Kaiser Permanente's Southern California Regional Diagnostic Imaging Education Committee &
The Department of Professional Education present
th
7 Category A Continuing Education Credits have been applied for; Approval Pending.
Provider number CAP021.
Nurses: Provider approved by the BRN Provider #CEP751 for 7 contact hours.
SDMS recognizes ASRT Category A Credits
Kathy Montelli, RT
Symposium Co-Chair
Kaiser Permanente, Orange County
Christine Aguilar, RT
Kaiser Permanente, Orange County
Susan Akles, RT
Kaiser Permanente, Baldwin Park
Kathryn Angel, RDMS
Kaiser Permanente, Riverside
Colleen Frazier, RT
Kaiser Permanente, San Diego
Wendy Friedman
Kaiser Permanente, Los Robles
Jacqueline Gisbert, RT
Kaiser Permanente, Bellflower
Angie Inglese, BS, RT
Symposium Co-Chair
Kaiser Permanente, Fontana
Karlynn Jordan, RT
Kaiser Permanente, Los Angeles
Laurie Patrick, RT BA, RDMS, RVT
Kaiser Permanente, West Los Angeles
Charles Perdido, RT
Kaiser Permanente, West Los Angeles
Jesse Platts, BA, RT
Kaiser Permanente, South Bay
Al Quitral, BS, RT, RDMS
Kaiser Permanente, South Bay
Karen Ruballo, BSRT
Kaiser Permanente, Panorama City

AGENDA
7:00 – 7:50am Sign-in, Continental Breakfast and Exhibit Viewing
7:50 – 8:10am Welcome and Introductions
8:10 – 9:50am Keynote Presentation - What YOU Need To Know When “The Bomb” Drops
- Jacky Williams, PhD
9:50 – 10:20am Break and Exhibit Viewing
10:20 – 11:10am Breakout Session A
TOPIC 1: Perspectives in Radiation Safety - Robert McDermott, MS, DABR
TOPIC 2: Body MRI Examinations with CT Correlation: Indications,
Techniques, and Interesting Cases - Eric Chiang, MD
TOPIC 3: ACR Mammography Accreditation: Everything You Wanted to
Know But Were Afraid to Ask PART I – Priscilla Butler, FACR, FAAPM
TOPIC 4: Ultrasound of the Endometrium: Data, Debates, and the
Gory Details - Michelle Melany, MD
11:20 -12:10pm Breakout Session B
TOPIC 5: Pediatric Radiology Review from Head to Toe – Jane McMillan, MD
TOPIC 6: Update in Vascular Intervention, Including Aortic Stent Grafts
And Neuro-intervention - Mahfuz Ahmed, MD, PhD
TOPIC 7: ACR Mammography Accreditation: Everything You Wanted to
Know but Were Afraid to Ask PART II
TOPIC 8: Managing the Technical Challenges of 3D Ultrasound
in the Uterus – Susana Carmona, RDMS
12:20 – 1:10pm Hosted Lunch
1:20 – 2:10pm Breakout Session C
TOPIC 9: Intraoperative C-Arm Use in Pelvis and Hip Surgery
- Robert Klenk, MD
TOPIC 10: New Innovative Therapies for Treating Patients with Vertebral
Compression Fractures - Bassem Georgy, MD
TOPIC 11: Breast Specific Gamma Imaging from a Technologist’s
Perspective – Belinda Zaparinuk, RT(M), ARRT, CRT
TOPIC 12: Asherman’s Syndrome - Tim Gibbs, CRT, CTNM, RDMS, RVT
2:20 – 3:10pm Breakout Session D
TOPIC 13: Radiology Imaging Quality Assurance - Daryl Chen, MD
TOPIC 14: Basic Concepts in Acute Stroke Imaging - Arthur Wong, MD
TOPIC 15: Digital Versus Screen Film Mammography - Nasser Danesh, PhD
TOPIC 16: Tips for Scanning Difficult Ultrasound Patients
- Mani Montazemi, RDMS
3:10 – 3:40pm Break
3:40 – 4:30pm Breakout Session E
TOPIC 17: Chest Radiograph Interpretation for the Technologist –
Crispina Chong-Han, MD
TOPIC 18: Cardiac CTA: Why? What? How? - James Carter, RPA, BA, CRA,
ARRT (R) (MR)
TOPIC 19: Recent Advances in Breast Cancer Detection
– Anne Richards, MS, RT
4:30 – 4:45pm Certificate Distribution

