www.euroson2015.org/site – EUROSON 2015, Athens, Greece 6–8 November 2015 is only 3 weeks away …

Join us in Athens for a comprehensive ultrasound programme

Categorical courses covering Breast, MSK, Cardiovascular, Upper Abdomen, Trauma, Urology, Head & Neck, Interventional Ultrasound, Ob / Gyn and Anaesthesia.

Refresher courses additionally covering Elastography, Intestinal Ultrasound and Physics.

Over 330 speakers, both international and national, cover 3 days of intensive lectures not only on the above topics but Contrast enhanced Ultrasound and a DEGUM Session focusing on Obstetrics, Gynecology and Breast. Romania and Latvia too have special sessions. Visit the programme online http://euroson2015.org/site/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/PROGRAM.pdf

Practical courses in the topics offer hands on experience under expert tuition.

Symposia, supported by GE, Bracco and Toshiba will take place.

A special GE Session limited to 30 participants “3D Automated Breast Ultrasound (ABUS) as an adjunct to digital mammography for screening women with dense breast tissue: from a clinical need to a practical integration”- including Live scanning session Presentation and interactive Workshop led by Prof. Dr. László Tabár, M.D., F.A.C.R. (Hon.)

The Opening Ceremony will include the lecture “Hippocratic Medicine through the Centuries” by the author and former Professor of History of Medicine at the University of Ioannina, Greece, Stefanos Geroulanos. We can expect to hear of his passion for history, Greek poetry and numismatics and perhaps even of the medicinal plants mentioned in the Corpus Hippocraticum.

Highlights of EUROSON 2015

• EFSUMB and ENSCH will present new ultrasound guidelines.

• Sunday features a Students’ Round Table Discussion and practical courses

• The Walter Krienitz Society offers 500 € for the best oncological abstract submitted and will be awarded at the Congress.

• EFSUMB will present a 500 € prize for the best published paper in the last 3 years for younger authors.

• The EFSUMB Young Investigator Award of 1000 € for the best presentation will be contested by scientists from 10 countries. This session is always one of the most exciting to see the emerging fresh talent,

• State of the Art Lecture Prof Jung Hwan Baek of Soeul, Korea will be demonstrating his innovative techniques of ultrasound guided thyroid ablation.