Duluth Breast Imaging Conference

About the Course

The Achieving Quality Imaging 2012 Duluth Breast Imaging Conference is a comprehensive 2 day continuing education conference that covers aspects pertaining to breast imaging for radiologic technologists, radiologists, and administrators.

The Friday program will be a whirlwind tour of the changing face of breast imaging including Tomosynthesis, BSGI, PEM, whole-breast ultrasound, elastography, and 3T MRI, concluding with a look at the ever-increasing clinical breast imaging roles shared by technologists and radiologists alike, and how these roles are vital to the very survival of our profession.

The Saturday program will be a presentation of real-world cases utilizing Breast Ultrasound, Breast MRI and Image Guided Biopsy. You will be taken through the entire case starting with the patient history and following each case through the screening and diagnostic workup to the surgical pathology. In the process, you will learn much about breast anatomy, triangulation techniques used to localize lesions, histology and benign and malignant breast disease.

This course will take place at the Inn on Lake Superior in Duluth, MN on Friday, September 14th and Saturday, September 15th. Attendance is not required both days. Attendees may choose to register for the entire conference or Friday or Saturday only.

Who Should Attend

Any radiologic technologist or radiologist who is looking to meet the requirements set forth by the MQSA for 15 credits in continuing education in mammography every 3 years.

Target Audience

This course is intended for all radiologists and x-ray technologists with a special interest in Breast Imaging. The faculty is comprised of nationally recognized expert teachers of Breast Imaging with a broad breadth of experience and knowledge in this field.

Course Credit

The Friday program will be approved for 9 Category A credits by the American Society of Radiologic Technologists (ASRT).

The Saturday program will be approved by the ASRT for 8 Category A credits in Digital Mammography.

Friday Program ONLY - 9 Cat A CE's
Saturday Program ONLY - 8 Cat A CE's
Friday AND Saturday Programs - 17 Cat A CE's

For physicians, see designation statement below.

Designation Statement

The International Institute for Continuing Medical Education, Inc. designates this live activity for a maximum of 15.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Friday Program ONLY - 8 Cat 1 CE's
Saturday Program ONLY - 7 Cat 1 CE's
Friday AND Saturday Programs - 15 Cat 1 CE's

Educational Objectives

• Comprehend the basic principles of screening and diagnostic mammography.
• Outline the current application of breast ultrasound in diagnostic
  screening, and interventional settings
• Delineate current and future applications of FFDM
• Correlate breast imaging and pathology findings

About the Speakers

MICHAEL LINVER, M.D., F.A.C.R.
Dr. Linver is Director of Mammography for X-Ray Associates of New Mexico, P.C., in Albuquerque, and Clinical Professor of Radiology at the University of New Mexico.  He is a graduate of the University of Michigan, and the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine.  He completed his post-graduate medical training at the University of California at San Francisco, Vanderbilt University, and the University of New Mexico.  He has been a specialist in Breast Imaging for the past 25 years. 

Dr. Linver is a busy lecturer on mammography, having presented over 700 lectures throughout the United States and 16 countries around the world.  He is the author of over 50 published articles and chapters of textbooks on mammography, and is a strong political proponent of quality mammography.  Toward this end, he spearheaded the successful campaign to enact mandated quality mammography screening legislation in New Mexico in 1990, and served on the original National Mammography Quality Assurance Advisory Committee to the FDA under MQSA from 1994 to 1997.  He helped author the A.H.C.P.R. document, "Quality Determinants of Mammography", and co-chaired the American Cancer Society's consensus conference in Chicago on screening mammography guidelines for pre-menopausal women in 1997.

He is past president of the New Mexico chapters of both the American College of Radiology and the American Cancer Society. He was a long-standing member of the A.C.R. BI-RADS Committee, and is currently a member of the Board of Directors of the National Consortium of Breast Centers.  He is a Fellow of the American College of Radiology, and was recently elected a Fellow of the Society of Breast Imaging, the first ever to receive this honor in the entire Mountain West.  He is the recipient of the Nancy Floyd Hayworth Memorial Lectureship “Spirit of Hope” award, the “People’s Caring” award from People Living Through Cancer, the “Unsung Hero” award from the NCSL Women’s Network, and the “Lifesaver” award from the American Cancer Society.  He was voted the “Top Doctor” in Radiology by the physicians of Albuquerque in Albuquerque Magazine’s “Top Doc” poll in 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, and 2012.  In 2010, he was chosen as one of the 10 most effective Radiology Educators in the United States by the subscribers and members of AuntMinnie.com.

GALE SISNEY, M.D.
Gale Sisney, MD received her MD at the University of Illinois at Chicago and Radiology residency at Northwestern University. She subsequently completed a Breast Intervention Fellowship in Denver, Colorado. She was the Director of Breast Imaging at the University of Colorado and Georgetown University Hospital.

At the University of Colorado, she was an Investigator in the first Full Field Digital Mammography Screening Study (DOD grant). Her interests include innovative technologies including Breast Ultrasound and Breast biopsy and ablation techniques.
She became Director of Breast Imaging at the University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics in September 2004 and has initiated several Quality Improvement initiatives in the Breast Imaging Section.