Imaging Strategies: Agenda


Department of Radiology, St. Elizabeth's Medical Center Presents Imaging Strategies in Primary Care Medicine

Friday, October 18th, 2002
8 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Hyatt Regency Cambridge
575 Memorial Drive, Cambridge, MA

Course Director

Ashley Davidoff, MD
Director of Radiological Education
Co-Director, Abdominal Imaging
Department of Radiology
St. Elizabeth's Medical Center
Professor of Clinical Radiology
University of Massachusetts Medical School
Lecturer, Harvard Medical School

Assistant Course Directors

Howard Sachs, MD
Director of Ambulatory Medical Services
Ambulatory Medicine, Division of General Medicine, Primary Care & Geriatrics
University of Massachusetts Medical Center
Francis X. Campion, MD
Vice President for Clinical Integration
Caritas Christi Health Care System
Assistant Clinical Professor
Tufts University School of Medicine
Jeffrey Mendel, MD
Chair, Department of Radiology
St. Elizabeth's Medical Center

Agenda

Morning Session

8:00 a.m.	Registration & Continental Breakfast
9:00	Welcome and Program Introduction Ashley Davidoff, MD, Course Director Goals and format for the day Course sponsors
9:10	The Imaging Perspective Peter Gordon, MD, Chair, Department of Radiology, Good Samaritan Medical Center, Immediate Past President, Massachusetts Radiological Society
9:25	Colon cancer: Barium, CT Colonoscopy and Conventional Colonscopy Amin Chaoui, M.D. Assistant Professor of Radiology Boston University School of Medicine Associate Radiologist, Faulkner Hospital
9:45	Self-pay, Whole-Body Scanning Max Rosen, MD, MPH, Medical Director and COO Be Well Body Scan Assistant Professor of Radiology Harvard Medical School
10:05	QUESTIONS and PANEL DISCUSSION
10:15	BREAK
Cardiovascular
10:30	Echo and Nuclear Scanning for Coronary Artery Disease Michael Maysky, MD Director, Nuclear Cardiology St. Elizabeth's Medical Center Assistant Clinical Professor Tufts University School of Medicine
10:50	Coronary Calcium Scoring Melvin E. Clouse, MD Vice Chairman, Department of Radiology Director of Research Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Deaconess Professor of Radiology Harvard Medical School
11:10	QUESTIONS and PANEL DISCUSSION
11:20	Palpable Breast Mass Priscilla Slanetz, MD Director of Women's Imaging St. Elizabeth's Medical Center Assistant Professor of Radiology Harvard Medical School
11:40	Abnormal Mammogram - What Next? Priscilla Slanetz, MD
12:00 p.m.	QUESTIONS and PANEL DISCUSSION
12:15	LUNCH - Round Table Lunch Discussions Cardiovascular Pulmonary Breast and Pelvic Osteoporosis Self Pay Scanning/Economics Genitourinary Gastrointestinal Musculoskeletal DVT/PE/Vascular
Afternoon Session
1:15	Pulmonary Nodule - Does PET Scan Have a Place? David Lee, MD Director, Chest Radiology St. Elizabeth's Medical Center Assistant Clinical Professor of Radiology Tufts University School of Medicine
1:35	DVT/PE: Nuclear vs CT Imaging Philip Costello, MD Director, Thoracic Radiology Brigham and Women's Hospital Professor of Radiology Harvard Medical School
1:55	QUESTIONS and PANEL DISCUSSION
2:05	CT vs MRI for Headache Stroke and Dementia Jeffrey Mendel, MD Chair, Department of Radiology St. Elizabeth's Medical Center
2:25	Hematuria Ashley Davidoff, MD
2:45	QUESTIONS and PANEL DISCUSSION
3:00	BREAK
3:15	Osteoporosis Evaluation - Institution vs. Office Don Bachman, MD President, Massachusetts Radiological Society Instructor in Radiology, Harvard Medical School Assistant Clinical Professor Tufts University School of Medicine
3:35	Thyroid Masses and Nodules Barry Sacks, MD Chief of Radiology MetroWest Medical Center Clinical Associate Professor of Radiology Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Harvard Medical School
3:55	QUESTIONS and PANEL DISCUSSION
4:05	Imaging the Future: A three-edged sword: Technology, Economics and Patient Demand PANEL DISCUSSION Francis X. Campion, MD, Moderator Ralph Blair, MD, Medical Director for Utilization Management and Clinical Policy, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Beverly Loudin, MD, Medical Director for Women's Health and Health Programs, Tufts Health Plan Jeffrey Mendel, MD Howard Sachs, MD
5:00	Program Concludes