POCUS for the Pediatric Pulmonologist
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Thursday, June 26, 2025 |
8:30 AM - 12:00 PM |
Hall: Barcelona B |
Speaker
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Welcome and Introduction
8:30 AM - 9:00 AMBiography
Dr Itai Gross
Smo
Hadassah Medical Center
Lung Ultrasound Lecture
9:00 AM - 9:45 AMBiography
Dr. Itai Gross is the Head of the Pediatric Day Unit and a Senior Medical Officer in the Pediatric Emergency Department at Hadassah Ein Kerem Medical Center in Jerusalem, Israel. He also serves as the Pediatric POCUS Lead. Dr. Gross has led numerous national and international POCUS courses for pediatricians, PEM physicians, and students, and is actively involved in research and education in pediatric emergency medicine.
Luis Renter-Valdovinos
Hands on Lung Ultrasound Training
9:45 AM - 10:00 AMBiography
Borja Paz-Vaquero
Hands on Lung Ultrasound Training
9:45 AM - 10:30 AMBiography
Dr Sigmund Kharasch
Director, Pediatric Emergency Ultrasound
Massachusetts General Hospital
Hands on Lung Ultrasound Training
9:45 AM - 10:30 AMBiography
Dr. Sig Kharasch is an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics and Emergency Medicine at Harvard Medical School. He completed his residency in pediatrics and fellowship training in Pediatric Emergency Medicine at Boston City Hospital.
At Boston City Hospital/Boston Medical Center, Sig was Director of the Pediatric Emergency Department for 11 years. He was also Chair of Intern Selection for the Boston Combined Residency Program (BCRP) and was the recipient of several teaching awards including the Jerome O. Klein Faculty Teaching Award for the Boston Combined Residency Program.
Sig joined the Massachusetts General Hospital Pediatric Emergency Department in 2012 and completed his fellowship in Emergency Medicine Ultrasound at MGH in 2018. He has published numerous articles on lung and diaphragm ultrasound and has a special interest in POCUS in children with medical complexity. He has spoken nationally and internationally on several topics in point-of-care ultrasound and is a member of the P2 (Pediatric Emergency Medicine POCUS) Network Executive Committee and is Chair of Conferences.
Dr Itai Gross
Smo
Hadassah Medical Center
Hands on Lung Ultrasound Training
9:45 AM - 10:30 AMBiography
Dr. Itai Gross is the Head of the Pediatric Day Unit and a Senior Medical Officer in the Pediatric Emergency Department at Hadassah Ein Kerem Medical Center in Jerusalem, Israel. He also serves as the Pediatric POCUS Lead. Dr. Gross has led numerous national and international POCUS courses for pediatricians, PEM physicians, and students, and is actively involved in research and education in pediatric emergency medicine.
Prof Ioana Ciuca
University Of Medicine And Pharmacy "Victor Babes" Timisoara
Hands on Lung Ultrasound Training
9:45 AM - 10:30 AMBiography
Ioana Ciuca is pediatric pulmonologist, Professor in Pediatrics at “Victor Babes” University of Medicine and Pharmacy Timisoara, Romania, coordinator of the Pediatric Pneumology Training programme and Head of Pediatric Pulmonology Unit at Clinical County Hospital Timisoara. After completed the Pediatrics training, she specialized in Pulmonology, being afterwards certified in Pediatric Respiratory Medicine, Ultrasonography with PhD in Pediatrics. She is vicepresident of the Romanian National Cystic Fibrosis Society and Pediatric Pulmonology Section of Romanian Respiratory Society. She participated in cystic fibrosis projects, including European Centers of Reference for Cystic Fibrosis (ECORN-CF), attended training programs and courses under European Respiratory Society aegis and training at Evelina Children’s Hospital in London.
Her special interests are lung ultrasound in pediatric respiratory diseases, children pneumonia, cystic fibrosis, chronic cough and preschool wheeze. She wrote papers on pediatrics respiratory field, with focus on lung ultrasound scoring development in pneumonia and cystic fibrosis and textbooks for residents doctors in pediatric pulmonology, lung ultrasound and general pediatrics .
She is actively involved in the development of Pediatric Pulmonology Training program in Romania.
Dr Sigmund Kharasch
Director, Pediatric Emergency Ultrasound
Massachusetts General Hospital
Diaphragmatic Ultrasound Lecture
10:30 AM - 11:15 AMBiography
Dr. Sig Kharasch is an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics and Emergency Medicine at Harvard Medical School. He completed his residency in pediatrics and fellowship training in Pediatric Emergency Medicine at Boston City Hospital.
At Boston City Hospital/Boston Medical Center, Sig was Director of the Pediatric Emergency Department for 11 years. He was also Chair of Intern Selection for the Boston Combined Residency Program (BCRP) and was the recipient of several teaching awards including the Jerome O. Klein Faculty Teaching Award for the Boston Combined Residency Program.
Sig joined the Massachusetts General Hospital Pediatric Emergency Department in 2012 and completed his fellowship in Emergency Medicine Ultrasound at MGH in 2018. He has published numerous articles on lung and diaphragm ultrasound and has a special interest in POCUS in children with medical complexity. He has spoken nationally and internationally on several topics in point-of-care ultrasound and is a member of the P2 (Pediatric Emergency Medicine POCUS) Network Executive Committee and is Chair of Conferences.
Luis Renter-Valdovinos
Hands on Diaphragmatic Ultrasound Training
11:15 AM - 12:00 PMBiography
Borja Paz-Vaquero
Hands on Diaphragmatic Ultrasound Training
11:15 AM - 12:00 PMBiography
Dr Sigmund Kharasch
Director, Pediatric Emergency Ultrasound
Massachusetts General Hospital
Hands on Diaphragmatic Ultrasound Training
11:15 AM - 12:00 PMBiography
Dr. Sig Kharasch is an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics and Emergency Medicine at Harvard Medical School. He completed his residency in pediatrics and fellowship training in Pediatric Emergency Medicine at Boston City Hospital.
At Boston City Hospital/Boston Medical Center, Sig was Director of the Pediatric Emergency Department for 11 years. He was also Chair of Intern Selection for the Boston Combined Residency Program (BCRP) and was the recipient of several teaching awards including the Jerome O. Klein Faculty Teaching Award for the Boston Combined Residency Program.
Sig joined the Massachusetts General Hospital Pediatric Emergency Department in 2012 and completed his fellowship in Emergency Medicine Ultrasound at MGH in 2018. He has published numerous articles on lung and diaphragm ultrasound and has a special interest in POCUS in children with medical complexity. He has spoken nationally and internationally on several topics in point-of-care ultrasound and is a member of the P2 (Pediatric Emergency Medicine POCUS) Network Executive Committee and is Chair of Conferences.
Dr Itai Gross
Smo
Hadassah Medical Center
Hands on Diaphragmatic Ultrasound Training
11:15 AM - 12:00 PMBiography
Dr. Itai Gross is the Head of the Pediatric Day Unit and a Senior Medical Officer in the Pediatric Emergency Department at Hadassah Ein Kerem Medical Center in Jerusalem, Israel. He also serves as the Pediatric POCUS Lead. Dr. Gross has led numerous national and international POCUS courses for pediatricians, PEM physicians, and students, and is actively involved in research and education in pediatric emergency medicine.
Prof Ioana Ciuca
University Of Medicine And Pharmacy "Victor Babes" Timisoara
Hands on Diaphragmatic Ultrasound Training
11:15 AM - 12:00 PMBiography
Chair
Sigmund Kharasch
Director, Pediatric Emergency Ultrasound
Massachusetts General Hospital
