MRI-Guided Therapy Symposium::Focus on Cryotherapy
About the Meeting
MRI-guided therapy is one of the most exciting and high profile areas in medicine today. This single imaging modality can be used in diagnosis, tumor targeting, and therapy monitoring. Cryotherapy, a now accepted practice in interventional oncology, uses the effects of cold to kill tumors. The effect of cryotherapy is easily visualized with MRI. The MRI-Guided Therapy Symposium - Focus on Cryotherapy is a comprehensive program presenting practical aspects to assist you in developing an MRI-guided cryoablation program at your facility. The faculty members are international pioneers and authorities in their areas of expertise and will share their experience with you in how to develop and grow an ablation program. The speakers will provide a multi-disciplinary approach towards interventional oncologic therapies. Protocols, techniques, tips, expanded clinical applications and potential complications will be discussed over the two-day program. There will be a panel discussion that allow for ample opportunity for questions.
Target Audience
The CME activity should be of interest and benefit Interventional Radiologists, Surgeons, Oncologists, Nurses, and hospital and radiology administrators. Educational Objectives
Registrants should, at the completion of this symposium, be able to:
- Understand the basics of MRI-guided therapy.
- Understand the basic mechanisms of cryoablation.
- Discuss the indications and contraindications for tumor ablation.
- Describe the various organs and tumors for which ablation is appropriate.
- Discuss the complications and pitfalls in the performance of tumor ablation.
- Understand the operation of an ablation system.
- Understand the coding, billing, and reimbursement of ablation procedures.
Course Organization
The effort is being organized by the National Center for Image Guided Therapy (NCIGT) at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, a teaching affiliate of Harvard Medical School. The NCIGT is an NIH funded Biomedical Technology Resource Center (NIH/NCRR grant 1U41RR019703-01) that serves as a national resource for all aspects of research into medical procedures enhanced by imaging, with the common goal of providing more effective patient care.
The event is being hosted by Beijing Union Medical College Hospital and underwritten by XinAoMDT Technology Co., LTD a manufacturer of a solution for MRI-guided therapy.
Co-Chairs
Ferenc A. Jolesz, M.D.
National Center for Image Guided Therapy
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA
Zhengyu Jin, M.D.
Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Beijing, China
Lei Zhao, Ph.D.
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA
XinAoMDT, Beijing, China
Faculty
- Ferenc A Jolesz, M.D., BWH/HMS
- Zhengyu Jin, M.D., PUMCH
- Lei Zhao, Ph.D., BWH/HMS, XinAoMDT
- Kim Butts Ph.D., Stanford University
- John Carrino M.D., MPH, JHU
- James Coad M.D., West Virginia University
- Janice Fairhurst, B.S. RT, BWH/HMS
- Daniel Kacher, M.S, BWH/HMS
- Angela Kanan, BSN, RN BWH/HMS
- Paul R. Morrison, M.S., BWH
- Stuart G. Silverman M.D., BWH/HMS
- Kemal Tuncali M.D., BWH/HMS</p>
BWH - Brigham and Women’s Hospital
HMS - Harvard Medical School
JHU - Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
PUMCH - Peking Union Medical College Hospital</p>
CME credits pending
Chinese National CE 8 credits
Registration
You may download our brochure from here.
Fees
Registration US$150.
Hotel US$65/ two-days (dual occupancy)
US$130/ two-days (single occupancy)
Contact person
Dan Kacher
kacher at bwh.harvard.edu
617.278.0188 (USA)
Program – Day 1 - November 11
- Ferenc Jolesz M.D.: MRI Guided Therapy: Its History and Future
- Stu Silverman M.D.: Percutaneous MRI-Guided Cryotherapy
- Paul Morrison M.S.: Cryotherapy Devices and their Operation
- James Coad M.D.: Histology of Cryo-ablated Tissue
- Daniel Kacher M.S.: Interventional MRI Suite Design and Safety
- Lei Zhao Ph.D.: A Complete Solution of MRI-Guided Cryotherapy
- Kemal Tuncali M.D.: MRI-Guided Cryotherapy in Liver
- Panel discussion
Program – Day 2 - November 12
- Zhengyu Jin M.D.: Clinical Experiences of MRI-Guided Biopsy and Cryotherapy in Beijing
- John Carrino M.D.: Cryotherapy in Musculo-Skeletal System
- Kemal Tuncali M.D.: Cryotherapy in Kidney
- Coding, Billing, and Reimbursement in China
- Demonstration of MRI-Guided Cryotherapy
- Angela Kanan BSN, RN: Nursing Perspective: MRI-Guided Cryotherapy
- Janice Fairhurst BS RT: Technologist Perspective: MRI-Guided Cryotherapy
- Kim Butts Ph.D.: New Developments in MR Imaging Methods for Cryoablation
- Panel discussion
- Stu Silverman M.D.: Closing Remarks
