Upcoming Radiology Refresher Course - Great topics and speakers. Heres a list of the topics to be covered over 4 days

35th Annual ISS Radiology Refresher CourseOctober 29 - November 1
Taj Palace, New Delhi

WEDNESDAY - October 29, 2008
0630 - 0800 Registration
0800 - 0810 Welcome - Jeremy J. Kaye / Michael Recht
Moderators: Murali Sundaram, MD, Jeremy J. Kaye, MD0810 - 0820 Welcome - India
0820 - 0840 Indian Healthcare - A Journalists Perspective - N. Ram, Managing Editor, The Hindu
0840 - 0900 Musculoskeletal Radiology in India - Common and Unique Pathology - Govindji Jankharia
0900-1020 Session 2: Technical Advances 1 (MR)
Moderator: Michael Recht, MD
0900-0920 New Sequences and Coils: Physics (Multi-Channel Coils, Parallel Imaging, 3D FSE, etc) - Garry Gold
0920-0940 Higher Field Strength: Potential Advantages and Drawbacks in MSK Imaging - Mark E. Schweitzer
0940-1000 Low Field Strength in MSK: Practical Tips - Michael B. Zlatkin
1000-1020 NSF - What Do We Need to Know and Do - Paula J. Richards
1020-1050 Break
1050-1210 Session 3: Technical Advances / CT/US Technique
Moderator: Kenneth A. Buckwalter, MD
1050-1110 Multi-row Detector CT and MSK Radiology: Understanding the Technology - Kenneth A. Buckwalter
1110-1130 Practical MSk Multi-row CT Imaging - George Y. El-Khoury
1130-1150 Technical Advances in US - Carlo Martinoli
1150-1210 Needle Localization: MR/CT/US - K. Gunnar Astrom
1210-1340 Lunch - Raja Bagh (Ticket Required)
Session A - held in shahjehan hall
Session B - held in Durbar hall
1340-1520 Session 4A: Spine 1
Moderator: Francisco Aparisi-Rodriguez, MD
1340-1345 Case Presentation - Francisco Aparisi-Rodriguez
1345-1400 Bulge/Protrusion, Herniation: Update on Current Nomenclature - Shigeru Ehara
1400-1415 When Not to Image the Lumbar Spine - Daniel I. Rosenthal
1415-1430 Benign vs. Malig Compression Fx - Mihra S. Taljanovic
1430-1445 Non-bony Pathology: What Does a MSK Radiologist Need to Know - Iain W. McCall
1445-1500 Infection - James Griffith
1500-1520 Case Discussion - Francisco Aparisi-Rodriguez
1340-1520 Session 4B: Ultrasound
Moderator: Ian Beggs, MD
1340-1400 Shoulder Anatomy - Robert S. D. Campbell
1400-1420 Shoulder Live Demonstration - Joseph G. Craig
1420-1440 Shoulder Pathology - Ian Beggs
1440-1500 Elbow Anatomy and Pathology - Theodore T. Miller
1500-1520 Elbow Live - Monique Reijnierse
1520-1550 Break
1550-1730 Session 5A: Spine 2- Intervention
Moderator: TBA
1550-1555 Case Presentation - Jamshid Tehranzadeh
1555-1615 Biopsy - Current Techniques and Indications - Jeffrey J. Peterson
1615-1635 Aspiration for Infections - When , How, and What to Do About Antibiotics - David J. Wilson
1635-1655 Vertebroplasty vs. Kyphoplasty - Jean-Denis Laredo
1655-1715 Discography - Wilfred C.G. Peh
1715-1730 Case Discussion - Jamshid Tehranzadeh
1550-1730 Session 5B: Ultrasound 2
Moderator: Ian Beggs, MD
1550-1605 Wrist Anatomy and Pathology - Andrew J. Grainger
1605-1620 Wrist Live - Philip J. O'Connor
1620-1635 Knee Anatomy and Pathology - Jon A. Jacobson
