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American College of Radiology
North Carolina Chapter
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Annual Breast Imaging CME

January 21-23, 2022

Jointly Provided by The American College of Radiology and The North Carolina Radiological Society

This will be an Internet-only event.

Program Description and Objective

It is the intent of the North Carolina Chapter of the ACR to provide practicing radiologists, and other health care professionals involved in the diagnosis and treatment of breast diseases with a review to describe how the BI-RADS Atlas serves as a key reference source for tools, strategies and terminology; explain emerging breast cancer care paradigms in surgical, medical and radiation oncology; and outline breast cancer profiling with expression arrays, specifically 2022 updates on breast cancer classifications and those that aim to identify markers for clinical outcome prediction.

Schedule

Friday, January 21, 2022

5:55 pm - 6:00 pm.   Welcome

6:00 pm - 7:00 pm.   From Core to Care: Breast RadPath (Dr. Jordan)
                                 Approved for 1 SAM Credit by the ABR

7:00 pm - 8:00 pm.   ACR BI-RADS® MRI and Management (Dr. Walsh)
                                 Approved for 1 SAM Credit by the ABR

8:00 pm - 9:00 pm.   Breast Biopsy 102 – Pearls and Pitfalls (Dr. Pavic)
                                 Approved for 1 SAM Credit by the ABR

9:00 pm.  Adjourn

Saturday, January 22, 2022

7:00 am - 7:30 am.   Continental Breakfast

7:30 am - 8:30 am.   Breast Pain: Making a Diagnostic and Clinical Impact (Dr. Taylor-Cho)
                                 Approved for 1 SAM Credit by the ABR

8:30 am - 9:30 am.   Breast Ultrasound at its Best (Dr. Szabo)
                                 Approved for 1 SAM Credit by the ABR

9:30 am - 9:45 am.   BREAK

9:45 am - 10:45 am.   Multimodality Detection and Evaluation of Architectural Distortion (Dr. Cronin)

10:45 am - 11:45 am.   Hindsight: What We Can Learn from Missed Breast Cancers (Dr. Taylor-Cho)

11:45 am - 12:45 pm.   Breast Cancer Surgical Update 2022 (Dr. Spanheimer)

12:45 pm - 1:15 pm.   LUNCH

1:15 pm - 2:15 pm.   Ask the Experts Multidisciplinary Care (Drs. Cronin, Spanheimer, Walsh, Szabo, Pavic)

2:15 pm - 3:15 pm.   Going Wireless: Review of Advanced Breast Localization Devices and Techniques (Dr. Langman)
                                  Approved for 1 SAM Credit by the ABR

3:15 pm - 3:30 pm.   BREAK

3:30 pm - 4:30 pm.   Tomosynthesis Guided Breast Biopsy: Principles and Troubleshooting (Dr. Pavic)

4:30 pm Adjourn

Sunday, January 23, 2022

7:00 am - 7:30 am.   Continental Breakfast

7:30 am - 8:30 am.   BI-RADS® Calcifications and Management (Dr. Walsh)

8:30 am - 9:30 am.   Challenging Cases of the Nipple and Axilla (Dr. Szabo)

9:30 am - 9:45 am.   BREAK

9:45 am - 10:45 am.   The Biology of Breast Cancer (Dr. Cronin)
                                   Approved for 1 SAM Credit by the ABR

10:45 am -11:45 am.   Imaging Gen Y and Gen Z (Dr. Jordan)
                                   Approved for 1 SAM Credit by the ABR

11:45 am Adjourn

 

Course Speakers

PROGRAM DIRECTOR

Sheryl G. Jordan, MD, RCC
Professor of Radiology
University of North Carolina School of Medicine
Chapel Hill, North Carolina

CME DIRECTOR

Dale R. Shaw, MD, FACR
CME Chair, North Carolina Radiological Society
Charlotte, North Carolina

FACULTY

Kelly B. Cronin, MD
Assistant Professor of Radiology
Section Head, Medical Director of Breast Imaging
Wake Forest University School of Medicine
Winston Salem, North Carolina

Eun L. Langman, MD
Assistant Professor of Radiology
Duke University School of Medicine
Durham, North Carolina

Dag Pavic, MD
Associate Professor of Radiology
Medical University of South Carolina
Charleston, South Carolina

Philip M. Spanheimer, MD
Assistant Professor of Surgery
University of North Carolina School of Medicine
Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Michael W. Taylor-Cho, MD
Assistant Professor of Radiology
Duke University School of Medicine
Durham, North Carolina

Janet R. Szabo, MD
Assistant Professor of Radiology
Mount Sinai School of Medicine
New York, New York

Ruth M. Walsh, MD, FACR
Associate Professor of Radiology
Duke University School of Medicine
Durham, North Carolina

Continuing Education Credit

Continuing Education Credit will be based on the following criteria:

Accreditation Statement: This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education through the joint providership of the American College of Radiology and the North Carolina Radiological Society. The American College of Radiology is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Credit Statement: The American College of Radiology designates this live activity for a maximum of 15 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits TM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Mammography Quality Standards Act: Documentation of your participation can be used by interpreting Physicians to fulfill the 15 credits per triennium MQSA continuing education requirements.

Digital Accreditation: Attendance at the appropriate sessions of this conference will enable physicians to fulfill 9 credits.

Ultrasound/Ultrasound Guided Biopsy Accreditation: Attendance at the appropriate sessions of this conference will enable physicians to fulfill 5 credits.

MRI Accreditation: Attendance at the appropriate sessions of this conference will enable physicians to fulfill 2 credits.

Stereotactic Accreditation: Attendance at the appropriate sessions of this conference will enable physicians to fulfill 2 credits.

For information about the accreditation of this program, please contact the ACR at .

8 SAM CREDITS: Qualified by the American Board of Radiology in meeting the criteria for self-assessment toward the purpose of fulfilling requirements in the ABR Maintenance of Certification Program on (10/23/19, 11/18/19, 12/9/19, 7/20/21, 7/20/21, 8/5/21, 8/9/21, 12/15/21)

Registration and Fees

Deadline 

January 14, 2022

Fees

Physicians (non-NC Chapter Members) - $500.00

NC Chapter Members - $400.00

Physicists - $300.00

Residents and Fellows (In-Training) - $200.00

Registration fee covers academic lectures and electronic syllabus.

Two Convenient Ways to Register

1. Secure online payment. To register online, send an email to NCRS executive secretary Sarah Franklin s with the Subject Line "Breast Imaging Weekend Review Course" and include your name, address, degree, phone number, NCRS member status (member/in-training/nonmember), ACR Member Number, and email. 

2. Or mail the following with your check to:

NCRS
1420 Conrad Sawmill Road
Lewisville, NC  27023

Name _________________________________________

Address _______________________________________

ACR Member Number _______________

Degree ________

Telephone _____________________________________

Email _________________________________________

 

Questions?  Please contact NCRS Secretary Sarah Franklin, or telephone 336-946-6372