So you’ve seen thermography show up in your FB feed and on Twitter, people are talking about it like they know all about it, but you can’t help but ask yourself: What the heck is breast thermography?
Well, I’ll tell you. Welcome to the Breast Thermography Crash Course.
First, a warning. You know, getting the bad news out of the way before the real learning begins. Just because a clinic says it offers breast thermography doesn’t mean it offers qualified breast thermography. You may join a host of others in being shocked to learn that thermography – though a true, solid, and thorough means of evaluating your breasts for cancer – isn’t regulated. What that means is this: Anyone can open a clinic. And the scary thing is, there are a lot of “anyones” out there who are doing just that. This has created a multitude of issues, from false claims, cheap cameras, untrained interpreters and techs to the scariest – missing breast cancer! Other imaging, where regulations are strict, each clinic is required to follow or meet the regulations, therefore the quality of a mammogram, ultrasound or MRI, is the same at each clinic.
Let’s get back to business and show you what you need to know to ensure you’re getting the best thermography available.
Breast thermography is an incredible screening device as it has the possibility of detecting a concern, sometimes years before other imaging modalities. Here is where I teach you that:
- Thermography pioneers
Know who’s giving you your basic breast thermography information. Please review 50 years of Dr. Hobbins's publications and presentations at the end of this blog. We are the consumer advocates for breast thermography and started the Women’s Academy of Breast Thermography (WABT), the largest resource for breast thermography information. The Academy was founded by a female doctor - for women. Thermography has been dominated by male doctors, and I am changing the game!
Dr. Hobbins was one of the original mammography researchers and renowned breast surgeons who successfully, for nearly 50 years, used alternative methods to screen and treat breast cancer. He was the leading thermography researcher in the U.S. and spearheaded the breast thermography interpretation model, or minimum standard requirements, from his mass studies in the early 1970s. He was one of the original founders and fellows of the first thermography academy in the U.S., the American Academy of Thermology (AAT), and single-handedly founded and funded in the early 1980s the International Academy of Clinical Thermography (IACT). He trained all the original doctors in these academies and then toured the globe 10 times training doctors in Asia, Europe, and South America.
This one doctor has done more for breast cancer treatments, breast health prevention and screening than any other doctor in the U.S. For more information on Dr. Hobbins and our groundbreaking thermographic research, read our book, Breast Cancer Boot Camp - Dr. Hobbins's Breast Thermography Revolution. It will help you understand how to dramatically reduce your risk of breast cancer. Or read the blog: Father of Early Detection
My partner is Martin Bales, whom you may have seen on the popular documentary, Truth About Cancer. He is son to Maurice Bales, the inventor of the first digital infrared camera and, more importantly, the first camera to be FDA approved for breast thermography in 1982.When you see that little fact, that was the Tip Bales Camera! We are truly pioneers. Most cameras are FDA approved for skin temperature variation, which you will see is a big difference.
Finally, I am Wendy Sellens, DAOM, a Chinese medical doctor, one of the leading breast thermography researchers and interpreters, author of seven books including “Breast Thermography Revolution” and protégé to William Hobbins, M.D., himself.
We are the pioneers in breast thermography interpretation and equipment.
Together we founded the WABT because the academies mentioned above and others are no longer meeting the minimum standard requirements. WABT has the strictest standards in the U.S. to ensure all patients receive the highest level of care. Dr. Hobbins and I also founded the non-profit The Pink Bow - Breast Thermography Research and Education. The Pink Bow is focused on early screening with thermography and breast cancer prevention with the estrogen-free® lifestyle. We believe we should “celebrate the women, not the cancer.”
- Breast thermography monitors the blood vessels
Cancers tend to form specific vascular patterns, called Major and Minor Signs, and thermography monitors for these specific “at-risk” or abnormal patterns in the breasts. Thermography monitors for atypical or abnormal vascualrity (stimulation of the existing blood vessels), and for neoangiogenesis (new blood vessel growth), which may cause a cancer to become invasive. Diseases are usually unilateral, or located only on one side.
3. Thermography interpretation is done in reverse gray or black hot
Thermography monitors blood vessels, which are only visible in the reverse gray images. Color is ONLY used as a secondary interpretation.
Thermography can only measure the heat emitted from the skin, it cannot see inside or deep into the tissue, muscles, organs or bones. Thermography clinics doing full body thermography are ripping you off and trying to sell supplements for inflammation, digestive issues, or cleanses. Thermography is a superficial screening – it cannot diagnose digestive, coronary, uterus, or gallbladder disorders, or adrenal or chronic fatigue or any organ – kidney heart, lung, liver, spleen – issues.
Thermography is excellent at pain diagnosis as muscles have referral patterns on the skin that thermography can monitor.
4. Breast thermography is NOT diagnostic and does NOT replace a mammogram
Breast thermography was FDA approved as an adjunct to mammography in 1982.
Thermography can only measure the skin temperature, it is NOT diagnostic and does NOT replace a mammogram. Thermography is not “better” than mammography, it is different; comparing thermography to mammography is like comparing apples to oranges.
Thermography is a screening that monitors the blood vessels which could possibly be stimulating a disease. Breast thermography is a superficial screening, one that has the incredible ability to detect small changes in the breasts quickly and to alert a patient to a potential issue before it may become a disease. The minute vascular structures, which may possibly be stimulating a disease or tumor, may emit more heat than normal blood vessels, possibly making them detectable with a high resolution, highly-sensitive infrared camera. Thermography does not detect breast cancer, it screens for it by monitoring the blood vessels that may possibly be feeding it.
Mammography uses X-rays to differentiate normal tissue from physical tumors and other breast abnormalities based on their densities. Mammography can see inside or deeper in the breasts, which makes it diagnostic. However, it cannot usually detect small changes and is not early detection. In many cases it detects tumors that are already of significant size (>1cm in most cases). If you have a positive mammogram, you probably have a disease.
All breast imaging complements each other when needed. This is the order breast cancer screening should proceed. If you get an abnormal or inconclusive screening, start moving up the scale.
Thermography
Ultrasound
Mammogram
MRI with gadolinium contrast
Biopsy
Why are these in this particular order? It’s easy: Breast thermography signals, ultrasound confirms, mammography locates, and biopsy establishes diagnosis.
5. Thermography is safe, non-radiation, ideal for pregnant women
The infrared camera used in thermography does not emit radiation and is biologically safe. Since no radiation is involved with this screening procedure pregnant women or nursing mothers may use this imaging without any harm to fetus or infant.
6. Fibroids, scars and implants are cold and cannot been seen in a thermogram.
7. Breast thermography is ideal for dense breasts and implants
While women are still menstruating their breasts are dense due to estrogen stimulation – this is why mammography is only 48 percent accurate for women age 40–50. After menopause the breasts are no longer stimulated from estrogen and will mature or soften, and this is when a mammogram is more accurate. From age 50–60 a mammogram is 68 percent accurate, and for those aged 60+ it is 88 percent accurate.
