Ari Isaacson, MD, received industry funding (Anticipated funding: $15K / Sponsor: BTG International, Ltd.) in June 2018 to conduct retrospective data analysis to explore use of LC Bead LUMI™ in routine clinical practice for the treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Study goals will be supported by collecting data on safety, effectiveness and procedural information from across five U.S. sites.
Ari Isaacson, MD, received funding (UNC portion: $106K+ / Sponsor: Medtronic, Inc.) in June 2018 – “Randomized Placebo-Controlled Single Blinded Study of Geniculate Artery Embolization [GAE] for Knee Pain Secondary to Osteoarthritis [OA]”— as part of a multi-center (UNC, Vascular Institute of Virginia) prospective clinical trial exploring whether GAE reduces the severity of pain and global disability caused by knee OA compared with placebo. This study is a continuation of Dr. Isaacon’s other clinical research exploring use of GAE for knee pain.
Amir Khandani, MD, assumed his new position as Vice President-Elect of the American Board of Science in Nuclear Medicine (ABSNM) in June 2018. (Term: June 2018 – June 2019)
Amir Khandani, MD, presented as an inviter lecturer – “Emergency Exams in Nuclear Medicine: VQ, GI BLEED and HIDA” – at the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI)’s 2018 Annual Meeting in June 2018 in Philadelphia, PA.
Amir Khandani, MD, served as Moderator of Scientific Session SS47: Gynecological Malignancies at the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI)’s 2018 Annual Meeting in June 2018 in Philadelphia, PA.
Amir Khandani, MD, presented, “Visual and Quantitative 82-Rb Uptake in Malignant Tumors on PET/CT” as an accepted abstract at the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI)’s 2018 Annual Meeting in June 2018 in Philadelphia, PA. Authors: Commander CW, Desai H, Oldan J, Wong TW, Benefield T, Ivanovic M, Khandani AH.
Cherie M. Kuzmiak, DO, facilitated the “Breast MRI” Scientific Session the session’s keynote speaker at the American Roentgen Ray Society (ARRS)’ Annual Meeting in Washington, DC, in April 2018.
Cherie M. Kuzmiak, DO, presented, “Alphabet Soup of Breast Cancer (ER/PR/Her 2/Ki 67 and Beyond) – What Does it Mean, and Do I Have to Care?” as a Society of Breast Imaging(SBI)/American College of Radiology (ACR) Breast Imaging Symposium invited speaker in Las Vegas, NV, in April 2018.
Cherie M. Kuzmiak, DO, presented, “Practice-Changing Advances in Breast Imaging 2017-2018” at a Plenary Session held at the National Consortium of Breast Centers’ 28th Annual Interdisciplinary Breast Center Conference in Las Vegas, NV, in March 2018.
Cherie M. Kuzmiak, DO, presented, “Radiogenomics” at the National Consortium of Breast Centers’ 28th Annual Interdisciplinary Breast Center Conference in Las Vegas, NV, in March 2018.
Cherie Kuzmiak, DO, presented, “Mammography, the Nature of Screening, False Positives and False Negatives” in April 2018 as an invited lecturer in Chapel Hill, NC, at a UNC/National Courts and Science Institute (NCSI)-sponsored judicial education workshop. Entitled “Scientific Method, Tools and Measures; an NCSI/UNC Science Boot Camp and Medical School for Judges,” the workshop was facilitated by medical and science community speakers and attended by approximately 35 invited State of NC Supreme Court and US District Court judges. Over two days, expert facilitators presented their respective areas of expertise to guide judges in attendance with judicial decision-making in clinical cases involving screening results and other indicators.
Yueh Z. Lee, MD, PhD, presented, “Minibeam radiotherapy utilizing novel x-ray sources and conventional irradiators” in June 2018 as an invited seminar speaker at the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF)’s headquarters in Grenoble, France.
Carlos Zamora, MD and Mauricio Castillo, MD, co-authored an electronic exhibit — “Expected Findings and Potential Complications Following Tympanoplasty and Mastoidectomy” — chosen to receive a 2018 Electronic Education Exhibit Award at the American Society of Neuroradiology (ASNR)’s 56th Annual Meeting in June 2018 in Vancouver, BC, Canada.