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Faculty


Robert E. Lenkinski, PhD

Professor of Radiology
and Vice Chair of Radiology Research
UT Southwestern
Dallas, TX

Jeffrey C. Weinreb, MD, FACR
FISMRM, FSCBT/MR

Professor of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging
Vice Chair for Strategic Planning and Innovation
Yale School of Medicine
Director, MRI Services
Yale New-Haven Hospital
New Haven, CT

 

Equipment Requirements
PC: Win7/Win8, Pentium processor or faster, at least 2GB RAM, Internet Explorer version 10/11, Mozilla FireFox version 33.0.

MAC: OS version 10.8/10.9, Intel processor, at least 2GB RAM, Safari version 6.2, FireFox 33.0

Wednesday August 9, 2017
7:00 pm EASTERN 6:00 pm CENTRAL
5:00 pm MOUNTAIN 4:00 pm PACIFIC

 

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A certified one-hour live webinar for radiologists, radiologic technologists, neuroradiologists, medical physicists, and referring physicians
 
Format: Live Webinar
Physician Credit: 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1
RT Credit: 1.0 ARRT Category A
Tuition: Free

 

Course Overview and Educational Objectives
Data regarding gadolinium deposition in patients who have undergone contrast-enhanced MRI are rapidly evolving. Further research is needed to evaluate the clinical significance, if any, of these findings. In the meantime, radiologists and referring physicians must ensure informed decision-making about the benefits and potential risks to patients undergoing a contrast-enhanced MRI examination.

This lecture will discuss the physicochemical properties of gadolinium-based contrast agents, review pertinent literature, and discuss how recent data are relevant to clinical practice.


This lecture will discuss the relevant physicochemical properties and classification of gadolinium-based contrast agents, review recent literature on the deposition of gadolinium, and discuss recent changes to the ACR recommendations for screening patients undergoing GBCA examinations.

After completing this activity, the participants should be better able to:

  • Describe how physicochemical properties and classification of GBCAs may affect patient safety
  • Discuss recent studies reporting the discovery of gadolinium deposits in patients who have undergone contrast-enhanced MRI exams
  • Summarize what is known and not known regarding the clinical significance of gadolinium deposition in patients
  • Implement new ACR screening guidelines for patients receiving a GBCA-enhanced procedure

Physician Continuing Medical Education
This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of Postgraduate Institute for Medicine and International Center for Postgraduate Medical Education. The Postgraduate Institute for Medicine is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The Postgraduate Institute for Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™.  Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Radiologic Technologist Continuing Education
This program has been approved by the American Society of Radiologic Technologists (ASRT) for 1.0 hour of ARRT Category A continuing education credit.

How to Participate
  • Click ENROLL NOW and follow the registration instructions to register with ICPME.
  • You will receive an email from ICPME confirming your registration.

How to Receive Credit
There is no fee to participate in this activity.

  1. To receive credit, each participant must register, complete the precourse survey, attend the entire session, and complete the postcourse evaluation.
  2. Upon verification of your participation from the WebEx event report, you will receive an email from ICPME with instructions to print your certificate from your online account within two weeks after the webinar. You will not be able to print your certificate until that time

Faculty
Robert E. Lenkinski, PhD
Professor of Radiology and Vice Chair of Radiology Research
UT Southwestern
Dallas, TX

Robert E. Lenkinski, PhD, is Professor of Radiology and Vice Chair of Radiology Research at UT Southwestern. He holds the Charles A. and Elizabeth Ann Sanders Chair in Translational Research, and the Jan and Bob Pickens Distinguished Professorship in Medical Science, in Memory of Jerry Knight Rymer and Annette Brannon Rymer and Mr. and Mrs. W.L. Pickens.

Before joining the faculty at UT Southwestern in 2011, Dr. Lenkinski served as Professor of Radiology at Harvard Medical School. Earlier academic appointments include Visiting Assistant Professor of Chemistry at the University of Houston, Research Assistant Professor of Psychology and Biophysics at the University of Illinois College of Medicine in Chicago, Assistant Professor of Biochemistry at the University of Alabama in Birmingham, Visiting Assistant Professor of Chemistry at the Weizmann Institute of Science, Associate Professor of Chemistry at the University of Guelph in Canada, and Associate Professor of Radiological Science at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, where he received his first appointment in Radiology.

