TIMISOARA, ROMANIA CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE of WORLD FEDERATION FOR ULTRASOUND IN MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY (WFUMB) FACULTY OF THE ULRASOUND CENTER TIMISOARA Prof Ioan Sporea Dr Roxana Sirli Dr Mirela Danila Dr Alina Popescu Dr Adriana Tudora Dr Iulia Ratiu HISTORY The number of participants to the Courses of Ultrasound organized in Timişoara 1995 – 77 participants 1997 – 64 participants 1998 – 77 participants 1999 – 56 participants 2000 – 90 participants 2001 – 57 participants 2002 – 62 participants 2003 – 67 participants 2004 – 84 participants 2005 – 76 participants 2006 – 45 participants 2007 - 80 participants 2008 - 40 participants The Ultrasound Center in Timişoara is part of the University of Medicine and Pharmacy Timişoara We are organizing every year: 2 courses of general ultrasound One course of interventional ultrasound (modules) on FAST Ultrasonography Scientific program General Abdominal Ultrasonography Topics: 2 courses on General Abdominal Ultrasonography 5 courses (modules) on FAST Ultrasonography (with a 2 weeks duration) Course on Interventional Ultrsonography (duration: 1month) CD on Interventional Ultrasonography 1. Introduction 2. Physics of ultrasounds. Bioefects and safety in ultrasonography 3. Ultrasonographic Anatomy 4. Gall bladder Ultrasonography 5. Chronic Hepatitis. Diffuse and focal hepatic steatosis. 6. Liver cirrhosis 7. Hepatic cystic lesions 8. Benign hepatic tumors 9. Malignant hepatic lesions 9. 10. Pancreatic ultrasonography 11. Renal ultrasonography 12. Suprarenal glands ultrasonography 13. Spleen ultrasonography 14. Retroperitoneum ultrasonography 15. Interventional ultrasonography 16. Intestinal ultrasonography 17. Acute and chronic pancreatitis 18. Ultrasonography in medico-surgical emergences 19. New achievements in ultrasound (harmonics, contrast agents, PIHI) 20. Lymph nodes and vessels 21. Gynecological ultrasonography 23. Clinical ultrasonography Our theoretical and practical activities Participants to the courses The Faculty of WFUMB Center of Excelence Timisoara Our Ultrasound Textbooks Our Ultrasound Educational Videotapes Educational CDs and DVD Transabdominal ultrasonography of the digestive tract – trilingual edition, 1996 trilingual edition, 1996 Library of ultrasound images – 2001 Interventional ultrasound in gastroenterology - 2002 Learning transabdominal ultrasound of the digestive tract - 2002 Learning transabdominal ultrasound - 2003 Learning transabdominal ultrasound – english version, 2004 Educational CDs and DVD Library of ultrasound video images – educational DVD, bilingual edition 2004 bilingual edition 2004 Imaging of chronic pancreatitis – 2005 Ultrasound in Hepatology – 2006 Chronic pancreatitis imaging – 2006 Euroson 2007-Ultrasound in Gastroenterology Minimum training recommendations for the practice of medical ultrasound in Europe 2007 Transabdominal ultrasound for the evaluation of inflammatory bowell diseases – bilingual edition, 2004 inflammatory bowell diseases – bilingual edition, 2004 Educational CD and DVDs We have organized the VI th National Conference of Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology in 2001 We have organized in 2001 the first Euroson School in Romania – Small Parts Our educational web site: www.sonotm.ro We are the team behind this European Meeting