BIR Annual Congress 2015
![The British Institute of Radiology The British Institute of Radiology](https://res.cloudinary.com/healthmanagement-org/image/upload/f_auto,fl_lossy,q_90/v1442248503/cw/00105481_cw_image.webp)
Start:
Wed, 4 Nov 2015, 00:00
End:
Thu, 5 Nov 2015, 00:00
Venue:
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
![Anmol Malhotra, Consultant Radiologist Anmol Malhotra, Consultant Radiologist](https://cloudfront.cloudinary.com/healthmanagement-org/image/upload/c_fit,h_160,w_128,f_auto,q_90,fl_lossy/v1430397039/up/00074096_up_image.jpg)
Anmol Malhotra, Consultant Radiologist
******@***nhs.net
- Consultant Radiologist - Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust
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John Curtis, Consultant Radiologist
******@***aintree.nhs.uk
- Consultant Radiologist - University Hospital Aintree
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Caren Landes, Consultant Paediatric Radiologist
******@***rlc.nhs.uk
- Consultant Paediatric Radiologist - Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust
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Dr Gopinath Gnanasegaran
******@***gstt.nhs.uk
- Consultant Physician in Nuclear Medicine - Nuclear Medicine Guys & St Thomas' Hospital
![Claire Jacobs, Clinical Psychologist Claire Jacobs, Clinical Psychologist](https://cloudfront.cloudinary.com/healthmanagement-org/image/upload/c_fit,h_160,w_128,f_auto,q_90,fl_lossy/v1430397039/up/00074098_up_image.png)
Claire Jacobs, Clinical Psychologist
******@***aol.com
- Clinical Psychologist - Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust
Exhibit
Symposia
Workshops
Sponsor
BIR 2015
Who should attend?
Anyone with an interest and passion for radiology, radiation oncology and the underlying sciences, including radiologists, physicists, radiographers, oncologists, physicians and radiation protection advisers and supervisors.
Five reasons to attend
- Enhance your knowledge
- Hear from experts in the field
- Network with colleagues and peers
- Extensive ePoster exhibition
- Meet industry
BIR Annual Congress ePoster exhibition 2015
**EARLYBIRD RATES (Early bird rates expire on the 1 August 2015)**
REGISTRATION FEES:
1 DAY:
Non-member | £ 250 |
BIR Consultant member | £ 145 |
BIR Non-consultant member | £ 110 |
BIR Trainee member | £ 100 |
BIR Retired/Student member | £ 80 |
FULL COURSE:
Non-member | £ 400 |
BIR Consultant member | £ 250 |
BIR Non-consultant member | £ 200 |
BIR Trainee member | £ 170 |
BIR Retired/Student member | £ 140 |
To Register Click Here
4 NOVEMBER 2015
| |
08:45 | Registration and refreshments |
09:20 | Welcome and introduction |
Session 1: Broad radiation protection issues in molecular oncology, Chair: Mr Andy Rogers, Head of Radiation Physics, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust | |
09:30 | Impact of the new EU directive for molecular imaging [IRR, IRMER, MARS], Mr Steve Ebdon-Jackson, Medical Exposure Regulatory Infrastructure Team, CRCE, Public Health England |
10:00 | Radiation protection issues for mobile PET/CT services, Mrs Debbie Peet, Head of Medical Physics, University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust |
10:30 | PET/MR—what are the radiation protection challenges for new installations?, Dr Sofia Michopoulou, Clinical Scientist, Institute of Nuclear Medicine, University College London Hospital |
10:55 | Refreshments and poster viewing |
Session 2: Practical issues for radiation protection: how we overcame them, Chair: Mr Peter Hiles, Head of Radiation Physics, North Wales | |
11:25 | Optimisation of protection for SIRT, Mr Matthew Dunn, Head of Radiology Physics, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust |
11:50 | Designing linac bunkers for FFF, Dr Philip Mayles, Consultant Physicist and Radiation Protection Adviser, The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre NHS Foundation Trust |
12:15 | Dose optimisation for performing calcium scoring on a GE Discovery 8 slice CT/NM scanner, Miss Clare Jacobs, Clinical Scientist in Nuclear Medicine, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust |
12:35 | Lunch and poster viewing |
13:35 | How interventional radiology changed neuro-surgery, Dr Andrew Molyneux, Consultant Neuroradiologist, University of Oxford |
