Topics & Speakers
- Cancer Management:
The Surgeon’s Role
Thomas B. Julian, MD, FACS
- Cancer Management:
What the Radiologist
Needs to Hear About
the Technologist
Dorothy McGrath
- Breast Ultrasound: Technique,
Equipment, Performance, & Pitfalls
- Breast Ultrasound: Screening
for Breast Cancer?
- Ultrasound Breast
Interventional Procedures
- Axilla & Lymph Nodes
- Nipple & Retroareolar Areas
- Evaluating Breast Masses
Ellen B. Mendelson, MD, FACR
- Stereotactic Breast Biopsy
- ACR Stereotactic Breast
Biopsy Accreditation
- Ultrasound Correlation of
Mammographic & Palpable
Abnormalities
- Screening Breast Ultrasound
Stuart S. Kaplan, MD
- MRI Case Review
- Breast MRI Technology:
Decisions & Controversies
- Interpretation of Breast MRI
Made Easy
- The State-of-the-Art for
Interventional Breast MRI
- Clinical Significance of Breast MRI
for Local Staging
- Can Breast MRI Be Used for DCIS?
Steven E. Harms, MD, FACR
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- Digital Mammography: Equipment
Specifications & Integration
- Digital Mammography: Current
& Future Clinical Applications
- Breast MRI: Business Planning
& Clinical Integration
- Breast MRI: The Iowa Experience
Laurie L. Fajardo, MD, MBA, FACR
- Genetics of Breast Cancer
Sheila R. Solomon, MS
- Breast MRI: Technique &
Interpretation
- Cancer Management:
The Radiologist’s Role
Christopher E. Comstock, MD
- Breast MRI Biopsy
Jules H. Sumkin, DO, FACR
- Ultrasound after MRI of the Breast
William R. Poller, MD, FACR
- Panel Discussion:
Multidisciplinary Breast Center
Moderator: William R. Poller, MD, FACR
Panelists: Gilda Cardeñosa, MD, MS
Christopher E. Comstock, MD,
Farhad M. Contractor, MD, FACR, FAHA
Steven E. Harms, MD, FACR
Thomas B. Julian, MD, FACS
Stuart S. Kaplan, MD
Ellen B. Mendelson, MD, FACR
- Panel Discussion: Digital Transformation
Moderator: William R. Poller, MD, FACR
Panelists: Gilda Cardeñosa, MD, MS
Laurie L. Fajardo, MD, MBA, FACR
Ellen B. Mendelson, MD, FACR
Jules H. Sumkin, DO, FACR
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Course Director
William R. Poller, MD, FACR
Associate Professor, Human Oncology
Drexel University College of Medicine
Associate Director, Allegheny Breast
Care Center
Division of Breast Imaging
Allegheny General Hospital,
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Course Co-Directors
Thomas B. Julian, MD, FACS
Associate Professor, Human Oncology
Drexel University College of Medicine
Associate Director, Allegheny Breast
Care Center
Division of Surgical Oncology
Department of Human Oncology
Allegheny General Hospital,
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Ingrid E. Naugle, MD, FACR
Clinical Assistant Professor of Radiology
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Faculty
Gilda Cardeñosa, MS, MD
Sweeney Professor of Radiology,
Director of Breast Imaging
Virginia Commonwealth University
Health System and Massey Cancer Center,
Richmond, Virginia
Christopher E. Comstock, MD
Associate Clinical Professor
Director of Breast Imaging,
Department of Radiology,
University of California San Diego,
La Jolla, California
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Farhad M. Contractor, MD, FACR, FAHA
Assistant Professor of Radiological Sciences
Drexel University College of Medicine
Department of Diagnostic Radiology
Allegheny General Hospital,
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Laurie L. Fajardo, MD, MBA, FACR
Professor and Chair, Department of Radiology
University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
Steven E. Harms, MD, FACR
Clinical Professor, Department of Radiology
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Radiologist, The Breast Center of
Northwest Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas
Stuart S. Kaplan, MD
Medical Director, The Strax Institute
Lauderhill, Florida
Dorothy McGrath
Mammography Consultant and Educator
Boston, Massachusetts
Ellen B. Mendelson, MD, FACR
Professor of Radiology
Director of Breast Imaging,
Northwestern University
Feinberg School of Medicine,
Chicago, Illinois
Sheila R. Solomon, MS
Genetic Counselor, Cancer Genetics Program
Allegheny General Hospital,
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Jules H. Sumkin, DO, FACR
Professor of Radiology
Chief, Women’s Imaging
Fellowship Co-Director, Women’s Imaging
Chief of Radiology, Magee-Womens Hospital
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Learning Objectives
After viewing this program, participants will be able to:
- Increase the confidence of differentiating benign from malignant breast
lesions
- Explore the use of digital imaging
- Examine multiple percutaneous biopsy techniques including stereotactic
guided, ultrasound guided, and MRI guided biopsies
- Evaluate multiple biopsy devices
- Provide an overview of pathological findings in breast disease
- Explore the role of the radiologist and breast surgeon in the workup of
breast disease
- Review the process for stereotactic and ultrasound accreditation
- Become familiar with the genetics of breast cancer
Accreditation Statement
Allegheny General Hospital is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
Credit Designation
Allegheny General Hospital designates this educational activity for a maximum
of 19 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should only claim
credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Note: All credit hours are applicable towards fulfillment
of MQSA mammography continuing medical education requirements: Digital Mammography:
Up to 2.25 credits total. Mammography: Up to 19 credits total. ACR Stereotactic
Breast Biopsy: Up to 1.5 credits total. ACR Breast Ultrasound: Up to 5.25 credits
total.
Release date: September 1, 2007 Credits expire: September
1, 2010
CME credit is obtained upon successful completion of a program evaluation. A
$30 processing fee must accompany the completed evaluation.
Faculty Disclosure
DISCLOSURE OF SIGNIFICANT RELATIONSHIPS WITH RELEVANT
COMMERCIAL COMPANIES
In accordance with the Accreditation Council for Continuing
Medical Education (ACCME), the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC)
Standards and the policy of Allegheny General Hospital, presenters are asked
to indicate if they have any relationship which, in the context of their presentation,
could be perceived as a real or apparent conflict of interest, (e.g. ownership
of stock, honoraria,or consulting fees) and also to disclose discussions of
unlabeled/unapproved uses of drugs or devices during their presentations.
Disclosure of a relationship is not intended to suggest or condone bias in
any presentation, but is made to provide participants with information that
might be of potential importance to their evaluation of a presentation.
The following faculty had nothing to disclose:
Gilda Cardenosa, MD
Farhad Contractor, MD
Thomas B. Julian, MD
Stuart Kaplan, MD
Dorothy McGrath
Sheila Solomon, MS
Jules H. Sumkin, DO, FACR
Disclosure information was provided by the following faculty:
Christopher Comstock, MD
Speaker’s Bureau - AGFA, Suros, Ethicon
Laurie Fajardo, MD
Board Membership - Hologic, Inc.
Steven E. Harms, MD
Speaker’s Bureau - Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc.
Stockholder/Ownership interest - Aurora Imaging Technology
Board Membership - Aurora Imaging Technology
Ellen B. Mendelson, MD
Grant/Research Support - Medipattern Corp.
Consultant - Medipattern Corp.
Medical Advisory Committee - Medipattern Corp.
William R. Poller, MD
Grant/Research Support - Intact
Speaker’s Bureau - Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc.
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