Wednesday March 5, 2008

7:00 AM Scientific Session III Moderators: Pierre D. Maldjian, MD and Joel E. Fishman, MD, PhD
8:00 AM Awards Presentation
(No Presentation Available)
Moderator: Gautham P. Reddy, MD, MPH Chair of STR Awards Committee
Concurrent Session A: Mediastinum
Moderator: James G. Ravenel, MD
8:30 AM New Imaging Technologies in the Mediastinum Andetta R. Hunsaker, MD
8:50 AM Pericardial Recesses Mimicking Adenopathy
(No Presentation Available)
Mylene T. Truong, MD
9:10 AM Neurogenic Tumors in the Thorax James G. Ravenel, MD
9:30 AM Superior Mediastinum Revisited: Multiplanar Anatomy John C. Wandtke, MD
9:50 AM CT Evaluation of Non-vascular Mediastinal Masses in Children: Practical Approach
(No Presentation Available)
Edward Y. Lee, MD, MPH
Concurrent Session B: Airways
Moderator: Gerald F. Abbott, MD
8:30 AM Tracheomalacia: Current Concepts Phillip M. Boiselle, MD
9:00 AM Small Airway Disease: Radiologic/Pathologic Correlation
(No Presentation Available)
Gerald F. Abbott, MD
9:25 AM Imaging Large Airways Eric J. Stern, MD
9:50 AM Morphological and Functional Imaging in COPD Julia Ley-Zaporozhan, MD
Concurrent Session C: Interventional Procedures in the Thorax
Moderator: Jeffrey S. Klein, MD
10:40 AM VATS: Indications, Technique, Complications, and Role of the Chest CT and Radiologist Paul Schipper, MD
11:00 AM Indications for RFA of Lung Tumors Jeffrey S. Klein, MD
11:20 AM Thoracic Tumor Ablation: Technique and Positive
Outcomes
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Eric vanSonnenberg, MD
11:40 AM RFA of the Lung: Complications Jo-Anne O. Shepard, MD
Concurrent Session D: Education
Moderator: Jannette Collins, MD, MEd
10:40 AM Self-assessment Modules, How to Use the Audience Response System, and How to Write Good Multiple Choice Questions Jannette Collins, MD, MEd
Workshops I-III: Evidence-based Medicine
Moderator: Aine M. Kelly, MD
1:20 PM EBM: An Overview Aine M. Kelly, MD and
Paul P. Cronin, MD
2:00 PM Application of Evidence-based Imaging: Coronary CTA
(No Presentation Available)
Julianna M. Czum, MD
2:40 PM Quality and Efficiency: Benchmarks for the Thoracic Radiologist (Pay for Performance) Irena Tocino, MD
Workshops IV-VI: Imaging Technology
Moderator: Janet E. Durick, MD
1:20 PM Dual Energy Chest Radiography Janet E. Durick, MD
2:00 PM “Plain Film” Evaluation of Diffuse Lung Disease: What We Have Learned From CT Brett M. Elicker, MD
2:40 PM PET and PET/CT: Conceptions and Misconceptions Zachary D. Grossman, MD
Workshops VII-IX: Case Reviews
Moderator: Howard Mann, MD
3:40 PM Thoracic Trauma: Case-based Review (Interactive Cases)
(No Presentation Available)
Santiago Martinez, MD
4:20 PM Pediatric Chest (Interactive Cases) Richard I. Markowitz, MD
5:00 PM HRCT Patterns: Diagnostic Clues (Interactive Cases) Santiago E. Rossi, MD
Workshops X-XII: Pitfalls, Incidentalomas, and Myths in Thoracic Imaging
Moderator: Marc V. Gosselin, MD
3:40 PM Thyroid, Liver, Adrenal, Spleen, and Pancreas Incidentalomas Found on MDCT of the Chest: What to Do with Them Richard M. Gore, MD
4:20 PM Pitfalls, Variants and Anomalies in Thoracic CT
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Stuart S. Sagel, MD
5:00 PM Myth or Fact: Breaking Down the Cardiothoracic Imaging Dogma Marc V. Gosselin, MD