DESCRIPTION OF TOPICS AND SPEAKERS BIOGRAPHIES
What YOU Need To Know When “The Bomb” Drops - Due to our current heightened awareness of terrorist activities, some of the scenarios that have been suggested as occurring include large-scale radiological and nuclear events taking place within an urban environment, such as a large metropolitan area. Following such a catastrophic event, any and all personnel that have an understanding of radiation may be called upon for assistance or, at the very least, to act in a public relations capacity, offering explanations to the general public.
Therefore, even peripherally connected personnel, such as imagers, radiological technical staff, etc, may be questioned on risks and outcomes from such an event, not only by fellow workers, but also by the media, etc. This presentation will therefore discuss some of the concepts that need to be understood to be able to provide members with such information, including a basic understanding of radiation in terms of units and types, past and potential future accident scenarios and their possible outcomes in terms of acute radiation syndromes and long term effects, as well as means of protection and/or mitigation that may be offered.
Low dose events and outcomes will also be discussed and their relationship to current imaging practices.
Jacky Williams, PhD - Dr. Williams has nearly 30 years of experience in Radiation
Biology and related research fields and has participated in a number of research areas, including clinically-related oncologic studies, tumor blood flow studies, long-term carcinogenic studies, and pharmacologic and toxicological projects. Her current research interests focus on radiation-induced late normal tissue effects as a consequence of both high-dose clinical treatment and as a consequence of the lower doses associated with space travel, terrorism or accidental exposures.
TOPIC 1: Perspectives in Radiation Safety - This course will correlate radiation dose between imaging modalities and give the basis for addressing patient and occupational concerns related to radiation dose.
Robert McDermott, MS, DABR - Regional Radiation Safety Officer, Southern California
Kaiser Permanente Medical Group, Medical Physics Department.
TOPIC 2: Body MRI Examinations with CT Correlation: Indications, Techniques, and
Interesting Cases - This talk will cover the background and prerequisites for optimal body
MRI examinations, including CT correlation. Body MRI may be useful when CT or
Ultrasound are indeterminate. Major indications as well as advantages and disadvantages over CT will be discussed. Sequences and protocols utilized for body MRI will also be covered.
Eric Chiang, MD - Director of MRI, Southern California Permanente Medical Group,
San Diego.

TOPIC 3: ACR Mammography Accreditation: Everything You Wanted to Know but Were
Afraid to Ask PART I - Do you think you know everything about Mammography
Accreditation? Even if you do, this presentation will help you better understand the ACR accreditation process to help you pass this important test. You will also learn about how accreditation has improved breast imaging in the US and how your facility can be designated an ACR Breast Imaging Center of Excellence.
Priscilla Butler, MS, FACR, FAAPM – Senior Director, Breast Imaging Accreditation
Programs, Department of Quality and Safety, American College of Radiology, Reston VA.
Adjunct Professor and Lecturer, Physics of Diagnostic Radiology, George Washington
University, Department of Radiology, Washington, DC. Consultant, Quality Assurance
Audit for Diagnostic Radiology Improvement and Learning, International Atomic Energy
Agency, Vienna , Austria.
TOPIC 4: Ultrasound of the Endometrium: Data, Debates, and the Gory Details - A presentation of normal versus abnormal endometrium will be depicted with images. The abnormal endometrium in post menopausal patients with bleeding will be described.
Controversies about measuring the endometrium in pre-menopausal, post menopausal without bleeding and patients on Tamoxifen or hormone replacement therapy will be outlined.
Michelle Melany, MD - Cedar-Sinai Medical Center Department of Imaging in Los
Angeles. President for the Los Angeles Radiological Society Continuing Education
Committee.
TOPIC 5: Pediatric Radiology Review from Head to Toe - A general overview of factors involving the imaging of the pediatric patient, the challenges involved, and the need for the reduction of radiation dose levels.
Jane McMillan, MD - Radiologist, Southern California Permanente Medical Group,
Orange County, Anaheim.
TOPIC 6: Update in Vascular Intervention, Including Aortic Stent Grafts and Neuro-
intervention - A multi-specialty team approach for the treatment of vascular disease including aortic stent grafts and neuro-intervention will be discussed. This team approach was developed in the Orange County Service Area several years ago. The team includes radiologists, vascular surgeons, neuro-surgeons, anesthesiologists, radiologic technologists and ICU trained nurses. Benefits including shorter lengths of stay, superior patient outcomes and pitfalls will be reviewed.
Mahfuz Ahmed, MD, PhD - Chief Emeritus of Radiology, Southern California
Permanente Medical Group, Orange County, Irvine.

