Educational Webinars on High Quality, Cost-Effective Imaging




Course Directors:
    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, MD, MBA.
    Radiologist, Emerson Hospital, Concord, MA.


Webinar #1

Spine Imaging: Timing and Techniques for Lower Back Pain
Recorded November 5, 2009

Faculty:
    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.

    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

    Kevin Yao, MD.
    Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery, Tufts University School of Medicine; Co-medical director of the Boston Gamma Knife Center at Tufts Medical Center.

    Dr. Kevin Yao is an assistant professor of Neurosurgery at Tufts University School of Medicine. He received his medical degree from Columbia University's College of Physicians and Surgeons and completed his neurosurgical residency at the Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York. He served as a fellow in neurosurgical oncology at the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston. Dr. Yao has published numerous book chapters, abstracts and articles and is a member of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons and Congress of Neurological Surgeons. Dr. Yao's clinical specialties include brain metastases, primary brain tumors, spine metastases, primary spine tumors and trigeminal neuralgia. Dr. Yao is co-medical director of the Boston Gamma Knife Center at Tufts Medical Center.


Webinar #2

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

Faculty:
    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.

    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

    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).

    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.


Webinar #3

Doing the Right Thing: Diagnostic Radiology, Radiation Risk and Patient Safety
Recorded November 2, 2010

Faculty:
    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).

    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.

    Niamh Carroll, MD.
    Internist and Adult Primary Care Physician, General Medical Associates, Tufts Medical Center; Assistant Professor, Tufts University School of Medicine.

    Dr. Niamh Carroll graduated from University College Cork Medical School in 2002. She worked in internal medicine in Ireland for two years before coming to the US for residency. Dr Carroll completed her residency in Internal Medicine at the Lahey Clinic, Burlington, MA, and continued her training as Chief Resident at the Lahey Clinic. She is currently a primary care physician at Tufts Medical Center. She has a particular interest in women’s health, diabetes and geriatrics.


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