Pool Society Weekend

An Educational Weekend for
Friends and Colleagues

March 3-4, 2006

Presented by
Medical College of Georgia
School of Medicine
and
Division of Continuing Education

Augusta Marriott Hotel
(formerly Radisson Riverfront Hotel)
 

Featured Program Events

Friday, March 3 events include:
Continental breakfast, 7:30 a.m.
CME Program, 8 a.m. to noon and 1-5 p.m.
Luncheon for alumni and spouses, noon to 1 p.m.
Hospitality reception, 6-8 p.m.

Saturday, March 4 events include:
Continental breakfast, 7:30 a.m.
CME Program, 8 a.m. to noon
Dinner, 6 p.m.

A TEACHER FIRST
The W. H. Pool Jr. Society was formed in 2005 to honor the contributions of Dr. W. H. Pool Jr., Professor Emeritus and chair of the MCG Department of Radiology from 1974-87. Dr. Pool, a 1952 School of Medicine graduate, completed his residency at MCG, then served on the faculty for all but two years from 1957 to 1990.

The senior class of the School of Medicine presented him with Teaching Excellence Awards each year from 1968-71. He was also noted as an excellent educator by the radiology residents of the class of 1989 and the family medicine residents of the class of 1985. He is a member of the MCG President’s Club.

Dr. Pool lives in his hometown of Atlanta, where he enjoys volunteering, painting and spending time with his children and grandchildren in the family lake house on Lake Rabun.

“I’ve always enjoyed both my biological
children and my professional children—
the residents I trained while at MCG.
Some of my most memorable moments at
MCG were when the resident group each
year graduated. That was always a very proud time for me. In some ways, I always considered myself a teacher who happened to be a physician and a radiologist.”
­ Dr. W. H. Pool Jr.

A PROGRAM JUST FOR YOU
Please help us honor Dr. Pool’s accomplishments while broadening your
knowledge of radiology by attending the 2006 Pool Society Weekend on
March 2-5. Invitees include all of Dr. Pool’s former residents, as well as
colleagues throughout the Southeast, so this is a wonderful time to rekindle old friendships and forge new bonds. Continuing medical education credits are available for the March 3-4 programs. Attendees are encouraged to bring technical staff to the CME lectures at no additional charge.

EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVES
At the conclusion of this program, participants should be able to:

CREDIT
The Medical College of Georgia School of Medicine is accredited by the
Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing
medical education for physicians.

This educational activity is planned for a maximum of 14.25 Category 1 credits toward the AMA Physician’s Recognition Award (or a maximum of 15 Category 1 credits if attending the Interventional Neuroradiology session on Friday). Each physician should claim only those credits that he/she actually spent in the activity.

The scheduled instructional time in this activity is 14.25 hours (or 15 hours if
attending the Interventional Neuroradiology session on Friday) and attendance at the entire activity is approved by the Medical College of Georgia for 1.425 Continuing Education Units (CEUs) (or 1.5 Continuing Education Units if attending the Interventional Neuroradiology session).

For radiological technologists: Determination of CE credit is pending per the
approval of the American Society of Radiologic Technologists.

PROGRAM SCHEDULE
 

Friday, March 3
7:30 Continental Breakfast
8:00 WHO Classification of Brain Tumors: Imaging Correlation
Dr. Ramon Figueroa, MCG Chief of Neuroradiology
and Director of Diagnostic Radiology Residency
8:45 Neuropathology of Brain Gliomas
Dr. Richard Hessler, MCG Chief of Anatomic Pathology
9:15 Molecular Targeted Therapy for Brain Gliomas
Dr. Alfredo Voloschin, MCG Director of Neuro-Oncology
9:45 Advanced MRI Applications in Brain Tumor Imaging: MRS, DTI, fMRI
Dr. Jay Pillai, MCG Director of Neuromagnetic Resonance Imaging
10:15 Break
10:30 PET-CT in Brain Tumors
Dr. Hadyn Williams, MCG Chief of Nuclear Medicine
10:45 Imaging of Pediatric Brain Tumors
Dr. Gregory Roesel, MCG Neuroradiology Fellow
11:15 Radiotherapy Management of CNS Malignancies
Dr. John Barrett, MCG Radiation Oncologist
11:45 Questions and Answers Session
12:00 Lunch

