SEPTEMBER 26–29, 2018
THE HILTON MCLEAN TYSONS CORNER
MCLEAN, VIRGINIA

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CME Credits

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Harris Award 
Zlatan Alagic, MD, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden for
Implementation of an Ultra-low-dose CT-protocol for Extremities: Initial Experience with 106 Subjects?

The best oral presentation of original research by a trainee may be considered for the John H. Harris, MD Award. Presenters must be in an accredited radiology teaching program. The recipient will receive a plaque and $300. 

Novelline Award 
Charlotte Chung, MD, PhD, Emory University Hospital, Atlanta, GA, for
Updated Imaging-based Selection Criteria Guiding Endovascular Intervention for Ischemic Stroke

The best educational poster presentation by a trainee may be considered for the Robert A. Novelline, MD Award. Presenters must be in an accredited radiology teaching program. The recipient will receive a plaque and $300. 

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Paper Presentation Winners

Summa Cum Laude
Michael Repplinger, MD, PhD, University of Wisconsin – Madison, for
Diagnostic Accuracy of MR for the Evaluation of Acute Female Pelvic Pathology

Magna Cum Laude
Tarek Hanna, MD, Emory University Hospital, Atlanta, GA, for
Emergency Department Clinical and Imaging Superusers: A Population-Based Multi-Payer Claims Analysis

Cum Laude
Keith Herr, MD, Emory University Hospital, Atlanta, GA, for
Diagnostic Radiology Resident Perspectives on Fellowship Training and Career Interest in Emergency Radiology

Certificate of Merit 
Ellen Sun, MD, Brigham Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA, for 
Virtual monoenergetic Dual-energy CT for Evaluation of Hepatic and Splenic Lacerations

 

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Poster Presentation Winners

Summa Cum Laude
David Tso, MD, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, for
The Mechanics of Cardiac Gated CTA in the ED for Suspected Aortic Dissection

Magna Cum Laude
Peter Schaefer, MD, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA, for
Dual Energy CT Enabled Bone Subtraction in the Diagnosis of Intracranial Pathology

Cum Laude
Ling Chen Chien, MD, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, for 
Urine Trouble: Imaging of High-Grade Renal Trauma with Surgical Correlation

Certificate of Merit 
Amanda Scott, MD, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, for 
Imaging of Acute Pancreatitis in the Emergency Department: Review of Clinical and Management Implications from a Medical and Surgical Perspective

Certificate of Merit 
Benjamin Hirshberg, MD, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI, for 
Emergent Rare Causes of Ureteral and Bladder Obstruction

 

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Cases-of-the-Day Winners

Overall Highest Scores (tie):

Matthew Shapiro, MD
Augusta Health
Fishersville, VA

 

Jacek Strzelczyk, MD

St. Boniface General Hospital

Winnipeg, Canada

 

Daily High Scores:

Wednesday: Jacek Strzelczyk, MD 

Thursday: Ryan Key, MD 

Friday: Alex Aubin, MD

Saturday: Maeke Scheerder, MD 

 

2018 ASER Fellows:

Ferco H. Berger, MD

Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre

Toronto, ON, Canada

 

Suzanne T. Chong, MD, MS

University of Michigan Health System

Ann Arbor, MI

 

Robin D. Hines, MD

Inland Imaging

Spokane, WA

 

Jamlik-Omari Johnson, MD

Emory University School of Medicine

Atlanta, GA

 

Manickam Kumaravel, MD, FRCR

Memorial Hermann Red Duke Trauma Institute

UTHealth McGovern Medical School

Houston, TX

 

Ken F. Linnau, MD, MS

UW Medicine Harborview Medical Center

Seattle, WA

 

Savvas Nicolaou, MD, FRCPC

Vancouver General Hospital

Vancouver, BC, Canada

 

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The ASER Gratefully Acknowledges the Support of the Following Companies:

CORPORATE SPONSORS

Canon Medical Systems USA, Inc.

International Medical Solutions Inc.

MinXray

Philips Healthcare

Siemens Healthineers

Simio

 

EXHIBITORS

American College of Radiology

Envision Physician Services

Fairfax Radiological Consultants

International Medical Solutions Inc.

