Latest News
Speaker Presentations are now available to registered delegates. Click here to view speaker presentations.
Host/s
Abdominal Radiology Group Australia and New Zealand (ARGANZ)
The ARGANZ is a not-for-profit group uniting radiologists from Australia and New Zealand who have a special interest in imaging and image guided treatment of patients with the diseases of abdominal organs. ARGANZ exists under the umbrella of RANZCR and adheres to its rules and regulations.
Organising Committee
Richard Mendelson - Chairman
Rob Gibson
Andrew Holden
Max Kupershmidt
Andrew Little
Helen Moore
Nick Ferris
Puja Kashyap
Adrian Balasingam
Kirsten Gormly
Meeting Managers
arinex Pty Limited
ABN 28 000 386 676
arinex <ar-in-ex> the ultimate expression of being architects of inspiring experiences. To embody the art and science of creating meetings and events that surpass all expectations. We provide a quality total solution meetings and events management service to associations, governments and corporate organisations. arinex pty limited has been appointed as the official PCO (Professional Congress Organiser) and looks forward to delivering an inspiring event.
Address for Communications
ARGANZ 2010 Meeting Managers
Postal: GPO Box 128, Sydney NSW 2001
Telephone: + 61 2 9265 0700
Fax: + 61 2 9267 5443
Email: arganz2010@arinex.com.au
Program
The ARGANZ 2010 Meeting Program will be split into two highly interactive workshops as follows:
- Rectal MRI Workshop (All day Friday and Saturday morning)
- CT Colonography Workshop (Saturday afternoon and all day Sunday)
Details of the program are available by following the link below:
We are delighted to have attracted high calibre international speakers for both workshops. Dr Gina Brown will present at the Rectal MRI Workshop and Dr Stuart Taylor at the CT Colonography Workshop. Please scroll down for detailed information about our international and national speakers.
Rectal MRI Workshop
This 1 1⁄2 day workshop includes lectures on important topics in rectal cancer including multidisciplinary input. Delegates will be divided into four groups of no more than 20 for two tutorials, including one with Dr Brown, individual case assessment and review of those cases.
CT Colonography Workshop
CTC Workshops will be split into groups that are defined by the vendor workstation used within that room. Delegates will be allocated 2 delegates per workstation.
The different workstations available are:
- G.E Healthcare
- Toshiba Vitrea
- Toshiba Laptops (loaded with Medicsight software)
- Siemens
- PC Workstations (loaded with Medicsight software)
Delegates will have the opportunity to nominate which workstation they prefer to work on during the workshops. However as there is limited availability of each workstation, delegates are advised to register early to ensure they do not miss out.
Saturday Day Registration
A Saturday Day Registration has been introduced to allow those delegates who have missed out on registration to attend the Saturday plenary sessions.
Delegates who register for the Saturday Day Registration will be entitled to attend session 4 B/C of the Rectal MRI workshop – answers to case review. Although delegates will not be able to participate in the case review themselves they will have the opportunity to access the answer to specific cases and share in the knowledge from Dr Kirsten Gormly during this session. Following this session, day delegates will attend the keynote presentations from Dr Gina Brown and the following MDT panel session.
Saturday Day delegates will then sit in the afternoon plenary session for the CT Colonography workshops, which includes a keynote presentation from Dr Stuart Taylor.
The Saturday Day Registration cannot be transferred to an alternate day, and delegates will not have access to the workstations or individual case review.
Keynote Speakers
Dr Gina Brown
Dr Gina Brown is a consultant radiologist for gastrointestinal cancer imaging and is Academic Lead for Cancer Imaging at the Royal Marsden Hospital, London UK. Her major research interest is colorectal cancer imaging, with her work recognised internationally. In partnership with Institute of Cancer Research, she is developing clinical applications in Cancer Imaging: multifunctional CT, MR and CT-PET and specific contrast agents for staging, response assessment and surveillance.
Dr Stuart Taylor
Dr Stuart Taylor has over 90 publications excluding abstracts and with CTC research interests including reader training and use of computer aided detection. He was lead author on the pan European consensus statement on CTC (European Radiology 17(2), 575-579), and has been closely involved in new international guidelines for the practice of CTC. He has acted as advisor to the Chinese government on implementation of CTC, and is a member of both European and UK CTC Steering committees. He runs the UK’s only CT colonography hands-on workshop, having trained over 250 UK Radiologists and is a regular teacher on the ESGAR CTC workshops.
Rectal MRI Workshop Facilitators
Dr Kirsten Gormly
Dr Kirsten Gormly trained in South Australia and spent two and a half years in London, sub-specialising in oncology imaging. Kirsten has an interest in pelvic MRI, and trained under Dr Gina Brown in rectal MRI at the Royal Marsden Hospital. She is passionate about the communication of information to clinicians and has developed templates for reporting oncology CT scans. Kirsten works at the Tennyson Centre, a private oncology day hospital and at the Royal Adelaide Hospital.
Dr Puja Kashyap
Dr Puja Kashyap is a Consultant Radiology in Auckland City Hospital and Mercy Radiology in Auckland, New Zealand. She has been based there for the last 14 years.
Dr Puja Kashyap’s main interest is in Oncology Imaging and she leads the team of Onco-Radiology both in her public and private practice. She has a sub speciality interest in Body MRI, in particular rectal and prostate MRI. A large proportion of Puja’s clinical practice involves running multidisciplinary meetings with clinical colleagues in particular Surgeons, Haematologists and Medical and Radiation Oncologists.
Dr Nick Ferris
Dr Nick Ferris was trained in Radiology at the Alfred Hospital, Melbourne and subsequently at Duke University, Durham, North Carolina. After returning to Australia, he assisted in the establishment of MRI services at the Geelong and Western Hospitals.
Dr Ferris has been staff radiologist at the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne from 2000-2003 (when he trained in rectal MRI under Dr Allan McKenzie), and since September 2006. Dr Ferris was a contributor to the joint Colorectal Surgical Society of Australia/RANZCR application to MSAC for recognition of rectal MRI in the Medical Benefits Schedule.
CT Colonography Workshop Facilitators
A/Prof Andrew Little
Andrew Little is Associate Professor & Director of Medical Imaging at Cabrini Hospital in Melbourne and VMO to St Vincent’s Hospital, Melbourne. He specialises in Hepato-Biliary Imaging & Intervention.
Prof Richard Mendelson
Richard Mendelson is a full time Abdominal Radiologist in the Department of Radiology and Director of Imaging Services at the Royal Perth Hospital. Richard also lectures as a Clinical Professor at the School of Surgery at the University of Western Australia. In Richard’s spare time, he is Chairman of the Abdominal Radiology Group of Australia and New Zealand.
Dr Maxim Kupershmidt
Dr Maxim Kupershmidt attained his MBBS from University of Melbourne in 1999. He received training in Radiology at Alfred Hospital Melbourne and obtained FRANZCR in 2007. Max completed his MMed (Radiology) at University of Melbourne and recently completed an Abdominal Imaging Fellowship in Toronto at the University Health Network. Max’s primary areas of interest are in: Genitourinary Imaging including prostate imaging; Procedural Radiology; Research.
Dr Adrian Balasingam
Dr Adrian Balasingam is an Abdominal radiologist based in Christchurch, New Zealand. He is Director of Radiology Training at Christchurch Hospital and a partner in private practice (Christchurch Radiology Group). Dr Balasingam is a committee member of the New Zealand Colorectal Cancer Guidelines Group and CT Colonography Working Group (Ministry of Health). He has been reporting CTC since 2002 and has helped establish the technique throughout the Canterbury region.