WNRS 2022 Annual Meeting

The Western Neuroradiological Society

54th Annual Meeting

October 20th-23rd, 2022

Renaissance Esmeralda Resort & Spa, Indian Wells

WNRS22

PROGRAM SCHEDULE

Thursday, October 20th

6:30a — 7:00a Grab your breakfast and join the "Breakfast & Learn" Session

7:10 - 7:50a Breakfast and Learn

SPONSORED BY: Bracco Diagnostics Inc.

8:00 — 8:10a Announcements/Welcome | Luke Ledbetter, MD

HEAD & NECK SESSION:

Moderators: David Sawyer, MD & Byung (Jason) Yoon, MD, PhD

8:10 - 8:30a | Imaging of Pulsatile Tinnitus

Speaker: David Zander, MD

8:30 - 8:50a | Head and Neck Emergencies

Speaker: Blair Winegar, MD

8:50 - 9:10a | Head and Neck Biopsies for the Masses

Speaker: Nancy Pham, MD

9:10 - 9:30a | Head and Neck Misses and Blind Spots

Speaker: Remy Lobo, MD

9:30 - 9:50a | Post-Treatment Neck: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

Speaker: Tanya J. Rath, MD (ENRS President)

9:50 - 10:10a | Pediatric Head and Neck Radiology - Top Diagnoses You Need to Know

Speaker: Rupa Radhakrishnan, MD

10:10 - 10:30a | Imaging of Diplopia and Vision Loss

Speaker: Justin Cramer, MD

10:30 - 10:50a | OLA Style Case Review - Head and Neck

Speaker: Kelly Dahlstrom, MD

10:50a — 11:10a Refreshment Break / Visit Technical Exhibits

11:10 - 11:20a Case Presentations

TECHNOLOGY SESSION:

Moderators: James Y. Chen, MD & Edward Quigley, MD

11:20 - 11:30a | MRI from Low to High

Speaker: Mai-Lan Ho, MD

11:30 - 11:40a | Next Big Thing: Photon Counting CT

Speaker: John C. Benson, MD

11:40 - 11:50a | Panel Discussion

11:50 - 12:00a | ASL Perfusion in Routine Practice

Speaker: Divya Bolar, MD

12:00 - 12:10a | DSC Perfusion in Routine Practice

Speaker: Michael Iv, MD

12:10 - 12:20a | Panel Discussion

12:20 - 12:30a | Denoising/Deringing into Clinic Practice CT/MR

Speaker: Marin McDonald, MD

12:30 - 12:40a | DTI in clinical practice

Speaker: Atul K. Mallik MD, PhD

12:40 - 12:50a | Panel Discussion

1:00p | GOLF TOURNAMENT

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PROGRAM SCHEDULE Continued

SATURDAY, October 22ND

6:30a — 7:45a Continental Breakfast

7:00a — 7:45a WNRS Business Meeting

7:45 — 8:15a | ASNR President Address

Speaker: Erin Simon Schwartz, MD, FACR

SPINE SESSION:

Moderators: Kalen Riley, MD, MBA & Kimberly Seifert, MD, MS

8:15 - 8:35a | Myelopathy not Otherwise Specified: Differential Diagnosis of Cord Signal Abnormalities

Speaker: John L. Go, MD

8:35 - 8:55a | Spinal Neoplasms New Advances

Speaker: John Kim, MD, MRMD (MRSCTM)

8:55 - 9:15a | "Enhancing" your Spine Practice: Malignancy and Mimics

Speaker: Lex A. Mitchell, MD

9:15 - 9:35a | Endplates, Discs, and Dura: Imaging Spinal Infections

Speaker: Samuel N Rogers, MD

9:35 - 9:45a | What's in Your Spine Tool Box? Novel Protocols and Advanced Spine Imaging

Speaker: Anthony D. Kuner, MD

9:45a — 10:15a Refreshment Break / Visit Technical Exhibits

EDUCATION SESSION:

