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CEO
Update
The Way Ahead
By
Tanya Tolpegin, CAE
SCCT
CEO
Fall
is a time of changes, and you may have noticed the
newsletter changing subtly over the past few
months. In order to best keep the SCCT
membership informed, we have been adapted our
newsletter, one of our primary communication
outlets, with an updated format and new
informational sections.
The
"SCCT in the News" section focuses on public
relations activities and recent news updates
pertinent to SCCT and its members - Did you catch
the mention of SCCT's Annual Meeting in the
Journal of Thoracic Imaging blog? If not,
we've got you covered. Maybe you've been on
vacation - and didn't get a chance to read some of
the SCCT email blasts that showed up in your
inbox. We've kept them safe for you, and archived
them in the Press Room section of
our website as well. SCCT
intends to use this newsletter section to continue
to work with its associated groups and societies -
to not only publish reviews where SCCT is
mentioned, but also link the membership to the
latest buzz.
We have also launched a new
section called "SCCT Committee Update." As you may
know, SCCT's committees cover a wide range of
topics, and are truly the foundation upon which
the Society grows. Many of our members have
generously given their time and effort to either
chair or participate on committees; we are deeply
thankful to our members who not only volunteer
their time, but often come forward of their own
accord with ideas and suggestions. This dedication
is both gratifying and necessary for SCCT to
continue as a leader in the field.
The
"SCCT Committee Update" section will keep members
abreast of current committee activities, so that
not only can you be aware of what your fellow
physicians, researchers, technicians, and nurses
are working on, you may notice a committee where
you might be interested in making a future
contribution.
After
careful discussion and review of feedback gathered
from the membership, the Executive Board approved
several new committees, confirmed the continued
participation of many previous committee members,
and invited a large number of new members and
chairs for both the new and existing committees. A
fresh infusion of experts in the field keeps our
committees active and moving forward with new
projects and educational efforts for the field of
cardiovascular CT.
During this season of
change, don't forget to renew your SCCT membership
for 2011. Renewing now will ensure you don't miss
out on any of the high-value benefits SCCT has to
offer. Please click here to renew your membership
online.
As always, if you have any
questions, the SCCT staff would be happy to help:
please contact us at info@scct.org. Thank you for
your membership, and your support of SCCT!
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SCCT
in the
News
Society of
Cardiovascular Computed Tomography (SCCT)
Collaborates on Update to the Cardiac CT
Appropriate Use Criteria
Vienna, VA (October 25,
2010) - The Society of Cardiovascular Computed
Tomography (SCCT) collaborates with the American
College of Cardiology Foundation and other
societies on the update to the Cardiac CT
Appropriate Use Criteria.
Click here to read the full press
release.
Society of
Cardiovascular Computed Tomography (SCCT) Past
President, Daniel S. Berman, M.D., FSCCT, Receives
the "Pioneer in Medicine"
Award
Vienna, VA (October 21,
2010) - SCCT Past President, Daniel S. Berman,
M.D., FSCCT receives The Pioneer in Medicine Award
from Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. Dr. Berman
received the award for his significant
contributions to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and
the medical community through his research and
teachings. He is currently the Director of Cardiac
Imaging at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, and
Professor of Medicine at the UCLA School of
Medicine.
Click here to read the full press
release.
Technologist
Appointed to the Board of Directors of the Society
of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography (SCCT)
Vienna, VA (October 15,
2010) - The Society of Cardiovascular Computed
Tomography (SCCT) announces the appointment of
Technologist, Ralph Gentry, RT(R)(MR)(CT),
to the SCCT Board of Directors. The
announcement was made official at the SCCT 5th
Annual Scientific Meeting, recently held in Las
Vegas, NV.
Click here to read the full press
release.
Highlights of the
SCCT Meeting, as Posted on the Journal of
Thoracic Imaging Blog
The Society for
Cardiovascular Computed Tomography (SCCT), which
held its 5th Annual Scientific Meeting in Las
Vegas, Nevada, last July, had a record number of
attendees... An overarching theme of the meeting
was radiation dose, spanning from the opening
session to several dedicated dose management
sessions to featured scientific abstract
sessions.
