RadNews
December 2012

IN THIS ISSUE:
Continuing Education
RSNA 2012 Wrap Up
Welcome Dr. Platenberg
New from NationalRad & More!

Happy Holidays from All of Us at NationalRad

We hope you had a very Happy Thanksgiving. We wish you wonderful, joyous holidays this December and health and great cheer the whole year through!

Continuing Education Update for Radiologic Technologists

As we wrap up 2012 and head into 2013, we want to ensure you are aware of an excellent resource available to radiologic technologists. ERADIMAGING.COM is a web-based continuing education and career development service for rad techs. It is an inexpensive and affordable way to get your continuing education points online. Please contact eRadImaging directly or email Caryn Nolen, NationalRad's Director of Quality Assurance (QA) and Chief Radiologic Technologist, with any questions at CNOLEN@NATIONALRAD.COM.

RSNA 2012 Wrap Up

As every week after Thanksgiving, the RADIOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF NORTH AMERICA (RSNA) holds its scientific assembly and annual meeting. This year, NationalRad was honored to have six of our musculoskeletal radiologists presenting at the meeting, including: MICHAEL B. ZLATKIN, MD, FRCPC, NationalRad President; TIMOTHY G. SANDERS, MD, NationalRad Medical Director; CAROL L. ANDREWS, MD; DONALD J. FLEMMING, MD; TIMOTHY J. MOSHER, MD; and WILLIAM B. MORRISON, MD.

Presentations, lectures, and workshops from the group ranged in topic from Spine Pain Management and Diagnosis of Rotator Cuff and Labral Repair Failure to MR of the Rotator Cuff, Impingement and MRI of Instability Excluding SLAP Lesions and Contrast Extension into the Posterior Superior Chondrolabral Junction of the Hip on MR Arthrography: Tear or Normal Variant. We are thankful that RSNA continues to invite a number of our radiologists back every year due to the academic strength and depth of our group.

If you have any interest in or question about our topics at RSNA, please do not hesitate to contact us at 877.734.6674 or INFO@NATIONALRAD.COM.

Meet R. Craig Platenberg, MD, NationalRad's Newest Neuroradiologist

We are pleased to introduce the newest member of our neuroradiology team R. CRAIG PLATENBERG, MD. He is a senior member of the American Society of Neuroradiology (ASNR), as well as a member of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA), and the American Telemedicine Association (ATA). Prior to joining NationalRad, Dr. Platenberg held neuroradiology posts with both private and public institutions during his career, including the chief of neuroradiology position at Wilford Hall U.S. Air Force Medical Center for several years, as well as the Assistant division director of Neuroradiology and Director of MRI at Georgetown University.

Please join us in welcoming Dr. Platenberg to NationalRad.

New from NationalRad: Announcements

GARY J. FELSBERG, MD, NationalRad Neuroradiologist, Associate Professor of Radiology at Florida State University School of Medicine and Assistant Professor of Radiology at the University of Central Florida School of Medicine, was named one of ORLANDO'S BEST DOCTORS by Orlando Magazine again for 2012. Please join us in congratulating Dr. Felsberg on his honor.

MICHAEL A. TALL, MD, NationalRad Musculoskeletal Radiologist and Musculoskeletal MRI Fellowship Program Director at Wilford Hall U.S. Air Force Medical Center, has been appointed an Assistant Professor of Radiology at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USUHS). Please join us in congratulating Dr. Tall on his appointment Pro.

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