2013 Annual Convention

Convention | Monday, April 8
Pediatric Hepatobiliary Disorders
Earn up to 2 CME credits.
Manhattan Ballroom Eighth Floor
Moderator: Rob Goodman, MD
The objective of this session is to review common pediatric disorders of the liver,
biliary tree, and pancreas.
8:15 AM–8:25 AM Introduction
Rob Goodman, MD
8:25 AM–9:00 AM Sonographic Differential Diagnoses in the Pediatric Focal
Liver Lesion
Rob Goodman, MD
9:00 AM–9:30 AM The Spectrum of Ultrasound Findings in the Pediatric
Biliary Tree
Valerie Ward, MD
9:30 AM–10:00 AM Assessment of the Pediatric Pancreas and Spleen
With Ultrasound
Harriet Paltiel, MD
10:00 AM–10:15 AM Questions and Answers
Taboos and Opportunities in Sonothrombolysis for Stroke:
From Sonothrombolysis in Animals to Stroke Treatment in Patients
Earn up to 2 CME credits.
Marquis Ballroom A/B Ninth Floor
NEURO
Moderators: Tatjana Rundek, MD, PhD, Paul Sierzenski, MD, RDMS
The session will provide an overview of the use of therapeutic ultrasound in cerebrovascular
diseases with special emphasis on neurovascular ultrasound in stroke,
drug delivery using animal models of sonothrombolysis, sonothrombolysis taboos,
and opportunities in clinical trials.
8:15 AM–8:45 AM Ups and Downs in Clinical Trials of Sonothrombolysis
Andrei Alexandrov, MD, RVT
8:45 AM–9:15 AM Animal Models of Sonothrombolysis and Drug Delivery
Christy Holland, PhD
9:15 AM–9:45 AM Neurovascular Ultrasound in Stroke: What Sonographers
Can Do Now
Tatjana Rundek, MD
9:45 AM–10:15 AM Therapeutic Ultrasound: Lessons Learned and What Should
Be Reported
Mark Schafer, PhD
PEDS
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