Maternal-Fetal Imaging Advances in OB-GYN Ultrasound

PROGRAM DIRECTORS

Reem S. Abu-Rustum, MD, FACOG, FACS, FAIUM
Associate Professor
Director of Ultrasound Services, Education and Research
Division of Maternal Fetal Medicine
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Affiliate Professor, Department of Physiology and Aging
University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, FL

Dolores H. Pretorius, MD, FACR, FAIUM, FSRU
Maternal-Fetal Care and Genetics
Professor Emeritus of Radiology
University of California, San Diego, CA

FACULTY

Alfred Z. Abuhamad, MD, FAIUM
President and Provost
Dean of the School of Medicine
Mason C. Andrews Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Radiology
Eastern Virginia Medical School
Norfolk, VA

John J. Byrne, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine
The University of Texas Health Sciences Center in San Antonio
San Antonio, TX

Deborah D’Agostini, RDMS, FAIUM
Ultrasound Educator
Kamas, UT

Yvette S. Groszmann, MD, MPH, FACOG, FAIUM
Director of Gynecologic Ultrasound
Diagnostic Ultrasound Associates
Lecturer in Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Medicine
Harvard Medical School
Cambridge, MA

Mindy M. Horrow, MD, FACR, FSRU, FAIUM
Emerita Radiologist, Einstein Healthcare Network/Jefferson
Philadelphia, PA

Sara H. VanArendonk, MD
Assistant Professor
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
San Antonio, TX

Dan Wiesman, MS, CGC
Manager, Genetic Counseling
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
University of Florida
College of Medicine
Gainesville, FL

Course Objectives

Upon completion of this conference, the participant will be able to:

1. Identify sonographic clues to an ectopic pregnancy
2. Recognize the signs for placenta accrete spectrum
3. Understand the role of ultrasound in the evaluation of the postpartum patient
4. Utilize an evidence-based approach to evaluating the fetus with growth restriction
5. Recite the key constituents of genetic counseling in the era of cell-free DNA screening
6. Recognize the anomalies amenable to detection in the first trimester
7. Understand the key planes and approach to evaluating the fetal heart in the first trimester
8. Understand imaging techniques for advanced imaging of the fetal brain
9. Demonstrate how to evaluate the fetal face and the role of 3D imaging
10. Identify the most common syndromes associated with skeletal dysplasias
11. Discuss key lessons learned from obstetric legal cases
12. Optimize imaging for the evaluation of the fetal heart
13. Assess the four-chamber view and recognize the anomalies that are amenable to detection
14. • Assess the three-vessel trachea view and recognize the anomalies that are amenable to detection
15. Understand the most common fetal abdominal cysts and masses
16. Recognize abnormalities of the fetal urinary tract
17. Properly utilize ultrasound in the evaluation of the patient with abnormal uterine bleeding
18. Recognize the sonographic findings for adenomyosis
19. Properly evaluate the patient with chronic pelvic pain
20. Understand the critical role of 3D ultrasound in the gynecologic scan
21. Recite the most common adnexal masses in the pre- and post-menopausal patient
22. Recognize the sonographic clues to ovarian/adnexal torsion

ACCREDITATION

World Class CME designates this enduring material for a maximum of 15.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Sonographers – American Registry for Diagnostic Medical Sonography (ARDMS) accepts AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ from organizations accredited by ACCME. This course qualifies for Category 1 CME for sonographers. This product (service) is not affiliated with or endorsed by Inteleos ™. ARDMS ® and APCA ™ are part of the Inteleos ™ family of certification councils. This is not ASRT approved.

The American Nurses Credentialing Center and the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners Certification Program accept continuing education credits sponsored by organizations, agencies, or educational institutions accredited or approved by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME).

The American Academy of Physician Assistants accepts AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ from organizations accredited by the ACCME.

DISCLOSURE

This program has been planned and implemented in accordance with ACCME essentials and standards. World Class CME relies on its CME faculty to provide program content that is evidence-based and free of commercial bias. Therefore, any faculty, program director, reviewer and/or provider industry relationships will be disclosed and resolved. Speakers are required to openly disclose any limitations of data and/or any discussion of any off-label, experimental, or investigational uses of drugs or devices in their presentations.

Faculty Disclosure:

CONFLICT OF INTEREST DISCLOSURE:

FACULTY/PROGRAM DIRECTOR

Alfred Z. Abuhamad, MD

Advisory Board: Sonosim, Trice Imaging, Pulsemore, Diagnoly

Deborah D’Agostini, RDMS, FAIUM

Former Education Leader:  GE Healthcare (Relationship Ended)

Mindy M. Horrow, MD, FACR, FSRU, FAIUM

Speaker: ESI

All of the relevant financial relationships listed for Alfred Z. Abuhamad and Mindy M. Horrow have been mitigated by peer review completed by peers with no relevant relationships to disclose.

Dr. Deborah D’Agostini’s relationship has ended with GE Healthcare.

None of the other planners/faculty for this educational activity have relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.