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13th WINFOCUS World Congress

September 27th-30th, 2017

Rosario, Argentina

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October 12th-15th, 2017

Montreal, Canada

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International evidence-based recommendations for point-of-care lung ultrasound

International evidence-based recommendations on US-guided vascular access

International evidence-based recommendations for focused cardiac ultrasound

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'Ecos dos Gerais' Project

WINFOCUS GLOBUS

Minas Gerais, Brazil

International Consensus Conference on Ultrasound in Medical Education

International Consensus Conference on Ultrasound in Trauma

To be published...

WINFOCUS Vision & Mission

The World Interactive Network Focused On Critical UltraSound (WINFOCUS) is the world leader scientific network committed to develop Point-of-Care Ultrasound practice, research, education, technology, and networking, addressing the needs of patients, institutions, services, and communities living in out-of-hospital and in-hospital critical scenarios. Our goals:

To identify critical scenarios where ultrasound, when implemented and incorporated into point-of-care, represents a critical added value to improve management, performance and outcomes;
To identify ultrasound “point-of-care” applications within extra-hospital and in-hospital scenarios, consistent with prevention, triage, diagnosis, monitoring and treatment of the critical patient;
To identify the technical, clinical, organizational, and social competencies necessary for effective incorporation and diffusion of “point-of-care” ultrasound into critical scenarios, the methodology, technology, and instrumentation necessary for its implementation, and the feasibility, sustainability, and accuracy of the identified technologies;
To evaluate and compare the experiences of different investigators through networking actions;
To develop research projects and conferences;
To promote quality assured training programs, incorporating them, where appropriate, into school and university curricula.

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WINFOCUS World Calendar

WINFOCUS Projects

USCMC

The UltraSound Critical Management Certification (USCMC) Global Program is devoted to develop ‘Critical Ultrasound’ education, certification, credentialing, accreditation, integrating at different extents education and healthcare institutions, through post-graduate CME programs.

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UNITED

The network plan is involving universities and aims to spread global ultrasound practice throughout all the critical scenarios, backing academically WINFOCUS worldwide action, delivering recommendations and guidelines for undergraduate and postgraduate ultrasound curricula, cooperating with universities in underserved regions for an overall enhancement of their curricula and educational activity.

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RESCUE

The RESearch in Critical Ultrasound and Echocardiography (RESCUE) development plan is based on two initiatives: the UltraSound Evidence-Based Medicine (USEBM) group, designed to promote critical ultrasound research projects; and the International Liasion on Critical Echocardiography and UltraSound (ILCEUS), designed to develop International recommendations and guidelines for point-of-care critical ultrasound education, clinical practice, and technology development.

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GLOBUS

The GLOBUS (Global UltraSound) world initiative aims to make essential cost-effective primary ultrasound available worldwide throughout all the communities leaving in remote and scarce-resource scenarios, consistently to the Primary Health Care concept developed by the Alma Ata Declaration and the United Nations Millennium Development Goals.

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Board of Directors

Richard Hoppmann

President, WINFOCUS

(South Carolina, USA) - Professor of medicine and Dean of the University of South Carolina School of Medicine - Director of…

(South Carolina, USA) - Professor of medicine and Dean of the University of South Carolina School of Medicine - Director of the Ultrasound Institute at USC - Principle Investigator on multiple ultrasound grants - Founder and the first President of the Society of Ultrasound in Medical Education

Francesco Caronni

Member, Board of Directors

(Lugano, Switzerland) - Director WBLUS,WALUS, USLS-BL1 – Tutor USLS-BL2, WBE, USVASC - Chief of Intensive Care Unit - Ospedale Regionale…

(Lugano, Switzerland) - Director WBLUS,WALUS, USLS-BL1 – Tutor USLS-BL2, WBE, USVASC - Chief of Intensive Care Unit - Ospedale Regionale di Lugano (EOC), 6900 - Lugano.

