First Five-Year Period of Electronic Information at CIR
This issue of NOT i CIR of the Inter-American College of Radiology witnesses the commencement of the fifth year of continued communication of the activities to the members of our institution by an electronic means. The editors have been pleased to note the increasing circulation, which today reaches almost 8,000 radiologists, and the increasing interaction with those seeking information, support, registration or guidance for training and work visits, factors which sustain our to existence. Directors, editors and producers would like to express our willingness to polish this communication instrument, and to invite all our readers to contribute to this work, which belongs to us all for everybody’s benefit. Happy 2008! Miguel E. Stoopen, M.D.
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CIR’s Annual Assembly
With the attendance of most Delegates and many Presidents of the National Societies, the Board of Directors and the Committee Coordinators initiated the briefings on the annual activity last November 27 in Chicago. Presided over by Ricardo García Mónaco, M.D., the Assembly heard the annual activity reports and approved the activity schedule and the budget for fiscal year 2008. Among the new projects, the highlights are the increase of educational activities and the preparations for the next XXIV Inter-American Congress of Radiology to be organized jointly with the Brazilian College of Radiology.
Francisco Arredondo, Honorary Member of the RSNA
Francisco Arredondo, M.D., former president of the Inter-American College of Radiology (CIR), was honored at the last meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) held in Chicago as HONORARY MEMBER of that prestigious Society. "During his performance at the CIR’s Board, Dr. Arredondo became a member of the Executive Committee of the International Society of Radiology (ISR) and, in 2003, he launched a program for the regional development of radiology by combining the efforts of organizations at all levels to pursue the growth of this specialization in developing countries, with a special focus on labor and legal matters. He was appointed President of the ISR from 2004 to 2006, and presided over the 23rd International Congress of Radiology in 2006." "Anyone who knows Dr. Arredondo respects his enormous leadership skills," said Gilbert Jost, M.D., President of the RSNA. "He has made a great contribution to the advancement of Radiology in Central America and the whole world."
Increased Support to Education
The increase of the educational activities organized by the CIR has been uninterrupted for a decade thanks to its economic consolidation and the implementation of several policies to raise funds, and 2008 will not be an exception.
XXIV Inter-American Congress of Radiology Bello Horizonte 2008
Advances on the Agenda
CIR’s Ethics and Medical Deontology Code
The Ethics and Medical Deontology Code of the Inter-American College of Radiology contains the principles and behavior standards for radiologists members to guide their conduct in every and each activity of their professional practice in face of the society, and their work relations and responsibilities towards the profession in accordance with the provisions set forth in the updated version of the by-laws as approved. AUTHOR: Andrés Peralta Cornielle, M.D.
Autores del CIR
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RSNA’s New DirectiveGilbert Jost, M.D., outgoing President of the Radiological Society of North America announced the new Board of Directors for the year 2008 including the following members: 
2008 RSNA Officers
International Congress in Marrakech
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First Congress of the Ultrasound Society of Guatemala
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Galería Plaza Hotel, Boca del Río, Veracruz, Mexico
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