Subspecialist Tips for the Multispecialist 2019

This course is designed to provide a clinically-focused update on the most current imaging guidelines, terminology, and disease classifications. Faculty will present scenario-based examples and pearls of wisdom that multispecialist radiologists can implement in their daily practice.

ideo content for this Online Course will be available to view until June 10, 2029, which is ten years following the issuance date of this course. ARRS reserves the right to remove video content before the end of the ten year period. Video content that contradicts current science or misleads the viewer based on changes to accepted clinical practice may be removed on a case-by-case basis.

Learning Outcomes and Modules

After participating in this online course, participants will be able to:

• Identify current white papers, ACR Appropriateness Criteria™, and other national and international guidelines that encourage best practices across multiple subspecialties.
• Describe critical imaging findings in adult and pediatric patients with diseases of the gastrointestinal tract, genitourinary, and musculoskeletal system.
• Describe and implement LI-RADS™ for reporting of liver lesions in patients with cirrhosis.
• List updated concepts in prostate MRI, including PI-RADS™ and MRI-targeted biopsy.

Module 1—Chest Imaging

• Lung Cancer Screening: Guidelines and Appropriate Reporting—David Naeger, MD
• Multinodular Lung Disease: A Pattern Based Approach—Jonathan Hero Chung, MD
• Essentials of Imaging Atypical Pneumonia—Juliana Bueno, MD
• Update on Lung Cancer Staging: The Must Knows of TNM-8—Brett W. Carter, MD

Module 2—Cardiovascular Imaging

• The Role of Cardiac MRI in the Diagnosis of Cardiomyopathy—Tina Dinesh Tailor, MD
• Noninvasive Imaging of Acute Aortic Syndromes—Constantine Raptis, MD
• Coronary CT Angiography—Suhny Abbara, MD
• Imaging of Cardiac Masses: Key Features for Diagnosis and Management—Karen G. Ordovas, MD

Module 3—Hepatobiliary

• Benign Liver Tumors and Tumorlike Lesions—William Roger Masch, MD
• Nonneoplastic Inflammatory and Pseudotumoral Lesions of the Liver—Andreu F. Costa, MD, MSc, FRCPC
• Imaging of Malignant Liver Lesions—Lauren F. Alexander, MD
• Multimodality Imaging of Biliary Disease—Christian B. van der Pol, MD

Module 4—Pancreas

• How I Image the Pancreas—Zhen Jane Wang, MD
• Pancreatic Inflammation—Kumaresan Sandrasegaran, MD
• Pancreatic Mass Imaging: What You Need to Know—Eric P. Tamm, MD
• Managing Incidental Pancreatic Cysts—Avinash Kambadakone-Ramesh, MD, FRCR

Module 5—Genitourinary Imaging

• CT and MRI Intravascular Contrast Media—Matthew Davenport, MD 
• Adrenal Masses: Making the Diagnosis—Andrew W. Bowman, MD, PhD
• Renal Masses—Ania Kielar, MD
• Prostate Cancer Diagnosis and Staging—Aradhana Venkatesan, MD

Module 6—Gastrointestinal Imaging

• Acute Appendicitis: Imaging Update and New Issues—Erik K. Paulson, MD 
• CT and MR Enterography—Benjamin Wildman-Tobriner, MD
• Moving Forward with CT Colonography—Judy Yee, MD 
• Pretreatment Staging of Colorectal Cancer—Seng Thipphavong, MD

Module 7—Women’s Imaging

• Update on Breast Cancer Screening and the Role of Tomosynthesis—Karen S. Johnson, MD 
• Breast MRI: Appropriate BI-RADS Descriptors—Shinn-Huey Shirley Chou, MD 
• Commonly Encountered Gynecologic Abnormalities—Mariam Moshiri, MD
• Nongynecologic Abnormalities at Pelvic Sonography—Deborah A. Baumgarten, MD, MPH

Module 8—Musculoskeletal Imaging

• Shoulder Trauma: Adding Value for the Orthopedist—Mini N. Pathria, MD 
• MRI Evaluation of the Knee: Meniscus and Cartilage—Christine B. Chung, MD
• Up-to-Date Hip Imaging—Laura W. Bancroft, MD 
• Musculoskeletal Ultrasound: Diagnostic and Procedural Considerations—Jon A. Jacobson, MD 

Module 9—Pediatric Imaging

• Pediatric Brain Tumors—Sarah S. Milla, MD 
• Fetal MRI: Covering the Basics for the Generalist—Brandon P. Brown, MD, MA, FAAP
• Congenital Heart Defects: Practical Approach for the Generalist—Arta-Luana Stanescu, MD
• Bowel Obstruction in Young Infants—Ramesh S. Iyer, MD

Module 10—Neuroradiology

• Stroke Imaging and Protocols: Best Practices—Anthony D. Kuner, MD 
• Spine Trauma—K. Elizabeth Hawk, MS, MD, PhD 
• Spine and Disc Disease Nomenclature: What the Radiologist Needs to Know—Vinil N. Shah, MD 
• Adult Intracranial Tumors: Recent Developments—James R. Fink, MD