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Principles to Practice: Sonography Principles Instrumentation (SPI) Review<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Presented by Fred Kremkau, PhD and Felicia Toreno, PhD<\/em><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
12:00pm<\/td>Echoes and Equations: The principles of sound in ultrasound<\/td><\/tr>
12:45pm<\/td>Inside the Probe: Piezoelectricity, footprints, and frequency<\/td><\/tr>
1:30pm<\/td>Pixels, Pulses, and Processing: The anatomy of an ultrasound image<\/td><\/tr>
2:25pm<\/td>Break <\/td><\/tr>
2:45pm<\/td>Ghosts in the Machine: Why artifacts happen<\/td><\/tr>
3:15pm<\/td>Velocity and Veracity: Doppler physics and pitfalls<\/td><\/tr>
4:00pm<\/td>Clean, Calibrated, and Clinically Safe: QA and safety essentials<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Ultrasound Guided Regional Anesthesia (in-person only) <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Presented by Donald Byars, MD, Robert Reardon, MD, and Gavin Rogers, MD<\/em><\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
12:00pm<\/td>Welcome: Right block, right patient, right now<\/td><\/tr>
12:15pm<\/td>Meds that Matter: Dosing, duration, and additives<\/td><\/tr>
12:45pm<\/td>The Greatest Hits: High-yield blocks for high value care<\/td><\/tr>
1:35pm<\/td>Safe Blocks, Strong Outcomes: Preventing and managing adverse events<\/td><\/tr>
1:55pm <\/td>Break<\/td><\/tr>
2:15pm<\/td>The UGRA lab: Scan, Track, Inject<\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>Hands on Stations: 
Sonographic anatomy and Needle Guidance          
Fascia Iliaca Block (FIB)\/Pericapsular Nerve Group (PENG)                                       
Infra and supra clavicular blocks                                        
Erector Spinae Plane Block (ESPB)
Nerve pro-section: Dermatome and myotome discussion<\/td><\/tr>
4:25pm<\/td>The Take Home Toolbox: Templates, Tips, and Next Steps<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Global Health Course: What High-Resource Systems Can Learn from POCUS in Low-Resource Setting<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Presented by Larry Melniker, MD and Lindsay Taylor, MD<\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
12:00pm <\/td>The Global State of Ultrasound. Framing the Situation<\/td><\/tr>
12:50pm<\/td>Lean Innovations from Low-Resource Settings: The state of POCUS in LMIC <\/td><\/tr>
1:40pm<\/td>High-Impact, Low-Complexity Pathways: The frugal diagnostic mindset<\/td><\/tr>
2:30pm<\/td>Break<\/td><\/tr>
2:50pm<\/td>Accelerated learning – does it really take $2000 to become competent? Innovations in learning POCUS<\/td><\/tr>
3:40pm<\/td>Bureaucracy vs. Pragmatism – balancing safeguards and rules with getting things done<\/td><\/tr>
4:30pm<\/td>Adjourn<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Fundamentals of Imaging in Obstetrics: A practical, hands-on journey from image acquisition to clinical confidence.<\/em> <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Presented by Alfred Abuhamad, MD<\/em><\/strong><\/strong><\/em>, Nadine Johnson, MBBS<\/em><\/strong>, Elena Sinkovskaya, MD, PhD<\/strong><\/em>, and Shifa Turan, MD<\/em><\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
12:00pm<\/td>Welcome & Introduction<\/td><\/tr>
12:15pm<\/td>Clarity in every frame: mastering imaging optimization<\/td><\/tr>
12:35pm<\/td>A systematic 6-step approach to obstetric imaging<\/td><\/tr>
12:55pm<\/td>Live Demonstration<\/td><\/tr>
1:10pm<\/td>Accurate measurements for confident assessment: pregnancy dating & fetal biometry<\/td><\/tr>
1:35pm<\/td>Live Demonstration<\/td><\/tr>
1:50pm<\/td>Mastering standard fetal anatomy survey<\/td><\/tr>
2:15pm<\/td>Live Demonstration<\/td><\/tr>
2:30pm<\/td>Doppler in Obstetrics: Understanding flow, patterns, and clinical application<\/td><\/tr>
2:55pm<\/td>Live Demonstration<\/td><\/tr>
3:10pm<\/td>Break \/ Virtual Attendees Adjourn<\/td><\/tr>
3:30pm<\/td>Live Scanning Session: Hands-on scanning with a pregnant volunteer<\/td><\/tr>
4:30pm<\/td>Interactive Q&A<\/td><\/tr>
4:45pm<\/td>Closing Remarks<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\"Facebook\"<\/a>\"twitter\"<\/a>\"linkedin\"<\/a>\"instagram\"<\/a>\"flickr\"<\/a>\"foursquare\"<\/a>\"mail\"<\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Principles to Practice: Sonography Principles Instrumentation (SPI) Review Presented by Fred Kremkau, PhD and Felicia Toreno, PhD 12:00pm Echoes and Equations: The principles of sound in ultrasound 12:45pm Inside the Probe: Piezoelectricity, footprints, and frequency 1:30pm Pixels, Pulses, and Processing: The anatomy of an ultrasound image 2:25pm Break  2:45pm Ghosts in the Machine: Why artifacts … Continue reading Pre-Conference Sessions<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":31842,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/wcume2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/626"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/wcume2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/wcume2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/wcume2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/31842"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/wcume2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=626"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/wcume2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/626\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":675,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/wcume2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/626\/revisions\/675"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/wcume2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=626"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}