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Twenty-five Years' History of Ian Donald Inter-University School of Medical UltrasoundCHAPTER 1

Kazuo Maeda,
Asim Kurjak,
Frank A Chervenak
 
THE FIRST IAN DONALD SCHOOL IN 1982
Brilliant histories of the Ian Donald Inter-University School of Medical Ultrasound are scheduled in 2007 at Dubrovnik, Croatia to celebrate the 25th anniversary of its inauguration May 25–27, 1982. The program will be held in the auditorium of Inter-University Center located in Dubrovnik and will include presentations from the Directors Asim Kurjak of Zagreb and George Kossoff of Sydney, excellent speakers, and many other participants.
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Ian Donald (1910–1987) Glasgow, Scotland
Ian Donald, by the invention of diagnostic ultrasound, has changed the face of obstetrics and gynecology in the middle of the 20th century more than any others have done. It is not overstating the fact to say that this innovation has changed the way of thinking of our generation. In recognition of his most significant contribution to the overall development of diagnostic ultrasound, a School of Medical Ultrasound named after Ian Donald was formed in Dubrovnik, Croatia in 1981. The school has run 29 advanced courses and has branches in countries all over the world.
Our Journal is an official publication of the Ian Donald School of Medical Ultrasound. It is our pleasure to present to its readers the previously unpublished speech of the late Ian Donald at the opening of the School in Dubrovnik in 1982. That memorable occasion at the first Ian Donald Inter-University School was vividly illustrated in the following lecture given by Professor Ian Donald:1
There is a saying in the English language that some men sow and others reap. It has been my own priceless privilege that I have been allowed to reap what I have helped to sow. This is exemplified today in the foundation of this School of Medical Ultrasound which bears my name. Now, at the end of my days, I could ask for no better epitaph.
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All this is thanks to the University of Zagreb and to Professor Asim Kurjak whose vision of the future has brought about what I would never myself have thought possible. My wife Alix has always been included in these happy Yugoslav meetings and she is with me here today to join me in our best wishes for your success. Asim is a good friend to us all and, like Yugoslavs in general, he gives generous hospitality whose warmth far exceeds what we deserve, but he has also succeeded in bringing together delegates from 17 different countries in fruitful unison. In this respect, this school may stand as a memorial to the pre-eminence of Yugoslavia in the field of ultrasonic diagnosis.
Any alleged success which I may have had can be attributed to the fact that I was the first to apply ultrasonic techniques to gynecology and obstetrics. I must also acknowledge the engineering expertise which I was able to enlist in the city of Glasgow.
Being a professor in Scotland is a highly privileged position, unlike in the USA where professors tend to be regarded as a lower form of life. My professional colleagues took a characteristically patient and lenient view of what they doubtless regarded as my eccentricities in those early days. I doubt if I would have got very far in London, for example, and it was my good fortune to happen to be in the right place at the right time. In fact, my original intention away back in 1954 was to seek a more reliable method of differential diagnosis in cases of very gross abdominal distension in females, a common problem in clinical practice in which humiliating mistakes are frequently made by employing the standard diagnostic techniques.
Common causes often pose diagnostic problems because of their very size, for example, gross obesity, massive ovarian cysts, benign as well as malignant, other very large tumors of all varieties—renal, splenic, hepatic, aneurysm, retroperitoneal, genitourinary and involving the abdominal wall—and also all types of ascites, benign as well as malignant. Naturally, pregnancy, as quite the commonest cause of female abdominal distension, came under ultrasonic scrutiny as well, but not initially by us before 1956–57. This was mainly due to the geographic separation at that time of my gynecological unit from my obstetric hospital.
I do not deny that we had our full share of discouraging problems and our early apparatus was laughably crude. As I commented in our first article in The Lancet, what surprised and delighted us was that we got any results at all. You must remember that we had no yardsticks by which to control the rate or method of scanning, or even the best frequencies to use, and it was only the ready feedback of information such as one gets in gynecology, which made it possible to standardize our scanning techniques. Even so, we had very serious technical difficulties 20 or more years ago, such as the unreliability of our sine/cosine potentiometers, poor transducers, no controllable persistence cathode ray tubes, let alone storage tubes and computer storage systems, which today you all take for granted. We worked literally in the dark in more senses than one.
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First contact compound scanner
Looking back over what has been a long story of trial and even more of error, I cannot help feel a sense of surprise at all the lucky strikes which have been made over the years and their associated spin-offs. Who, for example, would have thought that our crude early work would have made possible the correct diagnosis of hydatidiform mole within a matter of minutes or that we would ultimately, subsequent to this, have refined the technique to demonstrate the placenta, both its site and its nature. Here I must acknowledge our co-operation with our friends in Denver, Colorado with whom we have maintained a happy liaison over the years. Our experiments in 1961 in measuring the biparietal diameter proved to be the start of all the present sophisticated forms of fetal biometry.
Newcomers to the field of ultrasound must be bewildered as to which sort of apparatus to select. There are many manufacturers, but I have noticed a steadily increasing convergence as to quality of performance as well as price, so that you get roughly what you pay for. Cheap apparatus, cheap results. Expensive apparatus may yield results beyond your clinical needs, so you should think well before choosing.
Much will depend upon the sort of work you want to do, and the available anatomical access. For example, if you want to look deeply into the pelvis at very early pregnancy or for early tumor or even for ripening ovarian follicles, the keyhole approach provided by sector scanners through the full bladder will, in my opinion, give the best results. The same remarks in favor of the sectorized view apply to subcostal studies in the upper abdomen and through the intercostals spaces and particularly in echocardiology, anywhere, in fact, where access is small and the window area requires a sectorized view. The view can be improved considerably if a compound sector scan can be employed which provides an appreciation of the organ 5under study in its relationship to the rest of the body, particularly the urinary bladder. Unfortunately, the use of sector scanners calls for more skill than the linear array systems which, though providing a blinkered “mouth organ” type of view, are very much easier to handle, especially in the hands of the relative novice who is able, proprioceptively, to appreciate just how well he is lining up his linear array. Their most impressive use is in the middle trimester of pregnancy when the fetus is likely to be no longer than the array system and the abdominal wall will be soft enough to accommodate it throughout its entire length.
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The advent of realtime scanners, both linear and sector, has revolutionized ultrasonic diagnosis, chiefly because it not only allows the continuous movement patterns of what is being studied to be graphically displayed and recorded but, even more important, it speeds up the whole process of ultrasonic search. Added to this, various methods of frame-grabbing or framefreezing can be employed which provide static records for later scrutiny. This facility enormously increases the throughput of patients, since it speeds up the whole examination. The various storage, recording, and photographic systems are mainly responsible for the differences in price between one apparatus and another.
A real-time scanner can be combined with a static compound sector scanner. There is a choice of sector scanners between the wholly electronic phased-array systems, which are expensive, though very compact, and particularly useful in cardiology, and the combined mechanical and electronic systems employing either spinning rotors with several transducers or rockers, either transducer crystals or mirrors. The linear-array systems are all electronic and without moving parts, as in the case of phasedarray scanners. As they say in English slang, “You pays your money and takes your choice.”
It distresses me that there are sometimes arguments about who should be in control of ultrasound scanning—just like dogs squabbling over a bone. Naturally, I now expect you all to be so much better at the ultrasonic art than me, so that I can safely withdraw into my old age. But I do recognize that there are many disciplines involved. On the whole, in medical sonar, there has been a happy club-like liaison between clinicians, radiologists, radiographers, physicists, engineers, embryologists, geneticists and technical staff of all types. Each has something to contribute and I feel strongly that no one group should exclude another, whatever money-obsessed administrators may feel. For goodness sake, let us keep it that way.
Speaking for myself, I can say that the specialty has brought us many friends from all over the world, and sonar has built an intellectual bridge between East and West, as well as a bridge between medicine and engineering. The existing liaison between Yugoslavia and Egypt provides a very good example of international co-operation, largely thanks to Asim Kurjak and Maher Mahran.
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It is interesting that the scope of interest has now extended to the veterinary world, and next month I have to lecture to an audience mainly interested in racehorse breeding—a very lucrative subject, I should imagine.
The ability to diagnose a number of fetal developmental defects in the first half of pregnancy was, I suppose, inevitable. This facet, to me at least, is one of the sadder aspects of this work since, so far, so little can be done in the curative sense and the offer of termination of pregnancy is the most that one can suggest. From all this, there has grown a natural tendency to institute a sort of witch hunt, especially in the case of older pregnant women who are at statistically greater risk. The unhappy dilemma, often unnecessarily inflicted on our patients, has to be reckoned with in advocating massive screening program. As I have already hinted, it is perhaps time I withdrew.
One of my constant nightmares of years ago was that someone, one day, would conclusively show that sonar did some unexpected and unforeseen harm to the developing fetus, in spite of my own efforts and that of others to verify the safety of the technique. The subject has greatly exercised my mind since the very beginning and, in the book I wrote with Salvator Levi in 1973, I dealt at length with all that was then known about possible bioeffects. I have seen nothing fresh of much significance 6since then. Meanwhile, hundreds of thousands of babies must by now have been screened by sonar all over the world and still there is no sign of trouble.
Surprisingly enough, legal liability seems to have turned in the opposite direction, and a doctor is more likely now to be prosecuted for failing to make use of ultrasonic diagnosis in pregnancy in cases where a baby's misfortune or handicap is alleged to be due to negligence in this respect. The wellrecognized uses, however, so far outweigh theoretical hazards for which there is as yet no convincing proof that the subject has become truly entrenched in the clinician's diagnostic repertoire.
For me personally, the ultimate climax to the ultrasonic art with which I have been associated is the filming of very early fetal life. To be able to study in real time a baby's reactions to all manner of stimuli opens up an enormous field of dynamic research which is, as yet, barely touched upon. I leave this exciting field to you.
When a pupil can teach his teacher, as I now recognize, then it is not only time to stop but also to rejoice at the newly found success of his one-time disciple. For myself, I do not think that I deserve more acknowledgement than a man who happens to win a football pool. Nevertheless, I trust that I may be forgiven for feeling proud of so many of you, proud to have been invited here with my wife to this opening, proud of who and what you are and proud of what I know you will achieve. Thank you!
Ian Donald
 
REFERENCE
  1. Unpublished speech of the late Ian Donald on the occasion of the opening of the Ian Donald School of Medical Ultrasound in 1982.
IAN DONALD INTER-UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICAL ULTRASOUND
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DIRECTORS OF IAN DONALD INTERUNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICAL ULTRASOUND
 
ASIM KURJAK
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Address
Dept. of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Sveti-Duh Hospital, Sveti Duh 64, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
Telephone
+385-1-3712-293, FAX +385-1-37-455-34
E-mail
Born
1942
 
Education
1966
MD Degree at the University of Zagreb
1971–1972
British Scholar, Research Assistant at the Institute of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of London
1974
Specialist in Obstetrics and Gynecology
1977
PhD Degree.
 
Present Position
Chairman of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Medical School University of Zagreb, Regular Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Medical School Universities of Zagreb and Sarajevo.
 
Publications
Peer review articles 305; books (written or edited) 87; invited lectures at major international meetings—more than 400; MSc thesis supervisor 52; PhD thesis supervisor 28. His papers have been cited more than 3000 times in Science Citation Index.
 
Awards, Honors and Achievements
National prize for Young Scientists (1971); Croatian national award “Rudjer Boskovic” for scientific work 7(1985); “Josip Juraj Strossmayer” Prize of Academy of Science and Arts of the Republic of Croatia for the scientific book (1990); The Prize of Academy of Science and Art of the Republic of Croatia for the achievements in medical science (1994); Prize “Europski krug” given by European Movement - Croatia (1996), Prize “William Liley” for the best scientific paper from fetal diagnostics and therapy (1998); “Maternity Prize” given by European Association of Perinatal Medicine (2000), and Presidential decoration, “The Order of the Croatian Starr with the Effigy of Rudjer Boskovic” (2001); “Pavao Culumovic” Prize of Croatian Medical Association (2003).
Dr Kurjak is a regular member of European Academy of Sciences and Art, International Academy for Human Reproduction, Italian Academy of Science and Art of Reggio Puglia, Academy of Medical Sciences of Catalonia, honorary member of American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology, and foreign member of Russian Academy of Medical Sciences. He is a Past President of World Association of Perinatal Medicine, Vice-president of International Academy of Perinatal Medicine, and Fellow of World Academy of Art and Science. He was awarded a doctorum honoris causa at Universities of Banja, Luka, Budapest, and Barcelona, and he is an honorary member of 15 international societies.
 
Scientific Interest
Tumor angiogenesis, 3D and 4D ultrasound, prenatal diagnosis, early placentation, bioethics.
 
FRANK A CHERVENAK
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Address
Weill Cornell Medical College, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 525 East 68th Street, Box 122, New York, NY 10021
Telephone
212-746-3045
E-Mail
 
Education
Dr Chervenak received his Bachelor of Science degree from Pennsylvania State University with highest distinction, and his medical degree from Thomas Jefferson University, where he was elected a member of Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society. Dr. Chervenak served his internship in Internal Medicine at New York Medical College, residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology at New York Medical College and St. Luke's- Roosevelt Hospital Center, and a fellowship in Maternal Fetal Medicine at Yale University School of Medicine. He was Assistant Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Mt. Sinai Medical Center, where he was also Director of Perinatal Research. He was appointed Associate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Director of Obstetric Ultrasound and Ethics at New York Hospital- Cornell Medical Center in 1987. In 1992 he was made Full Professor with tenure, in 1998 he was named Vice Chairman of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, and in 1999 was named Acting Chairman of that department. Dr. Chervenak was named Chairman and Obstetrician and Gynecologist-in-Chief in 2000. He received his Masters in Medical Management degree from Carnegie Mellon University in 2002.
 
Present Position
Frank A Chervenak, currently serves as the Given Foundation Professor and Chairman of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, as well as Obstetrician and Gynecologist-in-Chief and the Director of Maternal Fetal Medicine at the New York Presbyterian Hospital, Weill Cornell Medical College.
 
Research Interests
Include ultrasound and ethics in obstetrics and gynecology and leadership.
 
Awards, Honors, Achievements
Dr Chervenak received a doctorum honoris causa from the Semmelweis University in Budapest, Hungary. He has received the Dr Solomon Silver Award from the Mount Sinai School of Medicine. He is an honorary member of the Italian Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Barcelona Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology, and the Texas Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology, and a Corresponding Member of the Academy of Medical Science of Croatia. Currently, Dr Chervenak serves as President of the International Society of the Fetus as a Patient, President-elect of the World Association of Perinatal Medicine, Vice-president of the International 8Academy of Perinatal Medicine, and Co-director of the Ian Donald Inter-University School of Medical Ultrasound. Dr. Chervenak has served on the Board of Governors of the American Institute in Ultrasound and Medicine and the Society of Perinatal Obstetricians. He has served as President of the International Fetal Medicine in Surgery Society, the New York Perinatal Society and the New York Academy of Medicine Section of Obstetrics and Gynecology, and the New York Obstetrical Society. He serves on the March of Dimes Bioethics Advisory Committee and National Children's Study Federal Advisory Committee.
 
