Combined Course: Introduction to MSK Ultrasound + Advanced/Interventional MSK Ultrasound with Regenerative Medicine

Combined Course: Introduction to MSK Ultrasound + Advanced/Interventional MSK Ultrasound with Regenerative Medicine is organized by Gulfcoast Ultrasound Institute (GUI) Inc. and will be held from Aug 13 - 17, 2018 at Gulfcoast Ultrasound Institute, Saint Petersburg, Florida, United States of America.

The target audience for this medical event is Physicians, Chiropractors, NP’s, PA’s, Sonographers, Physical Therapists, Athletic Trainers and other medical professionals specializing in: Sports Medicine, Orthopedics, Rheumatology, PM&R, Pain Management, Emergency Medicine, Regenerative Medicine, and other MSK related fields. This CME Conference has been approved for a maximum of 20.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits.

Course Description:
The Combined Course: Introduction to MSK Ultrasound + Advanced/Interventional MSK Ultrasound with Regenerative Medicine Track Ultrasound Course is taught by leading experts in the field of MSK ultrasound. This musculoskeletal ultrasound hands-on course/program provides comprehensive lectures and extensive hands-on scanning with live models for upper and lower extremity applications. Learn the musculoskeletal essentials and build confidence in your scanning and interpretation abilities. An optional interventional workshop is also offered using human cadaveric specimens. This intermediate to advanced level MSK ultrasound program is designed to expand and update skills to integrate advanced MSK applications and ultrasound-guided regenerative medicine techniques into clinical practice. Taught by world-renowned ultrasound experts, the program offers evidence based lectures combined with extensive hands-on scanning sessions featuring live models and human cadaveric specimens. Participants will also have the opportunity to observe live demonstrations of multiple regenerative medicine procedures (diagnosis and techniques) on various live patients with pathologies.

Topics:
• Shoulder Anatomy & Scanning Techniques
• Evaluation of Shoulder Pathology
• Elbow Anatomy & Scanning Techniques
• Evaluation of Elbow Pathology
• Ultrasound Guided Injection Techniques
• Wrist/Hand Anatomy & Scan Techniques
• Evaluation of Wrist/Hand Pathology
• Normal Evaluation of the Ankle/Foot & Pathology
• Knee Anatomy, Scanning Techniques, & Pathology
• Evaluation of the Hip
• Utility of Dynamic Ultrasound
• Ultrasound Evaluation of the Spine
• Advanced Peripheral Nerve Applications: Diagnosis & treatment options
• Post-Op Shoulder, Knee, and Beyond
• Unlocking Frozen Joints
• Hands-On scanning: live modelsBiology and Evidence for regenerative substances
• Dextrose Prolotherapy
• Platelet Rich Plasma (PRP)
• Bone Marrow Aspirate (BMA)
• Lipoaspirate
• Amniotic Membrane and Cells
• Essentials of US Guided Regenerative Medicine
• Ultrasound guided injection techniques
• Preparing Dextrose and PRP Injectables
• Upper and lower extremity regenerative medicine techniques
• Post procedure protocols for regenerative medicine
• Regulatory guidelines and billing/coding for regenerative medicine
• Hands-On workshops: live models
• Hands-On workshops: Cadaver lab – needle guidance to target areas
• Hands-On workshop: Cadaver lab – bone marrow and lipoaspirate techniques
• Live patient regenerative medicine demonstrations: Prolotherapy & PRP

Conference Objectives are :
• Increase the participant's knowledge to better perform and/or interpret MSK ultrasound examinations.
• List the indications, benefits, and limitations of MSK ultrasound for sports medicine injuries, physical medicine & rehabilitation, and rheumatology applications.
• Demonstrate proper transducer manipulation and system optimization to produce diagnostic images.
• Demonstrate scanning protocols for performing shoulder, elbow, wrist/hand, knee, ankle/foot, & hip ultrasound examinations.
• Identify normal anatomy during musculoskeletal ultrasound imaging.
• Identify the sonographic appearance of commonly seen pathology of the shoulder, knee, elbow, wrist/hand, ankle, and foot.
• Demonstrate the use of MSK sonography for diagnosis and ultrasound-guided interventions and describe "in-plane" and "out of plane" injections/aspiration techniques using inanimate phantoms.
• Increase confidence to incorporate protocols, techniques and interpretation criteria to improve diagnostic/treatment accuracy.
Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.