EUROSON 2014

EUROSON 2014
EUROSON 2014, the 26th Congress of the European Federation of Societies for Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology (EFSUMB), is a unique opportunity to exchange ideas and information with specialists from around the world. The congress is aimed at professionals interested in medical ultrasound imaging and interdisciplinary collaboration in the field of diagnostic ultrasound including learning about the latest applications of ultrasound in the medical field. Join the world’s leading clinical practitioners in the sunny Mediterranean metropolis of Tel Aviv for four days of debate, discussion and cooperation.

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Workshops

Organiser

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Info & Accommodation

Venue


David Intercontinental Hotel
12 Kaufman Street
Tel Aviv Tel: 972-3-795-1111

Language


The official language of the conference is English.

Electricity


The electrical current in Israel is 220 volts AC, single phase, 50 cycles.

Currency


The shekel (NIS – New Israeli Shekel) is Israel’s legal currency. You can exchange money at the airport or at exchange shops throughout Tel Aviv and in hotels. Credit cards are widely accepted.

Exhibition


An exhibition will take place in parallel to the conference.

Climate and Clothing


The daytime temperature in May in Tel-Aviv is 37°C (99F). Night time temperatures is 18°C (64F). Clothing is informal for all occasions.

Local Time


Israel time zone is Standard time zone: UTC/GMT +2 hours

Telephones


The country code for Israel is +972.

Insurance


The meeting organizers cannot accept liability for personal injuries sustained, or for loss or damage of property belonging to meeting participants (or their accompanying persons), either during, or as a result of the meeting.

Letter of Invitation


A letter of Invitation meant to help participants raise travel funds or obtain a visa can be requested from the Secretariat. Please note that this letter does not represent a commitment on the part of the organizers to provide any financial support.

The Sabbath

Be aware of the Sabbath: from Friday at sundown to Saturday at sundown, train and bus services are not available in most parts of Israel. Unless you have a car, or are willing to pay for a taxi, if you are out and about on a Friday, you should start thinking about how to get back by early afternoon at the latest, and you should plan on staying near your hotel on Saturday.


Accommodation

For Online Registration and Accommodation booking please Click Here

To download Registration and Accommodation Form please Click Here

Paragon Group is the official travel agent for EUROSON 2014 and provides special rates for accommodation.
All reservations should be made directly via Paragon Group.

Rates are per room and per night, including taxes & breakfast.

For any queries please contact:
Ms. Pamela Levi Vaserman
Telefax: 972 (3) 5767717
E-mail: [email protected]

Accommodation Rates:

Hotel

Location

Category

Single

Occupancy

Double Occupancy

Walking Distance

Hotel InterContinental TLV

Standard

MAP

5*

€ 245

€ 262

Conference Venue

Hotel InterContinental TLV

Executive

MAP

5*

€ 279

€ 296

Conference Venue

Dan Panorama TLV

Dlx

MAP

5*

€ 186

€ 195

3 minutes’ walk from Venue

FULLY BOOKED

Dan Panorama TLV

Executive

MAP

5*

€ 211

€ 221

3 minutes’ walk from Venue

FULLY BOOKED

Hotel Mercure TLV

Standard

MAP

4*

€ 135

€ 150

20 minutes’ walk from Venue

Hotel Savoy TLV

standard

MAP

4*

€ 148

€ 177

15 minutes’ walk from Venue

FULLY BOOKED

Olympia Hotel TLV

Standard

MAP

3*

€ 82

€ 95

20-30 minutes’ walk from Venue

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Detailed Programme


יום שני 26 מאי 2014
08:00-18:00 Registration
Foyer
09:00-10:30 Session 1 - Categorical Courses – Musculoskeletal I
Hall A
Chairs: Moshe Graif, Nirvikar Dahiya
09:00Overview Of MSK US
Levon Nazarian, USA
09:45Understanding Shoulder US
Nirvikar Dahiya, USA
10:05US of Hip and Knee
Levon Nazarian, USA
09:00-10:30 Session 2 - Categorical Courses – Emergency Ultrasound I
Hall B
Chairs: Luca Neri, Paul Gottlieb

