ACR Annual Meeting to Feature Cutting-Edge Education Programs on Molecular Imaging, Genetics

4/29/2003

From: Cary Boshamer of the American College of Radiology, 703-716-7540 or caryb@acr.org

News Advisory:

The ACR's 80th Annual Meeting and Chapter Leadership Conference, scheduled for May 10-15 at the Hilton Washington and Towers in Washington, D.C., offers two highly anticipated education sessions with many of radiology and health care's most respected experts.

On May 10, the meeting will feature the ACR/ASTRO Molecular Imaging 2003 Conference. Co-chaired by Ralph Weissleder, M.D., Ph.D., of Massachusetts General Hospital and William T. Sause, M.D., of LDS Hospital in Salt Lake City, this daylong conference will highlight one of the most exciting topics in radiology and health care today. The meeting will feature 13 of the nation's leading experts in the field representing the nation's finest health care research facilities.

On May 14, the ACR will present the 2003 Moreton Lecture, "Genomics, Medicine and Society." The lecture will be delivered by Francis S. Collins, M.D., Ph.D., director of the National Human Genome Research Institute at the National Institutes of Health and a nationally recognized authority on this progressive topic.

If you are interested in attending either of these sessions or scheduling an interview with any of the conference attendees, please contact Cary Boshamer at 703-716-7540 or Beth Bukata at 703-648-8969 in the Media and Communications Department by May 5.

The ACR is a national professional organization serving more than 32,000 radiologists, radiation oncologists, interventional radiologists and medical physicists with programs focusing on the practice of radiology and the delivery of comprehensive health care services.