1:30-5:30 Parallel Workshops in Spine Procedures, Percutaneous Nucleoplasty and Vertebroplasty (Space limited; register early)
1:30 3T: What is the Difference?
Dr. Jerry Allison, MCG Chief of Medical Physics
2:00  Tumor Imaging at 3T
Dr. Keith Thulborn
2:30 fMRI at 3T
Dr. Keith Thulborn
3:00 Break
3:15 Basic Concepts and Clinical Applications of fMRI
Dr. Jay Pillai, MCG Director of Neuromagnetic Resonance Imaging
3:45 PET-CT Diagnosis of Head and Neck Malignancies
Dr. Hadyn Williams, MCG Chief of Nuclear Medicine
4:15 PET and Dementia
Dr. Veronica Solis, MCG Radiology Resident
4:45 Closure/Questions and Answers
5:00 Adjourn

 

Saturday, March 4
7:30 Continental Breakfast
8:00

Degenerative Disease of the Spine
Dr. Joseph C. Sullivan, MCG Assistant Professor of Radiology, Neuroradiology Section

Neuroimaging in Pregnancy
Dr. Audrey Graham, Radiology Resident
8:30 Imaging of the Cranial Nerves
Dr. Nelson Matos, MCG Neuroradiology Fellow
9:00 Molecular Chaperones and Neurodegenerative Disease
Dr. Nahid Mivechi, MCG Chief of Molecular Chaperone Biology/Radiobiology
9:30 Carotid US and TCD
Dr. Fenwick T. Nichols, MCG Professor of Neurology and Radiology
10:00 Break
10:15 Neurology of Stroke
Dr. David Hess, MCG Chief of Neurology
10:45 Imaging of Stroke
Dr. Ramon Figueroa, MCG Chief of Neuroradiology and Director of Diagnostic Radiology Residency
11:15 Neurointervention of Stroke
Dr. Jeffrey Stone, MCG Chief of Interventional Neuroradiology
11:45 Closure

8-noon Parallel Courses in Radiation Oncology
8:00 Target Delineation for Stereotactic Radiosurgery
Dr. John Flickinger, Professor of Radiation Oncology and Neurological Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
9:00 Proton Beam Therapy of CNS Tumors
Dr. Jay Loeffler, Herman and Joan Suit, Professor of Radiation Oncology, Harvard Medical School; Chair of Radiation Oncology, Massachusetts General Hospital
10:00 Break
10:15 Targeted Therapy of CNS Malignancies
Dr. Joseph Kaminski, MCG Radiation Oncologist
11:00 Current Therapy of CNS Lymphoma
Dr. Alfred Voloschin, MCG Director of Neuro-Oncology
12:00 Adjourn

18:00

Pool Society Reception and Dinner
Lamar Ballroom


 

This event is sponsored in part by educational grants from ArthroCare Corp., General Electric and the Warren Coleman Fund.

REGISTRATION INFORMATION
To register, contact Tammy Berry:
Phone: 706-721-4001, 800-869-1113
E-Mail: tberry@mcg.edu,

E-Mail: shenson@mcg.edu

Register Securely Online:  http://www.oacs.mcg.edu/PoolSociety/

The registration deadline is February 17.

LODGING INFORMATION
A block of rooms has been reserved at Augusta’s Marriott Hotel and Suites (formerly the Radisson Riverfront Hotel), the site of most of the program’s events. Call 706-722-8900 and note “Pool Society Weekend.”

SPECIAL NEEDS
The Division of Continuing Education of the Medical College of Georgia complies with the Americans With Disabilities Act. If you require special services, facilities or dietary considerations (vegetarian or otherwise) to support your participation in this continuing education program, contact the conference coordinator at 706-721-4001 or 800-869-1113.