Comprehensive Tutorial in Breast Imaging: Evidence-based and Interactive Approach April 19-20, 2024 - Encore at Wynn Las Vegas

Course Director and Speaker: Jessica W.T. Leung, MD, FACR, FSBI

In-Person and Live Webinar

Program Faculty Location Objectives & Accreditation Registration

Program

Comprehensive Tutorial in Breast Imaging: Evidence-Based and Interactive Approach

Program

Friday, April 19, 2024

Time	Session
7:30-8:00am	Registration, Check-In, Exhibits and Continental Breakfast
8:00-8:45	Masses and Calcifications: Mammography Fundamentals
8:45-9:30	Tomosynthesis: Background and Clinical Applications
9:30-9:45	Questions & Answers; Exhibits, Coffee & Tea Service
9:45-10:30	Tomosynthesis: Controversies and Biopsy
10:30-11:45	Asymmetries and Architectural Distortion in Era of Tomosynthesis
11:45-12:45	Break for Lunch
12:45-1:30	Biomarkers in Breast Cancer: Imaging and Clinical Significance
1:30-2:15	Breast Cancer Staging
2:15-2:30	Questions & Answers; Exhibits, Coffee & Tea Service
2:30-3:15	Unusual Histologies and Presentations: Interactive Session
3:15-4:00	Multimodality Case-based Review of Day 1
4:00-4:15	Questions & Answers

Saturday, April 20, 2024

Time	Session
7:30-8:00am	Registration, Check-In, Exhibits and Continental Breakfast
8:00-8:45	Breast Cancer Screening in 2023
8:45-9:30	Breast Density: Clinical Significance and Supplemental Screening
9:30-9:45	Questions & Answers; Exhibits, Coffee & Tea Service

9:45-10:45	Neoadjuvant Therapy in Breast Cancer: Assessment of Response
10:45-11:45	Nodal Assessment and Preoperative Localization of Axillary Nodes
11:45-12:00	Questions & Answers
12:00-1:00pm	Break for Lunch
1:00-2:15	MRI Problem-Solving: Imaging Signs and Clinical Symptoms
2:15-3:00	Imaging Evaluation of Breast Symptoms
3:00-3:30	Questions & Answers; Coffee & Tea Service
3:30-4:15	Crowdsourcing: Commonly Asked Topics
4:15-5:00	Multimodality Case-Based Review of Day 2
5:00-5:15	Questions & Answers

Faculty

Course Director and Faculty

Jessica W.T. Leung, MD, FACR, FSBI
Professor and Deputy Chair
Department of Breast Imaging
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

Dr. Jessica W. T. Leung is Professor of Diagnostic Radiology and Deputy Chair of Department of Breast Imaging at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston. She is Past President of Society of Breast Imaging (SBI). She earned her summa cum laude undergraduate degree from Harvard University and medical degree from Harvard Medical School. Aftercompleting her medical internship at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, she pursued residency in diagnostic radiology and fellowship in breast/women’s imaging at University of California San Francisco (UCSF). Dr. Leung has worked on both coasts of USA, having served as faculty in breast imaging at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Dana-Farber Cancer Center, and UCSF. She also has extensive community practice experience, having served as Medical Director of the Breast Health Center at California Pacific Medical Center in San Francisco.

Dr. Leung has published extensively and lectured nationally and internationally, having delivered over 300 lectures on 5 continents. She has achieved the recognition of Fellow of SBI and Fellow of American College of Radiology (ACR), along with the honors of American Roentgen Ray Society Scholar, UCSF Teacher of the Year, George R. Leopold Lecturer, UCSF Outstanding Alumnus, and MD Anderson Diagnostic Imaging Outstanding Extramural Service Award. She is co-editor of a large comprehensive textbook in breast imaging published in June 2019 and a Founding Member of the ACR Screening Leadership Group. She is currently a member of the ACR BI-RADS Committee (chairing the BI-RADS ultrasound section) and ACR Stereotactic Biopsy Accreditation Committee.

Location

Encore at Wynn Las Vegas

Rooms features expansive floor space, complete with floor to ceiling windows, separate sitting areas, luxury bedding, and soaking tubs with separate glass enclosed shower. Both the Wynn and Encore towers have their own spas, pools, restaurants, casinos, fitness centers, nightclubs, lounges and shops and guests of either tower can enjoy the amenities of the complete resort.

A special rate of $279.00/night Wednesday and Thursday nights and $499.00/night for Friday and Saturday nights plus tax and a daily resort fee of $45.00 plus tax for an Encore Resort Room has been reserved for our conference participants. This rate is for single or double occupancy for a room with one king bed and is subject to tax. To receive this special rate, please make your reservation no later than March 17, 2024. Rooms at this special rate have been reserved for attendees on a first-come, first-served basis and may sell out before the cut-off date. Please ask reservations for availability and rates on suites. Please note that there is a charge for more than 2 guests per room of $50.00 per night for each guest over double occupancy and a charge of $50.00 per room per night on weekdays and $70.00 on weekends for double queen accommodations.

