Breast Ultrasound, Intra-operative Wire Localization, and Oncoplastics Skills Course for Surgeons

Course Highlights

• Over 3 hours of hands-on cadaver skills lab
• Overview of ultrasound basics, breast anatomy, benign vs malignant lesions
• Indications and technique for intraoperative ultrasound-guided localization
• PECS block
• Level I+ Oncoplastic techniques
• The educational activity is eligible for CME credit and qualifies for 6.25  AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™

Course Chair: Dr. Nimmi Kapoor, UCLA
Course Faculty: Dr. Carlie Thompson (UCLA), Dr. Scott Karlan (Cedars Sinai Medical Center), Dr. Janie Grumley (Saint John’s Cancer Institute) , Dr. Jennifer Baker (UCLA)

Register HERE! For questions about the course, please contact Dr. Kapoor at [email protected].

This event is open to the public, and all Cancer Center members and the broader UCLA community, including faculty, trainees and staff. 

Course Highlights

• Over 3 hours of hands-on cadaver skills lab
• Overview of ultrasound basics, breast anatomy, benign vs malignant lesions
• Indications and technique for intraoperative ultrasound-guided localization
• PECS block
• Level I+ Oncoplastic techniques
• The educational activity is eligible for CME credit and qualifies for 6.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. (Please see below for program requirements for CME credit.)

Course Chair: Dr. Nimmi Kapoor, UCLA
Course Faculty: Dr. Carlie Thompson (UCLA), Dr. Scott Karlan (Cedars Sinai Medical Center), Dr. Janie Grumley (Saint John’s Cancer Institute) and Dr. Jennifer Baker (UCLA)

Register HERE! For questions about the course, please contact Dr. Kapoor at [email protected]. Registration is limited. The cost of the course is covered by a Strategic Plan Aligned Project Grant from the UCLA Health Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center. However, a deposit of $100 is required to hold your spot in the course which is returned to attendees only after participation. 

This event is open to the public, and all Cancer Center members and the broader UCLA community, including faculty, trainees and staff. 

AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™

Award of CME credits by ACS is based on compliance of the program with the ACCME accreditation requirements and does not imply endorsement by ACS of the content, the faculty, or the sponsor of the program.
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Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the learner to earn credit toward the CME of the American Board of Surgery’s Continuous Certification program.

Disclosure Information

In accordance with the ACCME Accreditation Criteria, the American College of Surgeons must ensure that anyone in a position to control the content of the educational activity (planners and speakers/authors/discussants/moderators) has disclosed all financial relationships with any commercial interest (termed by the ACCME as “ineligible companies”, defined below) held in the last 24 months (see below for definitions). Please note that first authors were required to collect and submit disclosure information on behalf all other authors/contributors, if applicable.

Ineligible Company: The ACCME defines an “ineligible company” as any entity producing, marketing, re-selling, or distributing health care goods or services used on or consumed by patients. Providers of clinical services directly to patients are NOT included in this definition.

Financial Relationships: Relationships in which the individual benefits by receiving a salary, royalty, intellectual property rights, consulting fee, honoraria, ownership interest (e.g., stocks, stock options or other ownership interest, excluding diversified mutual funds), or other financial benefit. Financial benefits are usually associated with roles such as employment, management position, independent contractor (including contracted research), consulting, speaking and teaching, membership on advisory committees or review panels, board membership, and other activities from which remuneration is received, or expected. Conflict of Interest: Circumstances create a conflict of interest when an individual has an opportunity to affect CME content about products or services of a ineligible company with which he/she has a financial relationship.

Conflict of Interest: Circumstances create a conflict of interest when an individual has an opportunity to affect CME content about products or services of a ineligible company with which he/she has a financial relationship.

The ACCME also requires that ACS manage any reported conflict and eliminate the potential for bias during the educational activity. Any conflicts noted below have been managed to our satisfaction. The disclosure information is intended to identify any commercial relationships and allow learners to form their own judgments. However, if you perceive a bias during the educational activity, please report it on the evaluation.