National Diagnostic Imaging Symposium™ 2022

Overview

The National Diagnostic Imaging Symposium™ 2022 offers comprehensive on-demand radiology education, covering a wide range of diagnostic imaging specialties including chest, musculoskeletal, breast, gastrointestinal, ultrasound, emergency, genitourinary, neuroradiology, and cardiovascular radiology. This digital symposium delivers expert-led presentations that emphasize practical imaging applications and current clinical radiology knowledge across multiple organ systems.

On-demand radiology education — accessible anytime, anywhere.

Agenda

This symposium provides a detailed agenda of expert presentations organized by subspecialty, designed to strengthen radiology expertise and diagnostic confidence in clinical practice.

• Lung Cancer Screening Practice Guidelines — Jared D. Christensen, MD, MBA
• Smoking-Related Lung Disease — Thomas E. Hartman, MD, FACR
• Diffuse Nodular Disease — Jonathan H. Chung, MD
• Imaging of Pleural Disease — Carol C. Wu, MD
• Approach to Fibrotic Lung Disease — Jonathan H. Chung, MD
• Imaging of Cystic Lung Disease — Thomas E. Hartman, MD, FACR
• Approach to Ground Glass Opacities — Carol C. Wu, MD
• Cardiothoracic Manifestations of COVID-19 — Jared D. Christensen, MD, MBA
• CT Pulmonary Angiography – Pearls and Pitfalls — Carol C. Wu, MD
• Imaging of Cardiothoracic Surgical Complications — Jared D. Christensen, MD, MBA
• Non-Malignant Airways Disease — Thomas E. Hartman, MD, FACR
• Signs in Cardiopulmonary Imaging — Jonathan H. Chung, MD
• Osseous Stress Injuries – Who, What, Where, and Why? — Mark W. Anderson, MD
• Imaging Assessment of Hip Morphology – FAI and Dysplasia — MK Jesse, MD
• Elbow MRI: Case-based Review — Robert D. Boutin, MD
• Post Operative Imaging of the Hip — MK Jesse, MD
• Soft-tissue Masses: Practical Pearls and Pitfalls — Robert D. Boutin, MD
• Tip of the Iceberg Fractures – Little Fractures That Mean Big Trouble — Mark W. Anderson, MD
• Knee MRI: Case-based Review of Misses that Matter — Robert D. Boutin, MD
• Ankle Tendon Pathology — MK Jesse, MD
• MR of the Shoulder – What If It’s Not a Rotator Cuff or Labral Tear? — Mark W. Anderson, MD
• Breast MRI in the Newly Diagnosed Cancer Patient — Debra Monticciolo, MD, FACR
• Optimizing Breast MR Image Quality – Tips for Troubleshooting — Bonnie N. Joe, MD, PhD
• How We Can Improve Upon Routine Breast MRI — Maxine S. Jochelson, MD
• Results of the EA-1141 Abbreviated Breast MRI Trial — Christopher E. Comstock, MD, FACR
• MRI of the Post-Surgical Breast – Reduction, Reconstruction, and Implants — Debra Monticciolo, MD, FACR
• Breast MR Biopsy – From Basics to Tips and Tricks — Bonnie N. Joe, MD, PhD
• Vascular Breast Imaging – MRI vs CEDM — Maxine S. Jochelson, MD
• Workstation Readout and Reporting of Breast MRI — Christopher E. Comstock, MD, FACR
• Breast MRI Teaching Cases — Debra Monticciolo, MD, FACR
• Breast MRI BI-RADS, Challenging and Confusing Scenarios — Bonnie N. Joe, MD, PhD
• Breast MRI in the Neoadjuvant Setting — Maxine S. Jochelson, MD
• Clearly Benign Lesions on Breast MRI — Christopher E. Comstock, MD, FACR
• Diffusion Weighted Imaging — Frank H. Miller, MD
• Quantitative CT for Diffuse Liver Disease — Perry J. Pickhardt, MD
• MDCT of Pancreatic Cancer — Elliot K. Fishman, MD
• How to Manage Incidental Hepatic Lesions — Richard M. Gore, MD
• MDCT for Peptic Ulcer Disease — Perry J. Pickhardt, MD
• CT of the Small Bowel: Inflammatory Disease — Elliot K. Fishman, MD
• Challenging Cases in Abdominal Imaging — Perry J. Pickhardt, MD
