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Dr Bernard Benoit
Princess Grace Hospital,
Maternity
Monaco |
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Dr Benoit grew up and went
to school in Dakar (Senegal,
Africa). He completed his
medical studies at the
University of Nice (France)
and worked at the University
Hospital in Nice from 1980
to 1997 and has been at the
Princess Grace Hospital in
Monaco since 1997. He
started ultrasound in
gynaecology and obstetrics
in 1980 and 3D ultrasound in
1993.
He has a family of 4
children and enjoys
windsurfing (won the French
championship twice and was
2nd in the world and the
European championship in the
years 80th), photography and
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Professor Peter N Burns
Professor and Chairman of
Medical Biophysics &
Professor of Radiology at the University of
Toronto.
Senior Scientist at Sunnybrook Health
Sciences Centre, Toronto.
First class honours in Theoretical Physics.
Trained at University of Bristol (UK),
faculty positions in Radiology at Yale
University & Thomas Jefferson University in
the USA, at University of Toronto since
1991.
More than 120 peer-reviewed
papers, 3 books and 5 patents in medical
ultrasound imaging, including: |
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Reported first
detection of Doppler flow signals
from tumours |
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Developed and
patented first harmonic greyscale
and Doppler images, now found on
most clinical ultrasound systems. |
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Showed first
harmonic power Doppler images using
microbubble detection to demonstrate
microvessels. |
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Developed and
patented pulse inversion imaging and
Doppler, creating first real time
perfusion images of the heart’s
microcirculation with ultrasound. |
Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology Clinical
Prize; World Federation of Ultrasound in
Medicine and Biology Pioneer Award; Bronze
medal of the Canadian Association of
Radiologists; Ian Donald Gold Medal for
Technical Achievement; Innovation and
Excellence Trophy (Société
Canadienne-Francaise de Radiologie); 2005
Euroson Lecturer; 2006 Donald McVicar Brown
Lecturer; 2007 William Fry Memorial Award,
American Institute of Ultrasound in
Medicine; 2008 IEEE Distinguished Lecturer.
Fellow of the American Institute for
Ultrasound in Medicine, honourary member of
the Italian Radiology Society, the Canadian
Association of Radiologists, the Chilean
Society of Radiologists and the Society for
Vascular Technology; (Proud) honourary
member of the Australasian Society for
Ultrasound in Medicine (ASUM).
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Dr Rhodri M Evans
Consultant Radiologist
Swansea NHS Trust
West Glamorgan
Wales
Dr Evans is a consultant
radiologist based in
Swansea, South Wales. He is
a member of the British
Medical Ultrasound Society
Scientific Committee; Chair
of Organising Committee of
Annual Scientific Meeting
(December 2007);
Editor/Author of two
textbooks on head and neck
imaging: Practical Head and
Neck Ultrasound and Imaging
in Head and Neck Cancer – A
Practical Guide (both
Cambridge University Press). |
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Sport: Rugby and triathlon; competed in
world age group championships 2004 and 2005;
and finisher, Lanzarote Iron Man (in an
upright position) on three occasions.
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Professor Syed Amir Gilani MB BS
(Pb) PhD
Director;
Afro-Asian Institute of
Medical Sciences
Lahore, Pakistan
Professor Gilani currently
holds positions as Director
Asian and Middle East
Branch, The Burwin Institute
of Ultrasound, Canada;
Director Afro-Asian
Institute of Medical
Sciences, Lahore, Pakistan;
President Musculoskeletal
Ultrasound Society of
Pakistan; President
Afro-Asian Association of
Ultrasound (AAAU). |
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He is also a member of the Vascular
Ultrasound Society of Pakistan and also a
member of the Advisory Board of Seven
Corners Ultrasound, Virginia, USA. He is
Associate Professor of the Radiology
Department of L.UdES University, Lugano,
Switzerland and visiting Professor at Sir
University of Science and Technology
Karachi, Pakistan and some renowned
universities in the Middle East. He has had
a number of visiting fellowship postings in
the USA and Switzerland.
Professor Gilani has a keen interest in
reading and writing ultrasound books and has
presented over 150 papers at various
international conferences. He is also Chief
Editor of the weekly newspaper “Afro-Asian
Health”, Chief Editor of the quarterly
newsletter “Afro-Asian Association of
Ultrasound- (AAAU)”. He has made an
extraordinary contribution to increase
gradation of ultrasound education in Kosovo
and some countries of the Middle East and
Africa.
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Dr Philippe Jeanty MD PhD
Chief Fetustician
Inner Vision Women's
Ultrasound
Murphy Ave, Nashville
USA
Dr Philippe Jeanty is
well-known to OB/GYN
ultrasound practitioners
around the world. Having
approached this field with
enthusiasm since he was
first introduced to it in
the mid-1970's, Dr Jeanty is
recognized for his love of
education, research and
internet-based clinical
communication. |
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Dr Jeanty
received his medical degree from the Free
University of Brussels in Belgium in 1978
and completed his residency in 1982. He then
travelled to the United States to work in
Yale University's OB/GYN and Radiology
departments until 1986 when he went on to
complete his Radiology residency at
Vanderbilt University School of Medicine. Dr
Jeanty stayed on in the positions of
Assistant Professor of Radiology, Associate
Professor of Radiology and Assistant
Professor of OB/GYN until 1995, when he left
to join Women's Health Alliance where he is
currently the Director of Ultrasound
Section.
