24TH WFUMB CENTER OF EDUCATION WORKSHOP
24th Workshop of the World Federation for Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology [WFUMB] was held on 5 & 6 March 2021, Friday & Saturday. Due to Corona-time the workshop was organizied virtually as a webinar. Prof. Byung-Ihn Choi-South Korea, Director of the WFUMB COE Asia; Prof. Kanu Bala-Bangladesh, Director of the WFUMB COE Bangladesh; Prof. Kowk Yin Leung-Hong Kong, Chairman of the AFSUMB Education Committee; Prof. TLN Praveen - India, Chairman of AFSUMB Congress Committee; Prof. Daniel Makes-Indonesia, Director of the WFUMB COE Indonesia; Prof. Musarrat Hasan-Pakistan, Chairman of the AFSUMB Archive Committee; and Prof. Durr-e-Sabih-Pakistan, Chairman of Asian Board of Nuclear Medicine joined as WFUMB Faculty. BSU’s President Prof. Mizanul Hasan formally inaugurated and concluded the program. Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission Chairman Prof. Md. Sanowar Hossain was the Chief Guest. BSU Secretary
General Prof. Jasmine Ara Haque conducted the programs.
It was a “Leading Edge Ultrasonography” program with many new useful topics. Areas covered were [a] Fetal Anomalies, [b] Gynecology, [c] Lung Ultrasound, [d] Scrotal Ultrasound, [e] Emergency Ultrasound, [f] Neck Ultrasound, and [g] interventional Ultrasound. At the end of the each day’s session there were question and answer sessions. A good number of participants from India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Phillipines, and Bangladesh joined and enjoyed the programs. The programs were live telecasted in Facebook. After editing, the recorded program will be available for interested doctors.
The organizers would like to thank the WFUMB, Resource Personnel, Panelists, and Participants for successful completion of the workshop.
Prof. Kanu Bala MBBS, PhD, FRCP
Director, WFUMB COE Bangladesh
