LOS ANGELES RADIOLOGICAL SOCIETY

33rd Annual
SPRING DIAGNOSTIC ULTRASOUND CONFERENCE

and concurrent

HOT TOPICS IN BODY IMAGING
View Hot Topics Program

May 3 & 4, 2008
Sheraton Universal Hotel, Universal City, CA

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Guide to Conference Exhibitors

Pre-registration is no longer available for this conference. 
Onsite registration begins at 7:30am Saturday, May 3.

Technologists / Sonographers
This conference has been approved by the ASRT for 12.5 CEUs.
 

Rochelle F. Andreotti, MD
Associate Professor of Clinical Radiology
Assistant Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Nashville, TN

• Bleeding in Early Pregnancy
• Sonographic Evaluation of Acute Pelvic Pain
• Sonographic Evaluation of Adenomyosis

• Emergency OB Ultrasound
• Subtle and Transient Fetal Findings
• The Genetic Sonogram

Theodore J. Dubinsky, M.D.
Associate Professor,
Director, Body Imaging,
Radiology
Harborview Medical Center
Seattle, WA

• Chronic Pelvic Pain
• HIFU
• MR Imaging of Benign GYN Disease
• MRI/CT Imaging of Acute Pelvic Pain

• Interesting Doppler Cases
• Twins - What the OB Needs to Know
• Ultrasound Acute Pediatric Abdomen

Edward G. Grant, MD
Professor
Chairman, Department of Radiology
Keck School of Medicine of USC
Los Angeles, CA

• Carotid Ultrasound in NASCET Era
• Just Cases - Mixed Bag
• Venous Ultrasound Imaging - Upper Extremities

• Acute Abdominal Pain: Where Does US Fit in the MDCT Era?
• Thyroid Nodules: A Pragmatic Approach
• US Evaluation of Neck Nodes and Parathyroid Glands

Faye C. Laing, MD
Professor of Radiology
Harvard Medical School
Radiologist, Division of Ultrasound
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Boston, MA

• Avoid Pitfalls in Abdominal Ultrasound
• Evaluation of Ectopic Pregnancy: 2008

Laurence Needleman, MD
Associate Professor of Radiology
Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
Philadelphia, PA

• Arterial Lesions Other Than Stenosis
• Case Analysis
• Doppler Basics
• Venous US - Lower Extremities

• Aunt Minnie's Ovary: Pattern Recognition Adnexal Pathology
• Go With The Flow:  Vascular Considerations in Scrotal Imaging
• Just Say No(rmal): Gynecologic Ultrasound Findings that Simulate Disease
• Re-Imaging the Female Pelvis with US Following CT or MRI

• The Future of US
• Doppler US Abdomen

The 33^nd Annual Spring Conference has been planned in accordance with the ACCME Essential Areas and Elements and Accreditation Policies.  Further, this activity is in compliance with the California Legislature and ACCME definitions of CME Content, and California Assembly Bill 1195 which requires CME activities with patient care components to include curriculum in the subjects of cultural and linguistic competency.  LARS accepts responsibility for validating the clinical content this CME activity.

 General Information

Sponsor

Airports

Los Angeles International Airport: About 28 miles, 32 minutes (depending on traffic  (Map)

Bob Hope Airport, Burbank, CA:  About 5 miles, 17 minutes (depending on traffic (Map)

Los Angeles area attractions

Universal Studios Hollywood:   Website
Disneyland: About 36 miles, 42 minutes Website
Long Beach, CA - Visit the Queen Mary Website
Historic Los Angeles: La Brea Tar Pits  Olvera Street
Arts, Culture and Entertainment in Los Angeles
Los Angeles area beaches

Tuition

• Choose your conference of primary interest:  Spring Diagnostic Ultrasound Conference or Hot Topics in Body Imaging.
• Attend courses only in the conference you select,
• Or mix and match courses between both conferences

Three ways to register: 

• Securely online with Visa or MasterCard;
• Download a registration form to fax or mail to LARS with Visa,  MasterCard or check payment;
• Complete and fax or mail the registration form on your conference brochure with Visa, MasterCard or check payment.

Confirmation of registration will be emailed to confirm receipt of your registration form and tuition.

Registrations without accompanying payment cannot be completed.  American Express card is not accepted.

Registration deadlines:

• Registration accepted until 5:00pm, Friday, April 25.  Faxed forms and phone registrations will not be accepted after April 25.
• Onsite registration begins at 7:00am May 3 (A $20 onsite fee will be assessed).
• Cancellations must be made in writing  and received by April 25.  Mailed cancellations must be postmarked on or before April 23.  Refunds, less a $30 handling fee, will be made after the conference.
• Transfers must be made in writing by the original registration and received on or before April 25.

LARS designates the Body Imaging portion of this activity for a maximum of 12.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits(TM) and the Diagnostic Ultrasound portion of this educational activity for a maximum of 12.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits(TM).  Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.  This credit may also be applied to the CMA Certification in Continuing Medical Education.

Cultural Competency

This activity has been planned in compliance with California Assembly Bill 1195 which requires continuing medical education activities with patient care components to include curriculum in the subjects of cultural and/or linguistic competency.  Cultural competency is defined as a set of integrated attitudes, knowledge, and skills that enables health care professionals or organizations to care effectively for patients from diverse cultures, groups, and communities.  Linguistic competency is defined as the ability of a physician or surgeon to provide patients who do not speak English or who have limited ability to speak English, direct communication in the patient's primary language.  Cultural and linguistic competency was incorporated into the planning for this activity.

LARS accepts responsibility for validating the clinical content of this CME activity

For reservations: Contact the Sheraton by phone at (818) 980-1212 (800) 325-3535.  Identify yourself as a participant in the LARS Spring Conference.  Reservation deadline is 5:00pm PST, Thursday, April 10, 2008.  Or reserve online at:  http://www.starwoodmeeting.com/book/SDD29A