This course will be livestreamed on the 21st - 22th of October 2021 from Malmö, Sweden. The course will be delivered in English. The organising institution is Skåne University Hospital.
The course aims to give participants a theoretical basis for using ultrasound to detect endometriosis and adenomyosis and to determine the extent of the disease, to describe the ultrasound findings using standardized terminology, diagnose decidualization in endometriosis and counselling patients with endometriosis about their risk of malignancy.
Location: The course is web-based (Zoom) because of the pandemic. The participants can follow the course from home or any other place. A computer with camera, microphone and speaker is needed as well as well-functioning internet. Link, code and final program will be distributed before course start.
Faculty: Lil Valentin, Antonia Testa, Kristine Aas Eng, Mala Sibal, Axel Forman, Gernot Hudelist, Povilas Sladkevicius, Ligita Jokubkiene, Ladbans Kaur and Jörg Keckstein.
Program: Lectures, live scanning, case presentations. The course includes image optimization, scanning-technique, pelvic anatomy as seen with ultrasound (central, anterior, posterior and lateral compartment), ultrasound appearance of deep endometriosis in different sites (ovaries, uterus, utero-sacral ligaments, bowel, urinary bladder, abdominal wall, umbilicus, groin, ileo-caekal, nerves), Measurement technique, standardized terminology (IDEA), diagnosis of decidualization of endometriosis during pregnancy and malignization in endometriosis.
Aim: The course aims to give participants a theoretical basis for using ultrasound to detect endometriosis and adenomyosis and to determine the extent of the disease, to describe the ultrasound findings using standardized terminology, diagnose decidualization in endometriosis and counselling patients with endometriosis about their risk of malignancy
Course language: English
Internationally renowned speakers:
Major research interest: Obstetric and Gynecologic Ultrasound
More than 250 scientific publications
Invited speaker at more than 100 scientific meetings since 2005
Teacher at more than 100 national and international courses
Course organizer of more than 40 postgraduate courses in ultrasound
Editor of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology 2005 – 2011
Honorary officer of numerous scientific associations and committees
One of the founders of the International Ovarian Tumor Analysis (IOTA) and International
Endometrial Tumor Analysis (IETA) collaborations
Fellow ad eundum of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (UK)
Honorary Fellow of the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine (AIUM) 2022
Received the Ian Donald Gold Medal 2019. The Ian Donald Gold Medal is awarded once a year to an individual who has made outstanding scientific contribution to the advancement of diagnostic ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology and who has changed the way ultrasound is practiced through research or innovation.
Ligita Jokubkiene is an associate professor at Lund university, Sweden and senior consultant in obstetrics and gynecology at the Department of Obstetrics and gynecology, at Skane University Hospital Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology in Malmö, Swede. She has defended her thesis with the title ”Three-dimensional ultrasound studies of normal and abnormal ovaries” in 2012. Currently she is an active researcher leading several research projects with focus on ultrasound diagnostics in gynecology, particularly on endometriosis, pelvic floor birth-related injuries and pelvic pain. She is also participating in international multicenter studies lead by IOTAnstudying ovarian masses. Ligita Jokubkiene is supervising master and PhD students.
Ligita Jokubkiene organizes and leads national and international courses on ultrasound diagnostics from basic to advanced level. She has been an invited speaker at many international courses and congresses. Ligita Jokubkiene is a chair of Educational courses subcommittee at ISUOG (International Society of ultrasound in obstetrics and gynecology). She is also a chair of the Ultrasound reference group at Swedish Society of Obstetrics and gynecology in Sweden.
Ligita Jokubkiene is a chief supervisor of the medical Students at the Faculty of Medicine, Lund University.
Country: Sweden
Field: Gynecology; Obstetrics
Specialties: endometriosis, pelvic floor ultrasound; 3D & 4D ultrasound; gynecological ultrasound; gynecological oncology; early pregnancy;
Languages: English; Swedish;
ISUOG Trustee (2011-2019), AI Special Interest Group Chair
Dr Antonia Carla Testa studied medicine at the Catholic University in Rome. She did her residency in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology of the same university and specialized in Obstetrics and Gynecology. She obtained a Doctorate in fetal and pediatric cardiological sciences.
Since 1998 she worked in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the Catholic University in Rome. In 2004 she became an Assistant Professor in the same University. Since 1989 she has been involved in ultrasound research, at first in the use of Doppler velocimetry in pregnancy and then in the study of ovarian masses and oncological pathologies. At present she is in charge of the gyne-oncological ultrasound service at the Catholic University in Rome.
Country: Italy
Field: Gynecology
Specialties: Gynecological oncology, gynecological ultrasound
Languages: Italian, English
Tina Tellum is a Senior Consultant at the Department of Gynecology in Oslo University Hospital and an assistant professor at the University of Oslo, Norway. Her research focuses on ultrasound in benign gynecology, with particular emphasis on adenomyosis and endometriosis as well as early pregnancy complications. Dr. Tellum's expertise is further recognized through her role in various international committees and as an academic editor in Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica (AOGS) and FVVO. The main emphasis in her clinical work is endometriosis, adenomyosis and endoscopic surgery.
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway
A/Prof. Povilas Sladkevicius has spoken on OB/GYN ultrasound all around the world as a lecturer at various courses: Sweden, Norway, Lithuania, Latvia, Germany, Russia, Poland, Egypt and the United Kingdom. A/Prof. Sladkevicius is a senior consultant of the ultrasound unit at Skane University Hospital, Sweden. He has previously worked at St. George’s Hospital, London University, London, United Kingdom.
Notable publications: A/Prof. Sladkevicius has more than 100 publications in English, Russian, Swedish and Lithuanian.
Country: Sweden
Field: Gynecology; Obstetrics; Fertility
Specialties: 3D & 4D ultrasound; gynecological ultrasound; gynecological oncology; early pregnancy; reproductive medicine
Languages: English; Russian; Swedish; Lithuanian
Examination: Theoretical test
Price: 300 Euro plus 25% VAT (corresponding to 3000 SEK plus 25% VAT)
Contact, information, registration: Dana Sladkeviciene, [email protected]