Harvard Musculoskeletal Ultrasound: Hands-On Diagnostics and Guided Interventional Skills 2022

Harvard Musculoskeletal Ultrasound: Hands-On Diagnostics And Guided Interventional Skills 2022 (Videos)

Musculoskeletal Ultrasound (MSKUS) is a cutting-edge procedure being utilized to rapidly diagnose and treat a multitude of musculoskeletal disorders.

This comprehensive course will cover the most important practical aspects of MSKUS, including step-by-step instruction for diagnostic ultrasound and guided procedures followed by scanning demonstrations with a patient model where you will have the opportunity to ask questions and receive immediate feedback from our expert faculty.

Learners of all levels will receive training on MSKUS utilization and techniques of the upper and lower extremities as well as indications in pediatrics, physiatry and sport medicine.

This intensive and highly interactive course is designed to provide you with the necessary training that you can immediately use in your practice.

Focused didactic lectures about how to scan each joint in detail, including the shoulder, elbow, wrist, hand, hip, knee, foot and ankle

Scanning demonstration sessions to apply the knowledge learned in the lectures to scan the basic views of all joints including shoulder, elbow, wrist, hand, hip, knee, foot and ankle joints

Comprehensive evidence-based, ultrasound- guided procedures and techniques

Expert-level Musculoskeletal Ultrasound (MSKUS) faculty from multiple specialty practices

Indications for MSKUS in sports medicine and pediatrics and the relevant nuances in these special populations

Regenerative medicine and MSKUS indications.

Practical sessions about coding, billing, credentialing and certification in MSKUS

MASTER THE SKILLS YOU NEED TO PRACTICE MUSCULOSKELETAL ULTRASOUND

Image optimization and identifying the anatomic structures of the shoulder, elbow, wrist, hand, hip, knee, foot and ankle joints

Evaluation and diagnostic techniques

Patient and machine positioning

Probe handling and positioning techniques

Preparing an accurate and stable ultrasound image

Techniques for needle visualization

Utilization of various ultrasound machines

Certification and credentialing in MSKU

OBJECTIVES

Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to:

Review the basics of diagnostic musculoskeletal ultrasound and its indications

Utilize ultrasound-guided interventional skills

Describe musculoskeletal ultrasound utilization in rheumatology, orthopedics, sports medicine, physiatry, pediatrics and pain medicine

Integrate state-of-the-art musculoskeletal ultrasound diagnostic and interventional skills to improve patients’ outcomes and procedure accuracy

Implement the current state of musculoskeletal ultrasound billing, certification and credentialing

WHO SHOULD ATTEND?

Rheumatologists, adult and pediatric

Physiatrists

Orthopedists with an interest in diagnostic MSKUS and procedure guidance

Anesthesiologists with an interest in pain medicine and management

Nurse practitioners and medical assistants in rheumatology or orthopedic practices

Podiatrists

Program :

7:45 AM

7:50 AM

Introduction And Welcome

Fadi Badlissi, MD, MSc, RhMSUS

7:50 AM

8:14 AM

Basic Sono-Anatomy And Ultrasonography Principles

Hector Corominas, MD, PhD

Upper Extremity

8:14 AM

8:41 AM

Ultrasonography Of The Wrist And Hand

Shiv T. Sehra, MD, RhMSUS

8:41 AM

9:31 AM

PRACTICE SESSION

Scanning Demonstration – Ultrasound Of The Wrist And Hand

Questions and Discussion Moderated by Sehra

9:31 AM

9:50 AM

Break and Stretch

9:50 AM

10:20 AM

Ultrasonography Of The Elbow

Janeth M. Yinh, MD, RhMSUS

10:20 AM

10:50 AM

PRACTICE SESSION

Scanning Demonstration – Ultrasound Of The Elbow

Questions and Discussion Moderated by Yinh

10:50 AM

11:00 AM

Break and Stretch

11:00 AM

11:20 AM

Ultrasonography Of The Shoulder

Fadi Badlissi, MD, MSc, RhMSUS

11:20 AM

11:25 AM

Break and Stretch

11:25 AM

12:05 PM

PRACTICE SESSION

Scanning Demonstration – Ultrasound Of The Shoulder

Questions and Discussion Moderated by Samuels

12:05 PM

12:55 PM

Lunch Break

12:55 PM

1:10 PM

Billing And Coding

Ralf G. Thiele, MD, FACR, RhMSUS

1:10 PM

1:30 PM

Certification And Credentialing

Ralf G. Thiele, MD, FACR, RhMSUS

1:30 PM

1:45 PM

Questions And Discussion

Thiele

1:45 PM

2:00 PM

Break and Stretch

2:00 PM

2:26 PM

Imaging Of Nerves And Guided Perineural Injections

Swati D. Deshmukh, MD

2:26 PM

2:39 PM

Practical Application On Lung Ultrasound

Ingrid Möller, MD

2:39 PM

3:10 PM

Regenerative Medicine And MSK US Indications

Joanne P. Borg-Stein, MD

3:10 PM

3:35 PM

Questions And Discussion

Deshmukh, Borg-Stein, Möller

3:35 PM

3:45 PM

Break and Stretch

3:45 PM

4:29 PM

Needle Guidance And Ultrasound-Guided Musculoskeletal Interventions: Technique And Evidence

Eugene Kissin, MD, RhMSUS

4:29 PM

5:00 PM

Questions And Discussion

Kissin

Lower Extremity

8:00 AM

8:42 AM

Ultrasonography Of The Ankle And Foot

Ralf G. Thiele, MD, FACR, RhMSUS

8:42 AM

9:37 AM

PRACTICE SESSION

Scanning Demonstration – Ultrasound Of The Ankle And Foot

Questions and Discussion Moderated by Thiele

9:37 AM

9:55 AM

Break and Stretch

9:55 AM

10:16 AM

Ultrasonography Of The Knee

Derrick J. Todd, MD, PhD

10:16 AM

10:56 AM

PRACTICE SESSION

Scanning Demonstration – Ultrasound Of The Knee

Questions and Discussion Moderated by Todd

10:56 AM

11:05 AM

Break and Stretch

11:05 AM

11:15 AM

Ultrasonography Of The Hip

Hector Corominas, MD, PhD

11:15 AM

11:45 AM

PRACTICE SESSION

Scanning Demonstration – Ultrasound Of The Hip

Questions and Discussion Moderated by Corominas and Cohen

11:45 AM

12:35 PM

Lunch Break

12:35 PM

1:07 PM

Musculoskeletal Ultrasound In Sports Medicine

John-Paul D. Hezel, MD

1:07 PM

1:36 PM

MSK Ultrasound In Pediatric Rheumatology

Ezra M. Cohen, MD, RhMSUS

1:36 PM

1:55 PM

Ultrasound In Crystal-Induced Arthritis

Anthony M. Reginato, PhD, MD

1:55 PM

2:30 PM

Questions And Discussion

Reginato, Hezel, Cohen

2:30 PM

2:40 PM

Break and Stretch

2:40 PM

3:10 PM

How To Incorporate MSKUS Into Your Practice When Starting?

Fadi Badlissi, MD, MSc, RhMSUS

3:10 PM

3:40 PM

Ask Me Anything: Questions-Answer-Session

Borg-Stein, Dushmukh, Kissin, Reginato, Thiele

3:40 PM

3:45 PM

Closing Remarks

Fadi Badlissi, MD, MSc, RhMSUS