The 12th RRC was held from 06-09 2008. More than 300 residents attended.
We had some new speakers, two of whom came from outside Mumbai. Dr. Varsha Joshi’s and Anisha Sawkar’s lectures were much appreciated.
The 1st quiz prize winner was Dr. Shikha Pillai from Thrissur and she won an all-expenses paid trip to the ECR in Vienna. The second prize went to Dr. Aruna Patil from New Delhi. She will get an all-expenses paid trip to the National IRIA conference. The list of all past quiz prize winners is here
Program Details
| Day I – November 6th 2008 | ||||
| Topic | Speaker | Start time | End time | Duration |
| Physics etc. | 9.00AM | 1.15PM | ||
| Basic practical physics | Ravi Ramakantan | 9.00AM | 10.00AM | 60 mins |
| Contrast media | Bhavin Jankharia | 10.00AM | 10.30AM | 30 mins |
| Multi-detector & multi-slice CT | Hemant Telkar | 10.30AM | 11.00AM | 30 mins |
| Break (15m) | ||||
| Digital radiology | Bhavin Jankharia | 11.15AM | 11.45AM | 30 mins |
| MRI spectroscopy, perfusion, etc | Darshana Sanghvi | 11.45AM | 12.15PM | 30 mins |
| PET | Nilendu Purandare | 12.15PM | 12.45PM | 30 mins |
| Chest | 12.45 PM | 7.15 PM | ||
| Basic X-ray interpretation | Ravi Ramakantan | 12.45PM | 1.45PM | 60 mins |
| Lunch | 1.45PM | 2.30PM | ||
| How to write a scientific paper | Ravi Ramakantan | 45 mins | ||
| HRT lung- technical aspects, overview and airway disorders | Bhavin Jankharia | 2.30PM | 3.15PM | 45 mins |
| Interstitial lung diseases | Anirudh Kohli | 3.15PM | 4.00PM | 45 mins |
| Break (15m) | ||||
| Mediastinum | Bhavin Jankharia | 4.15PM | 4.45PM | 30 mins |
| Pediatric chest | Ravi Ramakantan | 4.45PM | 5.45PM | 60 mins |
| Solitary pulmonary nodule | Bhavin Jankharia | 5.45PM | 6.15PM | 30 mins |
| Break (15m) | ||||
| Lung cancer | Bhavin Jankharia | 6.30PM | 7.15PM | 45 mins |
| Quiz – written elims | 7.15PM | 8.00PM | 45 mins |
| Day II – November 7th 2008 | ||||
| Topic | Speakers | Start time | End time | Duration |
| Musculoskeletal | 8.30AM | 4.00PM | ||
| Bone dysplasias | Ravi Ramakantan | 8.30AM | 9.15AM | 45 mins |
| Arthritides | Bhavin Jankharia | 9.15AM | 9.45AM | 30 mins |
| Metabolic bone diseases | Ravi Ramakantan | 9.45AM | 10.30AM | 45 mins |
| Break (15m) | ||||
| Bone tumors | Bhavin Jankharia | 10.45AM | 11.30AM | 45 mins |
| Shoulder MRI | Darshana Sanghavi | 11.30AM | 12noon | 30 min |
| MRI of other joints | Bhavin Jankharia | 12noon | 12.45PM | 45 mins |
| Knee MRI Darshana Sanghavi | 12.45PM | 1.30PM | 45 mins | |
| Lunch | 1.30PM | 2.15PM | ||
| How to write a scientific paper | Ravi Ramakantan | 45 mins | ||
| Degenerative spine diseases | Bhavin Jankharia | 2.15PM | 3.00PM | 45 mins |
| Cardiovascular | 3.00PM | 6.45PM | ||