CO-DIRECTORS OF IAN DONALD INTER-UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICAL ULTRASOUND
Jose M Carrera, Wolfgang Holzgreve, Kazuo Maeda, and Giampaolo Mandruzzato
 
JOSE M CARRERA
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Spanish Branch Director His CV is in Spanish Branch documents.
 
KAZUO MAEDA
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Japanese Branch Director His CV is in Japanese Branch documents.
 
GIAMPAOLO MANDRUZZATO
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His CV is in Italian branch documents.
 
WOLFGANG HOLZGREVE
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Switzerland, Professor Dr. med. Dr. h.c. mult. MS, FRCOG, FACOG
Address
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Basel, Switzerland, Spitalstrasse 21, CH-4031 Basel
Telephone
(0041) 61 265 90 99
Fax
(0041) 61 265 91 99
E-mail
Born
15th October 1955 in Körbecke, Fed. Rep. of Germany
 
Education
1966–1973
Staatl. Archigymnasium, Soest (Member of the Study Foundation of the German People)
1973–1975
School of Medicine, Münster, FRG
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1975–1976
University of California, Berkeley (1976: Master of Science in Health and Medical Sciences)
1976–1979
School of Medicine, Münster, FRG
1979–1982
Residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Münster
1982–1984
Fellowship of the German Research Foundation in Reproductive Genetics,
University of California, San Francisco, USA
1984–1985
Faculty of Medical School, University of Münster, FRG
1985
Board Certification in Obstetrics and Gynecology and in Clinical Genetics and Sports Medicine.
 
Present Position
Chairman and Chief, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Basel, Switzerland.
 
Publications
More than 500 articles in scientific journals, 240 book chapters and 13 books, 780 abstracts at scientific meetings.
 
Editor
Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy; Zeitschrift für Geburtshilfe und Neonatologie; Reproduktionsmedizin; Zentralblatt für Gynäkologie.
 
President
German Society of Perinatal Medicine; Swiss Society of Chairs in Departments of Obstetrics and Gynecology; International Society: “The Fetus as a Patient” (Vice- President); German Society of Reproductive Medicine; World Federation of Perinatal Medicine (Chairman, Scientific Committee); International Academy of Human Reproduction.
 
Prizes/Honors
1986
Prize of the European Association of Perinatal Medicine
1989
Annual Prize of the Drs. Haackert-Foundation for the Advancement of Prenatal Medicine
1993
Prize of the German Society for Perinatal Medicine “Maternité”
1994
Aw Boon Haw Visiting Professor University of Hong Kong
1995
Forschungspreis der Werner G Gehring- Stiftung
2000
Honorary Professor at the Yonsei Medical Research Center, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Member of the “Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina”
2001
Liley Medal
2004
Kyank Lecture Rostock University, Fellow ad eundem of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
2005
Corresponding member of the Austrian Society of Perinatal Medicine, Francic Crick Medal at the Inaugural Meeting of the International Academy of Perinatal Medicine, Erich Saling Prize of the World Association of Perinatal Medicine
2006
Honorary Member of the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 4 Honorary Doctor degrees.
 
GRANTS
NIH for “Non-invasive prenatal diagnosis;” Schweizerischer Nationalfonds; four projects of the EU.
WORLD BRANCHES OF IAN DONALD SCHOOL
The past and present states of Ian Donald School branches were informed by National Branch Directors responding six queries of School Directors.
 
CROATIAN BRANCH DIRECTOR SANJA KUPESIC, MD, PhD
Dr Kupesic organized nine Ian Donald School Courses in Dubrovnik and Zagreb in Croatia before 2005.
 
SANJA KUPESIC, Professor
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Position
Dr Kupesic is the Head of the Division of Human Reproduction, Endocrinology, and Menopause, and 10Associate Professor at the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of Zagreb, Croatia.
Born
1963 in Zagreb, Croatia
 
Education
Professor Sanja Kupesic obtained her training at the University of Zagreb, and received her MD degree in 1987 and her PhD degree in 1992. She assumed her current position in 1996.
 
Activities
Dr Kupesic is a founding member of the International Society of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology. From 1991 to 1993 she was Secretary of the European Perinatal Society study group “Rational use of high medical technology.” Since 1992 she has been Secretary of the Fetus as a Patient Society and leader of the research project, “Transvaginal color Doppler and infertility” supported by Ministry of Science of Croatia. In 1997, she became a board member of the Croatian Medical Academy, and in 1998, a member of the Scientific Committee of the European Association of Perinatal Medicine and the Committee for the use of Doppler technology in perinatal medicine. In 2000, Dr Kupesic became a member of the Scientific Committee of the World Association of Perinatal Medicine, and in 2001, a member of the Board of the European Society for Gynecologic and Obstetric Investigation.
 
Awards/Honors
In 1994, Dr Kupesic was given the National Academy Award for the best scientific paper published in 1993. In 1996 she received the Zagreb award for science, in, 1999 the European House award for science and the National award for the best scientific paper published in the year 2000. In 2004, Dr Kupesic was appointed Vice President of the Mediterranean Association for Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology and President of the Croatian Association for Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology.
 
Publications
Dr Kupesic has published 176 original scientific papers, 9 books, 4 slide atlases, 285 chapters in books, and 324 abstracts and proceedings.
 
Research Interests
Transvaginal color Doppler and three-dimensional ultrasound in the assessment of infertility, postmenopause, gynecologic oncology and early pregnancy.
 
CROATIAN BRANCH DIRECTOR, RATKO MATIJEVIC, MD, PhD
 
RATKO MATIJEVIC
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Asst. Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology, University of Zagreb
Address
Sveti Duh Hospital, Sveti Duh 64, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
Telephone
+385-137- 317
Fax
+385-1 37-524
E-mail
Born
Zagreb, Croatia in 1964
 
Education
I completed elementary, secondary education and medical school, graduating in 1989. After graduation, I was a research fellow at the medical school of the University of Zagreb. During that time I completed the postgraduate course, “Ultrasound in clinical medicine” under auspices of Zagreb University and World Health Organization. From 1993 I had a further education and residency in the UK under the auspices of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. I became a member of RCOG in 1996. Following that, I was appointed as Clinical Lecturer at Manchester University from 1997–1998.
 
Present Position and Activities
After returning to Croatia in 1998, I worked as a specialist Obstetrician-Gynecologist at the University, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Sveti Duh Hospital, Zagreb, Croatia. I was awarded an MSc degree in 1991 and PhD degree in 2001. In 2005, I was appointed Assistant Professor in Obstetrics and Gynecology at Zagreb University. Since 2006, the Medical School of 11Zagreb University has been my primary employer, and I work as maximum part time specialist in Sveti Duh Hospital. I was involved in the education of undergraduates and postgraduates, special teaching programs and clinical works for undergraduate and postgraduate students, as well as clinical governance and evidence-based medicine for postgraduates. I served on several executive boards of the Ministry of Health, Republic of Croatia as a counselor regarding quality control, registration, and hospital accreditation. I was the president of International Society for the Study of Pathophysiology of Pregnancy from 2004 to 2005. Presently I am married, with a special interest in sports, particularly basketball and skiing.
 
Editor
Medicinar Journal and the Ultrasound Review of Ultrasound in Obstetrics & Gynecology Journal.
 
Scientific Interests
Clinical research in obstetrics, gynecology, and perinatal medicine, and the management of health systems.
 
Publications
More that 40 papers, mostly cited in prestigious journals.
 
Ian Donald Inter-University School Courses in Croatian Branch
The Croatian branch was the first branch of the Donald School. The first course was held in Dubrovnik in 1990.
  • July 1–5, 1990. Ian Donald Inter-University School of Medical Ultrasound, Course 5: Ultrasound in Perinatal Medicine, Dubrovnik, Croatia.
  • October 1–6, 1990. Ian Donald Inter-University School of Medical Ultrasound, Course 13: Abdominal Ultrasound, Dubrovnik, Croatia.
  • May 19–20, 1991. Ian Donald Inter-University School of Medical Ultrasound, Course 14: Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology, Dubrovnik, Croatia.
  • September 7–12, 1997. 21st Ian Donald School, Course: Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology, Dubrovnik, Croatia.
  • September 14–19, 1998. 22nd Ian Donald School, Advanced course: Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology, Dubrovnik, Croatia.
  • October 1–3, 2000. 25th Ian Donald School, Advanced course: Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology, Zagreb, Croatia.
  • June 19–24, 2001. 29th Ian Donald School, Advanced course: 3D Sonography in Obstetrics and Gynecology, Dubrovnik, Croatia.
  • May 27–31, 2002. 32nd Ian Donald School, Advanced course: Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology, Zagreb, Croatia.
  • May 18–23, 2003. 37th Ian Donald School, advanced course: Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology, Dubrovnik, Croatia.
 
ITALIAN BRANCH DIRECTOR, VINCENZO D'ADDARIO
 
VINCENZO D'ADDARIO, Professor
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Address
Fetal Medicine Unit, Dept. of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Bari, Italy, Policlinico Plazza Guilio Cesare, 70124 Bari, Italy
Telephone
+390-80-547-3242 (8–13 hr)
+390-80-561-0240 (15–19 hr)
Fax
b+390-80-5478-928
E-mail:
Born
Bari, Italy on December 16, 1950.
 
Education
Prof Vincenzo D'Addario graduated with a degree in Medicine at the University of Bari in 1975 with highest marks (110/110 with honors), receiving a prize as the best graduated student in the academic year 1975/76. He specialized in Obstetrics and Gynecology at the same University in 1979 with highest marks (50/50 with honors). Dr D'Addario was Assistant Professor from 1977 to 1992 in the Ob-Gyn Department, and in 1992, he was Associate Professor of Physiopathology of Human Reproduction at the University of Bari. He became head of the Fetal Medicine Unit in the Dept. of Ob-Gyn and President of the Midwifery School at the University of Bari. Dr. D'Addario was trained in Obstetrical and Gynecological Ultrasound at the Ultrasonic Institute, 12University of Zagreb, directed by Prof. Asim Kurjak in 1980. After that experience, he secured a continuous relationship with the Zagreb Ultrasonic Institute and was a permanent teacher at the Ian Donald School of Medical Ultrasound at the Inter-University Center of Dubrovnik.
 
Present Position
Teaching activities in 1) Medical School, University of Bari, 2) the Specialization Schools, University of Bari, Obstetrics and Gynecology, and Pediatric Surgery, 3) School of Midwifery, University of Bari, 4) Fetal monitoring, 5) Urological and Nephrological Ultrasound, General Ultrasound, Ultrasound and Emergencies.
Dr D'Addario has been Director of the Italian Branch of the Ian Donald Inter-University School from 1994 to 1996. He is President of the Italian Society of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology (SIEOG), Board member of the International Society of the Fetus as a Patient, and Editorial Board member of the Ultrasound Review of Obstetrics and Gynecology and the Journal of Perinatal Medicine.
 
Research Interests
Main research fields of interest are Obstetric and Gynecological Ultrasound and Prenatal Diagnosis.
 
Publications
Prof. D'Addario created a new magazine called Echonews, a SIEOG bulletin, and the first Italian Guidelines for Ultrasound Screening in Obstetrics. 250 Papers have been published in national and international journals and congress proceedings, 30 chapters for books edited by other authors, 2 books as author, 3 books of proceedings as editor, 1 book edited with other authors, and Italian translations of several books.
 
EARLY COURSES WERE ORGANIZED BY GIAMPAOLO MANDRUZZATO IN 1992 AND 1993
 
GIAMPAOLO MANDRUZZATO
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Born
In Trieste, November 11, 1932
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Education
Graduated in Turin 1958, PhD 1964.
 
Present Position
Chief of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Burlo Garofolo Hospital in Trieste from 1972 to 2002.
 
Publications
More than 300 papers.
 
Awards, Honors and Achievements
William Liley Award 2002, Stuart Campbell Award 2002. Member of the Executive Board of FIGO 1997–2003, Member of the Executive Board ISUOG 1992–1996, President of SIEOG (Italian Society Ultrasound in Obstetrics & Gynecology) 1992–1993, Vice President of the SIGO (Italian Society of Obstetricians and Gynecologists) 1998 – 2001, Co-Director of the Ian Donald Inter-University School of Medical Ultrasound, Vice President, International Society of the Fetus as a Patient.
Honorary member of Yugoslavian Society Ultrasound, Spanish Society of Prenatal Diagnosis, Croatian Society of Perinatal Medicine, and Catalan Society of Perinatal Medicine. Regular Fellow of the International Academy of Perinatal Medicine.
 
Ian Donald School Courses In Trieste
Dr. Mandruzzato organized two courses in Trieste during the War.
15th Course:
9–12 December 1992 at Burlo Garofolo Hospital, participants: 100
Speakers:
A Christie, F Catizzone, N Rizzo, I Zalud, S Kupesic, A Kurjak, D Jurkovic, V D'Addario, GD'Ottavioi, MA Rustico, S Rottem, J Wladimiroff, W Holzgreve, A Gonzalez, P Juppila, E Ferrazzi, H Valensise, H Shalan, GP Mandruzzato.
16th Course:
17–20 December 1993 at Fiera di Trieste, participants: 120
Speakers:
B Breyer, MA Rustico, GD'Ottavio, S Kupesic, A Kurjak, D Jurkovic, N Montenegro, H Valensise, GP Mandruzzato, F Catizzone, M Campogrande, V D'Addario, G Rizzato, U Nicolini, MA Rustico, G Rizzo, Z Papp, G Monni.
The courses were very well attended, but we have stopped organizing them after the situation in Dubrovnik 13went back to normality. The Ian Donald School is growing in an exponential way. I don't know any other Society or Organization with a comparable success. The success speaks by itself. I don't want to flatter my friend Asim, but I strongly believe that the success the School has is mainly the consequence of the many connections he has around the world. In particular, developing countries are hungry for courses that are devoted to the attending persons and not to the speakers (what is now very common in many western countries). Globalization of cultures must not mean colonization. I am sure that the Ian Donald School will grow up.
 
Ian Donald School Courses in Bari
In Italy, Dr. Vincenzo D'Addario organized two courses of the Ian Donald School (16–18 June 2003, 27–28 May 2005) with 200 participants and 30 speakers and chairmen for each course. Both were advanced courses.
 
