Radiology CME

An Acclaimed CME Review of Radiology Fundamentals

The UCSF Radiology Review – Comprehensive Imaging is continuing medical education appropriate for residents, clinical fellows and practicing radiologists interested in updating their working knowledge, by covering all the major radiology subspecialties. It represents the breadth and depth of experience from each subspecialty while providing a step-by-step process for reaching a differential diagnosis.

This online CME program will help you to better:

• Identify imaging fundamentals of each of the radiology sub-specialties and major organ systems
• Prescribe the appropriate utilization of imaging modalities (CT, MR, US, Mammography, Nuclear Medicine) for different medical conditions
• Implement the appropriate imaging protocols for routine clinical presentations
• Recognize indications and markers for interventional procedures, as well as assessment of outcomes
• Apply classifications of pathophysiological mechanisms underlying human disease to facilitate differential diagnosis
• Refine imaging criteria to optimize image quality/findings and improve diagnostic interpretation

Learning Objectives

After viewing this activity, participants will demonstrate the ability to:

• Identify imaging fundamentals of each of the radiology sub-specialties (organ systems)
• Prescribe the appropriate utilization of imaging modalities (CT, MR, US, Mammography, Nuc Med) for different medical conditions
• Implement the appropriate imaging protocols for routine clinical presentations
• Recognize indications and markers for interventional procedures, as well as assessment of outcomes
• Apply classifications of pathophysiological mechanisms underlying human disease to facilitate differential diagnosis
• Refine imaging criteria to optimize image quality/findings and improve diagnostic interpretation

Intended Audience

This comprehensive radiology overview is appropriate for residents, clinical fellows and practicing radiologists interested in updating their working knowledge, of all the major radiology subspecialties.

Faculty Disclosure

The following speakers have disclosed a financial interest, arrangement or affiliation with the following commercial companies (which may provide products or services relating to his/her presentations). All potential conflicts of interest have been resolved in accordance with the ACCME Standards for Commercial Support.

• Travis Henry, MD, Genentech, employee (spouse)
• Thomas Hope, MD, GE Healthcare, grant support/consultant
• Thomas Link, MD, PhD, GE, Insightec, grant/research support
• Maureen P. Kohi, MD, Medtronic, honorarium recipient
• K. Pallav Kolli, MD, Penumbra, Inc., advisor
• John Mongan, MD, PhD, Pharmacyclics, employee
• Antonio Westphalen, MD, PhD, 3D Biopsy, advisor/reviewer
• Benjamin Yeh, MD, Philips, Guerbert, grant/research support; GE Healthcare, consultant, grant/research support; Nextrast, stockholder
• Ronald Zagoria, MD, Recor Medical, consultant

The following faculty have indicated they have no financial relationships to disclose: Spencer C, Behr, MD; Robert D. Boutin, MD; Soonmee Cha, MD; Jesse Courtier, MD; Brett M. Elicker, MD; Vickie A. Feldstein, MD; Nicholas Fidelman, MD; Ruth B. Goldstein, MD; Heather I. Greenwood, MD; Jessica H. Hayward, MD; Michael D. Hope, MD; Priyanka Jha, MBBS; Bonnie N. Joe, MD, PhD; Kimberly G. Kallianos, MD; Amie Y. Lee, MD; Terry C.P. Lynch, MD; John D. MacKenzie, MD; Tara A. Morgan, MD; Daria Motamedi, MD; David M. Naeger, MD; Michael A. Ohliger, MD, PhD; Rina Patel, MD; Andrew S. Phelps, MD ; Liina Poder, MD; Vinil N. Shah MD; Dorothy J. Shum, MD; Ramya Srinivasan, MD; Lori M. Strachowski, MD; Derek Sun, MD; Jason F. Talbott, MD, PhD; Alina Uzelac, DO; Javier Villanueva-Meyer, MD; Emily M. Webb, MD; Stefanie Weinstein, MD; Esther L. Yuh, MD, PhD; Matthew Zapala, MD, PhD.

Expert Clinicians Share Lessons Learned from Medical Mishaps

What My Mistakes Taught Me is a truly unique and illuminating online CME program. In 22 one-hour lectures, physicians from different areas of medicine and surgery discuss the expertise they’ve gained from problems, mistakes, and errors in clinical practice.

Led by Martin A. Samuels, MD, these experienced clinicians share case studies and the take-away messages learned from their own medical mishaps, emphasizing that:

• While we’re not perfect, we’re still valued contributors to our profession and society
• Perceived mistakes help us live with our imperfections and strengthen our integrity
• Recognized mistakes tell us what works and what doesn’t
• Accepting mistakes helps us take responsibility for erroneous ideas or actions
• Open acknowledgement of mistakes inspires others to do likewise

Radiology Imaging CME from the Experts

In this comprehensive online CME program, high caliber faculty deliver 119 lectures spanning multiple radiology subspecialties, including Chest, Musculoskeletal, Breast, Gastrointestinal, Ultrasound, Emergency, Genitourinary, Neuroradiology, and Cardiovascular.

World Class CME’s National Diagnostic Imaging Symposium is designed to meet the continuing medical education needs of radiologists — whether in general or specialized care — and radiology residents/fellows who wish to learn to use imaging in a clinical practice setting for screening, diagnosis and staging of injury and disease, including:

• Using CT and MRI to assess injury and disease in the extremities, spine, and cranium
• Applying ultrasound to musculoskeletal, gynecological, obstetrical, cardiovascular, and other organ systems
• Effectively using MDCT and MR imaging to evaluate the abdomen, liver, pancreas, spleen, and bowel
• Improving assessment of genitourinary malignancies, masses, and anomalies using MRI, CT, and US
• Correctly interpreting and staging CT findings in the context of a lung cancer-screening program
• And more…

For information on upcoming World Class CME courses, go to worldclasscme.com.

