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Book now to take advantage of the Early Bird registration fee and secure your study leave.

The EIOG trainee course is a bold new innovation. Offering trainees the opportunity to hear from expert UK and European speakers in early pregnancy, gynaecological and obstetric ultrasound with keynote lectures, case studies, interactive sessions and round tables. Trainees will get a grounding in the basics of contemporary ultrasonography, how to manage what they find on scan, and controversies in a unique format with clear learning objectives, pre and post course materials.

Thursday 21st & Friday 22nd March 2024, QEII Conference Centre, Westminster, London.  Chaired byProfessor Tom Bourne, Professor of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Imperial College London & Professor Christoph Lees, Professor of Obstetrics, Imperial College London.

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Thursday 21st March 2024 - Introduction to Gynaecological Ultrasound for Trainees

08:50

Welcome and introduction

Prof Tom Bourne, Professor of Obstetrics & Gynaecology Imperial College London, UK

The normal pelvis and ovarian pathology

Chair: Mr Srdjan Saso, Consultant Gynaecological Oncologist, Imperial College London

09:00

Transvaginal scanning of the pelvis and the adnexa – video session demonstrating the anatomy ofa normal scan (2D)

Dr Jen Barcroft (Ph.D. Fellow, Imperial College, London)

09:20

Describing ovarian masses - terms and definitions – standardisation of terminology

Ms Chiara Landolfo, Consultant Gynaecologist, Imperial College London NHS Trust, UK

09:40

How to classify ovarian masses: Simple descriptors, IOTA ADNEX, and two step approach

Mr Srdjan Saso, Consultant Gynaecological Oncologist, Imperial College London, UK

10:00

Ovarian cysts and other adnexal masses – interactive case discussion and images

Dr Nina Cooper, Ph.D. Fellow, Imperial College London, UK. Ms Chiara Landolfo, Consultant Gynaecologist, Imperial College London NHS Trust, UK

10:30

Coffee break

Acute pain, the uterus: endometrial and myometrial pathology

Chair: Dr Chiara Landolfo, Consultant Gynaecologist, Imperial College London NHS Trust, UK

11:00

Endometrial pathology – evaluating PMB and polyps – using the IETA approach

Prof Thierry Van den Bosch, Asst Professor, Consultant Gynaecologist, KU Leuven, Belgium

11:30

Looking at the myometrium: fibroids and adenomyosis

Prof Wouter Froyman, Consultant Gynaecologist, KU Leuven, Belgium

11:50

Diagnosing PCOS and what you need to know about scanning fertility patients

Mr Sotirios Saravelos, Consultant Gynaecologist and Subspecialist in Reproductive Medicine, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, UK

12:10

Acute pain and uterine pathology – interactive case discussion and images

Prof Wouter Froyman Consultant Gynaecologist, KU Leuven, Belgium. Dr Jen Barcroft, Senior Clinical Research Fellow Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London, UK

12:30

Lunch

13:30

Samsung Sponsored Symposium

Fetal echocardiography: from structural functional assessment, novel applications of fetalechocardiography regarding the model

Prof Francesco D’ Antonio, Aassociate Professor and Consultant in Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Chieti, Italy

Early pregnancy assessment

Chairs: Miss Maya Al-Memar, Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist, Imperial College NHS Trust, UK and Miss Sharmistha Guha, Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist, Chelsea & Westminster Hospital, UK

14:00

Examining women with chronic pelvic pain – ultrasound as a primary diagnostic test for endometriosis

Prof Thierry Van den Bosch, Asst Professor, Consultant Gynaecologist, KU Leuven, Belgium

14:30

The normal early pregnancy scan – recognising normal embryonic structures and how theychange with gestation

Dr Harsha Shah, Obstetrics and Gynaecology Specialist Trainee, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London, UK

14:40

Diagnosing miscarriage safely: when to repeat scans and diagnostic criteria

Ms Nina Parker (Imperial College London)

15:00

Coffee break

15:30

Speaking to patients: what language to use and what to avoid

Ms Katy Lindemann, Writer and Patient Advocate, UK

Early pregnancy assessment (cont.)