Ian Donald School 2003 and Ian Donald School 2005
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The first one focused on recent advances in Neurosonology, Echocardiography and Gynecology. Foreign invited speakers were: Kurjak, Kupesic, Troyano, Meizner, Timor-Tritsch.
The second one focused mainly of 3D-4D sonography; foreign invited speakers were: Antsaklis, Kurjak, Meizner, Sen. At the second course, approximately 100 people subscribed to the Yellow Journal. I do not know how many people confirmed the second year.
In 2007, I will organize an Ian Donald School in association with the 4th Congress of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology of the Mediterranean area (MEDUOG). The course and Congress will be held in Rosa Marina (Brindisi) on June 8–10.
 
SPANISH BRANCH DIRECTOR, JOSÉ MARIA CARRERA
 
JOSÉ M CARRERA, Professor
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Personal address
Ganduxer 8, 08021 Barcelona (Spain)
Professional address
Instituto Universitario Dexeus. Dept. of
address
OB/GYN. P° Bonanova 67, 08017 Barcelona (Spain)
E-mail
Born in
Navarcles (Barcelona, Spain) on June 25, 1937
 
Education
Degree in Medicine from Faculty of Medicine in Santiago de Compostela (Spain, 1962), Specialization in Obstetrics and Gynecology in Barcelona (Spain), at the Provincial Maternity Institute (Prof S Dexeus Font, 1962–65), Specialization in Perinatal Medicine in Montevideo (Uruguay) at Latin-American Centre of Perinatology (Prof. Roberto Caldeyro-Barcia), and in several Centres abroad (Madrid, Milan, Bolonia, etc., 1965–66).
Associate Obstetrician of Santa Madrona Maternity Institute (Barcelona, Spain, 1965), Research Fellow of The Provincial Maternity Institute of Barcelona (1970–1972), Doctorate in Medicine: Cum Laude (Santiago de Compostela, Spain, 1981).
Head of Colposcopy Section of Cancer Centre at Provincial Maternity Institute (Barcelona, Spain, 1966–1975), Head of Fetal Medicine Service at Instituto Universitario Dexeus (Barcelona, Spain, 1970–1975). 14Visitor Professor in Faculty of Medicine in Coimbra (Portugal, 1987).
 
Present Position
1975–2002 Head of Obstetrics Services at Instituto Universitario Dexeus (Barcelona, Spain).
 
Publications
1972–2003 Editor of 20 books, including ultrasonography, Doppler, perinatal medicine, fetal monitoring, fetal biology and ecology, fetal growth and growth retardation, and coauthor in other 36 books. Chapters are 45 Spanish and 42 foreign books, 10 popularizing books. Journal articles are published in 34 international and 146 Spanish journals. Invited Speaker to 102 International and 168 Spanish Congresses. Editor of 5 national and international journals in 1985–2001. Editorial board member of 14 scientific journals in 1988–2005.
 
Awards, Honors and Achievements
Distinctions were “Hijo Predilecto” of Navarcles (1988), doctorum honoris causa (Coimbra University, 1966), William Liley Medal (The International Society of the Fetus as a Patient, 2000) and Erich Saling Diploma (WAPM, 2002). Honorary member of 11 societies and honorary president in 3 societies. Society president for 6 Spanish and 4 international societies (including ultrasonography, perinatal medicine, congenital defects, Doppler technology, 1980–1995). Organizer of 4 international and 6 national congresses including Presidents of V World Congress of Perinatal Medicine (Barcelona-Spain, 2001) and XIX Congress of the International Society of the Fetus as a Patient (Sitges, Barcelona-Spain, 2003). Co-Director of Ian Donald Inter-University School of Medical Ultrasound (2002), Secretary General of WAPM (2003) and IAPM (2005). Chairman and organizer of 74 national and international courses, professor of 126 courses. Director and organizer of 16 international symposiums, and professor of 31 symposiums. Committees include FIGO Study Group of the Assessment of New technologies in Obstetrics and Gynecology (1989) and EUROPOP (EAPM, 1994). Board member of 7 societies including WAPM and The Fetus as a Patient.
 
Ian Donald School Courses in Spain
Two periods:
• First period:
Director: Francisco González-Gómez (Granada)
4 Courses: 1992, 1993, 1995 and 1997.
• Second period:
Director: JosÉ M. Carrera (Barcelona)
4 Courses: 2002, 2004, 2005 and 2006.
Total of courses: 8
Course
Participants
Scholarships
Speakers
1992
290
32
1993
250
28
1995
280
20
1997
140
19
2002
380
20
32
2004
290
26
19
2005
180
35
30
2006
It is in preparation
 
Comments for each course
First period: During this period, the head office was settled in Granada, with F. González-Gómez as a coordinator. The first Course was held in 1992 and was followed by the other three (1993, 1995 and 1997) at Caja Rural's Auditorium in Granada. Those courses were organized by the Obstetrics and Gynecology Department of the Clinic University Hospital of Granada.
Second period: Director: JM Carrera.
  1. Ian Donald Course (2002)
    1. Venue: Auditorium Winthertur. November, Barcelona.
    2. Organized by: Santiago Dexeus Font Foundation
    3. Under the auspices of: Spanish Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology.
    4. Topics: Prenatal diagnosis, Doppler in Obstetrics, Doppler in Gynecology, Ultrasonography 3-D.
    5. It was held as a previous Course of the International Symposium on Perinatal Medicine of the Institut Universitari Dexeus.
  2. Ian Donald Course (2004)
    1. Venue: Auditorium of Medical College. June, Barcelona.
    2. Organized by: Santiago Dexeus Font Foundation.
    3. Under the auspices of:
      1. Ultrasonographic Section of SEGO.
      2. Italian Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology.
      3. Spanish Association of Prenatal Diagnosis (AEDP)
      4. Portuguese Association of Prenatal Diagnosis.
    4. Topics: Prenatal diagnosis of aneuploidias, sonographic diagnosis of fetal malformations, Doppler in Perinatal Medicine, Doppler in Gynecology.
    5. It was jointly held with the I Symposium Spanish- Italian of Perinatal Medicine.
  3. Ian Donald Course (2005)
    1. Venue: Planetarium, Auditorium of Institut Universitari Dexeus. May, Barcelona.
    2. Organized by: Santiago Dexeus Font Foundation
    3. Under the auspices of:15
      1. World Association of Perinatal medicine (WAPM).
      2. Ultrasonographic Section of SEGO.
      3. Spanish Association of Prenatal Diagnosis (AEDP).
      4. Iberoamerican Society of Prenatal Diagnosis and Therapy (SIADTP).
    4. Topics: Early sonographic prenatal diagnosis of malformations, First Trimester, Fetal Pathology, Doppler in Perinatal Medicine, Doppler in Gynecology, New Technology in Ultrasonography.
 
Subscriptions to the Yellow Journal (The Ultrasound Review of Obstetrics and Gynecology)
  • Course 2004: 90 subscriptions
  • Course 2005: 82 subscriptions.
 
Critical Opinions about the School
  • It should establish a system of quality control for the courses that are going to be given in the several national branches (auto evaluation, exams, official credits, etc.)
  • It should study the possibility of establishing a gradation in the courses, such as: Elemental, Medium, Advanced, etc.
  • The official textbooks of the school should be translated into other languages.
  • Some courses should eminently be practical.
Future of the Ian Donald courses and in general of the ultrasonography courses:
As many new national branches are being constituted, I augur a brilliant future for the School. The key question is the choice of Directors and Institutions in every country that are more attractive. SNG/JMC.
 
TURKISH BRANCH DIRECTOR, CIHAT ŞEN
 
CIHAT ŞEN
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Address
Valikonagi Cad 19/7, Nisamtasi, Istanbul- 34371
Telephone
+90 542 213 3301
Born
January 1, 1956 at Unye, Turkey
Marital status
Married
 
Education
1979 Medical Doctor (MD), Cerrahpas, a Medical School University of Istanbul, 1986. Specialist in Obstetric and Gynecology, Cerrahpas, a Medical School, 1986 Senior Registrar at the Dept of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Cerrahpas, a Medical School, 1989–1990 (for one year) Charter Member of the Department of Perinatology (The first Perinatology Department in Turkey), Clinical Research Fellow: Harris Birthright Research Center for Fetal Medicine and King's assisted Conception Unit at King's College School of Medicine (London), Clinical Research Fellow Dept of Reproductive Physiology, Obstetrics and Gynecology, St. Bartholomew's Hospital Medical College (London), 1990 Sept: Senior Registrar at the Dept of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Dept of Perinatology, Cerrahpas, a Medical School, University of Istanbul. 1992 February: Assistant Professor in the Dept. of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Dept. of Perinatology, Cerrahpas, a Medical School, University of Istanbul, 1992 August: Associate Professor in the Dept. of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Dept. of Perinatology, Cerrahpas, a Medical School, University of Istanbul.
 
Present Position
2001, Professor in the Dept. of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Dept. of Perinatology, Cerrahpas, a Medical School, University of Istanbul.
 
Publications
Editor of Turkish Journal of Perinatology.
 
Awards, Honors and Achievements
Society President; Turkish Perinatology Society, Turkish Society of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology (Founder), President-Elect of European Association of Perinatal Medicine, Congress President; 1995, XVIII Advanced Course 1998, The Congress on Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology, Istanbul, 2002, VIII National Perinatology Congress, Antalya, 2002 World Congress of Perinatal Medicine for Developing Countries, Antalya, European Congress of Perinatal Medicine-2008, XVIII Advanced Course—Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology organized by Ian Donald Inter-University School, Istanbul (Director). General Secretary; 1988–1996, Turkish Perinatology Society, III National Perinatology 16Congress, Bursa (Secretary), 1992–1998, III-VI National Perinatalogy Congress, Bursa, Istanbul, Ankara, Antalya, 2004–2006 European Association of Perinatal Medicine.
 
Ian Donald School Courses in Turkish Branch
The Turkish Branch of the Ian Donald Inter-University School of Medical Ultrasound was established in the year 1995, and the first advanced ultrasound course was organized 23–28April 1995 in Istanbul, hosted by the Turkish Perinatology Society and the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Cerrahpaşa Medical School, University of Istanbul. More than 500 participants attended this first successful advanced course. After this course, Turkish doctors became especially interested in the use of ultrasound in daily practice and in learning more about clinical use of Doppler.
The second advanced ultrasound course was held in Antalya, May 19–20, 2002 with 430 participants, mainly Obstetricians and Gynecologists. The host society was the Turkish Society of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology. There was an enjoyable, successful discussion time at the course, which was followed by the National Ultrasound Congress of Obstetrics and Gynecology.
The third meeting of the Turkish Branch was an advanced ultrasound course “New Development in Obstetrics and Gynecology,” and was held in Istanbul, December 5–7, 2003. This course was very well attended, with 385 participants. The three-day course was run by a speaker from the Board of the Ian Donald School and others, and was hosted by the Turkish Society of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology, the Turkish Perinatology Society, the Turkish Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Istanbul.
The fourth Advanced Ultrasound Course is going to be held in Istanbul again, October 28–29, 2006, and course directors are Prof. Cihat Sen and Prof Murat Yayla. Again the host society is the Turkish Society of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology.
 
JAPANESE BRANCH DIRECTOR, KAZUO MAEDA, MD, PhD
 
KAZUO MAEDA
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Personal address
Nadamachi 3–125, Yonago, Tottoriken, 683–0835 Japan
Telephone/fax
81-85922-6856
E-mail
Branch address
RK Pooh, Secretary General,
Clinical Research Institute of Fetal Medicine (CRIFM)
Telephone
81-877-58-0387
Fax
81-877-58-3235
Web
E-mail
Born
January 5, 1925 in Japan.
 
Education
Graduated Kyushu University School of Medicine (MD) 1947. Clinically trained in the Dept. of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Kyushu University Hospital, National Medical License 1949. PhD 1955. JSUM Board Certified Fellow 1990 FJSUM-433, Senior Fellow 1995 SJSUM-182. JSOG Board certified member 1997.
 
Present Position
Emeritus Professor and Chairman of Obstetrics and Gynecology of Tottori University, and Honorary Professor of Tottori University.
 
Research Interest
Obstetrics and Gynecology; Perinatology; Ultrasound diagnosis and safety, tissue characterization, fetal Doppler signal analysis; ECG; EEG; external CTG; quantified and computerized FHR evaluation with experts’ knowledge and neural network systems; actocardiogram; fetal behavior; trophoblastic disease.
 
Publications
More than 20 English Books and chapters, many Japanese books, including 3 Kurjak-Maeda ultrasound textbooks in Japanese, many scientific papers and more than 200 international lectures.
 
Awards, Honors and Achievements
The Order of Rising Sun of Japan; Order of Golden Coronet of Yugoslavia; William Liley medal; Ian Donald medals. Society president for Japan Societies of Perinatology, 1983, Neonatology, 1987; Society of Computers in the Care of the Mother, Fetus and Newborn, 1989; Federation of Asia-Oceania Perinatal Societies, 1992–1994. Congress President for The 4th Congress of the Federation of Asia Oceania Perinatal Societies, 1986; The 3rd Congress The Fetus as a Patient, 17Matsue, 1987; The 2nd Congress of Computers, Care of Mother Fetus and Newborn, Kyoto, 1989; The 5th World Congress of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology, Kyoto, 1995. Society and committee board for The International Society of the Fetus as a Patient; WAPM Developing Country Committee and History Committee; FIGO Study Group on the assessment of New Technologies; FIGO Advisory Panel. Honorary member and Fellow of Croatian Society of Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology; Croatian Academy of Medical Science; Japanese medical societies; AIUM Fellow; Federation of Asia-Oceania Perinatal Societies Fellow; International Academy of Perinatal Medicine Fellow. Humanitarian donations; ultrasound machine donation to foreign destroyed hospitals.
 
JAPANESE BRANCH SECRETARY GENERAL, RITSUKO K POOH, MD, PhD
 
RITSUKO KIMATA POOH
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Address
Clinical Research Institute of Fetal Medicine (CRIFM) and Perinatal Medicine Clinic (PMC), 136, Toricho, Marugame City, Kagawa, Japan
Telephone
+81-877-58-0387
Fax
+81-877-58-3235
E-mail
 
Education
LLB (Bachelor of Laws) in the Dept. of Law, Keio University, Tokyo, Japan, 1983, MD in the School of Medicine, Tokushima University, Tokushima, Japan, 1990,
PhD in the School of Medicine, Tokushima University, Tokushima, Japan, 1999.
Residency in Tokushima University, 1990–1991, Fellowship in Tokushima Municipal Hospital, 1991–1993, Kochi Municipal Hospital, 1993–1995, Tokushima University Hospital, 1995–1997, National Zentsuji Hospital, Clinical Research Institute, 1997–2000
Director of the Dept of Perinatology, Taijukai-Kaisei General Hospital, 2000–2003,
Director of Division of Maternal Fetal Medicine, Center for Maternal, Fetal and Neonatal Medicine, Kagawa National Children's Hospital, 2003–2006.
 
