Dr. Jake Block currently serves as Assistant Professor and Associate Vice Chairman for Clinical Operations at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, within the Department of Radiology and Radiological Sciences. He is the current Medical Director of a number of Vanderbilt Imaging Systems facilities throughout the Nashville area.
After graduating from medical school at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Dr. Block completed a residency in Diagnostic Radiology at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. Following this, he pursued subspecialty fellowship training in Emergency and Musculoskeletal Radiology. He now functions as Section Chief within the Division of Musculoskeletal and Emergency Radiology at Vanderbilt, and directs the fellowship training program within that section. Dr. Block holds joint appointments in the Departments of Orthopaedic Surgery and Rehabilitation, as well as Emergency Medicine. He also holds an appointment as adjunct instructor at Belmont University in Nashville.
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Dr. Jake Block currently serves as Assistant Professor and Associate Vice Chairman for Clinical Operations at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, within the Department of Radiology and Radiological Sciences. He is the current Medical Director of a number of Vanderbilt Imaging Systems facilities throughout the Nashville area.
After graduating from medical school at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Dr. Block completed a residency in Diagnostic Radiology at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. Following this, he pursued subspecialty fellowship training in Emergency and Musculoskeletal Radiology. He now functions as Section Chief within the Division of Musculoskeletal and Emergency Radiology at Vanderbilt, and directs the fellowship training program within that section. Dr. Block holds joint appointments in the Departments of Orthopaedic Surgery and Rehabilitation, as well as Emergency Medicine. He also holds an appointment as adjunct instructor at Belmont University in Nashville.
Dr. Block is a national board examiner for the American Board of Radiology, and has lectured nationally on the subjects of critical care radiology and radiologic technology. He contributes frequently to the body of research on these topics.
A variety of interesting radiographs will be discussed, with an emphasis on skeletal trauma and spine injury. Participants will be introduced to an accurate and reliable method of evaluating trauma radiographs. A variety of frequent and infrequent injury patterns will be reviewed. Pitfalls in both imaging and interpretation will be illustrated. At the conclusion of this lecture, participants will be able to:
Discuss common reasons why pathology may go undetected after routine radiologic imaging.
Recognize and discuss the concept of "paired bone" injury.
Discuss the importance of a variety of avulsive injuries throughout the skeletal system.
Apply a systematic method of spine radiograph assessment.
Understand the limitations of conventional radiography as it applies to radiographically occult injury.
This lecture focuses on acute pathologic entitiels visible on Chest and Abdominal radiographs obtained in an acute-care outpatient environment. At the conclusion of this lecture, participants will be able to:
Illustrate the concept of fine-detail vs. low-detail findings
Demonstrate recognition of common patterns of disease visible on plain radiographs of the chest and abdomen
Recognize and identify unusual presentations and features of cardiopulmonary diseases
A variety of interesting radiographs will be discussed, with an emphasis on skeletal trauma and spine injury. Participants will be introduced to an accurate and reliable method of evaluating trauma radiographs. A variety of frequent and infrequent injury patterns will be reviewed. Pitfalls in both imaging and interpretation will be illustrated.
At the conclusion of this lecture, participants will be able to:
1. Discuss common reasons why pathology may go undetected after routine radiologic imaging.
2. Recognize and discuss the concept of "paired bone" injury.
3. Discuss the importance of a variety of avulsive injuries throughout the skeletal system.
4. Apply a systematic method of spine radiograph assessment.
5. Understand the limitations of conventional radiography as it applies to radiographically occult injury. X-rays referred to in the lecture are proprietary and are not included in this version of the presentation.
This lecture focuses on acute pathologic entities visible on Chest and Abdominal radiographs obtained in an acute-care outpatient environment.
At the conclusion of this lecture, participants will be able to:
1. Illustrate the concept of fine-detail versus low-detail findings.
2. Demonstrate recognition of common patterns of disease visible on plain radiographs of the chest and abdomen.
3. Recognize and identify unusual presentations and features of cardiopulmonary disease.
4. Quickly identify life-threatening abdominal processes.
5. Demonstrate renewed confidence in the ability to assess radiographs in the setting of acute cardiopulmonary or abdominal crisis. X-rays referred to in the lecture are proprietary and are not included in this version of the presentation.
