2nd ANNOUNCEMENT

2013 CoR/MOS/MSR Annual Scientific Meeting

Musculoskeletal Imaging and Oncology

New Date and Venue: 13 - 15 June 2013 Sunway Putra Hotel, Kuala Lumpur
(formerly Legend Hotel opposite PWTC)
Organised by

Co-organised with
Malaysian Oncological Society

MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT

ECR 2013 (European Congress of Radiology) was held in Vienna from March 7-11, 2013. As expected, it is a hugely successful event with 20,098 delegates from 101 countries, plus 244 exhibitors. 13 participants were from Malaysia. As CoR President, I was invited to attend the ESR Executive Meeting and ESR General Assembly. The lecture topics were diverse and the symposiums were stimulating. There were at least 10 concurrent sessions at any one time. The symposium most interesting to me was on Making Radiologists Visible. Radiology as a profession has come a long way since the discovery of x-rays in 1895. In the early days, most radiologists were not medical doctors. They could be technicians, physicists or anatomists. They would take the radiographs and interpret them themselves. Overtime, with advancement in medicine and sophistication of new imaging technology, only medical doctors would become radiologists and images are taken by radiographers or technologists. For many years, the image of radiologist is that of a doctors doctor. The doctor would request (some say order) for an x-ray or scans, the radiographer will perform them and once images are available, the radiologist will sit in his darken room interpreting the images and preparing the report. Whether his report makes any clinical sense, is least of his priority. Over time, communication between radiologists and referring physicians improve and radiologists started to be involved (although reluctantly) in clinical meetings or conferences. The value of radiologists opinion and reports become more important. Radiologists started to feel they are now better appreciated and on equal par with their physician colleagues. Interestingly and unfortunately, about 50% of patients do not know that radiologists are medical doctors themselves. Most patients are not able to appreciate the value of radiologists in the management of patients. The fault lies in the radiologists themselves who prefer to stay aloft and refuse to talk to patients or referring clinicians. By abandoning the patients, they damage their own profession, disadvantage the patients and indirectly may lead to increase in healthcare cost. Getting radiologists closer to patients makes radiologists more relevant and reduce healthcare spending. All that should change. A balanced role between patients, radiologists and referring physicians ought to be established. The interaction is no doubt complex and delicate. With patients becoming more aware of their medical conditions, they demand more from their doctors and referring physicians is unlikely to be able to support that. Imaging technology has become more complex and interpreting the x-ray reports to patients is no easy task. Now is the time for radiologists to start talking to patients directly. However, a few questions arose. Are radiologists trained to talk to patients? Imaging is just one part of the jigsaw - others being medical history, physical findings, blood tests and many others. Is knowing one part of the puzzle sufficient to allow radiologists to have an effective communication with the patients? Equally important, radiologists should continue to talk to their clinicians. With the right clinical perspective, they will be able to prepare a more meaningful report. If the clinicians find the radiologists report relevant, the value of imaging becomes more important. From the perspective of medical ethics, radiologists are physicians. They have the same professional obligation as any physicians to patients. Patients well-being is to be respected, diagnostic or therapeutic options are optimised and harm are minimised. The referring physicians also need to respect radiologists as equal colleagues. They should be open to discuss cases freely with radiologists either ad hocs or during weekly clinical conferences. If imaging is required, they should request for it rather than order them. Radiologists should take active parts in all clinical conferences. The time for change has come.

