Annual Meeting News

Leland Hu, M.D. from Barrow Neurological Institute in Phoenix, Arizona is the recipient of the 2007 Gabriel H. Wilson Award for best paper presented at the WNRS 39th Annual Meeting. The meeting was held October 4-7, 2007 at The Sheraton Vancouver Wall Centre Hotel in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

Dr. Hu's presentation was entitled, Post Radiation Treatment Effect vs. Tumor Recurrence: Direct Correlation Between Histopathology and Perfusion MRI Measurements.

The Gabriel H. Wilson Award was established in 1988 and named in honor of the Society's first President.  The Award is sponsored by Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals Inc.

History:

The Western Neuroradiological Society (WNRS) was founded at its first meeting on the campus of the University of California, Los Angeles on November 2, 1968 at the instigation of Dr. Gabriel H. Wilson with the support of 32 founding members. Early meetings were in affiliation with The Federation of Western Societies of Neurologic Science but the first of the independent meetings was held in 1972. There were only two membership requirements in the original bylaws; radiology board certification in the US or Canada and an active interest in neuroradiology. Through the years as the membership has grown (now 322 in 4 categories), criteria have changed and now include one year of neuroradiology fellowship, eastern geographical limits at Alberta, Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, New Mexico, Texas (founding members excepted), and neuroradiology as the primary subspecialty.

The annual meeting, usually held in early October, is regarded by our members as having a warmth conducive to productive and pleasant exchange of scientific information. In the future, the Society will continue to become an even more important force in the exchange of scientific information and in the development of worthwhile friendships among neuroradiologists in the West.

Address correspondence, including membership requests, to Ken Cammarata, WNRS Business Manager, at the address above. Annual membership dues are $95.00.

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Annual Meetings ... future meetings are scheduled for:

40th Annual Meeting October 16-19, 2008 Hotel del Coronado Coronado, California Preliminary Program Schedule Call For Abstracts - Submission Deadline August 4, 2008

41st Annual Meeting October 8-11, 2009 Silverado Resort Napa, California

Membership:

At its October 6, 2007 Annual Business Meeting in Vancouver, the voting members of the Society approved several amendments to the Constitution simplifying the process to apply for membership. Please see the documents below for more information.

Download the Qualification for Membership [pdf, 98k]
Download the Membership Application[pdf, 44k]

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Officers:

PRESIDENT
Wade H.M. Wong, D.O.
UCSD Medical Center
9300 Campus Point Drive
La Jolla, CA 92037
Ph: 858/657-6650
Fax: 858/657-6699
Email: whwong@ucsd.edu

PRESIDENT-ELECT/PROGRAM CHAIR
Walter L. Olsen, M.D.
San Diego Diagnostic Radiology
P.O. Box 23540
San Diego, CA 92123-3540
Ph: 858/565-0950
Fax: 858/565-2863
E-Mail: wolsen@san.rr.com

SECRETARY/TREASURER
Christopher F. Dowd, M.D.
Univ. of California, San Francisco
505 Parnassus, L-352
San Francisco, CA 94143-0628
Ph: 415/353-1863
Fax: 415/353-8606
E-Mail: chris.dowd@radiology.ucsf.edu

RULES COMMITTEE CHAIR
Karen L. Salzman, M.D.
University of Utah
Radiology Department
30 North 1900 East, #1A071
Salt Lake City, UT 84132-2140
Ph: 801/581-4624
Fax: 801/585-7330
E-Mail: karen.salzman@hsc.utah.edu

FIRST PAST PRESIDENT
Robert J. Sevick, M.D., FRCPC
Foothills Hospital
Diagnostic Imaging
1403-29 St., NW
Calgary, AB, Canada T2N 2T9
Ph: 403/944-8003
Fax: 403/270-7907
E-Mail: rjsevick@ucalgary.ca

SECOND PAST PRESIDENT
Brian W. Chong, M.D., FRCPC
Mayo Clinic Scottsdale
13400 Shea Blvd.
Scottsdale, AZ 85259
Phone: 480/342-1650
Fax: 480/342-1606
Email: Chong.Brian@Mayo.edu

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Staff

Business Manager

Ken Cammarata
2210 Midwest Road, Suite 207
Oak Brook, IL 60523-8205
Tel: 630/574-0220 ext. 226
Fax: 630/574-0661
Email: kcammarata@asnr.org

Meeting Planner

Global Events Meeting Management Services
Judy Franzblau, President
449 Le Doux Road, #101
Los Angeles, CA 90048
Tel: 310/247-8004
Fax: 310/247-8457
Email: susan@globaleventsweb.com

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