Advanced course on ultrasound examination in Gynecology is an ISUOG approved course and organised by Skane University Hospital, Sweden. The course Includes Lectures (ultrasound physics, examination technique, image optimization, adnexal masses, abnormal vaginal bleeding, endometriosis, 3 -dimensional (3D) ultrasound, uterine malformations, management of incidentally detected adnexal masses or ”thick endometrium”, Cesarean scar niches, early pregnancy complications, MUSA, IETA, IDEA terminology, LIVE scanning, case presentations, interactive sessions.
Key Speakers:
Prof. Antonia Carla Testa is currently Associate Professor of the Institute of Obstetric and Gynecological Clinics at the Catholic University of Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy and Director of Nursing and Midwifery Sciences School at the Catholic University of Sacred Heart-Claudiana University, Bolzano, Italy. She is the Director of the Departmental Operational Unit of Outpatient Gynecology and Director of the Center for Ultrasound in Gynecological Oncology “Class Ultrasound” at the Agostino Gemelli University Hospital Foundation, IRCCS.
Her main scientific areas of interest are ultrasound diagnosis of gynecological tumors, ultrasound assessment of pelvic anatomy, innovation in ultrasound. She was medical consultant for leading companies (Samsung, Esaote, GE, Canon and Philips) in the development of ultrasound equipment to improve their ability to diagnose and recognize pelvic tumor masses.
She has published over 250 papers in international Medline-indexed journals (H-index of 49 on Scopus, 8,730 citations), authored 20 international book chapters, and has given 350 invited lectures over the past ten years at international scientific meetings. She was Associate Editor of “Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology” 2006-2015. She chaired the 26th World Congress on Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology in Rome, Italy (ISUOG), 2016 with over 3,000 delegates. Since 2014, she has organized the Oncological Gynecology Ultrasound Advanced National Courses, attended by more than 3,500 gynecologists.
She was a Board Member of the International Society of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology (ISUOG), 2011-2019 and she was the Vice President of the “Società Italiana di ecografia in Ginecologia e Ostetricia”, 2008-2010. She is a member of the ISUOG Education Committee (since 2019) and Chair of the ISUOG Visual Encyclopedia (VISUOG) Gynecology Project (since 2013). She is currently the Editor of the Glown (FIGO Global Women’s Medicine) Textbook of Ultrasound in Gynecology.
As a member of the Steering Committee of the International Ovarian Tumor Analysis (IOTA) collaborative group (since 1999), she participated in the research protocols with the enrollment of over 35,000 patients from 35 centers globally. She organized the IOTA6 study involving more 21 centers in Italy. Through the courses she has organized in Italy, nearly 3,000 gynecologists have achieved IOTA accreditation.
She participated in the preparation of the National Guidelines for uterine sarcomas (SIGO, 2019), in the revision of the Italian Guidelines on ultrasound in obstetrics and gynecology (SIEOG, 2022), in the development of the International Consensus on preoperative diagnosis of ovarian tumors (ESGO/ISUOG/IOTA/ESGE, 2021), and in the development of Guidelines for the fertility-sparing treatment and follow-up in gynaecological cancers (ESGO/ESHRE/ESGE, 2024)
Country: Italy
Field: Gynecology
Specialties: Gynecological oncology, gynecological ultrasound
Languages: Italian, English
James is a Consultant Radiologist at University College London Hospital and the current RCR-BSGAR Travelling Professor.
Having trained predominantly in Leicester, he completed a specialist GI imaging Fellowship at St Mark’s Hospital, London, with a focus on intestinal failure, IBD, CT colonography and locally advanced pelvic cancer.
As a consultant in Leicester prior to his move to London, James held positions including Ultrasound Simulation Lead, Clinical Lead for Ultrasound, Head of GI Radiology, Head of Service and Head Undergraduate Radiology.
Clinically James performs approximately 2000 abdominal and gynaecological ultrasound examinations per year, is a champion of bowel ultrasound and has widely taught both the theoretical and technical aspects of abdominal, bowel and gynaecological ultrasound to both radiologists, sonographers and gynaecologists.
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
Ligita Jokubkiene, based in Malmö, SE, is currently an Associate Professor at Lunds universitet. Ligita Jokubkiene brings experience from previous roles at Skånes Universitetssjukhus, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Kaunas and Kedainiai hospital. Ligita Jokubkiene holds a 2007 - 2011 Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Obstetrics & Gynecology @ Lund University, Sweden.
Country: Sweden
Field: Gynecology; Obstetrics
Specialties: 3D & 4D ultrasound; gynecological ultrasound; gynecological oncology; early pregnancy; reproductive medicine
Languages: English; Swedish; Russian
Date: 20-24th January 2025
Venue: Medicinskt Konferenscentrum Malmoe (Malmoe, Sweden)
Suitable for: Specialists in obstetrics and gynecology with at least basic skills in gynecological ultrasound
Course language: English
Price: 1340 Euro +25% VAT
Contact, information, registration: Dana Sladkeviciene, [email protected]