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 Days|Hours|Min|Sec
    Advanced Body MRI for Radiologists
  • Day 1, 24 Feb. 2015
  • Day 2, 25 Feb. 2015
  • Day 3, 26 Feb. 2015
Location: KFSH&RC Post Graduate Auditorium
Time Didactic Lecture and Workshop Titles Speaker
7:30-8:00 Registration
8:00-8:30 Opening Ceremony
Moderators   Laila Ashkar & Nouf Abdullah  
8:30-9:00   Pelvic MRI: Techniques, Principles and how to Improve Quality Aslam Sohaib
9:00-9:30   Approach to Adnexal Cystic Lesions Mohamed Neimatallah
9:30-10:00   Endometrial and Cervical Ca: Updates, Staging and Therapy Response Aslam Sohaib
10:00-10:15 Coffee break  
Moderators   Mohamed Neimatallah & Shaza Alsharif  
10:15-10:40   Benign Pelvic Pathology Aslam Sohaib
10:40-11:05   MRI of Pelvic Floor Kadria El-Haddad
11:05-11:30   Diffusion MRI in the Pelvis Aslam Sohaib
11:30-12:30   WORKSHOP I: MRI Guided HIFU for Pelvis& Other Oncologic Applications Philips
12:30-1:30 Lunch break & Prayer  
Moderators   Mohammad Badran & Haifa Alharbi  
13:30-14:00   MRI of Renal Masses Aslam Sohaib
14:00-14:30   Characterization of Adrenal Masses Kadria El-Haddad
14:30-15:00   MRI of Prostate Aslam Sohaib
15:00-15:30   Staging of Urothelial Tumors Aslam Sohaib
15:30-16:00 Coffee break & Prayer  
Moderators   Fida Alaeddin & Halldor Benediktsson  
16:00-16:25   MR Enterography Halldor Benedikttson
16:25-16:50   MRI of Perianal Fistulas Mohammad Badran
16:50-17:40   WORKSHOP II: Renal Masses/Urothelial Tumors Aslam Sohaib
Location: KFSH&RC Post Graduate Auditorium
Time Didactic Lecture and Workshop Titles Speaker
Moderators   Samira Alturkistany & Badr Almutairy  
8:30-8:55   Diffuse Liver Disease Bachir Taouli
8:55-9:20   Benign and Malignant Liver Lesions in Non-Cirrhotic Liver Abdullah Aldosary
9:20-9:45   Diffusion Weighted MRI of the Liver Bachir Taouli
9:45-10:10   Diagnosis of HCC and Cholangioca, Including OPTN and LIRADS Bachir Taouli
10:10-10:25 Coffee break  
Moderators   Abeer Al Mulla & Mohammad Alzoum  
10:25-10:50   Iron Quantification Metab Alkubeyyer
10:50-11:15   Assessment of HCC Response to Therapy Bachir Taouli
11:15-12:15   WORKSHOP III: Review of Gadolinium Based Contrast Media Bachir Taouli
12:15-1:30 Lunch break & Prayer  
Moderators   Abdullah Aldossary & Metab Alkubeyyer  
13:30-13:55   MRCP; Technique and Applications: Benign and Malignant Disease Bachir Taouli
13:55-14:20   Evaluation of Liver Donor Bachir Taouli
14:20-14:45   Chronic Pancreatitis Fida Alaeddin
14:45-15:10   Cystic Pancreatic Lesions Bachir Taouli
15:10-15:35   Solid Pancreatic Lesions Salahudin Elnaas
15:35-16:00 Coffee break & Prayer  
16:00-16:25   Staging of Rectal Cancer Bachir Taouli
16:25-17:25   WORKSHOP IV: Review of Difficult Liver Cases Bachir Taouli
Location: KFSH&RC Post Graduate Auditorium
Time Didactic Lecture and Workshop Titles Speaker
Moderators   Amna Kashgari  