09:00Global US - A New Point of Care Paradigm
Luca Neri, Italy
09:20Airway Management
Enrico Storti, Italy
09:55Breathing Management
Luca Neri, Italy
09:00-10:30 Session 3 - Categorical Courses – Abdominal I
Hall C
Chairs: Liat Appelbaum, Christoph F. Dietrich
09:00CEUS of HCC
Stephanie Wilson, Canada
09:30Case Series of Non Conventional CEUS Applications in the Clinical Pratices of Liver Disease
Fabio Piscaglia, Italy
10:00New US Methods used for the Evaluation of Focal Liver Masses: Elastography, Contrast, 3D, Fusion
Adrian Săftoiu, Romania
09:00-10:30 Session 4 - Categorical Courses – Breast I
Hall H
Chairs: Zahava Gallimidi, Noemi Weisenberg
09:00Welcome and Introduction
Zahava Gallimidi
Israel
Noemi Weisenberg
Israel

09:15Breast US Anatomy
A. Thomas Stavros, USA
10:00Practical "BI-RAD" US Update Interpentation
Alexander Mundinger, Germany
10:30-11:00 Coffee Break
Foyer
11:00-13:00 Session 5 - Categorical Courses – Musculoskeletal II
Hall A
Chairs: Alicia Nachtigal, Carlo Martinoli
11:00Hernias
Levon Nazarian, USA
11:30Tendon Disorders - Wrist and Hand
Carlo Martinoli, Italy
12:00Why Use MSK US in Reumatic Diseases?
Esperanza Naredo, Spain
12:30US of Ankle
Levon Nazarian, USA
11:00-13:00 Session 6 - Categorical Courses – Emergency Ultrasound II
Hall B
Chairs: Enrico Storti, Daniel London
11:00Lung US in Pulmonary Consolidations
Gebhard Mathis, Austria
11:30Prehospital Lung US in Emergency
Gebhard Mathis, Austria
11:50Circulation Management
Enrico Storti, Italy
12:20US Cardio-Pulmonary Advanced Life Support Protocols
Luca Neri, Italy
11:00-13:00 Session 7 - Categorical Courses – Abdominal II
Hall C
Chairs: Erwin Santo, Andreas Schuler
11:00Suveillance US in Hepatitis and Cirrosis
Liat Appelbaum, Israel
11:30EUS - Evaluation of the Esophagus
Ehud Meltzer, Israel
12:00Cystic Lesions of the Pancreas- EUS Evaluation
Erwin Santo, Israel
12:30US of Endocrine Organs
Andreas Schuler, Germany
11:00-13:00 Session 8 - Categorical Courses – Breast II
Hall H
Chairs: Noemi Weisenberg, Alexander Mundinger
11:00Sonographic Characterization of Solid Breast Nodule
A. Thomas Stavros, USA
11:45Update of Elastography - Where Do We Stand Now?
Alexander Mundinger, Germany
12:15Imaging Surveillance after Breast Surgery
Alexander Mundinger, Germany
12:45Panel Discussion
13:00-14:00 Lunch Break
Foyer
14:00-15:30 Session 9 - Categorical Courses – Musculoskeletal III
Hall A
Chairs: Ernesto Glaser, Levon Nazarian
14:00Brachial Plexus and Nerves around the Neck and the Shoulder Girdle
Carlo Martinoli, Italy
14:30Best Cases in MSK
Nirvikar Dahiya, USA
15:00US of Nerves in the Ankle and Foot
Carlo Martinoli, Italy
14:00-15:30 Session 10 - Categorical Courses – Emergency Ultrasound III
Hall B
Chairs: Boris Yanovsky, Gebhard Mathis
14:00Disability Neurological Management
Enrico Storti, Italy
14:25US Trauma Life Support & ABCDE Extended Protocols
Luca Neri, Italy
15:05Point-Of-Care US: The Stethoscope Has Now a Screen
Leandro Fernandez, Venezuela
14:00-15:30 Session 11 - Categorical Courses – Abdominal III
Hall C
Chairs: Ada Kessler, Fabio Piscaglia
14:00Sonography of Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Classic Features & Complications Incl. CEUS
Stephanie Wilson, Canada
14:30Ultrasound in Rare Intestinal Diseases
Christoph F Dietrich, Germany
15:003D and Elastography of the GI Tract
Odd Helge Gilja, Norway
14:00-15:30 Session 12 - Categorical Courses – Breast III
Hall H
Chairs: Thomas Stavros, Maya Cohen
14:00Sonographic Asessment of Cysts that are not Simple
A. Thomas Stavros, USA
14:45Screening Breast US
Noemi Weisenberg, Israel
15:00Second Look US after Breast MRI
Zahava Gallimidi, Israel
15:15Correlation Between US and Contrast Enchanced Mammography
Miri Sklair Levi, Israel
14:00-15:30 Session 13 - New Technologies
Hall I
Chairs: Diana Gaitini, Stephanie Wilson

