Educational Webinars on High Quality, Cost-Effective Imaging

Webinar #2 Archive.

Outpatient Abdominal Imaging: Timing and Techniques for Diagnosis
Recorded: March 9, 2010

Jointly sponsored by Tufts University School of Medicine, Tufts Health Care Institute, and MedSolutions.

The goal of this webinar is to improve primary care physicians’ knowledge and utilization of appropriate high tech imaging studies for patients with abdominal pain.

The educational objectives of this webinar are for learners to:

Evaluate patients with abdominal pain to determine if and when imaging is required for diagnosis
Select the most appropriate imaging modality for the patient’s condition
Present the specialist with complete, timely and clinically relevant information when making the referral

Faculty:

Joseph J. Rencic

Dr. Joseph Rencic is an internist and staff physician at General Medical Associates, Tufts Medical Center. He also serves as Associate Residency Program Director for the Tufts Medical Center Internal Medicine program, and as Clerkship Site Director, Internal Medicine, Tufts University School of Medicine. Dr. Rencic received his medical degree from University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and completed his residency, including a chief year, at University Hospital/University of Pennsylvania and Tufts Medical Center. He has a particular interest in evidence-based medicine, including evidence-based physical diagnosis

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Joseph J. Rencic, MD. Internist and Staff Physician, General Medical Associates, Tufts Medical Center; Associate Residency Program Director; Clerkship Site Director, Internal Medicine, Tufts University School of Medicine.
Samson Munn

Dr. Samson Munn is Associate Radiologist-in-Chief at Tufts Medical Center, and Associate Professor and Vice Chair of Radiology at Tufts University School of Medicine. Dr. Munn received his medical degree from Boston University School of Medicine. After a year in internal medicine at Boston City Hospital (now part of Boston Medical Center), he completed a residency in the combined Tufts / Boston VA Medical Center radiology program, followed by a fellowship–chief-residency year in imaging at the Boston VA Medical Center. Dr. Munn is board-certified in Diagnostic Radiology, and has additional experience in nuclear medicine. He spent 14 years in private practice, followed by seven years in combined academic–community practice, and then four years in HMO practice. He has been Chief of Radiology at Waltham Hospital, Lemuel Shattuck Hospital and the Santa Rosa Medical Center of Kaiser Permanente (northern California). He rejoined the Tufts faculty and staff in mid-2008 as Vice Chair. Dr. Munn’s publications are varied; he has special interests in imaging utilization, informed consent and group dynamics.

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Samson Munn, MD. Associate Radiologist-in-Chief, Tufts Medical Center; Associate Professor and Vice Chair of Radiology, Tufts University School of Medicine; President of the Medical Staff of Tufts Medical Center (2010-2011).

Course Directors:

Philip Boulter

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Philip Boulter, MD. Medical Director, Tufts Health Care Institute; Retired Senior Vice President and Chief Medical Officer, Tufts Health Plan; Senior Consulting Physician for Helms & Company, Inc.; Chair of the New Hampshire Citizen’s Health Institute Task Force on Quality of Care/Payment Reform.
Lisa A. Intriere

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Lisa A. Intriere, MD, MBA. Radiologist, Emerson Hospital, Concord, MA.

Accreditation Information

This activity has been approved for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™.

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