Registration is now open for the annual meeting, which will be held Friday through Sunday, October 24-26, 2008 in the Loews Hotel in Philadelphia, PA.  The program will include a plenary session covering controversies in sonography and half-day sessions on women’s imaging, emergency ultrasound, vascular ultrasound and case-based lessons in ultrsaound.  Head-to-Toe Ultrasound, an eight-hour comprehensive review of medical imaging using ultrasound, will be presented on Saturday and Sunday mornings.  Book vendor exhibits will be available throughout the meeting, and equipment manufacturers will sponsor an opening reception on Friday evening, at which time they will provide informal demonstrations of the most up-to-date ultrasound equipment.

During the meeting, SRU Fellow Barry B. Goldberg, MD will receive the second annual Distinguished Service Award. Click here to learn more.  Roy A. Filly, MD, founding member and Emeritus Fellow, will receive the 2008 Lawrence A. Mack Lifetime Achievement Award. Click here for more information.

Click here to download the registration brochure for the meeting. You may register online or by completing and returning the registration form on page 13 of the brochure. Click here to register online. The registration deadline is September 26, 2008.

Hotel reservation instructions for the meeting are located on page 3 of the brochure. The deadline to reserve a room at the negotiated rate is September 29, 2008.

The city of Philadelphia has many tourist attractions, both historic and new.  Click here to read an article written by SRU Past President Beverly G. Coleman, MD, a resident of Philadelphia, on the city’s many attractions.

The SRU has joined the Alliance for Radiation Safety in Pediatric Imaging, an initiative of the Society for Pediatric Radiology.  The Alliance has recently launched an Image Gently campaign, the goal of which is to change practice by increasing awareness of the opportunities to lower radiation dose in the imaging of children.  For more information on the Image Gently campaign, please click on the link to the right.

The American College of Radiology has launched a new website called ACRIVS (ACR International Volunteer System) to provide access to its members and other visitors interested in providing assistance to countries outside the United States.  The major goal of ACRIVS is to provide a marketplace for donors and facilities to match their needs and supplies.  To access the site, please click on the link to the right.