The Academy is happy to a comeback for the 2nd edition of this course, in collaboration with – Department of Vascular Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, School of Health Sciences, University of Thessaly, Larissa, Greece & Department of Vascular Surgery, General Hospital of Nicosia, Cyprus
Join the expert faculty:
Course Leads:
Athanasios Giannoukas, Professor in Vascular Surgery, Vascular Surgery Department, University Hospital of Larissa, Faculty of Medicine, School of Health Sciences, University of Thessaly, Larissa, Greece
Christos Bekos, Consultant Vascular Surgeon, Head, Vascular Surgery Department, General Hospital of Nicosia, Cyprus
Faculty:
- Athanasios Giannoukas, Professor in Vascular Surgery, Vascular Surgery Department, University Hospital of Larissa, Faculty of Medicine, School of Health Sciences, University of Thessaly, Larissa, Greece
- Christos Bekos, Consultant Vascular Surgeon, Head, Department of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, General Hospital of Nicosia, Cyprus
- Nicos Labropoulos, Professor of Radiology and Surgery, Director of Non-Invasive Vascular Laboratory, Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Stony Brook Medical Center, Stony Brook, NY, USA
- Christos Karathanos, Consultant Vascular Surgeon, Vascular Surgery Department, University Hospital of Larissa, Larissa, Greece
- Wassila Taha, Consultant of Vascular Medicine and Vascular Ultrasound, Cairo, Egypt
- Dimitrios Kardoulas, Ultrasonography Dpt, Euroclinic, Athens, Greece
- Vassileios Saleptsis, Vascular Surgeon, Scientific collaborator, IASSO Thessalias Hospital
- Costantinos Kapoulas, Consultant Vascular Surgeon, Vascular Surgery Department, General Hospital of Nicosia, Cyprus
- Christos Kounnos, Consultant Vascular Surgeon, Vascular Surgery Department, General Hospital of Nicosia, Cyprus
- Anthos Koureas, Consultant Vascular Surgeon, Apollonion Private Hospital, Nicosia, Cyprus
- Triantafyllos Giannakopoulos, Consultant Vascular Surgeon, Mediterranean Hospital, Limassol, Cyprus
- Koulla Serghiou, Senior Registered Nurse (RN), Department of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Vascular Laboratory, Nicosia General Hospital, Cyprus
- Lefki Michaelidou, Senior Registered Nurse (RN), Department of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Vascular Laboratory, Nicosia General Hospital, Cyprus
- Maria Loizou, Senior Registered Nurse (RN), Department of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Vascular Laboratory, Nicosia General Hospital, Cyprus
Description: Vascular ultrasonography remains the cornerstone supplementary to clinical examination in the diagnosis of vascular diseases as it is non-invasive and easily repeatable. It is also used for the follow-up assessment after vascular interventions while it is a very useful tool in the execution of several arterial and venous interventions The participants will have the opportunity to have in-depth theoretical teaching and learn tips and tricks of vascular ultrasonography from clinical experts. The course is more than 50% hands-on training on patients with a relevant pathology: Carotid, post-EVAR surveillance, lower limb (particularly below the knee), venous disease and venous interventions. Hands-on training will also include ultrasound guided access and a practical session with superficial venous ablation.
Participant level: The course is designed for
- Vascular surgeons including residents
- Sonographers, ultrasound technicians, vascular scientists and nurses
- Radiologists
Prior experience in vascular ultrasound with basic level is required and expected.
Certification: EACCME and Medtech accreditation are being sought for this event.
Registration and cancellation policy: The course fee is €850 for ESVS members and €1,075 for non-members. The registration includes course materials, coffee and lunch break and networking dinner. Registration does not include flights, transport, accommodation or additional meals. For questions on course content, please contact: Prof. Athanasios Giannoukas (agiannoukas@gmail.com), Dr. Christos Karathanos (christoskarathanos@yahoo.gr), Dr. Christos Bekos (b.chris@cytanet.com.cy). For any registration queries, please contact info@esvs.org. Please note that the course is dependent on final registration numbers. If the course is cancelled, an announcement will be made on the website no later than one calendar month before the course starts and all registrants will be informed. Travel and accommodation must therefore not be booked until this date has passed – ESVS is not financially responsible if the event has to be cancelled due to low numbers, in this timeframe. For cancellations received by participants more than one calendar month before the event, a refund will be given less an administration fee of 10 EUR. For cancellations received after this. no refund is possible. Participants are advised that photographs and video recordings may be taken during the course. By participating in the course and entering in the venue, you consent to the publication, release, exhibition and reproduction of such materials to be used for the ESVS website, ESVS communications and on ESVS social media. If you don’t want to appear in communications, please make the organisers aware.
Workshop venue: Department of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, General Hospital of Nicosia, Cyprus
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