Moderator: Jason Handwerker, MD & Alexander Lerner, MD

10:15 - 10:25a | Post Pandemic Education

Speaker: Joshua P Nickerson, MD

10:25 - 10:35a | Education Beyond Students - Technologists, Nurses, Staff

Speaker: Laura Eisenmenger, MD

10:35 - 10:45a | Panel Discussion

10:45 - 10:55p | Tip & Tricks

Speaker: Xin (Cynthia) Wu, MD

10:55 - 11:05a | Turning Education into Scholarship

Speaker: Nick Koontz, MD

11:05 - 11:15a Panel Discussion

11:15 - 11:25a Bias in Education and Medical Practice

Speaker: Rick Wiggins, MD

11:25 - 11:35a | How to Succeed During Virtual Interviews

Speaker: Jim Anderson, MD

11:35 - 11:45a | Panel Discussion

11:45 - 1:00p | Scientific Presentations

7:00 - 9:00pm | CLOSING GALA

Mountain View Room

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PROGRAM SCHEDULE Continued

SUNDAY, October 23RD

6:30a — 7:00a Continental Breakfast

7:00a — 7:10a Announcements

NEUROINTERVENTIONAL SESSION:

Moderators: E. John Madarang, MD, and Alan Reeves, MD

7:10 - 7:30a | Non-Invasive Identification and Monitoring of Arteriovenous Shunting Lesions

Speaker: Gary Nesbit. MD, F.S.N.I.S.

7:30 - 7:50a | Incidental Aneurysm Management in the Neurointerventional Clinic

Speaker: Alan Reeves, MD

7:50- 8:10a | Debate 1: No Need for Perfusion Imaging for Stroke Patient Evaluation

Speaker: Brian Chong, MD

8:10 - 8:30a | Debate 2: Give me my Perfusion! Streamlined Stroke Patient Evaluation

Speaker: Benjamin Pulli, MD

8:30 - 8:50a | New Endovascular Aneurysm Devices: What am I seeing on this MRA?

Speaker: Jeremy Heit, MD

8:50 - 9:10a | Image-Guided Thrombolysis: No Longer on the Clock

Speaker: Matthew D Alexander, MD

9:10 - 9:30a | Thrombectomy Frontiers: Update in Stroke Treatment

Speaker: Arindam Rano Chatterjee, MD

9:30 - 9:50a | NIR OLA Style Case Review

Speaker: Dylan Wolman, MD

9:50a — 10:10a Refreshment Break / Visit Technical Exhibits

CASE PRESENTATIONS

10:10 - 10:20a

UPDATES/CONTROVERSIES 2022 SESSION:

Moderator: Ross Frederick, MD and Raza Mushtaq, MD

10:20 - 10:30a | Contrast Update

Speaker: Christopher Hancock, MD

10:30 - 10:40a | MRI Safety Update

Speaker: Jacob Ormsby, MD, MBA, MRMD

10:40 - 10:50a | Panel Discussion

10:50 - 11:00p | ER Spine Imaging - Full Protocol

Speaker: Lea Alhilali, MD

11:00 - 11:10a | ER Spine Imaging - Abbreviated Protocol

Speaker: Ichiro Ikuta, MD

11:10 - 11:20a Panel Discussion

11:20 - 11:30a Epilepsy - MEG

Speaker: Roland R. Lee, MD

11:30 - 11:40a | Epilepsy - fMRI - Functional Imaging in Epilepsy Surgery

Speaker: Gaurang Shah, MD, FACR, FASFNR

11:40 - 11:50a | Panel Discussion

11:50-12:00p | Closing Remarks

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WNRS22 Invited Speakers and Moderators

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Atul Agarwal, MD

Assistant Professor

Indiana University School of Medicine

Matthew D Alexander, MD

Assistant Professor of Radiology and Imaging Sciences

Adjunct Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery

University of Utah

Lea Alhilali, MD

Neuroradiologist

Barrow Neurological Institute

Jim Anderson MD

Professor of Neuroradiology

Vice-Chair of Education-Radiology

Oregon Health & Science University

Greg Avey, MD

Associate Professor Radiology

University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health

John C. Benson, MD

Assistant Professor of Neuroradiology

Mayo Clinic, Rochester MN

Divya S. Bolar, MD, PhD

Assistant Professor of Radiology

Division of Neuroradiology

Associate Director for Clinical Translational Imaging Research,

Center for Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (CFMRI)

University of California San Diego

Andrew L Callen, MD

Assistant Professor of Radiology

Neuroradiology Section

University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus

Arindam Rano Chatterjee, MD

Associate Professor of Radiology, Neurosurgery, and Neurology

Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology at Washington University SoM in St Louis

