Pool Society Weekend
August 25-26, 2007

Medical College of Georgia Alumni Center

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 1957-90.

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.

PURPOSE
This course will offer lectures about the medical and surgical management of
breast cancer.

OBJECTIVES
This course should enable participants to:

• Outline the pathology and molecular biology of breast cancer
• Describe imaging characteristics of breast cancer in a multimodality approach
• Review management of breast cancer including surgery, radiation oncology, chemotherapy and breast reconstruction

TARGETED AUDIENCE
This course is designed for radiologists, diagnostic radiologists, radiology oncologists, medical and surgical oncologists, internal medicine physicians and family medicine physicians interested in state-of-the-art medical and surgical management of breast cancer.

LOCATION
Medical College of Georgia Alumni Center, Augusta, GA

PRESENTED BY
Medical College of Georgia School of Medicine Department of Radiology and
Division of Continuing Education

ACCREDITATION
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.

DESIGNATION
The Medical College of Georgia School of Medicine designates this educational activity for a maximum of 15 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

The program has been approved for 15 Category A Credits by the ASRT.   

CONFERENCE SCHEDULE

CO-COURSE DIRECTORS
James V. Rawson, M.D., Warren Professor and Chair, Department of Radiology, Medical College of Georgia

Gilberto Sostre, M.D., Chief of Body Imaging, Department of Radiology, Medical College of Georgia

Suzanne M. Thigpen, M.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Radiology, Medical College of Georgia

MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA FACULTY
Catherine L. Chang, M.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Radiology, Section of Radiation Oncology

Lewis Golden, R.T.(R), Department of Radiology

Barry Lazenby, M.D., Resident, Department of Radiology

D. Scott Lind, M.D., Professor, Department of Surgery, Section of Surgical Oncology

Michael Longe, M.D., Resident, Department of Radiology

Amanda D. May, M.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, Section of Hematology/Oncology

Stephen Peiper, M.D., Chair, Department of Pathology; Pund Distinguished Chair in Pathology; Professor, Departments of Pathology and Biomedical and Radiological Technologies

Thomas A. Samuel, M.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, Section of Hematology/Oncology

Shannon Smith, M.D., Resident, Department of Radiology

Hadyn T. Williams, M.D., Chief of Nuclear Medicine and Associate Professor, Department of Radiology

REGISTRATION INFORMATION
The registration fee includes a course syllabus containing supplemental material.

Annual Pool Society membership dues of $600 allow attendance to the fall mammography course (August 25-26, 2007) and the spring conference which will focus on women’s imaging and will be March 1-2, 2008. Non-members may register for a single meeting for $350. Physicians may bring staff members to the lectures for an additional $25 each. Staff members must be accompanied by the physician.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT