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The Joint Meeting of the Illinois Radiological Society, Chicago Radiological Society and Central Illinois Radiological Society is scheduled for Saturday, March 15, 2008, at the Feinberg Pavilion Conference Center at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago. The one day program will focus on “Hot Topics” with Leonard Berlin, MD, FACR from Rush North Shore Medical Center serving as program chair.

Residents and Fellows submitting abstracts for the Steven Pinsky Resident Research Award may click this link to access the online submission form. The deadline for submitting an abstract is January 21, 2008.

The program outline is listed below. A CME application for 6.75 credit hours is being submitted to the Chicago Medical Society. Click this link to register online or to print the registration form to fax in your registration.

2008 Joint Radiology Meeting
Hot Topics In Radiology

Saturday, March 15, 2008
Feinberg Pavilion Conference Center
Northwestern Memorial Hospital
Chicago, Illinois

Leonard Berlin, MD, Program Chairman and Moderator

8:00 am – 8:30 am: Registration and Networking

8:30 am – 9:00 am: Radiation Exposure from Diagnostic Radiology:
What The Public (and Radiologists) Should Know; Gary L. Dillehay, MD,FACR Northwestern University

9:00 am – 9:30 am: Re-engineering Radiology In An Electronic World: The Radiologist As A Value Innovator; Paul J. Chang, MD, University of Chicago Medical Center

9:30 am – 10:00 am: Breast Imaging: What Is Hot and What Is Not; Ellen B. Mendelson, MD, FACR, Northwestern University

10:00 am – 10:15 am: Break

10:15 am – 10:45 am: Ultra-low Dose Coronary CTA: A First Line Test For Evaluating CAD?; David A. Dowe, MD, Atlantic Medical Imaging

10:45 am – 11:15 am: What’s New and Useful For Your MRI Practice?; Robert R Edelman, MD, Evanston Northwestern Healthcare

11:15 am – 11:45 am: How To Win The Coronary CTA Turf War; David A. Dowe, MD, Atlantic Medical Imaging

11:14 am – 1:00 pm: LUNCH, including a special presentation: What Is A Radiologist? The Public’s Response Will Surprise You; Jay L. Korach, MD, STAT Imaging

1:00 pm – 1:30 pm: Nephrogenic Systemic Fibrosis, Update 2008; Matthew J. Kuhn, MD, FACR, Southern Illinois University

1:30 pm – 2:00 pm: MRI-guided Focused Ultrasound Ablation of Uterine Fibroids; Richard A. Mintzer, MD, FACR, Medical Imaging of Northbrook Court                 

2:00 pm – 2:30 pm: The Challenges of 3 Tesla MR Imaging; Matthew J. Kuhn, MD, FACR, Southern Illinois University

2:30 pm – 3:00 pm: Would I Want My Daughter Or Son To Become A Radiologist: Will Radiology Survive?; Carl L. Kalbhen, MD, Northwest Community Hospital

3:00 pm – 3:15 pm:  Break

3:15 pm – 4:30 pm:  Steven M. Pinsky Resident Research Award Presentations

4:30 pm:  Adjourn

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