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P324 1. Describe principles of arterial embolotherapy including choice of embolic agents, level and site of embolic material delivery, and means of deploying the selected embolic agent 2. Describe the composition and mechanism of action of various embolic agents. 3. Discuss utility and applications of embolo- therapy in various clinical scenarios including gastrointestinal hemorrhage (both upper and lower GI bleeding), hemoptysis, trauma (espe- 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 (0 minimize these complications. Coordinator: Jeer Sandhu, MD Neil Denbow, MD Susan W. Weeks, MD Robert K. KerJan, Jr, MD Jeet Sandhu, MD iliad Salem, MD, MBA John]. Borsa, MD VENOUS EMBOLOTHERAPY (INCLUDING TREATMENT OF VARICOSE VEINS) (WK12) Objectives: Upon completion of this workshop, the attendee should be able to: 1. Recognize common risks of interventional radi- ology to both patient and operator, and de- scribe practical strategies for minimizing such risks. 2. Describe current and promising future interventional radiology techniques and devices and anticipated outWffies for treatment of venous disorders; discuss the underlying anatomic, physiologic, and patho- physiologic sub&1rates influencing application of these techniques. 3. Become familiar with basic techniques, indica- tions and contraindications for embolotherapy as applied to venous abnormalities. Coordinator: Robert]. Rosen, MD Robert]. Rosen, MD Wayne F. Yakes, MD Robert J. Min, MD Robert I. White, Jr, MD Patrida E. BlIlTOWS, MD Dominic Carl Yee, MD GASTROINTESTINAL IR: TECHNIQUES ANO MANAGEMENT (WK13) Objectives: Upon completion ofthis workshop, the attendee should be able to: 1. Describe the indications and contraindications, pre-procedural evaluation, and pre-proc<,dural preparation for percutaneous gastrostomy (G) and gastrojejunostomy (GJ) tube placement. 2. Describe the techniques used for percutaneous G and G] tube placement. . 3. List the various G and G] tllbes 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 cecostomy tube place- ment. Coordinator: Peter N. Waybill, MD Manish Kwnar Vanna, MD Matthew S. Johnson, MD Peter N. WaybiJI, MD Richard L. DUS7.ak, Jr, MD Anthony W. Allen, MD Daniel B. Brown, MD GRANT WRITING (WK14) 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 application. 2. List the criteria that reviewers use to evaluate grant applications. 3. Recognize the most common pitfalls in grant writing and how to avoid them. 4. List funding sources for interventional radiology. Coordinator: Wendy Landow, l\1PH Paul M. Consigny, PhD Wendy Landow, MPH Gordon Mclennan, MD GYNECOLOGIC INTERVENTIONS (WK15) Objectives: Upon completion of this workshop, the attendee should be able to: 1. Compare the indications and contraindications for fallopian tube recanalization, ovarian vein embolization, and uterine fibroid embolization procedures. 2. Describe the standard techniques applied dur- ing fallopian tube' recanalization, ovarian vein embolization, and uterine fibroid embolization procedures and when variations in technique are reqUired. 3. Identify the different strategies applied to the management of patients after the uterine fibroid embotization procedure. 4. Recognize the complications potentially associ- ated with the uterine fibroid embolization pro- cedure and the steps taken to manage patients experiencing these complications. Coordinator: Gaty P. Siskin, MD Mahmood K. Razavi, MD Steven J. Smith, MD Keith M. Sterling, MD Lindsay Machan, MD John C. lipm.an, MD Richard Shlansky-Goldberg, Robert L. Worthington-Kirsch, MD MD Robert T. Andrews, MD Howard B. Chrisman, MD Howard M. Richard, MD Scoo C. Goodwin, MD Amy S. Thurmond, MO Gerald A. Niedzwiecki, MD James B. Spies, MD UNOERSTANDING AND AVOIDING THE OCCUPATIONAL HAZARDS OF IR PRACTICE (WK16) Objectives: Upon completion of this workshop, the attendee should be able to:
