The World Leading
Mission & Vision
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.
Our Worldwide Network
A message from the president
Gabriele Via, MD, EDIC
Winfocus President
Dear colleagues, fellow PoCUS-practitioners, and friends,
2022 has been another year of struggle for many healthcare workers worldwide due to the persisting pandemic(s), the worrisome geopolitical global scenario, and the international financial crisis. Indeed, these challenging conditions have weighed even more on limited-resource healthcare systems.
WINFOCUS holds at the core of its vision and mission a mandate to make diagnostic imaging more accessible, patient-centered, and equitable by spreading PoCUS education and use in the most diverse clinical settings. Significant achievements were obtained by our community this year again, thanks to the collaborative work of many of you and the several groups part of WINFOCUS Network: 2022 was marked by the resurgence of in-person PoCUS educational events worldwide, the creation of the WINFOCUS Academy (https://winfocus.formacao.live/), and the milestone WINFOCUS World Congress 2022, a unique hybrid multi-lingual event in 11 languages offered for free to more than 21.200 registered participants from 127 countries (https://www.winfocusworldcongress.com).
In addition, the largest PoCUS Workshop ever organized has been a source of awe: the PoCUS One World Workshop ever organized has been a source of awe: the PoCUS One World Workshop (POW!) involved 1726 participants in 69 venues simultaneously, including several ones in underserved areas of the planet offering free PoCUS education. As a tangible sign of the growth of our organization, WINFOCUS membership increased in 2022 by 41%.
Allow me to take this opportunity to express my heartfelt thanks. To our members for their trust in WINFOCUS educational offer and scientific authoritativeness. To WINFOCUS officers for their contribution to the success of our endeavors. To the industry for the generous support of our initiatives. To WINFOCUS Secretariat for their invaluable work at our organization’s service, accomplished with remarkable professionalism.
Several challenges and opportunities await us in 2023: continuing the update and broadening of our educational curricula; launching the new research projects; partnering with other scientific organizations in defining standards for PoCUS practice; strengthening the collaboration with humanitarian organizations; and expanding our network further.
In this Festive Season, let me wish you all a New Year rich in meaningful encounters, joyful moments, professional achievements, generous sharing of our expertise and knowledge, and better care for patients. May we continue to promote together a culture of a clinical-sonographic integrated approach to patients, a PoCUS- augmented physical exam, and further foster PoCUS practice worldwide.
Board of Directors
Gabriele Via
WINFOCUS President
Lugano, Switzerland
Cardiac Anesthesia and Intensive Care
Cardiocentro Ticino
- Intensivist, Anesthesiologist
- Director, WINFOCUS Cardiac Ultrasound Training Program
Arif Hussain
WINFOCUS Former President
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
King Saud University for Health Sciences
- Head of Cardiac Critical Care King Abdulaziz Medical City
Anthony J. Dean
WINFOCUS President Elect
Philadelphia, PA, USA
Department of Emergency Medicine
- Professor Emeritus of Emergency Medicine and of Emergency Medicine in Radiology
- Board of Directors PURE (Point-of-care Ultrasound in Resource-limited Environments)
Lawrence A. Melniker
WINFOCUS Treasurer
New York City, NY, USA
New York Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital
Vice Chief, Quality Management, Dept of Emergency Medicine, New York-Presbyterian Hospital Brooklyn Methodist Hospital
Miguel Montorfano
WINFOCUS General Secretary
Rosario, Argentina
Hospital de Emergencias “Dr. Clemente Alvarez”
- Chair Ultrasound & Vascular Doppler Department.
Carmela Graci
WINFOCUS Board Member Advisor
Milan, Italy
Winfocus Milan ITC Director
- Ao Niguarda Ca’ Granda Hospital, Milan (Italy)
James Connolly
WINFOCUS Board Member
Newcastle, United Kingdom
Royal Victoria Infirmary
Department of Emergency Medicine
He specialises in ultrasound in emergency care, medical education (surgical skills) and the annual thoracotomy course (PERT).
Deepak Govil
WINFOCUS Delhi ITO Director
Gurgaon, India
Institute of Critical Care & Aneasthesia Medanta
- Director – Critical Care Medicine
Dra. Laura Hurtado
WINFOCUS Board Member
Buenos Aires, Argentina
UNCPBA (Universidad Nacional del Centro de la Provincia de Buenos Aires) School of Medicine Professor
- Ultrasound Instructor : Hospital Municipal “Dr. Hector Cura” -Olavarría – Argentina
- Ultrasound Instructor : Hospital Municipal “Dr. Angel Pintos” Azul -Argentina
Ramón Nogué
WINFOCUS Board Member
Lleida, Spain
Professor of Medicine at University of Lleida
- President at WINFOCUS Iberia
- Director of Postgraduate training in Clinical Ultrasound
Luca Neri
WINFOCUS Board Member
Dammam, Saudi Arabia
King Fahad Specialist Hospital
- EM Consultant
- Digital Health Consultant
Diego Martin Barca
WINFOCUS Board Member
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Profesor at Argentine Biology and Medicine Ultrasound Society (SAUMB)
- Director of the Emergency Ultrasound SAUMB Program
- SAUMB Board Member
Julina Noor
WINFOCUS Board Member
Shah Alam, Malaysia
Associate Professor Emergency Medicine Universiti Teknologi MARA
President for the Society of Critical Care & Emergency Sonography Malaysia.
Adi Osman
WINFOCUS Malaysia & Indonesia Coordinator
Ipoh ,Perak , Malaysia
Hospital Raja Permaisuri Bainun
Department of Trauma & Emergency Medicine
- Senior Consultant Emergency Physician & ED Critical Care
José Muniz Pazeli Jr.
WINFOCUS Brazil Coordinator
Estado de Minas Gerais,Brazil
Hospitalar do Estado de Minas Gerais.
Specialist in Intensive Care and Nephrology
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Coordinator of the CTI of Santa Casa de Misericórdia de Barbacena
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Partner-director of the Pró-Renal S/C Ltda.
Philippe Pes, MD
WINFOCUS Board Member
Nantes, France
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nantes
Emergency Physician in the prehospital emergency service of universitary hospital of Nantes. Education, Research, Emergency Ultrasound Section coordinator for the west region in France
Gregor Prosen
WINFOCUS Board Member
Maribor, Slovenia
University Clinical Centre
Emergency department
- Consultant in EM
Tomás Villén
WINFOCUS Board Member
Madrid, Spain
Francisco de Vitoria University
- Associate Professor.
- Director of Point of Care Ultrasound Curriculum.
- Chair of Ultrasound Section of Spanish Society of Emergency Medicine.
Secretariat Team
Davide Neri
General Manager
Cristina Recanses
Marketing and Communication Manager
Quim Fuster
Communication and Digital Strategist