Dr. Lenkinski is a lanthanide chemist by training. A major focus of Dr. Lenkinski’s research involves developing, validating, and applying magnetic resonance spectroscopic (MRS) and multinuclear imaging methods for the study of human disease. He wants to understand how the metabolic information derived from these methods can aid in the diagnosis, staging, and treatment of a variety of pathologies. Current applications involve brain tumors, breast cancer, prostate cancer, and renal function.

Dr. Lenkinski is also investigating targeted molecular imaging agents, including lanthanide-based MRI relaxation and shift reagents and their conjugation to low-molecular weight ligands and their analogous PET tracers. He wants to develop targeted agents for imaging of micro-calcifications in human breast cancer.

Additional research involves the development and validation of a number of quantitative MRI methods, including arterial spin labeling, dynamic contrast-enhanced MRI, and diffusion weighted MRI for the study of human disease.

Jeffrey C. Weinreb, MD, FACR, FISMRM, FSCBT/MR
Professor of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging
Vice Chair for Strategic Planning and Innovation
Yale School of Medicine
Director, MRI Services
Yale New-Haven Hospital
New Haven, CT

After graduating Phi Beta Kappa from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dr. Weinreb received his medical degree from the Mount Sinai School of Medicine. He has held faculty positions at University of Texas Southwestern Medical School, Columbia College for Physicians and Surgeons, and New York University School of Medicine, where he was Director of MRI for 15 years and led a group that pioneered the development of Body MRI, Breast MRI, and MRA. Yale has been his home since 2002.

Dr. Weinreb is currently Professor of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging at the Yale School of Medicine and Chief of MRI at Yale-New Haven Hospital. He is a leading authority on MRI contrast agents, MRI safety, and the use of MRI for the abdomen (focusing on the liver), and pelvis (focusing on the prostate). A noted educator and lecturer, he has presented more than 900 invited lectures and has been a frequent Visiting Professor throughout the world. Dr. Weinreb has authored/co-authored more than 200 published manuscripts and 3 textbooks, and he has been on the editorial boards of numerous medical journals. As Chairman of the American College of Radiology Commission on Quality and Safety, Dr. Weinreb spearheaded efforts to improve the quality of medical imaging in the USA. Recently, he led an international effort to develop PI-RADS v2 (Prostate Imaging Reporting and Data System Version 2) to standardize the acquisition, interpretation, and reporting of prostate MRI, and the manuscript was recognized as the Best Clinical Research Paper published in European Urology for 2016. He has served as President of the SCBT/MR, President of the New York Roentgen Society, and Vice President of the ACR, and he currently chairs ACR RADS Steering Committee. He is the recipient of the 2017 ACR Gold Medal Award.


Disclosure of Conflicts of Interest
Postgraduate Institute for Medicine (PIM) requires instructors, planners, managers, and other individuals who are in a position to control the content of this activity to disclose any real or apparent conflict of interest (COI) they may have as related to the content of this activity. All identified COI are thoroughly vetted and resolved according to PIM policy. The existence or absence of COI for everyone in a position to control content will be disclosed to participants prior to the start of each activity.

Robert E. Lenkinski, PhD has received consulting fees from Aspect Medical Imaging and has received a research grant from Philips Healthcare.

Jeffrey C. Weinreb, MD, FACR, FISMRM, FSCBT/MR has received consulting fees from Bracco.

The following planners and managers have reported NO financial relationships or relationships to products or devices they or their spouse/life partner have with commercial interests related to the content of this CME activity:

Sharon Cancino Victoria Phoenix, BS
Trace Hutchison, PharmD Jan Schultz, RN, MSN, CHCP
Linda McLean, MS Judi Smelker-Mitchek, MBA, MSN, RN
Samantha Mattiucci, PharmD, CHCP  


Disclosure of Unlabeled Use
This educational activity may contain discussion of published and/or investigational uses of products and devices that are not indicated by the FDA. The planners of this activity do not recommend the use of any products or devices outside of the labeled indications.  

The opinions expressed in the educational activity are those of the faculty and do not necessarily represent the views of the planners. Please refer to the official prescribing information for each product for discussion of approved indications, contraindications, and warnings.

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This activity is supported by an independent educational grant from
Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals


Disclaimer
Participants have an implied responsibility to use the newly acquired information to enhance patient outcomes and their own professional development. The information presented in this activity is not meant to serve as a guideline for patient management. Any procedures, medications, or other courses of diagnosis or treatment discussed or suggested in this activity should not be used by clinicians without evaluation of their patient’s conditions and possible contraindications on dangers in use, review of any applicable manufacturer’s product information, and comparison with recommendations of other authorities.