This year's Fall Educational Meeting is our most ambitious Fall meeting ever—including CT Case Review sessions and CPR training in addition to our customary technologist educational sessions.

Due to the established need for CT Case Review credits and the positive response received from attendees of our CT Case Review sessions in Little Rock, we decided to add a parallel track providing a total of at least 60 cases toward satisfying the practice guidelines of SNM and the American College of Radiology (ACR) for physicians who supervise and interpret PET/CT.

This year's meeting will be held in San Antonio at the La Quinta Inn on October 4, 2008. On October 3, 2008, the Nursing staff of University of Texas Health Sciences Center, San Antonio will conduct a CPR training course.

Our official meeting hotel, the La Quinta Inn is located one block from the Rivercenter Mall, which sits on one branch of the Riverwalk. The hotel is also 2.5 blocks from the Alamo. In other words, it's close to everything you go to downtown San Antonio for.

Hotel Accommodations and Meeting Location
La Quinta Inn & Suites
303 Blum, San Antonio, TX 78205-3303
Phone: 866-527-1498 / 210-222-9181
Fax: (210) 228-9816     AAA 3-Diamond Rating

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 phone number above and identifying yourself as an attendee of the Southwestern Chapter, Society of Nuclear Medicine meeting. The room rate is $129/night, single or double occupancy plus applicable state and local taxes. The deadline for reserving rooms is September 12, but the block will sell-out before then! Book your room now!

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

CME Accreditation
We have applied for 6 hours of continuing medical education (AMA Category 1) for the CT Case Review portion of the meeting only. For more information, please contact the Chapter office.

CT Case Review Certification
Attendees of the CT Case Review sessions will receive supervised training by a qualified expert in CT case interpretations in an interactive, live case-based format where an interpretation is rendered and scored. The number of cases can be used to satisfy the practice guidelines of SNM and the American College of Radiology (ACR) for physicians who supervise and interpret PET/CT. A certificate will be provided after the event.

Special CPR Training (October 3)
Friday afternoon (evening) UTHSCSA Nursing staff will conduct a CPR course. This is an excellent course and will cost $37.50. For more details, click here.

Preliminary Program

Time	Technologist Educational Program Fiesta Ballroom	CT Case Review Program Bowie Room
7:15	Welcome and Introductory Comments Vesper Grantham, CNMT	The six-hour CT Case Review program will start later in the day and have a longer lunch.
7:30	Troubleshooting Problems with Non- Imaging Instrumentation, Art Hall, CNMT	At least ten cases will be covered in each hour.
8:30	Preclinical Imaging Extends Nuclear Medicine into the Future of Molecular Imaging, Gary Fullerton, MD	Session 1 - Head & Neck Arthur Cortez, MD, UTHSCSA
9:30	Beverage Break – Visit the Exhibits (click here to open PDF exhibit application)
10:00	Positron Emission Mammography Laura Norman, CNMT	Session 2 - Head & Neck Arthur Cortez, MD, UTHSCSA
11:00	Wide Beam Reconstruction: A Cutting Edge New Technology Kim Moore, CNMT, RT(N)	Session 3 - Chest Constanza Gutierrez, MD, UTHSCSA
12:00	Lunch – Visit the Exhibits (click here to open PDF exhibit application)
1:00	The True Value of PET/CT:Case Reports in Esophageal Cancer, Sandeep Kodityal, MD	Lunch continues, enabling CT Case Review attendees to dine on the Riverwalk and return in time.
2:00	A Strategic Plan for Your Career (Download a helpful worksheet - PDF file) David Campbell, CNMT	Session 4 - Chest Constanza Gutierrez, MD, UTHSCSA
3:00	Beverage Break – Visit the Exhibits (click here to open PDF exhibit application)
3:30	Renal Imaging Shane Anderson, MD	Session 5 - Abdomen/Pelvis Kevin Banks, MD, BAMC
4:30	Basic EKG Reading for the Nuclear Medicine Technologist, Myra Nelson, CNMT	Session 6 - Abdomen/Pelvis Kevin Banks, MD, BAMC