Dr Jocelyne Basseal BSc (Hons) PhD. Biography : Jocelyne joined the World Health Organisation (WHO) infection prevention and control team to support the COVID-19 response. She is part of the World Health Emergencies program working with low-middle income countries in the Western Pacific Region. She has been involved with IPC technical guidance, country specific support, development of quality improvement tools and IPC health system strengthening for future outbreaks. Prior to this role, Jocelyne worked for the Australasian Society for Ultrasound in Medicine for over 8 years as the research and policy manager and managing editor. She was integral in the development of the “Guidelines for Reprocessing Ultrasound Transducers” and continues to actively research and publish in infection prevention and control in ultrasound. As a microbiologist in an ultrasound world, Jocelyne has been instrumental in advocating for best practice in infection prevention and control in medical imaging and patient health and safety. Jocelyne holds an Academic Honorary Associate appointment within the Discipline of Infectious Diseases and Immunity, Faculty of Medicine at the University of Sydney. More recently, she was involved in writing infection prevention guidelines for the COVID-19 pandemic for the WHO, the International Society of Ultrasound in Obstetrics & Gynecology (ISUOG), the World Federation for Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology (WFUMB) and has delivered educational webinars.

Kathryn Busch is a director of Sydney Vascular with her primary base at Macquarie University Hospital. Her specialisation in vascular ultrasound spans over 20 years. Kathryn has been the recipient of national and international awards for her presentations and research including the Eugene Strandness award for Excellence in Scientific Research. Kathryn has a keen interest in vascular research, with publications including a book chapter and numerous journal papers. Kathryn is close to completing her PhD research on cerebral haemodynamics in arteriovenous malformations of the brain.

Poonam is a sub specialist in Obstetric and Gynaecological ultrasound. She has trained in India, England and Australia, working for over 15 years as an Obstetrician and Gynaecologist. Poonam found her true calling in ultrasound while training at the Women’s Hospital, Melbourne. The prestigious RANZCOG Brown Craig Traveling Fellowship took her to St Georges Hospital in London during her training. Poonam absolutely cherishes the continuous cinematic experience with ultrasound. She is passionate about providing holistic, patient- focused care. Extensive experience in Obstetrics and Gynaecology combined with the ultrasound training ahs motivated her to teach sonographers and medical nursing staff. She is committed to spreading the knowledge and skills of sonography to care givers at all levels as a less invasive diagnostic and triaging tool. ASUM provides us the platform to do that both locally, in remote areas and on an international stage. She is proud to be part of the team that puts ASUM as a front runner of establishing guidelines, ethics and teaching of ultrasound.

After obtaining his medical degree from the University of New South Wales, Dr Colin Chong received the Greg Monaghan award for Intern of the Year in the Sydney Western Area Health Service. He completed a Masters of Research (cell and molecular biology) in the University of Sydney before radiology training in Western Sydney. Colin then completed two Diagnostic and Interventional Musculoskeletal (MSK) Radiology Fellowships at the University of British Columbia and a Paediatric Imaging Fellowship at The Children's Hospital at Westmead, Sydney. Colin is the Chair of the MRI Reference Group and on the Safety, Standards and Quality Committee and the Interventional Radiology Standards Working Group in the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Radiology. He is a well-known instructor in MSK ultrasound and MSK POCUS, who teaches for ASUM, ASA, AACES and AIU. Colin was appointed as a MSK Radiologist, Medical Team for the 2018 Gold Coast Commonwealth Games. He was previously awarded the National Health and Medical Research Council Medical Scholarship, numerous research awards and grants, and has published multiple peer reviewed journal articles.

Associate Professor George Condous is a Clinical Academic at Nepean Hospital and Head of Discipline of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at Sydney Medical School Nepean, University of Sydney. His current research interests relate to management of ectopic pregnancy, pregnancies of unknown location (PULs), miscarriage prediction, endometriosis and the microbiome, as well as the use of transvaginal ultrasound, in particular ‘deep endometriosis ultrasound’, to predict endometriosis. He has published more than 200 peer reviewed papers and edited four books including ‘How to perform ultrasonography in Endometriosis’. He is a gynaecologist with special interests in Gynaecological Ultrasound and Advanced Endoscopic surgery who set up the first Acute Gynaecology Unit in Australia where women have unique one-stop access to both clinical and expert sonographic evaluation. He is the immediate Past President of the Australasian Society of Ultrasound in Medicine (ASUM) and current Vice President of the World Federation of Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology (WFUMB). He is on the Scientific Committee of the International Society of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology (ISUOG) and the ASUM. Through ISUOG, he has developed international consensus statements on PULs and ‘deep endometriosis’ ultrasound. As the lead investigator for the International Deep Endometriosis Analysis (IDEA) group, he coordinates and manages IDEA phase I, which to date has centres from eleven countries, facilitating data collection through the secure Clinical Data Miner (CDM) interface. Through ASUM, he runs the biennial International Ovarian Tumor Analysis (IOTA) ovarian masses accreditation courses in Australia. He is also the founding Director of ‘Laparoscopic Surgery for General Gynaecologists’ (LaSGeG) which runs the biannual RANZCOG accredited ‘Hands on’ Laparoscopic Workshops for Gynaecologists and OBGYN trainees at the Kolling Institute, University of Sydney.

