ISUOG Basic Training: Ultrasound in OBGYN

Program

The course will cover the essentials of the obstetric and gynecological ultrasound. The program will include all the 30 ISUOG Basic Training lectures and it will be complemented by a practical workshop supervised by expert figures. The course is aimed at obstetrics and gynecologists, radiologists, sonologists and postgraduate students who want to learn the basics of ultrasound in OBS & GYN.

Click here to view the theoretical program.

How to Attend

The course is organised by the Thane Obstetrics and Gynaecological Society & Mediscan Chennai and it will be delivered through an online platform to ensure that the learning experience can reach both rural and urban areas.

For course inquiries and registration please contact Dr. Nupur Mital at: [email protected]

Key Speakers

Dr Suresh Seshadri (India) Outreach Committee member

Dr S.Suresh is the Managing Director of Mediscan Systems a tertiary referral centre for Fetal Medicine in India. He is a Fellow of the Royal College of O&G London (honoriscausa) and is actively involved in training over 4000 physicians from India and other countries in Ultrasound and Fetal Medicine for over 35 years. He has several publications to his credit and is involved in various Research projects in Fetal Medicine. He has set up the Birth Defects Registry of India which is recognized as a subnational registry by the WHO. He is the managing Trustee of Fetal Care Research Foundation a Charity organisation that aims to provide access to treatment options for the underprivileged. He is a recipient of several awards and was one of the earliest to set up a Fetoscopic surgical service in India.

He is a visiting Prof in Perinatology at the Sri Ramachandra Medical University and the Chief functionary of the Voluntary Health Services, a charitable hospital in Chennai which aims to achieve affordable quality health care for all .

Notable publications:

Radio frequency ablation in Complicated Monochorionic Pregnancy : Initial Experience DOI: 10; 1007/s/40556-017-0145 Journal of Fetal Medicine, 2017 Nov PP 1-6. Pm;ome [in;ocatopm 30th Nov 2017]

Suresh Seshadri; Down Syndrome Screening in India, Are we there yet? Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology India; 2017 Dec 17. 67(6) ; 393-399, Epub 2017 August 17 DOI : 10. 1007/S12098-017-2528-5

Country: India

Field: 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; multiple pregnancy; 3D & 4D ultrasound; fetal intervention procedure; early pregnancy; fetal growth.

Languages: English

Dr Gihad Chalouhi (France / Lebanon) Basic Training Sub-Committee Chair

Specialist in fetal medicine and surgery, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Lebanon

Co-Founder of CéBB (Centre d’échographie Boulogne-Billancourt) and Centre SFFERe (Spécialiste Fœtus, Femme Enceinte et Reproduction). Part timer in the Fetal surgery center, Necker-Enfants Malades Hospital, Paris, France.

Dr Gihad E. Chalouhi MD, PhD is an Obstetrics and Gynecology specialist. He worked for 8 years with Prof. Yves Ville Y and Prof. Laurent Salomon in Necker-Enfants Malades Hospital, Paris and is subspecialized in in prenatal diagnosis, fetal medicine, fetoscopy and fetal surgery with more than 300 performed fetoscopies. He is specialized in fetal imaging and obtained his PhD in fetal functional MRI in Paris Descartes University and INSERM unit U970. He is a member of the CNGOF (French National College of obstetrics and Gynecology), the LSOG (Lebanese Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology) and the CFEF (French College of Fetal Ultrasound).

He is a pioneer in the implementation of simulation in obstetrical and gynecological ultrasound education, and remains actively involved in this integration. He is an active member of ISUOG's Basic Training Task Force, and leader of the Simulation Work Group. For the last five years he has worked as part of ISUOG's Clinical Standards Committee for the establishment of ISUOG’s Guidelines.

He is the co-founder and President of SimECHOle, the school for ultrasound training and education using simulators in Paris, France.

Notable Publications: Dr Chalouhi has co-authored more than 70 scientific publications in internationally renowned journals and more then 10 chapters.

Use of simulators for the assessment of trainees' competence: trendy toys or valuable instruments?
Tolsgaard MG, Chalouhi GE. Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol. 2018 Apr 17. doi: 10.1002/uog.19071. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 29667240.

"Fake it until they make it": Practical obstetrical and gynecological ultrasound education nowadays in France.
Chalouhi GE, Gueneuc A, Levaillant JM, Ville Y. Gynecol Obstet Fertil Senol. 2017 Nov;45(11):579-581. doi: 10.1016/j.gofs.2017.09.008. Epub 2017 Nov 3. French. PubMed PMID: 29108903.

