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The Greater New York Chapter
Health Physics Society
The Radiological and Medical
Physics Society of New York,
The New York State
Radiological Society, and the
MSKCC Office of Continuing
Medical Education
Present
An Evening
Point-Counterpoint Program
Current
Debate in Imaging Radiology:
Assessing
Patient Risks and Benefits
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
Rockefeller Research
Laboratories
430 East
67 St, Room 116
TUESDAY, May 20, 2008
Agenda:
5:30 pm Registration and Coffee
6:00 pm Welcome and Introduction
Lawrence T. Dauer, PhD
President, Health Physics
Society Medical Section
President-elect, Greater NY
Chapter of the Health Physics Society
6:05 pm Clinical Context for Radiology Patient “Risks” and “Benefits”
Todd Miller, MD
Albert Einstein College of
Medicine / Montefiore Medical Center
6:20 pm CT Scan Risk Estimates
David Brenner, PhD
Center for Radiological
Research, Columbia University Medical Center
6:50 pm The UPside of Risk: Benefits
Pat Zanzonico, PhD
Memorial Sloan-Kettering
Cancer Center
Weill Cornell Medical
College
Gerstner Sloan-Kettering
Graduate School
7:10 pm Buffet Dinner and Panel Discussion
For
more information or to register:
Please
contact the MSKCC Office of Continuing Medical Education
at (646) 227-2025 or email: cruzi1@mskcc.org
Registration fee $50.00 –
includes dinner (if you pre-register by May 12; $80 after May 12)
Current
Debate in Imaging Radiology:
Assessing
Patient Risks and Benefits
Course
Overview:
There has been
an exponential rise in the use of CT exams for medical diagnosis and, in some
cases, for cancer treatment follow-up. The radiation dose associated with CT
scans is not insignificant. Manufacturers, physicians, medical physicists and
health physicists continue their efforts to reduce these radiation doses while
still obtaining a high-quality diagnostic image. The medical community generally
agrees that (1) patient dose should be reduced as much as is practical, not only
from CT scanners but for any other type of diagnostic applications of radiation,
(2) when diagnostic results are comparable, alternative nonionizing methods
should be considered, and (3) CT scans should only be used when justified
through an evaluation of risks and benefits to the patient. Considerable
debate exists over the applicability of current risk estimation models.
In addition, benefits have typically not been evaluated quantitatively.
This point-counterpoint program is designed to both inform and to open a
dialogue with participants on an emerging and most important topic that has
direct implications for communicating with our patients.
Target Audience:
This program
is directed toward health care professionals, physicians, nurses, technologists,
physicists, administrators, and others involved in diagnostic radiology as well
as risk-benefit evaluations.
Educational Objectives:
Course Design:
This
course is comprised of lectures, question and answer forums, and panel
discussions.
Continuing Education:
This
course has been submitted for CME, CAMPEP, and AAHP Credits.
Evaluation:
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