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Thursday, October 1, 2009 – DAY ONE

BENIGN BREAST CHANGES: MOVING TOWARDS BREAST CANCER, Moderator: Mendelson

7:30 am Welcome  
7:35 am The Benign Breast: Imaging – Pathologic Correlation Dr. Tabar
8:15 am Sonographic Anatomy of the Breast and Axilla Dr. Rizzatto
8:55 am Lobular Carcinoma In Situ: What Does it Mean?
The Surgeon’s Perspective
Dr. Anderson
9:25 am What to do with High Risk Lesions:
The Pathologist’s Perspective
Dr. Symmans
9:55 am Coffee Break and Opening of Exhibits  

BREAST CANCER SCREENING, Moderator: Newstead

10:35 am Breast Cancer Screening in The United States
in the Last Ten Years: What’s Ahead for the Future
Dr. Feig
11:10 am Screening with MRI: Sensitivity and Specificity Issues Dr. Morris
11:50 am Screening with US; ACRIN 6666 Results and Automation Dr. Mendelson
12:25 pm Lunch  

BREAST CANCER DETECTION AND DIAGNOSIS, Moderator: Schmidt

1:20 pm Multimodality Screening in Germany Dr. Bick
1:55 pm MRI and PEM Depiction of In Situ Carcinoma Dr. Newstead
2:35 pm Is Ductal Carcinoma In Situ a Misnomer? Dr. Tabar
3:15 pm Coffee Break and Exhibits  
3:55 pm Lesion Selection and Performance of MRI-Guided Biopsies Dr. Morris
4:35 pm Q & A Faculty  
4:50 pm Break  
5:00 pm Workshops
(A) MRI-Guided Breast Biopsy (Drs. Abe, Brooks, Karstaedt, Kuritza)
(B) Automated Breast Ultrasound (Drs. Kulkarni, Sennett, Solari, Mendelson)
 
6:00 pm Adjourn  

Friday, October 2, 2009 – DAY TWO

7:25 am Workshops
(C) MRI-Guided Breast Biopsy (Drs. Abe, Brooks, Karstaedt, Kuritza)
(D) Automated Breast Ultrasound (Drs. Kulkarni, Sennett, Solari, Mendelson)
 

THE BASICS, Moderator: Newstead

8:30 am How to Evaluate and Manage Calcifications Dr. Feig
9:05 am Assessing Focal Asymmetries: BI-RADS® 2,3, or 4? Dr. Sickles
9:40 am Digital Mammography: Technical and Clinical Considerations Dr. Wolfman
10:15 am Coffee Break and Exhibits  
10:55 am CAD for Detection and Diagnosis Dr. Schmidt
11:30 am Radiation Dose and Cancer Risk in Breast Imaging:
Digital Mammography, Tomosynthesis, CT, BSGI and PET/PEM
Dr. Hendrick
12:10 pm Box Lunch Session: Interactive Multimodality Cases with
Audience Response System
Drs. Bick & Morris
1:00 pm Q & A Faculty
1:10 pm Break  

BREAST ULTRASOUND, Moderator: Mendelson

1:20 pm Physics of Breast US: Past, Present and Future Dr. Jellins
2:00 pm Ultrasound Equipment, Scanning Technique, and Pitfalls to Avoid Dr. Rizzatto
2:40 pm Role of Color and Power Doppler in Evaluating Breast Lesions Dr. Madjar
3:20 pm Coffee Break and Exhibits (Exhibits close after break)  
3:50 pm Advancing Technologies: Can Elastography Improve Specificity In Breast Ultrasound? Dr. Mendelson
4:30 pm Test Your Interpretive Skills with BI-RADS-US®:
Cases Using Audience Response System
Drs. Madjar & Rizzatto
5:10 pm The IT Guy/Gal: A Critical Member of the Breast Imaging Team Dr. Chang
5:40 pm Q & A: PACS and Connectivity Drs. Chang, Hendrick & Schmidt
6:00 pm Adjourn  

Saturday, October 3, 2009 – DAY THREE

MANAGEMENT OF THE BREAST CANCER PATIENT, Moderator: Schmidt

7:45 am Role of BSGI in Detection and Diagnosis of Breast Cancer Dr. Bohm-Velez
8:25 am Why is Using MRI to Assess Extent of Disease Controversial? Dr. Newstead
8:55 am Breast MRI: Essential Technical Aspects Dr. Hendrick
9:35 am Image-Guided Percutaneous Interventional
Procedures for Diagnosis
Dr. Paquelet
10:10 am Coffee Break  
10:25 am Challenging US Interventional Procedures Dr. Schmidt
10:50 am Breast Cancer After Preoperative Chemotherapy Dr. Symmans
11:20 am Breast Conserving Surgical Procedures: Classic
and Oncoplastic
Dr. Anderson
11:50 am Surgical Techniques for Reconstruction Dr. Song
12:20 pm Box Lunch and Panel: Controversies in Management
with Audience Response System (Moderator: Dr. Grabler)
Drs. Bohm-Velez, Morris,
Newstead & Anderson
1:05 pm Break  

JOINT CIBC/SAWI, Moderator: Mendelson

1:20 pm Ensuring Quality and Safety in Breast Imaging: ACR
Accreditation Programs, Practice Guidelines and
Appropriateness Criteria
Ms. Butler
1:50 pm Benchmarks in Breast Imaging Dr. Feig
2:20 pm Radiation Therapy For Breast Cancer: The Last Ten
Years and into the Future
Dr. Kiel
2:50 pm Coffee Break  
3:05 pm Breast Cancer in African-American Women Dr. Rubin
3:45 pm Breast Cancer Risk Dr. Olopade
4:15 pm Panel Discussion: Communication and Liability Issues Faculty
4:45 pm Adjourn  

Sunday, October 4, 2009 – DAY FOUR

SAWI, Moderator: Fleischer

7:30 am Women’s Imaging Dr. Fleischer
7:45 am Hormone Replacement Dr. Kamel
8:15 am Bone Density Imaging I Dr. Bachman
8:55 am Bone Density Imaging II Dr. Weigert
9:35 am Break  
9:45 am National Mammography Database: an ACR Initiative Dr. Sickles
10:15 am MR Imaging and Uterine Artery Embolization Dr. Ascher
10:55 am Evaluating Pelvic Pain Dr. Bohm-Velez
11:35 am Box Lunch and Panel: OB/GYN Case Studies: US
and MRI Using Audience Response System (Moderator: Dr. Javitt)
Drs. Angtuaco,
Bohm-Velez & Fleischer
12:20 pm Break  
12:30 pm Imaging and Management of the High Risk Obstetric Patient Dr. Angtuaco
1:00 pm Infertility Dr. Javitt
1:40 pm MR of the Adnexa Dr. Ascher
2:20 pm Early Detection of Ovarian Carcinoma with Sonography Dr. Fleischer
2:50 pm Gynecologic Malignancy Dr. Javitt
3:20 pm Q & A Faculty  
3:30 pm Adjourn