28th Breast Imaging Conference

Program Schedule

Wednesday, September 3, 2008

8:00 – 5:00	Registration
9:00 – 5:00	Digital Mammography Training & Self Assessment Workshop (pre-registration required)
10:00 – 5:00	MRI Workshop: A Hands-on Experience in MRI Biopsy (pre-registration required)

Thursday, September 4, 2008

7:00	Continental Breakfast
General Session		Moderator: Youker
7:45 – 8:00	Welcome
8:00 – 8:50	What's My Number? Quantifying and Managing Breast Cancer Risk	Harvey
8:50 – 9:40	Screening MRI: The New Kid on the Block	McDonough
9:40 – 10:30	Screening Ultrasound: Is it Worth the Pain?	Evans
10:30 – 11:00	Coffee Break and Review Exhibits
11:00 – 11:50	MRI Indications & Interpretations	Comstock
11:50 - 12:20	MRI Pitfalls & Artifacts	Harvey
12:20 – 1:20	Lunch in the Exhibit Hall
	Digital Mammography Training & Self Assessment Workshop (pre-registration required)
1:20 – 1:30	Introduction of Resident Award Recipients	Youker
1:30 – 3:00	Panel Presentation on Breast MRI: Coming of Age - Adverse Reactions - Second Look Ultrasound - The Right Equipment - Who Needs It - Scheduling - Staffing Issues	Moderator: Evans Comstock, Harvey, McDonough
3:00 – 3:15	Break for Focus Sessions
Focus Sessions – You pick the lectures you want to attend
3:15 – 4:15	Cross Training Technologists in Breast Imaging – Mammography, US & MRI	Deibel
	OR
	Challenging Cases (ARS)	Dempsey

4:25 – 5:25	Positioning the Extraordinary Patient	Deibel
	OR
	Probably Benign Lesions (ARS)	Jackson

5:30 – 6:30	Digital Mammography Training & Self Assessment Workshop (pre-registration required)
6:00 – 7:30	Opening Night Reception Supported by Hologic

Friday, September 5, 2008

7:00	Continental Breakfast
General Session		Moderator: Youker
8:00 – 8:50	Image Interpretation: Moving To The Next Level - Audience Challenge: Masses (ARS)	Jackson
8:50 – 9:40	Image Interpretation: Moving To The Next Level - Audience Challenge: Calcifications (ARS)	D’Orsi
9:40 – 10:30	Image Interpretation: Moving To The Next Level - Audience Challenge: MRI (ARS)	Evans
10:30 – 11:00	Coffee Break and Review of Exhibits
11:00 – 12:00	Visionary Lecture: The Management of DCIS - The Pathologist’s Perspective	Holland
12:00 – 1:15	Lunch in the Exhibit Hall
	Digital Mammography Training & Self Assessment Workshop (pre-registration required)
1:15 – 2:15	High Risk Lesions: Another Perspective - Stereotactic & Other Image Guided Biopsy Results	Dempsey
2:15 – 2:30	Break for Focus Sessions
Focus Sessions – You pick the lectures you want to attend.
2:30 – 3:30	Artifacts in Digital/Film Screen Mammography	Deibel
	OR
	Improving the Economics of a Breast Facility	Pilat

3:45 – 4:45	Artifacts & Pitfalls In Breast Ultrasound	Comstock
	OR
	Breast Imaging Management: The Ideal Structure - Audits, MQSA, Economics, Personnel & More	Pilat

5:00 – 6:00	Reception in the Exhibit Hall (Cash Bar)
	Digital Mammography Training & Self Assessment Workshop (pre-registration required)
6:00 – 7:00	Optional: Exhibitor Training Sessions (Non-Accredited)

Saturday, September 6, 2008

7:00	Continental Breakfast
General Session		Moderator: Youker
8:00 – 8:30	Digital Mammography: Work Station Design	Dempsey
8:30 – 9:20	Digital Mammography: It’s Now Primetime	D’Orsi
9:20 – 10:10	CAD: Help or Hype?	Jackson
10:10 – 10:30	Coffee Break
10:30 – 11:20	Back To The Future: Tomosynthesis, Breast CT, Stereo, Nuclear Medicine Techniques	D’Orsi
11:20 – 12:30	Panel Presentation: Is It Hit or Miss? Practical Applications of These New Techniques	Moderator: Dempsey D’Orsi, Evans, Jackson, Youker

Conference Conclusion

ARS = Audience Response System

Modality Credits:
= Ultrasound Credits
= Digital Credits
= MRI Credits
= Stereotactic Credits