Chair: Barbara McNeil, Harvard Medical School
Vice-Chair: Hedvig Hricak, Memorial Sloan Kettering
| Thursday , December 8, 2011 |
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| 8:30 am | Welcome and Introduction Hedvig Hricak—Memorial Sloan Kettering |
| 8:40 am | Why and how to track radiation exposure Donald Miller—U.S. Food and Drug Administration Charles Miller—Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |
| Session 1: | National and International Efforts in Volume and Dose Tracking |
| Moderator: Fred Mettler—University of New Mexico |
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| 9:05 am | Introduction to Session 1 Fred Mettler—University of New Mexico |
| 9:15 am | 1.1: IAEA activities and overview of global activities Madan Rehani—International Atomic Energy Agency |
| 9:35 am | 1.2: Radiation exposures in medical imaging: FDA’s past and present efforts David Spelic—U.S. Food and Drug Administration |
| 10:00 am | 1.3: Strategies to minimize patient radiation exposure in the Veterans Health Administration Charles Anderson—Veterans Health Administration |
| 10:25 am | BREAK |
| 10:45 am | 1.4: American College of Radiology (ACR) Dose Index Registry Richard Morin—Mayo Clinic |
| 11:10 am | Discussion Session 1 |
| Session 2: | Appropriate Radiation Dose Metrics and Estimation Techniques |
| Moderator: Richard Morin—Mayo Clinic |
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| 11:30 am | Introduction to Session 2 Richard Morin—Mayo Clinic |
| 11:35 am | 2.1: Radiation metrics in medical imaging Walter Huda—Medical University South Carolina |
| 11:50 pm | 2.2: Patient Dose: What to record and track and the role of organ dose Michael McNitt-Gray—University of California, Los Angeles |
| 12:10 pm | 2.3: Protocol optimization and dose variability for CT-guided interventions Raymond Thornton—Memorial Sloan Kettering |
| 12:30 pm | LUNCH BREAK |
| 1:30 pm | Panel: Physician’s perspective on what to report Michael Lauer—National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute James Brink—Yale University |
| 2:10 pm | Discussion Session 2 |
| Session 3: | Volume—Methods for Collecting and Evaluating Data Moderator: Walter Huda—Medical University South Carolina |
| 2:40 pm | Introduction to Session 3 Walter Huda—Medical University South Carolina |
| 2:45 pm | 3.1: Measuring population utilization of medical diagnostic procedures: data sources and challenges Mythreyi Bhargavan Chatfield—American College of Radiology |
| 3:05 pm | 3.2: Automated electronic medical record (EMR) dose history extraction and monitoring Aaron Sodickson—Brigham and Women’s Hospital |
| 3:30 pm | BREAK |
| 3:50 pm | 3.3: Procedure volume trends in the United States and perspectives on large-scale data collection Ashok Shah and Gail Prochaska—IMV Ltd |
| 4:15 pm | Panel: Manufacturers’ perspective on what to report Richard Mather—Toshiba Medical Research Institute Kenneth Denison—GE Healthcare, Christian Eusemann—Siemens Healthcare, Dominic Siewko—Philips Healthcare |
| 4:55 pm | Discussion Session 3 |
| 5:20 pm | Closing Remarks and Adjournment Hedvig Hricak—Memorial Sloan Kettering |
| Friday, December 9, 2011 |
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| 8:15 am | Welcome, opening remarks Barbara McNeil, Harvard Medical School |
| Session 4: | Risk—What We Know and What We Need to Know |
| Moderator: Amy Berrington de González—National Cancer Institute |
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| 8:25 am | Introduction to Session 4 Amy Berrington de González—National Cancer Institute |
| 8:30 am | 4.1: Understanding radiation-induced cancer risks at radiological doses David Brenner—Columbia University |
| 8:50 am | 4.2: Non-cancer effects at radiological doses Kiyohico Mabuchi—National Cancer Institute |
| 9:10 am | 4.3: Patient’s perspective Gwen Darien—Samuel Waxman Cancer Research Foundation |
| 9:25 am | Discussion Session 4 |
| 9:45 am | Lessons learned from pediatrics |
| Donald Frush—Duke University |
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| 10:10 am | Panel: Next Steps Fred Mettler—University of New Mexico Hedvig Hricak—Memorial Sloan Kettering Barbara McNeil—Harvard Medical School David Brenner—Columbia University Donald Frush—Duke University |
| 10:25 am | Discussion |
| 11:25 am | Closing Remarks and Adjournment Barbara McNeil - Harvard Medical School |