Session 3: UK issues, Chair: Mr Matthew Dunn, Head of Radiology Physics, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust | |
14:15 | IPEM75 update—radiation protection in radiotherapy, Professor Patrick Horton, Honorary Consultant Physicist, Royal Surrey County Hospital |
14:25 | Monte Carlo shielding calculations, Professor Stuart Green, Director of Medical Physics, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust |
14:50 | The IDR issue—view from the regulator, Mr David Orr, HM Specialist Inspector of Health and Safety (Radiation), HSE Radiation Team |
15:10 | The IDR issue—view from the shop-floor, Mrs Debbie Peet, Head of Medical Physics, University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust |
15:30 | Education and training in RP for cardiologists—a BIR initiative, Mr Peter Hiles, Head of Radiation Physics, North Wales |
15:55 | Refreshments and poster viewing |
Session 4: The international scene, Chair: Mrs Debbie Peet, Head of Medical Physics, University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust | |
16:25 | Radiation protection culture in medicine—The UK response to an IRPA initiative, Mr Jim Thurston, Head of Radiation Protection & Dosimetry Service, Royal Marsden Hospital |
16:55 | An introduction to the ICRP/IRPA “ethics in RP” initiative, Mr Peter Hiles, Head of Radiation Physics, North Wales |
17:25 | Update from IEC and DICOM, Mr Andy Rogers, Head of Radiation Physics, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust |
17:40 | Questions from the audience |
17:50 | Poster viewing session |
18:20 | Close of day |
19:30 | Congress dinner (for those who have pre-registered) |
5 NOVEMBER 2015
| |
08:45 | Registration and refreshments |
09:20 | Welcome and introduction |
Session 1: Emergency radiology—advances in trauma imaging, Chair: Dr Hardi Madani, Clinical Radiology Registrar, Royal Free Rotation/ London Deanery | |
09:30 | Head and neck/neural trauma imaging, Dr Mark Radon, Consultant Neuroradiologist, The Walton Centre |
09:55 | Role of interventional radiology in trauma, Dr Elika Kashef, Consultant Interventional Radiologist, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust |
10:20 | Paediatric trauma, Dr Caren Landes, Consultant Paediatric Radiologist and Radiology Clinical Lead, Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust |
10:45 | Refreshments and poster viewing |
11:15 | Imaging in polytrauma, Dr Ferco Berger, Emergency/Trauma and MSK Radiologist, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam |
11:45 | Peripheral limb trauma imaging—the next step, Dr Maryam Shahabpour, Head of Clinic of Musculoskeletal Imaging Deptartment, Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel and Chair, ESSR Sports Imaging Committee |
12:15 | Questions from the audience |
12:30 | Lunch and poster viewing |
13:30 | The BIR Sir Godfrey Hounsfield memorial lecture: Quantitative molecular imaging: past, present and future Professor Habib Zaidi, Head of PET Instrumentation & Neuroimaging Laboratory, Geneva University Hospital |
14:15 | Prizes and awards ceremony |
Session 2: Essentials for the radiology trainee, Chair: Dr Hardi Madani, Clinical Radiology Registrar, Royal Free Rotation/ London Deanery | |
14:35 | MSK: bone tumours vs infection, Dr Rajat Chowdhury, Consultant Musculoskeletal Radiologist, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust |
15:00 | Paediatrics: skeletal dysplasias, Dr Alistair Calder, Consultant Paediatric Radiologist, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust |
15:25 | Liver: malignant liver tumours, Dr Dominic Yu, Consultant Radiologist, Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust |
15:50 | Refreshments and poster viewing |
16:20 | Breast: breast lesions, Dr Anmol Malhotra, Consultant Radiologist and Lead for Breast Imaging, Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust |
16:45 | Chest: mediastinal masses, Dr John Curtis, Consultant Radiologist, University Hospital Aintree |
17:10 | Renal: assessment of potential renal tumours—a practical approach, Dr Navin Ramachandran, Consultant Radiologist, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust |
17:35 | Questions from the audience |
17:45 | Poster viewing session |
18:15 | Close of congress |
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