Carmela Graci

Vice-President, WINFOCUS

-President, WINFOCUS(Milan, Italy) - Director of the WINFOCUS International Training Center of Niguarda Hospital in Milan, Italy - General Secretary of the organization…

-President, WINFOCUS(Milan, Italy) - Director of the WINFOCUS International Training Center of Niguarda Hospital in Milan, Italy - General Secretary of the organization and international faculty of the WINFOCUS Global UltraSound 4Human Development program in Brazil

Arif Hussain

President Elect, WINFOCUS

(Riyadh, Saudi Arabia) - Head of cardiac critical care and a consultant in cardiac anesthesia in King Abdulaziz Cardiac Center…

(Riyadh, Saudi Arabia) - Head of cardiac critical care and a consultant in cardiac anesthesia in King Abdulaziz Cardiac Center in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Alberta Spreafico

Treasurer, WINFOCUS

Miguel Montorfano

Immediate Past President, WINFOCUS

(Rosario, Argentina) - Coordinator of Critical Ultrasound Education and chair of the Ultrasound Unit in the Emergency Hospital of Rosario,…

(Rosario, Argentina) - Coordinator of Critical Ultrasound Education and chair of the Ultrasound Unit in the Emergency Hospital of Rosario, Argentina - Founding member and past President of the Ultrasound Society of Rosario - past Vice President of the Argentina Federation of Societies of Ultrasound and Echo Doppler.

Luca Neri

Member, Board of Directors

(Milan, Italy) - WINFOCUS USCME Global Director and Past President - he is taking care of the International development of WINFOCUS training,…

(Milan, Italy) - WINFOCUS USCME Global Director and Past President - he is taking care of the International development of WINFOCUS training, scientific and humanitarian activities, travelling, lecturing and networking through out dozens of Countries every year - Trained as Emergency Surgeons and Critical Care Physician - Managing Editor of the Critical Ultrasound Journal - Critical Ultrasound Program Director in the Prehospital EMS/HEMS of ‘Niguarda Ca’ Granda’ Hospital-AREU (Milan, Italy)

Adi Osman

Member, Board of Directors

(Perak, Malaysia) - Consultant emergency physician and head of the Department of Trauma & Emergency at Hospital Raja Permaisuri Bainun…

(Perak, Malaysia) - Consultant emergency physician and head of the Department of Trauma & Emergency at Hospital Raja Permaisuri Bainun in Ipoh, Perak, Malaysia - Fellow of emergency critical care and critical ultrasound from the WINFOCUS International Fellowship Program - Chairman for emergency critical care and critical ultrasound subcommittee in the College of Emergency Physician, Academy of Medicine Malaysia - Coordinator of WINFOCUS-Malaysia - President of the Society of Emergency and Critical Sonography Malaysia

Gabriele Via

Member, Board of Directors

(Pavia, Italy) - Intensivist and Consultant for the 1st Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care, IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo Foundation…

(Pavia, Italy) - Intensivist and Consultant for the 1st Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care, IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo Foundation in Pavia, Italy - Founding Member of WINFOCUS, director of the WINFOCUS Critical Care Echo Global Training Program - Director of the WINFOCUS Pavia International Training Center - International faculty of the WINFOCUS US-Basic and US-Advanced Life Support courses - Co-Director of the annual Echocardiography for Intensivists and Emergency Medicine Clinicians course at Harvard Medical School in Boston - Author and Co-Author of peer-reviewed publications and textbooks chapters in the field of critical care ultrasound

Vicki Noble

Member, Board of Directors

(Massachusetts - USA) - Director of the Division of Emergency Ultrasound at Massachusetts General Hospital, a program she founded in…

(Massachusetts - USA) - Director of the Division of Emergency Ultrasound at Massachusetts General Hospital, a program she founded in 2003

Giovanni Volpicelli

Member, Board of Directors

(Torino, Italy) - Emergency physician at San Luigi Gonzaga University Hospital in Torino, Italy - Associate Editor of the Critical Ultrasound…

(Torino, Italy) - Emergency physician at San Luigi Gonzaga University Hospital in Torino, Italy - Associate Editor of the Critical Ultrasound Journal - Member of the editorial board and a reviewer of international journals in the field of emergency medicine and emergency ultrasound - Director of the WINFOCUS Lung Ultrasound Group and coordinates the international program of education on lung ultrasound - Previous Chairman of the scientific committee of the 1st International Consensus Conference on Lung Ultrasound - Author of chapters in international books of emergency medicine and emergency ultrasound