James Y. Chen, MD

Professor

Program Director, UC San Diego Neuroradiology Fellowship

San Diego VA Medical Center

UC San Diego Health System

Justin Cramer MD

Associate Professor of Neuroradiology

Mayo Clinic Arizona

Kelly Dahlstrom, DO

Assistant Professor, Radiology

Department of Radiology at the University of Kansas Medical Center

Amish H. Doshi, MD

Associate Professor of Radiology and Neurosurgery

Vice Chairman of Ambulatory Radiology

Section Chief of Neuroradiology

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

New York, NY

Laura Eisenmenger, MD

Assistant Professor

Associate Chief of MRI

Medical Director of Imaging Services

Wisconsin Institutes for Medical Research

Elizabeth George, MBBS

Assistant Professor, Neuroradiology

Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging

University of California San Francisco

John L. Go, MD

Director of Head and Neck Imaging

USC School of Medicine

Anton N. Hasso MD, FACR

Emeritus Professor, Radiological Sciences

University of California Irvine

Jeremy J. Heit, MD, PhD

Chief of Neuroimaging and Neurointervention (Interim)

Assistant Professor

Department of Radiology and Neurosurgery

Stanford University

Mai-Lan Ho, MD

Associate Professor of Radiology

Nationwide Children’s Hospital and The Ohio State University

Justin M. Honce M.D., MRMD (MRSCTM)

Associate Professor of Radiology & Vice Chair

University of Colorado School of Medicine

Ichiro Ikuta, MD

Senior Associate Consultant

Department of Radiology, Neuroradiology Section

Mayo Clinic Arizona

Michael Iv, MD

Clinical Associate Professor of Neuroradiology

Stanford University

John Karis, MD

Director of MRI and Brain Imaging

Department of Neuroradiology

Barrow Neurological Institute

John Kim, MD, MRMD (MRSCTM)

Associate Professor of Neuroradiology

University of Michigan

Nicholas A. Koontz, MD

Director of Fellowship Programs

Dean D.T. Maglinte Scholar in Radiology Education

Associate Professor of Radiology and Imaging Sciences

Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery

Indiana University School of Medicine

Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences

Keith Kortman, MD

San Diego Imaging

Anthony D. Kuner, MD

Associate Professor

Neuroradiology Section

Department of Radiology

University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health

Luke N. Ledbetter, MD

Diagnostic Radiology

David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA

Alexander Lerner MD

Assistant Professor

Department of Radiology

Keck School of Medicine

University of Southern California

Roland R. Lee, MD

Professor of Radiology and

Director of Magnetoencephalography

VA San Diego and UCSD

Remy Lobo, MD

Clinical Assistant Professor, Radiology

Division of Neuroradiology

Co-Director, Diagnostics and Therapeutics Branch

University of Michigan

E. John Madarang, MD

Assistant Professor

University of Kansas Medical Center

University of Kansas Health System

Atul Mallik, MD, PhD

Diagnostic Radiology

Neuroradiology

Assistant Professor

Marin Alisa McDonald, MD PhD

Director of MRI

Associate Professor, Neuroradiology

UC San Diego Health

Lex A. Mitchell, MD

Hawaii Permanente Medical Group

Adjunct Clinical Associate Professor

Stanford University Medical Center

Monique Mogensen, MD

Assistant Professor of Radiology

Division of Neuroradiology

University of Washington School of Medicine

Raza Mushtaq, MD

Assistant Professor

University of Arizona, Department of Medical Imaging

Gary Nesbit. MD, FSNIS

Professor of Pediatric and Adult Interventional Neuroradiology

Oregon Health & Science University

Joshua P Nickerson, MD

Associate Professor and Division Chief, Neuroradiology

Associate Residency Program Director

Oregon Health & Science University

Jacob Ormsby, MD, MBA, MRMD

Assistant Professor of Radiology

University of New Mexico

Nancy Pham, MD

Clinical Assistant Profession

Stanford University

Benjamin Pulli, MD

Neurointerventional Surgeon

Pacific Neuroscience Institute

Edward P. Quigley III MD, PhD

Professor

University of Utah Medical Center

Rupa Radhakrishnan, MBBS MS

Assistant Professor of Radiology and Imaging Sciences

Indiana University School of Medicine

Pediatric Neuroradiologist

Riley Hospital for Children at Indiana University Health

Tanya J. Rath, MD

Chair, Division of Neuroradiology

Mayo Clinic Arizona

Alan Reeves, MD

Director, Interventional Neuroradiology

Associate Professor

The University of Kansas Health System

Jeffrey D. Rudie, MD PhD

Staff Emergency/Neuroradiologist, Scripps Radiology Clinic

Adjunct Assistant Professor

University of California San Diego, Dept of Radiology

Kalen Riley, MD, MBA

Indiana University School of Medicine

Samuel N Rogers, MD

Assistant Professor of Neuroradiology

University of Arizona

Noriko Salamon MD, PhD

Professor of Radiology

Section Chief of Neuroradiology

David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA

David M. Sawyer, MD

Neuroradiology Fellow

University of Utah

Erin Simon Schwartz, MD, FACR (she/her)

