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How many volunteers were present at the Congress? : |
3200. There are 137000 members around the world. |
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Delegates from which countries presented in the congress? : |
They were from 127 countries. From USA, Europe, Asia, Africa. |
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Were the delegates of any other organizations present in the congress? : |
No |
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If yes, please write the names of the organizations in the box : |
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What were the responses to your talking points? Were specific questions or concerns raised? : |
There are a lot of papers published about Doppler. There was no concern about the article but ongoing studies continue and several points were discussed. |
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If you met staff members, please list their full names & positions. : |
Dr Vajiheh Marsousi, associated professor of TUMS, Shariati hospital, Obstetrics & Gynecology department |
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Please inform us if there are any follow up actions we need to talk with the members of the congress : |
We talked with Professor Deprest from Leuven university, Belgium, who is an expert in fetal surgery. He was willing to teach us but he needs an extra budget for teaching.Therefore the university should follow the process. We should try to become members of his team.We can depend on him when Dr Shamshirsaz is not available in Iran. |
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Your experiences about the travel processes(Providing ticket, accommodation,...) : |
I bought my flight ticket independently six months in advance. I had also booked the hotel which the congress was held in and resided there to fully enjoy the congress. |
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Please give a briefing of your own observations and outcomes of the congress: : |
There are a lot of ongoing studies on ultrasound in obstetrics and gynecology. There were a lot of presentations on first and second trimester screening. The NIPT was discussed and its progress was wonderful.There was a lot of presentations about the role of ultrasound in prediction of progress of labor.Fetal cardiac and CNS anomalies were discussed fully and several live presentations were performed.There were a lot of presentations on the role of ultrasound in ovarian tumors which Professor Derick Timmerman an expert had a work shop on it with a nice ultrasound scores to differentiate malignant masses from benign ones.Professor Dario Paladini from Italy had wonderful lectures on fetal heart and diagnostic challenges and professor Beryl Benacerraf from USA had interesting lectures on pelvic masses.There were a lot of progression in management of FGR.
We understood that we manage our patients very well and by standard guidelines. |