When thermography is used, there is no contact between the machine and you – which makes it ideal for women with implants. Also, implants are cold and will not interfere with monitoring of the blood vessels.
- Breast thermography can begin in the early 20s
The breasts don’t finish developing until the age of 22, which makes that a wonderful time to begin breast health screening to establish a baseline, especially since cancers at a younger age or more aggressive. (Yes, it’s possible to get breast cancer in your 20s.) We recommend getting a thermogram in your early 20s, and then if deemed “normal,” following up every three years. From the ages of 30 to 40, thermograms should be done every two years, and then annually after the age of 40, in conjunction with an ultrasound, which is another biologically safe test.
The risk of breast cancer increases to 1 in 219 women after the age of 40. These two imaging modalities complement each other well and together reduce oversight or risk, especially with high-risk women. If a qualified breast thermography clinic is not available at this time in your area, I strongly recommend an ultrasound and to pass on the amateur thermogram.
- Thermography cannot detect if a tumor is malignant or benign
All diseases, including begin or malignant tumors and breast infections (mastitis), look the same in a thermogram because some benign masses and/or infections may have vascular stimulation. This is why thermography is only a screening; it cannot tell the difference, it can only monitor the vascular structures.
What thermograpy can do is alert you to a problem so you can get further testing done, if necessary.
10. Thermography is NOT covered by most insurance companies
Thanks to insurance fraud committed by a few thermography clinics in the 1980s and 1990s, insurance companies dropped thermography as a covered procedure in 1994. Medicare does not cover thermography, either. There are supplemental insurance companies, like Aflac or private insurance, that will cover a portion of the cost. I’ve had a few breast cancer survivors report back to me that their insurance company will cover the cost due to medical history. It never hurts to try. You can use your flex spending account and health savings account to pay the costs, as well – but each flex and HSA program is different, too, so be sure to check with your program administrator.
11. A physician's referral is NOT needed for breast thermography
12. Did you know thermography is an incredible tool at monitoring your hormones - estrogen and progesterone? (Not FDA approved).
Normal vascularity can be seen during pregnancy and nursing. Hormonally balanced women will have NO vascularity as the blood vessels are NOT being stimulated. Unilateral patterns are abnormal and usually evidence of a disease or possibly, a benign tumor.
Bilateral hypervascular thermograms, in women who are not pregnant, are usually atypical and are usually evidence of an endocrine imbalance due to excess stimulation. As we show in our book, from 50 years of thermographic research, chronic stimulation, from all forms of estrogen, may influence neoangiogenesis.
Eighty percent of breast cancers are influenced or “fed” by estrogen. Estrogen doesn't cause breast cancer, it stimulates it. Our thermographic research is demonstrating that all phytoestrogens, plant estrogens, stimulate the estrogen receptors because they are bio-identical. Bio-identical does not mean "safe'' or "natural," it means similar chemical structure. Birth control pills and hormone replacement therapy are bio-identical. Dr. Hobbins was one of the first doctors in the 1980s to warn women about the risk of breast cancer due to soy, a phytoestrogen, from abnormal thermograms.
If a plant estrogen can occupy a receptor it is stimulating that receptor, NOT blocking it from other bio-identical estrogens. In fact, scientists have discovered that synthetic estrogens, which are also bio-identical, can produce more binding sites! (Please refer to chapter 6 of our book for more information). If a plant estrogen cannot occupy a receptor then it is NOT affecting that receptor. This is how many studies are manipulated. For example, a flax study was conducted on rat colons and claimed flax was beneficial. But herein lies the problem: There are no receptors for estrogen in the colon. (Please refer to chapter 5 of our book for more information).
Thermograms can monitor for an endocrine imbalance. Breast thermography research is demonstrating that most women are progesterone deficient, not estrogen deficient. Eighty percent of breast cancers are fed from estrogen, so if women were actually estrogen deficient then breast cancer would be significantly lower and not increasing.
Progesterone deficiency in thermography is graded on a scale:
Mild progesterone deficiency grade 1 (relative) – Bilateral symmetrical hypervascular pattern on top halves of breasts.
Moderate progesterone deficiency grade 2 (relative) – Bilateral symmetrical hypervascular pattern top half of breast to nipples.
Severe progesterone deficiency grade 3 (relative) – Bilateral symmetrical hypervascular pattern below nipples.
If there is an endocrine imbalance – and not a disease – the use of bio-identical progesterone creams (sublingual and pills are ineffective) usually decreases bilateral vascularity and breasts return to a non-vascular state.
For more information read this blog: The Complete Guide to Progesterone ~ All the Do's and Don'ts.
Symptoms of excess estrogen should also decrease. Signs and symptoms of excess estrogen are usually PMS, weight gain, hair loss, irritability, insomnia, anxiety, breast pain, cramps, headaches, fibrocystic breast, and experiencing symptoms of menopause including hot flashes and night sweats. Severe risks of excess estrogen are infertility, thyroid issues, stoke, seizures, miscarriage, and breast and uterine cancer.
Thermography clinicians who are recommending estrogen supplementation do not understand the basic fundamentals of thermography. Estrogen supplementation includes HRTs, bio-identical estrogen, flax, soy, red clover, black cohosh, primrose, estradiol, estriol, patches, pellets, and more. See our book for a more complete list of these kinds of supplements.
Below are the minimum standard requirements for a breast thermogram. If your clinic is not meeting these guidelines do not get a thermogram!
Find a qualified breast thermography clinic near you: http://womensacademyofbreastthermography.com/html/contact.html
13. Thermographic score, TH, of each breast and is determined by asymmetries in the breasts from temperature differences (delta T)
TH-1 Non-Vascular - Normal
TH-2 Vascular Uniform (Potential risk for post-menopausal women)
TH-3 Equivocal
TH-4 Abnormal
TH-5 Severely Abnormal
Many thermography academies are trying to say a TH score isn’t relevant since thermography isn’t diagnostic. Then why would you be there? How the heck would you assess the breasts? Good or bad? That is unacceptable. You can’t say abnormal or normal because without a baseline, how do you know what “normal” is? What were the factors involved to determine the health of a breast? It would involve assigning a type of score. Medical imaging requires an accepted scoring system to determine health. Mammograms use the accepted BRAID system which is 1-6. A TH score does not make thermography diagnostic, it’s a tool to analyze the breast and determine if that breast is abnormal or normal, which would require further study if needed.
14. Interpretation is required in black hot or reverse gray images with color being secondary
Blood vessels are only visible in reverse gray; cancers tend to form certain patterns referred to as Major and Minor signs, therefore requiring it to be mandatory.
15. Major and Minor Signs
Asymmetries are also determined by Major and Minor Signs or a hyperthermia; any hyperthermia noted in breast must have accompanying Major or Minor sign if applicable.15. Delta T measurements must be recorded
16. Delta T measurements must be recorded
1.0º C or higher at nipple
1.0º C or higher with finding
1.5º C or higher at periareolar
1.5º C or higher global heat
2.0º C or higher in isolated area (Major or Minor sign)
2.5º C or higher with finding in unilateral breast – mastectomy
3.0 º C or higher in unilateral breast – mastectomy
Nipplar delta T must be recorded if outside normal limits; 83 percent of all cancers present with a "hot" nipple.
