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Sue C. Kaste, DO inducted as SPR President
Congratulations to Dr. Sue Kaste of St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee on her induction as SPR President, 2012-13.
Dr. Kaste will preside over the 2013 meeting, San Antonio, Texas, May 14-18, 2013, Hyatt Regency Hill Country Resort.
SPR 2012 Caffey Paper and Poster Awards Announced
John Kirkpatrick Young Investigator Award
"Analysis of Optimal Phase Interval for Prospective EKG-Triggered Cardiac CT in Children" Saivivek Bogale, Texas Children's Hospital.
Caffey Award for Best Basic Science Paper
"Advantages of a Nanoparticle Blood Pool Contrast Agent Over Conventional Intravascular Glomerular-Filtered Contrast Agents for Pulmonary Vascular Imaging" Ananth Annapragada, Texas Children's Hospital, R. Paul Guillerman, Eric Hoffman, David Kaczka, Ketan Ghaghada, Cristian Badea
Caffey Award for Best Clinical Paper
"Multidetector CT Pulmonary Angiography in Children with Suspected Pulmonary Embolism: Thromboembolic Risk Factors and Implications for Appropriate Use" Edward Lee, MD, MPH, Children's Hospital, Boston, Sunny K. Tse, David Zurakowski , Victor M. Johnson, Tracy A. Donald, Phillip M. Boiselle
Best Case Report
"Neuroimaging in hemiplegic migraine: cases and review of the literature" - Nicholas Stence, Sita Kedia, John Maloney, Jennifer Armstrong-Wells, Timothy Bernard, Children's Hospital Colorado
Best Educational Exhibit
"Primary and secondary amenorrhea in pediatric patients: from the beginning to the end" - Cesar Cortes, Yanerys Ramos, Ricardo Restrepo, Alejandro Diaz, Lorena Sequeira, Edward Y. Lee, Miami Children's Hospital
Best Scientific Exhibit
"Prenatal evaluation of Limb Body Wall Complex with emphasis on MRI" - Hospital Universitario de Getafe -Elisa Aguirre-Pascual, Teresa Victoria, Ann Johnson, Nancy Chauvin, Beverly Coleman, Monica Epelman
SPR Annual Meeting & Postgraduate Course
 May 14-18, 2013
Hyatt Regency Hill Country Resort
San Antonio, Texas
WFPI Logo Announced
Dr. Ines Boechat, President of the newly formed World Federation of Paediatric Imaging, announced the results of the logo contest on January 26, 2012.
The logo contest was promoted to the memberships of the four founding Societies: AOSPR, ESPR, SLARP and the SPR. All four founding Societies were represented in the 11 logo submissions.
The two rounds of voting were restricted to the two Board members from each of the founding Societies.
Votes were submitted to both the ESPR and to SPR offices for tallying.
The winning WFPI logo was submitted by Dr. Gloria Soto representing SLARP. The artist is Dr. Soto’s daughter Francisca Soto who is an art student. Watch these pages for news about the launch of the WFPI website.
The WFPI logo may not be reproduced without express permission from the WFPI.
Members - Will you support the REF?
We answered your call and gave you on-line dues payment. Apparently this payment method, while convenient, made annual giving to the SPR Research and Education Foundation less automatic. So, will you give a gift of any amount to the SPR REF? Thank you and Happy New Year!
Give on-line at any time, on our secure site here:
Joint Commission Issues Sentinel Alert
The Joint Commission has issued a new Sentinel Event Alert: Radiation risks of diagnostic imaging (pdf) urging organizations to take action to reduce repeated doses of radiation to patients from diagnostic radiation tests. Among the recommendations is adherence to the guidelines of the Image Gently campaign. Download the full alert here.
We invite you to access the resources of the Image Gently Campaign to assist your institution address the Joint Commission's requirements.
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