103         SA JOURNAL OF RADIOLOGY • July 2008

RSSA congress sponsorship

The Medical Imaging Society of South 
Africa (MISA) and member companies 
Siemens Healthcare, GE Healthcare, Philips 
Medical Systems and AEC Amersham have 
announced a generous sponsorship of R20 
000, to be applied in the form of a refund of 
R1 000 to each of up to 20 registrars who incur 
long-distance travel and accommodation 
expenses in attending RSSA congresses and 
workshops.
The terms of the sponsorship are that the 
first 20 registrars who register and pay their 
registration fees by the ‘early bird’ deadline 
will receive a refund of R1 000 after the 
course ends. Awarding the sponsorships 
depends on the course location and where 
the participants come from; for the congress 
in Sandton (see below), for example, Gauteng 
registrars will be excluded from sponsorship. 
This is to ensure that recipients are those who 
have to pay for airfare and accommodation. 

First RSSA/ICIS cancer 
imaging course
An historic ‘first’: a joint satellite cancer 
imaging course, presented by the Radiological 
Society of South Africa (RSSA) and the 
International Cancer Imaging Society (ICIS), 
will take place at the Spier Estate, near 
Stellenbosch, from 6 - 8 February 2009.
After more than 2 years of careful review 
and planning by members of both societies, 
the 2009 Cancer Imaging Course has been 
created to meet the challenges of advancing 
imaging in the multidisciplinary management 
of cancer. The course offers an extremely 
well-balanced and full programme, presented 
by an international faculty consisting of 12 

highly distinguished Fellows of the ICIS, a 
Canadian neuroradiologist, and a leading 
South African endoscopic skull base surgeon. 
They will address a wide variety of topics 
important to daily practice as well as the 
basics of cancer imaging.
A course of this nature is essential and long 
overdue for all South African and indeed 
African radiologists. Clinical oncologists, 
radiotherapists, oncology surgical specialists, 
and diagnostic radiographers will gain 
enormously from the course. It will also be of 
benefit to the wider oncology fraternity, with 
special emphasis on cost-effective MDCT/
MR imaging protocols and the application 
of advanced modalities such as PET-CT. It is 
designed for everyone with a special interest 
in oncology.
The social programme at the historic Spier 
Estate will also allow ample time to meet 
colleagues and initiate new friendships.
We gratefully acknowledge the support from 
all our sponsors. Without them, events like 
these cannot be hosted; their commitment 
to radiology, training and teaching is 
appreciated and indispensable. Thank you!
I extend a special word of gratitude to the 
Fellows of the ICIS, who have made their 
lectures and images available on CD to all 
participants; this is unique in the history of 
the ICIS and demonstrates the enormous 
commitment of the satellite committee to 
teaching and in particular to South Africa.
On behalf of the RSSA, the ICIS Satellite 
Committee, the ICIS President, Professor 
Jay P Heiken, the President elect, Professor 
Wolfgang Schima, and Professor Rodney 
Reznek, I invite you to join this very unique 
meeting. For further details and registration, 
please go to www.spiercancercourse2009.
co.za.

Professor Leon Janse van Rensburg
RSSA Congress Chairman

RSSA head and neck 
imaging workshop
A most sucessful 2-day workshop, 
attended by 160 delegates, was conducted 
by 4 internationally renowned European 
radiologists on 25 - 26 October at the 
Investec Auditorium in Cape Town. The 
faculty consisted of Dr Jan Casselman and 
Dr Bert de Foer (Belgium), Dr Alexandra 
Borges (Portugal) and Dr Bert-Jan de Bondt 
(The Netherlands). It was a very intensive 
course with a full syllabus. The basic as well 
as advanced principles of MDCT and MRI 
in head and neck imaging were clearly and 
concisely explained.

RSSA Neuroradiology and 
MRI Advances Congress
The RSSA Neuroradiology and MRI 
Advances Congress will be held at the 
Sandton Convention Centre, Johannesburg, 
on 28 - 30 August 2009. It’s a joint venture 
between the RSSA, the Radiological Society 
of North America’s (RSNA) Visiting 
International Professors Programme, and 
The International Society of Magnetic 
Resonance in Medicine’s (ISMRM) Global 
Outreach Programme. Both the RSNA and 
ISMRM are sponsoring the participation of 3 
international experts.
The congress’s scientific committee consists 
of Professors Leon Janse van Rensburg, 
Zarina Lockhat, Mala Modi, Coert De Vries, 
Jan Lotz and Richard Hewlett, and Doctors 
Tracy Kilborn, Sally Candy and Bruce 
Spottiswoode.
Free papers and poster presentations are 
invited. Further information will be on the 
RSSA website early in 2009.

Contributor:    
L Janse van Rensburg

103         SA JOURNAL OF RADIOLOGY • December 2008

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