Breakfast, coffee breaks included for all 3 days and
lunch on Friday and Saturday and Welcome Reception on Friday evening.
Conference Chair: Dr. Adnan Sheikh
Friday, October 23, 2026
Please note that all times in the schedule below are in Pacific Standard Time (PST).
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Start |
End |
Presenter |
Title |
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7:50 |
8:00 |
Dr. Adnan Sheikh/Dr. Jonathon Leipsic |
Opening |
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8:00 |
9:00 |
Plenary Session: Dr. Jonathon Leipsic |
Coronary atherosclerosis and risk – Lessons from Cardiac CT |
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9:00 |
9:20 |
BREAK |
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Dr. Dan Lyndon |
Session 1 – Neuro |
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9:20 |
9:35 |
Dr. Talia Vertinsky |
Latest in MS: what radiologists need to know in 2026 |
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9:35 |
9:50 |
Dr. Jason Shewchuk |
MOGAD and NMOSD: beyond MS |
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9:50 |
10:05 |
Dr. Jason Shewchuk |
It’s not demyelination: Mimics & Pitfalls |
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10:05 |
10:20 |
Dr. Dan Lyndon |
Autoimmune & infectious encephalitis |
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10:20 |
10:35 |
Professor Anthony Traboulsee |
How imaging changes management in demyelinating disease / what the neurologist wants to know |
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10:35 |
10:45 |
Q&A – All Speakers |
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10:45 |
11:05 |
BREAK |
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Dr. Charlotte Yong-Hing; Dr. Faisal Khosa |
Session 2 – EDI & Wellness |
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11:05 |
11:20 |
Dr. Charlotte Yong-Hing |
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11:20 |
11:35 |
Dr. Faisal Khosa |
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11:35 |
11:50 |
Dr. Ramneek Dosanjh |
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11:50 |
12:05 |
Dr. Naznin Virji-Babul |
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12:05 |
12:30 |
Q&A – All Speakers |
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12:30 |
14:00 |
LUNCH BREAK |
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Dr. Ren Yuan |
Session 3 – Oncology |
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14:00 |
14:15 |
Dr. Stephen Lam |
Role of Artificial Intelligence in Lung cancer screening |
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14:15 |
14:30 |
Dr. Ren Yuan |
Lung Cancer in Daily Practice: What Matters Most for Reporting and Management. |
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14:30 |
14:45 |
Dr. Behnoush Mortazavi |
MRI guided Brachytherapy in Treatment of Cervical Cancer |
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14:45 |
15:00 |
Dr. Caoimhe Byrne |
Management of high risk benign breast lesions |
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15:00 |
15:15 |
Dr. Kathryn Darras |
The Nuclear Advantage: Tracking Tumor Burden in the Skeleton |
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15:15 |
15:25 |
Q&A – All Speakers |
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15:25 |
15:45 |
BREAK |
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Dr. Luck Louis; Sandy St.Cyr |
Hands-on Session MSK |
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15:45 |
17:45 |
Hands-on Session MSK |
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Welcome Reception |
Location: BC Cancer Research Center, 675 West 10th Avenue, Vancouver |
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17:45 |
20:00 |
Welcome Reception |
Saturday, October 24, 2026
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Start |
End |
Presenter |
Title |
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8:00 |
9:00 |
Plenary Session: Dr. Savvas Nicolaou |
Beyond Conventional CT: The Rise of Photon-Counting Technology |
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9:00 |
9:20 |
BREAK |
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Dr. Emily Pang |
Session 4 – Abdo/Pelvis |
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9:20 |
9:35 |
Dr. Silvia Chang |
Abbreviated prostate MRI |
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9:35 |
9:50 |
Dr. Sarah Barrett |
Pitfalls in First Trimester Ultrasound |
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9:50 |
10:20 |
Dr. Rachel Liu Hennessey & Dr. Emily Pang |
Keeping it Together: Multidisciplinary Approach to Abdominal Wall Hernias and Defects |
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10:20 |
10:35 |
Dr. Kristy Lee |
Ischionanal Fossa Pathology |
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10:35 |
10:45 |
Q&A – All Speakers |
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10:45 |
11:05 |
BREAK |
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Dr. Baptiste Morel |
Session 5 – Pediatrics |
