Grand Rounds | November 14, 2016

Radiology Grand Rounds Lecture

"Multiparametric Prostate MRI: Update on Prostate Imaging Reporting and Data System (PI-RADS) v2"

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Katarzyna J. Macura, M.D., Ph.D., FACR
Professor of Radiology, Urology and Oncology
Assistant Director, Imaging Program of the Institute for Clinical and Translational Research (ICTR)
Chair, American College of Radiology Commission for Women and General Diversity
The Russell H. Morgan Department of Radiology and Radiological Science
The James Buchanan Brady Urological Institute
The Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center
The Johns Hopkins University

Monday, November 14, 2016

Noon - 1 p.m.

MCN CCC-1111

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This grand round is designed for faculty, residents, staff and medical students.

Learning objectives of this presentation:

1) Apply the principles of PI-RADS version 2 and the scoring system during the interpretation of mpMRI of the prostate.

2) Report imaging findings using the standardized format.

3) Recognize false positive imaging findings and understand the limitations of prostate MRI.

4) Understand imaging finding of clinically significant prostate cancer.

Sponsored by Vanderbilt School of Medicine; Department of Radiology and Radiological Sciences. Co-sponsored by the Department of Radiology Women in Radiology program. 

Vanderbilt University School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.  Vanderbilt University School of Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)TM.  Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. Jeff L. Creasy, M.D., CME Activity Director, has no financial relationships related to the content of this activity to disclose.  Katarzyna J. Macura, MD, PhD, FACR, presenter, has no financial relationships related to the content of this activity to disclose.                                                                                                     

This educational activity received no commercial support. Vanderbilt CME has determined that there are no conflicts of interest.

https://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/root/vumc.php?site=radiologyfaculty&doc=22959

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Dr. Katarzyna J. Macura is a professor in the Johns Hopkins Medicine department of radiology and radiological science, a professor of oncology and urology at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and a member of the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center. She is a radiologist consultant for the Prostate Cancer Multidisciplinary Clinic at The Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, MD and for the Sibley’s Prostate Cancer Multidisciplinary Clinic in Washington, D.C. Dr. Macura established a clinical and research prostate imaging program with a focus on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).

Dr. Macura is board certified in diagnostic radiology and has an expertise in cross-sectional body imaging, image-guided biopsies, MRI and prostate cancer. 

Dr. Macura earned her medical degree from the Medical University of Lodz in Poland. She completed a residency in diagnostic radiology at the Medical College of Georgia and a fellowship in cross-sectional body imaging at Johns Hopkins University. 

Dr. Macura is a member of several national and international radiology organizations. She served as president of the Maryland Radiological Society, the Maryland Chapter of the American College of Radiology, between 2013 and 2015, as well as president of the American Association for Women Radiologists AAWR in 2005. She was named the Outstanding Teacher of the Year by Hopkins radiology residents in 2006. Dr. Macura was also named the Honored Educator by the Radiological Society of North America in 2012 and 2014. 

Dr. Macura is a Fellow of the American College of Radiology and the Society of Computed Body Tomography and Magnetic Resonance.

*Bio provided by Johns Hopkins Medicine