17. Proper room and patient preparation
Room temperature kept at or below 68 - 72 degrees.
A cold stress challenge or also called a sympathetic stress test, application of ice or ice pack is strongly recommended, applied to forehead or back. Cold stress challenge is not required for a first-time thermogram, but it is always required for a repeat thermographic score of TH-3, TH-4, and TH-5.
The patient must be undressed from waist up, no robe and/or gown, with hands above head at all times.
Some companies are trying to make a technician obsolete. The technician is trained to ensure that the patient and the room are properly prepared and that the images are captured correctly. For one example, many patients touch themselves while being imaged and require a second cold stress challenge. Would you perform your own mammogram or ultrasound? No! Why would an amateur thermologist want you to perform your own thermography? You are paying for a professional to assist you.
18. An infrared camera with an optical line resolution of 480 or higher
One of the reasons breast cancer is being missed in breast thermography reports is cheap cameras. Most thermography clinics are using cameras with an optical line of 120. The higher the optical line resolution the more detailed the breast image and therefore the greater possibility of earlier detection.
All thermography clinics are trained to tell you that their camera is the highest resolution. My partner’s father invented the first digital infrared camera in 1979 and it was the first camera FDA-approved for breast thermography in 1982 (most cameras are FDA-approved for skin temperature variation – big difference). His camera dominated the marketplace for 30 years and most infrared camera companies consult with him as he is the expert in infrared technology.
When researching local breast thermography clinics ask for the infrared camera’s make and model to search and confirm the optical line. If they don’t give you an answer, don’t give them your business.
19. Interpretation
The academies mentioned above and others only require interpreters to take a one-week course and review of 100 breast thermography reports. Radiologists study for years, why would you trust your breasts with anything less?
The WABT requires up to two years of review or 750 reports plus an additional 250 breast cancer reports or unilateral interpretation. This is what my partner and I achieved in order to become qualified breast thermography interpreters.
Below are reports from interpreters trained by camera companies or other thermography academies. The minimum standard requirements are not being met in these reports.
Reports were used with permission and signed consent, from the patients, in order to educate the public about the minimum standard requirements, which are derived from studies listed below in references.
Let’s reduce your stress and do a quick review…
Avoid these clinics
*Camera optical line less than 480. Many clinics are now stating false optical line, ask for make and model to research on line for true measurements.
*No reverse gray images.
*Reverse gray images with NO specific comments, mention of Major or Minor patterns or delta T measurements. Usually these clinics have a gradient scale at bottom of page combined with a TH score.
*No TH score (thermographic score) included for each breast.
*A point system score or full rating system. The TH score will have an actual score associated with it from 1-200 (Right Breast= 50 is TH 2). Thermographic studies have shown a 28 percent error rate with a scoring system.
*Interpretation done by a computer/software and may include a point scoring system. This was attempted in the 1970s and the million-dollar study found interpretation by computer/software had a 28 percent error rate. A radiologist interprets your mammogram, why would you accept less with thermography?
*No delta T measurements. Delta T is the temperature difference between nipples, periareola, global heat (entire breast) and specific vascular patterns. Prepare to be shocked! Most clinics and thermography academies aren’t following thermographic studies and are using incorrect delta T measurements which would result in too many false positives causing panic.
*Most thermography interpreters only take a weekend course followed by 100 reports for review. Your interpreter took a weekend course from an academy teaching thermography incorrectly! Most of these doctors are men and most are chiropractors who have no experience with the breasts. Radiologists spend years studying. Why do you trust your breasts to less with thermography? Look for an interpreter who studied under a qualified thermologist for two years.
*Clinics using incorrect terms: These are not correct medical terms used by highly trained thermologists.
"inflammation”
Mastitis is the only true inflammation of the breast and is very, very rare in the breast thermography. Because of the pain with this infection most women are already being treated by their doctor.
“tissue”
Breast thermography can’t monitor deep into the breast tissue
“congestion”
“stagnation”
“toxic build-up"
Breast thermography monitors for vascularity and neoangiogenesis which are the actual blood vessels, not what is inside of the blood vessels, circulation or the tissue, which is too deep.
*Require a mandatory 3 month follow up.
*No sympathetic or cold stress challenge.
*Placing hands in cold water.
*Using a robe for cool down.
*Selling supplements, especially, natural estrogen blockers, bio-identical estrogen, plant estrogens including flax, soy, black cohosh, red clover, breast health supplements, cleanses, etc.
*Clinics stating thermography is diagnostic or replaces mammography.
*Clinics stating thermography can determine if lumps are benign or malignant.
Congratulations! You have successfully completed THE breast thermography crash course. Now share this vital information with others and save a life.
#thebreastdoc Wendy Sellens DAOM WABT-BTI ~ THE No BS Breast Thermologist
Wendy Sellens is a Chinese medical doctor, breast thermologist, thermography and hormone researcher and protégé to William B. Hobbins M.D., one of the original mammography researchers, leading researcher in thermography and renowned breast surgeon. She is following her mentor’s pioneering spirit and is president of the consumer advocacy group the Women’s Academy of Breast Thermography, president of The Pink Bow Breast Thermography Research and Education non-profit, author of seven books including “Breast Thermography Revolution” and creator of the Estrogen Free® lifestyle to dramatically reduce risk of breast cancer and hormonal disorders in the entire family.
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*Medical Publications:
W.B. Hobbins, L. Aires, "Incarcerated Diaphramatic Hernia," Journal of International College of Surgeons, April, 1952.
A. Vaughn, W.B. Hobbins, "Spontaneous Pancreatic Abdominal Wall Fistula," Illinois Medical Journal, June, 1953.
W.B. Hobbins, "Thermography in General Surgery Practice," Proceedings, American Thermographic Society, AGA, 1973.
W.B. Hobbins, "What Is a Day of Life Worth?" RN Magazine, April, 1975.
W.B. Hobbins, "Mass Breast: Cancer Screening with Thermography," Applied Radiology, November-December, 1986.
W.B. Hobbins, "Experiences with Thermographic Breast Cancer Screening in the State of Wisconsin," Proceedings, Breast Disease in Gynecological and Medical Primary Care Practice, pp. 267-281, April, 1977.
W.B. Hobbins, "Thermography, Highest Risk Marker in Breast Cancer," Proceedings, Gynecological Society for the Study of Breast Disease, pp. 267-282; 59, 1977.
W.B. Hobbins, "Who Has Breast Cancer? Let’s Find Out," Clinical Medical, December, 1977.
W.B. Hobbins, "Mobile Mass Breast Cancer Screening; Thermography: Highest Risk Marker," Medical Thermography, European Press, Ghent, Belgium, pp. 61-67, 1978.
