Breast US: Dec. 1, 4:30pm-6:00pm

A panel will present key topics in breast ultrasound. These include a review of techniques for high quality exams and documentation, ultrasound evaluation of lymph nodes and the rationale of and models for screening breast ultrasound.

When: Thursday, Dec. 1, 4:30-6:00pm
Where: E451B

Speaker information:
Janice S. Sung, MD, department of radiology at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York City
Anthony Thomas Stavros, MD, radiology, Sutter Pacific Medical Foundation, Calif.
Stephen Albert Feig, MD, professor,  clinical radiology, University of California, Irvine

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