1635-1650 Knee Live - David P. Fessell
1650-1710 Ankle Anatomy and Pathology - Carlo Martinoli
1710-1730 Ankle Live - David J. Wilson
1930-2130 Welcoming Reception - Raja Bagh, Taj Palace (Business attire)
THURSDAY - October 30, 2008
0800-0940 Session 6A: Knee I
Moderator: Lorraine G. Shapeero, MD
0800-0805 Case Presentation - Michael J. Tuite
0805-0820 Practical Imaging of the Knee: How to Make Your Images Better and
Faster - Sequences, Coils, Field Strength - Elisabeth Dion
0820-0840 MR of Posterolateral Corner: What Can We See on MR and What Is
Important to the Orthopedic Surgeon - Klaus Bohndorf
0840-0905 MR of the Posteromedial Corner - Josef Kramer
0905-0930 Osterochondritis Dissecans and SONK/Insufficiency Fractures of the
Knee - Susan V. Kattapuram / Peter Nielson
0930-0940 Case Discussion - Michael J. Tuite
0800-0940 Session 6B: Knee MR
Moderator: Peter David Corr, MD
0800-0805 Case Presentation - Lawrence M. White
0805-0825 Knee Anatomy - Michael J. Pitt
0825-0905 How I Read A Knee MR - Javier Beltran
0905-0925 Post Op Knee - Mini N. Pathria
0925-0940 Case Discussion - Lawrence M. White
1010-1150 Session 7A: Ankle and Foot 1
Moderator: TBA
1010 -1015 Case Presentation - Hakan Ilaslan
1015-1035 Spring Ligament and Medial Arch: Anatomy, Pathology, Significance, and How to Image - Kathryn Stevens
1035-1055 Forefoot Challenges: Mortons Neuroma: Clinical or Radiologic Diagnosis, How to Image, Sesamoiditis, Fx and AVN - Can We and How to Differentiate - Simon Ostlere
1055-1115 Plantar Fascitits - Imaging and Treatment - Eugene G. McNally
1115-1135 Stress Injuries: Classification, Imaging and Clinical Impact - Franz M. Kainberger
1135-1150 Case Discussion - Hakan Ilaslan
1010-1150 Session 7B: Hip/Foot/Ankle MR
Moderator: Filip Vanhoenacker, MD
1010 -1015 Case Presentation - Vladimir Jevtic
1015-1030 Anatomy and Technique - Hip - Thomas L. Pope
1030-1055 How I Read a Hip MR/MR Arthrogram - Christian W.A. Pfirrmann
1055-1110 Normal Anatomy and Technique: MR Imaging of the Midfoot - Zehava Sadka Rosenberg
1110-1140 How I Read A Foot and Ankle MR - Marco Zanetti
1140-1150 Case Discussion - Vladimir Jevtic
1150-1330 L unch - Raja Bagh (Ticket Required)
1330 -1510 Session 8a: Foot and Ankle 2
Moderator: Lynne S. Steinbach, MD
1330 -1335 Case Presentation - Andrew J. Grainger
1335-1355 Impingement Syndromes - William E. Palmer
1355-1410 MR and US of Tendon Abnormality - What Is the Path Correlate? -
Fiona (Sally) Bonar
1410-1435 Tendon Abnormalities: Pros and Cons of US and MR - Bruce B. Forster / Andrew J. Grainger
1435-1500 Diabetic Foot - William B. Morrison
1500-1510 Case Discussion - Andrew J. Grainger
1330 -1510 Session 8b: Shoulder MR
Moderator: Josef Kramer, MD
1330-1335 Case Presentation - TBA
1335-1355 Rotator Cuff - Michael J. Tuite
1355-1415 Biceps Tendon and Rotator Cuff Interval - Michael Recht
1415-1435 Shoulder Instability - What Really Matters to the Surgeon - Lawrence M. White
1435-1455 Post Op Shoulder - Mahvash Rafii