W.B. Hobbins, "Thermography and Pain," Medical Thermography, European Press, Ghent, Belgium, pp. 273-274, 1978.
W.B. Hobbins, "Thermography and Assessment of Breast Cancer," (letter), JAMA, 242:2761, 1979.
W.B. Hobbins, B.J. King, "Report of Thermographic Breast Biopsy Correlation," ACTA Thermographica, Vol. 5, No. 1, pp. 43-45, 1980.
W.B. Hobbins, "Comparison of Telethermography and Contact Thermography in Breast Thermal Examinations," ACTA Thermographica, Vol. 5, No. 1, pp. 51-53, 1980.
W.B. Hobbins, "Significance of an 'Isolated' Abnormal Colorgram," La Nouvelle Presse Medicale, Vol. 10, No. 38, pp. 3153- 3155, 1981.
W.B. Hobbins, "The Physiology of the Breast by Cholesteric Plate Analysis," in Gordon F. Schwartz and Douglas Marchant (eds), Breast Disease Diagnosis and Treatment, Elsevier/North-Holland, New York, pp. 87-98, 1981.
W.B. Hobbins, "A New Beginning for Thermography," RNM Images, pp. 43-45, October 1982.
W.B. Hobbins, "Thermography and Pain," in Michel Gautherie and Ernest Albert (eds), Biomedical Thermology, Alan R. Liss, Inc., New York, pp. 361-375, 1982.
W.B. Hobbins, "New Horizons in Thermography," Far East Health, January, 1983. W.B. Hobbins, "Thermography of the Breast Revisited - 1982," Modern Medicine of Canada, March, 1983.
W.B. Hobbins, "Thermography" (letter), CA, 372-376; 33, 1983. W.B. Hobbins, "The Combined Use of Thermography & Ultrasonography," in Jack Jellins and Toshiji Kobayashi (eds), Ultrasonic Examinations of the Breast, pp. 335-339, June, 1983.
W.B. Hobbins, "Thermography of the Breast - A Skin Organ," in Harry Rein (ed), The Primer on Thermography, pp. 37-48, July 1983.
W.B. Hobbins, "Thermography of the Breast - A Skin Organ," in Gautherie, et al., Thermal Assessment of Breast Health, MTP Press, Ltd. Lancaster, England, pp. 37-48, July, 1984.
Medical Presentations:
International College of Surgeons Meeting - Cleveland, Ohio - 1951 Incarcerated Diaphramatic Hernia
Wisconsin Surgical Society - Milwaukee, Wisconsin - 1955 Fibrosarcoma of Duodenum
Wisconsin Surgical Society - Land of Lake, Wisconsin - 1958 Total Gastric Resection for Carcinoma
Wisconsin Surgical Society - Milwaukee, Wisconsin - 1969 Five Years Practical Experience with Mammography
Wisconsin Surgical Society - Door County, Wisconsin - 1971 Seven Years Mammography for Early Breast Cancer Detection
11th Annual Early Breast Cancer Detection - San Diego, California - 1971 Severn Years Mammography for Early Breast Cancer Detection
Non-Mutilating Treatment for Breast Cancer - Strasbourg, France - 1972 Seven Years Mammography for Early Breast Cancer Detection
American College of Surgeons Meeting - Chicago, Illinois - 1973 Why Take A Spiritual History?
American Thermographic Society - New York, New York - 1973 Thermography in General Surgical Practice
First European Thermographic Society Meeting - Amsterdam, Netherlands - 1974 1100 Women in 52 Hours Breast Screening Thermography in General Surgical Practice
American Thermographic Society - Chicago, Illinois - 1974 1100 Women in 52 Hours Breast Screening
American College of Surgeons - Miami, Florida - 1975 What is a Day of Life Worth
Wisconsin Surgical Society - Milwaukee, Wisconsin - 1975 JeJunal Illeal By-Pass for Massive Obesity
American Thermographic Society - Atlanta, Georgia - 1975 Mass Breast Cancer Screening with Thermography - 25,000 Cases
Wisconsin Surgical Society - Telemark, Wisconsin - 1975 Mass Breast Cancer Screening with Thermography - 25,000 Cases
American College of Surgeons - San Francisco, California - 1975 Caring for Patient and Incidentally His Disease
3rd International Symposium on Detection of Prevention of Cancer - New York, New York - 1976 Mass Mobile Breast Cancer Screening with Thermography
American Thermographic Society - Washington, D.C. - 1976 Thermography and Pain Thermography: Highest Risk Marker in Breast Cancer
The Third International Congress for Prevention and Detection of Cancer - New York, New York - May, 1976 Thermography: Highest Risk Marker in Breast Cancer T
he Canadian Thermographic Society Annual Meeting - Montreal, Quebec, Canada - 1976 Thermography: Highest Risk Marker
The Second Annual Mid-American Breast Cancer Symposium - Madison, Wisconsin - 1976 Thermography: Highest Risk Marker
American Thermographic Society - Boston, Massachusetts - 1977 Thermal Signal in Breast Disease - Sympathetic Nervous Influence
Gynecological Society for Study of Breast Diseases - Washington, D.C. - 1977 Thermography: Highest Risk Marker
American Thermographic Society - Boston, Massachusetts - 1978 Thermography: Highest Risk Marker
European Thermographic Society - Barcelona, Spain - 1978 Comparison of Telethermography and Cholesteric Plate Thermography in Breast Thermal Examinations
American Thermographic Society - Toronto, Ontario, Canada - 1979 Comparison of Telethermography and Cholesteric Plate Thermography in Breast Thermal Examinations
Canadian Thermographic Society - Toronto, Ontario, Canada - 1979 Thermography and Pain
Society for Study of Breast Disease - Boston, Massachusetts - 1979 Comparison of Telethermography and Cholesteric Plate Thermography in Breast Thermal Examinations
Society for Study of Breast Disease - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - 1980 The Physiology of the Breast by Cholesteric Plate Analysis
Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation - San Francisco, California - 1980 The Physiology of the Breast by Cholesteric Plate Analysis
French Thermographic Society - Lyon, France - 1980 - Guest Lecturer Thermography: Highest Risk Marker for Breast Cancer
4th International Symposium in Detection and Prevention of Cancer - London, England - 1980 The Physiology of the Breast by Cholesteric Plate Analysis
International Symposium Biomedical Thermology - Strasbourg, France - June, 1981 - Invited Lecturer Thermography and Pain
Hungarian Medical Society - Sarasota, Florida - October, 1981 Significance of an Isolated Abnormal Colorgram
American College of Radiology - New Orleans, Louisiana - March, 1982 - Participant 20th National Conference on Breast Cancer
Third International Congress of Thermology - Bath, England - March, 1982 Differential Diagnosis of Pain From Thermography
Christian Medical Society - Dallas, Texas - May, 1982 Participant in the House of Delegates Meeting
American Thermographic Society - Washington, D.C. - May, 1982 Significance of an "Isolated" Abnormal Cologram Thermography and Pain
Alternatives to Mastectomy: 1982 - Cambridge, Massachusetts - May, 1982 - Participant
Thermography in Neuromusculoskeletal Disorders - Glen Cove, New York - October, 1982 Trauma and Pain: Evaluation of Thermogram
Hungarian Medical Association of America - Sarasota, Florida - October, 1982 Thermography of Pain and Trauma
American Pain Society - Miami, Florida - October, 1982 - Workshop Participant Anatomy and Physiology of Thermography
Symposium on Benign Disorders of the Breast - Rochester, New York - November, 1982 Thermographic Screening in the Gynecologist's Office
Thermography in Neuromusculoskeletal Disorders - Glen Cove, New York - January, 1983 Trauma and Pain: Evaluation of Thermogram
Fourth Symposium on Thermogrammatry - Budapest, Hungary - March, 1983 Significance of an "Isolated" Abnormal Colorgram Differential Diagnosis of Pain From Thermography
Thermography in Neuromusculoskeletal Disorders - Glen Cove, New York - May, 1983 Trauma and Pain: Evaluation of the Thermogram
Third International Congress on the Ultrasonic Examination of the Breast - Tokyo, Japan - June, 1983 Thermography & Ultrasonography
International Conference on Thermal Assessment of Breast Health - Washington, D.C. - July, 1983 Analysis of Thermal Class Th V Examinations in 37,050 Thermograms Breast Physiopathological Conditions by Thermography Thermography & Ultrasonography
4th International Symposium on Bioengineering and The Skin - Besancon, France - August - September, 1983 Breast Thermography - Skin Microcirculation
Thermography in Neuromusculoskeletal Disorders - Glen Cove, New York - October, 1983
Trauma and Pain: Evaluation of Thermogram
American Academy of Thermology - The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine - October, 1983 Thermography and Pain Update 1983 Analysis of Thermal Class Th V Examinations in 37,050 Thermograms Sympathetics & Galvanic Resistance as a Gateway to Thermography - Salutory Address to Curt P. Richter, Ph.D.
