WINFOCUS World Congress + LATAM Congress

This event brings together international leaders, clinical experts, researchers, and healthcare professionals committed to transforming patient care through POCUS.

Program

December 5 (LATAM Congress - in Spanish)

14:00h Title: Pura vida, Puro PoCUS Innovation through insonation

Welcome ceremony

14:15h Session 1. Volume, Perfusion and Critical decision making

Ultrasound-guided monitoring in the emergency setting
Jose Retamal. Chile

Assessment of extravascular lung water with ultrasound
Noel Diaz. El Salvador

Evaluation of venous congestion with ultrasound
Jose Pazeli. Brazil

Ultrasound monitoring of cerebral perfusion in the neurocritical patient
Mauricio Tapia. Mexico

POCUS in sepsis: etiology, management, and procedures
Adrián Rojas. Costa Rica

16:00h Session 2. Advanced POCUS in Critical care medicine

POCUS in splanchnic perfusion for the diagnosis and management of shock
Leonardo Chacón. Costa Rica

Use of POCUS in the RCP protocol
Víctor Morales. Mexico

Use of ultrasound in weaning from mechanical ventilation
Fernando Jara. Ecuador

POCUS in ECMO: What the intensivist needs to know
Pablo Bravo. Chile

Utility of POCUS in neurological emergencies in pediatrics
Adriana Yock. Costa Rica

17:30h Session 3. Vital Scanning

Approach to fever of unknown origin with ultrasound
Nelson García. El Salvador

Venous access in the cancer patient: what is your best option
Gabriel Carvajal. Costa Rica

POCUS in acute kidney injury
Ana Luisa Vieira. Brazil

Pain in FID: utilities of POCUS
Diego Barca. Argentina

POCUS in acute scrotum
Leonardo Vera. Argentina

December 6 (World Congress - in English)

8:00h Pura vida, Puro PoCUS Innovation through insonation

Welcome ceremony

Keynote: History of Sound in Medicine: the evolution of a paradigm shift in healthcare
Larry Melniker. USA

8:30h SESSION 1 Fluid responsiveness fatigue syndrome

Can we stop talking about fluid responsiveness in resuscitation?
Nuno Cortesao. Portugal

Stiff hearts and full tanks: navigating fluids in diastolic dysfunction
Julina Md Noor. Malaysia

Listening to the RV: a smarter guide to fluid management
Marco Umaña. Costa Rica

Esophageal views, venous clues: TE-VEXUS
Francesco Corradi. Italy

10:30h SESSION 2 Echoes of the Future

Deep learning for deep breaths: AI for lung ultrasound
Vicki Noble. USA

The anti-inflammatory scan“: we have struck a new shore, will we discover a new continent?
Francesco Corradi. Italy

Man or machine (1)? Oh, c’mon! Man for sure
Adrian Wong. United Kingdom

Man or machine (2)? Are you joking? Machines will prevail
Adrian Wong. United Kingdom

12:30h LUNCH SESSION – WINFOCUS YOUNG SONOLOGISTS’S

Research is fun! Especially, POCUS research.
Stig Holm Ovesen. Denmark

14:00h SESSION 3 Mind your scan, scan your brain

Echoes in the Storm: Brain Ultrasound in the Age of Multimodal Monitoring
Giada Cucciolini. Italy

Probing the Pulse of the Brain: Brain Ultrasound and the Language of Cerebrovascular Reactivity
Rita Bertuetti. Italy

Optic nerve sheeth diameter: the crystal ball of neurocritical care?
Giada Cucciolini. Italy

Ultrasound guided Brain protection ventilation strategy
Shalim Rodríguez. Perú

December 7 (World Congress - in English)

8:00h Pura vida, Puro PoCUS Innovation through insonation

Welcome ceremony

Keynote: The perfect strom: how Telemedicine, AI and Next Generation Technologies are reshaping Global Ultrasound access at the Point of Care
Luca Neri. Italy

8:30h SESSION 1 Scanning Sepsis: Point-of-Care Ultrasound in the Dynamic Landscape of Infection and Shock

PoCUS-guided resuscitation in Dengue: leaking, bleeding or bleaking
Óscar Díaz. Honduras

Septic encephalopathy
Rita Bertuetti. Italy

Hemodynamic monitoring in sepsis. Monitoring perfusion at the bedside
Álvarez Calderón Rodrigo. Mexico

Sound Decisions for Infections on the Medical Wards: Identification and Source Control
Irene Ma. Canada

10:30h SESSION 2 Trauma Unplugged

Seconds to save: PoCUS’ role in critical neck injuries
Alejandro Moya. Costa Rica

Traumatic Brain Injury and the Role of Ultrasound in Early Intracranial Assessment
Arnolfo Pulgarín. Mexico

POCUS for nerve block in trauma
Marco Umaña. Costa Rica

What’s New in Pediatric Trauma POCUS?
Stephanie Doniger. USA

12:00h SESSION 3 To the heart of the matter: PoCUS in Cardiogenic Shock management

Complementary use of echo and pulmonary artery catheter
Carlos Alviar. USA

Echocardiography in cardiogenic shock management
Guido Tavazzi. Italy

Expanding the window to splanchnic Doppler
Francesco Corradi. Italy

The Septic Heart(s) Exposed: PoCUS at the Crossroads of Shock
Gabriele Via. Switzerland

Ultrasound based Guytonian Dereuscitation
Cosmin Balan. Romania

Virtual Congress Ticket €99 (∼$115)

Free for WINFOCUS Associate Members
50% off for WINFOCUS Affiliate Members

(make sure you are logged in to redeem your discount!)

Important: To ensure that Costa Rican physicians fully benefit from the on-site experience, the event will not be sold or streamed in Costa Rica!

LATAM Congress (in Spanish)

Dec. 5th (14h – 19:30h CST)

  • Volume, Perfusion, and Critical Decision-Making
  • Advanced POCUS in Critical Care
  • Vital Scans

WINFOCUS WORLD Congress (in English)

Dec. 6th (8h – 16h CST) Dec. 7th (8h – 14h CST)

  • Fluid Responsiveness fatigue syndrome
  • Echoes of the Future
  • Mind your Scan, Scan your Brain
  • Scanning Sepsis
  • Trauma Unplugged

Where: College of Physicians and Surgeons, San José, La Salle, Costa Rica