Larry Melniker

Member, Board of Directors

(New York, USA) - Vice Chair of continuous quality management in the Department of Emergency Medicine at New York Methodist…

(New York, USA) - Vice Chair of continuous quality management in the Department of Emergency Medicine at New York Methodist Hospital - Assistant clinical Professor in the Department of Medicine at Weill Medical College, Cornell University - He serves on the Board of Directors for WINFOCUS and the Editorial Board for the Critical Ultrasound Journal - he serves on the research committees for the International Federation of Emergency Medicine and American College of Emergency Physicians

Anthony Dean

Member, Board of Directors

(Pennsylvania, USA) - Director of the Division of Emergency Ultrasound at the University of Pennsylvania

Ramon Nogué

Member, Board of Directors

(Lleida, Spain) - Professor of emergency medicine and director of postgraduate training in emergency medicine and emergency and critical ultrasound…

(Lleida, Spain) - Professor of emergency medicine and director of postgraduate training in emergency medicine and emergency and critical ultrasound at the University of Lleida School of Medicine in Spain - Coordinator for Spain’s ultrasound training program in the Spanish Society of Emergency Medicine - Coordinator of WINFOCUS Spain - previous President of the 8th WINFOCUS World Congress in Barcelona in Oct. 2012 - Director and Teacher of several basic and advanced courses in emergency ultrasound - Author of the Manual of Emergency Ultrasound, practical guide in Spanish

Tomas Villen

Member, Board of Directors

(Madrid, Spain) - Attending physician and former emergency ultrasound division director at Hospital Universitario Ramon y Cajal in Madrid - Fellow…

(Madrid, Spain) - Attending physician and former emergency ultrasound division director at Hospital Universitario Ramon y Cajal in Madrid - Fellow of emergency ultrasound from Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston - Member of the Board of Directors of WINFOCUS - Secretary of the Ultrasound Section in the Spanish Society for Emergency Medicine

José Pazeli Jr.

Member, Board of Directors

(Barbacena, Brazil) - Intensivist and nephrologist as well as a Professor at the School of Medicine of Barbacena in Minas…

(Barbacena, Brazil) - Intensivist and nephrologist as well as a Professor at the School of Medicine of Barbacena in Minas Gerais, Brazil - Coordinator of the critical care unit and Associate Director of the dialysis unit at Santa Casa de Misericórdia Hospital in Barbacena - Manager of WINFOCUS/Brazil and the Ecos dos Gerais Project

Elmo Pereira Jr.

Member, Board of Directors

(Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) - Visiting Professor, Internal Medicine and Intensive Care Disciplines - Internal Medicine Dept. - Faculty of Medicine Federal…

(Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) - Visiting Professor, Internal Medicine and Intensive Care Disciplines - Internal Medicine Dept. - Faculty of Medicine Federal University of Rio de Janeiro - Attending Physician, NeuroICU, Paulo Niemeyer Brain Institute - Coordinator, WINFOCUS Rio de Janeiro - Director, Rio Ensino Médico Ltda.

Deepak Govil

Member, Board of Directors

(Gurgaon, India) - Associate Director in the Institute of Critical Care and Anesthesiology at Medanta – The Medicity in Gurgaon,…

(Gurgaon, India) - Associate Director in the Institute of Critical Care and Anesthesiology at Medanta – The Medicity in Gurgaon, India - Pice President of the Indian Society of Critical Care Medicine - Examiner and Teacher for Indian Diploma in Critical Care Medicine

Philippe Pès

Member, Board of Directors

(Nantes, France) - Emergency medicine physician at SAMU 44 CHU de Nantes in France - Emergency Ultrasound Section Coordinator for the west region…

(Nantes, France) - Emergency medicine physician at SAMU 44 CHU de Nantes in France - Emergency Ultrasound Section Coordinator for the west region of France - Co-Founding Member and treasurer of WINFOCUS-France

Gregor Prosen

Member, Board of Directors

(Maribor, Slovenia) - Faculty of health sciences at the University of Maribor, Slovenia - Founding member and current President of Medical…

(Maribor, Slovenia) - Faculty of health sciences at the University of Maribor, Slovenia - Founding member and current President of Medical Society WINFOCUS Slovenija - Instructor in WINFOCUS Life Support Course and a member of the educational committee of WINFOCUS

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