Central Chapter Society of Nuclear Medicine
2007 Annual Spring Meeting Presentations
March 9-11, 2007
Feinberg Pavilion Conference Center
Northwestern Memorial Hospital
Chicago, Illinois

Transitioning from Nuclear Medicine to Molecular Imaging: Are we really ready?



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Friday, March 9, 2007

Past - Overview of the Era of Bread and Butter Nuclear Medicine

James Quinn Memorial Lecture:
     Imaging Pulmonary Emboli: The Present and The Future

     Lawrence R. Goodman, MD, Medical College of Wisconsin

The Role of Nuclear Medicine in Endocrinology: Past, Present, Future
     Milton D. Gross, MD, VA Medical Center, Ann Arbor

Bone Mineral Density: Clinical Practice
    Mary Ellen Csuka, MD, Medical College of Wisconsin

Image Processing: The Core of Nuclear Cardiology
    Scott M. Leonard, MS, CNMT, Northwestern University

Update on Gamma Camera & Imaging Technology
     James R. Halama, PhD, Loyola University Medical Center

An Update: The Clinical Impact of SPECT-CT)
     John P. Seitz, MD, William Beaumont Hospitals

SPECT/CT Read with experts
     Donald R. Neumann, MD, PhD, Cleveland Clinic

Saturday, March 10, 2007

Present – Embracing the Era of Multimodality Imaging

Mark Groch Memorial Lecture:
    Quality Control for PET/CT

    Bill O’Brien-Penney, PhD, University of Chicago

PET/CT of Prostate Cancer/Breast Cancer: Beyond FDG Imaging
    Farrokh Dehdashti, MD, Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology

Update on Coding and Reimbursement
    Gary L. Dillehay, MD, Northwestern University

Is There a Place for Nuclear Medicine Professionals and
    Technologists Inside Radiology?

    Martin P. Sandler, MD, Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Business/Awards Lunch
     Martin P. Sandler, MD, President, SNM Update
     Scott Holbrook, President, SNMTS Update
     Susan Weiss SNM ERF Update

PET/CT with FDG: Beyond the Basics
    Daniel Appelbaum, MD, University of Chicago

PET/CT with FDG: Normal Variants & Artifacts (Not Available)
    D. Scott Holbrook, BS, CNMT, Precision Nuclear

PET/CT Read With Experts (Not Available)
    Mark Tann, MD, Indiana University Hospital

New Imaging Technology and the Changing Role of Nuclear Cardiology
    Thomas A. Holly, MD, Northwestern University

Sunday, March 11, 2007

Future – Anticipating the Transition to Molecular Imaging

Emerging PET Radiopharmaceuticals and Biomarkers
    Morand R. Piert, MD, University of Michigan Health System

Cardiac Imaging with MIBG (Not Available)
    Mark I. Travin, MD, Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Neuroimaging: The Frontier of the Transition to Molecular Imaging
    James M. Mountz, MD, PhD, UPMC Health System

Breast Imaging Revisited: New Approaches
    Michael K. O’Connor, PhD, Mayo Clinic

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