■ Invitation to the course

Dear Doctors,

On behalf of Asan Medical Center, we would like to cordially invite you to
participate in the Asan International Radiology Masters Course (AIRMC).
The main purpose of this intensive program is to share our clinical experience
in the field of Radiology including both imaging and intervention with doctors
from all over the world.
This is a year-round open program with flexible time schedule according to
attendee's request to facilitate effectiveness of the program.
Asan Medical Center Department of Radiology is one of the best leading centers
in Korea and its members are very active in both clinical practice and research
in various fields of radiology.
We would like to share our clinical experience with all of you.

We are honored to start our very first course with radiofrequency ablation and transarterial chemoembolization
of liver tumors and thyroid lesions. Live demonstration of radiofrequency ablation and transarterial
chemoembolization of liver tumors and thyroid lesions are emphasized in this program. You are also invited
to share your knowledge and experience with our faculty members through interactive discussion session.
We are going to expand the field and the range of topics to cover most of the current radiological issues.
Neurointerventional section will join the program sooner or later. Please check it out. We look forward to
welcoming you to Asan Medical Center department of radiology.

Yours sincerely,

Moon-Gyu Lee, MD, PhD
Professor and Chairman,
Department of Radiology Asan Medical Center

■ Topics you can participate in and list of participating faculty members:

● Radiofrequency ablation (RFA) of Liver Lesions

(Pyo Nyun Kim, MD, Yong Moon Shin, MD, yung Jin Won, MD)
Technical tips and tricks for tumors in challenging location
Fusion imaging ('Volume Navigation') techniques in RFA

● Interventional procedures of thyroid nodules

(Jung Hwan Baek, MD, Jeong Hyun Lee, MD
Fine needle aspiration and core needle biopsy
Ethanol ablation of cystic thyroid nodules
RFA of benign thyroid nodules
RFA of recurrent thyroid cancers

● Transarterial chemoembolization (TACE)

(Hyun Ki Yoon, MD, Jin Hyoung Kim, MD,)
Conventional TACE
DC bead TACE

● Neurointerventional cases (imaging and intervention)

(Dae Chul Suh, MD, Deok Hee Lee, MD)
Cerebral aneurysms, brain and spinal AVMs
Carotid and intracranial stenoses including acute stroke management
Head and neck vascular malformations

■ Program format and Schedule:

Course schedule can be modified according to the participants need. The course could be a brief workshop
as short as 3 days to 1 month. If the participant wants to stay longer, the program will be combined with
Asan International Visiting Doctor Program which is a well-established international training program of AMC
http://eng.amc.seoul.kr/lang/index.jsp.

Following is a typical one-week thyroid intervention course as an example:
(Particular course schedule will be provided on attendee's request.)

■ Time Table for Thyroid RFA and biopsy

Thyroid 3-day Course

Thyroid 7-day Course

- OPD* : Outpatient clinic (Dr.Baek), follow-up cases of RFA/EA
- OPD* : Outpatient clinic (Dr.Lee), follow-up cases of RFA/EA
- RFA : Radiofrequency ablation
- EA : Ethanol ablation
- RFA/EA* : Focusing on benign thyroid nodules and recurrent thyroid cancers
- RFA/EA** : Focusing on head and neck tumors
- FNA : Fine needle aspiration
- CNB : Core needle biopsy
- Hands-on : RFA with phantom
- Case review : Introduction of today's cases of RFA/EA

※ Detailed time schedule will be subjected to change to meet participating physicians' needs.

■ Course fee

3-day course, 1 week course: US$ 500
Longer than 1 week: US$ 1000 and $1000/month afterwards

Accommodation and Meals are on your own.
If you would like to use accommodation in hospital, we have housing in the hospital campus.
There will be room charge of 10,000KRW per night, and each meal costs 3,700KRW at Employee Cafeteria.
Also if you would like to stay outside hospital, refer to below list and the content can be changed as it may chance.

We strongly recommend you to stay at AMC housing.
Detailed time schedule will be subjected to change to meet participating physicians' needs.

Contact E- mails
Prof. Baek, Department of Radiology (radbaek@naver.com)
Yoon, Department of Radiology (ejyoon@amc.seoul.kr)
Eileen Yoo, Office for international Affairs (scholars@amc.seoul.kr)