CIR provides education for all at home and in the office

by means of :

The Department of Electronic Education 

www.radiologiavirtual.org 

The CIR Department of Electronic Education, coordinated by Francisco Javier Rodriguez Recio, M.D. ( ESP ), with the collaboration of doctors Alejandro Berezñak ( ARG ), Oswaldo Ramos Nuñez ( VEN ) and José Luis Criales Cortés ( MEX ), displays several educational materials that allow  radiologists and residents to follow a Continuing Education Program at home, in the office or in the hospital.

Conferences, Discussion Sessions, Chat Room, evaluation programs and other materials about different topics such as Breast, Abdomen, Chest, Neuroradiology, Vascular, Pediatrics and Imaging Communication Techniques are presented each month in the CIR education portal. 

Those who actively participate may be eligible for a Category 2 Non Attending Certificate of Accreditation. 

If you want to participate you can go to www.radiologiavirtual.org and follow the instructions to register

 Make use of this opportunity and register free of charge! 

Dr. Miguel E.Stoopen
President.

On-Line Registrations

 
Remember, You can register on-line to the 

XXIII Interamerican Congress of Radiology  

at the following web pages: 

www.seram.es 

www.cir-radiologia.org
 

The change process is under way 

Just as was reported in NOT i CIR last January  ( Vol. 3 ;  No 1;  2006 ), Julián Sánchez- Cortazar, M.D., who was given the task to coordinate the change process by the General Assembly held in Chicago, is now reviewing, along with the members of the Bylaws and Ethics Committee, the received proposals which are to be sent to the Advisor of the National Groups members of the College during this month of April.  

According to the resolutions of the above mentioned Assembly, the Advisors shall make their proposals and comments via e-mail during the month of April so as to integrate the document that the Commission will submit for final discussion at the Extraordinary Assembly that has been summoned for such purpose during the next  XXII Interamerican Congress of Radiology. 

The following doctors participate in the Bylaws Committee: Helios Calvo Yeltsin ( Paraguay ), Andrés Peralta Corneille ( Dominican Republic ), Francisco Mirambel ( Costa Rica ), Francisco Arredondo              ( Guatemala ) and Julián Sánchez Cortazar ( Mexico ), who together with the Appointed Advisors authorized by the National Societies and the CIR Board of Directors, shall make the collegiate body that will participate in the Extraordinary Assembly.

Dr. Francisco Quiroz y Ferrari
Secretary General
 

Work Sessions in Tegucigalpa

Last March 3 and 4, 2006, in Tegucigalpa City, Honduras, the Muscle and Skeleton Ultrasound and Resonance Work Session and Workshop was held in the Teaching Hospital coordinated mainly by Edinora Cherefant, M.D., President of the Honduran Association of Radiology and Imaging and Eysa Carrasco, M.D., Secretary of the same Association and endorsed by the Central American Association of Radiology and Imaging (FECARI) , the Honduran Association of Radiology and Imaging, the Medical College of Honduras and the National Center of Continuing Medical Education.

The members of the Faculty were Faylán Esquivel, M.D., President of the Central American Federation of Radiology and Imaging and Moisés Armando Zamora, President of the Civil Association of Imaging Diagnosis and Radiant Therapy of Guatemala.  These activities were most successful

These Work Sessions are one of the first actions of FECARI, thanks to the motivation from the Honduran Association of Radiology and Imaging which will be the venue of the next CENTRAL AMERICAN CONGRESS OF RADIOLOGY AND IMAGING in 2007.

XI Guatemala National Congress of Radiology and I Joint Meeting with the Mexican Society of Radiology and Imaging
June 30-July 1^st 2006 in Guatemala City. Information and Registration: drmzamora@hotmail.com; asoradgua@gmail.com
Seven free international registrations for CIR members.

XI International Congress of Imaging Diagnosis of Cordova.
June 6-9, 2006, in Cordova, Argentina
Information and Registration gmuino@hospitalprivadosa.com.ar
Seven free international registrations for CIR members.

XXXI Colombian Congress of Radiology
CIR Visiting Professor Program
October 12-15, 2006, Hilton Hotel, Cartagena de Indias–Colombia
Information and Registration : arc@acronline.org – www.acronline.org
Seven free international registrations for CIR members

Chilean Congress of Radiology
October 13-15, 2006, in Viña del Mar, Chile
Information and Registration sochradi@adsl.tie.cl  and  www.sochradi.cl
Seven free international registrations for CIR members

APPLICATION FOR FREE INTERNATIONAL REGISTRATIONS

The free registrations are given to radiologists from the National Societies that are CIR members and who do not live in the country where the Course of Congress will be held.  PLEASE SEND THE APPLICATION TO THE CIR ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE: B.P.  Servimed cir.admin@servimed.com.mx which will process your request.

