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. 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 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. 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.  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.

Radiopaedia hits the ABC News

The ABC has published an article on the popular radiology education site Radiopaedia, and its founder, Royal Melbourne Hospital radiologist Dr Frank Gaillard. The article contains a number of interesting radiological images, submitted by Radiopaedia contributors from around the world. Entitled "Amazing radiology images: How sharing them is changing medicine", the thrust of the article is how the 'open source' paradigm of freely shared material is leading to increasing benefits compared to the old order of expensive medical textbooks. The benefit to the developing world is highlighted.

According to Managing Editor Dr Andrew Dixon,  Radiopaedia currently has over 2 million users and almost 18,000 cases available online.

Dr Gaillard will be bringing the Radiopaedia experience to the ANZSNR Diagnostic Neuroadiology refresher course in March 2015.