This Course is targeted on Ob&Gyn doctors, fetal medicine specialists, who perform prenatal scanning and imaging, and prenatal geneticists, neonatologists and practitioners in these fields.
The Course on Fetal Imaging has been created to improve the diagnostic approaches in fetal scanning and discuss novel patient treatment options and follow up management.
In the first session we will deal with simple and complex abdominal wall defects. What are the new insights in terms of etiology and management? Can we correctly differentiate the complex urogenital malformations to predict the surgical approach and the long term morbidity?
Congenital malformations of the spine and the face go beyond the typical neural tube defect and cleft lip. “Spinal anomalies beyond NTD'' will focus on the presentation and differential diagnosis of other vertebral anomalies. In “Facial anomalies beyond cleft lip” the focus is shifted towards the approach to other common facial malformations and dysmorphic facial features.
In recent years the association between brain development and other structural anomalies has been established especially for the heart but also for diaphragmatic hernia. In the third session we explore the association of congenital heart defects and brain development, and the potential tools to allow investigation of cardiac function and functional brain assessment.
Finally we question the management options for conditions such as congenital diaphragmatic hernia and fetal hydrops. To end the session, we challenge the current practice on genetic investigation and pathological analysis upon the diagnosis of syndromic conditions.
Course description
Join us on the 15th of October 2022 for the Course “Fetal Imaging and beyond” with video records access for 21 days. Registration is now open!
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Moderator:
Prof. Luc de Catte
SPEAKERS:
Professor Gregor Kasprian is an expert in fetal MRI, focusing on the pioneering use of advanced MR imaging techniques for studying fetal brain connectivity and function. With a robust background in neurology and neuroanatomy, he has further contributed to our understanding of fetal brain development. Dr. Kasprian has authored over 230 original research articles, several book chapters and reviews in developmental and pediatric brain imaging.
He maintains extensive research collaborations globally, including with institutions in the United States, Europe, Australia, and Asia. Dr. Kasprian is an active member of several professional societies. He leads the fetal MRI interest group of ISUOG, and is a member of the Organization of Human Brain Mapping, American Society of Neuroradiology, and the European Society of Radiology.
Digital Learning Sub-Committee, UOG Editorial Board
Prof. dr. C.M. (Katia) Bilardo is Professor Emeritus in Fetal Medicine at the AmsterdamUMC and UMCG Groningen
Caterina (Katia) M. Bilardo was born in Savigliano (Piedmont), Italy. After completing cum laude in 1983 the medical studies and the specialization in Obstetrics and Gynaecology at the University of Turin, she trained as Fellow in Prenatal Diagnosis and Fetal Medicine (1985- 1989) at King’s College Hospital, London, where she worked under the supervision of Prof. S. Campbell and Prof. K. N. Nicolaides.
Since 1989 she has relocated to the Netherlands where she has worked as Consultant and Head of the Prenatal Diagnosis Department at the Academic Medical Center Amsterdam (1992-2010). From 2010 to 2017 she has worked as Head of the Fetal Medicine Department at the University Medical Center Groningen where, in 2011, she has been appointed Professor in Fetal Medicine. Since October 2017 she has moved with the same position to the Amsterdam UMC, location VU Medical Center in Amsterdam, where she has also been appointed as Professor in Obstetrics, Gynecology and Fetal Medicine. In the Netherlands she has been President of the Dutch Working Party for Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology and has been of the Committee Prenatal Screening of the National Health Council.
Since 2007 she is in the Editorial Board of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology, where since 2024 she is Editor. She has been Board member of the International Society of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology (2009-2025), covering the roles Chair of the Education Committee (2013-2017), President (2018-2020) and Chair of the Honours committee (2020-2022). Since 2025 she is chair of Every Little Heart Matters oversight committee.
She has published over 250 peer-reviewed articles and supervised numerous PhD students. In 2021 she was bestowed the Stuart Campbell award for Education.
Field: Obstetrics
Country: The Netherlands
Dr Monique Haak is a fetal specialist at the Department of Obstetrics at Leiden University Medical Center, focusing on diagnostic imaging in pregnancies with fetal malformations. Her special interest is in fetal cardiac defects, fetal therapy and multiple pregnancies. She is the leader of research projects on developments in fetal echocardiography, fetal therapy and screening in pregnancy. Monique has published over 100 peer reviewed papers and has taught various ultrasonography courses. She was project leader in the founding of the National Ultrasonography Course for residents in training, which is ow an e-learning course (www.echocursus.net), and organised the first fetal echocardiography course in the Netherlands, which has now been running for 11 years.
Prof. Roland Axt-Fliedner has been involved in the field of fetal medicine and therapy for the last 20 years, heading a large tertiary referral centre together with pediatric heart centre. His scientific interests are fetal echo, fetal therapy, first trimester, and genetics.
Notable Publications
Myocardial function in fetuses with lower urinary tract obstruction: Is there a cardiac remodeling effect due to renal damage?
Graupner O, Enzensberger C, Götte M, Wolter A, Mueller V, Kawecki A, Weber S, Degenhardt J, Herrmann J, Axt-Fliedner R
Head Biometry in Fetuses with Isolated Congenital Heart Disease.
Graupner O, Koch J, Enzensberger C, Götte M, Wolter A, Müller V, Kawecki A, Herrmann J, Axt-Fliedner R.
Ultraschall Med. 2018 Nov 21. doi: 10.1055/a-0796-6502.
Country: Germany
Field: Obstetrics/Fetal Medicine
Specialties: Fetal anomaly screening 1st trimester and 2nd trimester; fetal biometry and wellbeing; fetal anomalies screening; aneuploidy screening; fetal anomalies; fetal heart; fetal growth restriction; maternal and fetal Doppler; fetal interventional procedure; multiple pregnancy; fetal growth; detection of fetal and neonatal growth abnormalities
Languages: German; English; French
CONFERENCE PROGRAM MAIN SCIENTIFIC POINTS
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Simple abdominal wall defect: not that simple?
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Complex abdominal midline defects: a constellation of anomalies?
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Spinal anomalies beyond NTD
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Facial anomalies beyond cleft lip
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The fetal brain development and congenital heart anomalies
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Prenatal cardiac function analysis: when does it matter
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Fetal MRI: from anatomical to functional investigation
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Prenatal management of CDH finally standardized?
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Fetal hydrops in the era of exome sequencing: how to approach?
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Has trio exome sequencing become the new standard in the evaluation of prenatally detected structural defects?
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Fetal virtual necropsy: better than the golden standard?
EDUCATIONAL GOALS:
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To review the diagnosis and management of simple and complex abdominal wall defects.
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To elucidate the new insights in complex abdominal wall defects.
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To highlight the complexity in diagnosis and management of complex urogenital malformations.
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To provide a diagnostic algorithm for vertebral and facial anomalies beyond the typical lesions.
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To understand the complex interaction between congenital malformations and brain development and the tools to investigate this relationship.
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To discuss the new insights in the management of congenital diaphragmatic hernia and fetal hydrops.
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To discuss recent evolution in prenatal genetic diagnosis and post-mortem investigation of fetal syndromic conditions.
Course language: English
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