RANZCR2022 in Adelaide

It’s Time to Reflect, Revive and Reimagine!

Join us in Adelaide for the RANZCR 2022 ASM

With just over four months until the College’s flagship event, the Annual Scientific Meeting will be held in Adelaide 27–30 October 2022. The program promises to be the largest to date with more than 200 presenters across clinical radiology and radiation oncology presenting over the three days of the main meeting. Delegates will also be given the opportunity to participate in a number of hands-on workshops across both disciplines before and after the ASM.

The scientific committee, chaired by A/Prof Christen Barras (clinical radiology), Dr Ram Govindaraj and Dr Laurence Kim (radiation oncology), are delighted to invite you to the meeting, an eagerly anticipated opportunity to meet face-to-face once again, for the first time in three years.

The College is pleased to announce the introduction of new initiatives at this year’s ASM including the Everlight Radiology Little Rascals Creche, breakfast sessions presented by major partners, workshops and an industry exhibition that will engage, inform and nourish delegates’ appetite to reconnect, including a special focus on doctor health and wellbeing.

Early bird registrations rates are now open and available until Friday 1 July 2022. A record number of new Fellows will be celebrated and acknowledged in the traditional Annual Ceremony held on Friday 28 October at the Adelaide Convention Centre. The celebrations will continue with the Dean’s Reception overlooking the River Torrens.

RANZCR2022 will officially begin with the opening plenary session on Thursday 27 October 2022 and see Dr Richard Harris SC OAM, 2019 Australian of the Year, present the Nisbet Oration. Dr Harris played a crucial role in the rescue of 12 young boys and their soccer coach trapped in a flooded cave in Thailand and has an inspirational story to share with delegates.

The Committee is finalising an exciting program of subspecialty sessions designed to showcase clinical radiology and radiation oncology research, providing unparalleled opportunities for interaction between the College faculties with combined sessions in rectal imaging and prostate imaging, and a chest MDT session.

The scientific committee are delighted to invite you to the meeting, an eagerly anticipated opportunity to meet face-to-face once again, for the first time in three years.

In anticipation of the opening of the Southern Hemisphere’s first proton beam therapy facility, currently under construction at the Australian Bragg Centre, we welcome international expert Dr Anita Mahajan from Mayo Clinic, to discuss its revolutionary impact on cancer treatment for adults and children, soon to be available to Australians. Head-and-neck radiation oncology expert Dr Nancy Lee joins us from Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Centre.

Prof Tarek Yousry, Head of the Lysholm Department of Neuroradiology, National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Queen Square, London, will visit in person, an expert in neuroanatomy, advanced imaging of tumours and functional MRI.

A/Prof Melissa McCradden, a bioethicist from The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada presents on ‘Hype, hope, and high stakes: ethical issues for radiologists using artificial intelligence’, crucial to us all as AI technologies reach the clinical coalface.

Prof Sujal Desai from the Royal Brompton Hospital, UK, joins us in person to deliver expert talks in chest radiology.

Dr Asif Saifuddin, Senior Musculoskeletal Radiologist at the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital, UK, renowned authority in bone tumour imaging, will be joining us online.

Prof Perry Pickhardt, Chief of Gastrointestinal Imaging at University of Wisconsin-Madison joins us to present on liver imaging, challenging cases, peptic ulcer disease and more.

Space radiology research and innovations will be highlighted in a brand new ASM session bound to excite and inspire you, a fitting offering from the home of the Australian Space Agency. Visit the Australian Space Discovery Centre while you’re here!

Trainees can look forward to a dedicated teaching day, organised by peers and special social events.

All this and much more is in store for you at RANZCR2022, which will be delivered as a hybrid event: in person, virtual and on demand.

Our ultimate goal is to engage with as many delegates in person to meet together in Adelaide and reconnect with a quality program and social activities you can’t afford to miss.

See you in Adelaide!