Breast Imaging Course
Saturday, March 8, 2008
Course Director: Sughra Raza, MD, Robyn Birdwell, MD, Priscilla J. Slanetz, MD, MPH
Location: Massachusetts Medical Society Headquarters, 860 Winter Street, Waltham, MA

NERRS 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. One (1) credit meets the criteria of the Massachusetts Board of Registration in Medicine for risk management study. NERRS is accredited by the Massachusetts Medical Society to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

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7:30 - 7:55 am	REGISTRATION AND COFFEE
7:55 - 8:00 am	Welcome and Introduction Sughra Raza, MD Assistant Professor of Radiology, Harvard Medical School Associate Director of Breast Imaging; Director of Women’s Imaging Program, Brigham and Women’s Hospital Digital
8:00 - 8:30 am	Digital Equipment — Why? Daniel Kopans, MD Professor of Radiology, Harvard Medical School Radiologist, Massachusetts General Hospital
8:30 - 9:00 am	The Integration of Breast Health Care: Building, Growing, and Improving Your Service Carol Hulka, MD Assistant Professor of Radiology, Harvard Medical School Chief of Radiology, Cambridge Health Alliance
9:00 - 9:30 am	Double Reading, CAD Robyn Birdwell, MD Associate Professor of Radiology, Harvard Medical School Director of Breast Imaging, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
9:30 - 10:00 am	Consistent and Appropriate Use of BI-RADS Lexicon in Breast Sonography Janet Baum, MD Associate Professor of Radiology, Harvard Medical School Director of Breast Imaging, Cambridge Health Alliance
10:00 - 10:30 am	BREAK
10:30 - 11:00 am	Guidelines and Indications for Breast MRI A. Alan Semine, MD Assistant Clinical Professor of Radiology, Tufts Medical School Chief of the Division of Breast Imaging; Director of the Manton Breast Imaging Center, Newton-Wellesley Hospital
11:00 - 11:30 am	Use of Breast MRI BI-RADS Linda Moy, MD Assistant Professor of Radiology, New York University School of Medicine Staff Radiologist, New York University Hospital Center
11:30 am- 12:00 pm	Questions and Answers Morning Faculty
12:00 - 1:00 pm	LUNCH BREAK Risk Management — Standard of Care and the Medical Expert Marc Homer, MD Professor of Radiology, Tufts University School of Medicine Chief of the Mammography Section, New England Medical Center Biopsy Techniques
1:00 - 1:30 pm	Image-Guided Breast Biopsy: Lesion and Device Selection Liane Philpotts, MD Associate Professor of Radiology, Yale University School of Medicine Director of Breast Imaging, Yale New Haven Hospital
1:30 - 2:00 pm	Axillary US and FNA for Breast Cancer Screening Martha Mainiero, MD Associate Professor of Radiology, Brown University School of Medicine Staff Radiologist, Rhode Island Hospital
2:00 - 2:30 pm	MR Biopsy Techniques Edward B. Cronin, MD
2:30 - 3:00 pm	BREAK Radiologic-Pathologic Correlation and Follow-Up Recommendations
3:00 - 3:30 pm	Breast Imaging — Pathology Correlation of Core Needle Biopsy Cases Steven Poplack, MD Associate Professor of Radiology and OB-GYN, Dartmouth Medical School Co-Director of Breast Imaging, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
3:30 - 4:30 pm	Review of Challenging Cases Sughra Raza, MD Priscilla J. Slanetz, MD, MPH Associate Professor of Radiology, Boston University School of Medicine Staff Radiologist, Boston Medical Center
4:30 - 5:00 pm	Question and Answer Session Afternoon Faculty