MinXray

Mobius Imaging

Philips Healthcare

Radiology Partners

Siemens Healthineers

vRad

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CME Credits by Modality
To download a spreadsheet detailing the various modalities covered in the ASER Annual Meeting presentations, please click here. For reporting purposes, please note that 1 hour of instruction is equal to 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Credits are rounded to the nearest .25 (15 minutes).

About the ASER Annual Scientific Meeting…
The first annual meeting of the society was held in Boston in 1990. The Annual Scientific Meeting has proven to be the open forum for radiologists, emergency physicians, trauma surgeons, technologists, and others interested in providing innovative solutions in the emergency setting. More than two hundred professional registrants attend. The proceedings are published and CME credit is provided.

SEPTEMBER 6–9, 2017
THE HILTON TORONTO
TORONTO, ONTARIO, CANADA

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Harris Award 
Michael Adam, MD, UT Houston Medical Foundation for
Second Interpretations of Outside Cervical Spine CT’s in a Trauma Transfer Setting at a Level 1 Trauma Center: Do Interpretation Discrepancies Affect Clinical Course?

The best oral presentation of original research by a trainee may be considered for the John H. Harris, MD Award. Presenters must be in an accredited radiology teaching program. The recipient will receive a plaque and $200. 

Novelline Award 
Joshua Cornman-Homonoff, MD, New York-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center for
MR Findinig in Female Pelvic Emergencies

The best educational poster presentation by a trainee may be considered for the Robert A. Novelline, MD Award. Presenters must be in an accredited radiology teaching program. The recipient will receive a plaque and $200. 

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Paper Presentation Winners

Summa Cum Laude
Tarek Hanna, MD, Emory University School of Medicine, for
Up All Night: The Effect of Fatigue From Overnight Shifts on Radiology Search Patterns

Magna Cum Laude
Aaron D. Sodickson, MD, PhD, FASER, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, for
Prior Imaging Findings are a Strong Predictor of Obstructive Uropathy on Emergency Ureter CT

Cum Laude
Sabarish Narayanasamy, MD, The Ottawa Hospital, for
Perforated Appendicitis: Improved Diagnostic Accuracy of MDCT Using a Newly Described Sign – Focal Inflammation Adjacent to the Wall

Certificate of Merit 
Tony Trinh, MD, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, for 
Dual Energy CT for Opportunistic Bone Mineral Density Screening: Identifying Patients at Risk for Fragility Fractures

 

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Poster Presentation Winners

Summa Cum Laude
Jeffrey Shyu, MD, MPH, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, for
How to Do It: Quality and Process Improvement in Emergency Radiology

Magna Cum Laude
Kiran Maddu, MBBS, Emory University School of Medicine, for
Bariatric Surgery: Review of Post Surgical Anatomy and Acute Complications

Cum Laude
Annalice Chang, MD, Yale University School of Medicine, for 
The Forgotten Right Lower Quadrant Organ: Acute Pathologies of the Cecum

Certificate of Merit 
Lauren Saling, MD, Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, for 
Emergent Presentations of Colorectal Cancer

 

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Cases-of-the-Day Winner
Matthew Shapiro, MD
Augusta Health
Fishersville, VA

2017 ASER Fellows:
Sanjeev Bhalla, MD
Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology
St. Louis, MO

Michele H. Johnson, MD, FACR
Yale University School of Medicine
New Haven, CT

 

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The ASER Gratefully Acknowledges the Support of the Following Companies:

CORPORATE SPONSORS

GE Healthcare
Philips Healthcare
Siemens Healthineers
Toshiba America Medical Systems, Inc.

EXHIBITORS

Envision Physician Services
GE Healthcare
International Medical Solutions
Philips Healthcare
Radiology Partners
Siemens Healthineers
Vrad

 

 

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CME Credits by Modality
To download a spreadsheet detailing the various modalities covered in the ASER Annual Meeting presentations, please click here. For reporting purposes, please note that 1 hour of instruction is equal to 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Credits are rounded to the nearest .25 (15 minutes).

