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Dear
Colleague:
June 18th 2009
It was truly a pleasure
to see many of you at our gathering in Chicago during the
2008 RSNA. Thank you very much for your confidence and
endorsing my nomination as the president of NAIRS.
Since our last meeting,
there have been few events and several issues
that I like to share with you:
1.
Our web site (www.nairsociety.com)
has undergone some changes. It now contains the bylaws, the
names of the officers (executive council, members at large
and Secretary treasure) and the updated one page
application for membership (posted below and under the
page “about Society”). Many pictures from our gathering may
also be found. Thanks to Dr Afshang for his help. I would
like to invite you to visit the web site.
2.
By visiting the website, it
is now very easy to apply for membership. Those of you
who are not a current member or know of someone who is not a
member are encouraged to print the one page application and
send in to Dr Raofi, our new secretary/treasurer. Please
familiarize your Iranian colleagues and residents with the
website and recommend to them to apply for membership.
3.
At the end of April 2009, I had
the pleasure to participate at the Iranian Congress of
Radiology (www.icr2009.ir)
and witnessed one of the best ones that I have ever
attended. The meeting was held at the Olympic Hotel in
Tehran, had 16 international speakers including 4 of our
society members and brought in over 2000 registrants. The
current and former presidents of the European Society of
Radiology (ESR) were among the guests. I feel the meeting
was an opportunity to open the door for future educational
ties between the Iranian and European Radiology Societies.
In this regard, two things which have so far taken place
are:
A) There
are efforts underway to establish an Iranian School of
Radiology like ESOR. Dr. Nicholas Gourtsoyiannis, who is
currently the professor and chairman of radiology at the
University of Crete in Greece, is leading this effort.
B) Dr.
Christian Herold, who is the current president of ESR, has
extended an invitation to the Iranian Society of Radiology (ISR)
to participate as the esteemed host president guest country
in Vienna for 2011 meeting. This will be an opportunity for
the ISR to present the work of their members to the European
Radiological community. The 90 minutes session is to focus
on one main topic presented by three of rising and confirmed
stars in radiology in Iran.
4. A
plan is under consideration to hold the International
Society of Magnetic Resonance Imaging (ISMRI) annual
congress in Tehran during 2010. This is to be a separate
meeting from the regularly scheduled ICR 2010. When this
takes place, it will be a very important achievement for our
sister society in Iran. Many thanks to Dr Mostafa Atri from
Toronto who has initiated the recommendation and is in the
process of discussing this with the ISR officials.
5.
During ICR in Tehran, I had a
meeting with Drs’ Karim Vessal and Mansoor Fatehi and the
subject of potential additional collaborations between the
NAIRS and ISR was extensively discussed. They were
appreciative for the initiative that we have taken in the
past to sponsor our sister society in Iran and are very
receptive to the ideas that we discussed during our RSNA
meeting. In particular, they like the idea of initiation
and development of the research projects between the
trainees in those academic institutions which some of the
NAIRS members are faculties. Also they would like to
further explore the possibility of sponsorship by our
society of a young Iranian radiologist particularly those
who are in training program to come here for a short term
observership.
6.
Dr Karim Vessal, the founder of
Iranian Journal of Radiology (IJR) appreciates and welcomes
receiving manuscript from you and your residents for
publication. Their address is;
Iranian
Journal of Radiology
Editorial and Publication Office
Medical
Imaging Center
Imam
Khomeini Hospital
Tehran,
Iran.
Tel:
011-98-21-66581579, 66944041
Fax:
011-98-21-66581578
To see
the articles that have been recently published, please try
their web
address;
www.ijr.ir Their Email address is; editorial@ijr.ir
You will be contacted to
register for gathering at the Reza Restaurant, which will
take place on Tuesday, December1st, 2009 at 7:00 PM. Please
plan to join your colleagues and friends for the evening of
fun and sharing information.
Looking forward to our
annual meeting during the RSNA 2009.
Respectfully submitted,
Ali Shirkhoda |