Present Position
President, Clinical Research Institute of Fetal Medicine (CRIFM) and Perinatal Medicine Clinic (PMC), 2006, Visiting Professor of Cornell University, New York, 2006, Secretary General, Japanese Branch, Ian Donald Inter- University School of Medical Ultrasound, 2006, Director, Advanced Training Center, Ian Donald Inter-University School of Medical Ultrasound, 2006.
 
Research Interests
Fetal ultrasound, Fetal central nervous system, Neurosonography, Sonoembryology.
 
Awards, Honors and Achievements
Society boards for the Fetus as a Patient, Japanese Perinatal Neonatal Society, Japanese Biomedical Engineering Society in Obstetrics and Gynecology, Ian Donald Inter-University School of Medical Ultrasound (Japanese Branch Secretary General, International lecturer), World Association of Perinatal Medicine (Educational Committee). Editorial Board; Co-Editor of Donald School Journal of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology, Editorial Board of the Journal of Perinatal Medicine, Taiwan Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Perinatal Journal.
 
History of the Ian Donald Inter-University School of Medical Ultrasound in Japanese Branch
Number of courses held in Japan is 8 (Fukuoka, Tokyo, Yuzawa, Nagoya, Sendai, Fukuoka, Himeji, Kagawa). Ian Donald courses were held by 8 organizers in Japan.
 
Some Details of each Courses
No. 1:
July 10–11, 1998, Fukuoka, organized by Nakano. Special lectures by A Kurjak and I Timor. It was 23rd “Ian Donald” Inter-University School of Medical Ultrasound course.
No. 2:
June 17–18, 2000, Tokyo, by Takeuchi. Special lecture by A Kurjak.
No. 3:
April 1–3, 2001, Yuzawa, by Chiba. Special lecture by A Kurjak.
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Numeric summary of Japanese Ian Donald courses:
No.
Year
Place
Organizer
Participants
Speakers
YJ subscription
1
1998
Fukuoka
Nakano
170
22
2
2000
Tokyo
Takeuchi
200
29
3
2001
Yuzawa
Chiba
200
31
4
2002
Nagoya
Kawabata
220
30
5
2003
Sendai
Okamura
180
27
6
2004
Fukuoka
Chiba
600*
19
7
2005
Himeji
Akamatsu
130
21
27 (22%)
8
2006
Kagawa
Pooh
107
26
39 (35%)
Total
1807
205
Average
225.9
25.6
* Joint with XX The Fetus as a Patient Congress
No. 4:
October 26–27, 2002. Nagoya, by Kawabata. Special lectures by A Kurjak and FA Chervenak.
No. 5:
November 29–30, 2003. Sendai, by Okamura. Special lecture by A Kurjak.
No. 6:
April 23–25, 2004. Fukuoka, by Chiba. Special lecture by A. Kurjak.
No. 7:
October 22–23, 2005. Himeji, by Akamatsu. Special lecture by A. Kurjak.
No. 8:
November 18–19, 2006. Marugame, at Donald School Training Center, by Pooh. Special lectures by A Kurjak, FA Chervenak, SJ Yoo and K Shiota. Live technical demonstrations.
 
Coming Ian Donald Schools
No.9:
June 2, 2007, Tokyo, organized by T Okai.
No.10:
2008, Saitama, organized by K Baba.
 
Response to the Queries of Director Asim Kurjak
  1. Review of courses:
    Many participants gathered in every course, as courses were distributed in eight cities in various districts in Japan, and the participants were enthusiastic to absorb new advanced medical ultrasound in obstetrics and gynecology. Domestic speakers worked hard in new topics lectures in the courses. Since many participants, including sonographers and nurses did not speak English fluently, domestic lecturers were asked to speak the topics in Japanese language. Lecture slides were also prepared by Japanese. In the case of English speaking professors, particular side slides or English slides with Japanese translation were projected by the organizing committee from the first course of Fukuoka. Although the strategy was accepted by many participants, international feeling was damaged and it was hoped to add more international color in the future. Modern knowledge of medical ultrasound was given the participants by speeches with slides, slide conference, live demonstrations, and therefore, it would be beneficial to add hands-on in the future. Finally, the course size would be appropriate for detailed trainings, while it can be larger in future schools.
  2. Number of Yellow Journals subscribed by members in Japan was 27 (22 %) in 2005 and increased to 39 (35 %) in 2006. It is expected to further increase in coming Japanese branch courses.
  3. Comments: First of all, the Ian Donald Inter- University School greatly contributed to the 19postgraduate training of medical ultrasound in Japan. The Japanese branch extends sincere gratitude to Ian Donald School Directors and special lecturers for their great efforts on the ultrasound education.
  4. The future: Ian Donald Inter-University School must be distributed world wide for the postgraduate education in medical ultrasound. It will not take a long time to have new branches in all countries and regions in the world. The progress in national branches will become increasingly international, and the training will include hands-on, live demonstration, teleeducation and tele demonstration. Electronic publication will be common in Ian Donald textbooks, and it would be downloading pay-system and DVD books in the future.
  5. Plan for 2007: The 9th course of the Japanese branch in 2007 will be organized by Prof. T. Okai in Tokyo.
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The 1st Ian Donald School 1998 held at Fukuoka
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The 4th Japanese Ian Donald School 2002 held at Nagoya
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The 8th Japanese Ian Donald School 2006 held in the CRIFM training center at Marugame
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Live demonstration of the 8th Japanese Ian Donald School 2006 held at Marugame
 
JORDAN BRANCH DIRECTOR, MAHER G SARRAF
 
MAHER G. SARAAF, Professor
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Address
P.O. Box 5391, Amman 11183
Cell phone
(+962) 795-544-955
Hospital phone
(+962) 6-569-9996/560-715
Fax
(+962) 6-569-9996
E-mail
 
Education
2000
Diploma in Medical Ultrasound
1976
ECFMG, USA
1976
Fachartz, Duesseldorf, West Germany (OBGYN)
1970
Diploma of Medicine, Cologne University, West Germany
 
Present Position
  • Consultant obstetrician and gynecologist, General Director of Al-Amal Hospital
  • Director of Ian Donald Inter-University School of Ultrasound—Jordan branch
  • Visiting consultant of IVF center, Ramallah, Palestine
  • Director of fetal well-being department Al-Amal Hospital
  • Chairman of the Board of BabyCord Jordan
  • President elect of Middle East Fertility Society (MEFS)
  • Founder of www.SafeFetus.com, a free online database of worldwide drugs (both generic and trade drugs).
 
Publications and Presentations
  • Author of a chapter: Ultrasound evaluation during the first trimester of normal pregnancy. In Donald School textbook of ultrasound in obstetrics and gynecology. Editors: A Kuryak and F Chervenak, 2003.
  • Author of a chapter: Rectal ultrasound to evaluate female pelvis. Donald School Textbook for vaginal ultrasound in obstetrics and gynecology.
  • Editor in Chief of the first periodical newsletter in the Middle East, SONANEWS, specialized in ultrasound in obstetrics, gynecology, and all other fields.
  • Referee for the Middle East Fertility Society Journal.
  • Lectures in Ian Donald School (Amman, Zagreb, Athens, Rhodes, Sant Petersburg, Belgrade):
    • Systemic approach for the second trimester of ultrasound
    • Fetal Biometry
    • Likelihood of embryonic demise
    • Fetal ventral abdominal wall defects
    • Doppler in ovulation induction
    • 3D in 1st Trimester (Egypt)
    • Author of several papers in different medical journals.
 
IAN DONALD SCHOOL OF ULTRASOUND MIDDLE EAST BRANCH
Kurjak Center
Year
No. of participant
No. of hands-on
No. of speakers
Journal club
2002
156
35
6
2003
180
43
7
2004
200
45
7
14
2005
220
50
8
2006
2007
Will be held in April
 
GREEK BRANCH DIRECTOR, ARIS J ANTSAKLIS
 
ARIS J ANTSAKLIS, Professor
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Address
11 Lampsakou str., 115 28 Athens-Greece
Telephone
+30-210-7770461
E-mail
Born
Kalamata, Greece
 
Education
Prof. Antsaklis studied medicine (MD degree, 1969) at Athens University. He was trained as an Obstetrician- Gynecologist (1970–1974) in the University of Athens 2nd Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology. In 1975, he was a Council of Europe research fellow and honorary lecturer at the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology of the University College Hospital, University of London with Professor DV Fair-weather, and in 1976 at the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Yale University with Professor Hobbins and R Berkowitz. In 1981, he defended his PhD thesis “Fetoscopy and fetal 21blood sampling for prenatal diagnosis in twins” at University of Athens. In 1977, Dr. Antsaklis was appointed senior registrar of Obstetrics and Gynecology, and in 1982, as an assistant Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Deputy Director of Maternal Fetal Medicine Division of the 1st Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Athens. In 1993, Dr. Antsaklis was appointed associate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Deputy Director of Maternal Fetal Medicine, and in 2002 Dr. Antsaklis was appointed Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology in the University of Athens at the 1st Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology. He was the Director of the Maternal Fetal Medicine Division. He was involved in the teaching program for the medical students, the junior staff members of the Department and the Obstetric- Gynecologic residents.
 
Present Position
Prof. Antsaklis was appointed Chairman of the 1st Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Athens, in September 2005.
 
Achievements
At the national level, Professor Antsaklis is a founding member, an executive board member, and President of several bodies in the field of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Perinatal Medicine, Ultrasound, and Fetal Medicine, such as the Hellenic Societies of Obstetrics and Gynecology (Gen. Secretary), Perinatal Medicine (President for several years), Prenatal Diagnosis and Fetal Therapy (Founder and President), Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology (Founder and President), Maternal Fetal Medicine (Member of the Executive Board) and Medical Studies (Member of the Executive Board). He participated in several committees of the Hellenic Health Council of Perinatal Medicine since 1990 and on Ultrasound in Obstetrics since 1995. He is President of the European Association of Perinatal Medicine (2004–2006), President of the 19th European Congress of Perinatal Medicine, Athens, Oct. 2004.
 
Research Interests
Prof. Antsaklis has organized several National and International Conferences and Meetings on Prenatal Diagnosis. His contribution to Perinatal Medicine has been great, both in Greece and worldwide. He is a permanent member of the organization of Prenatal Diagnosis of Hereditary Hemoglobinopathies and has been a visiting Professor at the European summer and winter School of Perinatal Medicine since 1998.
 
Publications
Prof. Antsaklis was author and co-author of several publications in International and Hellenic pre-reviewed journals and has written 12 chapters in International and Greek medical books.
 
Ian Donald School Courses in Greek Branch
The Greek branch of the Ian Donald School organizes one course every two years.
The first one took place in December 2003 with 22 speakers and 280 participants, and the second one in December 2005, with 29 speakers, 230 participants and 100 subscribers to Yellow Journal. We are now planning the third course for December.
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Greek Ian Donald Program 2003
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Greek Ian Donald Program 2005
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Greek Ian Donald School Course in 2005
 
INDIAN BRANCH DIRECTOR, NARENDRA MALHOTRA, MD, FICOG, FICMCH
 
NARENDRA MALHOTRA, Professor
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Address
Malhotra Nursing and Maternity Home P84, MG Road, AGRA-282 010, India
Phone
(O) 0562-2260275/2260276/2260277
(R) 0562-22602
(M) 98370-33335
Fax
0562-2265194
E-mail
Website
 
Present Position
Senior VP of FOGSI (2003); Vice Dean Indian College of Medical Ultrasound; Director Ian Donald School of Ultrasound; National Tech. Advisor for FOGSI-G.O.I. Mc Arthur Foundation EOC Course; Practicing Obstetrician Gynecologist at Agra.
 
Research Interests
Special Interest in High Risk Obstetrics, Ultrasound, Laparoscopy and Infertility, ART and Genetics. Member and Fellow of many Indian and international organizations. FOGSI Imaging Science Chairman (1996–2000).
 
Publications
Over 30 published and 100 presented papers; over 50 guest lectures given in India and abroad; Editor for 8 books, many chapters, on editorial board of many journals; Editor of series of STEP by STEP books. Professor Malhotra has organized many workshops, training programs, travel seminars and conferences. He is a very active athlete, rotarian and social worker.23
 
Awards and Honors
Awarded best paper and best poster at FOGSI 5 times, Ethicon fellowship, AOFOG young gynecologist award, corion award, Man of the year award, Best Citizens of India award.
 
Jaideep Malhotra, MD, FICOG, FICMCH
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Address
Malhotra Nursing and Maternity Home Pvt. Ltd.
 
Present Position
Chairperson for the International Academic Exchange Committee FOGSI. Practicing IVF specialist at Agra. Credited with producing firsts of UP: IVF birth, ICSI birth, IVF Twins, ICSI Twins, IVF Triplets, TESA-ICSI Pregnancy, etc. Member and Fellow of many Indian and International organization.
 
Publications
Over 30 published and 100 presented papers. Wrote chapters in many books. More than 25 Guest Lectures in India and abroad. Organized many workshops and travel seminars.
 
Research Interests
Special interest in Infertility, Laparoscopy, Ultrasound and Genetics.
 
Awards and Honors
Indumati Zhaveri Award, Jagdeshwari Misra Award three times, Ethicon Fellowship, Outstanding Achievement Award 1999. Awarded Corion Prize for best original research in “Improving endometrial receptivity and blood flows.” Very active social worker and athlete.
 
Ian Donald School Courses in India
The Indian Ian Donald School was commissioned in the year 2002, with the first course was done in 2003 and inaugurated by Prof Asim Kurjak; since then three courses have been successfully done at Agra, the head office of Indian Branch and one at Mumbai.
2003:
600 delegates attended the first course and 150 subscribed for the yellow journal.
2004:
557 delegates attended the second course and 100 subscribed for the yellow journal.
2005:
Over 620 delegates attended the course and 94 subscribed for the yellow journal.
2004:
Mumbai course 47 participants.
Ian Donald textbook was distributed free of cost to the delegates who subscribed for the yellow journal.
In 2007 two courses are planned in India: In February 2007 at Ahmedabad, and in September 2007 at Agra. The Ian Donald School is a very popular training program in India and a lot of doctors are interested in joining the course every year.
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Jointed Organization of Indian Ian Donald School with IV WCPMDC
 
HUNGARIAN BRANCH DIRECTOR, ZOLTÁN PAPP, MD, PhD, DSC, FACOG (HON.)
 
