Focused Ultrasound changed the life of one uterine fibroid patient
Program
The preliminary program schedule is listed below. Plenary sessions begin on Monday, October 15th and end Wednesday, October 17th. An evening cocktail reception will be held on Sunday, October 14th.
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Date
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Topic
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Speaker
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Sunday (Evening) |
Welcome Reception: Innovation
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Dean Kamen
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Monday |
Welcome and Opening Remarks
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Neal Kassell, MD
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Honorary President’s Address
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Wladyslaw Gedroyc, MD
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Keynote
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John Grisham
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Brain
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Moderators
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Jin Woo Chang, MD, PhD
W. Jeffrey Elias, MD
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FUSF Strategic Focus: Brain Program
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Neal Kassell, MD
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Free Paper Presentations
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±11
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Uterine Fibroids
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Moderators
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Young-Sun Kim, MD
Elizabeth Stewart, MD
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Panel Discussion: Site Success in Uterine Fibroid Therapy
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Andrew Dobrotwir, MD
Gina Hesley, MD
Young-Sun Kim, MD
Matthias Matzko, MD
Jaron Rabinovici, MD
Steve Raman, MD
Elizabeth Stewart, MD
Sang-Wook Yoon, MD
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Free Paper Presentations
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±10
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Tuesday
Evening |
Panel Discussion: Ultrasound vs. MRI as guidance for Focused Ultrasound treatment
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Christian Chaussy, MD
Yael Inbar, MD
Clare Tempany, MD
Gail ter Haar, PhD
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Emerging Applications
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Moderators
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Andreas Melzer, MDBradford Wood, MD
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Free Paper Presentations
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±6
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Breast Tumors
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Moderators
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Wilbert Bartels, PhD
Hidemi Furusawa, MD
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Free Paper Presentations
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±4
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Prostate
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Moderators
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Andreas Blana, MD
Peter Scardino, MD
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Panel Discussion: Focused Ultrasound Treatment for Prostate Cancer – Controversies
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Andreas Blana, MD
Christian Chaussy, MD
Louise Dickinson, MD
Mark Hurwitz, MD
Peter Scardino, MD
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Free Paper Presentations
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±8
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Poster Session and Reception
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Wednesday |
Bone Tumors: Metastases
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Moderators
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Mark Hurwitz, MD
Vladimir Turkevich, MD
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Panel Discussion: Focused Ultrasound Treatment for Bone Metastasis
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Carlo Catalano, MD
Raphael Catane, MD
Pejman Ghanouni, MD
Mark Hurwitz, MD
James Larner, MD
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Free Paper Presentations
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±5
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Bone Applications: Non-metastases
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Moderators
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Motohiro Kawasaki, MD
Alessandro Napoli, MD
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Free Paper Presentations
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±5
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Liver and Pancreas
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Moderators
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Wladyslaw Gedroyc, MD
Thomas Leslie, MD
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FUSF Strategic Focus: Liver and Pancreas
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Arik Hananel, MD, MBA
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Free Paper Presentations
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±12
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A more detailed schedule will be provided as details and speakers are finalized. Also, the preliminary program is subject to change based on speaker availability and time limitations.
