15 HOURS OF CME CREDIT IN MAMMOGRAPHY

["TED S. BOHN" <BST@inel.gov>]

      Radiological Engineering (bst@inel.gov)
      6-1279  MS 4138  FAX 6-8959  Pager 5841
This is about the tenth time this has been posted.  There are only two question
I have about this course and I don't mean it to be taken the wrong way:
 Is this course considered 'hands on' training and are there any lab fees?
 .ak

*** Reply to note of 01/15/96 15:03
To: RADSAFE --INELMAIL RADSAFE

Subject: 15 HOURS OF CME CREDIT IN MAMMOGRAPHY
WE ARE POSTING THIS SO ANYONE THAT MAY HAVE MISSED A PREVIOUS POSTING WILL
HAVE ACCESS.

15 HOURS OF CME CREDITS IN MAMMOGRAPHY PHYSICS
Saint Francis Hospital Breast Seminar
Tulsa, Oklahoma
April 12-13, 1996

On behalf of Saint Francis Hospital, I would like to invite you to our
upcoming breast seminar.  The seminar is well respected regionally
by physicians and technologists involved in mammography and the
management of breast disease.  This year the seminar is being
expanded to provide national appeal.  Also mammography physics will
be included in the program.  A certificate proclaiming 15 hours of
continuing education credit will be awarded to seminar participants by
Saint Francis Hospital.

The registration fee for the two day program is $350.00.  The
registration fee includes certificate of attendance, educational
materials, breaks and lunch both days.  A refund of $325.00 will be
made if cancellation is made in writing and received by March 29,
1996 ($25.00 processing and handling fee is deducted).

Our guest faculty have both national and international reputations.
Guest faculty is expected to include Bill Ekland, M.D., Lazlo Tabar,
M.D., Ed Hendrick, Ph.D., and Arthur Haus, Ph.D.  Local faculty will
include:  John Frame, M.D., Tony Madeira, M.D., David Gooden,
Ph.D., and Shikuan She, M.S.

Specific topics for the mammography physics tract include:

--      The impact of MQSA:  Present and future.
--      Test equipment for physics evaluations.
--      The unique role of the physicist in mammography.
--      Computerized data reduction and analysis.
--      The physics of mammography image quality.
--      The physicist's report and recommendations.
--      What's available in mammography equipment?
--      Radiation dose and risk.
--      The effect of target/filter on dose and contrast.
--      The physicist and the QC technologists.
--      Physics test procedures.
--      Processor chemistry quality control.

To register, please send a check payable to:

Saint Francis Hospital
Department of Continuing Medical Education
6161 South Yale
Tulsa, OK  74136
PHONE:        (918) 494-1677
FAX:          (918) 494-6499

Include name, address, city, state/country, zip code, daytime phone,
FAX and affiliation.

Hotel arrangements are to be made directly with the

Doubletree Hotel at Warren Place
6110 South Yale Avenue
Tulsa, OK  74136
(918) 495-1000

prior to March 29, 1996.  Identify yourself as being with the Saint
Francis Hospital Breast Conference to receive the group rate of
$65.00 (plus state and local tax) for a single or double room.  Please
book early as a limited number of rooms are blocked.

I look forward to seeing you in April, 1996.


David S. Gooden, Ph.D., J.D.
Phone:        (918) 494-1444
FAX:          (918) 494-1452
email: gooden@vms.ocom.okstate.edu