ZOLTÁN PAPP, Professor
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Address
I. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Semmelweis University Faculty of
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Medicine H-1088 Budapest, Baross utca 27. HUNGARY
Telephone
+36-1-2671007
Fax
+36-1-3176174
E-mail
Born
Mezõkövesd, Hungary on February 3, 1942.
 
Present Position
Professor and Director of the I. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Semmelweis University, Faculty of Medicine, Budapest.
 
Education
Professor Papp graduated from the Debrecen University Medical School in 1966, where he specialized in obstetrics and gynecology in 1970 and in clinical genetics in 1979. He spent years of fellowships in Edinburgh and Oxford to study genetic counseling, prenatal diagnosis, ultrasound, and molecular genetics. He introduced prenatal karyotyping from amniotic fluid in Europe in 1969.
 
Present Position
Professor Papp was appointed director of the I. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Semmelweis University, Budapest, in 1990. As the head of the leading department of obstetrics and gynecology in Hungary, he practices obstetrics, prenatal genetics, gynecological and oncological care, organizes research and graduate/ postgraduate medical education. He has published over 800 peer-reviewed papers in prestigious journals. He is author of several books, including the Atlas of Fetal Diagnosis and Textbook of Medical Genetics in English and the Textbook of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Clinical Genetics, which are official textbooks for medical students in Hungary.
 
Research Interests
Dr. Papp's main scientific interest is prenatal diagnosis of fetal genetic disorders. He is a member of the German Academy of Natural Scientists Leopoldina, the Croatian Academy of Medical Sciences, the International Academy of Perinatal Medicine, the World Academy of Art and Science and Honorary Fellow of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. His most important leadership positions are in the Committee for Scientific Ethics of the Hungarian Health Scientific Council (Chairman), Hungarian College of Ob/Gyn (Past President), Hungarian College of Human Genetics (Board Membership), Hungarian Society of Psychosomatics in Ob/Gyn (Founding and Present President), Hungarian Society of Ultrasound in Ob/Gyn (Founding and Honorary President), Hungarian Society of Assisted Reproduction (Founding and Past President).
 
Hungarian Branch of the Ian Donald School
In Hungary, obstetric and gynecologic ultrasound examinations have a long history. Since 1992, the Hungarian Society of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology organizes its National Congress every second year, which is a very important event among Hungarian ultrasound practitioners. Moreover, since 2003, when the Hungarian Branch was established, Ian Donald courses have a large popularity. From the beginning, various programs have been selected to provide up-to-the-minute information on a number of pertinent topics. The course has been held under the supervision of the I. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology Semmelweis University, Faculty of Medicine, Budapest, with the leadership of Professor Zoltán Papp. The venue of the course is the lecture hall of the department. Our lecturers were selected from the best professionals in the international and national community.
In 2003, the Hungarian Branch of the Ian Donald Inter- University School of Medical Ultrasound was established. In 2006, the Hungarian branch will organize its fourth course. In 2005, there were 29 speakers and more than one hundred participants.
The demand for professional advance is elemental; this is why the future of Ian Donald courses in Hungary is established. The popularity of our courses is growing from year to year, and we hope that this tendency will characterize our future. We expect more than 200 practitioners at the next (fourth) meeting in December, 2006.
Twelve publications have been published in the Yellow Journal (4th issue of volume 3 of the Ultrasound Review of Obstetrics and Gynecology). The annual number of subscribers to the Yellow Journal is about 100.
The rapid development in the use of ultrasound is well known. Therefore, physicians must constantly learn about new approaches and Ian Donald Inter-University School of Medical Ultrasound is a very good place and opportunity to follow out these expectations. In our experience, the Hungarian Branch is very popular among Hungarian physicians and physicians from surrounding countries. From their feedback, the possibility to hear about the latest results and technologies from the best experts from abroad and inland is unique.25
 
RUSSIAN BRANCH DIRECTOR, ANTON V MIKHAILOV
 
ANTON V MIKHAILOV
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Address
Prof. Anton Mikhailov MD, PhD Medical Faculty of St. Petersburg State University Director of Maternity Clinic N11 Lesnozavodskaya 4, 193174 St. Petersburg, Russia
Telephone
+007 812 362 2492
Fax
362 0485
Mobile
966 4061
E-mail
Born
Leningrad in 1960
 
Education
Professor Mikhailov graduated from Ivan Pavlov St. Petersburg Medical School in 1983, then until 2002 worked as a Consultant in the Ott Institute of Obstetrics and Gynecology of Russian Academy of Medical Sciences.
 
Present Position
The Director of Maternity Hospital and Professor of St. Petersburg State University since 2003, Dr Mikhailov is the chief expert in prenatal medicine of Health Care Committee of St. Petersburg. In 1990 he completed a PhD thesis on “Ultrasound fetal hepatometry in the second half of pregnancy and its clinical value.”In 1999 he completed a thesis for a Doctor of Medical Science degree on “Clinical and pathophysiological aspects of intrauterine invasive procedures for diagnostics and treatment of congenital and hereditary diseases.”
 
Research Interests
Main field of interests are perinatal medicine—prenatal diagnostics and treatment, fetal state assessment during pregnancy and delivery, multiple pregnancy, fetal breech presentation, urgent conditions in obstetrics and neonatology.
 
Awards and Achievements
Prof Mikhailov is a Member of the Boards of WAPM, International Society “The Fetus as a Patient”, Russian Association of Ultrasound Diagnostics in Medicine and Scientific Committees EAPM, Chairman of St. Petersburg International School of Perinatal Medicine, and Director of the Russian branch of Ian Donald Inter-University School of Medical Ultrasound.
 
Publications
Published 166 papers and 3 books on perinatal medicine.
 
Ian Donald School Courses in Russia
The Russian branch of Ian Donald Inter-University School of Medical Ultrasound was founded in St. Petersburg in 2004. The School Seminars take place once a year at the most beautiful suburban place of St. Petersburg on the coast of Finnish Gulf. During the last three years, The Ian Donald School Courses started the very popular course of ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology in Russia. Such invited speakers as B Arabin (NL), I Blickstein (Israel), F Chervenak (USA), W Holzgreve (Switzerland), A Kurjak (Croatia), V Lebedev (Russia), L Lewi (Belgium), K Maeda (Japan), G Mandruzzato (Italy), I Meizner (Israel), A Mikhailov (Russia), R Pooh (Japan), M Tchirikov (Germany), V Shapkaits, (Russia), V Vlaisavljevic (Slovenia), D Voronin (Russia), K Yusupov (Russia) as many others lectors participated in the Courses. Every participant of the Courses has got all presented lectures on CD as teaching materials.
The number of participants increased during three years period in The Russian branch of Ian Donald School from 45(2004)-54(2005) to 90(2006) as well as Yellow Journal subscribers from 10 in 2005 to 27 in 2006.
In the beginning of July 2007 the Russian branch will organize the next Ian Donald School Seminars and warmly invite our colleagues and friends worldwide to participate and visit one of the most beautiful cities in the Universe.26
 
ARGENTINEAN BRANCH DIRECTOR, LILIANA S VOTO, MD, PhD
 
LILIANA S VOTO, Professor
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Address
Ave. Pueyrredón 1789 First Floor 1119 Buenos Aires City, Argentina
E-mail
 
Education
Liliana S Voto graduated from the University of Buenos Aires School of Medicine in 1973 and obtained her PhD in medicine from the same university in 1984. She completed her residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology in 1979 and five year later she joined the faculty of the Buenos Aires University School of Medicine as an Assistant Professor. In 1992, she became a specialist in Public Health (Salvador University). Prof Voto was appointed as Associate Professor of Obstetrics at Buenos Aires University in 1991 and promoted to Full Professor in 1997. She was also made Full Professor of Obstetrics at Barceló University in Buenos Aires in 1996.
 
Present Position
Prof Voto is currently the Director of Juan A Fernández Hospital, Buenos Aires City, Argentina. She is also the President of Miguel Margulies Foundation for Perinatal Studies, and is the Head of the Institute of Fetal Medicine and High-Risk Pregnancy (named after her) in Buenos Aires city. In addition to these positions, she is an active member of both national and international scientific societies.
 
Research Interests
Prof Voto's main contributions have been in the field of Rh Isoimmunization, Hypertension in Pregnancy and Fetal Therapy.
 
Publications
Author or co-author in over 40 books and scientific publications, and over 280 important scientific papers and articles, Dr Voto has attended at least 83 training courses in Argentina and 19 postgraduate courses abroad. She has lectured extensively at both local and international meetings and has organized innumerable national and international congresses, the latest one being the XXIst Fetus as a Patient Congress held in Buenos Aires in April this year. In 1989, Prof Voto was fellow and coinvestigator at the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Queen's Medical Centre, University of Nottingham, England. From 1992 to 1993 she was coordinator in Argentina of the collaborative project “Collaborative Low-Dose Aspirin Study in Pregnancy for the Prevention and Treatment of Pre-eclampsia and Intrauterine Growth Retardation” (CLASP), organized in Oxford, England, by a Committee including Drs C Redman, M de Swiet, P Rubin, EM Symonds and M Elder From 1993 to 1995 she was Director of the Argentina- England collaborative project “Prevention and promotion of maternal and perinatal health in critically impoverished populations,” carried out by Miguel Margulies Foundation for Perinatal Research, the British Council and the British Embassy in Argentina. In 1995, she became a Clinical Investigator for the National Council for Research in Science and Technology (CONICET).
 
Awards and Honors
Apart from the numerous awards Professor Voto has received for her invaluable scientific work, she has been presented with two special awards for her outstanding performance as Director of Juan A. Fernández Hospital: Award of the Argentine Society of Occupational Medicine to her work as Director of Juan A. Fernández Hospital during the deep socio-economic crisis, November 27, 2002, and “Quality Management in Health,” granted by the Secretariat of Health, Government of the City of Buenos Aires, November 19, 2003.
 
Ian Donald School Courses in Argentina
  1. We have organized two Donald courses so far—one in Buenos Aires before the Fetus as a Patient Meeting in 2005, and another one in Montevideo in September 2005, right before the Uruguayan Congress of Obstetrics and Gynecology (In both events there were about 100 participants, but unfortunately, due to the current unfavorable exchange rate, we were not able to charge the international fees the school expects us to).27
  2. Plans for 2007. We intend to organize a pre-congress meeting before the 2007 Conference of the Buenos Aires Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology, which will be held on July 6–9, 2007 (Again, here we would not be able to charge international fees in Euros, and we do not think we can afford the traveling expenses of guest speakers; we can cover just hotel accommodation, I am afraid).
  3. Please find attached my CV with a photo, and contact addresses.
  4. As regards subscriptions to the Yellow Journal, I understand your concerns. But let me insist on this: currently, foreign exchange is very unfavorable to us (1Euro = AR$ 3.8) and it is very difficult to get subscriptions to international journals in general. Doctors here resort to libraries or to special agreements with pharmaceutical laboratories that allow them to access recently published articles through other means. Of course we would like to be included in the list of worldwide subscribers, but we are not finding this easy at all. If you feel we should introduce a change in our handling of this matter please let us know. Believe me, we do our best to honor the Donald School here in the region.
 
SERBIA AND MONTENEGRO BRANCH DIRECTOR, ALEKSANDAR LJUBIC
 
ALEKSANDAR LJUBIC, Professor
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Address
Institute for Obstetrics and Gynecology, CC Serbia. 26 Visegradasja Str. 11000 Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro.
Telephone
+381-11-361-5604 or +381-54-217-44-87
E-mail:
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Present Position
Aleksandar Ljubic is a Professor of School of Medicine, Belgrade, Institute for Obstetrics and Gynecology, clinical center of Serbia, Head of Cesarean section Department, and deputy director of the Institute for Obstetrics and Gynecology, Clinical center of Serbia. He is also President of Yugoslav association of ultrasound in obstetrics and gynecology and Director of the Thomas Jefferson Ultrasound Center, CCS, Belgrade.28
 
Publication
He has published twenty books and three hundred and thirty scientific papers.
 
Serbia and Montenegro Branch
The branch was established in 2003. The first Ian Donald Inter-University School of Medical ultrasound was held in Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro, September 30th to October 3rd 2004. There were almost forty lecturers, with almost fifty topics covered, during these three days. The School of the left brochure was held October 21–22, 2006.
 
URUGUAYAN BRANCH DIRECTOR, ANNA BIANCHI
 
ANNA BIANCHI, Professor
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Address
RBLA.PER.U 1519 AP201, CO 11300 Motevideo, URUGUAY
Telephone
(5982) 628-18, FAX: (5982) 6289153
E-mail
 
Education
Dr Anna Bianchi received her medical degree from the University of Montevideo Uruguay, 1980. She also received training in Obstetrics and gynecology in the same University and Neonatal training in the Latin American Center for Perinatology and Human Development, a technical Center of the Pan-American Health Organization, World Health Organization. She completed her training in France, at the Clamart Hospital Atoine Beclere with Prof Papiernick and in Echocardiography at Prof. Laurent Fermont Service (1983–1990). She also did training in fetal medicine in King's College, London (1999).
 
Present Position
Professor Bianchi teaches ecography and prenatal diagnosis in the Uruguayan University since 1990 and she is the head at the unit of Perinatal Medicine of the University Hospital, Perira Rossel, Montevideo. Dr Bianchi coordinated several projects and taught in Iberoamerica and Europe, in Perinatal diagnosis as an active member in the Iberoamerican Society of Prenatal Diagnosis.
 
Research Interest
Fetal Medicine, Doppler, congenital anomalies and echocardiography. Prof Bianchi maintains active research collaboration with the University of San Pablo, Riberao Preto University, and the University of Buenos Aires. She is well known in the Latin America Obstetrics and Gynecology community, particularly for her areas of interest.
 
Ian Donald School in Uruguayan Branch
The branch was established in 2002. To date three courses on Ultrasonography in Obstetrics, Perinatal Medicine and Gynecology have taken place. The next courses are scheduled on April 27–29, 2007 at Montevideo.
 
SLOVENIAN BRANCH DIRECTOR, VELJKO VLASAVLJEVIC
 
VELJKO VLAISAVLJEVIC, Professor
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Address
Maribor Teaching Hospital Ljubljanska 5, SI 2000 MARIBOR
Telephone
+386-2-321-24-89
Fax
+386-2-331-23-93
E-mail
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Education
Veljko Vlasavljevic attended the medical school in Ljubljana, Slovenia. After completing his residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology Professor Vlasavljevic started his career at the Department of Reproductive Medicine and Gynecologic Endocrinology at Maribor Teaching Hospital, Slovenia. He then studied for his PhD in andrology at the University of Zagreb, Croatia, and completed his education in reproduction and embryologist at The Royal Women's Hospital, Melbourne, Australia.
 
