Embolization—Arterial (12)

BREAST INTERVENTIONS (HANDS-ON) (07) Upon completion of this workshop, the attendee will be able to:

CONSCIOUS SEDATION (11) Upon completion of this workshop, the attendee will be able to:

1. Arrive at a definitive histologic diagnosis of a

1. Describe the criteria used in selecting patients

breast lesion with either stereotactic or ultrasound directed percutaneous biopsy. 2. Utilize the definitive histologic diagnosis provided by breast biopsy to reduce the number of surgeries for diagnosis and therapy. Coordinator: Mark A. Denn.is, MD Craig C. Hanson, MD Catherine A. Kusnick, MD

James Luethke, MD

CHEST INTERVENTIONS (08) Upon completion of this workshop, the attendee will be able to: 1. Review the physiology of pleural space drain-

age and discuss chest tube management. 2. Discuss drainage and fibrinolysis of empyemas. 3. Describe sclerosis of malignant pleural effusions. 4. Review stenting of the tracheobronchial tree. Coordinator: Michael A. Braun, MD Steven L. Dawson, MD Jeremy J. Erasmus, MD Alan H. Matsumoto, MD

Jeffrey S. Moulton, MD Albert A. Nemcek, Jr., MD

CODING AND BILLING FOR BEGINNERS (09) Upon completion of this workshop, the attendee will be able to: 1. Properly code basic interventional procedures. 2. Properly code evaluation and management pro-

cedures. 3. Understand the basics of how to track billing procedures. Coordinator: David Sacks, MD Richard Duszak, Jr., MD

Coordinator: Michael R. Middlebrook, MD Roger Kent Hamed, II, MD Cynthia S. Payne, MD

Douglas C.B. Redd, JVID

EMBOllZA TIO~ARTERlAL (J 2) Upon completion of this workshop, the attendee will be able to: 1. List the materials and understand the tech-

niques of embolotherapy including available embolic agents and catheter/guidewire systems. 2. Discuss common applications of embolotherapy including gastrointestinal bleeding, trauma, hemoptysis, and tumor devascularization. Coordinator: James John J. Borsa, MD Karl S. Chiang, MD Patricia Cole, PhD, MD Scott C. GoodWin, MD Gregory E. Guy, JVID

c. Andrews, MD Sahlra Kazanjian, MD Michael A. McKusick, MD Jeet Sandhu, MD David S. Warner, MD

EMBOLIZA TIO~ VENOUS (13) Upon completion of this workshop, the attendee will be able to: 1. Describe the applications of embolotherapy in-

CODING AND BILLING (10) Upon completion of this workshop, the attendee will be able to: 1. Properly code interventional and evaluation!

management procedures. 2. Understand the importance of tracking billing

procedures. 3. Understand the role of compliance plans with interventional billing. Coordinator: David Sacks, MD Jeffrey F. Booth, Esq. Howard L. Dome, MD David H. Epstein, MD

for conscious sedation and the essential elements for monitoring patients during and after the procedure. 2. List the common medications used for sedation, including strategies to reduce their adverse effects. 3. Understand the sedation of the pediatric patient. 4. Understand the JCAHO requirements regarding conscious sedation and advice on their implementation in the interventional suite.

Katharine Krol, MD Timothy P. Murphy, MD J. Bayne Selby, Jr., MD

volving the venous system including variocele therapy, pulmonary AVMs, portal hypeltension, and arteriovenous malformations. Coordinator: James Sandra J. Althaus, MD Joseph H. Inrrocaso, MD M. Victoria Malx, l\i1D Jeffery Pollack, MD

c. Andrews, MD Ian A. Sproat, MD Peter N. Waybill, MD Robert I. White, Jr, MD

GASTROINTESTINAL INTERVENTIONS (14) Upon completion of this workshop, the attendee will be able to: 1. Describe the indications and contraindications,

preprocedural evaluation, and preprocedural

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