Gastrointestinal Plenary Session

State-of-the-art imaging tools for evaluating Inflammatory Bowel Disease will be reviewed. 

Jonathan R. Dillman, MD, MS
Jonathan R. Dillman, MD, MS is a pediatric abdominal radiologist at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center where he serves as Associate Chief of Research, Medical Director of its Imaging Research Center, and William S. Ball Chair of Radiology Research.

Gastrointestinal Plenary Session

Discussion about current status of CT Colonography and its role in health disparities.

Judy Yee, MD

Judy Yee, MD, FACR, is the University Chair of Radiology at Montefiore Health System and Professor of Radiology at Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Dr. Yee is widely known as an accomplished abdominal radiologist with a research focus on CT Colonography. She is an experienced leader who focuses on DEI , mentorship, and leadership training.

US of the Bowel - Gastrointestinal Plenary

This session is an introduction to implementing Ultrasound of the bowel as a complimentary modality to image patients with IBD and exemplify through cases of the potential of ultrasound to demonstrate key findings to direct management.

Sudha A Anupindi, MD FSAR
Dr. Anupindi has been a faculty member at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and working at CHOP since 2006 and is currently Professor of Radiology. She is the Associate-Radiologist-in Chief at CHOP since 2022 and is the Director of the Section of GI and Hepatic Imaging in the Department of Radiology at CHOP. She has published over 150 papers numerous, peer-reviewed reviews (including invited reviews) and book chapters on bowel imaging which has helped her gain both national and international recognition in her field. In addition to past funded multi-institutional endeavors, Dr. Anupindi currently is focused on two funded projects where she is the PI: 1) Fosberg-Jefferson Pediatric SHAPE Portal HTN study, R01 NIH funded, and 2) Internal Foerderer Grant MICRO (Rapid MRI instead of CT to Rule out small bowel obstruction) Her main clinical areas of concentration are bowel, pancreas and liver imaging.

Scrotal MRI Does/Doesn't Add Value Over Scrotal Ultrasound

In this workshop, the pros and cons of ultrasound and MRI in the assessment of scrotal pathology will be discussed along with a case-based review highlighting the complimentary role of scrotal ultrasound and MRI with audience participation.

Karen S. Lee, MD
I am an attending radiologist at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) specializing in emergency radiology and body MRI. I serve as the overall Director of Radiology Fellowship Programs as well as Director of the Body MRI Fellowship program at BIDMC. My research interests focus on emergent body MRI applications, reducing unnecessary imaging in the emergency department, and imaging of acute gastrointestinal diseases.

Root Cause Analysis of a CT Incident

RCA Workshop

Janelle van Luling, R.T.(R)(CT)(ARRT)
Janelle currently serves as Quality Improvement & Patient Safety Coordinator at Yale New Haven Hospital in New Haven, CT. Her background as a clinical leader in the CT department has contributed to her current role which covers quality and safety initiatives across two hospital campuses, 16 ambulatory radiology sites and over 500 employees across the state. She has served as the clinical instructor and coordinator for CT students at YNHH and as an Adjunct Professor of Diagnostic Imaging at Quinnipiac University. Janelle has a Bachelor of Science in Diagnostic Imaging from Quinnipiac University and certifications in Radiography and Computed Tomography (CT) from the American Registry of Radiologic Technologists.

Vanguards Plenary

Present cutting edge methodologies and development in relevant topics to Body radiologists. I will be presenting updates on HCC biomarkers.

Bachir Taouli, MD, MHA

I am Professor of Radiology in the Abdominal Imaging/Body MRI Section in the Department of Radiology, and the BioMedical Engineering and Imaging Institute (BMEII) at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York. I am the director of Body MRI and Cancer Imaging, co-chief of the abdominal imaging section and vice-chair for translational research in the Department of Radiology. I am a clinician scientist with expertise in the application of advanced MRI methods in the abdomen. I direct the Body MRI quantitative group at BMEII.

Cardiovascular Tumor Board

Tumor Board

Elaine Shum, MD

Dr. Elaine Shum is an Assistant Professor and thoracic medical oncologist at NYU Perlmutter Cancer Center. She graduated from Yale University with a Bachelor’s in Science in Biology and attended Stony Brook University School of Medicine for her medical degree. She completed her hematology and oncology fellowship at Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein School of Medicine. At NYU Perlmutter Cancer Center, she sees patients with thoracic malignancies and in the Phase I program. She is the principal investigator of several thoracic oncology and Phase I clinical trials. Her interests include targeted therapies for lung cancer, early detection for lung cancer and lung cancer in never smokers.