1455-1510 Case Discussion - TBA
1510-1540 Break
1540-1730 Session 9a: Hip I
Moderator: Hakan Ilaslan, MD
1540-1545 Case Presentation - Kenneth A. Buckwalter
1545-1600 Practical Imaging of the Hip: How to Make Your Images Better and Faster - Sequences, Coils, Field Strength - Laura W. Bancroft
1600-1630 Stress Responses/Fractures About the Pelvis - Howard Galloway
1630-1700 Osteonecrosis, Bone Marrow Edema, Subchondral Fracture - Can We Tell Them Apart and Does It Matter Clinically? - Takuaki Yamamoto
1700-1720 Bursitis and Abductor Pathology of the Hip - Are They Interrelated? One Disease? - Leanne L. Seeger
1720-1730 Case Discussion - Kenneth A. Buckwalter
1540-1730 Session 9B: MR of Elbow and Hand
Moderator: Lawrence M. White, MD
1540-1550 Case Presentation - Theodore T. Miller
1550-1605 Anatomy of the Elbow - William Reinus
1605-1630 How I Read MR of Elbow - Lynne S. Steinbach
1630-1645 Anatomy and Technique of Wrist and Hand - TBA
1645-1710 MR of the Hand and Wrist - Mini N. Pathria
1710-1730 Case Discussion - Theodore T. Miller
1930-2230 C hairman's Choice Optional Evening - Spice Route Restaurant (Smart casual attire)
FRIDAY - October 31, 2008
0800-1000 Session 10A: Pelvis/Hip 2
Moderator: Seoung-Oh Yang, MD
0800-0805 Case Presentation - Marcia F. Blacksin
0805-0830 Imaging of Athletic Pubalgia - Philip Robinson
0830-0900 FAI- Anatomy/Imaging - Suzanne E. Anderson
0900-0925 FAI- Clinical and Surgical Perspectives and Controversies - Dinshaw Pardiwala
0925-0945 Pediatric Hip Disease - Cure or Delaying the Inevitable - Soroosh Mahboubi
0945-1000 Case Discussion - Marcia F. Blacksin
0800-1000 Session 10b: Arthritis
Moderator: Won-Hee Jee, MD
0800-0805 Case Presentation - Gerwin M. Lingg
0805-0820 Current Concepts in Imaging Osteoarthritis - TBA
0820-0835 MR of RA - What Is New? - Anne Cotten
0835-0850 Seronegative Spondyloarthropathies - Victor N. Cassar-Pullicino
0850-0905 US of Inflammatory Arthritis - Jean Luc Drape
0905-0945 Imaging of Gout and Related Arthropathies - George Hermann
0945-1000 Case Discussion - Gerwin Lingg
1000-1030 Break
1030-1230 Session 11a: Knee II
Moderator: Jeremy J. Kaye, MD
1030-1035 Case Presentation - Michael Recht
1035-1055 Osteoarthritis - Latest, Fact and Fiction - Adrienne M. Flanagan
1055-1115 Cartilage Imaging in Daily Practice: How To Do It and How To Report It - Christian Glaser
1115-1135 Cartilage Imaging - What Is Important To the Arthroscopist? - Dinshaw Pardiwala
1135-1155 Popliteal Fossa: Muscle and Vascular Variants and Pathology: When Do They Matter? - Frieda Feldman
1155-1215 Patellofemoral Joint and Hoffas Fat Pad Disorders - Mario Maas
1215-1230 Case Discussion - Michael Recht
1030-1230 Session 11b: Metabolism and Growth
Moderator: Gerald A. Mandell, MD
1030-1035 Case Presentation - Anne Cotten
1035-1050 Rickets and Osteomalacia - Judith E. Adams
1050-1105 Osteoprosis - Leon Lenchik
1105-1120 Beyond Bone Mineral Density: Assessment of Trabecular Bone Structure - Harry K. Genant