14:00Using Microbubbles for Therapy
Odd Helge Gilja, Norway
14:30Fusion US and CEUS - New Tools in The Interventional Box
Christian Nolsøe, Denmark
15:00CEUS, CECT and CEMRI: Agreement and Discordance
Stephanie Wilson, Canada
15:30-16:00 Coffee Break
Foyer
16:00-18:00 Session 15 - Hands-on Learning Centre
Hall A
16:00MSK US Workshop
Tutors: L Nazarian, C Martinoli, N Dahiya, E Naredo, E Glaser, E Kots
16:00-18:00 Session 16 - Hands-on Learning Centre
Hall B
16:00Emergency Ultrasound Workshop
Tutors: L Neri, E Storti, G Mathis, L Fernandez
16:00-18:00 Session 17 - Hands-on Learning Centre
Hall C
16:00Abdominal US Workshop
Tutors: C F Dietrich, F Piscaglia, L Appelbaum
16:00-18:00 Session 18 - Categorical Courses – Breast IV
Hall H
Chairs: Noemi Weisenberg, Zahava Gallimidi
16:00Automated Breast US
Maya Cohen, Israel
16:15US Guided Breast Biopsies
Tamar Sella, Israel
16:30Sonographic Asessment of Regional Lymph Nodes
A. Thomas Stavros, USA
17:45Q&A Closing Comments
16:00-18:00 Session 19 - New Technologies
Hall I
Chairs: Paul Gottlieb, Adrian Săftoiu
16:00Imaging Tumor Perfusion: CEUS Compared to CT, MR & PET
Nathalie Lassau, France
16:30Morphologic (US), Hermodinamic (Color Doppier) & Elastographic Criteria
in Grading Chronic Liver Disease & Portal Hypertentsion
Pavlos S. Zoumpoulis, Greece
17:00Optical Biopsy Based on Endoscopic US Guided Confocal Laser Endomicroscopy
Adrian Săftoiu, Romania
17:30Information Technology and US - Past, Present and Future
Franklin Tessler, USA
18:30-20:00 Opening Ceremony and Welcome Reception
Main Hall

Congress Presidents

  • Diana Gaitini, President ISDUM, Congress President
  • Christoph F. Dietrich, President-Elect EFSUMB, Congress President

Congress Committee

  • Diana Gaitini, Israel, Congress Chair
  • Paul Gottlieb, Israel, Congress Co-Chair
  • Liat Appelbaum, Israel, Chair, Scientific Committee
  • Daniel London, Israel

