ASA2023 Brisbane Conference

10:00 am - 11:30 am - 26 May 2023

Opening Plenary

Plenary - Professional Topics - Plenary

10:00 am

Welcome from the CEO of the ASA

Jodie Long - CEO - Australian Sonographers Association (ASA)

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10:10 am

Welcome from the President of the ASA Board

Ian Schroen - Sonographer - Monash Health

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10:15 am

Future Of Healthcare

Norman Swan - Physician | Journalist | Broadcaster

11:30 am - 12:30 pm - 26 May 2023

Lunch

- ASA 2023 Conference

Break Time

12:30 pm - 2:30 pm - 26 May 2023

CARDIAC/OBSTETRICS: Cardiac Embryolog

- Cardiac/Obstetrics - M1

12:30 pm - 2:30 pm - 26 May 2023

GENERAL: Liver

- General - Plenary

12:30 pm

Liver Fat Quantification

Heather Allen - Lecturer - QUT/Prince Charles Hospital

12:50 pm

Lesion CEUS

Scott King - Section Senior Sonographer - Princess Alexandra Hospital

1:10 pm

Essential components involved in obtaining accurate AAA images – it might be more involved than you think

Nathan Gallagher - Vascular Sonographer - The Cardiovascular Centre

1:20 pm

Break

1:30 pm

Liver HCC

Richard Skoien - Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital

1:50 pm

Gallbladder Advanced imaging : CEUS

Jane Keating - Tutor Sonographer - Royal Melbourne Hospital

2:10 pm

Long-term transcranial Doppler ultrasound follow-up of Kuwaiti children with sickle cell disease

Akram Asbeutah - Professor - Kuwait University

2:20 pm

Q&A

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12:30 pm - 2:30 pm - 26 May 2023

MUSCULOSKELETAL: Structural imaging and pathology

- Musculoskeletal - M4

12:30 pm

Assessment of medial gastrocnemius and plantaris

Aaron Fleming - Sonographer - QScan

12:50 pm

Shearwave Elastography assessment - post op rotator cuff repair

Lisa Hackett, MSc, FASA - Clinical Sonographer/researcher/educator - Premier Specialists

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1:10 pm

Morel Lavallee lesions – not just a haematoma.

Gregory O'Connor, AFASA - Acting Senior Sonographer - Hunter New England Imaging

1:20 pm

Break

1:30 pm

Assessment of MSK Lumps and Bumps

Olwen Clarke - Ultrasound Team Leader - Specialist Radiology Group (SRG)

1:50 pm

Not so basics of the knee

Sophie O'Brien - Sonographer Supervisor - Hunter Imaging Group

2:10 pm

Synovial Osteochondromatosis: An Un-Common Shoulder Presentation

Joshua Sultmann - Trainee Sonographer - Qscan Radiology Clinics

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12:30 pm - 2:30 pm - 26 May 2023

PROFESSIONAL TOPICS: Research

- Professional Topics - M2

12:30 pm

Research: Where to start

Paul Hodges - The University of Queensland

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12:50 pm

What is your research question?

Paul Hodges - The University of Queensland

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1:10 pm

Workplace interventions to improve wellbeing and reduce burnout for nurses, physicians, and allied healthcare professionals: A Systematic Review

Catherine Cohen - Sonographer - PRP Diagnostic Imaging

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1:20 pm

Break

1:30 pm

Ethics application

Paul Hodges - The University of Queensland, Bernadette Dellar - Sonographer - Vein Doctors Group

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1:50 pm

When and how to work with a statistician

Andrew Jones - Senior Biostatistician - Queensland Cyber Infrastructure Foundation

2:00 pm

Curriculum design and educational approaches in sonography

Paul Stoodley - Senior Lecturer - Western Sydney University

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2:10 pm

Graduate research program at RBWH

Karen Dobeli - Radiographer Consultant - Royal Brisbane Women's Hospital

2:20 pm

Q&A

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12:30 pm - 2:30 pm - 26 May 2023

VASCULAR: Abdominal

- Vascular - M3

12:30 pm

Pelvic Veins

Rylee White - Sonographer - Absolute Ultrasound

12:50 pm

Pelvic Vein Treatment

Russel Price

1:10 pm

Endofibrosis - a poorly understood pathology

Debbie Sullivan - Sonographer - Camperdown Vascular Lab

1:20 pm

Break

1:30 pm

Renal arteries

Linda Thebridge

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1:50 pm

Endovascular Repair Trends

Russel Price

2:10 pm

Reliability of ultrasound of the proximal dorsalis pedis artery

Robyn Boman - Phd Candidate - WSU

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2:20 pm

Q&A

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2:30 pm - 3:00 pm - 26 May 2023

AFTERNOON TEA

- ASA 2023 Conference

3:00 pm - 5:00 pm - 26 May 2023

CARDIAC: CHD

- Cardiac - M1

3:00 pm

Sequential segmental analysis for CHD assessment

Cathy West - Principal Echocardiographer - Royal Brompton Hospital

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3:30 pm

ASD Hunter!