 

THE CIR in the  XXIV Congress in Cape Town 

The CIR has been invited by the Organizing Committee of the XXIII International  Congress of Radiology to present a series of sessions in Spanish during the Conference that will be held next September 12-16, 2006 in the city of Cape Town, South Africa.  Several of our colleagues have mentioned they are most willing to attend this Congress.  If you wish to have further information please contact the CIR Office cir.admin@servimed.com.mx or go to the web page of the International Society of Radiology (ISR): www.isradiology.org

36 Paulist Radiology Work Session
April 20 - 23 2006, ITM-EXPO Sặo Paulo, Brazil
Information www.spr.org.br

X VERAIMAGENES International Iberoamerican Course 2006
April 28 – May 1st. 2006 at the Galería Plaza Hotel
Boca del Río, Veracruz, México
Organized by the Radiology Society of Veracruz. www.svri.org.mx
Ten international free registrations for CIR members 

52 Argentinean Congress of Radiology, Imaging Diagnosis, and Radiotherapy and X Argentinean Congress of Ultrasound
September 27 - 29 2006 , Sheraton Hotel and Convention Center, Buenos Aires. Organized by the Argentinean Society of Radiology
Ten free international registrations for CIR members 

APPLICATION FOR FREE INTERNATIONAL REGISTRATIONS

The free registrations are given to radiologists from the National Societies that are CIR members and who do not live in the country where the Course of Congress will be held.  PLEASE SEND THE APPLICATION TO THE CIR ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE: B.P.  Servimed cir.admin@servimed.com.mx which will process your request.

RadiologyInfo 

 

RadiologyInfo , is an information page that has been designed jointly between the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) and the American College of Radiology (ACR), to provide information for physicians and patients about radiological issues, and particularly about each one of the main radiological procedures, US, CT, MRI, Interventional, etc.

 

You may consult the page in English or Spanish at: www.rsna.org

 

Welcome to RadiologyInfo

RadiologyInfo is designed to answer questions about many procedures and radiological treatments available for you and your family.  Whether you are preparing for a first mammography, or you wish to find out more about an X-ray for a child, or inquire about oncological radiology procedures (cancer treatment), the web site will provide the information.

RadiologyInfo will let you know how several radiological, CT, MRI, Ultrasound, radiotherapy procedures are done.  You will also learn what you may feel while the procedures are done and how you have to prepare for them.  The site does not cover all radiological procedures and therapies, but new information is constantly added for updating purposes.

The content in RadiologyInfo is reviewed and approved by ACR and RSNA radiology experts, as well as from other professional radiology organizations.

Reproduced with permission from www.rsna.org

CIR Authors

Viajes, El Corte Inglés, is the official travel agency for SERAM which will be able to help you with experience and professionalism to prepare your trip to Zaragoza and other European cities.  Do not hesitate to ask them to help you organize your trip.

Those interested should get in touch with Miss Rocío Barra
secretaria@seram.org

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Air Madrid  http://www.airmadrid.com

Air Madrid has individual airfare tickets offered in its web page at very interesting prices from several cities in America to Madrid, also with good prices when flying to several other cities in Europe

The International Board of Leaders of the International Society of Radiology held its Annual Meeting during the RSNA 2005 to discuss matters concerning international cooperation

To Extend
 

From left to right : Robert R. Hattery, M.D., RSNA; Meter Baierl, M.D., ECR; R. Gilbert Jost, M.D., RSNA; Antonio Chiesa, M.D.,ECR; Dave Fellers, C.A.E., RSNA; Miguel E. Stoopen, M.D.,CIR; Francisco Arredondo, M.D.,ISR; Harold Ostenten, M.D.,WHO; Jan Labuscagne, M.D., M.B.Ch.B., ISR; Arl Van Moore Jr,M.D.,ACR; Nicholas Gourtsoyianis,M.D., EAR; George Klempfner, M.D., Australia/ISR; and Lawrence S.Law, M.D., IRQN

CIR Administrator in Meeting of Executive Directors  

Jorge Bisteni Bustani, M.D., CIR Administrator, attended the breakfast for Executive Directors of Medical Societies, summoned during the RSNA 2005 by Dave Fellers, RSNA Executive Director.

Twenty-nine Directors attended, who looked into matters concerning education and research, personnel and membership value. 

To Extend
 

Sitting from left to right; Susan Capitelli,ARRS; Edward J.Cronin Jr.,C,A,E,, AHRA; Pamela A,Smith,AOCR; Dave Fellers, C,A,E,,RSNA;  y Catherine Prop, SFR. Standing: Donald Swinbourne, RANZCR; Michael Maves, M.D., AMA; David Schauer, Sc.D., C.H.P., NCRP; OTHA W. Linton, M,S,J. ISR; Jorge Bisteni, M.D., SMRI / CIR; Ed Nagy, ARR; Lynn  May, C.A.E., ASRT; Richard Evans, SCR; Harald Ostenten, M,D, WHO; Alexander Yale, M.D., WHO; Alexander Yule, ISRRT; and Angela R, Kayser, AAPM

CIR Posters

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desarrollado por el Ing. Efrén Núñez Díaz, B.P. Servimed SA de CV