Musculoskeletal (MSK) Ultrasound: The Basics with Interventional Cadaver Lab Plus Regenerative Medicine & Advanced Techniques

Musculoskeletal (MSK) Ultrasound: The Basics with Interventional Cadaver Lab Plus Regenerative Medicine & Advanced Techniques is organized by Gulfcoast Ultrasound Institute (GCUS) Inc. and will be held from Jan 25 - 29, 2027 at Gulfcoast Ultrasound Institute, St. petersburg, Florida, United States of America.

Description:
The Musculoskeletal Ultrasound: The Basics with Interventional Cadaver Lab Plus Regenerative Medicine & Advanced Techniques Training Course is the most comprehensive MSK ultrasound course in the industry. This combined live training program takes participants from foundational musculoskeletal (MSK) ultrasound scanning and interpretation, through interventional procedures, regenerative medicine applications, and advanced techniques such as spine and peripheral nerve ultrasound and interventions. It is designed for clinicians who wish to expand their ultrasound-guided musculoskeletal diagnostic and treatment capabilities.

Course Highlights:

• Live scanning demonstrations of all major upper and lower extremity joints
• Hands-on scanning session with 3:1 participant-to-faculty ratio on standardized patient models and inanimate phantoms
• Two 4-hour human cadaver lab sessions to allow extensive hands-on practice of ultrasound-guided interventional procedures in a realistic anatomical environment
• Focused discussion on emerging regenerative therapies including prolotherapy, platelet-rich plasma (PRP), bone marrow aspirate concentrate (BMAC), and lipoaspirate
• Introduction to spine and peripheral nerve ultrasound and interventions
• Billing and coding aspects for MSK ultrasound with case examples

Topics:

• Shoulder Anatomy & Scanning Techniques with Live Scanning Demonstration
• Ultrasound Evaluation of Shoulder Pathology
• Elbow Anatomy & Scan Techniques with Live Scanning Demonstration
• Ultrasound Evaluation of Elbow Pathology
• Ultrasound Guided Injection Techniques
• Wrist & Hand Anatomy, Scan Techniques with Live Scanning Demonstration
• Ultrasound Evaluation of Wrist and Hand Pathology
• Ultrasound Evaluation of the Ankle & Foot with Live Scanning Demonstration
• Ultrasound Evaluation of Ankle/Foot Pathology
• Ultrasound Evaluation of the Hip with Live Scanning Demonstration
• Ultrasound Evaluation of Hip Pathology
• Ultrasound Evaluation of the Knee with Live Scanning Demonstration
• Ultrasound Evaluation of Knee Pathology
• Use of Ultrasound in Rheumatology Applications
• Tendinopathy and Ultrasound-Guided Tenotomy
• Ultrasound-Guided Prolotherapy: General Principles & Practical Applications
• Platelet-Rich Plasma (PRP) Fundamentals
• Bone Marrow and Lipoaspirate: General Principles & Practical Applications in Regenerative Medicine
• Case Reports in Regenerative Medicine
• Ultrasound Evaluation of the Spine: Basic Anatomy
• Introduction to Ultrasound Evaluation of Peripheral Nerves
• Billing & Coding for MSK Ultrasound with Case Examples
• Hands-On Scanning: Interventional Cadaver Lab Sessions – Upper & Lower Extremity Interventional Techniques
• Hands-On Scanning Standardized Patient Models: Spine & Peripheral Nerve
• Regenerative Medicine Procedures – Patient PRP Procedures Performed Live

Objectives:

• Increase the participant's knowledge to better perform and/or interpret MSK ultrasound examinations.
• Increase confidence to incorporate protocols, techniques and interpretation criteria to improve diagnostic/treatment accuracy.
• 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, and spine 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, hip, and spine.
• 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.
• Interpret complex musculoskeletal ultrasound images and list treatment options and patient management strategies.
• Demonstrate the principles of injection techniques for the performance of upper and lower extremity MSK interventions on cadaver models.
• Outline the biology and evidence for use of various regenerative substances.
• Prepare regenerative substances for performing ultrasound-guided procedures
• State the role of ultrasound in nerve entrapment syndromes.