Chief, Division of Neuroradiology

Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

Robert A Zimmerman Endowed Chair in Pediatric Neuroradiology

Professor of Radiology

Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania Medical Director, Lurie Family Foundations

MEG Imaging Center, CHOP

President, American Society of Neuroradiology

Past-President, American Society of Pediatric Neuroradiology and American Society of Spine Radiology

Kimberly Seifert, MD, MS

Clinical Instructor

Stanford University

Gaurang Shah, MD, FACR, FASFNR

Associate Chair & Professor of Radiology

University of Michigan Health System

Jennifer Soun, MD

Assistant Professor

University of California, Irvine

L. Jay Starkey, MD

Neuroradiologist

Associate Professor of Diagnostic Radiology

School of Medicine OHSU

Penelope "Penny" Chung Thomas, MD

Assistant Professor

Neuroradiology

University of Washington

Javier Villanueva-Meyer, MD

Assistant Professor

Modality Director, MRI

Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging at the University of California, San Francisco

Rick Wiggins, MD

Associate Dean, SOM

Professor, Department of Radiology

University of Utah

Blair Winegar, MD

Associate Professor of Radiology and Neuroradiology Fellowship Program Director

at the University of Utah

Dylan Wolman, MD

Neurointerventionalist

Kaiser Northwest Permanente

Xin (Cynthia) Wu, MD

Associate Professor of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging

Neuroradiology Division

University of California, San Francisco

Byung (Jason) Yoon, MD, PhD

Assistant Professor

Stanford School of Medicine/VA Palo Alto Health Care

David Zander, MD

Assistant Professor of Neuroradiology

Chief of Head and Neck Radiology

University of Colorado School of Medicine

WNRS22 Speaker Disclosures

ACCOMMODATIONS & TRAVEL

Renaissance Esmeralda Resort & Spa, Indian Wells

54th Annual Meeting October 20th-23rd, 2022

44400 Indian Wells Ln, Indian Wells, CA 92210

RESERVATION DEADLINE:

September 14th, 2022 • 5 pm PST

Experience a relaxing getaway at the newly renovated Renaissance Esmeralda Resort & Spa, Indian Wells. Set within the beautiful Coachella Valley, our resort is a true desert oasis in California.

Click to reserve lodging for WNRS22

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Nestled in a cove of the Santa Rosa Mountains, the city of Indian Wells, California, blossoms with palm trees, gardens, and lush, breathtaking scenery in all directions and just a 20-minute drive from the Palm Springs International Airport.

WNRS22

Travel Discounts

WNRS has arranged for special meeting discounts on airfare and car rentals, for attendees and their guests. Airfare discounts are 2-6% off discounted economy, business, and first-class, and 10% off full fare economy, business, and first-class. Car rentals are up to 15%. When making your air or car reservation use the codes listed below.

Airport information: Palm Springs International Airport (PSP)

The Palm Springs Airport is the primary airport and Is located 30 min. away from the hotel.

Airline Discount Codes:

Alaska: ECME025

United: ZKV5296621

American Airlines: A4182DD

Delta:

Please click here to book your flights!

You may also call Delta Meeting Network® at 1.800.328.1111* Monday–Friday, 7:00 a.m. – 7:30 p.m. (CT) and refer to Meeting Event Code NMVHW

*Please note there is not a service fee for reservations booked and ticketed via our reservation 800 number.

Ground transportation:

Car Rental: Want to explore the beautiful desert? Renting a car at the Palm Springs airport is convenient using the WNRS discount codes listed below.