| Cardiac CT | Bhavin Jankharia | 3.00PM | 3.30PM | 30 mins |
| Break (15m) | ||||
| Cardiac MRI | Abhijit Raut | 3.45PM | 4.15PM | 30 mins |
| Interventional radiology – overview | Rahul Sheth | 4.15PM | 5.00PM | 45 mins |
| Break (15m) | ||||
| Color Doppler in vascular imaging | Chander Lulla | 5.15PM | 6.00PM | 45 mins |
| CT & MRI angiography | Devang Desai | 6.00PM | 6.30PM | 30 mins |
| GI – I | 6.30PM | 7.30PM | ||
| Barium interpretation – I | Ravi Ramakantan | 6.30PM | 7.30PM | 60 mins |
| Quiz – quarters | 7.30PM | 8.30PM | 60 mins |
| Day III – November 8th 2008 | ||||
| Topic | Speaker | Start time | End time | Duration |
| Neuro & Head & Neck | 8.30AM | 4.30PM | ||
| Epilepsy imaging | Meher Ursekar | 8.30AM | 9.15AM | 45 mins |
| Stroke | Srinivas Desai | 9.15AM | 10.00AM | 45 mins |
| Break (15m) | ||||
| Skull base | Meher Ursekar | 10.15AM | 11.00AM | 45 mins |
| White matter diseases | Santosh Gupta | 11.00AM | 11.30AM | 30 mins |
| Break (15m) | ||||
| Pediatric neuroimaging | Meher Ursekar | 11.45AM | 12.30PM | 45 mins |
| Larynx | Varsha Joshi | 12.30PM | 1.00PM | 30 mins |
| Neck spaces | Shilpa Sankhe | 1.00PM | 1.45PM | 45 mins |
| Lunch | 1.45PM | 2.30PM | 45 mins | |
| Temporal bone – anatomy | Anisha Sawkar | 2.30PM | 2.50PM | 20 mins |
| Temporal bone – pathology | Varsha Joshi | 2.50PM | 3.20PM | 30 mins |
| Break (15m) | ||||
| Ocular USG | Deepak Bhatt | 3.35PM | 4.00PM | 25 mins |
| Buccal cancer | Suprita Arya | 4.00PM | 4.30PM | 30 mins |
| GU | 4.30PM | 7.15PM | ||
| Urography | Devang Desai | 4.30PM | 5.15PM | 45 mins |
| Break (15m) | ||||
| Renal SOLs | Bharat Aggarwal | 5.30PM | 6.15PM | 45 mins |
| USG in the KUB & prostate | Mukund Joshi | 6.15PM | 7.15PM | 60 mins |
| Quiz – Finals | 7.15PM | Till end |
| Day IV – November 9th 2008 | ||||
| Topic | Speaker | Start time | End time | Duration |
| Women’s radiology | 8.30AM | 12.30PM | ||
| Basic issues in obstetric ultrasound | B Ramamoorthy | 8.30AM | 9.15AM | 45 mins |
| Fetal anomalies | Nitin Chaubal | 9.15AM | 10.00AM | 45 mins |
| Break (15m) | ||||
| PNDT Act B Ramamoorthy | Jignesh Thakker | 10.15AM | 10.45AM | 30 mins |
| Uterine & ovarian USG | B Ramamoorthy | 10.45AM | 11.30AM | 45 mins |
| Breast radiology | Bijal Jankharia | 11.30AM | 12.30AM | 60 mins |
| Lunch | 12.30PM | 1.15PM | 45 mins | |
| GI – II | 1.15PM | 05.00PM | ||
| Portal hypertension | B Ramamoorthy | 1.15PM | 2.00PM | 45 mins |
| Obstructive jaundice – USG | Somesh Lala | 2.00PM | 2.30PM | 30 mins |
| Obstructive jaundice & portal hypertension – CT & MRI | Bharat Aggarwal | 2.30PM | 3.30PM | 60 mins |
| Break (15m) | ||||
| Barium interpretation – II | Ravi Ramakantan | 3.45PM | 5.00PM | 75 mins |
