Residents' Section Report to the

NYSRS Executive Committee of August 16, 2002

Jonathan Luchs, M.D., President of the Residents' Section

1. Resident Career Day:
          a. We have received 100 tote bags from Kelly Foster at the ACR (free of charge) to be given to residents attending the career day
          b. Laser pointers with the NYSRS logo and "NYSRS Resident Career Day" printed on it; have been ordered and received. This too will be given to residents attending the career day.
          c. The career day brochure has been finalized and approved by Dr. Sarah Abramson, Chair of the NYSRS Residents Committee. The brochures went to print the first week of August and will be distributed to all program directors and chairs of departments.
          d. We are arranging the catering and A V equipment and a memo has gone out to Mr. Schiffer for his aid in such .

2. Resident E-mail:
          a. We have collected numerous e-mail addresses from almost all of the Chief residents of all of the New York State radiology programs. Unfortunately, there are several programs which have not responded to numerous letters and e-mails. Phone calls will be made to these programs.
          b. An e-mail has gone out to all of the resident e-mails in our databank. The e- mail alerts the residents to the upcoming Resident Career Day. The letter also welcomes all the recipients as resident members of the NYSRS and discusses the importance of continuing their membership in the NYSRS and ACR when they graduate.

3. American College of Radiology annual meeting:
          a. Dr. Luchs (the present Resident President) and Dr Campbell (the Resident President-Elect) will be attending this year's American College of Radiology annual meeting.
         b. Both of the above aforementioned will be attending the ACR council meeting and the course on PET-Imaging (given the day before the meeting). The invitation to attend these meetings was from the ACR.


Return to NYSRS Home Page

Return to the section - Residents' Section Report Index

Return to the section - Diagnostic Radiology Residents' Section

Return to the section - Radiation Oncology Residents' Section

Return to the section -

NYSRS Website Host:
Department of Radiology
School of Medicine
State University of New York at Stony Brook
Health Sciences Center