Thermography in Neuromusculoskeletal Disorders - Vero Beach, Florida - January, 1984 Trauma and Pain: Evaluation of Thermogram
Thermography: An Untapped Trial Tool - Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association; Trial Advocacy of Pennsylvania - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - January, 1984 Basic Anatomy & Physiology
American Chiropractic Thermographic Society, Inc. - New Orleans, Louisiana - February, 1984 Anatomy of the Nervous Control of the Microcirculation Classification of Pain
Thermography in Neuromusculoskeletal Disorders - Baylor College - Houston, Texas - March 31 - April 1, 1984 Trauma and Pain: Evaluation of Thermogram
Argentinean Society of Mastology - Buenos Aires, Argentina - April, 1984 Thermography of the Breast 1984
Chilean Thermography Society - Santiago, Chile - April, 1984 Thermography of the Breast
1984
International Thermographic Society - Atlanta, Georgia - May, 1984 Anatomy of the Nervous Control of Microcirculation Classification of Pain
Japanese Thermographic Society - Tokyo, Japan - June, 1984 - Invited Speaker - President address Thermography and Pain Update 1984
Korean Scientific Trade Meeting - U.S. Embassy, Seoul, Korea - June, 1984 - Invited Speaker
Thermography in Chiropractic Evaluation and Practice - Northwestern College of Chiropractic, Bloomington, Minnesota - June 23-24, 1984 Neuromusculoskeletal Thermography
Thermography in Neuromusculoskeletal Disorders - Glen Cove, New York - September 15-16, 1984 Trauma and Pain: Evaluation of Thermograms
Brooklyn Bar Association, "Handling Auto Accidents" - Brooklyn, New York - March 4, 1985 Thermography - Demonstrating Pain
Texas Society of Radiologic Technologists Annual Meeting - Dallas, Texas - March 21, 1985 Thermography in Neuromusculoskeletal Problems
American Academy of Thermology 14th Annual Meeting - Crystal City, Virginia - May 29-June 2, 1985 Analysis of Thermal Class Th 5 Examinations in 37,050 Thermograms; Part II: Significance of Factors Neuromusculoskeletal Examinations: Indications, Results, Significance in 3150 Examinations
Flexi-Therm Training Program - London, England - June 17-19, 1985 Neuromusculoskeletal System Breast Thermography
Japanese Thermographic Society - Tokyo, Japan - June, 1985 - Invited Speaker - Liquid Crystal Thermography Orientation
Nippon Medical School Daiichi Hospital - Tokyo, Japan - June, 1985 Differential Diagnosis of Pain Breast Cancer and Thermography
Catholic Medical College and Center - Seoul, Korea - June, 1985 Differential Diagnosis of Pain Breast Cancer and Thermography
Head and Neck Challenge '85 - Milwaukee, Wisconsin - October 10, 1985 Does Thermography Review Additional Information in Head and Neck Disease?
Breast Diseases IVth International Congress on Senology - Paris, France - September 1-4, 1986 Double-Blind Study of Effectiveness Transcutaneous Progesterone in Fibrocystic Breast Conditions Monitored by Thermography
Second Annual Meeting of Academy of Neuro-Muscular Thermography - Orlando, Florida - September 26-28, 1986 Common Technical and Interpretive Problems with Tele-electronic and Liquid Crystal Contact Thermography
American Pain Society Sixth General Meeting - Washington, D.C. - November, 1986 Thermographic Significance in a Pain Center (Poster Presentation)
American Academy of Thermology 16th Annual Meeting - Minneapolis, Minnesota - June 26-28, 1987 Thermographic Recording of Cutaneous Blood Flow During Exercise and Cool Down (Poster Presentation)
Fifth World Congress on Pain (International Association for the Study of Pain), Congress Centrum - Hamburg, Germany - August 2-7, 1987 - Chairman of the luncheon session Thermography in Peripheral Neuropathy Differential Diagnosis of Somatic Pain by Thermography Thermographic Neuromusculoskeletal Examinations: Significance in 600 Consecutive Exams
Medical Exhibits: Brest Cancer Screening with Mammography Wisconsin Medical Society Meeting - Milwaukee, Wisconsin Special Award Breast Cancer Screening with Mammography Wisconsin Medical Society Meeting - Milwaukee, Wisconsin - 1971 Thermographic Breast Cancer Screening Wisconsin Medical Society Meeting - Milwaukee, Wisconsin - 1972 Mass Mobile Breast Cancer Screening with Thermography American College of Surgeons - San Francisco, California - 1975 Mass Mobile Breast Cancer Screening with Thermography American Medical Association Meeting - Dallas, Texas - 1976 Importance of Breast Thermography 21st National Conference on Breast Cancer (sponsored by the American College of Radiology) - Honolulu, Hawaii - March, 1984 Differential Diagnosis of Pain by Thermography Thermal Image Analysis Laboratory, Thermal Image Analysis and Flexi-Therm, Inc. sponsored seminars: Chicago, Illinois - November 1984; Houston, Texas - February, 1985; San Francisco, California - March, 1985; New York, New York - June, 1985; Atlanta, Georgia - September, 1985; Chicago, Illinois - November, 1985; Lake Buena Vista, Florida, February, 1986; Acapulco, Mexico - March, 1986; San Francisco, California - June, 1986; Chicago, Illinois - October, 1986; Washington, D.C. - January, 1987; New Orleans, Louisiana - March, 1987; San Diego, California - June, 1987