Unique Learning Objectives

At the conclusion of this CME activity, you will be better able to:

• Increase diagnostic capabilities in multiple radiology sub-specialties
• Utilize CT and MRI to assess injury and disease in the extremities, spine, and cranium
• Apply ultrasound to musculoskeletal, gynecological, obstetrical, cardiovascular, and other organ systems
• Effectively use MDCT and MR imaging to evaluate the abdomen, liver, pancreas, spleen, and bowel
• Plan the appropriate imaging of emergency department patients
• Improve assessment of genitourinary malignancies, masses and anomalies using MRI, CT, and US
• Improve diagnostic accuracy in breast imaging and distinguish advantages of the newest breast screening and diagnostic technologies
• Correctly interpret and stage CT findings in the context of a lung cancer-screening program
• Understand how to utilize non-invasive options such as CT, MR, and ultrasound for the evaluation of vascular problems
• Improve skills in MR and US-guided radiology procedures

Intended Audience

National Diagnostic Imaging Symposium was designed to meet the educational needs of radiologists whether in general or specialized care and radiology residents/fellows who desire to learn, in depth, how to use imaging in a clinical practice setting for screening, diagnosis and staging of injury and disease.

Penn Radiology Emergency Imaging After Hours provides insight for imaging conditions where rapid response is required. An elite faculty guides learners with practical lessons in modality choice, image acquisition and interpretation skills for a wide range of clinical presentations. Selected topics in chest, neuroradiology, abdominal, pelvic, pediatric and musculoskeletal imaging are presented to ensure confident analysis, so the practitioner is never outside of their comfort zone. Worth up to 15.75 AMA PRA Category I Credits™, all applicable as SA-CME for Maintenance of Certification requirements.

Penn Radiology’s renowned faculty combines with other internationally acclaimed experts to present Current Concepts in Breast Imaging. This activity features a review of fundamentals and the latest medical technology designed to improve interpretation skills for digital breast tomosynthesis, breast ultrasound, MRI and digital mammography. Biopsy tips and tricks will be provided as well, insuring a well rounded educational experience for all breast imagers. Worth 17.75 AMA PRA Category I Credits™, Current Concepts in Breast Imaging meets MSQA CME requirements, and all credits count toward SA-CME requirements for ABR maintenance of certification.

Supplemented with all new presentation content and worth up to 60.5 AMA PRA Category I Credits™, the Clinical Competence in Cardiac CT Compendium will help meet credentialing and/or maintenance requirements for Cardiac CT. Each case features a simulated workstation, with hundreds of datasets of fully navigable imagines, supplement diagnostic materials and detailed description of findings by expert faculty.

Learn Now: Advances in Interventional Radiology CME

In this online CME program, internationally recognized leaders present a multi-faceted approach to care of one of the most challenging patients: the critically-ill acute trauma patient. Interventional Radiology and Surgical Management of the Trauma Patient focuses on current endovascular and interventional techniques and state-of-the art equipment used to perform life-saving procedures by both interventional radiologists and trauma surgeons.

Earn CME credits with lectures covering embolization, balloon occlusion, stent and stent-graft placement, and other downstream interventions. You get interventional radiology CME that covers all major topics in the global treatment of trauma, including:

• exam choice and accurate diagnosis

• arterial and venous injuries

• solid organ trauma

• pelvic trauma

• firearm injuries

• acute brain trauma

• sepsis and infection control

Penn Radiology responds to the constant challenge of Cancer imaging with Oncologic Imaging Essentials.  This activity includes a review of the diagnostic imaging evaluation of common tumors, including breast, head and neck, thoracic and abdominal malignancies.  Current state of the art modalities used for oncologic imaging, including CT, MRI, ultrasound, PET-CT and digital mammography will be discussed.  Emphasis is placed on the role of imaging in staging, treatment and follow up in order to optimize care of oncologic patients.

The Society for Advanced Body Imaging (SABI) has lead innovation into practice for over forty years.  Formerly known as the SCBT-MR, their continuing mission is to improve patient care by piloting state of the art technology, protocols and techniques into the body imaging profession.  SABI builds upon this legacy with their 44th Annual Course, featuring 85 thought leaders delivering the latest concepts impacting body imaging across all modalities. 

Worth 31.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™, this Meetings By Mail activity will meet the entire SA-CME requirement for Maintenance of Certification.

Topics: Artificial intelligence, CT and MR innovations, pelvis, cardiovascular, hepatic, biliary, pancreas, GI, urinary tract, safe practices, lung, lymphatic system, adrenal imaging, CT colonography, wellness and much more!

Clinical Competence in Breast Imaging, Interventions and Management provides a complete tutorial in all modalities, diagnostic strategies and interventional considerations encountered in the modern breast imaging practice.  Its fifty cases allow the participant to explore a wide range of benign and malignant disease, with special focus placed on the variety of presentations and patterns of enhancement observed on mammogram, ultrasound, MRI and tomosynthesis. 

This activity also expounds on the many challenges provided beyond the diagnosis, with optimal approaches for intervention and management discussed throughout.  The immersive case review experience is supplemented by three insightful lectures by critically acclaimed faculty.  

Clinical Competence in Breast Imaging, Interventions and Management is worth 25 AMA PRA Category I Credits™ and meets all MQSA CME requirements.