The SW Chapter's Fall Technologist Education Meeting is coming to the Oklahoma City Area!

Mark October 12th and 13th on your calendars now for the 10th Annual Fall Technologist Meeting. This year there will be a one-day meeting held in Oklahoma at the Sheraton Midwest City Hotel at the Reed Conference Center on October 13, 2007. On October 12, 2007 the Nursing staff of University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center will conduct a CPR training course.

The Sheraton Midwest City Hotel at the Reed Conference Center is less than four miles from downtown Oklahoma City and the Bricktown Entertainment District. Shuttle service will be provided to and from Bricktown on October 12, 2007 from 6:00 pm to Midnight.

Hotel Accommodations and Meeting Location
Sheraton Midwest City Hotel at the Reed Conference Center
5750 Will Rogers Road
Midwest City, Oklahoma 73110 · US
Phone: (405) 455-1800 or (800) 325-3535

While we expect the great majorty of attendees to commute to the meeting, those who need to book a room may do so by calling either of the phone numbers above and identifying yourself as an attendee of the Southwestern Chapter, Society of Nuclear Medicine meeting. The room rate is $99/night, single or double occupancy. Applicable state and local taxes are approximately 13%. The deadline for reserving rooms is past, but please contact the SW Chapter office if you need a room (830-257-0112 or cmetzger@swcsnm.org).

VOICE Accreditation
The Southwestern Chapter, SNM will be applying for VOICE accreditation. For more information, please contact the Chapter office.

Special CPR Training
Friday afternoon (evening) Oklahoma University Nursing staff will conduct a CPR course. This is an excellent course and will cost $32.50. For more details, click here.

Saturday's Program

7:00 a.m.	Registration and Continental Breakfast
7:25 a.m.	Welcome, Myra J. Nelson, CNMT, President, SWCSNM Technologist Section
7:30 a.m.	The Role of I-131 in the Management of Thyroid Disease, Mary Zoe Baker, MD
8:30 a.m.	Blood Volume Analysis: How Does It Work? How Does It Help Patients? Timothy Manzone, MD
9:30 a.m.	Break
10:00 a.m.	Accreditation: How, What, When, Where, and Why, Stefanie Margulies, RT(N), CNMT
11:00 a.m.	Introduction to Breast Specific Gamma Imaging, Susy Suarez, CNMT
12:00 a.m.	Lunch
1:00 p.m.	Vial Puncture Ruling USPB 797, Rebecca Baugher, PharmD
2:00 p.m.	Communication with the Speech Impaired Patient, Suzan Ward, PhD
3:00 p.m	Break
3:30 p.m.	Leadership is….Service - Attitude - Commitment, Scott Young, CNMT
4:30 p.m.	The Technologist's Role in a Radiation Emergency, Chuck Lazarre, MS, DABSNM
5:30 p.m	Adjourn