OCTOBER 2013 � Vol. 2, Issue 4


MR Technologists and Radiographers Invited to Share Their Work

James J. Stuppino, B.S., R.T. (R)(MR)
Joint Forum Co-Chair

�Your SMRT meeting registration includes this forum scheduled on Monday afternoon.�

The ISMRM/SMRT Joint Forum is a collaborative effort among members from both organizations. For the 2014 Annual Meeting the topic selected is PET/MRI and is based on feedback from last years� meeting evaluations. Your SMRT Annual Meeting registration includes this forum scheduled on Monday afternoon. The organizers of this years� forum are James J. Stuppino, B.S., R.T. (R)(MR), Executive Member of the SMRT, Cindy R. Comeau, B.S, R.T.(N)(MR), FSMRT, Executive Liaison-External Relations and Christine Chung, M.D., ISMRM Education Chair from the University of California, San Diego, USA.

Our esteemed list of speakers includes:

David A. Bluemke, M.D., Ph.D., MsB, FAHA, FACR, Director Radiology and Imaging Sciences Senior Investigator, http://www.nibib.nih.gov/ Adjunct Investigator, NHLBI, NIDDK & the current Treasurer of the ISMRM, who will speak on Clinician Applications & Challenges in the USA.

Gustav K. von Schulthess, M.D., Ph.D., MD Hon, Chairman Department of Radiology, Professor and Director Nuclear Medicine, University Hospital Raemistr. Zurich, Switzerland will address Clinician Applications & Challenges in Europe.

David W. Jordan, Ph.D., Senior Medical Physicist at University Hospitals Case Medical Center Cleveland, Ohio, USA will relate PET/MRI Technology Challenges & Comparison of Systems.

John Totman Ph.D., Head of Imaging Operations A*STAR-NUS Clinical Imaging Research Centre, National University of Singapore Centre for Translational Medicine will speak on PET/MRI Technologists Challenges from a MRI Technologist Point of View.

Kimberly Jackson, B.S., R.T. (N), LNMT, NMTCB Lead Nuclear Medicine Technologist, PET/MRI Nuclear Medicine Dept. NYU Center for Biomedical Imaging will share experience on PET/MRI Technologists Challenges from a Nuclear Medicine Technologist Point of View.

A PET/MRI Panel discussion with questions from the audience will follow the lectures.