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Once again it has been a busy year
for the Australasian Musculoskeletal
Imaging Group (AMSIG), one that
has seen the executive move from
its traditional educational role and
diversifying into a more political and
consultative role with the College,
Medicare and the Federal Government.
The AMSIG executive team has liaised
with the Faculty of Clinical Radiology
Council and the Ultrasound Reference
Group on important issues such as
sonographer guided musculoskeletal
injection courses, which has been
opposed in the interest of safety to
the public and ensuring quality in the
provision of interventional services.
Other agenda items that have arisen
over the last 12 months have included
the appropriateness of the recent
expansion of GP referred MRIs,
specifically in the imaging of the knee. I
would like to thank Drs Sanjay Dhupelia
and James Linklater for their assistance
on this matter
Our Annual Scientific Meeting promises
to be an exciting event, to be held
at The Royal Prince Alfred Hospital
in Sydney on Saturday 30 April. The
event has been kindly organised by
co-convenors Drs Ron Shnier and Phil
Lucas, who have arranged a quality
group of speakers to present on the
theme Topics in Sports Medicine.
Following this, I am excited that AMSIG
has also organised a radiofrequency
ablation (RFA) workshop the following
day. In order to provide the educational
opportunity, the course had to be
limited to 10 delegates and it was sold
out within the day of announcement
of registrations being open. AMSIG
looks forward to hopefully providing
a similar course later in the year or
next year in order to allow those
members who missed out, the chance
to attend this useful event. As it evolves,
musculoskeletal imaging is moving to
provide pain management diagnostic
and interventional services, so the
importance of this course cannot be
over emphasised.
I would like to thank all the AMSIG
members as well as the members of the
executive team for their support during
the two years that I have been president.
Finally, I would like to encourage all
to become AMSIG members, so that
AMSIG can continue to expand upon
its role and function. Information
on AMSIG, the benefits of AMSIG
membership, as well as information
on meetings can be found on
Dr George Koulouris
AMSIG President
Musculoskeletal Imaging
AMSIG is diversifying into a more political
and consultative role
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