Radiation Safety for Operators and Patients
Speakers
Joaquin Cigarroa
Kenneth Fetterly
Joanna Ghobrial
Ryan Madder
Arasi Maran
David Rizik
Jennifer Rymer
Pooja Swamy
Michele Voeltz
Amit Vora
R Widmer
Course Content
  • Navigating the Minefield: Health Hazards in the Cath Lab — Amit N. Vora, MD, FSCAI
  • Cosmic Rays: How Not to Get Burned — Pooja M. Swamy, MD, FSCAI
  • A Pain in the Neck (And Back): Risk of Orthopedic Injuries in the Cath Lab — David G. Rizik, MD, MSCAI
  • Getting Stronger: Mitigating Orthopedic Injuries in the Cath Lab — R. Jay Widmer, MD, PhD, FSCAI
  • Radiation Awareness in the Cath Lab: Strategies for Occupational Health and Safety in Interventional Cardiology — Joaquin E. Cigarroa, MD, MSCAI
  • JSCAI Innovation Spotlight: Radiation Protection in the Cath Lab — Ryan D. Madder, MD, FSCAI
  • Considerations for Radiation and Other Occupational Hazards During Pregnancy: What Do We Know About the Risks? — Jennifer Rymer, MD, FSCAI
  • Cathing the Pregnant Patient: Timing, Counseling, and Monitoring — Joanna Ghobrial, MD, FSCAI
  • In-practice Measurement of Radiation Exposure and Protection for (assumed) Pregnant Cardiologists Performing Cardiac Catheterization and Electrophysiology Procedures — Kenneth Fetterly, PhD
  • Cathing for Two: Pregnancy in the Cath Lab — Arasi Maran, MD, FSCAI
  • Management of Pregnant Women in the Cath Lab and Mitigation of Fetal Risk — Michele Voeltz, MD
Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this activity, participants will be able to:

  • Analyze the occupational health risks encountered in the cardiac catheterization laboratory, including radiation exposure, orthopedic injury, and other environmental hazards affecting interventional cardiovascular team members.
  • Evaluate evidence-based strategies for mitigating radiation exposure and musculoskeletal injury, and determine their application to diverse clinical practice settings and patient care environments.
  • Integrate current recommendations regarding pregnancy-related occupational safety, fetal risk mitigation, and procedural management into clinical decision-making for both healthcare professionals and pregnant patients undergoing catheterization procedures.
Disclosures
SCAI planners, reviewers, faculty and staff have no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies to disclose.
Accredited Continuing Education

Accreditation Statement
The Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions (SCAI) is accredited by the 
Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

​Credit Designation
SCAI designates this enduring material for a maximum of 3 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

​ABIM MOC
Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the learner to earn up to 3 MOC points in the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. It is the CME activity provider’s responsibility to submit learner completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit.

​ABP MOC
Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the learner to earn up to 3 MOC points in the American Board of Pediatrics (ABP) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. It is the CME activity provider’s responsibility to submit learner completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABP MOC credit.

Successful Completion
Watch the content and complete the evaluation to obtain credit.

Activity Timeline
Record Dates: 2023-2026
Publish Date: September 15, 2026
Retire Date: September 15, 2029 

SCAI's Independent Content
As a provider of continuing medical education through the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), it is the Society’s policy to ensure balance, independence, objectivity, and scientific rigor in all its activities.

Planning Process 
SCAI activities are developed by the SCAI Planners prior to and independent of commercial support. Members of the Education Committee reviewed and approved this activity. If planners had relevant financial relationships, the agenda was peer reviewed by a member with no relevant financial relationships. 

Mitigation of Relevant Financial Relationships
All participating planners, reviewers, faculty, and staff are required to disclose to SCAI any relevant financial relationships. SCAI identifies relevant financial relationships and mitigates them before the activity begins.

Content Validation Statement 

SCAI accepts the following Content Validation Statements and expects all persons involved in its professional education activities to abide by these statements for clinical care recommendations. All clinical and pharmacological recommendations are based on evidence accepted within the medical profession as adequate jurisdiction for their indications and contradictions in patient care. All research referenced to support or justify patient care recommendations conforms to accepted standards of experimental design, data collection and analysis. 

SCAI does not promote recommendations, treatment, or manners of practicing medicine that are not within the definition of accredited continuing education or known to have risks or dangers that outweigh the benefits or known to be ineffective in the treatment of patients. 

SCAI actively promotes improvements in health care and NOT proprietary interests of an ineligible company. 

SCAI's educational content is free of marketing or sales of products or services. Faculty will not actively promote or sell products or services that serve their professional or financial interests during accredited education.  
 
SCAI encourages faculty to identify investigational products or off-label uses of products regulated by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), at first mention and where appropriate in the content. 

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Summary
Availability:
On-Demand
Expires on Sep 02, 2030
Cost:
FREE
Credit Offered:
3 CME Credits
3 ABIM-MOC Points
3 ABP-MOC Points
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