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LOS ANGELES RADIOLOGICAL SOCIETY SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA RADIATION ONCOLOGY SOCIETY INSIGHTS ON-LINE NEWSLETTER, June 2007 |
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LARS
President's Report Dear Colleagues: I would like to take this opportunity to bring you to date on where LARS stands currently. This year, we were successfully re-accredited with COMMENDATION by the Institute of Medical Quality/California Medical Association (IMQ/CMA) for four years (the maximum time possible) to provide Category 1 CME. This was no small feat by the Continuing Education Committee (CEC) and the LARS office staff. Read More |
LARS/SCROS Begins New Academic Year The LARS Board of Directors, the Continuing Education Committee, and the Nuclear and Ultrasound Executive Committees began the new academic year on July 1, 2007. View LARS/SCROS Board Members. These volunteers are charged, primarily, with the planning of LARS educational programs, including the annual Midwinter Radiology and Radiation Conferences (January 26 and 27, 2008); the Nuclear Medicine Update (date and location to be determined) planned in collaboration with the Society of Nuclear Medicine; the Radiology Classics (April 19, 2008), a program primarily for residents and fellows reviewing for the Oral Boards, but of growing interest to practicing radiologists who wish to review the eleven "Aunt Minnie" modalities; the 33rd Annual Spring Ultrasound Conference (date to be determined) and the Summer Seminar in Breast Imaging (date to be determined); as well as the quarterly Current Ultrasound Topic dinner meetings. Information on all events is available on the LARS website, www.larad.org
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New Faces in LARS Leadership Patrick M. Colletti, MD, President. Dr. Colletti is Professor of Radiology and Medicine at Keck School of Medicine of USC, Chief of MRI at Los Angeles County USC Imaging Science Center, and Director of the Nuclear Medicine Residency at USC Keck School of Medicine. He is Assistant Editor for: Current Cardiology Reviews and Associate Editor for Cardiac Imaging for the American Journal of Roentgenology, Associate Editor for Cardiac Imaging Radiology, and is on the editorial advisory board for The Open Cardiovascular Medicine Journal. He is a member of the Advisory Board for the Institute for Magnetic Resonance Safety, Education, and Research (IMRSER) His society memberships include, RSNA, ISMR, SNM, ARRS, Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance, and the Los Angeles Radiological Society. Dr. Colletti received his BS.Ch.E. in chemical engineering 1971 and MMS in Medical Science in 1973 from Rutgers University, and his MD degree from Robert Wood Johnson Medical School in New Jersey in 1975. He arrived at LAC+USC in 1975 where he completed an internship in Surgery, a Residency in Radiology and a Fellowship in Nuclear Medicine. He received a MS BME from USC in 2002. Dr. Colletti begins his term on July 1, 2007 and will serve through June 30, 2008. Jon M. Foran, MD, Ultrasound Representative, Continuing Education Committee. Dr. Foran is triple Board Certified in Internal Medicine, Radiology, and Nuclear Cardiology. He is also a registered Vascular Technologist. He completed an internship and residency in Internal Medicine and a residency in Radiology at Los Angeles County/USC Medical Center. Dr. Foran then went on to complete a fellowship in Radiology at UC, San Francisco. His areas of emphasis are Radiology and Internal Medicine. Dr. Foran is associated with Huntington Memorial Hospital. Hossein Jadvar, MD, PhD, MPH, MBA, FACNM, FACNP, President, Nuclear Section Executive Committee. Dr. Jadvar is Associate Professor of Radiology and Biomedical Engineering and Director of Research at Keck School of Medicine, USC. He is also Visiting Associate in Bioengineering, Bioengineering Program, Division of Engineering and Applied Science, California Institute of Technology. He was recently named one of the first six faculty fellow to the USC Center for Excellence in Research (CER). Dr. Jadvar's professional affiliations include Academy of Molecular Imaging (AMI), American College of Nuclear Medicine (ACNM), American College of Nuclear Physicians (ACNP), Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers-Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (IEEE-EMBS), Radiological Society of North America (RSNA), Society for Molecular Imaging (SMI), Society of Nuclear Medicine (SNM). Hui Jenny Chen, MD, Radiology Resident, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. Dr. Chen has joined the LARS Board of Directors as Resident Representative. She is a Resident in the Department of Radiological Sciences, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, and President Elect of the California Radiological Society, Resident and Fellows Section. Her responsibilities are to act as liaison between the Society and its Junior Members. |
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Kenneth W. Chin,
MD, FACR Kenneth W. Chin, MD, FACR, LARS ACR Councilor is represented as a guest columnist in the March Issue of the ACR Bulletin commenting on the past, present and potential of Interventional Radiology. Click here to read his article: "Interventional Radiology, Evolution, Adaptation, and Survival," reprinted by permission of the ACR. The ACR Bulletin is available on line. Dr. Chin has also recently volunteered to discuss Interventional Radiology and Diagnostic Radiology with the producers of a relatively new website, www.videojug.com. This site provides video interviews with experts in wide ranging fields. Dr. Chin's interviews are not yet posted to the site but are expected shortly. The producers have indicated that they are currently working on a video on the topic of nuclear radiology, also expected to be posted to the site soon. |
Resident’s
Perspective:
As the
California Radiological Society Resident
Representative, I had the privilege to attend the
15th ACR Annual Meeting and Chapter Leadership
Conference this past May in beautiful Washington,
DC, for the first time. More than 120 residents and
fellows from around the nation attended the meeting.
