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Highlights from the scientific and educational abstracts presented at the ASER 2014 Annual Scientific Meeting and Postgraduate Course

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The American Society of Emergency Radiology (ASER) 2014 Annual Scientific Meeting and Postgraduate Course offered dedicated learning sessions, oral presentations, and digital exhibits on a broad spectrum of topics in emergency radiology, including traumatic and nontraumatic emergencies, quality, communication, education, and technology. This article highlights the scientific and educational abstracts presented at the meeting (Emerg Radiol 21:431–471, 2014).

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ASER 2014 Annual Meeting Awards

Gold Medalist

Shanmuganathan Kathirkamanathann, M.D.

University of Maryland Medical Center

Baltimore, MD

Founders’ Lecturer

C. Craig Blackmore, M.D., MPH

Virginia Mason Medical Center, University of Washington

Seattle, WA

2014 ASER Fellows

Sravanthi Reddy, M.D.

LAC+USC Medical Center, Keck School of Medicine

Los Angeles, CA

Douglas R. Katz, M.D., FACR

State University of New York at Stony Brook – Winthrop University Hospital

Mineola, NY

Harris Award David Tso, M.D., Vancouver General Hospital, Vancouver, BC, Canada, for Predicting Mortality from Hypovolemic Shock Complex in the Polytrauma Setting.

Novelline Award Adam Sipe, M.D., Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Saint Louis, MO, for Red Connection: A Pictorial Review of Aortic Fistulae.

Scientific Paper Presentation Winners

Summa Cum Laude

Aaron Sodickson, M.D., Ph.D., Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA, for Dual Energy Post-Processing of Incidental Renal Lesions Encountered in the Emergency Department: Reducing the Need for Follow-up Imaging.

Magna Cum Laude

David Tso, M.D., Vancouver General Hospital, Vancouver, BC, Canada, for Predicting Mortality from Hypovolemic Shock Complex in the Polytrauma Setting.

Cum Laude

Chih Hsu, M.D., Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan, for Unstable Hemodynamics Do Not Always Make Computed Tomography Scans Unfeasible in the Management of Patients with Multiple Torso Injuries.

Scientific and Educational Exhibit Winners

Summa Cum Laude

Adam Sipe, M.D., Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Saint Louis, MO, for Red Connection: A Pictorial Review of Aortic Fistulae.

Magna Cum Laude

Suresh Cheekatala, M.D., University of Texas Medical School at Houston, Houston, TX, for Patterns of Young-Burgess Lateral Compression (LC) Pelvic Ring Disruption.

Cum Laude

Stephen Jones, M.D., Baylor Schott and White Hospital, Houston, TX, for MR Evaluation of Traumatic Injury to the Brachial Plexus: What the Emergency Radiologist Needs to Know.

Certificates of Merit

Urvi Fulwadhva, M.D., Brigham and Women's Hospital, Shrewsbury, MA, for Bowel Pathology in Color versus Shades of Gray: Understanding Bowel Diseases with Use of Dual Energy CT and Iodine Maps.

David Spak, M.D., The University of Texas Medical School at Houston, Houston, TX, for MDCT Evaluation of Abdominal Aortic Emergencies.

Diamanto (Amanda) Rigas, M.D., The University of Texas Medical School at Houston, Houston, TX, for Getting to the Heart of the Matter: Cardiac Findings on Non-Gated Chest CTA in the ED.

Case of the Day Winner

Daniel Falco, D.O.

John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital of Cook County

Chicago, IL

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Myers, L.A., Herr, K. Highlights from the scientific and educational abstracts presented at the ASER 2014 Annual Scientific Meeting and Postgraduate Course. Emerg Radiol 22, 295–304 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10140-015-1303-z

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