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SMRT New England Chapter President’s Regional Seminar
The Hawthorne Hotel
On The Common, Ballroom
Salem, Massachusetts, USA

3-4 November 2012
Co- Chairs: Maryann Blaine, MAT, B.S., R.T.(R)(MR), FSMRT; Carolyn Bonaceto, B.S.,R.T. (R)(MR);
Janice Fairhurst, B.S., R.T.(R)(MR); Vera K. Kimbrell, B.S., R.T.(R)(MR)

 

Program - Day One, Saturday, 3 November 2012, 08:00 – 16:45

 
07:30 Registration/Breakfast  
     
07:50 Opening Announcements Vera K. Kimbrell, B.S., R.T.(R)(MR)
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Boston, MA
  NEURO FORUM  
08:00 The Virtual Biopsy: Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy in Traumatic Brain Injury  Alexander P. Lin, Ph.D.
 Brigham and Women's Hospital
Boston, MA
     
08:55 Principals & Practices of Functional MRI G. Barry Southers, BRST, R.T.(R)(MR)
University of Cincinnati
Cincinnati, OH
09:50 Break  
     
  INTERVENTIONAL MRI FORUM  
10:10 Imaging for Surgical & Interventional Procedures

 
Janice Fairhurst, B.S., R.T.(R)(MR)
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Boston, MA
     
10:45 Planning & Development of An Image Guided Therapy Suite Daniel F. Kacher , M.Sc.
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Boston, MA
     
11:15 3T MRI Guided Interventions Kemal Tuncali, M.D.
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Boston, MA
12:10 Lunch  
     
13:00 Facilitating Cooperation in Children During MR Imaging Angela Franceschi, M.Ed., CCLS
Boston Children’s Hospital
Boston, MA
     
13:55 Lung Imaging Maureen Ainslie, M.S., R.T.(R)(MR), FSMRT
Duke Image Analysis Laboratory
Durham, NC
14:45 Break  
     
  BODY FORUM  
15:00 Optimal MR Imaging Used in the Detection of Small Bowel Disease Martin P. Smith, M.D.
BIDMC
Boston, MA
     
15:55 Body MRI Techniques Patrick S. Pierce, B.S., R.T.(MR)
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Boston, MA
     

Accredited for 8 Category A CE Credits

     
Program - Day Two, Sunday, 4 November 2012, 08:00 – 12:00
     
07:30 Registration/Breakfast  
     
07:50 Opening Announcements Vera K. Kimbrell, B.S., R.T.(R)(MR)
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Boston, MA
     
08:00  FDA Information Carolyn A. Bonaceto, B.S., R.T.(R)(MR)
ConforMIS, Inc.
Burlington, MA
     
09:00 Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Disaster: Long Term Effects & Lessons Learned
 
Frances K. Keech, MBA, R.T.(N), FSNMTS
Massachusetts College of Pharmacy & Health Sciences
Boston, MA
10:00 Break  
     
10:15 Pregnant Health Care Workers & Radioactive Patients Frances K. Keech, MBA,RT(N),FSNMTS
Massachusetts College of Pharmacy & Health Sciences
Boston, MA
     
11:05 MRI Safety Richard Miguel, M.S., DABR
West Physics Consulting
Atlanta, GA
     

Accredited for 4 Category A CE Credits