Programme


Tuesday 9 September

8.30am REGISTRATION and COFFEE

Chair: Mr S K Vyas, Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist, Southmead Hospital, Bristol

9.00am Special skills training in gynaecological ultrasound:
Objectives and structure
Mr S K Vyas

9.20am Physics, instrumentation and safety
Dr J A Evans, Senior Lecturer in Medical Physics,
Department of Medical Physics, Leeds General Infirmary

9.50 am Normal pelvic anatomy and examination technique
Mr N Amso Senior Lecturer, Department of Obstetrics and
Gynaecology, University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff

10.20am Discussion

10.30am COFFEE

Chair: Dr L Valentin, Senior Lecturer, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Lund, Sweden

11.00am Congenital uterine anomalies
Dr R Salim, Research Fellow, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, King’s College Hospital, London

11.30am Fibroids, polyps and adenomyosis
Mr S K Vyas

12.00pm Differential diagnosis of endometrial abnormalities
Dr D Timmerman, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Leuven, Belgium

12.30pm Ultrasound assessment of women with postmenopausal bleeding
Dr L Valentin

1.00pm Discussion

1.10pm LUNCH

Chair: Mr D Jurkovic, Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, King’s College Hospital, London

2.00pm The role of saline infusion sonohysterography in the assessment of uterine cavity
Dr D Timmerman

2.30pm Abnormal bleeding on HRT
Mr T Hillard, Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist, Poole General Hospital





3.00pm Investigation of women with abnormal uterine bleeding – which is the best diagnostic modality?
Dr K S Khan Academic Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK.

3.30pm Discussion

3.45pm TEA

4.15pm Video session – Uterine abnormalities

5.00pm DRINKS RECEPTION

6.00pm CLOSE

Wednesday 10 September

Chair: Mr Sanjay K Vyas

9.00am Ultrasound assessment of adnexal masses
Dr L Valentin

9.30am The value of diagnostic models for diagnosis of ovarian cancer
Dr D Timmerman

10.00am Screening for ovarian cancer
Dr U Menon, Department of Obstetrics, Gynaecology and
Gynaecological Oncology, St Bartholomew’s Hospital, London

10.30 Ultrasound diagnosis of acute appendicitis and other non-gynaecological pelvic abnormalities
Dr M Weston, Consultant Radiologist,
St James’ University Hospital, Leeds

11.00am Discussion

11.15am COFFEE

Chair: Dr D Timmerman

11.45am Incidental findings of ovarian cysts in post-menopausal women
Dr L Valentin

12.15pm Diagnosis and management of ovarian cysts in pregnancy
Mr D Jurkovic

12.45pm Discussion

1.00pm LUNCH

Chair: Mr D Jurkovic

2.00pm Ultrasound assessment of women with pelvic pain
Professor L Valentin

2.30pm Medical treatment of endometriosis
Mr S H Kennedy, Senior Lecturer, Department of Reproductive Medicine and Nuffield Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Oxford





3.00pm Laparoscopic surgery for ovarian tumours and endometriosis
Mr A S Cutner, Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist,
University College Hospitals NHS Trust, London

3.30pm Discussion

3.45pm TEA

4.15pm VIDEO: Ovarian tumours, endometriosis and PID

5.00pm CLOSE

Thursday 11 September

Chair: Mr S K Vyas

9.00am Ultrasound and infertility
Professor S Killick

9.30am Diagnosis and management of polycystic ovaries
Mr P G Wardle, Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist Southmead Hospital, Bristol

10.00am Ultrasound in prolapse and urinary incontinence
Mr V Khullar, Senior Lecturer/Consultant,
Academic Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology,
Imperial College School of Medicine, St Mary’s Hospital, London

10.30am Diagnosis of anal sphincter damage
Mr A H Sultan, Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist, Mayday University Hospital, Croydon

11.00am Discussion

11.15am COFFEE

Chair: Mr Davor Jurkovic

11.45am The role of MRI and CT in the diagnosis of pelvic pathology
Dr N Moore, Consultant Radiologist, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford
12.15pm Normal pregnancy from four to nine weeks
Dr Harm-Gerd Blaas, National Centre for Fetal Medicine, University Hospital Trodenheim, Norway

12.45pm Discussion

1.00pm LUNCH

Chair: Mr D Jurkovic

2.00pm Diagnosis of early placental and embryonic anomalies
Dr Harm-Gerd Blaas

2.30pm Ultrasound diagnosis of miscarriage
Mr D Jurkovic

3.00pm Expectant, medical and surgical treatment of miscarriage
Mr S K Vyas




3.30pm Discussion

3.45pm TEA

4.15pm VIDEO – Early pregnancy abnormalities

5.00pm CLOSE and BUFFET DINNER

Thursday 27 September

Chair: Mr N Amso

9.00am Management of recurrent miscarriage
Professor L Regan, Academic Department of Obstetrics and
Gynaecology, Imperial College School of Medicine, St Mary’s Hospital, London

9.30am Trophoblastic disease
Professor E Jauniaux, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University College Hospital, London

10.00am Ultrasound diagnosis of tubal ectopic pregnancy
Dr W M Ankum, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Academic Medical Centre, University of Amsterdam

10.30am Expectant management of tubal ectopics
Mr D Jurkovic

11.00am Discussion

11.15am COFFEE

Chair: Mr S K Vyas

11.45am Medical and surgical treatment of tubal ectopics
Dr W M Ankum

12.15pm Diagnosis and management of non-tubal ectopic pregnancies
Mr D Jurkovic

12.45pm Discussion

1.00pm LUNCH

Chair: Mr S K Vyas

2.00pm Video – Ectopics

2.30pm Course evaluation and discussion

3.00pm CLOSE