About the ASER Annual Scientific Meeting…
The first annual meeting of the society was held in Boston in 1990. The Annual Scientific Meeting has proven to be the open forum for radiologists, emergency physicians, trauma surgeons, technologists, and others interested in providing innovative solutions in the emergency setting. More than two hundred professional registrants attend. The proceedings are published and CME credit is provided.

SEPTEMBER 14–17, 2016
THE HYATT REGENCY SAN FRANCISCO
SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA

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Harris Award 
Arthur Baghdanian, MD, Boston University Medical Center, Boston, MA for
Utility of MDCT Findings in Predicting Patient Management Outcomes in Renal Trauma

Novelline Award 
Amrita Arneja, MD, Westchester Medical Center, Congers, NY for
“In the Neck of Time” A Radiographic Review of Emergent Lesions within the Neck Spaces

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Paper Presentation Winners

Summa Cum Laude
Michael Repplinger, MD, PhD, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, for
Retrospective Case-control Study of 6-month Clinical Outcomes Following MRA versus CTA for the Primary Workup of Pulmonary Embolism

Magna Cum Laude
Linda Lanier, MD, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, for
Improving Curriculum and Patient Care: Areas of Weakness Identified Through the Emergent/Critical Care Imaging Simulation

Cum Laude
Jeffrey Robinson, MD, MBA, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, for
Accuracy of Outside Radiologists’ Reports of Computed Tomography Exams of Emergently Transferred Patients

 

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Poster Presentation Winners

Summa Cum Laude 
Satheesh Krishna, MD, The Otttawa Hospital, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, for 
Emergency Dilemma: The Equivocal and Atypical Appendix: Top Ten Things to Know

Magna Cum Laude
Vasant Garg, MD, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, for
Myositis Ossificans Secondary to Non-accidental Trauma: Case Report, Literature Review, and Questions to Ask

Cum Laude
Sean Goodin, MD, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, for 
Droops and Deviations Aren’t Always Dying Brain: Non-Ischemic Pathology Mimicking Strokes

Certificate of Merit 
Richard Marshall, MD, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA, for 
Hip Dislocations: What the Orthopedic Surgeon Wants to Know

 

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Case of the Day Winner
Julian Hanson, MD
Gosford Hospital
Gosford, NSW, Australia

2016 ASER Fellow:
Clint W. Sliker, MD
University of Maryland
Ellicott City, MD

 

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The ASER Gratefully Acknowledges the Support of the Following Companies:

CORPORATE SPONSORS

Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc.

EXHIBITORS

Bravo Trading
Kaiser Permanente/The Permanente Medical Group, Inc.
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins 
Siemens Healthcare
University of Florida WIDI SIMulation
Vrad

 

 

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CME Credits by Modality
To download a spreadsheet detailing the various modalities covered in the ASER Annual Meeting presentations, please click here. For reporting purposes, please note that 1 hour of instruction is equal to 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Credits are rounded to the nearest .25 (15 minutes).

About the ASER Annual Scientific Meeting…
The first annual meeting of the society was held in Boston in 1990. The Annual Scientific Meeting has proven to be the open forum for radiologists, emergency physicians, trauma surgeons, technologists, and others interested in providing innovative solutions in the emergency setting. More than two hundred professional registrants attend. The proceedings are published and CME credit is provided.

SEPTEMBER 16–19, 2015
THE RITZ-CARLTON KEY BISCAYNE
KEY BISCAYNE, FLORIDA

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Harris Award 
Alexander Misono, MD Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, for
Predicting Pulmonary Embolus in ED Patients with Isolated Below-The-Knee Deep Vein Thrombosis

Novelline Award 
Andreea Moore, MD University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, Ann Arbor, MI, for
Recognizing, Leveraging and Avoiding MRI Artifacts in Neuroimaging in the ED

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Paper Presentation Winners

Summa Cum Laude
Alexander Misono, MD Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, for
Predicting Pulmonary Embolus in ED Patients with Isolated Below-The-Knee Deep Vein Thrombosis

Magna Cum Laude
Ludo Beenen, MD Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, Noord Holland, for
Immediate Total-Body CT Scanning Versus Conventional Imaging and Selective CT Scanning in Severe Trauma Patients – A Randomized Controlled Trial (REACT-2 Trial)