Present Position
Dr Vlasavljevic is a Professor for Obstetrics and Gynecology at Medical Faculty University of Ljubljana, Slovenia. He works in the Department of Reproductive Medicine and Gynecologic Endocrinology at Maribor Teaching Hospital, where he is head of the department. Presently, he is a member of numerous professional and scientific societies. He is president of Slovene Society for Ultrasound in Medicine and national director of the Ian Donald Inter-University School of Ultrasound, Vice President of Slovene Society of Reproductive Medicine, and a member of the Advisory Committee and Training Sub-Committee of European Society for Human Reproduction and Embryology (ESHRE). He is member of Serbian Academy of Science and Art and member of editorial boards for JAMA (Slovene edition), Gynecology and Perinatology and Ultrasound Review.
 
Research Interests
Dr Vlasavljevic's clinical practice focuses on breast diseases, infertility, assisted reproductive technology and research. His main research interest has recently focused on physiology of follicle growth and perifollicular vascularization in natural menstrual cycles related to oocyte maturation, oocyte quality and IVF outcome.
 
Publications
His bibliography comprises over 300 articles in professional journals and books.
 
Ian Donald School Courses in Slovenia
Ian Donald Inter University School of Ultrasound, Slovene branch, was organized for the first time in Maribor in February 2006. The first course was oriented mostly to the gynecology. The title of the course was “Ultrasound in Gynecology.” It was of a great interest among Slovene gynecologists to participate in this course. Seventy-four participants attended the three-day school. Speakers came from Slovenian Universities and Croatian University. The course had ten speakers, and all participants, after the faculty received their answers on multiple choice questionnaires, received the Ian Donald Textbook of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology and subscription to “Yellow journal.” Prior to this course, there were no subscriptions for the yellow journal coming from Slovenia.
The reason that Maribor was chosen for organization of the first course was the fact that it was nearly 40 years since the first ultrasound sonographic examination was done in the local Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology. During last decade, several workshops of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology were organized in this clinical department.
Many of our attendants expressed their wish to continue ultrasonographic education. As a result, we decided to organize this type of education continuously for all Slovene gynecologists. The next Ian Donald School of Ultrasound will be organized in 2007. Many of the colleagues who attended the first Ian Donald Course in Maribor wanted to express their wish for continuous education. Our intention is to organize another three-day Ian Donald School of Ultrasound Course in Maribor between March 8 and 10, 2007. In the first two days, lectures will be focused upon fetal anomalies and anomalies of genital tract, and the third day will be dedicated to recent advances in ultrasound for obstetrics, gynecology and perinatology. The 2007 subscription for Ultrasound Review and “Ian Donald School—Atlas of Fetal Abnormalities” will be included in the registration fee for all participants of our school.
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ROMANIAN BRANCH DIRECTOR, FLORIN VASILE STAMATIAN, MD, PhD
 
FLORIN VASILE STAMATIAN, Professor
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Born
17.05. 1952, Turda, Romania
 
Education
Began studying at the Medicine and Pharmacy University “Iuliu Haţieganu” Cluj in 1971, attended all medical and university degrees step by step.
 
Present Position
Specialist in obstetrics and gynecology, PhD, Professor and head of Clinic of Obstetrics and Gynecology 1 from Medicine and Pharmacy University “Iuliu Haţieganu” Cluj. Also certified in general ultrasound, obstetrics and gynecology ultrasound, maternal-fetal medicine, gynecology endoscopy. Beginning in 2005, performed administrative functions such as county public health general manager and hospital manager. One of the first in Romania to apply ultrasound methods in obstetrics and gynecology and to develop gynecology endoscopies. Cooperates with Minister of Health in Romania from 2000 in specialty committees 31regarding ultrasound in obstetrics and gynecology, perinatal medicine and prenatal diagnosis.
In 1990 attended five scholarship stages in Belgium, France, Italy, and United Kingdom. Member of various local, regional and international professional associations, board member of European Association of Perinatal Medicine, and co-director of Ian Donald Inter-University School of Medical Ultrasound.
 
Publications
Three books with 11 co-authors, 57 local and 3 abroad papers were published. Over 150 other scientific works were communicated in summary or presented locally and internationally. Invited speaker or chairman in nine international congresses or courses. Besides publishing, a lot of activity was dedicated to the editorial field. All categories were experienced from specialty consultant, followed by the member of peer-review committee and the editorial board, scientific secretary, and finally to the editorin- chief of Romanian Obstetrics and Gynecology Journal.
 
CO-DIRECTOR, RADU VLÃDÃREANU, MD, PhD
 
RADU VLÃDÃREANU, Professor
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Address
Obstetrics and Gynecology Department, Elias University Emergency Hospital 17, Marasti Blvd, SE 1, O20322 Bucharest, ROMANIA
GSM
+40-722-351-081
Telephone/Fax
+40-21-316-16-40
Born
December 1962.
 
Education
In what concerns my academic record, I was Best Medical Graduate of the Year in 1987 in Romania and I am trying to maintain this level in my activity, as a medical scientist and as a teacher at an important medical school. Although my academic career has progressed quite fast, I have never lost interest in practicing obstetrics and gynecology.
 
Present Position
Chairman and Senior Physician of the Obstetrics and Gynecology Department, Elias Emergency Hospital in Bucharest and Associate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Carol Davila University, the oldest and largest medical school in Romania. Since 2002, I am the head of the Obstetrics and Gynecology Department in Elias Emergency Hospital in Bucharest; I was thirty-nine when I assumed this position.
 
Research Interest
My longstanding interest is in Fetal Medicine and Obstetrics Ultrasound.
 
Awards/Honors/Publications
I am a member of 7 national scientific societies and 9 international scientific societies. I also take part in examining commissions for certifying competence in Obstetrics, Gynecology and Ultrasound in Romania, and am involved in elaborating national training programs in these fields. I am a founding member of several national associations and work groups in Fetal Medicine. I take an active part in organizing all National Perinatal and Fetal Medicine Conferences. I am a member of the Educational Board of SEESPM since the 2004 Athens meeting.
In March 2006, I organized the first Ian Donald School of Ultrasound in Romania, Bucharest, with Prof Florin Stamatian, the director of Ian Donald Romanian School. I will be Co-President of the next Romanian National Congress of Perinatal Medicine in October 2007, and Co-organizer of the Second Ian Donald School, Bucharest, October 2007.
I have written 6 books, and co-authored or co-edited several other chapters and books, including the last Ian Donald School Atlas of Fetal Anomalies (Kurjak & Chervenak), 2006. I published over 150 papers on obstetrics and gynecology in journals; many of these papers are on Fetal Medicine. I am a member of the Editorial Board of 5 important national medical journals. I held about 80 scientific reports in national and international congresses. I am quite often invited to lecture at major medical conferences in Romania.
 
Ian Donald School Courses in Romania
The first Romanian Ian Donald School was held at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Bucharest, March 17–19, 2006.
Course directors: Prof Dr Florin Stamatian and Associate Prof Dr Radu Vladareanu.
Prof Kurjak inaugurated the Course.32
List of Selected Topics:
  1. 3D ultrasound: the future.
  2. Amniocentesis or CVS for prenatal diagnosis?
  3. Doppler assessment of fetal chronic hypoxemia.
  4. Fetal neurology functional studies of fetal CNS by 4D sonography.
  5. Fetal neurology study of structural development of fetal brain by 3D sonography.
  6. First trimester noninvasive screening and diagnosis
  7. Prediction of pre-eclampsia.
  8. Screening for IUGR: why, how and when?
  9. Sonoembryology
  10. Ultrasound and fetal nucleic acids in maternal circulation for prenatal diagnosis of CNS anomalies: is 3D and 4D helpful?
  11. Ultrasound evaluation of chromosomal anomalies.
There were more than 300 participants who paid in advance or on-site and listened to the 17 speakers. The audiences were so interested in the lectures, that from start to finish, the congress site was filled with attendees. Some ultrasound and medical representatives showed their products in the place surrounding the congress hall.
Questions arose during personal and professional contacts with progress and collaboration, which are mandatory both at present and in the future. After generous offer for preferential prices, we have accounted for 30 Yellow Journal subscriptions and over 100 publications ordered or bought by Romanians. In 2007 we plan to organize the Romanian Ian Donald School from October 12th-14th in Bucharest after the National Perinatal Medicine Congress.
 
QATAR BRANCH DIRECTOR, BADRELDEEN IBRAHIM AHMED, MBCHB, MD, MFFP, MRCOG, CCST
 
BADRELDEEN IBRAHIM AHMED
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Address
Hamad Medical Corporation, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology Qatar, Doha
Home
00974-4795419
Telephone
00974-4393907/56/58
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The 1st Romanian Ian Donald School
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The 1st Romanian Ian Donald School
Fax
00974-4393389
Mobile
5845583
E-mail
Nationality
Dutch/Sudanse
Date of Birth
19 April 1959
Family
Wife, Dr. Mandy Diana, M.R.C.O.G. Son, Kareem, aged 6 years
 
Education and Qualification
M BCHB Ainshams University, Egypt 1981; Master (O & G) Khartoum University, Khartoum Sudan, 1988; MRCOG 1994; MFFP 1994. Diploma in advanced Obstetrics Ultrasound. Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists/Royal College of Radiologists, Sunderland 1997. MD: Newcastle University—UK 2000.
Diploma in Fetal Medicine, London, August 2006. Fetal Medicine Foundation.
CCST (Certificate of Completion of Specialist Training) February 2000; GMC Registration: Full 4137421. Medical Protection Society: Membership No. 313880D.33
 
Present Position
June 2002: Chairman Ob/Gynecology. Department and Head of Fetal Maternal Medicine Unit, Associate Professor Weill Cornell University, Doha, Qatar. Principal investigators in four studies. Visiting Professor to Ribat University, Khartoum, Sudan.
 
Previous Appointments
June 2000–June 2002. Consultant Obstetrician-Gynecologist in perinatal medicine and high-risk pregnancy at Dorset County Hospital, Dorchester, Wessex region, UK.
 
Regional and National Responsibilities
Delegated to sit on the CESDI Panel of Assessors for the Wessex region. Taught Obstetrics and Gynaecology to the undergraduate students at Southampton Medical School. Higher Training Committee and the SpR Assessment Panel for the Wessex Region. Senior registrar of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, at Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle- Upon-Tyne. Senior specialist registrar at Sunderland Royal Hospital. Research Registrar and Honorary Research Associate in Obstetrics and Gynecology, Royal Victoria Infirmary Hospital, Newcastle University.
 
Awards
Received Gordon Memorial award and British Medical Ultrasound Fellowship. MD thesis on the APT fluid movements in pregnancy was awarded by Newcastle University 2000.
 
Membership
Member of seven professional societies.
 
Publications
Thirty papers were published or accepted including sonographic studies on fetal behavior, abnormality and cardiology; contributed 3 book chapters.
 
Ian Donald School Courses in Qatar
The 1st Ian Donald Course in Obstetric and Gynecology in Qatar, held January 4–8, 2006, was an extremely successful meeting. The course was attended by a total of 135 attendees, including Doctors and Ultrasound Technicians from Hamad, Health Centers, Private Clinics, and Overseas.
The attendees included:
• Obstetric and Gynecology Dept.
71 Doctors
• Hamad
3 Doctors
• Radiology Dept.
23 Technicians
• Health Centers
5 Doctors
• Private Clinics
15 Doctors
• Overseas
16 Doctors and 2 Technicians
The Instructors included the following well-renowned doctors:
  • Prof Asim Kurjak, Croatia
  • Prof Wolfgang Holzgreve, Switzerland
  • Dr Yve Ville, France
  • Dr Jose M Carrera, Spain (Apologized)
  • Dr Frank Chervenak, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York
  • Dr Sanja Kupesic, Croatia
  • Dr Giampaolo Mandruzzato, Italy
The 3rd International Conference in Ob/Gyn will be held March 29–31, 2007. At the end of the conference we plan to have the 2nd Ian Donald Course.
 
Qatar Ian Donald School Program
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BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA BRANCH, DIRECTOR: ZLATAN FATUSIC
 
ZLATAN FATUSIC, MD, PhD
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Dept. of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University Hospital, Trnovac bb, 75000 Tuzla, BIH
Telephone/Fax
+387-35-251-493
E-mail
Born
July 5th, 1955 in Lukavac, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
 
Education
Dr Fatusic received his degree from the School of Medicine in Sarajevo in 1979. He worked in a general practice from 1979 to 1984, and then he started with specialization in Gynecology and Obstetrics in Tuzla and in Belgrade (Yugoslavia). Since that time he has worked at the Clinic for Gynecology and Obstetrics at the university clinical center in Tuzla.
 
Present Position
In 1996, Prof. Fatusic defended his dissertation, and became an Assistant Professor of the medical faculty at the University of Tuzla in 1997. In 1998, he was appointed as a Director of the Clinic for Gynecology and Obstetrics at the university clinical center in Tuzla. He was a Secretary General of 1st World Congress of Perinatal Medicine in Developing Countries held in Tuzla, from September 9–12, 2000. Dr. Fatusic was elected a Board Member in The World Association of Perinatal Medicine in Barcelona in 2001, in Osaka in 2003, and in Zagreb in 2005; the Association of Endoscopic Gynecologic Surgery of Bosnia and Herzegovina in 2004; the Association of Perinatal Medicine of Southeast Europe in 2002; and the Association of Gynecologists- Obstetricians of Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1996.
Professor Fatusic was invited to the following World Congresses: Ist World Congress of Perinatal Medicine for Developing Countries, Tuzla, 2000; IInd World Congress of Perinatal Medicine for Developing Countries, Antalya 2002; VIth World Congress of Perinatal Medicine, Osaka 2003; VIIth World Congress of Perinatal Medicine, Zagreb 2005; IVth World Congress of Perinatal Medicine for Developing Countries, Agra 2006; OB/Gyn week of Serbian doctors association, Beograd 2003; and Teacher at the postgraduate school of ultrasound of the abdomen in Tuzla. He is a member of editorial board of the following journals: “The Ultrasound Review of obstetrics and gynecology” 2005, “Gynaecologia and Perinatalogia,” Croatia, 2006, etc.
 
