LOS ANGELES RADIOLOGICAL SOCIETY

Topics:
Therapy
New Frontiers
Clinical Nuclear Radiology
PET/CT Practice

Faculty
Preliminary Program
Tuition
Location/Facilities
Important Dates
CME

Questions:  Contact LARS
PO Box 93125
Pasadena, CA 91109
Phone:  626-836-5800
Fax:  626-836-6606
Email:  lars@larad.org

Membership Applications

NUCLEAR MEDICINE UPDATE 2008

 Presented by the
Los Angeles Radiological Society
And the
Pacific Southwest Chapter, Society of Nuclear Medicine

April 12, 2008
8:00am - 5:30pm

Westin Los Angeles Airport Hotel
Map

Pre-registration is no longer available for this conference. 
There is space for onsite registrations beginning at 7:00am, Saturday, April 12. 
Please call LARS (626) 836-5800 if you have any questions.

Information for Exhibitors

Nuclear Medicine is Molecular Imaging!

Hossein Jadvar, MD, PhD, MPH, MBA, FACNM, FACNP
President, LARS Nuclear Medicine Section
Associate Professor of Radiology and Biomedical Engineering
Director of Radiology Research
Keck School of Medicine
University of Southern California

The Mission of the Los Angeles Radiological Society has always been to bring imaging experts and important imaging topics to the imaging specialists of Southern California, keeping them at the forefront of imaging knowledge.  In keeping with this tradition, the Nuclear Medicine Section of LARS is pleased to offer this one-day concise, comprehensive program that includes topics on recent advancements in radioimmunotherapy and new frontiers in PET imaging -- providing not only education, but also aiding the attendee to meet requirements toward Maintenance of Certification (MOC).

Molecular imaging is emerging as an important research tool in the way that we study cellular and molecular events in vivo, and it is expected to lead radiology into the forefront of molecular and clinical medicine. Molecular imaging is the product of concurrent advances in molecular and cellular biology, chemistry, computing, and imaging science. It will pave the way in the evolution from the current, nonspecific imaging methods toward patient-specific imaging evaluation based on morphologic, physiologic, molecular, and genetic markers of disease. Nuclear medicine has taken a leading role in this exciting endeavor since it inherently has had and will continue to have its foundation on molecular medicine. 

Conference Chairman
Hossein Jadvar, MD, PhD, MPH, MBA, FACNM, FACNP
Associate Professor of Radiology and Biomedical Engineering
Director of Radiology Research
Visiting Associate in Bioengineering (Caltech)
Keck School of Medicine of USC

Peter S. Conti, MD, PhD, FACR
Professor of Radiology, Clinical Pharmacy and Biomedical Engineering
Director, Pet Imaging Science Center
Keck School of Medicine of USC

Johannes Czernin, MD
Director, Nuclear Medicine, PET/CT
Professor, Molecular and Medical Pharmacology
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA

Jamshid Maddahi, MD, FACC
Professor of Molecular and Medical Pharmacology (Nuclear Medicine)
and Medicine (Cardiology
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Director, Biomedical Imaging Institute

Carol S. Marcus, MD, PhD
Professor
Department of Radiation Oncology
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA

Lalitha Ramanna, MD
Director of Nuclear Medicine
Little company of Mary Hospital
Clinical Associate Professor of Radiology
Keck School of Medicine of USC

George Segall, MD
Chief, VA Nuclear Medicine Clinic
Professor of Radiology and Medicine
Stanford School of Medicine and Palo Alto VA Medical Center

Dan Silverman, MD, PhD
Head, Neuronal Imaging Section
Associate Professor, Dept. of Molecular and Medical Pharmacology
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA

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Preliminary Program -
This program is subject to change as the schedule is finalized

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Tuition:

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Westin Los Angeles Airport Hotel
5400 W. Century Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90045
310-216-5858

Room Location:  The Theater - 2nd Floor

Parking:

Ample self parking is available in the hotel garage at a reduced convention rate of $10.  Valet parking is available for $18.  Discount parking tickets will be distributed during the conference.

Important Dates:

Pre-conference Registration is available until 5:00pm, April 9, 2008.  Registrations received prior to April 9, but paid for at the conference will be charged an additional $15 onsite registration fee.

Onsite Registration is on a space-available basis and will be assessed an additional $15 onsite fee.

Cancellations must be made in writing and received no later than 5:00pm, April 9, 2008.  A $15 cancellation fee will be applied and the refund will be issued after the program.

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CME

This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the Institute for Medical quality and the California Medical Association's CME Accreditation Standards (IMQ/CMA) through the Joint Sponsorship of The Los Angeles Radiological Society (LARS) and The Pacific Southwest Chapter, Society of Nuclear Medicine (SNM).  LARS is accredited by the IMQ/CMA to provide continuing medical education for physicians.  LARS takes responsibility for the content, quality and scientific integrity of this CME activity.

LARS designates this educational activity for a maximum of 7.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™.  Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.  This credit may also be applied to the CMA Certification in Continuing Medical Education.

VOICE Credit has been applied for from the SNMTS.  SCOPE Credits is available. 

This program has been planned in accordance with the ACCME Essential Areas and Elements and Accreditation Policies.  Further, this activity is in compliance with the California Legislature and ACCME definitions of CME Content, and California Assembly Bill 1195 which requires CME activities with patient care components to include curriculum in the subjects of cultural and linguistic competency.  LARS accepts responsibility for validating the clinical content of this CME activity.

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