Amanda Crow has been a Senior Sonographer at The Children’s Hospital at Westmead, Sydney, Australia, for 30 years. She has a Bachelor degree in Applied Science, a Masters degree in Health Sciences (Medical Sonography) from the University of Sydney. Amanda was a guest lecturer in the graduate diploma course in medical sonography at Sydney University for 10 years and has been the ultrasound clinical advisor on the School of Medical Radiation Sciences External Advisory Committee at Sydney University. Amanda has presented lectures and posters at local, national and international meetings, and has been involved in many paediatric workshops.

Alison is a Specialist Obstetric, Gynaecological and paediatric sonographer working at Specialist Imaging Partners in North Adelaide. Her main interests are advanced gynaecology, fetal echocardiography and the psychosocial aspects of obstetric ultrasound. She is currently undertaking a Master by Research looking at the accuracy of ultrasounds for deep infiltrating endometriosis when performed by sonographers. She has a long history as a sonographer which has seen here exposed to many facets of ultrasound including general, MSK and vascular. She’s previously worked in public tertiary hospitals, large and small private practices and specialist suites both in regional and metropolitan centres. She is passionate about ultrasound and sonography. She is an ASUM councillor, DMU examiner, committee member of the SA branch of the ASA, peer reviewer for the Sonography journal and UniSA OSCE examiner.

Dr Lufee Wong graduated in Medicine from The University of Melbourne in 2004. During her O&G training in South Australia and Melbourne, she undertook a fellowship in obstetrics in France before being awarded Fellowship of The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists in 2015. She is a certified Obstetric and Gynaecological Ultrasound (COGU) subspecialist and currently works at The Royal Women’s Hospital, Monash Health, and private practice. She has also been awarded the Diploma of Diagnostic Ultrasound (DDU) and Master of Public Health (MPH) through Johns Hopkins University, USA. Currently, her clinical role focuses on scanning and counselling patients with high-risk obstetrics and complex gynaecological issues, and she is involved in various research initiatives through Monash Health and The Women’s.

Intensivist, Melbourne, Australia, Co-Chair of research, Ultrasound Special Interest Group, Australia and New Zealand College of Intensive Care Medicine Associated Editor: Australian Journals of Ultrasound in Medicine As one of the hybrid of modern Intensive Care Medicine, Dr Yang had been trained in both Intensive Care Medicine and Cardiology. She is highly qualified locally and internationally in both Transthoracic and Transoesophageal Echocardiography. She is one of the leading clinician in ultrasound-­‐guided procedures in Australia. She is actively involved in multiple ultrasound teaching and research programs. Her academic interests lie in complex haemodynamic management in critically ill patient using echocardiography and mechanical support.

Gerry has 30 years background of health, with early involvement in intensive care nursing during her time in the UK. Following her undergraduate degree in health science, she has been involved with vascular ultrasound and research for over 22 years within the department of surgery, university of Otago. Gerry has particular interest in venous disease and aortic aneurysms. She obtained her Masters degree 2011 looking into the role of venous perforators within a normal population. She is actively involved in the DMU board for ASUM and defines herself as truly passionate about everything vascular and extending the understanding in the area of vascular research.

Dr Sandhir B Prasad is a senior staff specialist and clinical lead in echocardiography at the Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital. He is a Monash medical graduate, completed his training in cardiology at Wellington Hospital (NZ), and completed research and clinical fellowships at Westmead Hospital (Sydney), MonashHeart (Melbourne) and Princess Alexandra Hospital (Brisbane). He has been awarded research fellowships from the National Heart Foundation (NZ) and the Centres of Health Research (Queensland), as well as an Award of Excellence from the Australasian Society of Ultrasound in Medicine. He has an ongoing research interest in left ventricular diastolic function, and is an author/ co-author on a number of papers on the subject. He is the current Queensland regional secretary for the Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand.

Jo is a senior sonographer from Hamilton, New Zealand where she divides her time between working for a private imaging company and teaching ultrasound skills to a diverse group of ultrasound users. Jo has worked in several different clinical settings across New Zealand, Australia and Canada which gives her a strong appreciation of the issues facing all users of ultrasound. Jo has a keen interest in head and neck ultrasound, outreach work and musculoskeletal ultrasound. Jo has taught on several ultrasound programmes and is currently a guest lecturer in Australia and Malaysia. Jo is a Registration Examination Assessment examiner for the New Zealand Medical Radiation Technologists Board and a sonographer technical expert for International Accreditation of New Zealand. She has served on the DMU Board of Examiners as the general representative and board chair. Jo is an ASUM examiner, member of the DMU (Asia) board of examiners, chair of the New Zealand branch of ASUM and honorary secretary of ASUM Council.