• CT Evaluation of Gastric Tumors — Elliot K. Fishman, MD
• MR of Liver Metastases — Frank H. Miller, MD
• MDCT of Bowel Obstruction — Richard M. Gore, MD
• MR of Benign Pancreatic Masses — Frank H. Miller, MD
• Complications of Pancreatic Surgery — Richard M. Gore, MD
• US Imaging of IBD – Contributions of Elastography and CEUS — Stephanie R. Wilson, MD, FRCPC
• OB Legal Cases – Lessons Learned — Dolores H. Pretorius, MD, FACR
• Ultrasound of the Painful Scrotum — Thomas C. Winter III, MD
• Advanced Gallbladder Sonography — William D. Middleton, MD
• Problem Solving in the Abdomen with CEUS — Stephanie R. Wilson, MD, FRCPC
• First Trimester Fetal Ultrasound: Basics & Anomalies — Dolores H. Pretorius, MD, FACR
• Ultrasound-Guided Biopsies in the Abdomen — Thomas C. Winter III, MD
• Classic Signs in Abdominal Sonography — William D. Middleton, MD
• Liver Imaging: Why CEUS? — Stephanie R. Wilson, MD, FRCPC
• Fetal Spine: Pearls and Pitfall — Dolores H. Pretorius, MD, FACR
• Molar Pregnancy, RPOC, and Enhanced Myometrial Vascularity – What to Do? — Thomas C. Winter III, MD
• Doppler Evaluation of the Liver — William D. Middleton, MD
• Everything You Wanted to Know About Breast Pain…But Were Afraid to Ask — Daniel Herron, MD
• Lifestyle Changes to Help Prevent Breast Cancer — Daniel Herron, MD
• Optimizing Practice Efficiency with the MQSA Audit — Karla A. Sepulveda, MD
• False-negative Mammography Outcomes – Causes — Edward A. Sickles, MD
• Subtle Mammographic Signs of Malignancy — Edward A. Sickles, MD
• Evaluation and Management of Asymmetries – A Multimodality Approach — Catherine S. Giess, MD
• Advances in Preoperative Localization Techniques — Karla A. Sepulveda, MD
• Whole Breast US Scanning – Techniques and Methods — Daniel Herron, MD
• Challenges and Pitfalls in Tomosynthesis-Guided Biopsies — Catherine S. Giess, MD
• Emerging Technologies: Radiogenomics and Artificial Intelligence — Karla A. Sepulveda, MD
• Risk Assessment Models and Potential Screening Applications — Daniel Herron, MD
• Things That Look Malignant But are Benign and Things That Look Benign But are Malignant — Catherine S. Giess, MD
• Easily Missed Cervical Spine Injuries — Mark P. Bernstein, MD, FASER
• Imaging of Bowel Obstruction: What Really Matters? — Jorge A. Soto, MD
• CT and MR of Intracranial Infections — Wayne S. Kubal, MD
• Imaging Pelvic Ring Trauma — Mark P. Bernstein, MD, FASER
• Imaging Chest Trauma: Avoiding Pitfalls — Jorge A. Soto, MD
• Pearls and Pitfalls of Imaging Orbital Trauma — Krystal L. Archer-Arroyo, MD
• Torso Trauma Bleeding: Pearls and Pitfalls — Mark P. Bernstein, MD, FASER
• Acute Pancreatitis and Acute Cholecystitis — Jorge A. Soto, MD
• CT and MR of Traumatic Brain Injuries — Wayne S. Kubal, MD
• Cystic Renal Masses – Applying Bosniak Classification v. 2019 — Stuart G. Silverman, MD, FACR
• MR Imaging for Leiomyomas and Adenomyosis — Iva Petkovska, MD
• Differentiating Benign from Malignant Pelvic Masses – How and When Not to Sit on the Fence — Hebert Alberto Vargas, MD
• Primer on PIRADS for Prostate Cancer – Pointers for Optimal MR Imaging Technique and Interpretation — Mukesh Harisinghani, MD
• CT Urography – How, When, and Why in 2021 — Stuart G. Silverman, MD, FACR
• Mullerian Duct Anomalies on MR Imaging — Iva Petkovska, MD
• MR Imaging of the Treated Female Pelvis: Pearls and Pitfalls — Hebert Alberto Vargas, MD
• Inflammatory Conditions Affecting the GU Tract: Entities You Need to be Aware of — Mukesh Harisinghani, MD
• Pearls and Pitfalls in Gynecological Oncological Imaging — Iva Petkovska, MD