Cum Laude
Ken Linnau, MD, MS University of Washington, Seattle, WA, for
 Pelvic Angiography Project ASER (PAPA) Study – A Retrospective Multicenter Cohort Study of Blunt Pelvic Trauma Patients Who Undergo Catheter Angiography

 

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Poster Presentation Winners

Summa Cum Laude 
Andreea Moore, MD University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, Ann Arbor, MI, for 
Recognizing, Leveraging and Avoiding MRI Artifacts in Neuroimaging in the ED

Magna Cum Laude
Patrick McLaughlin, MD, FFR RCSI, FRCPC, Vancouver General Hospital, Vancouver, BC, for The Utility of Monoenergetic Plus Reconstruction using Dual Energy CT to Enhance Diagnosis of Pulmonary Emboli 

Cum Laude
Nishant Patel, MD, MBA, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, for
Front Line Radiology: Value-Added Imaging During the Golden Hour of Trauma

Certificates of Merit 
Charles Colip, MD, BS Boston University Medical Center, Boston, MA, for
Extremity CTA in Penetrating Trauma: 10 Years’ Experience in a Level I Trauma Center

Armonde Baghdanian, MD Boston University Medical Center, Boston, MA, for 
Life Saving Exploratory Laparotomy for Abdominal Trauma: Spectrum of Imaging Findings in the Immediate Post-Operative Period

 

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Case of the Day Winner
Douglas Katz, MD, FACR
Winthrop University Hospital
Mineola, NY

2015 ASER Fellows:
Martin Gunn, MB ChB, FRANZCR
University of Washington, Harborview Medical Center
Seattle, Washington

 

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The ASER Gratefully Acknowledges the Support of the Following Companies:

CORPORATE SPONSORS

Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc.

EXHIBITORS

  Elsevier
  Lippincott Williams & Wilkins 
  Nightshift Radiology
  Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc
  Vrad

 

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CME Credits by Modality
To download a spreadsheet detailing the various modalities covered in the ASER Annual Meeting presentations, please click here . For reporting purposes, please note that 1 hour of instruction is equal to 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Credits are rounded to the nearest .25 (15 minutes).

About the ASER Annual Scientific Meeting…
The first annual meeting of the society was held in Boston in 1990. The Annual Scientific Meeting has proven to be the open forum for radiologists, emergency physicians, trauma surgeons, technologists, and others interested in providing innovative solutions in the emergency setting. More than two hundred professional registrants attend. The proceedings are published and CME credit is provided.

SEPTEMBER 10–13, 2014

THE NINES HOTEL
PORTLAND, OREGON

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Harris Award 

David Tso, MD, Vancouver General Hospital, Vancouver, BC, Canada for 
Predicting Mortality from Hypovolemic Shock Complex in the Polytrauma Setting

Novelline Award 
Adam Sipe, MD, Mallinckrodt Institute Radiology, Saint Louis, MO, for 
Red Connection: A Pictorial Review of Aortic Fistulae

 

 

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Paper Presentation Winners

Summa Cum Laude
Aaron Sodickson, MD, PhD, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA, for Dual Energy Post-Processing of Incidental Renal Lesions Encountered in the Emergency Department: Reducing the Need for Follow-Up Imaging

Magna Cum Laude
David Tso, MD, Vancouver General Hospital, Vancouver, BC, Canada, for 
Predicting Mortality from Hypovolemic Shock Complex in the Polytrauma Setting

Cum Laude
Chih Hsu, MD, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan, for 
Unstable Hemodynamics Do Not Always Make Computed Tomography Scans Unfeasible in the Management of Patients with Multiple Torso Injuries

 

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Poster Presentation Winners

Summa Cum Laude 
Adam Sipe, MD, Mallinckrodt Institute Radiology, Saint Louis, MO, for Red Connection: A Pictorial Review of Aortic Fistulae

Magna Cum Laude
Suresh Cheekatla, MD, University of Texas Medical School at Houston, Houston, TX, for Patterns of Young-Burgess Lateral Compression (LC) Pelvic Ring Disruption

