Venue: King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre, Post Graduate Room 7
Coordinator: Mosleh Al Raddadi, MD, Consultant radiologist, King Fahd Hospital, Al-Madinah Al-Monawara
Workshop Faculty: Paras Dalal, MD
Target Audience :
Interventional Radiologists
Diagnostic Radiologists
Emergency physicians
Chest physicians and surgeons
Intensivists
Prerequisites: Basic knowledge of ultrasound
Workshop Description:
The objective of this course is to guide physicians who are planning to start pleural effusion drainage under ultrasound guidance service in their institutions on how to evaluate suitability of their institutions and practice for such service and what are the basic requirements for successful and safe practice.
Learning Objectives:
Upon completion of this course, attendees should be able to:
Demonstrate an understanding of the uses of ultrasound for pleural pathology treatment planning.
Understand the techniques pleural biopsy and effusion drainage
For more information please contact: Ms. Josephine Veridiano, Biomedical Physics Department
Email: josfin@kfshrc.edu.sa, Tel. No.: +966 (11) 4427879, Fax No.: +966 (11) 4424777
