Professor Venkatesh Narayanamurti, Benjamin Pierce Professor of Technology and Public Policy in School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) and the Harvard Kennedy School at Harvard University will give the keynote lecture at the Gala Reception on Sunday August 25.
Sergeant Major Colin Rich (retired) will receive the 2009 IBMISPS Beacon Award for Courage and Dedication. See his biographical information for details of his career and inspirational bravery.
Please check the program pages for updated schedule information for the scientific program and details of some new presentations.
A pre-congress course on opensource software slicer and its application to IGT will take place on August 25, 2009. The purpose of this tutorial is to provide the members of the research community with a practical experience of the image processing, 3D visualization, and Image-Guided Therapy capabilities of the Open Source 3D Slicer software platform. Attendance is limited.
Full program information is now available for the 2009 IBMISPS World Congress. In addition to 7 keynote presentations, more than 90 top international speakers will present their latest results and practice within 20 scientific sessions.
Captain Melissa Kaime, Director of the US Congressionally Directed Medical Research Program, will give a keynote lecture at the congress. Her many professional honors and awards include the Meritorious Service Medal; the Navy Commendation Medal, the Navy Achievement Medal and the Outstanding Volunteer Service Medal. Captain Kaime is board certified in Medical Oncology, Hematology and Internal Medicine and is a Fellow of the American College of Physicians.
To accommodate the latest research into the congress program it is today announced that abstracts will continue to be accepted for oral and poster presentations until April 30, 2009. Please submit abstracts via the online submission form.
ABC News anchorman and Founder of Remind Foundation, Bob Woodruff, will receive the 2009 IBMISPS Beacon Award at this years annual congress. In addition to receiving the award, Mr Woodruff will give a keynote lecture to the congress delegates.
Jim Cloar, Vice President & General Manager of Medtronic Navigation, joins the invited speakers giving keynote lectures at this years Congress. William A. Hawkins, Chairman and CEO of Medtronic, will be awarded the IBMISPS Pioneer in Technology Development Crystal Award for Excellence in Technology Transfer and Development at the congress.
The abstracts submission deadline of March 27, 2009 is fast approaching. Please remember to submit your 300 word abstracts for oral and poster presentations by this deadline.
Preliminary information is now available for the four day congress program. This includes details of all keynote speakers and the 16 scientific sessions.
Online registration is now open for the congress. Reduced rates apply for IBMISPS members and for students attending the meeting.
The 2009 IBMISPS Pioneer in Medicine Awards will be awarded at the congress to Peter Mclaren Black, M.D., Ph.D for excellence in research, discovery and education, and pioneering work in the field of image guided surgery and to Keith Black MD for excellence in research, discovery and education, and pioneering work on selective opening of blood brain barrier and immunotherapy of brain cancers.
Invited speakers are today announced for the Congress. Keynote speakers include Keith L. Black (Cedars-Sinai Medical Center), Peter M. Black (Harvard Medical School), Michael S. Jaffee (Defense and Veterans Brain Injury Center) and Admiral Mike Mullen, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Visit the invited speaker pages for full details.
Kern Medical Center designates this educational activity for a maximum of 20 hour(s) AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s) 1tm. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. This credit may also be applied to the Certification in Continuing Medical Education.
Online submission is now open for abstracts for oral and poster contributions at the 6th Annual World Congress for Brain Mapping and Image Guided Therapy. The deadline for submission is March 27, 2009. Coverage includes new developments in basic translational research through to multidisciplinary clinical practice and surgery. Congress topics on which abstracts are invited include: Imaging/Brain Mapping; Neurosurgery; Electrophysiology; New Horizons in Neuroscience and Biomedical Engineering; ...
The 6th Annual World Congress for Brain Mapping and Image Guided Therapy will take place at will take place at the Joseph B. Martin Conference Center at Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA, August 26-29, 2009. The program will focus on sharing research and best practice in all areas of brain mapping and intraoperative surgery from basic translational research to multidisciplinary clinical practice and surgery.
