The CAR Affiliate Societies protect and advocate for your profession by addressing your needs and priorities. Join one of our four Affiliate Societies in your specialty to make our voices stronger, and to obtain more knowledge by collecting resources and networking with fellow influencers. Come collaborate with us and make a difference.
CAR Affiliate Societies
Canadian Emergency, Trauma and Acute Care Radiology Society (CETARS)
Canadian Society of Abdominal Radiology (CSAR)
Canadian Society of Pediatric Radiology (CanSPR)
Canadian Society of Thoracic Radiology (CSTR)
Highlights and accomplishments from the Affiliate Societies in 2021:
CETARS
- Hosted Managing Mass Casualty Incident webinars and are expected to produce another series in 2022
- Savvas Nicolaou appointed CETARS members to participate in the CAR Guideline Review and Prioritization
CSAR
- Completed the final review for the Post-Contrast Acute Kidney Injury guideline that will be published soon
- Published Recommendations for the Safe Use of MRI During Pregnancy guideline
- Published Recommendations for the Management of Incidental Pancreatic Findings in Adults guideline
- Released a Prostate MRI White Paper
CSTR
- CSTR Lung Cancer Screening Accreditation and Education project:
- Accreditation standards have been drafted
- The education program is in development and the committee has completed the core and advanced cardiac curriculum and is nearly done with the chest curriculum
- Published a Clinical Practice Guidance for Non-Vascular Thoracic MRI guideline
- Published Best Practice Guide for the Investigation of Acute Pulmonary Embolism guideline
CanSPR
- Hosted sessions and virtual networking during the CAR 2021 ASM
Membership is free if you are a current CAR member and available to emergency, abdominal, pediatric, thoracic, and general radiologists, as well as current fellows or residents. If you are interested in becoming an Affiliate Society member, please join through the CAR member portal or email [email protected].