TOPIC 7: ACR Mammography Accreditation: Everything You Wanted to Know but Were
Afraid to Ask PART II - A continuation of Part I (see 11:20am breakout description).
TOPIC 8: Managing the Technical Challenges of 3D Ultrasound in the Uterus - The purpose of this presentation is to serve as an opportunity for participants to become familiar with the concept of standardization during acquisition and display of 3D volumes in the uterus.
Susana Carmona, RDMS - Division Manager, Ultrasound Department at the University of California San Diego and Director of the Visiting Fellowship at UCSD Medical Center.
Currently involved with 3D and 4D imaging of the fetus and female pelvis.
TOPIC 9: Intraoperative C-Arm Use in Pelvis and Hip Surgery - Numerous examples of set-up, precise communications, and actual case examples of various hip and pelvis orthopedic procedures will be presented.
Robert Klenk, MD - Orthopedic Surgeon Hip & Pelvis Institue at Saint John’s Health
Center, Santa Monica .
TOPIC 10: New Innovative Therapies for Treating Patients with Vertebral Compression
Fractures - A presentation on innovative treatments for patients with painful fractures due to metastatic disease or osteoporosis. One such treatment is a low temperature form of radio frequency ablation and is able to safely and precisely remove tissue without damage to adjacent structures. This technology is used in combination with cement augmentation to stabilize a fracture caused by mets. Clinical cases will be discussed along with recent studies showing the efficacy of combined therapy. In addition, new spine fracture treatments designed for patients without metastatic disease and use of a mechanical device to create a space inside a vertebral body prior to cement injection. This technique has proven to decrease injection pressure, cement leakage, thereby increasing patient and procedure safety.
Bassem Georgy, MD - Interventional Radiologist, Associate Professor, UCSD and
President of ASSR.
TOPIC 11: Breast Specific Gamma Imaging (BSGI) from a Technologist’s Perspective -
BSGI is a new imaging technique that can aid in the diagnosis when a mammogram is inconclusive. The importance of this new imaging modality, helpful positioning tips, patient feedback, and how to set standards when using BSGI will be shared as well as how to incorporate BSGI into your department.
Belinda Zaparinuk, RT(M),ARRT, CRT - Lead Mammography Technologist at the
Eishower Breast Center, the first facility in the State of California to implement Breast
Specific Gamma Imaging.

TOPIC 12: Asherman’s Syndrome - This ultrasound presentation will explain Asherman’s
Syndrome and its causes, including delineating procedures and discussing the different stages of Asherman’s Syndrome
Tim Gibbs, CRT, CTNM, RDMS, RVT - Chief Ultrasound/ Nuclear Medicine Supervisor for West Anaheim Medical Center, Anaheim. Ultrasound Physics Instructor, Orange
Coast College.
TOPIC 13: Radiology Imaging Quality Assurance - A discussion of quality in radiography comparing traditional filming to digital imaging. The importance of correct identifiers through the review of actual case studies.
Daryl Chen, MD - Radiologist, Southern California Permanente Medical Group,
South Bay.
TOPIC 14: Basic Concepts in Acute Stroke Imaging - This presentation will review the major goals and challenges in the treatment of acute ischemic strokes and the role of noninvasive imaging in the current practice of acute stroke treatment. We will discuss some of the advantages and disadvantages in the use of CT and MRI in this setting and touch on some of the principal techniques used in each of these modalities.
Arthur Wong, MD - Neuro Radiologist, Southern California Permanente Medical Group,
Los Angeles.
TOPIC 15: Digital Versus Screen Film Mammography - A comparison of digital and screen-film mammography and the differences between the two systems. The technical adjustments a technologist makes when transitioning from film-screen to digital mammography. Also, a review of the QC and regulatory duties a technologist is responsible for with digital and film-screen mammography.
Nasser Danesh, PhD - Physicist, Southern California Permanente Medical Group,
Medical Physics.
TOPIC 16: Tips for Scanning Difficult Ultrasound Patients - Ultrasound imaging of technically difficult patients can prove to be challenging for sonographers. This presentation will offer scanning tips to assist in overcoming limitations of ultrasound imaging. Adjustment of technical factors aimed at improving the image will also be discussed.
Mani Montazemi, RDMS - Director of Ultrasound Research & Education, Radiology,
Geisinger Medical Center, Danville, PA. Faculty, Ultrasound Research & Education
Institute, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital. Member, Board of Directors, Society of
Diagnostic Medical Sonographers.