Publications
160 professional and scientific articles were published in journals and congress books of articles and abstracts.
The Ian Donald Inter-University School of Medical Ultrasound was held in Bosnia-Herzegovina from September 8th-9th 2006.
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CHINESE BRANCH DIRECTOR, TAO DUAN, MD
 
TAO DUAN, Professor
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Address
Shanghai 1st Maternity and Infant Hospital Changle Road 536, Shanghi, PR-China, aip- 200040
Telephone
021-54035206
Fax
021-54032482
E-mail
 
Education
1981–1987 English Medical Class Department of Medicine, Shandong Medical University, PR China; 1987–1992 The Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital of Shanghai Medical University, MD. 1990–1991Aachen, RWTH, Germany, Marburg, Phillips University, Germany.
 
Experience
1992–2000 The Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital of Shanghai Medical University, MD, Associate Professor.
 
Present Position
2000—Present: Shanghai 1st Maternity and Infant Hospital, Professor, Vice Director of the Hospital, Director of Shanghai Prenatal Diagnosis Center.
 
Academic Positions
Vice Chairman of Chinese Perinatal Society; Vice Chairman of Shanghai Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology; Chairman of Shanghai Perinatal Society; Editorial Board of Chinese Journal of Medicine; Editorial Board of Chinese Journal of Perinatal Medicine; Editorial Board of Journal of Progress in Obstetrics and Gynecology; Editorial Board of Practical Obstetrics and Gynecology.
 
Ian Donald School Courses in China
  1. The first Ian Donald course in China was held from Sept. 23rd to 26th 2006, and there were more than 130 participants, with 11 invited speakers, including Prof Asim Kurjak and Dr Frank Chervenak. The subscribers to the Yellow Journal or other Donald School publications are yet to be decided.
  2. Plan for 2007: We plan to organize another training course by Sept. 2007 like we did in 2006, to celebrate this important jubilee, and hope to get more audience. We also want to have three hands-on training courses of basics in Ob and Gyn ultrasound with around 30–40 participants by the year 2007.
 
INDONESIAN BRANCH DIRECTOR, GULARDI HANIFA WIKNJOSASTRO, MD
Secretary: Azen Salim, MD
 
GULARDI H WIKNJOSASTRO, Professor
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Address
Dept. of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Sub- Division Feto-maternal, Medical School University of Indonesia/Cipto Magunkusmo General Hospital, Jalan Diponegoro No. 71, Jakarta Pusat 10430 Indonesia.
Telehone/Fax
+62-21-3915041
E-mail
He is Professor of Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Indonesia. Training in Perinatology-ICMR, Kobe University 1982. Academic skill in Reproductive Health, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore 7983. He is member of Indonesian Medical Association and American Association for the Advancement of Science.36
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The 1st Chinese Ian Donald School 2006 held at Shanghai, and its monument
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The 1st Chinese Ian Donald School 2006 participants in Shanghai
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Indonesian branch was established in 2005. The first course was planned at Island of Bali in March 20062).
 
HAWAIIAN BRANCH DIRECTOR, IVICA ZALUD, MD, PhD, FACOG
 
IVICA ZALUD, Professor
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Address
Kapiolani Medical Center for Women and Children, Suite 540, 1319 Punahou Street, Honolulu, HI 96826, USA
Tel/Fax
+808-983-8559
E-mail
 
Education
Medical School, University of Zagreb, Croatia, OB/GYN Residency—Winthrop University Hospital—Long Island, New York, MFM Fellowship—Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC.
 
Certification
The American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology, The American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Maternal Fetal Medicine, Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates (ECFMG), The American Registry for Diagnostic Medical Sonography.
 
Present Position
Chief, OB/GYN Imaging Division, Department of OB/ GYN and Women's Health, John A Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA, Medical Director, Fetal Diagnostic Center, Kapiolani Medical Center for Women and Children, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA.
 
Academic Position
Associate Professor, Department of OB/GYN, John A Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawaii, Visiting Professor, University of Zagreb School of Medicine, Zagreb, Croatia.
 
Awards
University of Zagreb President's award, European Federation for Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology, International Society “The Fetus as a Patient”, American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists Resident Educational Program, Georgetown University Medical Center Fellow of the Year 2000, Hawaii Community Foundation—research grant.
 
Other Activities
Director: Ian Donald Interuniversity School of Medical Ultrasound Hawaii Branch.
Invited speaker: 38 national (USA) or international conferences.
Edited Book: Maulik D, Zalud I: Doppler Ultrasound in obstetrics and gynecology. Springer, Berlin Heidelberg New York 2005.
Peer-reviewer in: Obstetrics and Gynecology, Journal of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Journal of Clinical Ultrasound, Journal of Maternal Fetal Investigation, Journal of Perinatal Medicine, Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology, American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Croatian Medical Journal.
 
Publication
196 (50 peer-reviewed papers; 57 chapters in the books and 89 congress proceedings and abstracts).
 
Ian Donald School Courses in Hawaiian Branch
The Ian Donald Inter-University School of Medical Ultrasound Hawaii is proud to present its plan for the first meeting in Honolulu in February 16–18, 2007. This young member of the internationally acclaimed Ian Donald 5 amily was established in 2006 during local ultrasound conference presented by the Straub Foundation, Hawaii Pacific Health and Kapiolani Medical Center for Women and Children in Honolulu, Hawaii. The faculty included Professors Kurjak, Chervenak and Platt and local faculty from the Department of OB/GYN and Women's Health John A Burns Scholl of Medicine, University of Hawaii. This highly attended meeting was a preview of the high interests for exceptional quality education in OB/GYN ultrasound. More than 150 motivated attendees evaluated this meeting with the outstanding marks and asked for such meeting to be organized annually in Hawaii. The next meeting in February 16–18, 2007 is planned to be jointly organized by John A Burns School of Medicine and Ian Donald School Hawaii with full CME 38accreditation. Invited and local faculty will discuss cutting edge OB/GYN ultrasound as well as practical clinical applications.
Hawaii Branch of the Ian Donald Family has ambitious plans to be a hub for excellence in ultrasound education, research and clinical application of OB/GYN ultrasound in the Pacific region. Hawaii would like to take advantage of its unique position on the cross roads from the East and West and serve as a place where advances in medical ultrasound would connect physicians and other health care providers from the USA, Pacific and Asian nations for betterment of women's health. It is our hope that Hawaii's reach history, unspoiled naturally beauty, high quality care in OB/GYN and spirit of Aloha would blend the best what the Ian Donald School can offer.
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The first Hawaiian Ian Donald School announcement
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The first Hawaiian Ian Donald School
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The first Hawaiian Ian Donald School
 
SAUDI ARABIAN BRANCH DIRECTOR, SAMEER ABDULLAH MD
 
SAMEER ABDULLAH
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Education
Dr Sameer Abdullah is a graduate of the King Saud University. His subspecialty training included a maternalfetal medicine fellowship at the University of British Columbia, Canada, University of Montreal, and King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre. Dr Abdullah is trained in the management of complicated pregnancies, fetal disorders, ultrasound diagnosis and fetal echo.
 
Present Position
A leading maternal fetal medicine specialist, Dr Abdullah is the Director of the Fetal Care Center in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, the first private center in the field of maternalfetal medicine. Dr Abdullah is working as a Consulting Perinatologist at King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. KFSH and RC is a 700-bed tertiary care facility and is a leading referral center in Saudi Arabia.
 
Publications
Dr Abdullah is the author of several land mark publications in high risk obstetrics.40
Dr Abdullah is a member of the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine, the International Society of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology and Society of Obstetricians and Gynecologists of Canada.
 
Ian Donald School Courses in Saudi Arabia
Our plan is to organize the first course of Ian Donald School in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia in 2007.
 
GEORGIAN BRANCH DIRECTOR, ALEXANDER PAPITASHVILI, MD
 
ALEXANDER PAPITASHVILI, Professor
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Address
16a, Irakli Abashidze Str, apt.#8 Tbilisi 0179, GEORGIA
Telephone
+99599-554351
Fax
+995-32-223669
E-mail
Born
October 20, 1949, in Orjonikidze town, USSR
 
Education
Medical Doctor Graduate, Tbilisi State Medical University, Georgia, 1972; PhD, Moscow Central Research-Scientific Institute of Obstetrics and Gynecology of USSR Health Care Ministry, 1976; Associate Professor, Tbilisi State Medical University, 1990; Professor, Tbilisi Medical College VITA, 1994; Appointment: Associate Professor, Tbilisi State Medical University, 1990.
 
Present Position
Professor, Tbilisi Medical College VITA, 1994.
 
Publications
135 Scientific publications in the field of human reproduction and genetics, obstetrics and gynecology, prenatal and perinatal mcedicine, ultrasound in medicine, medical demography, mathematical modeling and expert system in medicine. Author of State Certified method of sonohysterosalpingography, 1979. Founder and pioneer of Ultrasound examination in obstetrics and gynecology in the former USSR.
 
Awards and Honors
Ukrainian Davidenkov Medical Prize, 1997; Listed in the 2003/2004 edition of Contemporary WHO'S WHO issued by American Biographical Institute; Listed and signed in 2004 by International Biographical Centre, Cambridge, England among 2000 Outstanding Intellectuals of the 21st Century.
 
Memberships
President, Georgian Association of Scientists and Specialists, Department of Medicine; Secretary General, Georgian Association of Prenatal and Perinatal Medicine; Board Member; Russian Association of Ultrasound in Medicine; Representative of Russian Association of Obstetrics & Gynecology in Georgia; Representative of Ukrainian Association of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology and Genetics; General Member, American Association of Ultrasound in Medicine; Founder and coordinator of seventeen Annual Meetings of Medicine in Georgia; Participant and speaker at more than 20 World, European and International Congresses around the world.
 
Ian Donald School Courses in Georgia
  1. History. Because we only plan to have the first school in Georgia in late October 2007, it is impossible to get the full answer at this time.
  2. We hope to organize the the first Ian Donald School in Georgia in late October 2007, and now we need the names of four invited speakers who can visit Tbilisi, Georgia during the noted time. According to the suggestion of Prof. Asim Kurjak in Barcelona, they could be Prof Kurjak, Prof Chervenak, Prof Mandruzzato, and so on.
 
UKRAINIAN BRANCH CO-DIRECTOR, YURIY P VDOVICHENKO, MD
 
YURIY P VDOVICHENKO, Professor
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Address
Dept. of Obstetrics, gynecology and Perinatology, Dorogohitskaya str. 9. 04112 Kiev, Ukraine
 
Education
Graduated from Crimean Medical University in 1983, defended the PhD thesis in 1988, and became Doctor of Sciences in 1992. Dr. Vdovichenko was the youngest Ob- Gyn Professor in the USSR.
 
Present Position
Ukrainian Doctor Emeritus; Professor of National Medical Academy of Postgraduate Education (Ukraine); 1st Vice-Rector of National Medical Academy of Postgraduate Education; Head of Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Perinatology; Presidium Member of Ukrainian Association of Obstetricians and Gynecologists; President of Ukrainian Association of Perinatal Medicine; and Vice-President of Ukrainian Association of Pediatric Gynecology.
Yuriy Vdovichenko was the first in Ukraine who had initiated studies on perinatology and fetal medicine, and included these topics into obstetrical postgraduate educational programs and CME courses for Ob-Gyns.
 
Research Interest
Main areas are perinatal diagnostics, clinical management of complicated pregnancies, operative obstetrics and gynecology.
 
Publications
Author of more than 200 scientific papers, including more than 10 monographs.
 
UKRAINIAN BRANCH CO-DIRECTOR, ANDREW V TKACHENKO, MD
 
ANDREW V TKACHENKO, Professor
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Present Position
The co-director is Assistant Professor of Ukrainian National Medical Academy of Postgraduate Education, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Perinatology,
Secretary General of Ukrainian Association of Perinatal Medicine, and Member of Ukrainian Association of Obstetricians and Gynecologists.
 
Education
Graduated from Ukrainian Medical State University (1994), defended the PhD thesis in 2002 on topic “Prognosis and management of placental insufficiency after recurrent pregnancy loss.”
 
Research Interest
Multiple pregnancies, invasive and non-invasive prenatal diagnostics, ultrasound assessment of placental insufficiency, immunology of pregnancy, management of obstetrical complications.
 
Publications
Author of more than 35 scientific papers, co-author of 2 monographs.
 
UKRAINIAN BRANCH SECRETARY GENERAL, DR DMITRY S LEDIN, MD
 
DMITRY S LEDIN
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Present Position
Dr Ledin is Head of the Operative Endoscopy group of Kiev Regional Maternity Center, Deputy Secretary of Ukrainian Association of Perinatal Medicine, Secretary General of Kiev School of Advanced Gynecological Endoscopy, and Member of Ukrainian Association of Obstetricians and Gynecologists.42
 
Education
Graduated with honors from National Medical University.
 
Research Interest
Main areas are obstetrical and gynecological ultrasound, advanced minimally invasive technologies in obstetrics and gynecology, including laparoscopy, hysteroscopy and fetoscopy.
 
Publications
Author of more than 15 scientific papers, co-author of one monograph.
 
Ian Donald School Courses in Ukrainian Branch
The Ukrainian conference was held February 2–5, 2006, which was considered to be the First (Introductory) Ukrainian Course of Ian Donald School. For the next year, we are planning the Ian Donald Course April 19–21, 2007. The invited speakers are: Asim Kurjak, Frank Chervenak, Aris Antsaklis, Yves Ville, Cihat Sen, Wolfgang Holzgreve, and Anton Mikhailov.
 
CZECH BRANCH DIRECTOR, ISHRAQ DHAIFALAH, MD, PhD
 
ISHRAQ DHAIFALAH
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Home address
IP Pavlova 31, 775 20 Olomoue, Czech Republic
Telephone
+420-588-444-779
Mobile phone
+420-606-507-845
Nationality
Yemenese; resident of Czech Republic,
Gender
Female
Date of birth
26. 09. 1964
Marital status
Divorced, with two sons—15 and 24 years
Specialty
Fetal medicine, Obstetrics, Gynecology
Languages
English fluent, Arabic native, Czech fluent, Slovak good.
 
Education/Qualifications
1986–1991 General medicine, medical university Sana'a, Yemen, degree of Medical Doctor (1991); 1991–1997Specialization diploma in Gynecology and Obstetrics, Ministry of health, Yemen (1994), State specialization diploma in Gynecology and Obstetrics, Institute for postgraduate studies of physicians and pharmacies, Prague, Czech (1997). 1998–2002Study for PhD; Uterine rupture at Al-Thawra hospital, Sana'a, Yemen. PhD, Palacky University, Olomouc, Czech Republic (2002). 1999–2005: Specialization in clinical genetics, Diploma, Institute for postgraduate studies of physicians and pharmacists, Prague, Czech (2005).
 
