Dartmouth Radiology Fourth Annual PET-CT Symposium

Dartmouth Radiology Fourth Annual Symposium: Role of PET-CT in Cancer Management

Radiology and referring physician faculty will present lectures, lead case presentations, and participate in panel discussions highlighting the latest developments and best uses of PET-CT.

Start Date: March 4, 2011
End Date: March 6, 2011
Time: 6:30 AM
Location: Stowe Mountain Lodge, Stowe, VT

Target Audience

Radiologists, medical, surgical, and radiation oncologists, nurses, physician assistants, radiology technologists, and nuclear medicine technologists who work with cancer patients.

Objectives
At the end of this continuing medical education activity, participants should be able to:

• Identify the most appropriate oncologic indications for PET-CT
• Describe common challenges in interpreting PET-CT scans
• Discuss the latest developments in using PET-CT for guiding cancer management
• Give examples of using PET-CT for staging, restaging and monitoring therapy

VISITING FACULTY:

• Candice Aitken, MD - Radiation Oncologist, Exeter Hospital, Exeter, NH
• Rathan Subramanium, MD, PhD, FRANZCR - Associate Professor of Radiology, Boston University Medical Center, Boston, MA
• Terence Z. Wong MD, PhD - Associate Professor of Radiology, Medical Physics, and Radiation Oncology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC
• Don Yoo, MD - Assistant Professor of Diagnostic Imaging, The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island
• Georges El Fakhri, PhD - Director, Molecular Imaging Physics and Instrumentation, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA; Associate Professor, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
• Ruth Lim, MD - Assistant Radiologist, Massachusetts General Hospital, Division of Pediatric Radiology, Division of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging/PET-CT, Instructor of Radiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
• Stephan Voss, MD, PhD - Assistant Professor of Radiology, Harvard Medical School, Children's Hospital, Boston, MA

DARTMOUTH FACULTY:

• Richard Barth, MD - Associate Professor of Surgery*; Section Chief, General Surgery^
• Elizabeth Bengtson, MD - Associate Professor of Medical Oncology and Hematology*; Director, Lymphoma Program^
• Candice C. Black, MD - Associate Professor of Pathology* Thomas Davis, MD, FACP - Associate Professor of Medical Oncology and Hematology*
• Peter A. DeLong, MD - Assistant Professor of Pulmonary and Critical Care, Division of Thoracic Oncology*
• Konstantin Dragnev, MD - Associate Professor of Medical Oncology and Hematology* Evelyn L. Fleming, MD - Assistant Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology*
• Benoit Gosselin, MD, FRCSC, FACS - Associate Professor of Surgery*; Otolaryngology Head and Neck Oncologic Surgery^
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