ACR 2015™ Highlights How Imaging Fits Into Next Generation Healthcare

Radiology professionals attending ACR 2015™ can learn how the evolution to "personalized and precision medicine" will affect radiology. The May 19 Moreton Lecture, presented by James H. Thrall, MD, FACR, will: Outline progression of medical practice from intuitive medicine to evidence-based medicine to precision medicine Identify key elements of precision medicine including precision imaging technology, precision communication, precision utilization and genomic precision Explain the contributions that radiologists can make in the era of precision medicine “Attendees will leave the Moreton Lecture with a greater understanding of radiology’s place in medicine’s future and how they might take steps to prepare themselves and their practices for the road ahead,” said Bibb Allen, Jr., MD, FACR, chair of the ACR Board of Chancellors. Thrall is Chairman Emeritus of the Department of Radiology at Massachusetts General Hospital. He is also a member of the Institute of Medicine of the National Academies and former chair of the ACR Board of Chancellors. Thrall has authored more than 400 publications and reviews and is the founder and editor of the Requisites in Radiology textbook series. ACR 2015, the all-new American College of Radiology (ACR) annual meeting, will be held May 17–21 at the Marriott Wardman Park Hotel in Washington, DC. It will include more than 100 concurrent sessions and general sessions featuring nationally renowned ...
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