Monday May 22^nd

Time

Topic

11:00 am

Introductions and Program Goals

11:10 am

Status of Cardiac PET Today and Opportunities for the Future
(# of labs, # of generators, PET-PET/CT, AC/CAC, MBF, non-perfusion PET, barriers to implementation)

11:30 am

Discussion

Noon

Value of PET in Patient Management Decisions – Working Lunch
2-15 minute presentations

12:45 pm

Positioning PET in a Multimodality Imaging Environment
   – PatientFirst Imaging – How PET Fits   (importance of patient selection)

• Advantages and Limitations of CTA and CTFFR

• Other threats

1:05 pm

Identifying Benefits and Challenges

• What positive things can we learn from CTA adoption story (modern labs, latest technologies used, research consortiums, multiple RCT,  lobbying, startups, artificial intelligence)

– What negative things to avoid     (misinformation, modality centered rather than patient centered, industry driven

• Financial impact (RBMs, Cath FFR=CTFFR)

2:00 pm

Break

3:15 pm

Reports and Discussion

4:00 pm
 

Education and Practice Tools

• What is needed in PET education (Building on the success of PET workshops and moving beyond)

• How do we ensure good quality PET is performed? PET Centers of Excellence?

• What is needed to ensure successful transition from SPECT to PET

• Educational needs for reading different isotopes (F18, Ammonia, O15 and RB): - recalibrating reading skills

5:15 pm

ASNC/Industry Collaboration and Partnerships

• What does ASNC need from Industry?

• What does Industry need from ASNC?

• CT tech training, CT overreads

6:00 pm

Adjourn

Tuesday May 23^rd

Time

Topic

8:00 am

Recap

8:15 am

Expectation For Healthcare Over the Next 5 Years: What are the key driving forces?

8:45 am

Outreach to Referring Physicians;
Direct Outreach to Patients

9:15 am

Research Needed to Remain Competitive

• 5 studies I would like to see in the coming 5-10 years

Funding sources

10:15 am

PET and AI: How will AI change PET in the coming 5 years

10:30 am

Break

10:45 am

Current Reimbursement Landscape
-Importance of being an ASNC member

11:00 am

Private Equity – Impact on PET Imaging

11:15 am
 

Value of PET Education to Private Practice
 

11:45 am

Q&A

Noon

Take Aways and Next Steps

12:15 pm

Adjourn