70th Annual Midwinter
& Conjoint Nuclear Medicine Seminar
PHYSICIAN CME
Accreditation Statement
The Los Angeles Radiological Society (LARS) is accredited by the Institute for Medical Quality/California Medical Association (IMQ/CMA) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
Designation Statements
RADIOLOGY - LARS designates the Radiology Conference, a live activity, for a maximum of 13 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits.™
RADIATION ONCOLOGY - LARS designates the Radiation Oncology Conference, a live activity, for a maximum of 14 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits.™
Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
CMA Certification
This credit may also be applied to the CMA Certification in Continuing Medical Education.
TECHNOLOGIST CE
Category A CE Credit has been approved by the ASRT.
- Radiology Program - Up to 13 Cat. A credits are available for attending the entire radiology program.
- Radiation Oncology Program - Up to 14 Cat. A credits are available for attending the radiation oncology program.
- Nuclear Medicine Program - (Saturday Only) Up to 6.5 Cat. A credits are available for attending the entire nuclear medicine program.
VOICE participants - ASRT is an approved RCEEM. Technologists may submit attendance documents to SNMTS and have these credits added to your VOICE transcripts.
ADDITIONAL CME INFORMATION
The 69th Annual Midwinter Conference has been planned in accordance with the ACCME criteria, policies, and standards for CME activities. Further, this activity is in compliance with the California Legislature and ACCME definitions of CME content, and California Assembly Bill 1195, and its amendments, 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 of this CME activity.
CME Accreditation & Designation Statements
This conference has been designed primarily to address the educational needs of radiologists, radiation oncologist, and nuclear medicine physicians. We welcome radiology, radiation oncology, and nuclear medicine residents and fellows as well as other physicians whose practice would be enhanced by a review and update in the conference focus topics. Radiologic technologists, radiation therapists, nuclear medicine technologist and practitioners such as physicists and medical dosimetrists with a concern for providing the best and safest care to patients are also encouraged to attend.
TARGET AUDIENCE
Physician Maintenance of Certification
SAM - SELF ASSESSMENT MODULES (SA-CME) AVAILABLE
RADIATION ONCOLOGY PROGRAM
Saturday, February 25
8:00am - 12:00pm -Lung Cancer Update (2.75 SA-CME) JY Chang, MD
1:00pm - 5:00pm - CNS Malignancies: High and Low Grade Gliomas and Metastatic Disease (2.75 SA-CME) - S.G. Soltys, MD
Sunday, February 26
8:00am - 9:30am - Breast Cancer (1.5 SA-CME) Alice Ho, MD
1:00pm - 5:00pm - Head and Neck Cancer: HPV Oropharyngeal, Post-Op Radiation and Re-irradiation (2.75 SA-CME) - S.S. Yom, MD
RADIOLOGY PROGRAM
Musculoskeletal Focus
Saturday, February 25
1:00pm - 2:30pm - Cartilage: Knee, Wrist and Characterization (1.5 SA-CME) - C.B. Chung, MD and D.L. Resnick, MD
3:00pm - 4:30pm - Imaging Tendons and Shoulder Labrum
(1.5 SA-CME)- M.N. Pathria, MD, L.S. Steinbach, MD, D.L. Resnick, MD
Sunday, February 26
10:00am - 11:30am - Imaging Sacroiliitis, The Great Toe and Miscellaneous Shoulder Conditions (1.5 SA-CME) - C.B. Chung, MD and L.S. Steinbach, MD
1:00pm - 2:30pm - Imaging Muscle and Bone Injuries and Ultrasound of Lumps and Bumps (1.5 SA-CME) - M.N. Pathria, MD and K. Motamedi, MD
3:00pm - 5:00pm - Imaging Post-Op Shoulder and Hardware
(2.0 SA-CME) - L.S. Steinbach, MD, C.B. Chung, MD, B.D. Levine, MD
Body / Pelvic MRI Focus
Saturday, February 25
10:00am - 11:30am - MRI of Pancreas, Renal Masses and Adrenal Lesions (1.5 SA-CME) - E.S. Siegelman, MD, J.R. Fielding, MD
3:00pm - 4:00pm - MRI of the Liver: Contrast Agents and Lesion Characterization (1.0 SA-CME) - R.T. Gupta, MD, E.S. Siegelman, MD
Sunday, February 26
10:00am - 11:30am - Prostate MRI (1.5 SA-CME) R.T. Gupta, MD, Suzanne L. Palmer, MD
1:00pm - 2:30pm - GI and Pelvic Floor MRI (1.5 SA-CME) J.R. Fielding, MD, E.S. Siegelman, MD, T. Tejura, MD
3:00pm - 5:00pm - Gynecologic MRI (2.0 SA-CME) - J. Fielding, MD, M. Brown, MD
Nuclear Medicine
Saturday
10:00am-11:00am - Radionuclide Imaging of Musculoskeletal Infection (1.0 SA-CME) C. Palestro, MD
3:00pm-4:30pm - Therapy and Dementia (1.5 SA-CME) E. Mittra and H.R Wassef, MD
PENDING SAM APPLICATIONS
All SAM applications now approved by the ABR
DISCLOSURE OF CONFLICTS OF INTEREST
LARS Education Committee and Conference Faculty are required to disclose the existence of relevant financial relationships with any entity producing, marketing, re-selling, or distributing health care goods or services consumed by, or used on, patients. Any conflicts of interest are resolved prior to the conference. Disclosure information is posted under the Faculty Tab of this website and will be printed in the conference journal and announced by session moderators during speaker introductions.