Chairs: Miss Maya Al-Memar, Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist, Imperial College NHS Trust, UK and Miss Sharmistha Guha, Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist, Chelsea & Westminster Hospital, UK

16:00

Speaking to patients: what language to use and what to avoid

Ms Katy Lindemann, Writer and Patient Advocate, UK

16:30

What if you cannot see a pregnancy inside or outside the uterus? Managing pregnancy ofunknown location (PUL): interpreting serum hCG and progesterone values

Dr Chris Kyriacou, Obstetrics and Gynaecology Specialist Registrar and Ph.D. fellow, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London, UK

17:00

Early pregnancy case examples and discussion

Miss Maya Al-Memar, Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist, Imperial College NHS Trust, UK. Dr Alex Novak, Snr Clinical Research Fellow in Gynaecology, Queen Charlotte's and Chelsea Hospital, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, UK

17:30

Close of Meeting

Friday 22nd March 2024 - Introduction to Obstetric Ultrasound for Trainees

09:00

Introduction & learning objectives

Prof Christoph Lees

First and second trimester obstetric imaging

Chairs: Dr Anna Clark, Clinical Research Fellow, Queen Charlotte’s & Chelsea Hospital, Imperial College London and Dr Jasmine Tay, Consultant Obstetrician and Subspecialist in Maternal Fetal Medicine at Queen Charlotte’s and Chelsea Hospital, London, UK

09:05

The first trimester scan - understanding/recognition of common images

Ms Katherine Papanikolaou, Specialist Doctor in Fetal Medicine, Imperial College London,
UK

09:20

Imaging common fetal anomalies

Ms Katherine Papanikolaou, Specialist Doctor in Fetal Medicine, Imperial College London,
Uk

09:40

Imaging the fetal heart: tips and tricks

Dr Laura Vazquez-Garcia, Consultant Fetal & Paediatric Cardiologist, Royal Brompton
Hospital, London, UK

10:00

Ultrasound pictures - interactive quiz

Dr Sofia Cerdeira, Sub-Specialty Trainee Maternal Fetal Medicine, Queen Charlotte’s & Chelsea Hospital, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust; Academic Clinical Lecturer, University of Oxford, UK

10:30

Coffee break

Late pregnancy ultrasound

Chairs: Dr Mariya Kovalenko and Dr Bronacha Mylrea-Foley, Clinical Research Fellows, Imperial College London

11:00

Cases: management of fetal growth restriction in singleton and multiples

Prof Tamara Stampalija, Professor of Obstetrics, University of Trieste, Italy

11:30

Fetal Dopplers: when and how

Prof Kurt Hecher, Professor in Obstetrics and Fetal Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Germany

12:00

How to manage growth in DAU using bedside scans and ccTG?

Miss Sana Usman, Consultant Obstetrician and Subspecialist in Maternal Fetal Medicine, Queen Charlotte's and Chelsea Hospital, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London, UK

12:30

Lunch

13:30

Fetal echo ultrasound: techniques and technologies to optimise ultrasound imaging

Prof Christoph Lees, Professor of Obstetrics, Imperial College London, UK and Dr Laura Vazquez-Garcia, Consultant Fetal & Paediatric Cardiologist, Royal Brompton Hospital, London, UK

Genetics and genomics

Chairs: Dr Sohini Patel, Clinical Research Fellow and Dr Nada Mufti, Subspecialty Trainee in Maternal and Fetal Medicine, Imperial College London

14:00

NIPT 10 years on-where are we with it?

Prof Mark Kilby, Professor of Fetal Medicine, University of Birmingham; Honorary Consultant of Fetal Medicine, Birmingham Women’s and Children’s NHS Foundation Trust, UK

14:20

Fetal DNA sequencing

Dr Jan Cobben, Lead Clinical Geneticist, North West Thames Regional Genetics Service, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, UK

14:40

Stillbirth and termination

Miss Byrony Jones, Consultant Obstetrician and Subspecialist in Maternal Fetal Medicine,
Queen Charlotte's and Chelsea Hospital, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London, UK

15:00

Ultrasound in labour

Dr Mariya Kovalenko, Clinical Research Fellow, Registrar in Obstetrics and Gynaecology Queen Charlotte's & Chelsea Hospital, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London

15:30

Coffee break

Intrapartum care

Chairs: Miss Sana Usman, Dr Natasha Hezelgrave, Subspeciality Trainee in Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Imperial College, London

16:00

Extreme preterm birth-obstetric counselling

Dr Lynne Sykes, The Parasol Foundation Clinical Senior Lecturer and Honorary Consultant, Imperial College and Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, UK

16:10

Talking with parents delivering preterm, growth restricted or complex babies – aneonatologist’s perspective

Dr Jay Banerjee, Neonatal Consultant and RCPCH Clinical Tutor, Department of Neonatology, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust; Hon Clinical Senior Lecturer, IRDB, Imperial College London, UK

16:30

Close of Meeting

(opportunity attend final Fetal Medicine stream lecture)