Thoracic Imaging 2003 - Society of Thoracic Radiology

Dear Friends,
Welcome to Miami Beach and the 21st annual meeting of the
Society of Thoracic Radiology. This should be a wonderful
meeting in a wonderful location. The course director, Ella
Kazerooni, has gathered a truly outstanding group of faculty
for the meeting. You will be getting the latest and the greatest
information on all the current issues in thoracic imaging.
Don't forget -- thoracic imaging encompasses both pulmonary
and cardiac imaging, and we have great speakers in both of
these areas. We will cover controversial subjects, such as lung
cancer screening, and issues important to the clinical and
academic workplace, such as new technologies, PACs and
ergonomics, the workforce shortage and current/future
developments in research and research funding, with experts
from the NCI, NIBIB and ACR. Overall, it should be a great
meeting at a truly outstanding hotel!
This year the Benjamin Felson Memorial Lecture will be given
by Thomas Brady, who will present "Cardiac Imaging: Role of
CT and MR," a very hot topic given the rapid advances in
technology. Another highlight is the Scanlon Symposium on
Lung Cancer. A meeting favorite, the unknown film panel, has
been revived with a group of STR presidents challenging the
newcomers in taking a series of truly unknown cases. Fun
should be had by all!
Thank you for coming to the meeting. If there is anything I
can do to improve the meeting and your meeting experience,
please do not hesitate to let me know or contact one of our
meeting planners from Matrix Meetings if you need assistance.
Lastly, mark you calendars for the 2004 meeting at the
beautiful Westin Mission Hills Resort in Rancho Mirage,
California on March 28-April 1, 2004.
Sincerely,
Robert D. Tarver, M.D.
President, Society of Thoracic Radiology
President’s Letter
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