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cially pelvic), solid organ bleeding due to tumor or trauma, obstetrical and gynecological hemor- rhage and tumor devascularization. 4. Describe "post-embolization syndrome" and its treatment. 5. List possible complications of embolotherapy and means to minimize these complications. 3. Recognize the most common pitfalls in grant writing and how to avoid them. 4. List funding sources for interventional radiol- ogy. Coordinator: Wendy Landow, MPH Paul M. Consigny, phD Wendy Landow, MPH Coordinator: ]eet Sandhu, i\tID Neil Denbow, MD John]. Borsa, MD Scott C. Goodwin, MD Riad Salem, MO, MBA Jeer Sam.Ulu, ;\1]) Susan W. Weeks, MD GYNECOLOGIC INTERVENTIONS (15) Objectives: Upon completion of this workshop, the attendee should be able to: P326 VENOUS EMBOLIZATION (12) Objectives: Upon completion of this workshop, the attendee should be able to: Become familiar with basic techniques} indica- tions, and contraindications for emboJotherapy as applied to venous abnormalities including venous malformations, varicocele, ovarian vein syndrome and pulmonary AVM's. CoordinaLOr: Robert]. Rosen, MD James C. Andrews, MD Riad Salem, MD, ,\iliA Robert 1. White, Jr, MD Patricia E. Burrows, l\-ID Joseph W. Yedlicka, Jr, MD GASTROINTESTINAL INTERVENTIONS (13) Objectives: Upon completion of this workshop, the attendee should be able to: 1. Describe the indications and contraindications, preprocedural evaluation, and preprocedural preparation for percutaneous gastrostomy (G) and gastrojejunostomy (Gj) tube placement. 2. Describe the teclmiques used for percutaneous G and GJ tube placement. 3. List the various G and GJ tubes available for placement and replacement. 4. Describe appropriate post-G or -G]-tube-place- ment device and patient management. 5. Discuss the current status of other gastrointesti- nal interventions such as enteric stent place- ment and cecostomy tube placement. Coordio2tor: NI2tthew S. Johnson, MD Midlael D. Darcy, MD Gordon Mclennan, MD Elic K. Hoffer, MD H2Ijit Singh, MD Matthew S. Johnson, MD Adam B. Winick, MD GRANT WRITING (14) Objectives: Upon completion of this workshop, the attendee should be able to: 1. Describe what information to include in each major section of a grant appbcation: the ab- stract, specific aims, background and signifi- cance, preliminary data, methods, and budget. 2. List the criteria that reviewers use to evaluate grant applications. 1. List the indications for and describe the proce- dure of pelvic embolization in gynecologic dis- orders, with emphasis on the following areas: a. Uterine fibroids, b. Female varicocele. 2. Describe the role of the interventional radiolo- gist in the diagnosis and treatment of female infertility, with emphasis on the following: a. Fallopian tube recanalization, b. Diagnostic se- lective salpingography. Coordin3tor: Lindsay Machan, MD James B. Spies, MD Gary P. Siskin, MD John C. lipman, .MD David M. Hovsepian, MD Scott C. Goodwin, MD Amy S. Thurmond, MD Robert 1. Worthington-Kirsch, [\olD AVOIDING THE HAZARDS OF INTERVENTIONAL RAOIOLOGY (16) Objectives: Upon completion of this workshop, the attendee should be able to: 1. Describe available ways to reduce operator and patient radiation dose. 2. Discuss available ways to reduce the risk of occu- pational exposure to blood-borne pathogens. 3. Identify and manage work-related factors that can contribute to the exacerbation of spinal disc disease. Coordinator: M. Victoria Marx, .'\10 M. Victoria Marx, MD Donald 1. Miller, l\.1D Louis K. Wagner, PhD HEMODIALYSIS ACCESS (17) Objectives: Upon completion of this workshop, the attendee should be able to: 1. Discuss the role of screening and the PTA for hemodialysis access. 2. LL't available methods for declotting dialysis grafts and arteriovenous fistulas percutane- ously, including mechanical and chemical tech- niques. 3. Describe the current role of stent deployment for hemodialysis access. 4. Discuss the diagnosis and management of he- modialysis-related central venous stenosis. 5. Discuss the appropriate anatomic, hemody- namic, and clinical endpoints to determine im-