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11:05 |
11:20 |
Dr. Anvita Pauranik |
Pediatric neuroimaging, case-based – incidental finding or pathology |
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11:20 |
11:35 |
Dr. Roxana Azma |
Imaging of pediatric skull lesions |
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11:35 |
11:50 |
Dr. Daniel Rosenbaum |
Upper extremity injuries in the pediatric athlete |
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11:50 |
12:05 |
Dr. Baptiste Morel |
Imaging of the thymus |
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12:05 |
12:20 |
Dr C. Tous |
Optimizing pediatric imaging sequences: practical strategies for daily practice. |
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12:20 |
12:30 |
Q&A – All Speakers |
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12:30 |
14:00 |
LUNCH BREAK |
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Dr. Dennis Parhar |
Session 6 – Interventional |
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14:00 |
14:15 |
Dr. Nevin de Korampay |
CTA Runoff: What the Surgeon Wants to Know |
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14:15 |
14:30 |
Dr. Adam Min |
Imaging Consideration for Non-Surgical Treatment of Renal Masses |
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14:30 |
14:45 |
Dr. Jun Wang |
Imaging Appearances Post-Locoregional Liver Tumor Treatment |
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14:45 |
15:00 |
Dr. Alexandra Slater |
Imaging & Intervention in Pelvic Venous Disease |
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15:00 |
15:15 |
Dr. Gerald Legiehn |
Vascular Malformations: What a Diagnostic Radiologist Needs to Know |
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15:15 |
15:25 |
Q&A – All Speakers |
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15:25 |
15:45 |
BREAK |
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Dr. Ismail Ali |
Session 7 – Emergency/Trauma |
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15:45 |
16:00 |
Dr. Felipe Munera |
CT Evaluation of Penetrating Thoracic Trauma: Trajectory, Injury Patterns, and Pitfalls |
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16:00 |
16:15 |
Dr. Padraic Kennedy |
Emergent Vascular Complications of Thoracic Malignancy |
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16:15 |
16:30 |
Dr. Farhad Niaghi |
Beyond Obstructive CAD: Imaging of Acute Coronary and Cardiac Emergencies |
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16:30 |
16:45 |
Dr. Tanche (Jimmy) Wang |
Imaging findings in airway injuries |
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16:45 |
17:00 |
Dr. Felipe Munera |
CTA of Blunt Thoracic Vascular Injury: Pearls and Pitfalls |
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17:00 |
17:10 |
Q&A – All Speakers |
Sunday, October 25, 2026
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Start |
End |
Presenter |
Title |
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8:00 |
9:00 |
Plenary Session: Dr. Christine Chung |
Clinical Drivers for Translational MR Applications in MSK Imaging: Focus on Rheumatologic Disorders |
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9:00 |
9:20 |
BREAK |
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Dr. Adnan Sheikh |
Session 8 – MSK |
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9:20 |
9:35 |
Dr. Parth Lodhia |
Current concepts of hip imaging: A hip arthroscopist perspective |
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9:35 |
9:50 |
Dr. Luck Louis |
Avoiding Common Pitfalls in Elbow Ultrasound |
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9:50 |
10:05 |
Dr. Paul Mallinson |
Musculoskeletal Infections |
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10:05 |
10:20 |
Dr. Timothy Murray |
Labral Lesions of the Shoulder: A Practical Imaging Approach |
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10:20 |
10:35 |
Dr. Chistine Chung |
Imaging of the elbow |
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10:35 |
10:45 |
Q&A – All Speakers |
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10:45 |
11:05 |
BREAK |
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Dr. Cam Hague |
Session 9 – Cardiac/Chest |
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11:05 |
11:20 |
Dr. Ana Maria Bilawich |
Small airways disease |
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11:20 |
11:35 |
Dr. Omid Ebrahimzadeh |
Imaging, Biology, and Management of Subsolid Pulmonary Nodules |
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11:35 |
11:50 |
Dr. Cameron Hague |
ILD update 2026 |
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11:50 |
12:05 |
Dr. Jonathon Leipsic |
CCTA for stable chest pain |
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12:05 |
12:20 |
Dr. Tony Sedlic |
Large airways disease: tracheobronchial pathology |
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12:20 |
12:35 |
Q&A – All Speakers |
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12:35 |
12:45 |
Dr. Adnan Sheikh/Dr. Jonathon Leipsic |
Closing |