Cum Laude
Stephen Jones, MD, Baylor Scott and White Hospital, Houston, TX, for MR Evaluation of Traumatic Injury to the Brachial Plexus: What the Emergency Radiologist Needs to Know

Certificates of Merit 
Urvi Fulwadhva, MD, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Shrewsbury, MA, for
Bowel Pathology in Color versus Shades of Gray: Understanding Bowel Diseases with Use of Dual Energy CT and Iodine Maps

David Spak, MD, The University of Texas Medical School at Houston, Houston, TX, for MDCT Evaluation of Abdominal Aortic Emergencies

Diamanto (Amanda) Rigas, MD, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA for 
Getting to the Heart of the Matter: Cardiac Findings on Non-Gated Chest CTA in the ED

 

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Case of the Day Winner
Daniel Falco, DO
John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital of Cook County
Chicago, IL

2014 ASER Fellows:
Douglas S. Katz, MD, FACR
State University of New York at Stony Brook Winthrop – University Hospital
Mineola, NY

Sravanthi Reddy, MD
University of Southern California
Los Angeles County – USC Medical Center 
Los Angeles , CA

 

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The ASER Gratefully Acknowledges the Support of the Following Companies:

CORPORATE SPONSORS

Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc.

EXHIBITORS

  BD
  Elsevier
  Hitachi Aloka Medical
  Kaiser Permanente/The Permanente Medical Group, Inc.
  Lodox NA LLC
  Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc.

 

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Additional On-site Presentations for Download

 Transitioning to 24/7 Coverage
    Stephen Ledbetter, MD, MPH 
    Wednesday, September 10; 8:45 am – 9:10 am

CME Credits by Modality

To download a spreadsheet detailing the various modalities covered in the ASER Annual Meeting presentations, please click here. For reporting purposes, please note that 1 hour of instruction is equal to 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Credits are rounded to the nearest .25 (15 minutes).

About the ASER Annual Scientific Meeting…
The first annual meeting of the society was held in Boston in 1990. The Annual Scientific Meeting has proven to be the open forum for radiologists, emergency physicians, trauma surgeons, technologists, and others interested in providing innovative solutions in the emergency setting. More than two hundred professional registrants attend. The proceedings are published and CME credit is provided.

October 9 – 12, 2013
Hyatt Regency Cambridge
Cambridge, Massachusetts
(Overlooking Boston)

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CME Credits

Harris Award 

Jeremy Wortman, MD, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, for Structured Physician Order Entry for Trauma CT Scans Improves Clinical Information Transfer and Billing Efficiency in the Emergency Department

Novelline Award 
Yasumoto Shingo , MD, St. Marianna University, for Glow in the Dark!: How to Promptly and Accurately Identify Thrombus and Hematoma
on Non-enhanced CT

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Paper Presentation Winners

Summa Cum Laude
Jeremy Wortman, MD, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, for Structured Physician Order Entry for Trauma CT Scans Improves Clinical Information Transfer and Billing Efficiency in the Emergency Department

Magna Cum Laude
Elizabeth George, MBBS, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, for Evaluation of CT Pulmonary Angiography and Transthoracic Echocardiography for Correlation of Imaging Findings and Prognosis in 785 Patients with Acute Pulmonary Embolism

Cum Laude
Anjali Agrawal, MD, Teleradiology Solutions, for Potential Benefit of Focused Contemporaneous Dual Read in Emergency Teleradiology

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Poster Presentation Winners

Summa Cum Laude 
Douglas S. Katz, MD, FACR, State University of New York at Stony Brook, for CT of the Acute Female Pelvis

Magna Cum Laude
Yasumoto Shinjo, MD, St. Marianna University School of Medicine, for Glow in the Dark!: How to Promptly and Accurately Identify Thrombus and Hematoma on Non-enhanced CT

Cum Laude
Susanna Spence, MD, UT Health at Houston, for Be Slick with the SLIC: A Common Language for Cervical Spine Trauma

Certificates of Merit 
Douglas S. Katz, MD, FACR, State University of New York at Stony Brook, for Pains in the Tuchus: Imaging Review of Painful Conditions of the Gluteal Region