Abdul Rahman Mohamad President, College of Radiology, Academy of Medicine of Malaysia

ORGANISING COMMITTEE
Organising Chairman Amran Abdul Rahman

Scientific Programme Chairman Maizatuljamny Mahmood Tan Sook Pei

Coordinators
Oncology Radiography Nuclear Medicine Medical Physics Teaching Conference Body Imaging Cardiac Imaging Interventional Radiology Neuroradiology X-Ray Reporting Free Paper/Poster Mohd Ibrahim A Wahid Chan Lai Kuan Abdul Jalil Nordin Ng Kwan Hoong Suraiya Ibrahim Noraini Abdul Rahim Yang Faridah Abdul Aziz Josephine Subramaniam Norlisah Mohd Ramli Mohan Singh Azian Abdul Aziz (CoR) Andy Goh King Wan (MSR) Marniza Saad (MOS)

INFORMATION
Important Information at-a-glance
Deadline for submission of free paper: 28 February 2013 Deadline for early bird registration: 31 March 2013

Conference Secretariat

College of Radiology, Academy of Medicine of Malaysia Suite 2.01, Level 2 Medical Academies of Malaysia 210 Jalan Tun Razak 50400 Kuala Lumpur Tel: 603-4025 2808 Fax: 603-4025 1808 E-mail: secretariat@radiologymalaysia.org Website: www.radiologymalaysia.org Contact Person: Jessie Fung 6012-282 6208

CME/CPD points

CME/CPD points are being applied for. Certificate of Attendance will be issued to all participants at the end of the Meeting.

Cancellation & Refund Policy

The Secretariat must be notified in writing of all cancellations. Refunds will be made after the event. i) Cancellation on/before 30th May 2013 : RM150 levied as cancellation fee ii) Cancellation after 30th May 2013 : NO REFUND

Programme Updates

Please check for further updates at www.radiologymalaysia.org

Disclaimer:

Whilst all efforts are made to ensure that the information in this announcement is correct, amendments may be made due to unforeseen circumstances.

PROGRAMME SUMMARY
Venue: Merak Room Cardiac Imaging Interventional Radiology PRE-CONGRESS 13 June 2013 (Thursday) Venue: Ballroom 2 Venue: Enggang Room Venue: Ballroom 1 Head & Body Imaging Foreign Workers / X-Ray Reporting Teaching Conference Musculoskeletal Radiology Trainees Ultrasound Hands-on Workshop Venue: Ballroom 3 Paediatric

CoR - Annual General Meeting Date Time 07.30am 08.00am 08.00am 09.00am 09.00am 10.00am 10.00am 11.00am 11.00am 12.00pm 12.00pm 01.00pm 01.00pm 02.00pm 02.00pm 03.00pm 03.00pm 04.00pm 04.00pm 05.00pm 05.00pm 06.00pm 06.00pm 07.00pm 07.00pm 08.00pm 08.00pm 09.30pm Faculty Dinner Radiology 1, 2 & 3 Oncology 1, 2 & 3 Radiology 4, 5, 6 & 7 Opening Ceremony TEA BREAK & EXHIBITION Plenary Lecture 1 Lunch Symposium 1 TEA BREAK & EXHIBITION Plenary Lecture 2 Lunch Symposium 2 LUNCH & EXHIBITION Oncology 9 Radiology 8 & 9 Nuclear Medicine Radiography 4 TEA BREAK & EXHIBITION Oncology 5, 6, 7 & 8 14 June 2013 (Friday) BALLROOM 1 BALLROOM 2 & 3 REGISTRATION 15 June 2013 (Saturday) BALLROOM 1 BALLROOM 2 & 3

Lunch & Friday Prayers & Exhibition Oncology 4 Radiography 1, 2 & 3 Medical Physics 1 & 2

TEA BREAK & EXHIBITION Free Paper Presentation

Inter University Radiology Quiz Prize Presentation & Closing

(by invitation only)

PRE-CONGRESS
Cardiac Imaging
Date: 13 June 2013 (Thursday) Venue: Merak Room
08.30am 09.00am 09.00am 09.20am 09.20am 09.40am 09.40am 10.00am 10.00am 10.30am 10.30am 11.00am 11.00am 11.30am 11.30am 01.30pm Cardiac Anatomy: CT and MRI Lynette Teoh Coronary CT Angiography: When should it be Performed Appropriately? Yang Faridah Abdul Aziz Cardiac CT: New Technological Advances Norzailin Abu Bakar Stress MRI: Applications and Diagnosis Lynette Teoh TEA BREAK Late Gadolinium Enhancement in MR Lynette Teoh Q&A Moderator: Yang Faridah Abdul Aziz Case Reviews Lynette Teo, Yang Faridah Abdul Aziz, Norzailin Abu Bakar

