Head and Neck Ultrasound is increasingly used in office-based and surgical settings globally and more than 150 medical doctors from more than 30 different countries and 5 continents have participated in this international course. The course introduces head and neck ultrasound and ultrasound-guided intervention skills to specialists and registrars in Otolaryngology-Head and
Neck Surgery. This course is both for experienced practitioners who aim to improve their ultrasound skills and trainees interested in starting to perform ultrasound in their clinical practice. The course is also relevant to other specialities performing head and neck ultrasound as endocrinologists, paediatricians, radiologists, etc.
An international multispeciality faculty will teach thyroid, parathyroid, and neck ultrasound, and the lectures will be combined with quizzes to improve interactivity and learning. About half of the time is planned for hands-on training on volunteer patients or phantoms for ultrasound-guided interventions (including fine-needle aspiration biopsies, core needle biopsies, and radiofrequency ablation). This course is endorsed by The European Federation of Societies for Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology (EFSUMB) and corresponds to the theoretical part of the EFSUMB Level 1 curriculum. It is a non-profit course, and a possible surplus will be used to develop surgeon-performed ultrasound in resource-limited countries in collaboration with the African Head and Neck Society (AfHNS). Please read more about the global outreach project.
We hope to see you in wonderfull Copenhagen from 19-20th June 2025!
Course director
Tobias Todsen, MD, Ph.D.
Consultant and Associate Professor
Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery & Audiology, Rigshospitalet
Copenhagen Academy for Medical Education and Simulation
Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Copenhagen
Program
Thursday 19th June
08.00-08.30 Registration and coffee at
“Holst auditorium”
08.30-09.00 Introduction
09.00-09.30 US physics and Image Artifacts
09.30-10.00 Head and Neck US Anatomy
10.00-10.30 Knobology and systematic
US exam (Live demonstration)
10.30-12.00 HANDS-ON (A) in rooms
13.1.41, 13.1.61, 13.1.63, and 13.1.83
12.00-12.45 LUNCH
12:45-13:15 Oral cavity, oropharynx and larynx
13.15-13.45 Thyroid ultrasound
13.45-14.15 Salivary glands
14.15-14.45 COFFEE BREAK
14:45-15.15 Lymph nodes
15.15-15.45 Pits & Pearls + recap
15.45-18.15 HANDS-ON (B) in rooms
13.1.41, 13.1.61, 13.1.63, and 13.1.83
19.00 COURSE DINNER
Påfuglen in Tivoli Garden
Vesterbrogade 3
1620 København V
Friday 20th June
08.00-08.15 Coffee and croissant
08.15-08.45 Lumps and bumps
08.45-09.00 Parathyroid
09.00-09.30 Pre- and perioperative US
09.30-09.45 COFFEE BREAK
09.45-11.00 Workshops of choice (A or B):
A) Essential US applications (Holst auditorium)
09.45-10.15 FNAB and core needle biopsies
10.15-10.45 Pediatric and vascular
10.45-11.00 Transoral ultrasound
B) Advanced US applications (Niels K. Jerne)
09.45-10.15 RFA and minimal invasive treatments
10.15-10.45 Multiparametric US and AI
10.45-11.00 3D Ultrasound
11.00-12.30 HANDS-ON (C) in rooms
13.1.41, 13.1.61, 13.1.63, and 13.1.83
Incl US-guided interventions
12.30-13.00 LUNCH
13.00-14.15 HANDS-ON (D) in rooms
13.1.41, 13.1.61, 13.1.63, and 13.1.83
Incl US-guided interventions
14.15-14.30 COFFEE BREAK
14.30-15.00 Panel Discussion about how to integrate H&N ultrasound in clinical ENT practice
Chair: Anne Lomholt
Expert Panelist:
Leila Mady, Tsung-Lin-Yang, Julian Künzel,
and Mathias von Beckerath
15.00-15.15 Quiz winners and goodbye
Venue: Maersk Tower, Panum, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences at University of Copenhagen
Blegdamsvej 3B, 2200 Copenhagen
Faculty
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Thanks to our collaborators
Venue
Blegdamsvej 3B, 2200 København N
The prize is 750 EURO, including the course dinner.
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