Symposiums and Seminars: Organizer and Program Chairman - First Annual Mid-American Breast Cancer Symposium - Madison, Wisconsin - 1975 Organizer and Program Chairman - Second Annual Mid-American Breast Cancer Symposium - Madison, Wisconsin - 1976 Program Chairman - American Thermographic Society, Toronto, Canada March, 1979 Workshop Participant - Macro - and Microscopic Modeling of Health and Mass Transfer in Biological Systems - University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - April, 1983 Invited Participant - Early Breast Cancer Detection Seminar - Houston, Texas - May, 1983 Invited Participant - NCI - Breast Cancer Task Force Meeting - Bethesda, Maryland - September, 1983 Invited Participant - Hospital Program - Breast Thermography 1983 - San Angelo, Texas - November, 1983 Invited Participant - Comprehensive Symposium on Breast Disease - Bowman Gray School of Medicine, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina - December, 1983 Invited Participant - 21st National Conference on Breast Cancer sponsored by the American College of Radiology - Honolulu, Hawaii - March, 1984 Participant - International Thermographic Society, Second Annual Symposium - Chicago, Illinois - July 28-29, 1984 Participant - IVth World Congress on Pain - Seattle, Washington - August 31 - September 5, 1984 Invited Participant - Third Comprehensive Symposium on Breast Diseases - Bowman Gray School of Medicine, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina - December 6-8, 1984 Participant - First Annual Meeting of Academy of Neuro-Muscular Thermography - Dallas, Texas - May 5-7, 1985 Seminar Chairman - "Breast Anatomy and Physiology by Thermography" Dallas, TX - October, 1979; Chicago, IL - November, 1979; Madison, WI - January, 1980; Chicago, IL - March, 1980; Washington, D.C. - May, 1980; Boston, MA - June, 1980; San Diego, CA - August, 1980; Tampa, FL - October, 1980 Invited Speaker - 11th Scientific Meeting of the Midwest Pain Society; "Controversies in Contemporary Pain Management"; Milwaukee, Wisconsin - May 8-9, 1987; "Thermography - An Effective Tool in Diagnosis of Pain" Participant - 3rd Annual Academy of Neuro-Muscular Thermography Meeting - San Francisco, California - September 18-20, 1987 for Dr. Wexler. Participant - 19th Annual Hungarian Medical Association of America Meeting - Sarasota, Florida - October 25-30, 1987 Participant - The 2nd Annual International Conference of Neuropathic and Musculoskeletal Pain - November 4-6, 1987 - Valley Stream, New York Speaker - Scientific and Technical Conference - Tampa, Florida - May 6-7, 1989 - Dr. Rockley Participant - First International Symposium on Myofascial Pain and Fibromyalgia - Minneapolis, Minnesota - May 8-10, 1989 Speaker - 18th Annual American Academy of Thermology, "United for Progress" - Washington, D.C. - May 18-21, 1989 Participant - Sixth Annual Pain Symposium - Lubbock, Texas - June 3-4, 1989 - Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center Speaker - Thermography Series Seminar - Plano, Texas - August 4-5, 1989 - Physicians Academy Invited Speaker - American Chiropractic Thermographic Society "Basic Neurophysiology of Thermography" - Orlando, Florida - August 11-13, 1989 Speaker - Scientific and Technical Conference - Tampa, Florida - August 13, 1989 - Dr. Graham Rockley Speaker - RSDS Informational Meeting - Madison, Wisconsin - September 13, 1989 Participant - American Academy of Neuromusculoskeletal Thermography - Orlando, Florida - September 20-24, 1989 Participant - American Pain Meeting - Phoenix, Arizona - October 25-28, 1989 Seminar Chairman - American Herschel Society - Phoenix, Arizona - October 27, 1989 Participant - Hungarian Medical Association of America Meeting - Sarasota, Florida - October 29 - November 3, 1989 Co-Chairman - Inter Pacific Ventures, Ltd. - Los Angeles, California - November 26, 1989 Co-Chairman - Inter Pacific Ventures, Ltd. - Los Angeles, California - January 21, 1990 Participant - International Pain Control Conference - Cancun, Mexico - February 13-17, 1990 Speaker - Southeastern Neurosciences Conference - "Pain: It's Autonomic Correlates - The Role of Thermography" - San Francisco, California - March 2-4, 1990 Invited Speaker - American Chiropractic Thermographic Society & International Academy of Clinical Thermography Joint Meeting - Orlando, Florida - March 10-11, 1990 Speaker - 6th World Congress of Pain - Adelaide, Australia - April 1-6, 1990 Participant - American Academy of Thermology Annual Meeting - New York, New York - May 11-13, 1990 Speaker - 7th Annual Pain Symposium - Lubbock, Texas - June 2-3, 1990 - Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center Speaker - Cleveland Chiropractic Clinic - Los Angeles, California - June 9-10, 1990 Co-Chairman - Inter Pacific Ventures, Ltd. - Los Angeles, California - July 1, 1990 Speaker - Thermography Series Seminar - Plano, Texas - August 10-12, 1990 - Physicians Academy Speaker - Southeastern Neurosciences Seminar "Thermography for Healthcare Professionals" - Jacksonville, Florida - August 17-19, 1990 Co-Chairman - Inter Pacific Ventures, Ltd. - Los Angeles, California - August 20, 1990 Invited Speaker - International Thermographic Society - Orlando, Florida - October 13-14, 1990 Invited Speaker - International Academy of Clinical Thermography - Las Vegas, NV - October 19-21, 1990 Participant - American Pain Society - St. Louis, Missouri - October 25-28, 1990 Speaker - Hungarian Medical Association of America Meeting - Sarasota, Florida - October 28 - November 2, 1990
Customized Thermography Seminars: Advanced Breast Thermography - Madison, Wisconsin - January 17, 1984 - Dr. Martin Baer Thermography and the Breast - Shreveport, Louisiana, CDP Foundation - February 6, 1984 - Dr. James Phillips Flexi-Therm Equipment In-Service - Mayfield Heights, Ohio - February 23, 1984 - Dr. Ronald Ross Advanced Breast Thermography - Madison, Wisconsin - February 28, 1984 - Dr. Hugh Mullin and Dr. Thomas Sanford Advanced Neuromusculoskeletal Thermography - Madison, Wisconsin - May 1, 1984 - Don Olsen and Luther Klotch Advanced Neuromusculoskeletal Thermography - Madison, Wisconsin - May 29, 1984 - Mark Leszczyneki, R.T. Neuromusculoskeletal Thermography Workshop - Tampa, Florida - July 7, 1984 - Dr. Arthur Pasach, et al. Advanced Neuromusculoskeletal Thermography - Fresno, California - July 25, 1984 - Thermal Diagnostic Laboratories Advanced Breast Thermography - Las Vegas, Nevada - July 26, 1984 Advanced Neuromusculoskeletal Thermography - Madison, Wisconsin - August 28, 1984 - Dr. Richard Esenberg and Dr. Toby Watkinson Basic Neuromusculoskeletal Thermography - Dallas, Texas - July 18-19, 1986 – Physician’s