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Attend the SCBT-MR Summer Practicum, stay 5 nights at the Williamsburg Lodge and see Colonial Williamsburg for free!

ACRIN National Trial Demonstrates Comparable Accuracy of CT Colonography and Standard Colonoscopy 

See Dr. Judy Yee's summary of the NEJM article here

The SCBT-MR is very proud that one of our Fellows, C. Daniel Johnson, is the lead author of this landmark work in the New England Journal of Medicine (N Engl J Med 2008;359:1207-17), which also includes five additional SCBT-MR Fellows as co-authors.

Statement of the SCBT-MR Regarding the FDA Notification on CT Causing Electronic Device Malfunction. (click here for statement)

On July 14th, 2008, the FDA issued a Public Health Notification regarding possible malfunction of electronic medical devices caused by CT. We have attached that Notice as a pdf file and have reproduced an excerpt below. click here for the direct link.

New Officers Elected
Members of the Society elected new officers to serve for the 2009-2010. Dr. Isaac R. Francis of the University of Michigan became president of the Society on March 4, 2009.

SCBT-MR Honors at Annual Course
Nineteen Scientific Papers were presented at the 2009 SCBT-MR Annual Course in Miami Beach, Florida. The Society presented its highest awards to researchers from the University of Wisconsin, Stanford University Medical Center, University of California San Francisco and Mayo Clinic Rochester.