AMERICAN COLLEGE OF NUCLEAR MEDICINE PROGRAM

FRIDAY, MARCH 28, 2008

9:00 AM to 12:00 Noon

12:00 Noon to 5:00 PM

1:30 PM to 4:30 PM

6:30 PM to 7:15 PM




7:30 PM to 9:30 PM
ACNM Committee Meetings

ACNM Registration

ACNM Board of Representatives Meeting

ACNM Fellowship Convocation
"Initial Experience with F-DOPA and NaF at a Cancer Center"
Robert J McDonald, MD

ACNM President's Reception (Ticket Required)


SATURDAY, MARCH 29, 2008

8:00 AM to 5:00 PM Registration


SESSION I - Emerging Clinical Applications of PET

MODERATOR: Hossein Jadvar, MD, PhD, MPH, MBA

8:00 to 8:15 AM

8:15 to 9:00 AM



9:00 AM to 9:45 AM


9:45 AM to 10:30 AM



10:30 AM to 11:00 AM
Welcome -- Overview

"PET-CT Problems and Pitfalls; Physiologic and Benign Causes of FDG Uptake"
George Segall, MD

"PET and PET-CT in Prostate Cancer"
Hossein Jadvar, MD, PhD, MPH, MBA

"Emerging Clinical Applications of PET-CT Fluoride Bone Scans"
George Segall, MD

Coffee Break and Visit Exhibits

SESSION II - Nuclear Cardiology Update

MODERATOR: Hossein Jadvar, MD, PhD, MPH, MBA

11:00 AM to 11:45 AM


11:45 AM to 12:30 AM


12:30 PM to 1:30 PM
Lunch
"Myocardial Perfusion Imaging - Take Two"
H. William Strauss, MD

"Imaging Vunerable Plaque"
H. William Strauss, MD

"Prospects for Imaging Infection and Inflammation with FDG-PET"
Abass Alavi, MD

SESSION III - PET in Quantitative Therapy Evaluation

MODERATOR: Leon S. Malmud, MD, FACNM

1:30 PM to 1:35 PM

1:35 PM to 2:15 PM


2:15 PM to 3:00 PM




3:00 PM to 3:30 PM
Overview

"Therapy Assessment with PET and PET-CT"
Lale Kostakoglu, MD, MPH

"Novel Quantitative Techniques for Assessing Structure/Function Relation in Normal and Disease States"
Abass Alavi, MD

Coffee Break

SESSION IV - Emerging Clinical Applications of PET and PET-CT

MODERATOR: Leon S Malmud, MD, FACNM

3:30 PM to 4:15 PM


4:15 PM to 4:30 PM


4:30 PM to 4:45 PM
"PET and PET-CT in GI Malignancies"
Lale Kostakoglu, MD, MPH

Closing Remarks


ACNM Annual Business Meeting and Election of Officers


SUNDAY, MARCH 30, 2008

8:00 AM to 12:00 Noon Registration

SESSION V - PET and PET-CT in Clinical Oncology

MODERATOR: Harry J. Lessig MD, FACNP, FACNM

8:00 AM to 8:15 AM

8:15 AM to 9:00 AM


9:00 AM to 9:45 AM


9:45 AM to 10:15 AM

10:15 AM to 11:00 AM


11:00 AM to 11:45 AM


11:45 AM to 12:00 AM
Welcome -- Overview

"PET/CT Imaging of Lung Cancer"
Homer Macapinlac, MD

"PET-CT in GIST"
Simin Dadparvar, MD

Coffee Break

"PET-CT Imaging of Esophageal Cancer"
Homer Macapinlac, MD

"PET-CT in Lymphoma"
Simin Dadparvar, MD

Conclusion

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