Academy (Dr. William Kelly) Technician Training Madison, Wisconsin - July 24, 1986 - Henry Press, D.C. Advanced Neuromusculoskeletal Thermography - Madison, Wisconsin - July 25, 1986 - Henry Press, D.C. Advanced Breast Thermography - Madison, Wisconsin - August 1, 1986 - Dr. Jay Appurao Neuromusculoskeletal Thermography Seminar - Sundance, Wyoming - August 14, 1986 - Dr. David McAfee Group California Thermographic Society - Los Angeles, California - November 15-16, 1986 - Annual Symposium Neuromusculoskeletal Thermography - Miami, Florida - November 22-23, 1986 - Ramon de Guzman, Flexi-Therm Rep. Technician Training - Madison, Wisconsin - December 4, 1986 - Joyce Hertel Advanced Neuromusculoskeletal Thermography - Madison, Wisconsin - December 5, 1986 - Dr. Harold Farris and Dr. David Conger Advanced Nefuromusculoskeletal Thermography - Madison, Wisconsin - January 16, 1987 - Dr. Michael Courtney and Dr. Reza Azar Technician Training Madison, Wisconsin - January 29, 1987 - Yvonne Klatt-Barsano Advanced Neuromusculoskeletal Thermography - Madison, Wisconsin - April 10, 1987 - Dr. Yongil Kim Technician Training - Madison, Wisconsin - April 16, 1987 - Donald Bagnall Basic Neuromusculoskeletal Thermography - Los Angeles, California - April 25-26, 1987 - Dr. Stephen Robert’s Group Neuromusculoskeletal Thermography Interpretation - Macon, Georgia - May 16-17, 1987 - Pain Evaluation Center (Dr. Sam Mandel's Group) Breast Thermography Seminar- Madison, Wisconsin - May 22, 1987 - Dr. Ross Stockwell Technician Training - Madison, Wisconsin - July 2, 1987 - Med/Law Labs: Patricia McMahon and Karen Palm Basic Neuromusculoskeletal Thermography - Dallas, Texas - July 10-11, 1987 - Physician's Academy (Dr. William Kelley) Basic Neuromusculoskeletal Thermography - Chicago, Illinois - July 14, 1987 - Med/Law Labs Advanced Neuromusculoskeletal Thermography - Madison, Wisconsin - July 17, 1987 - Zeynep Karasu, M.D. Advanced Neuromusculoskeletal Thermography - Madison, Wisconsin - August 28, 1987 - Deepika Bajaj, M.D. Basic Neuromusculoskeletal Thermography - Mt. Pleasant, Pennsylvania - September 16, 1987 - Frick Community Health Center Group Advanced Neuromusculoskeletal Thermography - Madison, Wisconsin - September 25, 1987 - Dr. Patrick M. Casey Technician Training - Madison, Wisconsin - October 22, 1987 - Ms. Angelita B. Nepomuceno Basic Neuromusculoskeletal Thermography - Houston, Texas - December 17-18, 1987 - Dr. P. Prithvi Raj Technician Training - Madison, Wisconsin - September 13, 1984 - Donna Dunlap Advanced Neuromusculoskeletal Thermography - Madison, Wisconsin - September 25, 1984 - Dr. Richard Huff and Dr. Steven Goff Differential Diagnosis of the Causes of Neuromasculoskeletal Thermography - San Francisco, California - September 29, 1984 - Pate Wahi and Associates Medical/Legal Thermography - Detroit Michigan - December 13, 1984 - Ford Motor Company Legal Counselor Staff Advanced Neuromusculoskeletal Thermography - Madison, Wisconsin - January 29, 1985 - Dr. Michael Grefer, Dr. Marvin Kidd, and Dr. Russ Johnson Basic Neuromusculoskeletal Thermography - Fort Myers, Florida - February 9, 1985 - Neurology Associates of Lee County Technician Training - Madison, Wisconsin - February 21, 1985 - Mary Gunn and Mary Dennis Technician Training - Madison, Wisconsin - April 18, 1985 - Darla Fletcher, Donald Dyle, M. Luther Kloth Technician Training - Madison, Wisconsin - May 2, 1985 - Donna Bachman Advanced Neuromusculoskeletal Thermography - Madison, Wisconsin - May 21, 1985 - Dr. John Rupolo Advanced Neuromusculoskeletal Thermography - Madison, Wisconsin - July 16, 1985 - Dr. Tal J. Park Technician Training - Madison, Wisconsin - July 18, 1985 - Jody CoBabe Technician Training - Madison, Wisconsin - December 12, 1985 - Sara Cser Advanced Neuromusculoskeletal Thermography - Madison, Wisconsin - December 6, 1985 - Dr. David Knapp, Dr. A. Robert Massam, Dr. Richard Gorski, Dr. Paul Flaggman, Dr. Fred J. Quatro Technician Training Madison, Wisconsin - March 21, 1986 - Two technicians from Dr. William Bauer’s Office Neuromusculoskeletal Thermography Seminar - Newark, New Jersey - April 5-6, 1986 - Thermographic Services of New Jersey (Dr. Schneider) Advanced Neuromusculoskeletal Thermography - Madison, Wisconsin - April 18, 1986 - Dr. Bruce Miller and Dr. Robert Friedman Technician Training - Madison, Wisconsin - April 18, 1986 - Two technicians from Dr. Friedman’s Office Neuromusculoskeletal Thermography Interpretation - Los Angeles, California - April 25-26, 1986 - Eleventh Avenue Medical Group (Elizabeth Moon) Basic Concepts and Indications for Neuromusculoskeletal Thermography - Farmington, Connecticut - May 9, 1986 - Orthopedic Surgery Department, University of Connecticut Health Center Technician Training - Madison, Wisconsin - June 26, 1986 - Lynn Stewart (Dr. Sam Mandel's Office) Basic Neuromusculoskeletal Thermography - New Stanton, Pennsylvania - February 13, 1988 - Requested by Robert Bodnar, Flexi-Therm Representative Advanced Neuromusculoskeletal Thermography - Madison, Wisconsin - May 27, 1988 - Dr. John Hague Basic Neuromusculoskeletal Thermography - Lubbock, Texas - July 8-10, 1988 – Physician’s Academy (Dr. William Kelly) Technician Training - Madison, Wisconsin - November 15, 1988 - Kelly M. Brady Technician Training - Madison, Wisconsin - November 29, 1988 - Debra Shipe and Brenda Webster Technician Training - Madison, Wisconsin - December 2, 1988 - Alice Samuel and Brenda Linsey Technician Training - Madison, Wisconsin - January 19, 1989 - Connie Shackleford Advanced Neuromusculoskeletal Thermography - Madison, Wisconsin - January 20, 1989 - Dr. Randy Moelter and Dr. Rachna Mehra Technician Training - Madison, Wisconsin - May 11, 1989 - Margaret Dieck Technician Training - Madison, Wisconsin - July 12, 1990 - Joan McDonough and Kain Ang Advanced Neuromusculoskeletal Thermography - Madison, Wisconsin - July 13, 1990 - Dr. Ying-Yang Tsai Specialized Training Seminar - Cleveland, Ohio - August 21-22, 1990 - Dr. Michael Stanton-Hicks and Staff - Cleveland Clinic Specialized Training Seminar - Cleveland, Ohio - August 23, 1990 - Dr. Patel and Staff Technician Training - Madison, Wisconsin - September 20, 1990 - Lynnette Roberston, Pamela Sockel and Robert Tomas Advanced Neuromusculoskeletal Thermography - Madison, Wisconsin - September 21, 1990 - Dr. John Ortolani, Dr. R. Arian, Dr. J.M. Baron and Robert Thomas