PRE-CONGRESS
Interventional Radiology
Date: 13 June 2013 (Thursday) Venue: Merak Room
Backache & Radiculopathy 02.00pm 02.20pm 02.20pm 02.40pm 02.40pm 03.00pm 03.00pm 03.30pm Epidural Injection Alex Tang Ah Lak Epiduralysis Alex Tang Ah Lak Q&A

TEA BREAK Facet Mediated Backache Facet Joint Injection Roger Tok Chung Hong Lumbar Rhizolysis Roger Tok Chung Hong Q&A Oncologic Interventions Coeliac Plexus Block and Sympathetomy TBA Shoulder Arthrogram Revisited Tan Sook Pei Bone Biopsy Revisited TBA

PRE-CONGRESS
Head & Body Imaging
Date: 13 June 2013 (Thursday) Venue: Ballroom 2
Infections of the Nervous System 08.30am 09.00am 09.00am 09.30am 09.30am 10.00am 10.00am 10.30am 10.30am 11.00am 11.00am 11.30am 11.30am 12.00pm 12.00pm 01.30pm 01.30pm 02.10pm 02.10pm 02.50pm Advances and Emerging Infections Affecting the Nervous System Christopher Lee What You Need to Know in Imaging: Brain Infection Norlisah Ramli What You Need to Know in Imaging: Spine Infection Kartini Rahmat TEA BREAK What You Need to Know in Imaging: Head and Neck Infection Kew Thean Yean What You Need to Know in Imaging: Thoracic Infection Gnana Kumar Malignancies with Infection Look Alike Features on PET-CT Adel Zaatar LUNCH Advanced Prostate MRI - The ESUR Guidelines in Practise Anwar Padhani Whole Body Diffusion MRI - What are the killer Applications in Cancer? Anwar Padhani

PRE-CONGRESS
Foreign Workers / X-Ray Reporting
Date: 13 June 2013 (Thursday) Venue: Ballroom 2
03.30pm 04.00pm 04.00pm 04.30pm 04.30pm 05.00pm KKM Guidelines on Fomema Reporting Hanun Fauziah Abd Ghani Auditing of X-ray Reports Kreeson Q&A

PRE-CONGRESS
Teaching Conference
Date: 13 June 2013 (Thursday) Venue: Enggang Room
08.30am 10.00am 10.00am 10.30am 10.30am 12.00pm 12.00pm 01.30pm 01.30pm 03.00pm 03.00pm 03.30pm 03.30pm 05.00pm Asokan Nair TEA BREAK

Asokan Nair LUNCH

Noryati Mohammad TEA BREAK

Abdul Samad Sakijan / Suraiya Ibrahim

PRE-CONGRESS
Musculoskeletal Ultrasound Hands-on Workshop
Date: 13 June 2013 (Thursday) Venue: Ballroom 1
08.30am 08.45am 08.45am 09.00am 09.10am 10.00am 10.00am 10.30am 10.30am 10.45am 10.45am 11.00am 11.10am 12.00pm 12.00pm 01.30pm 01.30pm 01.45pm 01.45pm 02.00pm 02.10pm 03.00pm 03.00pm 03.30pm 03.30pm 03.45pm 03.45pm 04.00pm 04.10pm 05.00pm Lecture: Shoulder & Elbow Gervais Wan Sai Cheong Live Demo Gervais Wan Sai Cheong Hands-on TEA BREAK Lecture: Wrist & Hand James Griffith Live Demo James Griffith Hands-on LUNCH Lecture: Hip Joint Gervais Wan Sai Cheong Live Demo Gervais Wan Sai Cheong Hands-on TEA BREAK Lecture: Ankle & Foot James Griffith Live Demo James Griffith Hands-on