Andrew is a specialist obstetrician and gynecologist whose particular interest is in prenatal screening, diagnosis and ultrasound. He is a consultant to the Maternal Fetal Medicine Unit at Royal North Shore Hospital, an Associate Professor at Sydney University and a Sonologist at Sydney Ultrasound for Women. He introduced nuchal translucency aneuploidy screening to Australia in 1996 and is the founding Chairman of the National Early Pregnancy Audit Program. He administers the largest screening services for NIPT and adverse pregnancy outcome in Australia. Andrew will be presenting an overview of combined first trimester aneuploidy screening in the era of cell-free DNA testing.

Dr Karen Mizia is an Obstetrician Gynecologist and a recognised subspecialist in Obstetric and Gynaecological Ultrasound who is actively involved in the advancement, development of standards and, education in O&G ultrasound for over 15 years. She currently holds several positions including: Chair of the NSW Regional Committee for RANZCOG President elect for the Australia Society of Ultrasound in Medicine. Senior Staff Specialist at Westmead Hospital Medical Director of Ultrasound Care Australia Conjoint Clinical Lecturer, Sydney University

A/Prof. Joshua is a rheumatologist working at both Kogarah and Randwick. He also works at the Prince of Wales Hospital as a Staff Specialist in Rheumatology. He is active in education of medical students and junior doctors. He continues to be active in international research, in imaging in rheumatology, and is a member of international collaborations including the OMERACT Ultrasound Taskforce and has been an educator for the EULAR Ultrasound Course. His Australian Musculoskeletal Ultrasound company furthers Ultrasound education for rheumatologists in the Asia Pacific. In 2018 A/Prof Joshua became ASUM’s President.

Michelle Rodeh B.Sc.(Hons.) DMU (Vasc) is the sonographer in charge at Precision Vascular Ultrasound. She became accredited in 1998. She has been scanning for 28years working both in Radiology in hospitals and private practice and for the Vascular Surgeons in Melbourne. She is an expert in all aspects of Vascular Ultrasound. She has set up and run two vascular laboratories successfully. Michelle has taught and trained vascular ultrasound to trainee sonographers and experienced sonographers to maintain the standard of vascular ultrasound. She is a DMU examiner for the Australian Society for Ultrasound for Medicine (ASUM) and has been for about 15 years. This has involved travelling around Australia and New Zealand to examine the trainee sonographers to gain accreditation. She is also on the Board of Examiners for the DMU. She has been active on the Australian Sonographer’s Association (ASA) Victorian branch for 7 years where she organized Vascular workshops which she ran and presented. She has been on the National Conference committees for both ASUM and ASA running the vascular components and contributing by speaking and running workshops.

Dr Konstantin Yastrebov is an Associate Professor with the University of New South Wales and a Senior Staff Specialist in Intensive Care at Prince of Wales Hospital and a Head of Critical Care Echocardiography (CCE) Program at The St George Hospital, Sydney. He has over 30 years’ practical experience in anesthesiology and intensive care medicine, and over 20 years’ experience in critical care echocardiography. Dr Yastrebov received his medical degree in USSR and undertook further postgraduate training in the UK, Australia and USA. He completed PhD in CCE in 1998, personally organized and served as an invited faculty member on multiple National and International educational meetings. Konstantin served as a Director of Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Society, and as an Inaugural Chair of the Ultrasound Special Interest Group of the Australian and New Zealand College of Intensive Care Medicine. He contributed to the establishment and for many years served as a Steering Committee member to the Postgraduate Diploma in Perioperative and Critical Care Echocardiography of The University of Melbourne. Prof Yastrebov remains heavily involved in teaching, research and development of guidelines for CCE. He is an author of several books and book chapters and a number of peer-reviewed scientific papers. His current research interests include assessment of volume status with echocardiography, diastolic Frank-Starling mechanism and the role of 3D echocardiography.

An ASUM member since 1974, Sue has been in private & hospital ultrasound practice before opening the Australian Institute of Ultrasound on the Gold Coast in 1992. As a member of Council over quite a few years, Sue has supported and worked hard for the Ultrasound community and has been an ASUM conference Convenor twice. In retirement now for 5 years, Sue travels widely and continues to support ultrasound both in Australia & elsewhere.

Professor Gillian Whalley started he career as a cardiac sonographer in 1985. She moved into a research role in 1990; her research interests include using echocardiography for prognosis; the role of echocardiography for screening in asymptomatic high-risk populations; and indexing heart size for body composition. Her PhD thesis (2006) evaluated the role of echocardiography in the management of patients with heart failure. Gillian has led several multi-centre international collaborative projects, sometimes combining data from thousands of patients to show the independent clinical value of echo measurements. Currently, she balances clinical sonography work with her academic role at the University of Otago in Dunedin, New Zealand.