AN FRANCISCO NEUROLOGICAL SOCIETY
BACK-TO-SCHOOL DINNER MEETING Tuesday, October 7, 2008 6:00 – 6:45 PM – Registration and Reception
6:45 – 8:00 PM – Dinner /8:00 – 9:00 PM Presentation Atrium Restaurant
101 California Street, San Francisco, CA
SF Financial District – Near the Embarcadero BART Station
Complimentary Validated Parking (after 6:00 pm) in the 101 California Bldg. Garage – Entrance on Front Street - Telephone: 415-788-4101
"3T MRI of the Brain and Spine: The New Standard for Clinical Imaging”
Murray A. Solomon, MD, Medical Director, Los Gatos MRI and Redwood City MRI3T MRI has been available as a research tool in university medical centers for almost 15 years and has been available more widely over the last 5 years. When first introduced, 3T MRI was plagued with technical problems and limited clinical applications. Advances in hardware and software over the last couple of years have pushed 3T to the forefront of clinical brain and spine imaging. 3T MRI is no longer experimental or limited to research applications. It should now be considered the field strength of choice for MR imaging of the brain and spine. Murray Solomon obtained his medical degree from the University of California at San Francisco (UCSF). He completed a residency in diagnostic radiology at the Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Washington University Medical Center in St. Louis, Missouri. Dr. Solomon returned to UCSF for a fellowship in neuroradiology and MRI. He helped open the first MRI center between the city limits of San Francisco and Los Angeles in 1984 in San Jose and helped bring the first outpatient 3T MRI until to Northern California in 2004. He is currently the medical director at Los Gatos MRI in Los Gatos and Redwood City MRI in Redwood City. Who Should Attend? Neurologists, neurosurgeons, neuroradiologists, residents and other physicians interested in research and clinical advances in the neurosciences. This is an activity offered by a CMA-accredited provider. Physicians attending this course may report up to 1 hour of Category 1 credit toward the California Medical Association Certificate in Continuing Medical Education and the American Medical Association’s Physician’s Recognition Award. EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVES: Upon completion of this lecture participants should be able to: Compare 1.5T and 3T for routine clinical imaging in the brain and spine. Demonstrate the superiority of 3T for the specialty applications of pituitary imaging, cerebellopontine imaging and MRA of the Circle of Willis and Carotid Bifurcation. Discuss new pulse sequences and their applications: T1 FLAIR, 3D spin echo, ultrathin gradient echo images, susceptibility weighted images, double IR inversion recovery. Present examples of advanced applications easily performed at 3T: white matter tractography (fiber tracking), arterial spin labeling and fMRI. Demonstrate total spine imaging with phased array coils
Acknowledgements: The San Francisco Neurological Society gratefully acknowledges support for its 2008 educational activities from the following generous contributors that have provided: EDUCATIONAL GRANTS: Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals; Biogen Idec Inc.; Boehringer-Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc.; EMD Serono Inc.; Endo Pharmaceuticals; Genentech, Inc.; GlaxoSmithKline; Pfizer; UCB, Inc. PLATINUM SUPPORT:
Allergan, Inc. Novartis Pharmaceuticals Teva Neurosciences, Inc. SF Neurological Society Registration Form BACK-TO-SCHOOL DINNER MEETING Tuesday, October 7, 2008 Atrium Restaurant, 101 California Street, San Francisco, CA – Telephone: 415-788-4101 First Name Initial Last Name Degree Specialty r Neurology r Neurosurgery r Neuroradiology r Neuropathology r Other Institution Dept/Mailstop Street Address/Suite City State Zip Code Phone Fax *E-mail: (VERY IMPORTANT) Register online (and/or renew/enroll SFNS Membership dues online) and make secure credit card transactions or print a personalized invoice to mail in with a check - www.sfneurological.org OR use form below and register by e-mail, fax or mail: Registration Fees (please check the appropriate boxes) Rec’d by Sept 30 After Sept 30 and onsite SF Neurological Society Members & Guests: Dinner Meeting (1 CME Credit) r $80.00 r $85.00 Non-Member Physicians & Guests: Dinner Meeting (1 CME Credit for physicians) r $90.00 r $95.00
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Registration includes: Networking reception, sit-down dinner and lecture. (1 CME credit hour) Register Online, by Email, Fax, or Mail PRIOR to 12:00 PM Sept. 30, 2008 to the Society Office as follows: · MAIL the registration form with a check made out to San Francisco Neurological Society, 2226A Westborough Blvd. #409, South San Francisco, CA 94080 – please do not mail registrations after September 30, 2008. · EMAIL the above information to apacio@sfneurological.org. · FAX your registration form to the SFNS Office at 415-206-0385. The Tax ID number for the San Francisco Neurological Society is 51-0478773. Special Needs & Request for Email addressIf you need special arrangements, such as a special diet or accessibility assistance, please call 415-206-9603 or e-mail Karen Bertani at apacia@sfneurological.org. *Your e-mail address will not be given out without your consent. The Society needs to have an email address on each member so that electronic newsletters, meeting announcements and other important information about the society can be distributed in the most efficient, cost effective manner. For more information please contact the new Executive Director of the SFNS, Amanda Pacia, at apacio@sfneurological.org.  Karen Bertani has resigned and the new Executive Director is: (please note no changes to the address, just the telephone numbers and email)
For more information:
Amanda Pacia
Executive Director
San Francisco Neurological Society
2226A Westborough Blvd. #409
South San Francisco, CA 94080
NEW Phone: 510-685-1187 NEW Fax: 650-347-4975
E-mail: apacio@sfneurological.org The San Francisco Neurological Society is an organization of physicians with a dedicated interest in the clinical neurosciences. The Society is committed to the continuing medical education of its members and has an obligation to its members and to the public to provide ongoing educational programs designed to improve patient care and foster scholarly activity in the neurosciences. This obligation includes not only imparting to the membership an increased understanding of neurological diseases through lectures on clinical and basic research, but also making them aware of community and public health issues related to neurological illnesses and preventive medicine. The Society is a CMA-accredited provider. Physicians attending this course may report up to 8 hours of Category 1 credit toward the California Medical Association Certificate in Continuing Medical Education and the American Medical Association’s Physician’s Recognition Award.
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