1120-1135 The Role of Quantitative Ultrasound in Clinical Diagnosis of Osteoporosis - Giuseppe Guglielmi
1135-1155 Imaging Approach to Stress/Insufficiency Injuries/Fractures - Lee F. Rogers
1155-1215 The Physis Normal and Abnormal - E. Michel Azouz
1215-1230 Case Discussion - Anne Cotten
1230-1400 Lunch - Raja Bagh (Ticket Required)
1400-1540 Session 12A: Muscle and Nerves
Moderator: Suphaneewan Jaovisidha, MD
1400-1405 Case Presentation - Mini N. Pathria
1405-1445 Imaging of Muscle Injury: US and MR: Temporal Changes and When to "Return to Play" - Donna Blankenbaker / David A. Connell
1445-1500 Advanced Imaging Techniques of Muscle - Robert D. Boutin
1500-1515 MR Neurography - John A. Carrino
1515-1530 Imaging of Nerves About the Hip - Carlo Martinoli
1530-1540 Case discussion - Mini N. Pathria
1400-1540 Session 12B: Bone Tumors
Moderator: Claus-Peter Adler, MD
1400-1405 Case Presentation - Rajendra Kumar
1405-1445 MR Imaging of Bone Tumors - Murali Sundaram
1445-1500 MR in Staging of MSK Tumors - Johan L. Bloem
1500-1515 Bone Tumor Mimickers - Daniel Vanel
1515-1530 Bone Biopsy and Ablation - Peter L. Munk
1530-1540 Case discussion - Rajendra Kumar
1540-1610 Break
1610-1750 Session 13a: Spine
Moderator: Javier Beltran, MD
1610-1615 Case Presentation - Niels Egund
1615-1635 C spine Trauma - Case Presentation - Herwig Imhof
1635-1655 Spinal Hardware - What Do We Need To Know - Ali Guermazi
1655-1715 Sacroiliac Joints - What Is New? When Should You Use Which Modality? - Anne G. Jurik
1715-1735 Low Back Pain In Adolescents - Robert Campbell
1735-1750 Case Discussion - Niels Egund
1610-1750 Session 13b: Soft Tissue Tumors
Moderator: TBA
1610-1615 Case Presentation - Murray K. Dalinka
1615-1635 Approach to Soft Tissue Tumors: Imaging Appearance and Clinical Implications - Mark J. Kransdorf
1635-1655 Soft Tissue Tumors: Tissue Specific Diagnosis - Mark Murphey
1655-1715 Imaging Recurrent Soft Tissue Masses - A. Mark Davies
1715-1735 MR Pitfalls in Diagnosing Sarcomas - David M. Panicek
1735-1750 Case Discussion - Murray K. Dalinka
2000-2400 Gala Dinner - Taj Palace Hotel Durbar hall (Cocktail attire)
SATURDAY - November 1, 2008 - shahjehan hall
0800-0940 Session 14: Trauma
Moderator: Klaus Bohndorf, MD
0800-0805 Case Presentation - TBA
0805-0820 Lumbar and Thoracic Spine Trauma - Akbar Bonakdarpour
0820-0840 Acetabular Fractures, Anatomy, Classification and Simple Fractures - E. Paul Nance
0840-0900 Acetabular Fracture 2, Complex Fractures - Jeremy J. Kaye
0900-0915 Child Abuse - Paul Kleinman
0915-0930 Hand and Wrist Trauma - Filip Vanhoenacker
0930-0940 Case Discussion - TBA
1000-1150 Session 15: Arthroplasty
Moderator: Ian Beggs, MD
1010-1015 Case Presentation - Ian Beggs
1015-1035 Plain Film Assessment of Hip and Knee Arthroplasty - TBA
1035-1055 MR and US of Hip and Knee Arthroplasty - Theodore T. Miller
1055-1115 Nuclear Imaging of Hip and Knee Arthroplasty - Seoung-Oh Yang
1115-1135 Arthroplasty Failure - Pathological Mechanisms - Thomas Bauer
1135-1150 Case discussion - Ian Beggs