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RSNA'09 Financial Seminars

RSNA09 Financial Seminar

RSNA will present two informative and comprehensive investment education seminars that will be held in McCormick Place on Saturday, November 28 and Monday, November 30, 2009, at the RSNA Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting. These practical and unbiased courses will focus on providing you with the confidence and skills necessary to achieve your real estate and investment goals and plan a sound financial future.

Saturday Seminar:
Effective Real Estate Investment Strategies
Course #: PS11

J. Michael Moody, M.B.A.

1:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Saturday, November 28, 2009
McCormick Place

$179 (or register for both seminars #PS21 at $299)

Many experts believe we are entering an era of unprecedented opportunity in investment real estate. Are you prepared? No other investment offers the combined advantages of cash flow, appreciation and tax shelter. And, real estate pays steadier and higher cash returns than stocks. This fast-paced course reveals benefits as well as pitfalls of numerous real estate investments, strategies and vital issues.

Practical and unbiased, this interactive course profiles how to find, evaluate, finance, acquire and sell investment real estate. Whether one’s interest is passive low-involvement or hands-on-fully-involved, the goal is to provide guidelines for making informed investment decisions. Topics include:

  • Strategies for Maximizing Investment Returns and Property Value
  • Working With the Seller: Lender of the Future?
  • Why Real Estate Investors Pay Fewer Taxes
  • Home Mortgages: To Prepay or Not to Prepay
  • Advantages of Owning Your Own Office Building
  • Vacation Homes: Great Time to Buy?
  • REITs: Passive Ownership of Shopping Centers and Office Towers
4:30 pm - 6:30 pm
Monday, November 30, 2009
McCormick Place

$149 (or register for both seminars #PS21 at $299)

Monday Seminar:
Asset Protection and Retirement Planning in the New (Stimulus?) Era
Course #: PS01

Barry Rubenstein, B.S., J.D., L.L.M.

This presentation will provide critical new information and ideas on how to deal with your retirement plan and protect your assets from creditors. The recent economic crisis has spawned new legislation, problems and opportunities which directly affect your planning process and financial security. Included in this seminar are comprehensive illustrations and essential information to help physicians decide how to use asset protection techniques and effectively implement current retirement planning tools. Topics include:

  • Asset Protection in the New Economy
  • Understanding the New Rules for IRA and Retirement Plan Withdrawals
  • How the Proposed Income Tax Rules Affect Retirement Planning and Asset Protection
  • The New Federal Estate Tax Rules and How They Affect Retirement Planning
  • Life Insurance as the "Silver Bullet"
  • IRA Distribution Strategies, Including Roth IRA Conversions
  • The "Good News" about the Bad Economic News

Both of these educational courses are presented by National Tax & Investment Seminars (www.financial-healthcare.com) and include no sales pitches.

  • Each seminar comes with its own specific textbook.
  • These seminars do not qualify for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™.
  • Meals are not included.
  • You must be registered for the annual meeting in order to sign up for these seminars
Click here to register
or use the Registration and Housing Form 1 of the meeting brochure and sign up to attend courses PS01, PS11 or PS21.

For seminar questions, please contact the RSNA Education Center:
Ph: 800-381-6660 ext 7772
Email: ed-ctr@rsna.org


 

Click here 2009-2010 RSNA Advanced Course in Grant Writing

Four 2-day sessions
Fridays 8am-5pm and Saturdays 8am-3pm

  • Session I: October 16-17, 2009
  • Session II: January 29-30, 2010
  • Session III: March 19-20, 2010
  • Session IV: May 21-22, 2010

The Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) offers this grant writing course for faculty members of radiology, radiation oncology or nuclear medicine programs who have never been principal investigators on NIH or NSF-funded projects.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

The purpose of the Advanced Course in Grant Writing is to assist participants in developing a good-quality grant application capable of being submitted to a government or private funding entity.

Upon completing the Advanced Course in Grant Writing, participants will be able to:

  • Articulate the elements of a good grant proposal
  • Produce a good-quality study design, supported by a realistic and well-justified budget and a realistic timeline
  • Write a grant proposal for the intended audience, in compliance with grant instructions and demonstrating the mechanics and logic of good expository writing
  • Describe the components and psychology of the grant review process

Support from your Department Chair is required. Hotel accommodation and meals will be covered by RSNA. For more information and including full eligibility criteria go to RSNA.org/research/educational_courses.cfm

Application form and brochure are now available. Application deadline date:  July 31, 2009.

Contact: Fiona Miller 630-590-7741 or fmiller@rsna.org in the RSNA Department of Scientific Affairs

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