Welcome Ceremony

Winnie Chu, Ashley Robinson

AI's role in enhancing diagnostic accuracy and reducing diagnostic errors in radiology.

Dinesh Baviskar

• Understand how AI algorithms enhance diagnostic accuracy in pediatric radiology.
• Evaluate their clinical performance.
• Assess implementation requirements for reducing diagnostic errors in practice.

Simulation in radiology resident training.

Tahiya AlYafei

• Describe the importance and benefits of simulation-based education in radiology training.
• Recognize different types of simulation tools used in radiology (e.g., ultrasound simulators, reporting platforms, virtual patients).
• Explain how simulation improves hands-on ultrasound skills and diagnostic accuracy.
• Demonstrate how simulation can be used to practice and refine structured radiology reporting. 

Bubbles and Lucencies in the Chest: A Practical Algorithm.

Bernard Laya

• Categorize various lung lucencies on chest imaging.
• Evaluate the differentiating characteristics of various lucencies and bubbles in the chest.
• Understand a practical and systemic approach in the evaluation of these abnormalities.

Pediatric Chest infections- the unusual suspects.

Nasreen Mahomed

• Recognize the key imaging features of uncommon and emerging pediatric lung infections, including viral (e.g., COVID-19, MERS, avian influenza), bacterial (e.g., Streptococcus anginosus, Francisella tularensis, Chlamydia psittaci), and parasitic (e.g., echinococcosis, paragonimiasis, amoebiasis) pathogens.
• Differentiate unusual pediatric lung infections from non-infectious mimics such as hypersensitivity pneumonitis, eosinophilic pneumonia, and pulmonary hemorrhage based on clinical and radiologic patterns.
• Understand the role of imaging in the diagnostic workup, disease monitoring, and management of complications in pediatric patients presenting with non-specific respiratory symptoms caused by atypical or emerging pathogens.

Radiological Reasoning in Pediatric Imaging - What should radiology resident know? 

Hamzaini Abdel Hamid

• Apply a systematic approach to radiological image interpretation, including bilateral comparisons and identification of direct/indirect signs.
• Recognize key radiological patterns of certain disease including
  aggressive vs. benign features.
• Integrate clinical context (e.g., age, symptoms) with imaging features to refine differential diagnoses, while avoiding contextual bias. 
• Identify common cognitive biases in radiology (e.g., anchoring bias, satisfaction of search) and implement strategies to mitigate them during image analysis.
• Evaluate complex cases, to differentiate imaging mimics and justify diagnostic conclusions.

Variants & pitfalls in Pediatric MSK imaging.

Kushaljit Sodhi

• Recognize normal developmental variants in pediatric musculoskeletal imaging and distinguish them from pathological findings.
• Identify common interpretative pitfalls in pediatric MSK imaging across different modalities (radiography, ultrasound, MRI), particularly in trauma and infection.
• Differentiate between tumor mimics and true neoplastic lesions, using imaging characteristics and clinical correlation.
• Enhance clinical decision-making by integrating knowledge of age-appropriate anatomy, variant presentations, and common imaging artifacts.

Overview of pediatric MSK trauma.

Sam Stafrace

• Outline the differences that matter when reporting pediatric MSK trauma.
• Describe findings related to growth and bone healing.
• Identify typical pediatric bony injuries.

Imaging in Acute MSK Conditions in Children.

Ajay D'Souza

• Apply case-based learning to enhance clinical reasoning in pediatric radiology.
• Recognize and analyze a range of radiological problems across common pediatric conditions.
• Identify and interpret key imaging patterns that aid in accurate diagnosis.
• Select the most appropriate imaging modality tailored to specific clinical scenarios.
• Detect and respond promptly to red flags that require urgent intervention.
• Recognize and avoid common pitfalls in pediatric imaging interpretation.
• Implement best practices to optimize imaging quality, safety, and reporting accuracy.

Diagnostic dilemma - leukemia versus osteomyelitis.

Ahmed Elhamed

• Describe the common MSK manifestations of osteomyelitis.
• Describe the common MSK manifestations of leukemia.
• Improve the radiology and clinical oncology approach to narrow the differential diagnosis.

Pediatric Upper Extremity Osseous Injuries: Acute and Chronic.