Click here to view the full entry at the
Journal of Thoracic Imaging Blog. The
site covers current events in cardiopulmonary
radiology, updates about the journal's web site
features, and links to other web sites of interest
to cardiopulmonary
radiologists.
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International
Regional Committee Update
Australia/New
Zealand (ANZ) IRC
The
Royal Australian and New Zealand College of
Radiologists meeting was held in Perth on October
14-17, with a major cardiovascular CT component,
including workshops. Please visit http://www.ranzcr2010.com/ for more
information.
The
Australian IRC is moving forward after the success
of the Cardiac Society of Australia-New Zealand
(CSANZ) meeting, with Dr. James Min, FSCCT, as
keynote speaker in August 2010. The committee is
planning a two-day CT meeting with Australia-NZ
Endovascular Therapies (ANZET) and the CSANZ
meeting for 2011 in Perth.
For
more information, please visit http://www.anzet.com.au and http:// www.csanz2011.com
Brazil
IRC
The
Brazilian IRC is currently working to increase the
numbers of Brazilian members at SCCT with a
membership benefit letter scheduled to be sent out
to radiologists and cardiologists who are working
on the field.
The
group is also planning the first SCCT Brazil IRC
meeting, to be held in August 2011. SCCT Brazil is
glad to have the support of SCCT with one
international speaker. Further information
will be posted to the SCCT website, www.scct.org,
as made available.
Latin
America IRC
The
Latin American International Regional Committee
held its first Annual Meeting at the International
Course of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography and
Cardiac PET. This took place on October 21- 22,
2010, at the National University of Mexico in
Mexico City. The course covered every aspect
related to coronary CT, including: basic concepts
of acquisition, processing, and analysis of CT
images, selection of the patient, identification
and characterization of normal and pathological
coronary arteries obtained by coronary CTA,
correct interpretation and adequate report
elaboration of a coronary CTA, highlight the
importance and correlation of anatomical and
functional information offered by the hybrid
PET/CT appropriateness criteria for realizing CTA,
among others.
The
lectures reviewed methodical fundamentals and
clinical application. The course offered
workstations operated by the invited faculty. An
important objective of the course was
consolidating the Latin-American International
Regional Committee of the SCCT, by realizing the
First Meeting of this recently formed
Committee.
Many
expert SCCT faculty spoke at the meeting,
including professors from Argentina, Colombia,
Chile, Dominican Republic, Costa Rica, Mexico and
Venezuela. Dr. Allen J. Taylor and Dr. Suhny
Abbara, founding members of the organization and
current SCCT Board of Director members, also
lectured.
For
more program information, please visit the SCCT
website: http://www.scct.org/irc/index.cfm
Japan
IRC
The
4th Annual Meeting of Japan Regional Committee of
SCCT was successfully held at Tokyo Conference
Center Shinagawa, Tokyo on September 4, 2010. The
meeting had 284 attendees including 133
cardiologists and radiologists, 111 co-medicals,
and 40 from industrial companies.
The
program featured high quality talks and
discussions including two symposia, general oral
sessions, reports from SCCT Board members and
lectures by two distinguished guest speakers from
SCCT, Dr. Frank J. Rybicki and Dr. Tony DeFrance,
FSCCT.
In
the first symposium, radiology technicians,
radiologists and cardiologists gave talks from
individual point of view in terms of providing
high quality images, important points in
interpretation of coronary artery stenosis on
coronary CTA and how to apply CT data to
therapeutic decision making. The second symposium
featured explanations and discussion of three
major cardiac CT guidelines. The important points
of these guidelines were summarized, with
discussion on how to exploit these cardiac CT
guidelines in the clinical
practice.
The
Committee also introduced an educational project
they have been working on, which consisted of a
new, web-based learning system with 650 cases in
the database. In each case, a set of question and
answer are prepared and can be accessed online as
a unique education system.