Lyft Oneway Estimate:

Lyft Personal ride $32-36

XL Supersized ride $45-50

Lux High-end ride $60-65

Uber Oneway Estimate:

UberX $49.00

Comfort $85.00

UberXL $112.00

Car Rental Discount Codes:

Hertz: CV code 2188961

Budget: BCD X344382

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THINGS TO DO IN INDIAN WELLS & PALM SPRINGS

As a conference destination, the Indian Wells/Palm Springs area has so much to offer! Whether you're looking to relax at the spa, hit the links for a game of golf between sessions, spend some time in nature, embrace your inner foodie, or shop some of the country's most beautiful boutique's, there are plenty of ways to fill your afternoons.

Here are a few of our top recommendations:

Visit Palm Canyon Drive (the "rodeo drive of the desert" for all the shops and art galleries
Take the Palm Springs Aerial Tram for some spectacular views
Make the drive to explore Joshua Tree (it's about 45 minutes from Indian Wells)
Hike to the Tahquitz Canyon Waterfall (a 1.7 mile loop)
Enjoy the best spas and golf courses right in Indian Wells
Catch a sunset at the Coachella Valley Vista Point
Grab a cocktail and a bite to eat at one of incredible restaurants in the area

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Michelle@Trifectaeg.com

Phone Number

(650) 762-9003

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WNRS 2021-2022

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

WNRS

PAST PRESIDENTS

PRESIDENT

Jennifer Becker. MRCS, FRCR

Senior Associate Consultant

Mayo Clinic | Scottsdale

PRESIDENT-ELECT/PROGRAM CHAIR

Luke N. Ledbetter, MD

Associate Professor

David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA

SECRETARY

Wende Gibbs, MD, MA

Director of Spine Imaging and Intervention

Department of Neuroradiology

Barrow Neurological Institute

TREASURER

Bronwyn Hamilton, MD

Neuroradiologist

Professor of Diagnostic Radiology, SoM

Oregon Health & Science University

RULES COMMITTEE CHAIR

Nikdokht (Niky) Farid, MD

Neuroradiologist

Associate Professor of Radiology

UC San Diego Health

FIRST PAST PRESIDENT

Ashok Srinivasan, MD FACR

Professor of Radiology,

Associate Chair, Operations, Quality & Safety

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

SECOND PAST PRESIDENT

Roland R. Lee, MD, FACR

UCSD/VA Medical Center

San Diego, California

1968-70 Gabriel H. Wilson, MD*

1971 R. Thomas Bergeron, MD

1972 Henry F. W. Pribram, MD

1972 Fred K. Sondheimer, MD

1973 Robert L. Scanlan, MD*

1974 James A. Pollock, MD*

1975 Calvin L. Rumbaugh, MD

1976 Leon G. Kaseff, MD

1977 T. Hans Newton, MD*

1978 Hervey D. Segall, MD

1979 Richard A. Kramer, MD

1980 John R. Bentson, MD

1981-82 Anton N. Hasso, MD, FACR

1983 David Norman, MD

1984 William H. Marshall, MD

1985 John Howieson, MD

1986 Barton Lane, MD

1987 John C. Stears, MD*

1988 Barry D. Pressman, MD

1989 Dieter R. Enzmann, MD

1990 Robert W. Jahnke, MD*

1991 William W. M. Lo, MD*

1992 Joachim F. Seeger, MD

1993 Michael Brant-Zawadzki, MD, FACR

1994 William D. Robertson, MD

1995 Joseph R. Thompson, MD

1996 Charles E. Seibert, MD

1997 Wallace W. Peck, MD

1998 Livia G. Solti-Bohman, MD, FACR

1999 John R. Hesselink, MD, FACR

2000 Stephen T. Hecht, MD

2001 Marvin D. Nelson, Jr., MD, MBA, FACR

2002 Joseph E. Heiserman, MD, PhD

2003 Diane R. Newton, MD

2004 Gary M. Nesbit, MD

2005 William D. Keyes, MD

2006 Brian W. Chong, MD, FRCPC

2007 Robert J. Sevick, MD, FRCPC

2008 Wade H.M. Wong, DO, FACR

2009 Walter L. Olsen, MD, FACR

2010 Christopher F. Dowd, MD

2011 Richard H. Wiggins, III, MD, CIIP, FSIIM

2012 Keith E. Kortman, MD

2013 John P. Karis, MD

2014 John L. Go, MD, FACR

2015 Arthur B. Dublin, MD, MBA

2016 William K. Erly, MD, MBA

2017 Steven G. Imbesi, MD

2018 Edward P. Quigley, III, MD, PhD

2019 Hollie A. Lai, MD

2020 Roland R. Lee, MD, FACR

*Deceased

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