Cathy West - Principal Echocardiographer - Royal Brompton Hospital

3:50 pm

Break

4:00 pm

Tetralogy of Fallot - what you need to know!

Justin O'Leary - Senior Paediatric Scientist - The Queensland Children's Hospital

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4:30 pm

Going off-piste in search of congenital lesions – variations of the standard imaging planes

Cathy West - Principal Echocardiographer - Royal Brompton Hospital

4:50 pm

Q&A

3:00 pm - 5:00 pm - 26 May 2023

GENERAL: Procedures

- General - M4

3:00 pm

TIPPS

Melita Robert - Senior Sonographer - Princess Alexandra Hospital

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3:20 pm

TBC

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3:40 pm

Transperineal ultrasound in the assessment of the rectal wall in inflammatory bowel disease

Frauke Lever, FASA - Deputy Sonographer In Charge - Monash Health

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3:50 pm

Break

4:00 pm

Liver Transplant

David Hatch - Clinical Sonographer - Princess Alexandra Hospital

4:20 pm

Abdominal and Chest Marking

Scott Barbour - Sonographer - The Prince Charles Hospital, Chris Gilmore, FASA - Ultrasound Team Leader - Medical Imaging -The Prince Charles Hospital

4:40 pm

Low-level versus high-level disinfection of ultrasound transducers after standardised contamination on skin: a non-inferiority randomised controlled trial. ULTIMO

Nathan Peters - Staff Specialist Anaesthetist - Royal Brisbane And Women’s Hospital

4:50 pm

Q&A

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3:00 pm - 5:00 pm - 26 May 2023

GYNAEONCOLOGY

- Gynaecology - M2

3:00 pm

A brain in the pelvis

Anita Tatham - Senior Sonographer - Shellharbour Public Hospital

3:10 pm

Ovarian torsion clinical audit including a scoring system

Gregory O'Connor, AFASA - Acting Senior Sonographer - Hunter New England Imaging

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3:20 pm

ID the IUD

Alison Deslandes, FASA - Phd Candidate - University Of Adelaide

3:30 pm

O-Rads vs IOTA: what should we be reporting?

Michael Bethune - Consultant Obstetrician & Gynaecologist; Obstetric and Gynaecological Imaging Specialist (Ultrasonologist) - Specialist Women's Ultrasound

3:50 pm

Break

4:00 pm

Markers Of Ovarian Reserve: AMH, FSH, AFC. AGE

Oybek Rustamov

4:20 pm

The importance of recognising endometriosis in the perimenopausal and postmenopausal patientg

Gillian Profaca - Sonographer - Omnigynaecare And Ultrasound

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4:30 pm

CSI 143: Case Revision and Discussion

Meiri Robertson - Sonologist - Canberra Fetal Assessment Centre

3:00 pm - 5:00 pm - 26 May 2023

OBSTETRICS: Fetal Echo CHD

- Obstetrics - Plenary

3:00 pm

Agenesis of the DV and portal venous system

Ann Quinton, FASA - Associate Professor Medical Sonography - CQUniversity

3:20 pm

The utility of routine transabdominal cervical length screening in mid-pregnancy for the prevention of preterm birth: is it good enough to use as a screening test?

Michelle Pedretti - Chief Sonographer - King Edward memorial Hospital

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3:30 pm

1st Trimester Heart - what can we diagnose when

Andrew McLennan - Sydney Ultrasound for Women

3:50 pm

Break

4:00 pm

Simplifying fetal arrhythmias: what the sonographer needs to know

Kate Russo - Senior Lecturer / MFM Specialist Sonographer - Central Queensland University / Women's and Children's Hospital Adelaide

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4:20 pm

Sonography of Fetal Atrioventricular Heart Block

Sree Kenche - Sonographer - Monash Health

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4:30 pm

Simplifying the sonographic assessment of the fetal heart in the first trimester - the importance of a standardised protocol and image optimisation

Vanessa Pincham - Sonographer - Sydney Ultrasound For Women

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4:40 pm

Communication in obstetric ultrasound – the fundamentals

Erika Cavanagh, FASA - Senior Sonographer - Mater Centre For Maternal Fetal Medicine

3:00 pm - 5:00 pm - 26 May 2023

PROFESSIONAL TOPICS: The Necessary Discussions

- Professional Topics - M3

3:00 pm

Working as a sonographer with acute depression: the lived experiencep

Rob Mcgregor, AFASA - Senior Tutor Sonographer - Canberra Imaging Group

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3:20 pm

Understanding gender diversity and how we can improve our communication

Kate Russo - Senior Lecturer / MFM Specialist Sonographer - Central Queensland University / Women's and Children's Hospital Adelaide

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3:40 pm

TOP and the role of ultrasound

Suean Pascoe - Director - Zedu

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3:50 pm

Break

4:00 pm

The other pandemic - Hyoid fracture and what they represent

Michael Foster-Greenwood - Senior Sonographer - I-Med Queensland

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4:20 pm

Why are so many sonographers being sued? and how can I protect myself?

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4:40 pm

Subtle exercises to do while scanning

Jane McCrory - Clinical Sonographer - Sydney Ultrasound for Women

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4:50 pm

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