From the January 2017 issue of HealthCare Business News magazine
The European Congress of Radiology (ECR) is scheduled for the Austria Center Vienna from March 1-5.
The European Society of Radiology (ESR) is confident that it will again welcome more than 25,000 participants at its annual meeting from all over the world. Over 300 international companies are expected to be in attendance. There will be more than 850 invited lectures. The program at this year’s event will include:
• The ESR’s achievements in 2016 and its increased commitment in Latin America. Paul M. Parizel, chairman of the Department of Radiology at Antwerp University Hospital; full professor of radiology at the University of Antwerp’s Faculty of Medicine; and ESR president.
• Breast cancer screening with tomosynthesis: The time is now. Fiona J. Gilbert, professor and head of the Department of Radiology at the School of Clinical Medicine, University of Cambridge, U.K.; and honorary consultant radiologist at Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge.
• Radiography and radiology: More than the sum of their parts. Shane J. Foley, assistant professor and lecturer at the School of Medicine, Health Sciences Centre, University College, Dublin, Ireland.
• Neuroimaging and mental health disorders.
Tarek A. Yousry, professor of neuroradiology at UCL Institute of Neurology; head of the Lysholm Department of Neuroradiology, National Hospital for Neurology & Neurosurgery; head of the Division of Neuroradiology and Neurophysics, University College London Hospitals.
• Dissatisfaction, burnout and inequality: Three major challenges in radiology.
Mauricio Castillo, James H. Scatliff distinguished professor of radiology; chief and program director of neuroradiology at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill.