PRE-CONGRESS
Paediatric
Date: 13 June 2013 (Thursday) Venue: Ballroom 3
08.30am 09.00am 09.00am 09.20am 09.20am 09.40am 09.40am 10.00am 10.00am 10.30am 10.30am 11.00am 11.00am 11.30am 11.30am 12.00pm 12.00pm 01.30pm 01.30pm 02.00pm 02.00pm 02.30pm 02.30pm 03.00pm 03.00pm 03.30pm 03.30pm 04.15pm 04.15pm 05.00pm Paediatric Osteomyelitis Murray Bartlett A Radiographic Approach to Skeletal Dysplasia Hamzaini Abdul Hamid Neonatal Systemic Skeletal Infection Murray Bartlett Bone Tumours & Limb Salvage Surgery: What the Surgeon Wants to Know Rohaizan Yunus TEA BREAK Pulmonary Infection: Imaging Algorithm and Current Practice Zulfiqar Mohamed Annuar Management of Complicated Pneumonia: Paediatricians Perspective Norzila Mohamed Zainudin Management of Complicated Pneumonia: Paediatric Surgeons Perspective Zakaria Zahari LUNCH Chest Radiography: Technique Rachel Barbara Sta Maria Imaging in a Child with Stridor Che Zubaidah Che Daud Imaging in Lung Parenchyma Diseases Zaleha Abdul Manaf TEA BREAK Case Studies: Musculoskeletal Rohazly Ismail Case Studies: Chest Noryati Mohammad

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SCIENTIFIC PROGRAMME
14 June 2013 (Friday)
BALLROOM 1 07.30am 08.30am 08.30am 09.15am Radiology 1 & 2 Imaging of Bone Tumour Suphaneewan Jaovisidha REGISTRATION 08.30am 08.50am 08.50am 09.10am 09.10am 09.30am 09.30am 09.50am 09.50am 10.00am 10.00am 10.30am 10.30am 11.00am Opening Ceremony (by Presidents of CoR. MOS & MSR) (10 - 15 mins IT Presentation by MSR) TEA BREAK & EXHIBITION COMBINE BALLROOM 1, 2 & 3 11.00am 12.00pm 12.00pm 12.45pm 12.45pm 02.30pm Plenary Lecture 1 Marniza Saad Lunch Symposium 1 Pushing the Response Paradigm with Multiparametric MRI Anwar Padhani (sponsored by Siemens) Lunch & Friday Prayers & Exhibition Oncology 1, 2 & 3 - Bone Tumours Histological Types and Classification Nazarina Abdul Rahman Work Up and Staging of Bone Sarcoma Rozita Abdul Malik Surgical Principles in Benign Tumours Azura Mansor Limb Sparing Surgery Vivek Ajit Singh Q&A BALLROOM 2 & 3

09.15am 10.00am

Radiology 3 Paediatric Musculoskeletal Murray Bartlett

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SCIENTIFIC PROGRAMME
14 June 2013 (Friday)
BALLROOM 1 02.30pm 03.00pm Radiography 1 Imaging in Osteoporosis Chan Lai Kuan 02.00pm 02.15pm 02.15pm 02.30 pm 02.30pm 03.00pm BALLROOM 2 & 3 Oncology 4 - Bone Sarcomas Management of Osteosarcoma Rozita Abdul Malik Management of Ewings Sarcoma Richard Quek Hong Hui Medical Physics 1 International Trend In Radiation Safety Practices in Medicine Noriah Jamal Medical Physics 2 Zap it Right: Ensuring Safety in Digital Imaging Ng Kwan Hoong

03.00pm 03.30pm

Radiography 2 Musculoskeletal MRI Mazli Mohamad Zin Radiography 3 Operating Theatre Musculoskeletal Imaging Mohd Nizam Mohd Sobri