Sirote Wongwaisayawan , MD, Ramathibodi Hospital and Mahidol University, for Sonography of Acute Abdomen in Adults: Gastrointestinal and Hepatobiliary-pancreatic Pathologies

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Case of the Day Winner
Gustav Blomquist, MD
University of Kentucky
Lexington , Kentucky

2013 ASER Fellows:
Joseph S. Yu, MD
Wexner Medical Center at The Ohio State University
Columbus , OH 

Ronald J. Zagoria, MD, FACR
University of California
San Francisco , CA

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The ASER Gratefully Acknowledges the Support of the Following Companies:

CORPORATE SPONSORS

Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc.

EXIBITORS

 Aris Teleradiology
 BD Medical
 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
 Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc.
 Virtual Radiologic Corporation

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Additional On-site Presentations for Download

 Imaging of Thoracic Trauma – Case-based Review
    Constantine A. Raptis, MD Wednesday, October 9, 2013; 4:45 pm – 5:10 pm

 Emergency Radiology Quality Assurance: Academic Practice
    Jamal Bokhari, MD Friday, October 11, 2013; 12:10 pm – 12:35 pm

 Informatics in Emergency Radiology Part I 
    Keith D. Hentel, MD
    Saturday, October 12, 2013; 10:45 am – 11:10 am

Maintenance of Certification
Kate A. Klein, MD Saturday, October 12, 2013; 11:35 am – 12:00 pm

 Peer Review in Clinical Radiology
    Hani Abujudeh , MD , MBA Saturday, October 12, 2013; 4:35 pm – 5:00 pm

CME Credits by Modality

To download a spreadsheet detailing the various modalities covered in the ASER Annual Meeting presentations, please click here. For reporting purposes, please note that 1 hour of instruction is equal to 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Credits are rounded to the nearest .25 (15 minutes).

September 12 – 15, 2012
New Orleans Marriott
New Orleans, Louisiana

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CME Credits

 

ASER 2012 Annual Meeting Awards:

Harris Award 
Amie Y. Lee, MD, University of Washington, for The Effect of Trauma Backboards on Radiation Dose and Image Quality

Novelline Award 
Abram Tirona, MD, Geisinger Medical Center, for Decoding the Language of Radiology – Bridging the Communication Gap

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Paper Presentation Winners

Summa Cum Laude
Amie Y. Lee, MD, University of Washington, for The Effect of Trauma Backboards on Radiation Dose and Image Quality

Magna Cum Laude
Yves Chretien, MD, Harvard Medical Center, for Non-definitive Appendiceal CT Studies: Causes, Frequency and Outcomes

Cum Laude
Monica D. Agarwal, MD, Beth Israel Deacones Medical Center, for Evaluation of CT Urography Dual Phase Protocol for Patients Presenting to the Emergency Department with Flank Pain

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Poster Presentation Winners

Summa Cum Laude
Abram Tirona, MD, Geisinger Medical Center, for Decoding the Language of Radiology – Bridging the Communication Gap

Magna Cum Laude
Siddhartha Das, MD, University of British Columbia, for Pictorial Review of Patients in the 2011 Vancouver Plane Crash

Cum Laude
Jeffrey David Robinson, MD, University of Washington, for Outside Imaging of Transfer Patients: Response to a National Survey

Certificates of Merit 
Ashwin Asrani, MD, Weill Cornell Medical College, for Finding the Appendix: Pearls and Pitfalls in MRI of Suspected Appendicitis in Pregnancy

Nicholas Michael McDonald, MD, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, for Resident Interpretation of Emergent Neuroradiology MRI Examinations: Lessons Learned from a Long-term Quality Assurance Process

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Case of the Day Winner
Ashwin Asrani, MD
Weill Cornell College of Medicine
New York, NY

2012 ASER Fellows:
Andrew Gelbman, DO, PhD
Creighton University Medical Center
Omaha, NE

Aaron Sodickson, MD, PhD
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Boston, MA

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The ASER Gratefully Acknowledges the Support 
of the Following Companies:

CORPORATE SPONSORS

Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals

Philips Healthcare

Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc.