Evaluation of trainees' ability to perform obstetrical ultrasound using simulation: challenges and opportunities.
Chalouhi GE, Bernardi V, Gueneuc A, Houssin I, Stirnemann JJ, Ville Y. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2016 Apr;214(4):525.e1-525.e8. doi: 10.1016/j.ajog.2015.10.932. Epub 2015 Nov 10. PubMed PMID: 26546849.

Ultrasound simulators in obstetrics and gynecology: state of the art.
Chalouhi GE, Bernardi V, Ville Y. Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol. 2015 Sep;46(3):255-63. doi: 10.1002/uog.14707. PubMed PMID: 25346451.

Country: Lebanon and France

Field: Obstetrics/Gynecology/Fetal medicine and surgery

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; early pregnancy; fetal growth; education in Ob-Gyn ultrasound; fetal MRI and functional MRI; fetal surgery.

Languages: French; English; Arabic

Dr. Titia Cohen-Overbeek (Netherlands)

Dr Divya Singh (India) Outreach Committee member, CME Sub-Committee member

Dr Divya Singh is a Consultant Radiologist at Prime Imaging and Prenatal Diagnostics in Chandigarh, India. Her special interests are imaging technologies including ObGyn and breast ultrasonography, deep prenatal phenotyping using ultrasound, imparting ultrasound education and training in limited resource setting. Divya did her Masters in Radio-diagnosis with distinction from Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh. She completed a fellowship in Advanced ObGyn Ultrasonography from Mediscan Systems in Chennai. She has also completed a training course in Medical genetics from Indian Council of Medical Research-National Institute for Research in Reproductive and Child Health (ICMR NIRRCH) Mumbai, India.

Divya is a member of the Outreach Committee and CME subcommittee of ISUOG. She is actively involved in various Working Groups in subcommittees of ISUOG. She has worked as an ISUOG ultrasound educator and trainer in Oman and Egypt and been a faculty in Basic Training Courses organised in India and Oman. Divya provides free voluntary ultrasound service to underprivileged expectant mothers in Chandigarh for which she has been awarded by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India.

Country: India

Field: Imaging; ObGyn Ultrasonography; Fetal medicine; Breast ultrasound

Specialties: Fetal anomaly screening T1 & T2; fetal biometry and wellbeing; aneuploidies; fetal anomalies; fetal growth restriction; maternal and fetal Doppler; ObGyn ultrasound training and education

Languages: English; Hindi

Dr Sudarshan Suresh (India) Consultant Fetal Medicine

M.B.B.S:P.S.G IMSR (Coimbatore)

DNB (O & G): Southern Railway Headquarters Hospital (Chennai)

Fellowship in Fetal Medicine: Mediscan Systems (MGR Medical University)

Trainer and Faculty – Workshops, Lectures, Conferences
Co investigator ‘Fetal Size Charts’ DBT funded project

Dr Sudarshan Suresh clinical focus is first trimester USG/screening, high risk multiple pregnancies and invasive procedures.

Dr Indrani Suresh (India) Director of Meddiscan System

Dr Indrani Suresh special area of interest is fetal echo and she has received the Best Doctor award by the TN Dr. M.G.R. Medical University in Chennai in 2012. Dr Indrani Suresh has also received the Sadthyathi Icon Award for her contribution to fetal care and women’s welfare by Lions Club.

Dr G Nithyakalyani Consultant

Dr G Nithyakalyani graduated from Madras Medical College. She is a faculty member at the MGR University and Annamalai University as well as a consultant at MediScan for past 2 decades. Dr G Nithyakalyani is the treasurer at the IFUMB Madras Chapter.

Prof. Chitra Andrew Fetal Medicine Division, Department of OB-GYN

Prof. Chitra Andrew completed her studies (MBBS) at the Govt. Kilpauk Medical College and her MD at the Sri Ramachandra Medical College in Chennai.

Dr Usha Sahadevan Consultant

Dr Usha Sahadevan is a consultant at the Lotus hospital & lotus fetal medicine centre as well as a nodal coordinator for BDR in Erode. She is conducting training programmes in basic OBGYN ultrasound and her area of interest is high risk obstetrics & fetal medicine,

Dr Usha Sahadevan served Erode OG society as secretary and president

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