In addition to his clinical work, Dr Jeanty
spends much of his time contributing to and
maintaining his website,
www.thefetus.net, a
great resource to those in the field of
obstetrical ultrasound worldwide. He has
also published numerous books and journal
articles in the area of OB/GYN ultrasound. |
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Dr Kevin Martin
President of the British
Medical Ultrasound Society
British Medical Ultrasound Society
London, UK
BMUS Presidential
Exchange
Dr Kevin Martin is a consultant clinical
scientist in the Department of Medical
Physics, Leicester Royal Infirmary, UK and
an honorary lecturer at the University of
Leicester. He received his BSc degree in
Electronic Engineering in 1970 and his PhD
in 1977 from the University of Wales,
Bangor. |
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Dr Martin
developed research interests in techniques
for measuring acoustic output parameters and
performance of medical ultrasound systems
while working in Newcastle, UK. He developed
portable equipment to carry out surveys of
acoustic outputs of ultrasound systems in
clinical use.
Dr Martin joined the Medical Physics
Department in Leicester, UK in 1991. His
current research interests include mapping
techniques for ultrasound fields, electronic
measurement techniques for quality assurance
of clinical Doppler ultrasound equipment and
development of measurement systems for
continuous non-invasive blood pressure
measurement.
He is author or co-author of 24 scientific
papers and a Fellow of the Institute of
Physics and Engineering in Medicine. He has
been a member of the British Medical
Ultrasound Society (BMUS) since 1978, has
served on BMUS Council and as Honorary
Secretary and is currently President of
BMUS. |
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DR CHRISTIAN
P NOLSØE MD PhD
President-Elect
of the European Federation of Societies
for Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology (EFSUMB)
Denmark
CADUCEUS Exchange
Christian Nolsøe is the
President-Elect of the European Federation
of Societies for Ultrasound in Medicine and
Biology (EFSUMB) and the Past President of
the Danish Society of Diagnostic Ultrasound
(DSDU). He was the honorary secretary of the
6th WFUMB world congress in Copenhagen,
Denmark 1991. |
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He is a radiologist with a subspecialty in
ultrasound and a PhD in image guided tissue
ablation. He is Head of the Ultrasound
Division at the Department of Diagnostic
Imaging, Køge Hospital, University of
Copenhagen, Denmark. His fields of interest
include interventional and surgical US,
Doppler, tissue ablation, US contrast,
musculoskeletal US, 3D and new techniques.
Dr Nolsoe has been is an honorary member of
ASUM since 2006. He has been married for 28
years to Hanne, who is a pediatric nurse,
and together they have 3 children. He
inveterately enjoys all kind of sports
fishing and soccer.
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Professor Liane Philpotts MD
Associate Professor of Diagnostic Imaging,
Chief of Breast Imaging,
Co-Director of the Yale Breast Center,
Yale University School of Medicine
New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Dr Liane Philpotts is an Associate Professor
of Diagnostic Radiology at Yale University
School of Medicine, Chief of Breast Imaging,
and Co-Director of the Yale-New Haven Breast
Center.
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She completed her undergraduate, medical,
and radiology residency training at McGill
University in Montreal, Canada after which
she came to Yale University in 1993 to
become their first Breast Imaging fellow.
Upon completion of fellowship, she became an
attending physician and has continued there
ever since. She has interest in all aspects
of breast imaging, but particularly in
interventional procedures, breast pathology,
MRI, and new techniques such as
tomosynthesis. Dr Philpotts is a Consultant
to the Editor of the journal Radiology and
active in many breast imaging societies and
committees.
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Dr
Iryna Tsikhanenka MD
Chief of
Ultrasound Department
1st City Hospital of Minsk
Belarus
Iryna Tsikhanenka was born
in 1969 in Vileyka, Minsk
region, Belarus. She
graduated school with
honours in 1986 and obtained
a distinction from Minsk
State Medical Institute in
1992 and until 1994 she
studied at the Cathedra of
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She has been working as an obstetrician in
1st City Hospital of Minsk from 1994 and as
a doctor of ultrasound diagnostics from
1997. She studied in Germany, USA and the UK
and obtained a higher rank in ultrasound.
Iryna Tsikhanenka has given reports at
numerous meetings and seminars in Belarus
and she is known as one of the leading
specialists in the republic. She has
lectured at International Conferences and
Congresses and takes an active part in
ultrasound Congresses.
Iryna undertakes some research work in the
field of obstetrics and prenatal diagnosis
and has joint projects with American
specialists. She also contributes towards
the translation of some lectures into
Russian for Russian and Belorussian
specialists.
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