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SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM
 
DAY 1, TUESDAY, 24 FEBRUARY 2015
COURSE I: Advanced Body MRI for Radiologists
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
COURSE II: MRI: Basics and Applications in Radiotherapy and Diagnostic Imaging
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
COURSE III: Internal Dosimetry and Radionuclide Therapy
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  
COURSE IV: Radiation Safety & Radiobiology
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