:30-8:00 am Continental Breakfast
Early AM Session: 3 Tesla Breast MRI
8:00-8:30 Physics of 3T vs. 1.5T Breast MRI
Brian Hargreaves, PhD
8:30-9:00 Cases: Clinical Use of 3T Breast MRI
Maurice van den Bosch, MD, PhD
9:00-9:30 Back to the Future: Breast MRI without Gadolinium?
Bruce L. Daniel, MD
9:30-9:45 Coffee Break
Late AM Session: Case-Based Learning: Challenges in Breast MRI
9:45-10:15 Beyond the Breast: Nodes, Incidental Findings, and Whole Body Staging with Diffusion-Weighted Imaging
Bruce A. Porter, MD, FACR
10:15-10:45 Stump the Experts
Moderated by Debra M. Ikeda, MD
All Faculty
10:45-11:15 Post-Test: What have you learned?
Debra M. Ikeda, MD
11:15-11:45 Discussion/Q & A
All sessions will be held in the meeting rooms of the Encore Hotel. Registration and check-in will begin at 7:30am on Thursday, October 22nd, 2009.
Objectives | Accreditation | Program | Faculty | Accommodations | Travel | Registration
Faculty
Course Directors:
Bruce L. Daniel, MD
Associate Professor of Radiology
Chief, Breast MRI Service
Stanford University School of MedicineDebra M. Ikeda, MD
Professor of Radiology
Director of Breast Imaging
Stanford University School of Medicine
Director of Technologist Symposium
Anne Marie Sawyer, BS, RT(R)(MR)
Manager, MR Whole Body Research Systems
Radiological Sciences Laboratory,
Richard M. Lucas Center for Imaging
Stanford University School of Medicine
Faculty:
Maurice van den Bosch, MD, PhD
Radiologist
Department of Radiology
University Medical Center UtrechtWilliam Faulkner, BS, RT(R)(MR)(CT), FSMRT
William Faulkner & Associates, LLCBrian Hargreaves, PhD
Assistant Professor of Radiology
Stanford University School of MedicineRobert J. Herfkens, MD
Professor of Radiology
Associate Chair for Clinical Technology
Director of MRI
Stanford University School of MedicineElizabeth A. Morris, MD
Associate Professor of Radiology
Director, Breast MRI
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Hospital, New York, NYTeresa Nelson, RT(R)(MR)
MRI Supervisor, ARRT
Department of Radiology
Stanford University School of MedicineBruce A. Porter, MD, FACR
Medical Director
Swedish-First Hill Diagnostic Imaging
Clinical Associate Professor
University of Washington
Clinical Staff, Swedish Hospital, Seattle WA
Affiliate Investigator Fred Hutchinson Cancer
Research CenterMark A. Rosen, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Radiology
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Faculty Disclosure: The Stanford University School of Medicine adheres to ACCME Essential Areas, Standards, and Policies regarding industry support of continuing medical education. Disclosure of faculty and commercial relationships will be made known prior to the activity. Speakers are required to openly disclose any limitations of data and/or any discussion of any off-label, experimental, or investigational uses of drugs or devices in their presentations.
Accommodations
Encore at Wynn Las Vegas
Encore, the new resort in the Wynn Hotel, is pleased to offer a special rate of $199.00 weekdays and $269.00 weekends per Resort room per night for our conference participants. This rate is for single or double occupancy and is subject to tax. To receive this special rate, please make your reservation no later than September 20th, 2009. Rooms at this special rate have been reserved for attendees on a first-come, first-served basis and may sell out before the cut-off date.
Don't be disappointed by waiting too long; reserve your room now by contacting Encore Room Reservations Department toll free at 1-866-770-7555 (in the U.S. or Canada), or (702) 770-7171, or by fax: (702) 770-1571. Please identify yourself as a participant of the Stanford Radiology conference.
For more information on Encore at the Wynn Las Vegas Resort, please visit their website at http://www.encorelasvegas.com/
For more information about the Wynn Las Vegas Resort, please visit http://www.wynnlasvegas.com/ or call (702) 770-7000, toll free: 1-888-320-7123.
Travel
Summit Travel has been chosen as the official travel agency for this conference. Summit Travel's knowledgeable staff are at your service Monday-Friday, 7:00am-5:30pm, PST. Call Summit Travel at 1-800-338-1308 (within U.S. or Canada) or +1-650-688-3578.
Special airfares and discount car rentals:
Special meeting discounts on airfare and car rentals have been arranged for our attendees and their guests. The airlines offer discounts off published fares and special area pricing rates.
Call American Airlines at 1-800-433-1790, and reference Tour Code Number A1519SS.
Call United Airlines at 1-800-521-4041, and reference Meeting ID Code 502BH.
Call Hertz Car Rental at 1-800-654-2240, and refer to CV # 01YN0015, or book online at www.hertz.com, and enter the CV number on the reservation page.
Call Avis at 1-800-331-1600, and refer to AWD #D004951, or book online at http://www.avis.com/, and enter the AWD number on the reservation page.
Tuition and Registration
Early Bird Tuition Postmarked by September 22, 2009 |
After September 22, 2009 |
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Practicing Physician |
$895 |
$950 |
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Stanford Alumni/Military/Retired/Scientist |
$795 |
$850 |
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Technologist |
$595 |
$650 |
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Nurse/Physician Assistant |
$595 |
$650 |
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Resident/Fellow |
$200* |
$200* |
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* special rate if you book your hotel reservation at Encore in our group block Note: Cancellations received in writing up to four weeks prior to the course will receive a refund minus a $75 handling fee. There will be no refunds for cancellations received after that time |
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