03.30pm 04.00pm 04.00pm 04.30pm

03.00pm 03.30pm

TEA BREAK & EXHIBITION COMBINE BALLROOM 1, 2 & 3

04.30pm 05.30pm 07.00pm 09.00pm

Free Paper Presentation Azian Abd Aziz, Andy Goh King Wan, Marniza Saad Faculty Dinner (by invitation only)

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SCIENTIFIC PROGRAMME
15 June 2013 (Saturday)
BALLROOM 1 07.30am 08.30am 08.30am 08.50am 08.30am 09.15am Radiology 4 & 5 Imaging in Sports Injury James F Griffith Oncology 5, 6, 7 & 8 Soft Tissue Sarcomas Histological Types and Classification Nazarina Abdul Rahman Work Up and Staging Nik Muhd Aslan Abdullah Principles of Biopsy and Surgery Azura Mansor Surgical Margins Surgeons Perspective Chye Ping Ching Pathologists Perspective Nazarina Abdul Rahman Oncologists Perspective Nik Muhd Aslan Abdullah Adjuvant Therapy Adlinda Alip Treatment for Advanced Disease Richard Quek Hong Hui Q&A BALLROOM 2 & 3

08.50am 09.10am 09.10am 09.30am 09.30am 10.00am

Radiology 6 09.15am Radiology of Rheumatological Conditions 10.00am Gervais Wan Sai Cheong

10.00am 10.20am Radiology 7 MRI Spine 1: Basics and Imaging Protocols Shetty Balakrishna 10.20am 10.40am 10.40am 10.45am

10.00am 10.45am 10.45am 11.15am

TEA BREAK & EXHIBITION COMBINE BALLROOM 1, 2 & 3

11.15am 12.15pm 12.15pm 01.00pm

Plenary Lecture 2 Abdul Samad Sakijan Lunch Symposium 2 Contrast Media and CT Innovations for Quality Imaging & Patient Care Dr John Chia (Sponsored by Pharmaforte Malaysia) LUNCH & EXHIBITION

01.00pm 02.00pm

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SCIENTIFIC PROGRAMME
15 June 2013 (Saturday)
BALLROOM 1 BALLROOM 2 & 3 Oncology 9 - Soft Tissue Sarcomas Retroperitoneal Mass Diagnostic Challenge Vivek Ajit Singh Surgical Techniques Wan Faisham Wan Ismail Adjuvant Therapy Fuad Ismail Nuclear Medicine Radionuclide Scintigraphy and PETCT in Assessment of Musculoskeletal Conditions Sazilah Ahmad Sarji Radiography 4 Immobilisation Devices in Stereotactic Radio-Surgery (SRS) Mohd Farihan Jaafar

02.00pm 02.45pm

Radiology 8 Image Guided Musculoskeletal Intervention Gregory E. Antonio

02.00pm 03.00pm

02.45pm 03.45pm

Radiology 9 MRI Spine 2: Advanced Imaging and DWI Shetty Balakrishna

03.00pm 03.25pm

03.25pm 03.45pm

03.45pm 04.00pm

TEA BREAK & EXHIBITION COMBINE BALLROOM 1, 2 & 3

04.00pm 05.30pm 05.30pm 06.00pm

Inter University Radiology Quiz Dato Samad Challenge Trophy Prize Presentation & Closing

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Registration Form
Please return this form with payment to:

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Meeting Venue and Hotel Reservations

(formerly Legend Hotel opposite PWTC)

Sunway Putra Hotel, Kuala Lumpur

9th Floor, Sunway Putra Place 100 Jalan Putra 50350 Kuala Lumpur Tel: 603 4042 9888 Fax: 603 4042 9069 Email: bookroomsph@sunwayhotels.com

S U N WAY P U T R A HOTEL

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Hotel Registration Form

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Kuala Lumpur Service Apartment () Bistari Condo, South Block, 1st Floor, Jalan 1/64D, Off Jalan Putra, 50350 Kuala Lumpur.

