The cancer Biomedical Informatics Grid (caBIG) Imaging Workspace will be hosting its fall 2008 "Face-to-Face Meeting" at Stanford University this coming September 9th & 10th. Daniel Rubin, MD, MS, incoming assistant professor of radiology, is one of the leaders of the activities within the caBIG Imaging Workspace. He arranged to host this year's annual meeting at Stanford for the purpose of familiarizing members of the Radiology Department and the Cancer Center with the projects and opportunities provided by caBIG, which will enable translational research and clinical care.

Congratulations to all of our residents and fellows who graduated this summer 2008! The graduation dinner for residents and visiting fellows was held on Saturday, June 14th, at the Grove Ballroom of the Garden Court Hotel in Palo Alto. To view more pictures, please access: http://www.flickr.com/photos/29982130@N00/sets/72157605689133643/.

The below pictures are from the body fellow graduation dinner, which was held on Thursday, June 12th, at the Mandarin Gourmet Restaurant.

By Mike Moseley, PhD

From July 21-25, Stanford Radiology held its third annual Japanese Technologist Summer Training Program. We have developed this joint educational program in partnership with the Japanese Society of Radiological Technologists (JSRT). As in previous years, we had 24 JSRT participants visit for the week, with technical lectures in the morning; tours and workshops in the afternoon; and social activities such as Giants baseball, jazz concerts, shopping, and tennis in the evenings. The lectures were well received (many thanks to everyone who participated!). The highlight of the week was the reception at the new Stanford Medicine Imaging Center, Palo Alto, which gave the JSRT members an opportunity to meet and speak with many of our technologists. The Summer Training Program is a great way to introduce ourselves to the international radiology community, while building strong collaborations and more efficient practices in radiology worldwide. Many thanks again to everyone who spent so much time and effort to make this an ongoing success.

By Terry Desser, MD
(Images courtesy of Sandip Biswal, MD; for more game pictures, please access http://www.flickr.com/photos/29982130@N00/sets/72157606428777778/show/.)

Sporting their newly minted "UCSF Rads/Margulis '08" uniforms, the Radiology residents, faculty, and fellows of UCSF trekked down the Peninsula at 10 AM on Saturday, July 19th, to battle Stanford Radiology on the softball field in El Camino Park, opposite the shopping center. But within one inning it was clear that the UC gang's travels had merely taken them from the San Francisco summer fog into the sunlit glare of crushing defeat. With power hitting and outstanding fielding, we trounced our northern rivals by the footballish score of 32-8 in seven innings.

Stanford's forces were led by Pat Basu, who ruled in center field and drove in several Stanford runs. The southpaw power hitting duo of Erik Bekkers and Jared Narvid accounted for a dozen or more runs between them. Andy McBride stole the show in left field, robbing UC of many RBI opportunities and unfurling a dead-on-target throw from deep left-center all the way to home plate.

Residents Riaz Dhanani, David Wang, and Albert Hsiao made key contributions at the plate to the day's blow-out. Neuro Fellow Cam Tran was lured from the basketball court to anchor the infield at shortstop, and joined fellow fellows Stefan Hura (winning pitcher) and Ivan Petrovich in the day's RBI derby.

Not to be outdone, the ladies contingent of Julie Ruiz, Amy White, and Karen's daughters, Layne and Drew, accounted for several key infield outs and scored as many runs as the whole UC team combined. Even our faculty photographer, Sandip Biswal, scored a run in his cameo appearance at the plate, and Ray Hsu flew in from Hawaii to join in today's rout. UCSF alum Peter Moskowitz, donning layered UCSF and Stanford-themed rubgy shirts, insured neutrality by serving as the jovial first base umpire.

Despite the lopsided score, everyone from Dr. Ron Aronson (UC's chair) to ex-Stanford MS, now UC resident Sharon Kwan had a good time. Stanford hosted the event and UC provided a catered Mexican lunch. At game's end, Sharon presented the coveted softball trophy to Stefan and Pat, and we all decided we should do this again (but UC is thinking maybe a different sport would be better).

Thanks to all of you who came and showed your support for our team!

The Movie Sequence takes place every first and third Wednesday of the month at 6 PM (the film will play at 6:15 PM) in the Lucas Learning Center as a private event and free of charge. Black and white classics of various cultural backgrounds will be shown. Everyone is very welcome.

For the Movie Sequence online calendar, please visit
http://www.google.com/calendar/embed?src=movie.sequence%40gmail.com&ctz=A.

Last year, there were 5,340 runners and walkers who completed the 3.5 mile course from 233 companies. A total of 15 companies (5 from the men's division; 5 from the women's division; and 5 from the mixed divisions) will be invited to compete in the JP Morgan Chase Corporate Challenge Championship, on Saturday, October 4th, in New York City.

On Sunday, June 15th, several of our radiology faculty (Drs. Gabi Gayer, Aya Kamaya, Justus Roos, and Geoff Rubin), along with Dr. Neetu Ahluwalia from Anesthesia, marched in Stanford University's 117th commencement ceremony in which Oprah Winfrey served as the commencement speaker. In front of 4,666 graduates and a crowd of 25,000, she delivered a 30-minute commencement address centered on "three lessons" dealing "with feelings, with failure, and with finding happiness" that have had the greatest influence over her life. To read the transcript of her address, please access http://news-service.stanford.edu/news/2008/june18/como-061808.html.

The breakdown of degrees for Stanford's Class of 2008 was as follows: 1,702 bachelor's degrees; 49 dual bachelor's degrees; 134 combined bachelor's and master's degrees; 2,017 master's degrees; and 947 doctoral degrees. Of the undergraduates, 90 graduated with multiple majors, and 407 completed minors. In terms of awards and honors, 340 undergraduates received departmental honors and 268 graduated with distinction. 83 of the undergraduates were from 37 different countries, and 940 of the graduate students came from 76 different countries (see "O in '08" by Adam Gorlick http://news-service.stanford.edu/news/2008/june18/com-061808.html).