This increased enthusiasm and interest among junior
members was impressive and uplifting. While the
primary focus of the college was still the Deficit
Reduction Act (DRA), a relatively new phrase,
“commoditization of radiology”, was the hot topic of
discussion within the residents and fellows section.
Dr. Richard Gunderman, Dr. Alan Kaye, and Dr. Greg
Butler all gave their perspectives on this
particular subject. |
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The 60th Annual Midwinter
Radiology Conference and Radiation Oncology
Conferences Midwinter Radiology Conference Current topics and major advances in medical imaging in MSK, Head and Neck Imaging, and Nuclear Radiology will be addressed in an intensive two-day program to include didactic lectures by experts in the fields offering in-depth discussion of these rapidly evolving areas. Saturday morning will begin with a General Session preliminarily scheduled to include Dr. Mark Schweitzer who will cover MRI of the elbow, and an Imaging of Spaces talk by Dr. Wendy Smoker of the University of Iowa, then will continue with breakout sessions. Sunday’s Joint Session with Radiation Oncology is high-lighted by the Isaac Sander’s Honorary Lecture by this year’s honoree David S.K. Lu, MD, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. His preliminary title: Interventional Oncology: Implications for Radiology, responds to the coordination of professionals in these areas in the critical diagnostic, decision making, and treatment of the cancer patient. Head and Neck Track MSK Challenges Track Nuclear Medicine Track. |
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Midwinter Radiation Oncology Conference The upcoming 60th Annual Midwinter Radiation Oncology program, promises to be one the best in many years. Nancy A. Ellerbroek, MD, FACR, Program Chair, is active locally and nationally in the field, and is currently the Senior Radiation Oncology Representative on the LARS/SCROS Continuing Education Committee. She is a LARS ACR Councilor and Past President of SCROS. Nationally, Dr. Ellerbroek has recently been elected to the 2007 ACR nominating committee. As a member of the Program Committee for the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA), she has been instrumental in planning medical meetings and arranging discussion topics, an educational service she continues with the American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology (ASTRO). She is also a past President of the American Association for Women Radiologists. Dr. Ellerbroek chaired the 2007 and co-chaired the 2006 Midwinter Radiation Oncology programs. Dr. Ellerbroek has designed a program on head and neck, lymphoma, and prostate cancer with focused lectures by leading radiation oncologists and surgeons. The program will also include topics on patient-centered treatment, and two lectures by Carl Bogardus, Jr., MD, FACR, FASTRO on Newer, Radiation Oncology codes, including Pay for Performance, and Billing and coding perils, pitfalls and prevention. Preliminary speakers include K.S. Clifford Chao, MD, Anderson Cancer Center on head and neck cancer, Anthony V. D’Amico, MD, PhD on prostate cancer, Joachim Yahalom, MD on lymphoma, Uttam K. Sinha, MD on head and neck oncology, as well as Dr. Bogardus. |
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American College
of Radiology, Annual Meeting LARS ACR Councilors and Alternate Councilors attended the Annual ACR Meeting in Washington, DC, May 2007, during which ACR leaders called for quality for patients, fair reimbursement for physicians, and the continuing success of the profession. Two reports to the LARS community, an ACR Councilors' report, prepared by Alternate Councilor, Gail C. Hansen, MD, FACR, Olive View-UCLA Medical Center, and others, and a detailed outline of the proceedings prepared by Nancy A. Ellerbroek, MD, FACR, Holy Cross Cancer Center, were submitted to the LARS Board of Directors. Dr. Hansen's report. Dr. Ellerbroek's report. |
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Maintenance of Certification Links American
Board of Radiology |
WELCOME NEW MEMBERS Membership Membership in LARS is by application. Member types and dues are described on the LARS website. Membership applications may be downloaded from the website. LARS members are invoiced for dues in October. Second invoices are sent in January with follow-ups in July. Members with dues outstanding in October are suspended. Suspended members may be reinstated upon dues payment. Members who have been reinstated and who have let membership lapse a second time may reapply for membership by submitting a membership application. |