Breast MRI: Accreditation

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Physician Accreditation:

The Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education accredits the University of South Florida College of Medicine to sponsor continuing medical education (CME) for physicians.

This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the Essential Areas and Policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint sponsorship of the University of South Florida College of Medicine and H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute.
The University of South Florida College of Medicine designates the Breast MRI program for a maximum of 6 credit hours in category I CME in Breast MRI credit towards the AMA Physician's Recognition Award. Each physician should claim only those hours of credit that he/she actually spent in the educational activity.

Please Note: This program conforms to the ACCME requirements for enduring materials. Each physician should claim only those hours of credit that he or she actually spent in the educational activity. Prices and program content are subject to change without notice. The program committee or the Continuing Medical Education Office at the University of South Florida College of Medicine reserves the right to cancel this program for any reason whatsoever. Revised Version 3.0.1108. Release June 17 2007. Later orders will automatically be filled with the most recent release.

A special thank you to the following companies for support
of this program through unrestricted educational grants:
• Siemens

• 3TP

• Bard Biopsy Systems
• AGFA Healthcare

• Confirma, Inc.

• Hologic
• Aurora

• G.E. Healthcare Technologies
• Naviscan PET Systems, Inc.

• Fischer Imaging
• Berlex

• Suros

Disclosure of Significant Relationships

with Relevant Commercial Companies/Organizations

The University of South Florida College of Medicine endorses the Standards of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education and the Guidelines of the Association of American Medical Colleges that the sponsors of continuing medical education activities and the speakers at these activities disclose significant relationships with commercial companies whose products or services are discussed in educational presentations.For sponsors, significant relationships include research grants, institutional agreements for joint initiatives, substantial gifts, or other relationships that benefit the institution. For speakers, significant relationships include receiving from a commercial company research grants, consultancies, honoraria and travel, or having a self-managed equity interest in a company.

Disclosure of a relationship is not intended to suggest or condone bias in any presentation, but is made to provide participants with information that might be of potential importance to their evaluation of a presentation.

Significant relationships exist between course faculty and the following companies/organizations whose products
or services will be discussed during this CME activity:

Speaker  Relationship Company
Sadie Augila, MD None
John Beauchamp, MD None
Claudia G. Berman, MD None
Rachel F. Brem, MD Grants/Research Support Dilon Technologies, and Consultant Dilon Technologies
Robert A, Clark, MD None
Jody Cressman, MD None
Thornton Eastham, MD None
*Steven Harms, MD Grant/Research Support: Advanced Magnetics, Consultant: Advanced Magnetics, Bard, Ethicon, SenoRx . Stock/Shareholder: Aurora Imaging Technology. Honorarium: Berlex. Employee: Aurora Imaging Technology
Maria Kallergi, PhD None
Pat Roniilly, MD None
Julian Safir, MD None
Margaret Szabunio, MD None
Jetty Thomas, MS, DABE. None
Vesna Vrcel, MD None
Irving Weinberg, MD, PhD Employee: NaviScan Pet Systems, Inc.

OFF-LABEL USAGE:
Dr. Harms has indicated that he will discuss the off-label use of Combidex for lymph node imaging.
Dr. Kallergi has indicated that she will discuss the off-label of new systems for breast imaging currently used for research only.

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