General information
The Canadian Society of Breast Imaging will be holding its inaugural annual conference and general meeting on April 26 at Le Centre Sheraton in Montreal. This conference is designed for general and subspecialty radiologists involved in breast imaging. It is also appropriate for health practitioners from other disciplines (family medicine, medical radiation technologists, nurse practitioners), and patients who are interested in working collaboratively to improve breast imaging care.
Register and plan
To register for the CSBI Conference visit https://car.ca/about/csbi/csbi-conference/
Keynote
TMIST and the Future of Breast Cancer Screening
Dr. Etta Pisano, MD
The Tomosynthesis Mammographic Imaging Screening Trial, a National Cancer Institute-funded clinical trial under the auspices of the ECOG-ACRIN research base, which will enroll over 165,000 women in 150 sites in the US and Canada and randomize women to either tomosynthesis or digital mammography for 3-5 rounds of breast cancer screening. The goal of the study is to determine whether tomosynthesis reduces advanced breast cancers in the population being screened compared with digital mammography.
Dr. Etta Pisano is Professor in Residence of Radiology at Harvard Medical School and Chief Science Officer for the Center for Research and Innovation of The American College of Radiology. Previously, she served at the Medical University of South Carolina as Dean of the College of Medicine and at the University of North Carolina as Director of the UNC Biomedical Research Imaging Center, and Director of the N.C. Translational and Clinical Sciences Institute.
Scientific and educational sessions
Canadian Breast Imaging Update
Dr. Jean Seely, MDCM, FRCPC
Personalized Screening
Dr. Isabelle Trop, MD MPH
Annual Screening
Dr. Paula Gordon, OBC, MD, FRCPC, FSBI
MAP Image Evaluation
Dr. Nancy Wadden, MD, FRCPC
Positioning
Louise Miller, R.T. (R)(M), CRT (M), FSBI, FNCBC
BIRADS Ultrasound
Dr. Supriya Kulkarni, MD, FRCPC
Concurrent Workshops
Three concurrent workshops will be held in the afternoon of the CSBI Conference. Preregistration is required. Please register now to claim your spot!
Tomosynthesis Workshop
To Seed or Not to Seed
Breast MRI Workshop
Become a member of the CSBI
While membership in the CSBI is not a requirement to attend the inaugural conference, Dr Jean Seely, founding President of the CSBI invites you to be part of their interdisciplinary membership consisting of patient representatives, imaging specialists, clinicians, researchers and allied health professionals from across Canada. To join the CSBI, fill out this form (PDF) and email it to [email protected] or fax it to 613-860-3112.