The preliminary program schedule is listed below. Plenary sessions begin on Monday, October 15th and end Wednesday, October 17th. An evening cocktail reception will be held on Sunday, October 14th.
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Date
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Topic
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Speaker
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Sunday (Evening) |
Welcome Reception: Innovation
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Dean Kamen
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Monday |
Welcome and Opening Remarks
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Neal Kassell, MD
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Honorary President’s Address
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Wladyslaw Gedroyc, MD
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Keynote
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John Grisham
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Brain
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Moderators
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Jin Woo Chang, MD, PhD
W. Jeffrey Elias, MD
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FUSF Strategic Focus: Brain Program
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Neal Kassell, MD
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Free Paper Presentations
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±11
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Uterine Fibroids
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Moderators
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Young-Sun Kim, MD
Elizabeth Stewart, MD
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Panel Discussion: Site Success in Uterine Fibroid Therapy
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Andrew Dobrotwir, MD
Gina Hesley, MD
Young-Sun Kim, MD
Matthias Matzko, MD
Jaron Rabinovici, MD
Steve Raman, MD
Elizabeth Stewart, MD
Sang-Wook Yoon, MD
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Free Paper Presentations
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±10
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Tuesday
Evening |
Panel Discussion: Ultrasound vs. MRI as guidance for Focused Ultrasound treatment
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Christian Chaussy, MD
Yael Inbar, MD
Clare Tempany, MD
Gail ter Haar, PhD
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Emerging Applications
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Moderators
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Andreas Melzer, MDBradford Wood, MD
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Free Paper Presentations
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±6
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Breast Tumors
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Moderators
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Wilbert Bartels, PhD
Hidemi Furusawa, MD
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Free Paper Presentations
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±4
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Prostate
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Moderators
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Andreas Blana, MD
Peter Scardino, MD
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Panel Discussion: Focused Ultrasound Treatment for Prostate Cancer – Controversies
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Andreas Blana, MD
Christian Chaussy, MD
Louise Dickinson, MD
Mark Hurwitz, MD
Peter Scardino, MD
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Free Paper Presentations
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±8
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Poster Session and Reception
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Wednesday |
Bone Tumors: Metastases
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Moderators
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Mark Hurwitz, MD
Vladimir Turkevich, MD
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Panel Discussion: Focused Ultrasound Treatment for Bone Metastasis
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Carlo Catalano, MD
Raphael Catane, MD
Pejman Ghanouni, MD
Mark Hurwitz, MD
James Larner, MD
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Free Paper Presentations
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±5
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Bone Applications: Non-metastases
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Moderators
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Motohiro Kawasaki, MD
Alessandro Napoli, MD
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Free Paper Presentations
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±5
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Liver and Pancreas
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Moderators
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Wladyslaw Gedroyc, MD
Thomas Leslie, MD
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FUSF Strategic Focus: Liver and Pancreas
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Arik Hananel, MD, MBA
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Free Paper Presentations
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±12
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A more detailed schedule will be provided as details and speakers are finalized. Also, the preliminary program is subject to change based on speaker availability and time limitations.
