Lucile Packard Pediatric Radiology Participation at the Society for Pediatric Radiology

Posted 2:09 PM, May 21, 2007, by jaruiz

Established in 1958 with the goal of improving pediatric health care through medical imaging, the Society for Pediatric Radiology (SPR) recently held its 50th annual meeting in Miami, Florida. This is the major academic society and annual meeting for pediatric radiologists. This year the Society also put together a specific program to support their junior pediatric radiologists, which included a luncheon, small group lectures focusing on clinical and professional issues, and a social outing at one of Miami Beach's popular spots.

I attended the conference with a large contingent of pediatric radiology faculty from Lucile Packard Children's Hospital including Drs. Richard Barth, Frandics Chan, Patrick Barnes, Erika Rubesova, and Hans Ringertz as well as several current and former fellows: Drs. Shreyas Vasanawala, Michael Krasnokutsky, and Dorothy Gilbertson-Dahdal. Dr. Chan and I participated in the postgraduate course and gave talks entitled "Pediatric Cardiovascular CTA: Applications" and "Cardiac Manifestations of Systemic Disease in Children," respectively. I also presented a paper entitled "Imaging Pulmonary Venous Obstruction" and was the senior author on a paper entitled "Coronary Artery CTA in Children," presented by Dr. Alexander Towbin from the Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh.

In addition, Dr. Barnes and I presented pediatric radiology workshop sessions in neuroradiology and pediatric chest, respectively. Dr. Krasnokutsky presented two papers on which Dr. Barnes was the coauthor: "Cerebral Venous Thrombosis: A Mimic of Non-Accidental Injury" and "Spinal Cord Injury without Radiographic Abnormality (SCIWORA)--A Mimic of Non-Accidental Injury (NAI)."

Our faculty and fellows also presented or co-authored multiple other scientific papers at the Society for Pediatric Radiology. Dr. Dorothy Gilbertson-Dahdal presented "Three Newborns with Malrotation and Midgut Volvulus Mimicking Duodenal Atresia on Plain Film," which was co-authored by Drs. Laura Varich and Richard Barth. Dr. Shreyas Vasanawala presented "MR Voiding Cystography, Evaluation of Vesicoureteral Reflux" while Dr. Erika Rubesova delivered a paper entitled "Third Trimester Fetal MRI: Can We Reduce Post-Natal Imaging." Both papers were co-authored by Dr. Richard Barth.

Overall, there was a great representation of our pediatric radiology faculty at this important pediatric scientific meeting, and they are to be congratulated.