Date: 5 - 7 March 2012 Location: Missoni Hotel CME: Reg. No. 216/NM0/Mar 12. 16 CME credits category 1 Speakers: D. Schuster-USA, J. Maddahi-USA, M. Mallah-KSA, J. Vitola- Brazil, K. Hoefnagel-Holland, R. Almazrou-KSA, M. Zubaid-Kuwait, M. Osman-USA, S. Sassi- KSA.

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• Day 1:

Dr. Zubaid

Acute Coronary Syndrome in the Gulf: A look at the landscape
Dr. Vitola
Nuclear Medicine in diagnosing CAD
Nuclear Medicine and other competing modalitites
Stress modalities, new trends and agents
Case 1
Case 2 and 3

Dr. Maddahi

Proper reporting of Myocardial Perfusion Imaging
MPI F-18 radiotracers, Future?
Case 1

Dr. Mallah

MPI with PET tracers, Present?
Interactive session

• Day 2:

Dr. Mallah

MPI in Special groups
Minimizing radiation burden
Imaging in Cardiomyopathy

Dr. Vitola

Pitfall and artifact in cardiac studies
Case 4
Case 5

Dr. Sassi

Improving Image quality in Myocardial Imaging

Dr. Maddahi

Cardiac Viability
Instrumental new trends in Cardiac Imaging

Dr. Schuster

CNS hybrid imaging: Anatomy, variant, urgent findings
Head & Neck Hybrid imaging: Anatomy, variant, urgent findings
Chest Hybrid imaging: Anatomy, variant, urgent findings
Abdominal and Pelvis Hybrid imaging: Anatomy, variant, urgent findings
Common Musculoskeletal correclative findings on hybrid imaging

• Day 3:

Dr. Hoefnagel

Neuroendocrine tumors, Hybrid imaging

SPECT/CT application in thyroid & parathyroid

SPECT/CT application in SLN

Case

Mr. Almazrou

Recommended QC for SPECT/CT

Dr. Sassi

Strategies in minimizing radiation in SPECT/CT

Dr. Osman

Brain Hybrid imaging

Bone scanning from planar to PET

Case

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Dr. Andrew Tan

Dual tracer techniques and applications in nuclear medicine. The Singapore Experience

Dr. Emerita A. Barrenechea

Graves Ophthalmophathy- A perspective

Dr. Jasna Mihailovic

RADIONUCLIDE THERAPY OF DIFFERENTIATED THYROID CARCINOMA

Dr. Layla Ali

Dose Selection For Pediatric Nuclear Medicine Procedures

Dr. Ajit Padhy

Molecular Imaging of Breast Cancer using Radionuclide Methods

Thyroid Cancer

Dr. Rakesh Mittal

Pediatric Oncology in Kuwait

A/Prof. Monica Rossleigh

Guidelines & Recommendations in the Management of Pediatric Malignancies

Renal Infection

Management of pediatric thyroid carcinoma

Neonatal Hydronephrosis

Dr. Shrikant Solao

FDG PET scan in PUO

Radiation Synovectmy indian experience

Prof. J. Harvey Turner

Radiopeptide Therapy of Neuroendocrine Tumours

Radioimmunotherapy

Dr. Irene Virgolini

Basics of receptors-mediated Nuclear Medicine

Treatment perspectives of Radioiodine Negative Thyroid Cancer

Molecular Imaging and Therapy with Somatostatin Analogs

Prof. Abdelhamid Elgazzar

Pinhole imaging in Kuwait

Dr. Isabel Roca

Gastrointestinal studies in Children

PET/CT  SPECT/CT Pediatric Diseases

Dr. N. Rasulova

Strategies of Bone Metastasis treatment in patients with impending cord compression or vertebrae fracture: a pilot study

Dr. Nguyen XuanCanh

Radionuclide Therapy Perspective

Dr. Abdelreda Ismael

radioembolization with Y-90 Therasphere

Dr. Douglas Van Nostrand

I-124 PET/CT in Differentiated Thyroid Cancer

Introduction to Nuclear Medicine and radiation safety lectures were given.

Day1: Nuclear Medicine Department - Farwaniya Hospital (October 2nd 2010)

Day2: Nuclear Medicine Department- Chest Disease Hospital (October 3rd 2010)

Transport of Radioactive Material - Josef Neubaur

Storage of Radioactive Waste - Josef Neubaur

Treatment of Hospital Waste - Josef Neubaur

National Policy and Strategy on Radioactive Waste Management - Josef Neubaur

Risks with SRS - Josef Neubaur

Strategic Options for the Management of Disused Sealed Radioactive Sources - Josef Neubaur

Management of Radioactive Waste in Kuwait Cancer Control Center - Zainab Al-Qallaf & Hanan Hussain

Workshop: Management of Radioactive Waste from Hospitals

Date: 7-8 June 2010

Time: 9am-1pm in KISR

with Collobaration with Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research (KISR) and International Atomic Energy Association (IAEA).

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Date: 5-7 April 2010

Location: Faculty of Medicine (Abdulrazzaq Auditorium)

Organized by: Department of Nuclear Medicine, Mubarak Al-Kabeer Hospital.

Official Poster: (click the image for an enlarged view)

Program of Symposium (click to enlarge)

All Nuclear Medicine staff are invited to attend the symposium.

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Lectures: (in pdf format)

Lecture 1 & 2: Dr. Aijit Brandhaban

Lecture 3: Dr. Layla Ali

Lecture 4: Dr. Anna Cellar

Lecture 5: Dr. Anna Cellar

Lecture 6: Dr. Layla Ali

Lecture 7: Dr. Anna Cellar

Lecture 8 and 9:  Dr. Layla Ali

Pictures: (click on image to enlarge).

(Dec 8-9 2009)

Poster (Click on image to enlarge view)

Brochure [front side] (click image to enlarge)

[inner side] (click image to enlarge)

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