Stephen Clifford O'Connor MD, Presenter: Nothing to Disclose

William Eugene Shiels DO, Presenter: President, Mauka Medical Corporation Royalties, Mauka Medical Corporation Patent holder, Mauka Medical Corporation

Alda Felicita Cossi MD, Presenter: Nothing to Disclose

Michael V. Krasnokutsky MD, Presenter: Nothing to Disclose

Mark LeRoy Lukens MD, Presenter: Nothing to Disclose

Kenneth S. Lee MD, Presenter: Research Consultant, SuperSonic Imagine Speakers Bureau, Medical Technology Management Institute

Manish Natvarlal Patel DO, Presenter: Nothing to Disclose

Hollins P. Clark MD, MS, Presenter: Nothing to Disclose

Mark Joseph Hogan MD, Presenter: Nothing to Disclose

Carmen Gallego MD, Presenter: Nothing to Disclose

Mabel Garcia-Hidalgo Alonso MD, Presenter: Nothing to Disclose

John David Lane MD, Presenter: Nothing to Disclose

Andrew Jered Rabe DO, Presenter: Nothing to Disclose

Humberto Gerardo Rosas MD, Presenter: Nothing to Disclose

Kristin Marie Dittmar MD, Presenter: Nothing to Disclose

Nicholas Andrew Zumberge MD, Presenter: Stockholder, Covidien AG Stockholder, Abbott Laboratories Stockholder, Abbvie Inc Stockholder, Mallinckrodt plc Stockholder, Dexcom, Inc Stockholder, Merck & Co, Inc Stockholder, Gilead Sciences, Inc Stockholder, Exact Sciences Corporation Stockholder, Cerner Corporation

1) Identify basic skills, techniques, and pitfalls of freehand invasive sonography. 2) Discuss and perform basic skills involved in thermal tumor ablation in a live learning model. 3) Perform specific US-guided procedures to include core biopsy, abscess drainage, vascular access, cyst aspiration, soft tissue foreign body removal, and radiofrequency tumor ablation. 4) Incorporate these component skill sets into further life-long learning for expansion of competency and preparation for more advanced interventional sonographic learning opportunities.

O'Connor, S, Shiels, W, Cossi, A, Krasnokutsky, M, Lukens, M, Lee, K, Patel, M, Clark, H, Hogan, M, Gallego, C, Garcia-Hidalgo Alonso, M, Lane, J, Rabe, A, Rosas, H, Dittmar, K, Zumberge, N, Techniques for Interventional Sonography and Thermal Ablation (Hands-on Workshop).  Radiological Society of North America 2014 Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting, - ,Chicago IL. http://archive.rsna.org/2014/4404507.html