Dear colleagues and friends,
We are proud to announce the 4th International Bedside Ultrasound Workshop in Pediatric Emergency, Neonatal and Intensive Care Medicine meets PEMS POCUS Workshop Switzerland.
The focus topic in 2024 will be LUNG ULTRASOUND.
Lectures provided by international multi-discipline pediatric specialists will describe pediatric bedside ultrasound techniques and highlight relevant literature supporting applications in practice. Hands-on stations will allow learners to practice skills 8 – 9 hours in these two days.
The Workshop will take place on May 24–25, 2024 at the University Children’s Hospital, Inselspital, in Berne, Switzerland.
The Workshop is limited to 60 participants.
The preliminary program can be found here.
The Workshop 2024 is fully booked.
Please save the date for the next year's edition: May 10-11, 2025.
Sincerely yours
Steffen Schmidt, MD
Co-Director,
Senior Staff, Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Department of Pediatrics
Children’s University Hospital of Bern
Faculty - confirmed
Maky Fraga MD, Neonatology at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia - Assistant Professor University of Pennsylvania (US)
Thomas Conlon MD, Critical Care Medicine at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia - Assistant Professor University of Pennsylvania (US)
Aaron E. Chen MD, Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Director of Emergency Ultrasound at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia - Assistant Professor University of Pennsylvania (US)
Nicole Sekarski MD Pediatric Cardiologist Children’s Hospital Lausanne – Professor University Hospital Lausanne (CH)
Rebecca Anderson MD, Pediatric ICU at Children's Hospital Zürich (CH)
Sonja Fontana MD, Pediatric Emergency Medicine at Children's Hospital Zürich (CH)
Sabine Pallivathukal MD, Pediatric Cardiologist Children’s Hospital Inselspital – University Hospital Bern (CH)
Benedikt Bubl MD, Neonatology at Children’s Hospital Inselspital – University Hospital Bern (CH)
Bert Hennig, MD Pediatric Cardiologist, Head of the Pediatric Department Sana Kliniken Leipziger Land (GER)
Fabrizio Romano MD, Pediatric Emergency Medicine at Children’s Hospital Inselspital – University Hospital Bern (CH)
Volker Umlauf MD, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine at Children’s Hospital Inselspital – University Hospital Bern (CH)
Magali Gauthey MD, Co-head of the Pediatric Department at Hôpital de la Tour Geneva (CH)
Sara Schnyder MD, Pediatric Emergency Medicine at Children’s Hospital Inselspital – University Hospital Bern (CH)
Steffen Schmidt MD, Pediatric Emergency Medicine at Children’s Hospital Inselspital – University Hospital Bern (CH), Head of pediatric POCUS Switzerland (SVUPP)
Thank you to our Ultrasound device sponsors:
GE Medical Systems (Schweiz) AG
Philips AG
ESAOTE – SONOSITE – ECHONOUS Ultrasound Markt
ewimed Switzerland AG
FUJIFILM Healthcare Europe Holding AG
Thank you to our sponsors:
Header photo by Katharina Wieland Müller, pixelio.de