Breast MRI
Didactic Lectures
AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™: 6

Experts in Breast MRI present clinical experience and case examples.

Enjoy high quality, studio enhanced didactic lectures with animations and pointers to enhance the learning experience. Available full resolution online and on video CD.

Video Contents:

• "Breast MRI: Clinical Indications” Elsie Levin MD

Case examples and discussion: Screening: High risk (BRCA1, BRCA2), Staging: Pre-op for extent of disease., Post-op evaluation of positive margins. Follow-up of neoadjuvant chemotherapy. Occult Primary. Local Recurrence, Evaluation of Ambiguous Imaging or Clinical Findings.

 

• "Interventional Breast MRI: Advances and Biopsies"
  "Steven Harms MD

  Localization,  Biopsy , Minimally invasive therapy

• “Interventional Breast MRI” Elsie Levin MD

Case Examples and Discussion

 

• "Breast MRI: Indications"  Steven Harms MD

  Characterization, Local  staging, Localization biopsy,  Lymphnode disease, Screening

 

• "State-of-the-art Breast MRI with Parametric Imaging"
  "Julian Safir MD

  High Risk Screening, Staging, Contralateral examination, After lumpectomy, Lobular carcinoma, Neoadjuvant chemotherapy, Axillary adenopothay  - unknown primary, Postoperative tissue reconstruction, Chest wall invasion, Silicone augmentation

 

• Breast MRI 2010 Update
• Syllabus
• Teaching Test, Evaluation, and CME Attestation

Features:

Earn up to 6 hours Category I CME towards your MQSA and ACR Breast MRI CME Requirements.

The following excerpts are from the ACR Breast MRI Accreditation Program for radiologists relevant to completion of this Breast MRI CME Program:

1. Initial Education: ......."15 hours of Category 1 CME in the last 36 months

2. Continuing Education:... "5 hours of Category 1 CME in Breast MRI every 3 years

Click the link below for  "Breast (MRI) Accreditation Program Requirements"

http://www.acr.org/accreditation/Breast-MRI/breast_mri_reqs.asp

• User Friendly: Mouse and Menu Driven. Start, stop, fast forward, rewind.
• You control the pace of study
• Relevant links to online Breast MRI resources.
• Full Resolution Online and video CD-ROM Versions Available (Every participant receives an individual a copy of the program on video CD ROM)
• Studio enhanced, high quality lectures with pointers and animations.
• Complete full color syllabus with images

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NEW! Apple® iPAD®* Version Click Here to Preview

Educational Objectives:

• Recognize the MR appearances of breast anatomy and common pathology
• Expand clinical applications of breast MRI procedures covered in this program
• Selectively utilize MR contrast agents for clinical problem solving
  

Audience: Physician participants who meet MQSA basic education requirements need no special preparation for this course.

Disclaimer
The information provided at this CME/CE activity is for continuing education purposes only and is not meant to substitute for the independent medical/clinical judgment of a healthcare provider relative to diagnostic and treatment options of a specific patient’s medical condition.

Faculty

This program is supported by the dedication and expertise of our USF College of Medicine faculty members, and distinguished Guest Faculty:

Distinguished Guest Faculty :

Steven E. Harms MD
The Breast Center of Northwest Arkansas and
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Department of Radiology

Elsie Levin, M.D.
Director
Faulkner Sagoff Breast Imaging and Diagnostic Center
Boston, MA

Julian Safir, MD
Nassau Radiologic Group, PC
Long Island, NY

System Requirements

This program is designed for convenient access over the internet. For best results online, an internet connection with effective cable connection speeds or better is required. Online version available for both Windows and MAC and Apple®, iPAD®. CD versions require PC compatibility.

CD ROM version also available and every participant will receive an individual copy of the program on CD and access to the online version.

Windows*-based minimum computer specifications:

High Speed internet connection (Cable or better)
Microsoft internet explorer or similar browser
Sound
Processor: 1 ghz MHz Pentium III or faster
RAM: 512 MB
Video display: 1024 x 768 pixels
Operating Systems: Windows PC: Windows 2000, Windows ME, Windows NT (with MS service pack 6), or Windows XP, Windows Vista (Any Version), Windows 7.
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NEW! Apple® iPAD®* Version Click Here to Preview

Accreditation

Applications for credit accepted through 10/01/2012.

USF Health is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education 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 through the joint sponsorship of USF Health and H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute. USF Health is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

USF Health designates this enduring material for a maximum of 6 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the 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 USF Health reserves the right to cancel this program for any reason whatsoever.

Revised Version v510 Release Date May 10, 2010. Applications for credit accepted through October 1, 2012. Later orders will automatically be filled with the most recent release.

(Program ID: NG2005258-A/B)
Release Dates: 2006, 2007, 2010

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, Board of Managers
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 Romilly, MD None
Julian Safir, MD None
Margaret Szabunio, MD None
Jerry 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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