May 2008

Stanford Pediatric Radiology Excels at the Annual Society for Pediatric Radiology (SPR) Meeting

Congratulations to all members of the Stanford/Packard Pediatric Radiology Program, who contributed to a very successful showing at the Society for Pediatric Radiology meeting from May 6th-10th in Scottsdale, Arizona. Stanford Radiologists had a record 16 presentations and started off the meeting with a bang, presenting 6 out of the 15 cardiovascular scientific papers at the SPR opening session.

Congratulations to John MacKenzie, MD, and Shreyas Vasanawala, MD, PhD, who are recipients of an SPR research seed grant for their submission entitled "Evaluation of Pediatric Diseases with Hyperpolarized Carbon-13 Magnetic Resonance Imaging."

I received a large number of very positive comments from meeting attendees regarding Stanford's contribution to this year's meeting. On a personal note, I am very proud of all members of our Department who made contributions to this year's meeting.

--Rich Barth, MD, Associate Chair of Radiology and Chief of Pediatric Imaging at Lucile Packard Children's Hospital (LPCH) (Image courtesy of Mark Riesenberger)

For a detailed list of the SPR presentations, please click below.

Scientific Papers:
"Replacement of Catheter Angiography with CT Angiography for the Evaluation of Pulmonary Artery Anatomy in Neonatal Pulmonary Atresia with Ventricular Septal Defect" (Frandics Chan, MD, PhD; Elsie T. Nguyen, MD; Jeffrey A. Feinstein, MD; Stanton B. Perry, MD; V. Mohan Reddy, MD; Frank L. Hanley, MD)

"Evaluation of Contrast Injection Strategies in CT Angiography of Cavopulmonary Connections" (Frandics Chan, MD, PhD; Beverley Newman, MD; Stanton B. Perry, MD; Jeffrey A. Feinstein, MD)

"Interobserver Variability and Accuracy in the Diagnosis of Aberrant Coronary Artery in Children Using Coronary CT Angiography" (Frandics Chan, MD, PhD; Humberto Wong, MD; Shreyas Vasanawala, MD, PhD; Jeffrey A. Feinstein, MD; Anne M. Dubin, MD; Beverley Newman, MD)

"Portosystemic Shunts Associated with L-Isomerism" (Beverley Newman, MD; Jeffrey A. Feinstein, MD, MPH; Ronald A. Cohen, MD; Brian Feingold, MD; Jacqueline Kreutzer, MD; Frandics P. Chan, MD, PhD; et al)

"Referral Patterns Favor the Use of Coronary MR Angiography for the Evaluation of Aberrant Coronary Artery in Older Children" (Humberto Wong, MD; Shreyas S. Vasanawala, MD, PhD; Beverley Newman, MD; Anne M. Dubin, MD; Frandics P. Chan, MD, PhD)

"Characteristics of Anesthesia Complications in Pediatric Patients Who Underwent Cardiovascular CT and MRI Examinations" (Patricia Chang, MD; Chandra Ramamoorthy, MD; Jumbo Williams, MD; Frandics P. Chan, MD)

"Management of Bronchopulmonary Malformations: Results of the SPR and ESPR Survey" (Erika Rubesova, MD; Beverley Newman, MD; Sanjeev Dutta, MD; Gary E. Hartman, MD; Jarrett Rosenberg, PhD; Richard A. Barth, MD)

"CT in Infant Dysphagic Choking ALTE" (Patrick D. Barnes, MD; John G. Galaznik, MD; Michael V. Kranokutsky, MD; John Plunkett, MD; Janice J. Ophoven, MD; Waney Squier, BSc, MD, ChB; et al)

"Imaging Findings in Congenital Rickets" (Kathy A. Keller, MD; Patrick D. Barnes, MD)

"Subjective Versus Objective MRI Measurement of Fetal Lunch Volumes" (Swati D. Deshmukh, BS; Erika Rubesova, MD; Jarrett Rosenberg, PhD; Susan Hintz, MD; Richard Barth, MD)

Posters:
"Literature Review: Normative Fetal Lung Volume by Gestational Age on MRI" (Swati D. Deshmukh, BS; Erika Rubesova, MD; Richard Barth, MD)

"Primary Hepatic Masses in the Pediatric Population: A Pictorial Review" (Jayne M. Seekins, DO; Shreyas S. Vasanawala, MD, PhD)

"Management of Bronchopulmonary Malformations: Results of the SPR and ESPR Survey" (Erika Rubesova, MD; Beverley Newman, MD; Sanjeev Dutta, MD; Gary E. Hartman, MD; Jarrett Rosenberg, PhD; Richard Barth, MD)

Postgraduate Course:
"MR Arthrography Made Simple: Indications and Techniques" (John D. MacKenzie, MD, MS)

Workshops:
"Misleading Lesions: Things That Look Good but Are Bad (And Vice Versa)" (John D. MacKenzie, MD, MS)

"Pediatric MDCT Protocol Workshop: Image Quality vs. Dose" (Shreyas S. Vasanawala, MD, PhD)

Awards and Honors: May 22, 2008

Juergen K. Willmann, MD, assistant professor of radiology (abdominal imaging), has received a research seed grant from the Radiological Society of North America Research and Education Foundation for his project, "Development and Validating of a Multi-Targeted Contrast Agent for Contrast Enhanced Ultrasound Imaging of Tumor Angiogenesis in Early-Stage Pancreatic Cancer." Prior to becoming an assistant professor at Stanford, Dr. Willmann was a research fellow in the Molecular Imaging Program at Stanford (MIPS) while concurrently an assistant professor of diagnostic radiology at the Institute of Diagnostic Radiology, University Hospital Zurich, Switzerland. He received his MD from the Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg, Germany, and was the chief resident of diagnostic radiology at the University Hospital Zurich, Switzerland. In 2007, Dr. Willmann received the RSNA Trainee Research Fellow Award for his research project, "Molecular Imaging of Therapeutic Angiogenesis in Murine Hindlimb Ischemia Using PET and 64Cu-labeled Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor121." His research interests include multimodality molecular imaging of angiogenesis and stem cell therapy and the development of new ultrasonic imaging approaches for the early detection of cancer. When he is not working, Dr. Willmann enjoys fitness training, hiking, and playing the piano.