By Tricitynews Reporter
Chandigarh
19th August:-The third categorical course series
on Musculoskeletal Imaging was inaugurated today at PGI, Chandigarh by Dr.
Veena Chowdhury, former Director, G.B Pant Hospital, New Delhi. The function
was presided over by the Institute Director, Prof. Yogesh Chawla and the Dean;
Prof. S. Varma was the guest of honour. This course is being
organized by the department of Radiodiagnosis and Imaging, PGI, Chandigarh in
collaboration with the American College of Radiology (ACR) and American
Institute for Radiologic Pathology (AIRP). Prof. N. Khandelwal Head, Department
of Radiodiagnosis and Imaging is the course director and Prof. Akshay Kumar
Saxena and Dr. Kushaljit Singh Sodhi are the course co-directors from PGI. The
scientific committee coordinators are Dr. Mahesh Prakash and Dr. Anindita
Sinha.
Speaking on the occasion Prof. N.
Khandelwal said that this course is based on the novel concept of relating the
interpretation of the images with the way the pathologists look at different
disease processes. The course will primarily focus on teaching radiology to the
students and fellows. Residents and fellows will be encouraged to analyze the
pathology of different disease processes of the bones, muscles and joints and
then correlate it with the imaging findings.
During the course of the day there
were didactic lectures by eminent national and International experts including
Dr. Mark Murphy, Chief Musculoskeletal Imaging at the American Institute for
Radiologic Pathology, Silver Spring, USA and Dr. Donald Flemming, Professor of
Radiology Education, Penn State Hershey Medical Centre, Hershey, USA. The day
ended with an interactive ultrasound workshop wherein experts demonstrated the
ultrasound techniques for evaluation of shoulder and wrist joints. About 300
practicing radiologists and physicians along with student delegates are
attending this academic feast.
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