Program Chair, Shannon Youngblood-Toler -- with assistance from Lucrecia Pantarotto,  Jamie Gladson and other Technologist Section leaders -- has developed an excellent educational program. The meeting will be held October 29, 2016 in the Design building on the LSU (Baton Rouge) campus. The preliminary schedule (subject to some modification) is as follows:

7:30    Registration and Continental Breakfast is provided

8:00    Opening Remarks, SWC-TS President Don Harvey, CNMT

8:15    X-ray Activated Auger Electron Radiotherapy: Combining Chemotherapy and Radiation for Enhanced Effectiveness, Kip Matthews, Ph.D.

9:15   PET Scanning & Prostate Cancer, Tammy Pritchett, CNMT

10:15 Morning Break & Visit the Exhibits – Make sure to register for Door Prizes!

10:45 Endorectal Digital Prostate Tomosynthesis, Guang Jia, Ph.D., DABR

11:45 Lunch is provided & Visit the Exhibits to register for Door Prizes!

12:30 The Current Landscape of PET Imaging in Alzheimer’s Disease, Owen Carmichael, Ph.D.

1:30   PET Accreditation: How to Pass on Your First Attempt, David Clinton Gray, MS

2:30  Afternoon Break & Visit the Exhibits to register for Door Prizes! 

3:00  Parathyroid Imaging: Nuclear Medicine Perspectives and Protocols, Lorraine DeBlanche, MD.

4:00  Pushing the Boundaries Further: Cardiac PET and Quantification of Coronary Flow Capacity, Robert Bober, MD

5:00  Career Empowerment: Investing in Smart Career Paths & Profession Advocacy, Shannon Youngblood-Toler, MSRS, CNMT and Jamie Gladson, CNMT

The Chapter will be applying for 8 hours of VOICE/technologist credit. To learn more about the venue and registration, use the textual links just below the header image.