  8:30-9:30   WORKSHOP V: Diagnosis of HCC and Cholangioca, Including OPTN and LIRADS Bachir Taouli
  9:30-10:00   Solitary Liver Lesions in Paediatrics Ahmad Alqatie
10:00-10:30   Fetal MRI Hisham Alshalaan
10:30-11:30   Renal & Supra-Renal lesions in Children Faisal Bin Hussain
  11:00-11:15 Coffee break  
Moderators   Mohamed Neimatallah  
11:15-11:45   Mediastinal Masses Mashael Alrujaib
11:45-12:15   MRI of Cardiac Tumors Ahmed Fathala
12:15-12:45   Myocardial Tissue Characterization Mashael Alrujaib
  12:45-13:30 Lunch break & Prayer  
  13:30-22:30 Al-Thumamma Desert Picnic
   MRI: Basics and Applications in Radiotherapy and Diagnostic Imaging
  • Day 1, 24 Feb. 2015
  • Day 2, 25 Feb. 2015
  • Day 3, 26 Feb. 2015
Location: KFSH&RC Post Graduate Classroom 1
Time Didactic Lecture and Workshop Titles Speaker
Moderators   Waleed Al-Najjar & Rafat Mohtasib  
8:30-9:00   MRI Basics Mohammad Aljallad
9:00-9:30   MRI Instrumentation Jingfei Ma
9:30-10:00   Principles of MRI Imaging Abdullah Abujamea
10:00-10:15 Coffee break  
Moderators   Zeinab Hassan & Shada Wadi Alramahi  
10:15-10:45   MRI Pulse Sequencing Mohammad Aljallad
10:45-11:15   MRI Parameters and Trade-offs Abdullah Abujamea
11:15-11:45   Basic Principles and Contrast Mechanism Jingfei Ma
11:45-12:15   Panel Discussion (Q&A Session) All Speakers
12:15-13:30 Lunch break  
Moderators   Mohammad Alshabanah & Yasser Khafaga  
13:30-14:00   Systems/Tool for MR Simulation James Balter
14:00-14:30   Clinical Protocol Consideration/Optimization Jingfei Ma
14:30-15:00   MRI Simulation: A Single Institution Experience James Balter
15:00-15:30   MRI Artifacts Jingfei Ma
15:30-16:00 Coffee break  
Moderators   Ahmad Nobah & Ahmad Masawi  
16:00-16:30   Safety and Hazard in MRI Abdullah Abujamea
16:30-17:00   Panel Discussion (Q&A Session) All Speakers
Location: KFSH&RC Post Graduate Classroom 1
Time Didactic Lecture and Workshop Titles Speaker
Moderators   Rafat Mohtasib & Shada Wadi Alramahi  
  8:30-9:00   MRI QA (Part I) Jingfei Ma
  9:00-9:30   MRI QA (Part II) Jingfei Ma
  9:30-10:00   Radiotherapy-specific MRI Simulator QA James Balter
  10:00-10:15 Coffee break  
Moderators   Ameen Al-Omair & Waleed Al-Najjar  
  10:15-10:45   Dose Calculation using MRI-derived Patient Models James Balter
  10:45-11:15   Diffusion Imaging Jingfei Ma
  11:15-11:45   New Dimensions in MRI Radiotherapy Ilyas Gipps
11:45-12:15   Future Trend: Magnetic Influenced Radiation Therapy (MIRT) Shada Wadi Alramahi
  12:15-13:30 Lunch break  
Moderators   Ahmad Masawi  
  13:30-14:00   Workshop I: Scanning the ACR Phantom for Accreditation and Daily QC   Mohammad Aljallad
 14:00-14:30 Jingfei Ma
  14:30-15:00   Workshop II: Image Evaluation and QC Measurements using ACR MRI Phantom  Mohammad Aljallad
  15:00-15:30 Jingfei Ma
  15:30-16:00 Coffee break  
 16:00-16:30   Workshop III: RF Coil Quality Control Testing Abdullah Abujamea & Mohammad Aljallad
