Fall Mini-Fellowships at the ACR Education Center
Earn CME and SAM CreditsSeptember 2018
Coronary CT Angiography
September 6–8, 2018
Earn up to 33.25 CME and 25 SAM Credits
Receive intensive training in interpreting coronary CTA examinations under the supervision of expert faculty. Access nearly 100 cases and use workstations with the same vendor software as in your own practice. Most cases include clinical scenarios as well as coronary catheter angiography correlation. The course also covers technical considerations for obtaining optimal examinations for interpretation.
ACR/Dartmouth PET/CT
September 10–12, 2018
Earn up to 34 CME Credits and 25 SAM Credits
Interpret more than 150 oncologic PET/CT scans during this three-day preceptorship designed to provide practicing radiologists and nuclear medicine physicians with an intensive, hands-on experience in reading PET/CT. Each multiple-scan interpretation session concludes with a detailed review of the key findings.
Breast Imaging Bootcamp
September 13–15, 2018
Earn up to 34.25 CME and 25 SAM Credits
Develop your interpretive expertise in the evaluation of mammography studies through hands-on interpretation of over 240 digital screening and diagnostic mammograms at your own individual PACS digital workstation.
Breast MR
September 17–18, 2018
Earn up to 22.75 CME and 21 SAM Credits
This 100-case, two-day course is designed to provide practicing radiologists with an intensive, hands-on experience in reading breast MRI. Develop your interpretive skills through extensive case review from individual workstations. In addition, hands-on MRI guided biopsy workshops will provide training in accurate and safe MRI guided biopsy techniques.
Neuroradiology
September 24–26, 2018
Earn up to 35 CME and 25 SAM Credits
This three-day head and neck neuroradiology course will address all of the difficult anatomy and pathology of the head and neck. The material will include predominantly CT and MR imaging with advanced application techniques also applied to ultrasound and PET/CT. Emphasis will be placed on the TNM staging of cancers of the aerodigestive system, the intricate anatomy of the sinonasal cavity, lesions that arise from the cross the skull base, and deep space tumors of the neck. Plus, discover the most common sources of anxiety: lesions of the temporal bone, the brachial plexus and the teeth.
October 2018
CT Colonography
October 1–2, 2018
Earn up to 21.5 CME and 13 SAM Credits
Learn the technique, performance and interpretation of CTC through supervised review of over 50 cases. The course will also provide a forum for discussing research initiatives, regulatory issues and the reimbursement environment.
High Resolution CT of the Chest
October 3–5, 2018
Earn up to 34.25 CME and 25 SAM Credits
Developed in conjunction with the Society of Thoracic Radiology and the Fleischner Society, this three-day course is designed to provide practicing radiologists with the skills and understanding necessary to interpret high resolution CT of the chest in diffuse infiltrative lung diseases. Participants will receive lectures on specific aspects of HRCT interspersed with hands-on interpretation of related cases. The integration of clinical, radiologic, and pathologic information will also be discussed.
Abdominal Imaging
October 9–11, 2018
Earn up to 35 CME and 25 SAM Credits
Learn to improve your abdominal imaging service. Explore up-to-date CT protocols, the latest guidelines on managing incidentalomas, how to report complex post-operative CT, and how to customize reporting templates for cancer staging, with special reference to what the surgeon needs to know. Course faculty will offer unique approaches to reporting many CT findings which are seen daily, such as dilated bile ducts, small volume nodes, misty mesentery. Additional topics include:
- “Do not miss” cases in the major abdominal organs
- How to deal with focal liver, pancreas, adrenal and kidney lesions
- Pitfalls in liver, pancreas and kidney imaging
- Pitfalls in postoperative CT
- Newer CT technology, including dual energy CT
Body and Pelvic MR
October 12–14, 2018
Earn up to 35 CME and 25 SAM Credits
Learn the most common indications for abdominal and pelvic MR — imaging of the liver, pancreas, pelvis and the kidneys. This course is designed to provide intensive learning for a range of radiologists, from the general practitioner to the moderately advanced MRI expert
Cardiac MR
October 19 - 21, 2018
Earn up to 34.25 CME and 25 SAM Credits
Review over 150 cardiac MR and vascular MR angiography case and enjoy focused learning on post-processing techniques and interpretation. This course also covers technical considerations for obtaining optimal examinations for interpretation.
Emergency Radiology
October 29 - 31, 2018
Earn up to 35 CME and 25 SAM Credits
Gain intensive, hands-on experience in imaging interpretation of traumatic and non-traumatic emergencies. Review over 300 emergent examinations covering all organ systems and modalities commonly encountered in the emergency radiology setting. Through participation in multiple interpretation sessions under the supervision of expert faculty, participants develop a higher level of expertise and confidence in emergent imaging. Formal lectures cover the core concepts, organized by organ system.