Stanford Breast In The West: Up Your Game

The 2022 Breast in the West conference aims to enhance participants knowledge and understanding of current best practices in breast cancer imaging. Participants can claim up to 14 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits^TM.  Faculty experts will provide didactic lectures with multiple case examples, and question and answer sessions. Participants will learn strategies and diagnostic approaches from expert radiology and pathology faculty to help optimize their detection and diagnosis of breast cancer with digital breast tomosynthesis, breast ultrasound and Breast MRI. Modality specific presentations will review best evidence based clinical practice, addressing commonly encountered scenarios and highlighting recent clinical/technical developments.

The faculty will incorporate evidence-based data to educate participants in current best clinical practice and to recommend strategies for improving interpretive performance. The performance and interpretation of image guided breast core needle biopsies will be discussed by experts in radiology and pathology, focusing on radiology-pathology concordance including elevated risk lesions. The overall goal of this activity is to help participants optimize their breast imaging practices.

Registration fee includes course materials, certificate of participation, breakfast, lunch, and attendance at a reception on Saturday, October 15th. 

Registration Rates: 
Physicians - $895
Stanford Affiliates - $650  
Fellows/Trainees/Students - $600 

STAP-eligible employees can use STAP funds towards the registration fees for this activity.  Complete the STAP Reimbursement Request Form and submit to your department administrator.

Your email address is used for critical information, including registration confirmation, evaluation, and certificate. Be sure to include an email address that you check frequently. 

A block of rooms has been reserved at a reduced rate at The Monterey Plaza Hotel & Spa, for conference participants on a first-come, first-serve basis and may sell out before 09/12/2022. After this date, reservations will be accepted on a space available basis and the group rate will no longer be guaranteed. To make your reservation, please call 1-800-334-3999.  You will need to mention the conference, in order to receive the group rate.

1. Recognize causes of false positive and negative screening mammography exams.
2. Analyze commonly encountered pathology at imaging guided breast biopsy and appropriate management.
3. Apply appropriate screening recommendations in normal risk women and those at increased risk for breast cancer
4. Identify apropriate indications for breast MRI and identify both normal and abnormal patterns of enhancement on breast MRI,
5. Recommend appropriate imaging for patients with newly diagnosed breast cancer and those unsergoing Neoadjuvant therapy.

Cancellation Policy
Cancellations received in writing no less than 20 days before the course will be refunded, less a 20% administrative fee. No refunds will be made on cancellations received after that date. Please send cancellation requests to [email protected]

Stanford University School of Medicine reserves the right to cancel or postpone this program if necessary; in the event of cancellation, course fees will be fully refunded. We are not responsible for other costs incurred such as non-refundable airline tickets or hotel penalties.

Accessibility Statement
 Stanford University School of Medicine is committed to ensuring that its programs, services, goods and facilities are accessible to individuals with disabilities as specified under Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the Americans with Disabilities Amendments Act of 2008.  If you have needs that require special accommodations, including dietary concerns, please contact the CME Conference Coordinator.

Cultural and Linguistic Competency
The planners and speakers of this CME activity have been encouraged to address cultural issues relevant to their topic area for the purpose of complying with California Assembly Bill 1195. Moreover, the Stanford University School of Medicine Multicultural Health Portal contains many useful cultural and linguistic competency tools including culture guides, language access information and pertinent state and federal laws.  You are encouraged to visit the Multicultural Health Portal: http://lane.stanford.edu/portals/cultural.html

For activity related questions, please contact
     Name: Melissa Schwartz
     Title:  Events Project Manager
     Email:  [email protected] 

For CME general questions, please contact    Email: [email protected]

Monterey Plaza Hotel
400 Cannery Row
Monterey, CA 93940
Phone: (800)-334-3999

A room block has been reserved, at a reduced rate, on a first-come, first-serve basis.  The room block is reserved for for conference participants and may sell out before 09/12/2022. After this date, reservations will be accepted on a space available basis and at regular resort rates. To make your reservation, please call 1-800-334-3999.  You will need to mention the conference, in order to receive the group rate.


VISITOR INFORMATION
Monterey Bay is on central California’s Pacific coast located 118 miles from San Francisco Airport. Monterey has a peaceful, tranquil pace, but is also home to America’s premier aquariums, art galleries, beaches, and wineries. The city is a historical relic, full of expertly restored adobe buildings from California’s Spanish and Mexican periods. Inspired by the Monterey Peninsula’s natural beauty and nautical heritage, the Portola Hotel & Spa is a step outside the ordinary. Explore the colorful history of Monterey Bay as you marvel at the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary and Monterey Bay Aquarium or visit literary landmarks like John Steinbeck’s Cannery Row.

A stunning meeting of land and sea, the Monterey Peninsula also features an expansive list of family-run wineries, craft breweries, shopping dining, and sites such as 17-Mile Drive, Carmel by the Sea, Big Sur, Pebble Beach and more, just minutes away from the hotel. To learn more about traveling to Monterey, please visit https://www.seemonterey.com/regions/monterey.

Co-Course Directors

Mitigation of Relevant Financial Relationships

Faculty Member Information

Role in activity

Name of Ineligible Company(s) / Nature of Relationship(s)

Wendy Burton DeMartini, MD
Division Chief, Breast Imaging and Professor
Stanford University School of Medicine

Co-Course Director, Faculty

Grant or research support-whiterabbit.ai|Advisor-Kheiron Medical Technologies

Eric Rosen, MD
Associate Division Chief, Breast Imaging and Clinical Professor
Stanford University

Co-Course Director, Faculty

Nothing to disclose

Gregory Richard Bean, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Pathology
Stanford University School of Medicine

Faculty

Grant or research support-Philips Medical Systems, Inc.

Bruce Lewis Daniel, MD
Chief, Breast MRI Services and Professor
Stanford University School of Medicine

Faculty

Sunita Pal, MD
Division of Breast Imaging and Clinical Associate Professor
Stanford University School of Medicine

Faculty

Sarah M Pittman, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor
Stanford University School of Medicine

Faculty

Nothing to disclose

Steven Poplack, MD
Professor of Radiology (Breast Imaging)
Stanford University School of Medicine

Faculty

Edward Sickles, MD
Professor Emeritus of Radiology
University of California San Francisco School of Medicine

Faculty

Nothing to disclose

Uzma Waheed, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor, Radiology
Stanford University School of Medicine

Faculty

Consulting Fee-Becton Dickinson