 16:30-17:00
Location: KFSH&RC Post Graduate Classroom 1
Time Didactic Lecture and Workshop Titles Speaker
Moderators   Ahmad Masawi  
8:30-10:00   Workshop IV: Basic Image Quality Measurements and Evaluation

Mohammad Aljallad, Jingfei Ma & Abdullah Abujamea

10:00-10:15 Coffee break  
Moderators   Ahmad Masawi  
10:15-12:15   Workshop V: Magnetic Field Homogeneity Testing   Abdullah Abujamea & Mohammad Aljallad
12:15-13:30 Lunch break  
13:30-22:30 Al-Thumamma Desert Picnic
     Internal Dosimetry and Radionuclide Therapy
  • Day 1, 24 Feb. 2015
  • Day 2, 25 Feb. 2015
  • Day 3, 26 Feb. 2015
Location: KFSH&RC Post Graduate Classroom 3
Time Didactic Lecture and Workshop Titles Speaker
Moderators   Saleh Othman & Abdulaziz Al-Sugair  
  8:30-9:00   Neuroblastoma Management Strategy Afshan Ali
  9:00-9:30   MIBG Therapy in Neuroblastoma Rizwan Syed
  9:30-10:00   MIBG Therapy Dosimetry Manuel Bardies
   10:00-10:15 Coffee break  
Moderators   Shanker Raja & Sahar Sebaie  
  10:15-10:45   NETs Management Strategy Ahmed Mohammed
  10:45-11:15   NETs Diagnosis Zubair Khan
  11:15-11:45   Radionuclide therapy in NETs Rizwan Syed
  11:45-12:15   Dosimetry in NETs Manuel Bardies
  12:15-13:30 Lunch break & Prayer  
  13:30-14:30    WORKSHOP I: MIBG Dosimetry Manuel Bardies
 14:30-15:30   WORKSHOP II: Lu177/Y90 Dosimetry Manuel Bardies
  15:30-16:00 Coffee break & Prayer  
Location: KFSH&RC Post Graduate Classroom 3
Time Didactic Lecture and Workshop Titles Speaker
Moderators   Henry Fielding & Hossam Elzeftawy  
8:30-9:00   HCC Management Strategy Hussein Elsiesy
9:00-9:30   Microsphere treatment of HCC and Liver Mets Hamad Alsuhaibani
9:30-10:00   Dosimetry in Microsphere Therapy Manuel Bardies
10:05-10:15 Coffee break  
Moderators   Gulam Syed Shah & Sergey Rumyantsev  
10:15-10:45   Thyroid Tumor Management Update Ali Zahrani
10:45-11:15   Thyroid Tumor Radionuclide Therapy Update Mahmoud Tuli
11:15-11:45   Thyroid Tumor Dosimetry Salem Sassi
11:45-12:15   Practical Aspect of the Preparation of Microspheres Mohammed Alrowaily
12:15-13:30 Lunch break & Prayer  
13:30-15:30     WORKSHOP III: Micropshere Dosimetry Manuel Bardies
15:30-16:00 Coffee break & Prayer  
16:00-17:00   WORKSHOP IV: I-131 Dosimetry Salem Sassi
Location: KFSH&RC Post Graduate Classroom 3
Time Didactic Lecture and Workshop Titles Speaker
Moderators   Mohei Eldin Abouzeid & Muhammed Alzayed  
8:30-9:00   Prostate Treatment Management Strategy Ali Jubran
9:00-9:30   PET/CT and PET/MRI in Prostate Cancer Rizwan Syed
9:30-10:00   Radionuclide therapy in Castration Resistant Prostate Cancer Ahmad Muhaideb
10:00-10:30   Radiation Protection in Radionuclide Therapy Salem Sassi
10:30-10:45 Coffee break  
12:15-13:30 Lunch break & Prayer  
13:30-22:30 Al-Thumamma Desert Picnic
      Radiation Protection and Radiobiology
  • Day 1, 24 Feb. 2015
  • Day 2, 25 Feb. 2015
  • Day 3, 26 Feb. 2015
Location: KFSH&RC Post Graduate Classrom 4
Time Didactic Lecture and Workshop Titles Speaker
Moderators   Ghazi Alsbeih & Fareed Mahyoub  
8:30-9:00   Management Structure of a Radiation Protection Program Mohammad Al-Shabanah
9:00-9:30   Introduction to Radiation Protection Belal Moftah
9:30-10:00   Responsibilities of Radiation Safety Officers and Workers (RSO) Abdulrahman Alarfaj
10:00-10:15 Coffee break  
Moderators   Nasser Alaboudi & Talal Salim  
10:15-10:45   New Regulation in Radiation Safety and Handling Radioactive Materials Nasser Alaboudi
10:45-11:15   Biological Effects of Ionizing Radiation Ghazi Alsbeih
11:15-11:45   Potential Hazards of Non-Ionizing Radiation Ibrahim Al-Anazi
11:45-12:15   Radiation Safety in Laboratories Ghazi Alsbeih
12:15-13:30 Lunch break & Prayer  
Moderators   Ibrahim Alanazi & Najla Alharbi  
13:30-14:00   Health Risks from Low Levels of Ionizing Radiation Ibrahim Al-Anazi
14:00-14:30   Clinical Radiation Biology Ghazi Alsbeih
14:30-15:00   Radiation Shielding Design Shada Wadi Alramahi
15:00-15:30   National Biodosimetry Laboratory in Saudi Arabia Ghazi Alsbeih
15:30-16:00 Coffee break  
Moderators   Mahmoud Ahmad & Ghazi Alsbeih  
16:00-16:30   Radioactive Materials Registration& Waste Management Mahmoud Ahmed
16:30-17:00   Optimization of Protection in Mammography Ibrahim Al-Anazi
Location: KFSH&RC Post Graduate Classrom 4
Time Didactic Lecture and Workshop Titles Speaker
Moderators   Ibrahim Al-Anazi & Ibrahim Al-Gain  
  8:30-9:00   Patient Doses in Diagnostic Radiology Ibrahim Al-Anazi
  9:00-9:30   Radiation Safety in Radiation Oncology Waleed Al-Najjar
  9:30-10:00   Personnel Dose Monitoring Ibrahim Al-Gain
  10:00-10:15 Coffee break  
Moderators   Akram Al-Moussa & Saad Aldelaijan  
10:15-10:45   Radiation Safety in Industrial Applications Akram Al-Moussa
10:45-11:15   Radiation Safety and Risks in Fluoroscopy Mohammed Aljallad
11:15-11:45   A New Patened Technology for Processing Radioactive Waste Water from Nuclear Medicine Jose Canga Rodriguez
11:45-12:15   Comprehensive Software Application for Radiation Safety Mahmoud Ahmed
  12:15-13:30 Lunch break & Prayer  
  13:30-14:30    WORKSHOP I: Secondary Standard Dosimetry Laboratory (SSDL) and Calibration of Survey Meters Omar Noor
 14:30-15:30     WORKSHOP II: Practical Applications in Radiation Protection Personnel Monitoring Ibrahim AlGain
  15:30-16:00 Coffee break & Prayer  
  16:00-17:00     WORKSHOP III: Radioactive Waste Celestino Lagarde
Location: KFSH&RC Post Graduate Classrom 4
Time Didactic Lecture and Workshop Titles Speaker
  8:30-10:00   WORKSHOP IV:Practical Applications in Radiation
Protection for Radioiodine Therapy
Fareed Mahyoub
  10:00-10:15 Coffee break  
  10:15-12:15     WORKSHOP V: Radiobiology and Biodosimetry Dr. Ghazi Alsbeih
  12:15-13:30 Lunch break & Prayer  
  13:30-22:30 Al-Thumamma Desert Picnic