Overall Learning Outcomes:

  • To learn sonographic assessment of synovitis.
  • To identify sonographic features of inflammatory and non-inflammatory pathologies of tendons and enthesis.
  • To learn common sonographic pitfalls in identifying pathologies of synovium/tendon/enthesis.
  • To learn sonographic assessment of gout/CPPD/BCP crystal.
  • To learn effective sonographic technique for the management of calcification.

 

TIME

TOPIC

CATEGORY

DURATION IN MINS

DAY 1: Saturday (December 06, 2025) - Monographic (SpA)

7:00 AM - 8:00 AM

Registration

   

8:15 AM - 8:30 AM

Opening

   

8:30 AM - 9:15 AM

Synovitis Grading and Pitfalls (Lecture)

Prof. Esperanza Naredo

Cat 1

45 min

9:15 AM - 10:00 AM

Tendon Pathology (Inflammatory/Degenerative)

Prof. Lene Terslev

Cat 1

45 min

10:00 AM - 10:15 AM

Break

 

15 min

10:15 AM - 11:45 AM

Workshop

Cat 3

90 min

11:45 AM - 12:30 PM

Lunch

 

45 min

12:30 PM - 1:15 PM

Enthesitis\Enthesopathy (Inflammatory /Degenerative)(Lecture)

Prof.Hilde Berner Hammer

Cat 1

45 min

1:15 PM - 2:00 PM

Nail, DIP, PIP, Pulley , Dactylitis and Enthesopathy Pathology (inflammatory\degenerative )(Lecture)

Prof.Ingrid Moller

Cat 1

45 min

2:00 PM - 2:15 PM

Break

 

15 min

2:15 PM - 4:15 PM

Workshop

Cat 3

120 min

DAY 2: Sunday (December 07 , 2024) - Monographic (SpA)

8:00 AM - 8:45 AM

Gout Crystal : Tophi and Mimics (Lecture)

Prof. Schmidt Wolfgang Andreas

Cat 1

45 mins

8:45 AM - 9:30 AM

CPPD (Lecture)
Prof. Lene Terslev

Cat 1

45 mins

9:30 AM - 9:45 AM

Break

 

15 mins

9:45 AM - 10:30 AM

Challenging Cases (Lecture)

Dr. Zunaid Karim & Dr. Peter Mandl

Cat 1

15 mins

10:15 AM - 11:45 AM

Workshop

Cat 3

90 mins

11:45 AM - 12:30 PM

Lunch and Prayer Break

 

45 mins

12:30 PM - 1:15 PM

Basic Calcium Phosphate BCP : Pathology and Prognosis (Lecture)

Dr. Georgios Filippou

Cat 1

45 mins

1:15 PM - 2:00 PM

Management Calcific Tendinopathy : Ultrasound Guided Procedures

Dr. Mihaela Cosmina Micu

Cat 1

45 mins

2:00 PM - 2:15 PM

Break

 

15 mins

2:15 PM - 4:15 PM

Workshop

Cat 3

120 min

4:15 PM - 4:45 PM

Difficult cases (Lecture)

Prof. Schmidt Wolfgang Andreas / Dr. Fiaz Alam

Cat 1

30 mins

4:45 PM - 5:00 PM

Closing & Conclusion