TOPIC 17: Chest Radiograph Interpretation for the Technologist - An intense discussion of chest anatomy, the most common disease processes, and the evidence of life threatening chest emergencies on the routine chest exam.
Crispina Chong-Han, MD - Physician in Charge, Radiologtist, Southern California
Permanente Medical Group, Anaheim.
TOPIC 18: Cardiac CTA: Why? What? How? - A basic introduction, addressing the why, what, and how of cardiac CTA. Topics to be addressed include indications, how the exam is performed, and how the images can be reviewed.
James Carter, RPA, BA, CRA, ARRT (R) (MR) - Director of Cardiac Imaging,
Radiologist, Southern California Permanente Medical Group, Baldwin Park.
TOPIC 19: Recent Advances in Breast Cancer Detection - The presentation will cover what is new in breast imaging besides digital mammography. Technologies such as full breast ultrasound, tomosynthesis, functional imaging, breast MRI, and mammography CT will be explained. A discussion on the results of the ACRIN 6666 multi-center ultrasound trial as well as recent advances in ultrasound technology.
Anne Richards, MS, RT - Clinical Development Manager, Mammography Solutions,
Carestream Health Inc.
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ASRT RULES OF ATTENDANCE
This information was taken directly from the ASRT website
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Participants arriving late or departing early are subject to a reduction/deletion of credit.
If the presentation is 50 minutes, there is no leeway on time.
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The number of CE credits will be reduced for CE activities that run short.
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Participants must be alert and an active listener to receive CE credit. If you are reading the paper, talking, sleeping or otherwise distracted you will not receive credit.
To view all the rules, please visit the ASRT website and specifically page 25 http://www.asrt.org/media/pdf/rfa.pdf
7 Category A ASRT Continuing Education Credits have been applied for; Approval Pending. Provider number CAP021.
Nurses: Provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider Number CEP751 for 7 contact hours.
SDMS recognizes ASRT Category A Credits
 ASRT members - must send copies of their individual attendance certificate, by mail or fax, if they would like the credits tracked in their CE record.
The ASRT address is 15000 Central Ave. SE, Albuquerque, NM 87123-3909.
Fax number: 505-298-5063.
 SDMS credits - will be reported by Professional Education to the Society of Diagnostic
Medical Sonography.

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Keynote Presentation - What YOU Need To Know When “The Bomb” Drops
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- Jacky Williams, PhD
Breakout Session A
TOPIC 1: Perspectives in Radiation Safety - Robert McDermott, MS, DABR
TOPIC 2: Body MRI Examinations with CT Correlation: Indications, Techniques,
and Interesting Cases - Eric Chiang, MD
TOPIC 3: ACR Mammography Accreditation: Everything You Wanted to
Know But Were Afraid to Ask PART I – Priscilla Butler, FACR, FAAPM
TOPIC 4: Ultrasound of the Endometrium: Data, Debates, and the Gory Details
- Michelle Melany, MD
Breakout Session B
TOPIC 5: Pediatric Radiology Review from Head to Toe – Jane McMillan, MD
TOPIC 6: Update in Vascular Intervention, Including Aortic Stent Grafts
And Neuro-intervention - Mahfuz Ahmed, MD, PhD
TOPIC 7: ACR Mammography Accreditation: Everything You Wanted to
Know but Were Afraid to Ask PART II
TOPIC 8: Managing the Technical Challenges of 3D Ultrasound
in the Uterus – Susana Carmona, RDMS
Breakout Session C
TOPIC 9: Intraoperative C-Arm Use in Pelvis and Hip Surgery – Robert Klenk, MD
TOPIC 10: New Innovative Therapies for Treating Patients with Vertebral
Compression Fractures - Bassem Georgy, MD
TOPIC 11: Breast Specific Gamma Imaging from a Technologist’s
Perspective – Belinda Zaparinuk, RT(M),ARRT, CRT
TOPIC 12: Asherman’s Syndrome - Tim Gibbs, CRT, CTNM, RDMS, RVT
Breakout Session D
TOPIC 13: Radiology Imaging Quality Assurance - Daryl Chen, MD
TOPIC 14: Basic Concepts in Acute Stroke Imaging - Arthur Wong, MD
TOPIC 15: Digital Versus Screen Film Mammography - Nasser Danesh, PhD
TOPIC 16: Tips for Scanning Difficult Ultrasound Patients – Mani Montazemi, RDMS
Breakout Session E
TOPIC 17: Chest Radiograph Interpretation for the Technologist
- Crispina Chong-Han, MD
TOPIC 18: Cardiac CTA: Why? What? How? -
James Carter, RPA, BA, CRA, ARRT (R) (MR)
TOPIC 19: Recent Advances in Breast Cancer Detection – Anne Richards, MS, RT