Wonderland Holiday Home at Villa Putra Condo () Villa Putra Condo, Jalan Tun Ismail, 50480 Kuala Lumpur.

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Tips for Visitors To Malaysia

KLIA arrival
After clearing Customs, suggest you head for the registered airport limo counter or the KLIA Express train counter to purchase a coupon for your ride to downtown KL. The train ride will take about 28 mins while the limo ride will be about 45 mins depending on traffic flow. There are 2 limo rates economy and premier. The express train ride costs RM70 return and stops at KL Sentral. From there, please take a taxi to the hotel.

Arrival by rail

Take a taxi from the train station to your hotel. Taxi fare may vary but insist on the meter.

Arrival by road

If you are arriving by express bus, take a taxi from the bus station to the hotel. If you are driving into Kuala Lumpur, try to arrive during off-peak hours. Otherwise, you will be caught in traffic jams from most entry points into the city. The peak hours are usually from 7.309.30am in the mornings and 4.30-7.30pm in the evenings. Downpours will lead to premature and extended jams.

Language

(Bahasa Melayu) Malay is the national language in use, but English is widely spoken. The ethnic groups also converse in various languages and dialects.

Religion Weather

Islam is the official religion of the country, but other religions are widely practised.

The country experiences tropical weather year-round. Temperatures are from 21C (70F) to 32C (90F). Higher elevations are much colder with temperatures between 15C (59 F) to 25C (77F). Annual rainfall varies from 2,000mm to 2,500mm.

Currency

The monetary unit of the country is Ringgit Malaysia and is written as RM. The exchange rate is valued at USD1 = RM3.34. Foreign currencies can be exchanged at banks and money changers.

Time

Eight hours ahead of GMT and 16 hours ahead of U.S Standard Time.

Electricity

Voltage is 220 - 240 Volt AC at 50 cycles per second. Standard 3- pin square plugs and socket. For further info kindly go to http://www.tourism.gov.my/en/about/default.asp

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COR COUNCIL MEMBERS 2012 - 2014

President Immediate Past President Abdul Rahman Mohamad Humairah Samad Cheung

Vice-President (Radiodiagnosis) Shantini A. Arasaratnam (Oncology) Mohd Ibrahim A Wahid (Nuclear Medicine) Abdul Jalil Nordin Honorary Secretary Honorary Treasurer Council Members Sumithra S Ranganathan Yang Faridah Abdul Aziz Zaharah Musa Abdul Samad Sakijan Daniel Wong Wai Yan Thajunnisa Hassan Mohd Zaleha Abdul Manaf Sivakumaran Karupayah Amran Abdul Rahman

MSR EXECUTIVE COUNCIL 2011 - 2013

President Vice President Honorary Secretary Assistant Secretary Treasurer Forward Planning Chairman Education Chairman Editorial Chairman Social Chairman Chan Lai Kuan Muhammad Faizal Abdullah Packya Narayanan Dassan Mazli Mohd Zin Noor Khairi Ibrahim Zul Iskandar Johari Andy Goh King Wan Nani Abdul Latif Sawal Marsait

MOS EXECUTIVE COUNCIL 2012 - 2014

President Immediate Past President Honorary Secretary Honorary Treasurer Committee Members Ahmad Kamal Md Alif Mohd Ibrahim A Wahid Matin Mellor Abdullah Muhammad Azrif Ahmad Annuar Albert Lim Kok Hooi Daniel Wong Wai Yan Fuad Ismail Ho Gwo Huang Biswa Mohan Biswal

Conference Secretariat

College of Radiology Academy of Medicine of Malaysia

Suite 2.01, Level 2, Medical Academies of Malaysia 210 Jalan Tun Razak, 50400 Kuala Lumpur Tel: 603-4025 2808 Fax: 603-4025 1808 E-mail: secretariat@radiologymalaysia.org Website: www.radiologymalaysia.org Contact Person: Jessie Fung