• Imaging Advanced Prostate Cancer: MRI and New (and Not So New) PET Tracers — Hebert Alberto Vargas, MD
• MR Imaging of Pelvic Floor Disorders — Mukesh Harisinghani, MD
• GU Potpourri of Challenging Cases — Stuart G. Silverman, MD, FACR
• Approach to a Mammogram – Beyond the Basics — Michael J. Ulissey, MD, FACR
• Applications of AI in Breast MRI — Karla A. Sepulveda, MD
• Diffusion Weighted Imaging – Is It Ready for Primetime? — Bonnie N. Joe, MD, PhD
• Teaching Points in Patient Management — Michael J. Ulissey, MD, FACR
• Interesting Multi-Modality Breast Imaging Cases — Karla A. Sepulveda, MD
• MRI Safety — Bonnie N. Joe, MD, PhD
• Breast Imagers as Patient Advocates — Karla A. Sepulveda, MD
• Interactive MRI Case Review — Bonnie N. Joe, MD, PhD
• Inflammatory and Infectious Disorders of the Spine — Erik Gaensler, MD
• Facial Swelling — Tabassum A. Kennedy, MD
• Cystic Lesions of the CNS — James G. Smirniotopoulos, MD
• Dental Disease — Harprit Bedi, MD
• Lumbar Spine Update — Erik Gaensler, MD
• A Patterned Approach to White Matter Disease — Tabassum A. Kennedy, MD
• Meningioma and Dural Based Masses — James G. Smirniotopoulos, MD
• Temporal Bone Imaging — Harprit Bedi, MD
• Iatrogenic Disorders of the CNS — Erik Gaensler, MD
• Is it a Pituitary Adenoma? — Tabassum A. Kennedy, MD
• Phakomatoses — James G. Smirniotopoulos, MD
• Neck Imaging – Focus on the Thyroid Gland and Lymph Nodes — Harprit Bedi, MD
• CT of Cardiac Masses: Pearls and Pitfalls — Elliot K. Fishman, MD
• Cardiac CT: Imaging of Plaque, Stenosis and Flow — Nikhil Goyal, MD
• Upper Extremity CT Angiography — Geoffrey D. Rubin, MD
• Vascular Applications of Ultrasound Contrast — John S. Pellerito, MD, FACR
• Cardiac MRI: Patterns of Enhancement — Nikhil Goyal, MD
• CT Evaluation of Vasculitis: Key Findings — Elliot K. Fishman, MD
• CT Angiography of the Abdominal Aorta and Its Branches — Geoffrey D. Rubin, MD
• Difficult Carotid Case Review — John S. Pellerito, MD, FACR

Speakers

This comprehensive symposium features a wide range of recognized experts in diagnostic imaging who present state-of-the-art knowledge and practical insights across multiple radiology subspecialties. The faculty includes specialists with extensive clinical experience and academic credentials in chest radiology, musculoskeletal imaging, breast MRI, gastrointestinal and abdominal imaging, ultrasound, emergency radiology, genitourinary imaging, neuroradiology, and cardiovascular radiology.

Target Audience

This course is designed for radiologists, radiology trainees, and other medical professionals involved in diagnostic imaging who seek to update and reinforce their knowledge across a broad spectrum of radiology subspecialties. It is particularly relevant for clinicians requiring practical imaging insights to support diagnosis and patient management in diverse clinical settings.

Why This Topic Matters

The National Diagnostic Imaging Symposium™ 2022 addresses key advancements and practical challenges in radiology, supporting enhanced diagnostic accuracy and clinical decision-making. Its multidisciplinary focus within radiology delivers essential learning that strengthens professionals’ expertise in diagnostic imaging.

Presented on MedHub Central, this symposium offers a valuable resource for radiology specialists to engage with current imaging practices and protocols, reflecting the evolving demands of clinical radiology. The content supports professional development by consolidating core imaging principles and emerging modalities across critical radiologic disciplines.