Certification
2003 Advanced course in fetal medicine, Lisbon, Portugal (K Nicolaides),
2004 First trimester screening course, Olomouc, Czech (K Nicolaides), Advanced course in fetal medicine, Limassol, Cyprus (K Nicolaides), 2005 Sonographer in 18–23 weeks gestation, invasive procedures and cervical assessment (K Nicolaides), Advanced course in fetal medicine, London, UK, (K Nicolaides), 2006 Pre-congress course in 3D/4D ultrasound, Prague, Czech (A Kurjak).
 
Short Attachments
Darmstadt Frauenklinik (1997), Darmstadt Marien Hospital (1997), Dept of prenatal diagnosis Erasmus University, Rotterdam (1999), Fetal medicine foundation, London (2003, 2005) mainly on high risk pregnancy, prenatal diagnosis, first trimester screening, invasive procedures and cervical assessment.
 
Present Position
Consultant physician and department head in Obstetrics and Gynecology at Palacky University Hospital in Olomouc, Czec Republic, primarily in fetal medicine and prenatal diagnosis, supervising junior colleagues, medical and postgraduate students, performing all scans, Doppler examinations and invasive procedures.
 
Medical Registrations and Memberships
Registered Czech Medical Chamber and licensed as a consultant in Gynecology, Obstetrics and fetal medicine. Full member of Czech Medical Society of JE Purkyne, Czech Society of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Czech 43Society of Ultrasound Diagnostics, Czech society of Genetics, Czech society of Perinatal Medicine, Trainer and accredited sonographer of the Fetal Medical Foundation London.
 
Clinical Skills, Techniques and Experience
General practitioner. All general medical and surgical units, experienced 1 year, Gynecology and Obstetrics, complete range of skills, experienced for 6 years, Fetal medicine, complete range of skills of fetal medicine, experienced for 10 years.
 
Ian Donald School in Czech
The primary plan for us is to organize a course in April or May next year. I am going to work on that and inform you as soon as possible of the planned program.
 
PERU BRANCH DIRECTOR, ALFREDO GUZMAN, MD, MPH
 
ALFREDO GUZMAN
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Address
Av. Javier Prado Oeste 1586 –301 Lima 27, Perú
Phone
(51-1) 442-7239
Fax
(51-1) 440-4468
Mobile
(51-1) 9735-0621
E-mail
 
Present Position
Consultant with 25 years experience in the field of Reproductive Health, Public Health, Population, and Contraception. Management and evaluation of complex multi-institutional Population and Reproductive Health programs for private and public sectors with extensive field expertise in Latin America. Experience in NGOs, International Cooperating Agencies, Bilateral Organizations and Public Sector, experience in Switzerland and USA.
 
Education
Medical Doctor, Universidad 1970, Obstetrician and Gynecologist 1971–74, Fellow in High Risk Pregnancy at the Frauenklinik Zurich, Switzerland, 1974–76, Master of Public Health Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health USA 1986, Diploma on Governability and Political Management.
 
Professional Expertise
Consultant for several international organizations. Work experience in most of the Latin American countries, Member of UNFPA Country Mission in Ecuador and Dominica, population plans and health programs of Central and Latin American countries. Founder and current Director of ECCO DIAGNOSTICO, the first Peruvian school on Ultrasound in Medicine, Lima, 2005. Former Chief of Advisors at the Peruvian Ministry of Health (2000–2001), president of the executive Committee of Public Health Insurance integration. Former Professor and Coordinator of the Population and Reproductive Health course at the Georgia course. Former Pathfinder International Representative 1990–96. Former Director of the first public sector National Family Planning Program, 1986–88. Senior USAID advisor to the National Family Planning Program 1989. Maternal Child health and Family Planning with four Health Centers in Lima, 1978–85.
 
Publications
Five books, general coordinator and editor of four books, chapter in a book and author of several papers.
 
Membership
Past President of the Peruvian Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology (2000–2001).
Member of medical societies, International Society of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology, Peruvian Society of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology, Buenos Aires Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Prenatal Diagnosis and Treatment.
Member of the National Committee (2000–2006), Member of the National Committee (2001–2004) of Recertification in Obstetrics and Gynecology.
 
Other Activities
Creator and Anchor of a TV health program, Director of a health magazine, Peru, 2003.
 
Languages
Spanish, English, basic conversational French and German.44
 
Ian Donald School Courses in Peru
The Ian Donald logo was used in our courses. Recently we sponsored a lecture by Dr Mauro Parra from Chile about ultrasound in fetal medicine. In the next few weeks I will send you a tentative date for our international Ian Donald Course.
 
BANGLADESH BRANCH DIRECTOR, MA BASHED
 
MA BASHED
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Address
Bangladesh Institute of Medical Science (BIMS) N–23, Nurjahan Road, Mohammedpur, Dhaka -1207, Bangladesh.
Phone
880-2-8115932
Cell
01714301925
E-mail
Website
The first Ian Donald course will be held at Dhaka on February 22–24, 2007.
 
OMAN BRANCH DIRECTOR, SAADIA SULTAN AL RIYAMI
 
SAADIA SULTAN AL RIYAMI
 
Present Position
Senior consultant and head of Obstetrics and Gynecology Division at Royal Hospital.
 
EGYPTIAN BRANCH DIRECTOR, ALAA EBRASHY, MD
 
ALAA EBRASHY, Professor
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The 1st Ian Donald course is to be held at Muscat on January 18–20, 2007
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The 1st Ian Donald course is to be held at Muscat
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The 1st Ian Donald course is to be held at Muscat
Full Name
Alaa El Din Nagiub El Ebrashy
Age
43 years, Married
Date of Birth
30-01-63
Nationality
Egyptian
Home address
19 Tunis St New Maadi, Cairo
Telephone
025169599
Fax
025260168
E-mail
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Qualifications
MB, BCH, MSc Ob/Gyn Cairo University; MD Ob/Gyn, Cairo University, Nov 1995.
 
Present Position
  • Professor of Ob /Gyn, 2006, Qasr El Aini Hospital, Cairo University.
  • Assistant Director of the fetal medicine unit, Qasr El Aini Hospital, Cairo University.
  • Scientific Director of the fetal medicine unit, Vacsera center for Genetics and fetal medicine, Mohandeseen, Giza, Egypt.
  • Consultant in U/S and Fetal Medicine at Cairo scan radiology center, Mohandeseen, Giza, Egypt.
  • Consultant in Ob/Gyn U/S at New Qasr El Aini Hospital, Cairo, Egypt.
 
Workshop Organizer and Instructor
  • Training course of Practical Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology (Basic and Advanced Ob/Gyn U/S for two weeks) held in Ob/Gyn Department Cairo University during a 5 years period (2001–2005) annually in March.
  • The 3D ViSUS course (an international course held in Vienna and Cairo annually under the collaboration of the international Academy of Medical Ultrasound (IAMU Vienna) for the 3D U/S in Ob/Gyn, held in Cairo for 3 years (2002–2005).
  • Ian Donald U/S course organized by the Ian Donald Inter-university School of Medical Ultrasound held in Amman Jordan, March 2001 and Sept 2003.
  • Advanced U/S Workshop held in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, arranged by the Pan Arab Society and the Saudi Arabia Medical Syndicate in April 2004.
  • Advanced U/S workshop for the Annual meeting of the Middle East Fertility Society, Cairo 2001, Amman 2004, Luxor 2005.
  • Training course in Laparoscopy and hysteroscopy held in Cairo University in March 2002.
 
Conference Attendance as Invited Speaker
Invited speaker in 12 meetings including:
  • 7th Arabic Association of Obstetrics and Gynecologists Congress Oct. 2003, Damascus, Syria.
  • 3rd Middle East 3D/4D Ultrasound Congress in Collaboration with the international Academy of Medical Ultrasound (Vienna) Oct 2003 Cairo.
  • 3rd World Congress of Perinatal Medicine in Developing Countries May 2004, Beirut, Lebanon.
  • 12th European Congress of Perinatal Medicine Oct 2004, Athens, Greece.
  • 8th Pan Arab conference in Ob/Gyn April 2005, Jeddah, SA.
  • 7th World Congress of Perinatal Medicine Sept 2005, Zabreb, Croatia.
  • 12th Middle East Fertility Society meeting Nov 2005, Luxor, Egypt.
 
Publications
14 papers including:
  • Middle Cerebral-Umbilical artery (C/U) resistance ratio as a sensitive parameter for fetal wellbeing and neonatal outcome in patients with preeclampsia. Croatian Med J 2005; 46(5):826–831.
  • Three Dimensional Transvaginal U/S in the assessment of uterine lesions. When do we really need it? Middle East Fertil Society J 2004;9:79–83
  • Value of the fetal Middle cerebral/umbilical artery C/U RI ratio as a parameter for evaluating fetal wellbeing in prolonged pregnancy. KasrEl Aini Med J Sup Jan 2005; 11:179–1.
  • Comparative study between hysterosonography, hysterography and hysteroscopy for evaluating the uterine cavity in recurrent aborters. Middle East Fertil Society J 1998; 3:62–65.
  • Adding color Doppler measurements to the morphological scoring system in the ultrasound evaluation of adnexal masses. Does it really help? Egyptian J Fertil Steril 2000; 4: 41–7.
PUBLICATIONS OF IAN DONALD INTER-UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICAL ULTRASOUND
Periodicals, books, slide atlases, video-tapes and others have been published by the Ian Donald Inter-University School of Medical Ultrasound with the intention to contribute ultrasound education.46
 
IAN DONALD SCHOOL JOURNAL
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The previous Ian Donald School journal was the Ultrasound Review of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Vol. 1, 2001 to Vol 4, 2006. It was a review journal for the ultrasound reports in Obstetrics, Gynecology, Perinatology and related fields. The new Journal published since January 2007 is Donald School Journal of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology. The journals are called Yellow Journal by the color of cover pages.
Chief editors are Asim Kurjak and Frank A Chervenak. Co-editors are JM Carrera, W Holzgreve, K Maeda, B Ahmed, A Antsaklis, A Bianchi, R Matijevic, Z Papp, RK Pooh, V Vlaisavljevic, and I Zalud. Editorial Board members are S Abdullah, V D'addario, I Dhaifalah, T Duan, A Ebrashy, Z Fatusic, A Guzman, A Ljubic, N Malhotra, G Mandruzzato, A Mikhailov, A Papitashvili, A Salim, M Sarraf, C Sen, F Stamatian, M Stamanovic, YP Vdovychenko and L Voto. Secretary of the Journal is J Cerovec.
The aims of publication and the Journal character were published in the Editorial of early Ultrasound Review of Ultrasound of Obstetrics and Gynecology issue by Asim Kurjak and Frank A Chervenak as follows:
 
EDITORIAL: WHY A NEW JOURNAL?
 
Asim Kurjak and Frank A Chervenak
Ultrasound is the backbone of modern obstetrics and gynecology. For those of us old enough to remember the dark ages prior to ultrasound, this is not an overstatement. Younger physicians may find it hard to imagine the clinical realities of doctors who delivered undiagnosed twins presenting at delivery, who performed unnecessary surgeries for the clinical suspicion of a pelvic mass that was not present, and who consoled anguished parents when an anomalous infant was born unexpectedly. Recent technological breakthroughs in diagnostic ultrasound, including the advent of color Doppler, power Doppler, threedimensional imaging and ultrasound contrast, have led ultrasound to surpass the expectations of Ian Donald, its visionary father.
In addition to the expansion of our diagnostic armamentarium, ultrasound has recently become an essential adjunct to invasive procedures. After suggesting a diagnosis based on the two-dimensional, threedimensional, and Doppler information, ultrasound then guides the surgeon as he/she biopsies, injects, drains, shunts or otherwise invasively interacts with the female or fetal patient. Occasionally, this entails an invasive approach for the ultrasound probe itself, as in endocavitary scanning techniques.
Thus ultrasound has moved beyond its former passive observer role and become an active surgical tool, much like the scalpel, clamp or laser beam. This requires the development of ingenious new probes—they must be smaller, sterile and occasionally even flexible. Also, as in all invasive procedures, diagnostic algorithms (usually ultrasound-based) now blend into therapeutic modalities with continued dependence on ultrasound. The stepby- step ritual of “how to” becomes more critical than ever as the risk and potential benefits of invasive ultrasound increase.
With these advances, clinicians now have the tools needed to contend with many significant diagnostic and therapeutic challenges. At the same time, these new technologies have become so numerous and have been introduced in such rapid succession that considerable confusion surrounds how these technologies work and how they should be clinically used.
At the same time, the professional milieu around us is moving rapidly, and physicians must run faster and faster just to keep the external environment in focus, as we integrate technological advances into patient care. These developments now occur at such a rapid pace that, unless we keep up with developing technology, we will fall behind. Professional obsolescence or irrelevance is merely a stumble away. Hence, we need to run harder and faster just to stand still, as in Alice in Wonderland. The raison d’être for our Journal is to enable practicing physicians to move forward in providing an increasing quality of patient care. We will cover the spectrum of clinical applications for ultrasound in obstetrics and gynecology. The authors of the papers are each recognized experts in their field. Each has endeavored to review briefly the literature on their topic, expand on the special ultrasound equipment and other surgical tools used in a “how to” approach, then share their (often previously unpublished) experience and data.47
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This, we feel, offers the reader the most useful, state-of-the-art approach. The authors contributing to this Journal will be selected for their special expertise in their own fields, their access to outstanding material and their ability to explain the significance of it in an effective and lucid way.
It is the Editors’ hope that this Journal will serve as a valuable and enticing initiator for sonologists in obstetrics and gynecology to explore new clinical ultrasound application in an academically sound, clinically appropriate, exciting adventure. Another important feature of the Journal will be a regular worldwide survey of significant recently published research, together with a brief evaluation of it.
It is with great pleasure that a truly international editorship is committed to developing this Journal. We look forward to presenting the continuing evolution of ultrasound to the practicing obstetrician/gynecologist, putting each topic into clinical perspective and helping the reader better serve our female and fetal patients.48
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The Yellow Journal is renewed and succeeded by the Donald School Journal of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology edited by Chief Editors; A Kurjak and FA Chervenak, Co-Editors and Editorial Board members, and published by JAYPEE Brothers, from January of 2007.
 
IAN DONALD SCHOOL TEXTBOOKS
Ian Donald School Textbooks were edited by Asim Kurjak and Frank A Chervenak (Figures on page 47).
 
VIDEOTAPES AND HANDBOOK COLLECTIONS
 
References (Figures above)
  1. Unpublished speech of the late Ian Donald on the occasion of the opening of the Ian Donald School of Medical Ultrasound in 1982.
  1. World Association of Perinatal Medicine (WAPM), History, Organization, and Activities. In association with The International Perinatal Medicine group. 2005.
 
Acknowledgement
Authors express sincere gratitude to national directors who informed us past and present states of Ian Donald Inter-University School of Medical Ultrasound branches.