Mt. Sinai Update 2009: Breast Imaging
October 12 - 14
Monday, October 12, 2009
7:00-7:50 a.m. Registration (Coffee and Pastries)
7:50-8:00 Welcome and Introduction - Stephen Feig, M.D.
8:00-8:45 Breast Calcifications: Management and BI-RADS Terminology - Stephen Feig, M.D.
8:45-9:30 Evaluation of Mammographic Masses and Asymmetries Using BI-RADS Terminology - Edward Sickles, M.D.
9:30-10:15 Breast Ultrasound: Review and Clinical Significance of BI-RADS Terminology - Liane Philpotts, M.D.
10:15-10:30 Break
10:30-11:15 Breast Ultrasound: Current Controversies and Patient Management Issues - Ellen Mendelson, M.D.
11:15-12:00 The Role of ACR BI-RADS in Lesion Management and Reporting - Drs. Feig (moderator), Mendelson, Philpotts, Sickles
12:00-1:30 p.m. Lunch (on your own)
1:30-2:15 p.m. Breast MRI: A Review of the BI-RADS Atlas - Laurie Margolies, M.D.
2:15-3:00 Technical Advances in Breast Ultrasound: Elastography, 3D-4D, Calcification Algorithms, and CAD - Ellen Mendelson, M.D.
3:00-3:15 Break
3:15-4:00 Evaluation of the Axilla with Mammography, Ultrasound, and MRI - Janet Szabo, M.D.
4:00-4:45 Automated Whole-Breast Ultrasound for Supplemental Breast Cancer Screening - Ellen Mendelson, M.D.
4:45-5:30 Multimodality Breast Imaging: How Can We Do It Better? - Drs. Feig (moderator), Margolies, Mendelson, Szabo
5:30 Adjourn
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
7:30-7:55 a.m. Coffee and Pastries
7:55-8:00 Announcements- Stephen Feig, M.D.
8:00-8:45 Use of Supplementary Mammographic Views in Diagnostic Problem Solving - Stephen Feig, M.D.
8:45-9:30 Breast MRI: Technical and Interpretive Pearls and Pitfalls - Liane Philpotts, M.D.
9:30-10:15 Stereotactic Core Biopsy of Potentially Malignant Lesions - George Hermann, M.D.
10:15-10:30 Break
10:30-11:15 Breast Imaging Outcomes Guidelines: Current Status and Future Directions - Edward Sickles, M.D.
11:15-12:00 p.m. Improving the Accuracy of Mammographic Interpretation and Biopsy - Drs. Feig (moderator), Hermann, Philpotts, Sickles
12:00-1:30 Lunch (on your own)
1:30-2:15 p.m. Digital Mammography: Screening Trials, Telemammography, CAD, Tomosynthesis, Breast CT - Edward Sickles, M.D.
2:15-3:00 Indications for Diagnostic and Screening MRI - Stephen Feig, M.D.
3:00-3:15 Break
3:15-4:00 Breast MRI-Guided Biopsy and Localization - Liane Philpotts, M.D.
4:00-4:30 Current Experience with 3T vs. 1.5T MRI - Laurie Margolies, M.D.
4:30-5:30 Current and Future Status of Digital Mammography and Breast MRI - Drs. Feig (moderator), Margolies, Philpotts, Sickles
5:30 Adjourn
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
7:30-7:55 a.m. Coffee and Pastries
7:55-8:00 Announcements - Stephen Feig, M.D.
8:00-8:45 How to Reduce Your Risk of Breast Imaging Malpractice - Stephen Feig, M.D.
8:45-9:30 Multimodality Breast Imaging: Challenging Cases on Mammography, Ultrasound and MRI - Laurie Margolies, M.D.
9:30-10:15 The Breast Imaging Expert Witness - Edward Sickles, M.D.
10:15-10:30 Break
10:30-11:30 Breast Imaging Malpractice: An Attorney's Perspective
….. for the Plaintiff: Robert L. Conason, Esq.
….. for the Defendant: Jay A. Rappaport, Esq.
11:30-12:30 p.m. Medicolegal Issues Panel
….. Drs. Feig (moderator), Margolies, Sickles
….. Attys. Conason, Rappaport
12:30 Adjourn