Workshops Root Cause Analysis of an MRI Incident

Marie Hausner, MHA, RT (R) (MR), MRSO

Marie has been a radiologic technologist since 2001 and has worked around the United States, and abroad in Britain and Northern Ireland. She joined Yale New Haven Hospital in 2010, where she developed the health system's frequently referenced MRI safety manual and is the current Health System MRI Safety Officer (MRSO), specifically trained and certified in all things MRI safety related.

She joined the Radiology Quality and Safety team in 2021 and is involved in project management and innovation for the Radiology.

Cardiovascular and Thoracic Imaging Plenary

The focus of the presentation will be on Health Equity & Lung Cancer Screening.

Efrén J. Flores, MD

I am a radiologist and health services researcher focused on understanding health disparities to inform the development of innovative and multidisciplinary interventions to drive equitable access to radiology care among historically underserved patient populations.

Prostate MRI: How to fix that sequence

The increasing incidence of prostate cancer cases worldwide has led to a tremendous demand for multiparametric MRI (mpMRI). In order to relieve the pressure on healthcare, reducing mpMRI scan time is necessary. This review focuses on recent techniques proposed for faster mpMRI acquisition, specifically shortening T2W and DWI sequences while adhering to the PI-RADS (Prostate Imaging Reporting and Data System) guidelines.

In this workshop, we will focus on sequence optimization and speeding up techniques.

Jurgen Futterer, MD PhD

Jurgen Fütterer is interventional radiologist, full professor and vice-chair at the Department of Medical Imaging, Radboudumc, and at the Robotics and Mechatronics group, University of Twente. He qualified at Radboud University Nijmegen in 2001, and completed his PhD on MRI techniques in the localization and staging of prostate cancer in 2006.

Accreditation for Colorectal Cancer: Is it Worth it?

Courtney C. Moreno, MD

Professor of Radiology and Director of the Abdominal Imaging Division, Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences, Emory University School of Medicine

Photon Counting and Multi-energy CT: Applications in Abdominal Imaging

This workshop will explore the benefits and challenges of photon counting CT in abdominal imaging through case examples.

Fides Regina Schwartz, MD

Fides Schwartz is a Senior Research Associate with Duke University in Durham, NC. She has been working in CT research since 2017 and with photon-counting CT since one of the first three US scanners was installed at Duke in 2021.

Artificial Intelligence Applications in Cardiac CT: Ready for Clinical Implementation?

In this session, we will discuss top AI targets in cardiothoracic imaging and their current implementation status.

Assistant Professor and Associate Division Chief of Cardiothoracic Imaging at UT Southwestern, Dallas, TX. Dr. Kay is a clinical radiologist and investigator, who focuses on the validation and implementation of new technologies in practice.

Health Economics: How will we pay for these new technologies?

Cardiovascular and Thoracic Imaging Plenary

Marly van Assen, PhD
Dr. van Assen is an assistant professor in the Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences and co-director of the Translational Laboratory for Cardiothoracic Imaging and Artificial Intelligence. She earned an MSc in medical sensing and stimulation from the Technical University of Twente in Enschede and a PhD from University of Groningen in the Netherlands focused on new imaging technologies for cardiovascular imaging. Dr. van Assen specializes in developing new imaging techniques for cardiothoracic imaging and the application of Artificial Intelligence to improve cardiothoracic imaging workflows.

Debate: Scrotal MRI Does/Doesn't Add Value Over Scrotal Ultrasound Cases

Following a 5-minute pitch for US (Dr. Karen Lee) and a 5-minute pitch for MRI (Dr. Mahan Mathur), this session will showcase a variety of cases demonstrating the complementary role these modalities play in assessing scrotal pathology

Mahan Mathur, MD
After receiving his medical degree from McGill University School of Medicine, Dr. Mathur completed his Diagnostic Radiology Residency at Yale-New Haven Hospital where he served as Chief Resident, followed by a Fellowship in Abdominal Imaging and Intervention at Massachusetts General Hospital. Since 2013, he has served as faculty at the Yale School of Medicine, where he is an Associate Professor of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging and Vice-Chair of Education. Dr. Mathur is passionate about Radiology education and mentorship and has been the recipient of the prestigious RSNA honored educator award in 2017 and 2021, as well as numerous departmental “Teacher” and “Mentor” of the Year awards.