Talaat Youssef

• Describe key differences in pediatric bone anatomy and how they affect injury patterns.
• Identify common acute and chronic (overuse) upper extremity injuries in children.
• Apply relevant fracture classification systems (Salter-Harris, Gartland, Bado) when appropriate.
• Recognize signs of non-accidental injury (NAI).
• Understand overuse injury patterns and management in pediatric athletes

Neuroblastoma.

Preeyacha Pacharn

• Identify key imaging features in various modalities of neuroblastoma.
• Recognize the INRG staging system and risk stratification imaging criteria.
• Recognize pitfalls and variants as well as differential diagnoses.

Pediatric head trauma: imaging challenges and key differences from adults.

Kiran Hilal

• Explain how developmental differences in the growing pediatric brain and skull affect the mechanism and imaging appearance of head trauma.
• Recognize age-specific injury patterns and subtle radiologic signs unique to pediatric head trauma.
• Apply practical imaging tips and tailored diagnostic strategies to confidently manage pediatric head trauma across different clinical scenarios.

Emergency pediatric neuroradiology.

Shyam Mohan

• Outline the role of different imaging modalities in imaging in children presenting with neurological emergencies.
• Describe the critical imaging findings in the common neurological emergencies such as acute neurological deficit, traumatic injury, seizure disorders, toxic and metabolic emergencies.
• Recognize the important imaging signs in imaging children in the emergency setting.
• Evaluate for potential pitfalls in Emergency Neuroimaging.

Expecting the unexpected in pediatric neuroradiology.

Saud AlShabibi

• Analyze complex and atypical pediatric neuroimaging cases and identify subtle imaging features that may indicate rare or unexpected diagnoses.
• Recognize key imaging red flags and mimickers that can lead to diagnostic pitfalls in pediatric neuroimaging interpretation.
• Differentiate between common patterns and rare pathologies through case-based learning, including metabolic, infectious, neoplastic, vascular, and congenital etiologies.
• Develop a systematic approach to evaluating puzzling pediatric neuroradiology findings with limited clinical information.
• Enhance diagnostic confidence in uncertain or ambiguous pediatric brain and spine imaging scenarios by learning from real-world examples.

Neonatal head ultrasound basics and beyond.

Sulafa Ibrahim

• Outline indications for brain US
• Explain the basic technical parameters, scanning technique, and standardized planes
• Describe a standard brain US protocol
• Explain Germinal Matrix / Intraventricular Hemorrhage
• Illustrate other pathologies

Pediatric CNS interesting cases. 

Amal Saleh

• Describe the pertinent imaging findings of difficult CNS cases.
• Compare the imaging findings of difficult CNS cases.
• Provide a sound differential diagnosis of challenging cases.

Neonatal GI emergencies.

Hakeema AlHashimi

• Identify the different types of neonatal GI emergencies.
• Review the imaging modalities utilized in the diagnostic work up.
• Review radiation safety practices in neonatal imaging and strategies to minimize exposure.
• Discuss the different radiological features of common neonatal GI emergencies.

Ultrasound of Pediatric Abdominal masses.

Jeevesh Kapur

• Describe different and common and abdominal masses.
• Recognize different US patterns for each mass.
• Compare and evaluate the characteristics in different imaging modalities and the role of ultrasound.

Classification of Prenatal and Postnatal Urinary Tract Dilation.

Husain Naser

• Understand the components and structure of the UTD Classification System.
• Offer actionable recommendations for follow-up imaging and treatment strategies based on UTD classifications.
• Evaluate the reliability of the UTD Classification System and discuss future recommendations for its enhancement.

Pediatric umbilicus-related disorders.

Tatsuo Kono

• Outline embryology of umbilicus-related fetal and neonatal structures.
• Recognize umbilicus-related disorders of the newborn.
• Illustrate their embryonic pathologies and clinical signs / symptoms.
• Explain imaging findings of the disorders associated with umbilical vessels, omphalomesenteric duct, and urachus.

Review of Fellowship cases. 

Musa Kaleem

• Outline the new format FRCR 2B viva session and long cases
• Describe tips for scoring credits and avoiding pitfalls
• Interactive review of up to 4 cases  (Neuro, body, cardiovascular and MSK)

Minimally invasive solutions in pediatric care: The expanding role of interventional radiology.

Iqbal Dogar

• Outline the role of interventional radiology in providing minimally invasive solutions for common pediatric conditions
• Describe the advantages of minimally invasive pediatric IR procedures
• Evaluate the future directions, challenges, and opportunities in expanding minimally invasive interventional radiology practices.