A
special report from the 4th Annual Meeting of
Japan Regional Committee of SCCT by guest speaker
Dr. Frank J. Rybicki and committee chair Dr.
Sachio Kuribayashi will be published in the
upcoming issue of the International Journal of
Cardiovascular Imaging. The next meeting is
scheduled to be held on September 10, 2011, in
Shinagawa, Tokyo.
For
more program information and pictures, please
visit the SCCT website: http://www.scct.org/irc/index.cfm
Middle
East IRC
The
Middle East Regional Committee participated in the
First Eastern Mediterranean Congress on
Cardiovascular Prevention, Oct 21-23, Beit El
Tabib. This meeting was worth 15 EBAC Credits and
covered many cardiovascular topics relevant to the
membership.
For
more program information, please visit the SCCT
website: http://www.scct.org/irc/index.cfm
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SCCT
Committee Update
SCCT
committees are the backbone of the Society and it
is through our membership's generous donation of
volunteer time and service that ensures SCCT
remains the standard of excellence in
cardiovascular CT. In September, the SCCT
Executive Board approved several new committees
and invited new members and chairs to many of our
existing groups. For a listing of all
SCCT Committees and Chairs please click here.
Below is a listing of recent committee
accomplishments.
Research
and Clinical Trials
Committee
Chairs
- Daniel Berman, MD, FSCCT, Szilard Voros,
MD, FSCCT
- The
committee recently reviewed and approved a brief
Cardiac CT Field of View survey that was
disseminated to the SCCT
membership.
International
sub-committee
Chairs
- Stephan Achenbach,MD, FSCCT, Ricardo Cury, MD,
FSCCT
- Canada
and Southeast Asia are working towards
International Regional Committee status.
- The
Japan International Regional Committee recently
held a meeting on September 4, 2010 with 289
attendees.
- The
Middle East Regional Committee participated in
the First Eastern Mediterranean Congress on
Cardiovascular Prevention, Oct 21-23, Beit El
Tabib.
- The
Latin American International Regional Committee
held its first Annual Meeting at the
International Course of Cardiovascular Computed
Tomography and Cardiac PET. This took place on
October 21- 22, 2010, at the National University
of Mexico in Mexico City.
Publications
and Statements Committee
Chair
- Daniel Berman, MD, FSCCT
- The
committee has prepared endorsement of 2010 ACC
CCT Appropriate Use
Criteria.
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Upcoming
Events
Please make note of
the following dates and deadlines.
December 11-12, 2010, CTA
Academy, Los Angeles,
California
CTA Academy - Hands-on
Training in Coronary CT Angiography for
Intermediate/Advanced Users
Location: Los Angeles Biomedical
Research Institute - Los Angeles,
California
Course Directors: Wm. Guy
Weigold, MD, FSCCT and Matthew J. Budoff, MD,
FSCCT
Workstations/Sponsor: GE
Healthcare
Registration: Click here
December 17,
2010
Cardiac CT Certificate of
Advanced Proficiency (CoAP) Examination
The ACR
is pleased to offer qualified physicians the
Cardiac CT Certificate of Advanced Proficiency
(CoAP) Examination. For more information please
visit www.acr.org.
July 13-14, 2011 -
4th Annual Cardiovascular CT Board Review
Course
Hyatt Regency Denver,
Colorado
The 4th Annual
Cardiovascular CT Board Review Course will be a
rigorous and comprehensive review of all aspects
of cardiovascular CT principles, methodologies,
and clinical practice. Click here to register today!
July 14-17, 2011 -
Save the Date! SCCT2011
Hyatt Regency Denver,
Colorado
SCCT2011 covers completely
new topics and is the only meeting devoted
exclusively to cardiovascular CT. This
program will provide timely information on the
technical principles, methods, clinical results,
potential applications and limitations of
cardiovascular CT and will update attendees with
the most recent scientific data in the field.
Click here to register
today!
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The SCCT wishes to
extend a warm THANK YOU to our partners in
cardiovascular computed tomography.
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