Facility and Hotel Information

**Special Hotel Rate of $95 plus tax has been secured at: Crowne Plaza-Greenville 851 Congaree Rd. Greenville, SC 29607

South Carolina SMRT

2013 Spring Chapter Meeting Greenville Hospital System Patewood Medical Campus
Saturday, March 9, 2013 8am-5pm Corporate Services Center 255 Enterprise Blvd. Greenville, South Carolina 29615

Phone: (864)297-6300 or go to crowneplaza.com Use SMR to receive this special rate! **NOTE: Rooms must be booked before
February 8, 2013** for this guaranteed rate. After the cutoff date, the rate will be observed if availability remains. PLEASE BOOK EARLY!

Directions to Patewood Medical Campus

From I-385 in Greenville: Take Exit 38,

Haywood Road (toward downtown on 385 North turn right onto Haywood Road; from downtown on I-385 South, turn left onto Haywood Road). At the first light, turn right onto Orchard Park Drive. At the second light, cross Patewood Drive and enter the Patewood Medical Campus. Corporate Services is the building to the far right on 255 Enterprise Blvd..

From Greer: Take Hwy. 14 South to Brushy

Creek Road. Turn right onto Brushy Creek and continue for approximately three miles. The name changes to Old Spartanburg Road and then to East North Street. At Mitchell Road Elementary School (on left) turn left onto Mitchell Road. Continue until Mitchell Road dead ends into Hudson Road and turn right. Continue less than one mile and cross Pelham Road. Remain on Hudson Road as it becomes Patewood Drive. Turn left onto the Patewood Medical Campus. Corporate Services is the building to the far right on 255 Enterprise Blvd..

8 Category A CE Credits Pending through SMRT

A recognized RCEEM of the ARRT

SC SMRT Cindy Hipps 104 Homestead Dr. Piedmont, SC 29673

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SC SMRT Chapter Meeting Agenda

8:00-8:20 AM Continental Breakfast

Saturday, March 9, 2013 Registration Information

Early registration is recommended. Note early hotel deadline.

An experienced faculty has been secured for the didactic portion of this one day course that will provide continuing education as well as 8 Category A CE Credits pending SMRT Approval which is a recognized CE mechanism of the ARRT.
Note: Speakers and/or topics may change without prior notice.
The Technologist will learn and be able to apply the following to their daily practice: Learn about congenital heart disease and how MRI is used to assess the pediatric heart. Learn about imaging the foot and ankle and why the FOV is so important. Learn about brain imaging and pathology. Learn the technique MARS and how it is used in imaging the hip and knee with implants. Get new and updated information about devices and implants as well as the future of MR safety with these devices. Learn about MR safety screening in a medical facility. Learn about screening animals for MR scanning and other site specific safety issues. Learn new guidelines for MR safety in 2013 Learn how MR safety relates to the hardware and software of the MRI system. Understand screening devices such as hand held magnets, ferromagnetic detectors and other screening tools.

8:20-8:30 AM Welcome-Organizers 8:30 -9:20 AM

Cardiac MRI in Congenital Heart Disease

Name____________________________________ Institution________________________________ Address__________________________________ _________________________________________ City___________________State______Zip______ Phone_________________Fax________________ Email____________________________________ (Confirmation sent via email only) Registration Fee: SMRT Member Non Member (Circle amount paid) Early $80 $170**

Jon F. Lucas, MD,FAAP,FAAC

Pediatric Cardiology, Greenville Hospital System, Greenville, SC 9:20-10:10 AM

MRI of the Foot and Ankle

Robert L. Helmer, M.D., M.S.

Upstate Carolina Radiology, Greenville, SC 10:10- 10:30 AM Break with the vendors 10:30-1120 AM

MR Imaging of the Brain

John F. Parrott, Jr., M.D

Upstate Carolina Radiology, Greenville, SC 11:20-12:10 PM

On-site
$100 $180

(Feb 24, 2013)

Metal Artifact Reduction Sequences (MARS) on Hips and Knees

Kathleen Marlatt,RT(R)(MR)(M)
Lead MRI Technologist, St. Francis Eastside, Greenville, SC 12:10-1:00PM

Lunch Provided (Visit with vendors)

1:00-5:00 PM

MRI Safety Forum and Panel Discussion

Devices and Implants-Screening for the future

**Note: If you complete an SMRT Application Form, and include it with your non member registration fee, $90 will be sent to the SMRT for your 2013 membership dues or you can complete and pay dues online. Go to:
http://ismrmforms.org/forms/SMRTDues2013.php

Vera Kimbrell, BSRT(R)(MR)

SMRT President Applications and MR Training, Brigham & Womens, Boston, MA

All registration fees should be made payable to SC SMRT and sent to the address below.
(Checks only-refund requests must be in writing prior to the meeting date and will be minus a $25 handling fee)

Meeting Organizers
Wendy Callahan, RT(R)(MR) Melonee Elrod, RT(R)(M)(CT)(MR) Cindy Hipps, BHS, RT(R)(MR), FSMRT Carol Lee, BS,RT(R)(CT)(MR) Brent Barr, RT(R)(MR)

MRI Safety Considerations in a Clinical Setting

Federal Tax ID # 23-2722507

Brent Barr, RT(R)(MR)

MRI Manager, Greenville Hospital System, Greenville, SC

Animal Screening and Safety Considerations

Jim Stuppino, BSRT(R)(MR)

CEO Animal Scan. LLC, Bethlehem, PA

SC SMRT c/o Cindy Hipps 104 Homestead Dr. Piedmont, SC 29673 Phone: (864) 530-4663 Fax: (864) 530-2015 E-mail address cindyhipps@att.net

Special thanks to the Greenville Hospital System

New 2013 Guidelines on MR Safety-Overview

Zach Friis Ph.D

West Physics Consulting, Atlanta, GA

Safety Considerations-MR System Components Candi Roth, RT(R)(MR)(CT)(M)(CV) FSMRT

CEO Imaging Education Associates, Berwyn, PA