PLEASE NOTE: Rooms are reserved for course participants on a first-come, first-served basis, and may sell out before the cut-off date. Each Registered Attendee is allowed to reserve up to 2 rooms with their course registration, each additional room requires a separate non-attendee registration or the additional reservations are subject to cancellation.

If reserving your room prior to your registration, your course registration must follow within 7 days of booking your room or your reservation will be subject to cancellation.

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Travel to Las Vegas:

Wynn Las Vegas is easily located just a ten-minute drive from Las Vegas’s Harry Reid Airport. Taxis between the airport and hotel are easy to get and average $20.00 each way. Discounts on airfare and car rentals have been arranged for our conference registrants and their guests.

Air and Car Discounts

Discounts on airfare of 2%-7%, and on car rentals of 5%-30%. - Please click HERE to access the Air and Car Discounts Brochure

Shuttle Services

CME Science has negotiated a special discount with Super Shuttle and Execucar for a 10% discount. The group code (discount code) to use when making reservations is 7HYFJ. The reservations can be booked online at http://supershuttle.com/

Objectives & Accreditation

Objectives

3 Years of Requirements in 2 Days

Meet all of your MQSA CME requirements, as well as Breast MR CME requirements for ACR accreditation. We will cover digital mammography, breast MRI, breast ultrasound, tomosynthesis, interventional practices, breast cancer, lymph nodes, high risk lesions, BIRADS, implants, screening, risk management and more

At the conclusion of this activity, participants should be able to:

Optimize imaging methods to reduce the number of false-positive mammography interpretations.
Describe recent advances and techniques in breast imaging.
Integrate information presented in this course into efforts to improve the imaging skills of the participants.

Target Audience

This course is intended for Practicing Radiologists and Radiologic Nurses, Physician Assistants, Technologists, Scientists, Residents, Fellows and others who are interested in current techniques and applications for breast imaging.

Joint Accreditation Statement

In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by Partners for Advancing Clinical Education (PACE) and CME Science. PACE is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

Physician Continuing Medical Education

PACE designates this live activity for up to 15.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Disclosure of Conflicts of Interest

PACE requires instructors, planners, managers, and other individuals who are in a position to control the content of this activity to disclose all financial relationships they may have with ineligible companies. All relevant financial relationships are thoroughly vetted and mitigated according to PACE policy. PACE is committed to providing learners with high-quality accredited CE activities and related materials that promote improvements or quality in healthcare and not a specific proprietary business interest of an ineligible company.

Technologists: This course is pending approval for up to 15.0 ARRT Category A CE credits for those technologists attending the entire course (pending courses are always approved but the official language requires we use "pending approval" until closer to the course start date).

More questions about the course or need a modality breakout letter emailed to you?
Please contact CME Science at
info@cmescience.com or 855-383-7116 or 650-440-4424

Registration

In-Person attendees have the option of being in the meeting room or viewing the live broadcast from their guest rooms, or any space with WI-Fi.

All Registrants, In-Person and Live Webinar have access to the webinar for four months.

Practicing Physician/Industry	$1,395.00
Military/Retired/Scientist/VA	$1,295.00
PA/Nurse	$1,195.00
Resident/Fellow	$1,095.00
Technologist	$995.00

*Residents and Fellows – after registering, please fax proof of your residency/fellowship to 1-650-887-2113 or email Toni@cmescience.com

Cancellation Policy

IN PERSON REGISTRATION

Cancellations received at least 30 days in advance are subject to a $100 cancellation fee or may be exchanged for their full value for a voucher for future use for any live, webinar, or on-demand course that takes place within 13 months of the canceled course. Cancellations received less than 30 days before the start of the course are non-refundable but may be exchanged for their full value for a voucher for future use for any live, webinar, or on-demand course that takes place within 13 months of the canceled course.

WEBINAR REGISTRATION

Cancellations received at least 21 days in advance are subject to a $100 cancellation fee or may be exchanged for their full value for a voucher for future use for any live, webinar, or on-demand course that takes place within 13 months of the canceled course. Cancellations received less than 21 days before the start of the course are non-refundable but may be exchanged for their full value for a voucher for future use for any live, webinar, or on-demand course that takes place within 13 months of the canceled course.

Webinar access is available for 4 months after the conclusion of the live presentations. CME credit must be claimed within 1 month after the course concludes.

Webinar access is strictly for the registrant only. Sharing access without permission may void your CME eligibility and/or close your access and is a violation of your purchase agreement. If you would like to share access, please contact us.

Acts of God and Event Cancellation

CME Science is not responsible for event cancellation in the event of an act of God (such as, but not limited to, fires, explosions, earthquakes, drought, tidal waves and floods, war, hostilities (whether war be declared or not), invasion, or act of foreign enemies, government restrictions and pandemics.

Americans with Disabilities Act

Event staff will be glad to assist you with any special needs (ie, physical, dietary, etc). Please contact our staff prior to the live event at 650-440-4424 or via email at info@cmescience.com