Program Co-Chairs Dana Mathews,
PhD, MD and Debby Joslin, CNMT have developed an excellent program designed
for nuclear medicine physicians, technologists, pharmacists, radiologists,
oncologists, and scientists involved in the field of Nuclear Medicine.
Individuals attending the course of lectures will be able to:
1. Review essential protocols involved in general nuclear medicine procedures
2. Describe the latest indications and applications of PET in oncologic
and non-oncologic applications
3. Review standard and innovative cardiac imaging techniques
4. Assess the importance of new therapeutic and diagnostic agents in nuclear
medicine
5. Describe tools for improving one's career in nuclear medicine
Directly below the program schedule is important information regarding our Continuing Education Credits.
Preliminary Program Schedule
Time Plenary
Session Plenary
Session Beverage
Break – Visit the Exhibits & Posters New Infection Imaging
Agents Radiation Safety Issues
in PET Imaging Imaging of the Painful
Joint Prosthesis Expanding Your Professional
Horizon: Writing and Presenting Lunch – Visit the Exhibits & Posters FDOPA PET Brain Imaging Recent Updates in
Nuclear Medicine Beverage
Break – Visit the Exhibits & Posters C11 Acetate PET in
Prostate Cancer Advance Practice in
Nuclear Medicine Technology: A Career PET and Cervical Cancer Cross Sectional Anatomy
for the Imaging Specialist Reception
in the Exhibit Hall Time Plenary
Session Plenary
Session Beverage
Break – Visit the Exhibits & Posters Therapy with Non-Sealed
Radioactive Agents CT Techniques for
the Nuclear Medicine Professional PET Imaging of Lymphoma
and Myeloma Interesting Cases
that Make Nuclear Medicine Fun Lunch
– Visit the Exhibits & Posters Unexpected Soft Tissue
Findings on Bone Scintigraphy Caring for the Cancer
Patient Underutilization of
Tomography in Nuclear Medicine PET Cardiology from
a Technical Perspective Beverage
Break – Visit the Exhibits & Posters Measurement of Bone
Density Bridging Generations
in the Workplace General
Business Meeting Reception
at Time Plenary
Session Plenary
Session Beverage
Break Cardiac Perfusion
Imaging for Prognosis and Risk Stratification Basic EKG Interpretation Plenary
Session Adjourn
Physician/Scientist Emphasis
Technologist Emphasis
SPECT/CT Fusion
Michael Hartshorne, MD, Chief of Joint Imaging Services, VAMC
Update in Thyroid Cancer Management
Steven Sherman, MD, Chair of Endocrine Neoplasia and HD, MD
Center
Christopher
Palestro, MD, Director of the Dept. of Nuclear Medicine, Long Island
Jewish Medical Center, New Hyde Park, NY
Chuck Lazarre, MS, DABSNM, Director of Medical Physics/ Radiation
Safety Officer,
Christopher
Palestro, MD, Director of the Dept. of Nuclear Medicine,
Vesper Grantham, M.Ed., RT(N), CNMT
Assistant Professor, College of Allied Health, Oklahoma City, OK
David Lilien, MD, Medical Director of the PET Imaging Center, Biomedical
Research Foundation of NW Louisiana, Shreveport, LA
Anne Stachowiak, CNMT, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
Yong Bradley, MD, Chief of Nuclear Medicine, Brooke AFB, San Antonio,
TX
Martha Pickett, MHSA, CNMT, Chairman of Nuclear Medicine Technology,
UAMS,
Homer Macapinlac, MD, Deputy Chair of the Dept. of Nuclear Medicine,
MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
Nancy Swanston, CNMT, PET, RT(N), Supervisor, Diagnostic Imaging,
MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
Physician/Scientist Emphasis
Technologist Emphasis
Advocacy in Medical Imaging
Lyn Mehlburg, CNMT, FSNMTS, Regional Quality Improvement Coordinator
for Imaging Services at St. Luke's Medical Center in Milwaukee,
Wisconsin
Tumor Localization with Non-PET Tracers
Ebrahim Delpassand, MD, Chairman & Medical Director, Excel
Diagnostics, Houston, TX
Ebrahim Delpassand, MD, Chairman & Medical Director, Excel Diagnostics,
Houston, TX
Nancy Swanston, CNMT, PET, RT(N), Supervisor, Diagnostic Imaging,
MD
Ronald Walker, MD, Director, PET/CT and Medical Cyclotron Facility,
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR
Stanley Grossman, MD, Medical Director, Nuclear Radiology, Baylor
University Medical Center, Dallas, TX
Shannon Worchesik, RN,
Daniel Bandy, CNMT, Technical Director, Samaritan PET Center,
Good Samaritan Regional Medical Center, Phoenix, AZ
Nelson Watts, MD, Director of the University of Cincinnati Bone
Health & Osteoporosis Center, Cincinnati, OH
Jan Winn, CNMT, Associate Professor, OUHSC,
Physician/Scientist Emphasis
Technologist Emphasis
Cardiac Hybrid Imaging
Jack Ziffer MD, Dir. of Cardiac Imaging, Baptist Cardiac & Vascular
Imaging Inst.,
MRI Cardiac Perfusion Stress and Viability Imaging
Ronald M. Peshock, MD, PhD, Medical Director, Rogers Magnetic Resonance
Center,
UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX
Michael Brophey, MD, The HeartPlace,
Dallas
Karen Bandy,
Cardiac Imaging: When to Use Perfusion Imaging vs. CT
Kenneth Johnson, MD, Cardiologist, The HeartPlace,
Continuing Education Information
This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the
Essentials and Standards of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical
Education through the joint sponsorship of the Society of Nuclear Medicine
(SNM) and the SW Chapter, SNM. The SNM is accredited by the ACCME to provide
continuing medical education for physicians.
The Society of Nuclear Medicine designates this educational activity for a maximum of 18 category 1 credits towards the AMA Physician's Recognition Award. Each physician should claim only those credits that he/she actually spent in the educational activity.
Technologists - The Chapter has applied for 18 VOICE credits through the Society of Nuclear Medicine.
Pharmacists - CPE credits
pending approval from the Society of Nuclear Medicine.