Medical Societies: Founder of Junior Member International College of Surgeons - 1951 Fellow of American College of Surgeons - 1953-1980 Fellow of International College of Surgeons - 1953 Cook County Hospital Alumni Association - 1961 Member - Wisconsin Chapter of American College of Surgeons - 1969 Founder, Karl Meyer Surgical Society - 1971 Christian Medical Society - 1972 American Thermographic Society - 1972 European Thermographic Society - 1972 International Health Evaluation Association - 1974 Club Francais De Telethermographie Clinique - 1976 International Society of Senology - 1976 Canadian Thermographic Society - 1976 International Thermology Society - 1979 New York Academy of Science - 1979 International Society for the Study of Pain - 1981 Liquid Crystal Contact Thermography Society of the Breast, Inc. - 1982 American Pain Society - 1982 Midwest Pain Society - 1982 Elected as alternate delegate - Christian Medical Society - 1982 Liquid Crystal Contact Thermography Society of the Spine & Extremities - 1983 Chilean Mastology Society - 1984 Latin America Thermography Society - 1984 Elected Honorary Fellow - American Academy of Thermology - 1984 Elected Honorary Member - Japanese Thermographic Society - 1985 Member - Academy of Neuro-Muscular Thermography - 1985 Member - American Back Society - 1986 Member - The American Society of Regional Anesthesia - 1987 Member-at-Large - American Academy of Thermology - 1988 President - American Herschel Society Member - American Academy of Pain Medicine
Medical Organizations: President - Dana County Chapter of American Cancer Society - 1962-1965 Chairman - Dane County Chapter of American Cancer Society - 1965-1968 Founder - MadisonGeneral Hospital, Medical-Surgical Foundation Secretary - 1959-1969 President - Madison Breast Cancer Detection Center - 1973 Founder & President - Wisconsin Breast Cancer Detection Foundation - 1976 Secretary/Treasurer - Karl A. Meyer Surgical Society - 1976 Director - Thermal Image Analysis, Inc. - 1979 Director - Madison Pain Diagnostic Clinic - 1980 Director - Liquid Crystal Contact Thermography Society of the Breast - 1982 Technical Consultant - California Thermographic Society - 1986 Board of Directors - American College of Thermography - 1989
Medical Consultant: Columbian National Cancer Institute - ongoing consultant for establishment of Mass Breast Cancer Screening Program, South America - 1978 Spectotherm - San Jose, California - 1972-1974 General Electric - Waukesha, Wisconsin - 1974-1974 Vectra Corporation - Dayton, Ohio - 1976-1982 Dorex Corporation - Orange, California - 1978-1984 American Thermal Instruments, Inc. - Dayton, Ohio - 1982 - present Flexi-Therm, Inc. - Westbury, New York - 1982 - present
Seminar Chairman - "Breast Anatomy and Physiology of Thermography": Washington, D.C. - January, 1981; Denver, CO - March, 1981; New York, NY - May, 1981; San Francisco, CA - July, 1981; Atlanta, GA - September, 1981; Dallas, TX - November, 1981; Los Angeles, CA - February, 1982; Washington, D.C. - April, 1982; Madison, WI - June, 1982; Washington, D.C. - October, 1982; Santa Monica, CA - November, 1982; Madison, WI - January, 1983; Madison, WI - April 1983; Madison, WI - September, 1983; Madison, WI - January, 1984; Madison, WI - March, 1984; Madison, WI - May, 1984; Madison, WI - July, 1984; Chicago, IL - November, 1984; Houston, TX - January, 1985; New York, NY - June, 1985; Atlanta, GA - September, 1985
Seminar Chairman - "TIA Neuromusculoskeletal, Medical/Legal and Technician Training Thermography Seminars": Chicago, IL - November 16-17, 1984; Houston, TX - February 1-2, 1985; San Francisco, CA - March 29-30, 1985; New York, NY - June 14-15, 1985; Atlanta, GA - September 20-21, 1985; Chicago, IL - November 22-23, 1985; Lake Buena Vista, FL - January 31 - February 1, 1986; Acapulco, Mexico - March 10-13, 1986; San Francisco, CA - June 7-8, 1986; Chicago, IL - October 11-12, 1986; Washington, D.C. - January 24-25, 1987; New Orleans, LA - March 14-15, 1987; San Diego, CA - June 6-7, 1987; Boston, MA - September 12-13, 1987; Fort Lauderdale, FL - November 14-15, 1987; San Francisco, CA - February 19-20, 1988; Dallas, TX - April 23-24, 1988; Chicago, IL - June 18-19, 1988; Chicago, IL - November 4-5, 1988; Houston, TX - January 28-29, 1989; Chicago, IL - April 8-9, 1989; Lubbock, TX - June 3, 1989; Madison, WI - August 26-27, 1989; Madison, WI - November 11-12, 1990; Atlanta, GA - January 27-28, 1990; Madison, WI - February 24-25, 1990; Tampa, FL - May 19-20, 1990; Lubbock, TX - June 1, 1990 Participant - International Society for Bioengineering and the Skin - San Francisco, California - August 29 - September 2, 1985 Participant - False Positives and False Negatives in Diagnosis Through Images, Third Congress on Mastology - Buenos Aires, Argentina, September 22-26, 1985 Participant - Fifth General Scientific Meeting of the American Pain Society, Dallas, Texas - October 18-20, 1985 Participant - 15th Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Thermology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland - June 12-15, 1986 Co-Chairman - Thermomedica '86, Fourth International Congress of the European Association of Thermology - Graz, Austria - September 10-13 1986 Speaker - "Thermal Measurement and Radiometry", September 11, 1986 Speaker - Second Albert Memorial Symposium - Greater Southeast Community Hospital, Washington, D.C. - September 17, 1986 Speaker - Thermography: A C