2006 Annual Spring Meeting
to Emphasize Molecular Imaging

The 2006 CCSNM Annual Spring Meeting will be held March 24-26, 2006, at the Radisson Hotel City Centre in Indianapolis, Indiana. The program is titled Nuclear Medicine 2006: Advances and Applications in Molecular Imaging. James Fletcher, MD, Indiana University School of Medicine is chairing the local program committee with Paul Reaume, CNMT, St. John Macomb Hospital in Warren, Michigan and Ed Wroblewski, DABSNM, St. Vincent’s Hospital in New Castle, Indiana serving as co-chairs. Watch your mail, email and the Chapter’s web site for detailed information and on-line registration. The preliminary program includes the following:

Friday, March 24, 2006

• 7:30 - 8:30 am: Registration and Continental Breakfast in the Exhibit Area

• 8:30 - 8:35 am: Introduction

• 8:30 - 9:30 am: James Quinn Lecture: Automation in PET Radiochemistry and Imaging; Timothy R. Degrado, PhD

• 9:30 - 10:15 am: Advances in Molecular Imaging of the Central Nervous System; Michael D. Devous, Sr. PhD

• 10:15 - 10:45 am: Refreshment Break in the Exhibit Area

• 10:45 - 11:30 am: Advances in Molecular Imaging of Cardiovascular Disease; Robert J. Gropler, MD

• 11:30 am - 1:00 pm: Lunch on your Own

• 1:00 - 1:45 pm: Advances in Molecular Imaging of Cancer; Michael M. Graham, MD, PhD

• 1:45 - 2:30 pm: Proffered Papers

• 2:30 - 3:00 pm: Refreshment Break in the Exhibit Area

• 3:00 - 4:00 pm: Software Approaches to Quantify Regional Brain Activity; Daniel H. Silverman, MD, PhD

• 4:00 - 5:00 pm: Read With The Experts – Cardiac Cases; Robert J. Gropler, MD

• 6:30 - 8:00 pm: Networking Reception

Saturday, March 25, 2006

• 7:30 - 8:00 am: Registration and Continental Breakfast in the Exhibit Area

• 8:00 - 9:00 am: Mark Groch Memorial Lecture: The Role of PET Molecular Imaging in Drug Development
  Speaker TBD

• 9:00 - 10:00 am: Models for Translational Research in Nuclear Medicine and PET; Gary D. Hutchins, PhD

• 10:00 - 10:30 am: Refreshment Break in the Exhibit Area

• 10:30 - 11:15 am: Proffered Papers

• 11:15 am - 12:00 pm: PET/CT Dual Modality Imaging – A Win or Loss for Nuclear Medicine; James W. Fletcher, MD

• 12:00 - 1:30 pm: Business/Awards Lunch in the Exhibit Area (Optional)

• 1:30 - 2:15 pm: Future Requirements for Educational Programs in Nuclear Medicine and Nuclear Medicine Technology; Michael M. Graham, MD, PhD; Edward E. Wroblewski, MA, DABSNM

• 2:15 - 3:00 pm: Washington Update; Valerie R. Cronin, CNMT, FSNMTS

• 3:00 - 3:30 pm: Refreshment Break in the Exhibit Area

• 3:30 – 4:15 pm: Molecular Imaging Using SPECT/CT; James N. Kritzman, BS,RT(N), CNMT

• 4:15 - 5:15 pm: Read with the Experts: Brain Imaging Cases; Michael D. Devous, Sr. PhD

Sunday, March 26, 2006

• 8:00 - 8:30 am: Continental Breakfast

• 8:30 - 9:15 am: Protocols for Contrast Enhancement in Dual Modality Imaging; Mark Tann, MD

• 9:15 - 10:00 am: Imaging of Atheromatous Plaques in Coronary Heart Disease; H. William Strauss, MD

• 10:00 - 10:15 am: Refreshment Break

• 10:15 - 11:00 am: PET/CT – Combined Criteria for Evaluation of Response to Therapy; Paul D. Shreve, MD

• 11:00 - 11:45 am: Read With The Experts –Oncology Cases; Steven M. Westphal, MD

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