James Lecture | October 24, 2022

Department of Radiology and Radiological Sciences presents

24th Annual A. Everette James, Jr. Lecture in Radiology and Radiological Sciences

Mary C Frates

"Thyroid Nodules: Role of TIRADS"

featuring

Mary C. Frates, MD, FACR, FSRU

Vice Chair, Academic Advancement

Director of Ultrasound

Brigham and Women’s Hospital Radiology Department

Professor of Radiology, Harvard Medical School

Boston, MA

 

Monday October 24, 2022 | Noon - 1 P.M.

MCN CCC-1111 & Zoom (registration required)

Zoom Registration Link

 

Learning Objectives:

At the end of this activity, learners will be able to:

  1. Describe how to include the TIRADS system in their imaging reports
  2. Apply TIRADS for the management of thyroid nodules
  3. Compare clinical situations where TIRADS should and should not be used

Learn more about the A. Everette James, Jr. Lecture in Radiology and Radiological Sciences here.

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Mary C. Frates, MD, FACR, FSRU is Professor of Radiology at Harvard Medical School and the Director of Ultrasound at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston. She is also Vice Chair of Academic Advancement for the Radiology Department. A member of the Ultrasound division since 1991, she joined the award-winning Thyroid Nodule Clinic staff in 1996. Dr. Frates is a co-author of the American College of Radiology Thyroid Imaging, Reporting and Data System (TI-RADS)as well as the ACR Thyroid UltrasoundReportingLexicon. She was the Chairperson and first author for the Society of Radiologists in Ultrasound Consensus Conference on the Management of Thyroid Nodules in 2004. Much of her research focuses the role of ultrasound in thyroid disease. She is the president elect of the Society of Radiologists in Ultrasound.