Digital Mammography 2007: Faculty

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

Claudia G. Berman, MD
Program Chairman / Professor of Radiology
USF College of Medicine
H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute

Distinguished Guest Faculty:

Rachel F. Brem, MD
Director, Breast Imaging and Intervention
The George Washington University
Washington, DC

Maria Kallergi, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Technical Educational Institute of Athens
Foundation for Biomedical Research of the Academy of Athens

Jerry A. Thomas, M.S., FAAPM, DABR, CHP, DABSNM
Radiological Physicist
Via Christi Regional Medical Center
Wichita, Kansas

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; CAD Sciences, Consultant, Suros, Grants/ Research Support, Bristol-Myers Squibb; Stock Shareholder (self-managed) Dilon, CAD Sciences
Robert A, Clark, MD, None
Jody Cressman, 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

Kevin M Kelly, MD, Stock Shareholder CEO, Sonocine, Inc.

Kamy R. Kemp, MD, Speakers Bureau, Oncotype Dx (Genomic Health)
Elsie Levin MD, Consultant, Aurora Imaging

Andreas Muehler MD MBA, Salary/Contractual Services (President), CAD Sciences

Pat Romilly, MD None

Matthew J. Saady, Grants/ Research Support, Naviscan (Clinical Trial)
Julian Safir, MD None
Margaret Szabunio, MD None
Jetty Thomas, MS, DABE, Speakers Bureau, Medical Tech Mgmt Institute; Stock/ Shareholder Self Managed, General Electric
Vesna Rachel, 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 use of new systems for breast imaging currently used for research only, and the off label use of Digital Mammography Systems.

Dr. Kevin Kelly has disclosed that he will be discussing the off-label use of the Sonocine system of semi automated screening and whole breast ultrasound.

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