Toshiba America Medical Systems

EXIBITORS

 Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals
 Hitachi Medical Systems America, Inc.
 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
 Philips Healthcare
 Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc.
 Toshiba America Medical Systems
 Virtual Radiologic Corporation

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Additional On-site Presentations for Download

 US of Testicular and Ovarian Emergencies
    Ellen Park, MD
    Friday, September 14, 2012; 9:30 am – 9:55 am

 PE Imaging
    Stephen Ledbetter, MD, MPH
    Saturday, September 15, 2012; 8:15 am – 8:40 am

 Coronary MDCTA for Acute Chest Pain in the ED 
    Faisal Khosa, BSc, MD, FFRRCSI, FRCPC 
    Saturday, September 15, 2012; 8:40 am – 9:05 am

CME Credits by Modality

To download a spreadsheet detailing the various modalities covered in the ASER Annual Meeting presentations, please click here. For reporting purposes, please note that 1 hour of instruction is equal to 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Credits are rounded to the nearest .25 (15 minutes).

September 14 – 17, 2011
Ritz Carlton Key Biscayne
Key Biscayne, Florida

 

CME Credits

Harris Award 
Jennifer W. Lim, MD, Boston University Medical Center for Utility of Arterial Phase in Active Hemorrhage and Vascular injuries in Splenic Trauma: Use of 64-MDCT

Novelline Award 
Craig Cook, MD, University of Texas – Houston for Plates and Screws in the Ankle – What are They All About?

 

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Paper Presentation Winners

Summa Cum Laude
Scott Steenburg, MD, University of Maryland Medical Center, for Late Arterial Phase MDCT for Diagnosis of Traumatic Liver Arterio-Venous Fistulas

Magna Cum Laude
Jennifer W. Lim, MD, Boston University Medical Center, for Utility of Arterial Phase in Active Hemorrhage and Vascular injuries in Splenic Trauma: Use of 64-MDCT

Cum Laude
Michael E. Weiss, MD, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, for Effects of Patient Size on Radiation Dose Reduction and Image Quality in Low kVp CT Pulmonary Angiography Performed with Reduced IV Contrast Dose

 

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Poster Presentation Winners

Summa Cum Laude
Craig Cook, MD, University of Texas – Houston, for Plates and Screws in the Ankle – What are They All About?

Magna Cum Laude
Alexander Hattoum, BS, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, for Acute Disorders of the Hepatic Vasculature: Common and Uncommon

Cum Laude
Robin Levenson, MD, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, for Right Lower Quadrant Pain: Beyond Appendicitis

Certificates of Merit 
Linda Armstrong, DO, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, for MRI of the Acute Abdomen in Pregnancy

David Dreizin, MD, University of Miami, Jackson Memorial Medical Center, for 64 Slice MDCT with Post-Processing in the Evaluation of Penetrating Diaphragmatic Injury 

 

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Case of the Day Winner
Gustav Blomquist, MD
University of Kentucky – Lexington
Lexington, KY

2011 ASER Fellows:
Felipe Munera, MD
University of Miami Miller School of Medicine 
Jackson Memorial Hospital – Ryder Trauma Center
Miami, FL

Jorge Soto, MD
Boston University
Boston Medical Center
Boston, MA

Gold Medalist:
Anthony J. Wilson, MB ChB
Madigan Army Medical Center
Tacoma, WA

 

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The ASER Gratefully Acknowledges the Support 
of the Following Companies:

CORPORATE SPONSORS

 Toshiba America Medical Systems

 Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc.

EXIBITORS
  Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
  Philips Healthcare
  Siemens Medical Solutions USA
  Toshiba America Medical Systems
  Virtual Radiologic (vRad

 

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Additional On-site Presentations for Download
 Founder’s Lecture: The Future of Emergency Radiology
Stephen Ledbetter, MD, MPH
Wednesday, September 14, 2011; 10:25 am – 11:05 am

 

CME Credits by Modality

To download a spreadsheet detailing the various modalities covered in the ASER Annual Meeting presentations, please click here. For reporting purposes, please note that 1 hour of instruction is equal to 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Credits are rounded to the nearest .25 (15 minutes).

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CME Credit