Australian Stroke Study presented at International Stroke Conference (ISC)
Researchers from the Royal Melbourne Hospital, including ANZSNR Secretary General Associate Professor Peter Mitchell, presented the results of the Extend-IA study this week at the International Stroke Conference in Nashville, Tennessee.
Researchers from the Royal Melbourne Hospital, including ANZSNR Secretary General Associate Professor Peter Mitchell, presented the results of the Extend-IA study this week at the International Stroke Conference in Nashville, Tennessee. Extend IA compared endovascular clot extraction plus intravenous lysis with IV lysis alone in patients presenting with ischaemic stroke. The study was stopped early because of significant benefit in the endovascular arm. Two other studies presented at the same meeting (ESCAPE and SWIFT-PRIME) also supported endovascular treatment, adding to the positive results reported in the recent MR-CLEAN trial.
The news was widely reported in the mainstream media, including the ABC in Australia.
CPD allocation for ANZSNR meeting
Attendees at the March 21/22 ANZSNR Diagnostic Neuroradiology meeting will be eligible to claim RANZCR CPD points.
Attendees at the March 21/22 ANZSNR Diagnostic Neuroradiology meeting will be eligible to claim CPD points. RANZCR have confirmed that 6.5 CPD points are available for the Saturday session and 4.5 points for the Sunday session.
ANZSNR AGM 2015
The Annual General Meeting of the ANZSNR will take place at 5pm on Saturday 21st March at the Crowne Promenade Hotel in Melbourne, VIC.
The Annual General Meeting of the ANZSNR will take place at 5pm on Saturday 21st March at the Crowne Promenade Hotel in Melbourne, VIC. All financial members of the Society are invited to attend. An Agenda will be circulated to members in advance of the meeting
Early Bird registration ends today
Today is the last date for Early Bird registration for the ANZSNR Diagnostic Neuroradiology Refresher Course in March 2015.
Today is the last date for Early Bird registration for the ANZSNR Diagnostic Neuroradiology Refresher Course in March 2015. From tomorrow ANZSNR Full Member registration will rise by $150, and ANZSNR Student Member registration will cost $100 more. The good news is that these prices still represent incredible value, at $600 and $450 respectively.
Late Change to Conference Programme
Professor Jim Smirniotopoulos has regretfully had to withdraw from our meeting in March, for family reasons. We will now be joined by neuroradiologist Dr Vinil Shah from the University of California in San Francisco. Our already strong ANZ Faculty has been further strengthened with the addition of Dr Mike Byneveldt from Perth and Dr Mark Agzarian from Adelaide, both great lecturers well known to ANZ neuroradiologists.
We have just confirmed in the last few days that Professor Jim Smirniotopoulos has regretfully had to withdraw from our meeting in March, for family reasons. As convenors we understand his situation and convey to you that he is profoundly sorry that he can no longer join us at such late notice. We hope we can invite him again in the future when circumstances are more favourable.
We have reorganised the programme taking this into consideration. We are very happy to announce that we will now be joined by neuroradiologist Dr Vinil Shah from the University of California in San Francisco. Our already strong ANZ Faculty has been further strengthened with the addition of Dr Mike Byneveldt from Perth and Dr Mark Agzarian from Adelaide, both great lecturers well known to ANZ neuroradiologists. The meeting will remain a balanced mix of didactic ‘refresher’ teaching, with take home messages and tips, and interactive case based learning courtesy of the world famous Radiopaedia team.
For those who have already registered, we hope that you understand that this late change was beyond our control, and hope that you are reassured that we still have a great educational programme. For those yet to register, please do so in the next few days to take advantage of the Early Bird discount.