Local Organising Committee

Liat Appelbaum, Jerusalem

Menashe Barzilai, Haifa

Nira Beck-Razi, Haifa

Maya Cohen, Petah Tikva

Erwin Santo, Tel Aviv

Diana Gaitini, Haifa

Zahava Galimidi, Haifa

Paul Gottlieb, Be’er Ya’akov

Moshe Graif, Tel Aviv

Yacov Itzchak, Ramat Gan

Ada Kessler, Tel Aviv

Benjamin Koplewitz, Jerusalem

Pinchas Lebensart, Jerusalem

Norman Loberant, Nahariya

Daniel London, Ashkelon

Alicia Nachtigal, Hadera

Nadir Reindorp, Hadera

Miri Sklair, Ramat Gan

Michalle Soudack, Ramat Gan

Simon Strauss, Be’er Ya’akov

Ronnie Tepper, Kfar Saba

Muriel Webb, Tel Aviv

Noami Weisenberg, Kfar Saba

Tamar Sella, Jerusalem

International Scientific Committee

Freddy Avni, Belgium

Ion Radu Badea, Romania

Boris Brkljačić, Croatia

Vito Cantisani, Italy

Julene S.Carvalho, UK

Michel Claudon, France

Jean-Michel Correas, France

Christoph F.Dietrich, Germany

Vikram Dogra, USA

Leandro Fernandez, Venezuela

Odd Helge Gilja, Norway

Stoyan Handzhiev, Bulgaria

Zoltan Harkanyi, Hungary

Christian Kollmann, Austia

Torben Larsen, Denmark

Torben Lorentzen,Denmark

Carlo Martinoli, Italy

Gebhard Mathis, Austria

Ingrid Möller, Spain

Alexander Mundinger, Germany

Esperanza Naredo, Spain

Levon Nazarian, USA

Dahiya Nirvikar, USA

Christian Nolsøe, Denmark

Fabio Piscaglia, Italy

Peteris Prieditis, Latvia

Adrian Săftoiu, Romania

Andreas Schuler, German

Hans Rudolf Schwarzenbach, Switzerland

Bjørn Skjoldbye, Denmark

Ioan Sporea, Romania

Daniel Staub,Switzerland

Thomas A. Stavros, USA

Enrico Storti, Italy

Ahmet Tuncay Turgut,Turkey

Stephanie Wilson, Canada

Pavlos S. Zoumpoulis, Greece


Congress Committee


Ultrasound relating to the fields of:

Musculoskeletal

Interventional

Abdominal

Small parts

Breast

New technologies

Paediatrics

Urology

Anesthesiology

Vascular

Gyneco Obstetric and Fetal

For Online Registration and Accommodation booking please Click Here
To download Registration and Accommodation Form please Click Here
Registration Rates:

Registration Type

Until April 7, 2014

From April 8,2014

Members (not including Categorical Courses)

€ 395

€ 485

Nonmembers (not including Categorical Courses)

€ 495

€ 585

Members + Nonmembers (Two days Congress + Categorical Courses)

€ 650

€ 760

Students and/or under 35, Nurses, Technicians

(not including Categorical Courses)*

€ 270

€ 340

One day Congress May 26th (starting at 2 pm)

€ 90

€ 110

One day Congress May 27th

€ 210

€ 250

One day Congress May 28th

€ 210

€ 250

Categorical Courses May 26th (rate per course)

€ 230

€ 260

Gala Dinner

€ 80

* Participants registering as Nurses, Residents and technicians must provide an official letter from the head of their deparetmnet to support their application rate and a copy of the passport or identification card and to send it via email: [email protected].

Registration fees include:
Get-together reception (on 26.5.2014)
Scientific Sessions
Lunches and refreshments during breaks
Congress Bag
Final Program & CD of Abstracts

Payment
Payment of registration fees can be made via one of the following methods:
 Option 1: By credit card; 
Option 2: Bank transfer
. Please make drafts payable to:
 Paragon Israel (Dan Knassim). 
Bank details:
Bank Mizrahi
477 Hamigdal Branch
, Account No. 118030
, Swift Code: Mizbilit
. Please make sure the name of the EUROSON 2014 congress with your name and address indicated on the reverse.
If payment is made for more than one person or by companies please make sure all names are indicated and send fully completed registration forms together with a copy of the bank transfer.
Bank charges are the responsibility of the customer and should be paid at source in addition to the registration fees.

For any queries please contact:
Ms. Pamela Levi Vaserman
Telefax: 972 (3) 5767717; 
E-mail: [email protected]




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