Preconference Courses

Saturday, 7 September 2019 

9:00 AM – 1:00 PM

** Course is Full ** Course 1*  |  Basic Obstetric Ultrasound and Hands–on Workshop

• Protocol for mid trimester anomalies scan
• Protocol for 11–14 weeks evaluation
• Basics of growth and Doppler evaluation
• Hands on session
  • Second trimester biometry
  • Basic fetal cranial planes in the second trimester Anomalies Scan 
  • Basic cardiac evaluation planes in the second trimester Anomalies Scan
  • How to measure the CRL and NT in the 11–14 weeks window
  • Evaluation of the Spine, Thorax and Abdomen in the second trimester Anomalies Scan
  • Standard planes for Fetal Face Evaluation in the second Trimester Anomalies Scan
• Q&A session

1:00 – 5:00 PM

** Course is Full ** Course 2*  |  Primer on Genetic Screening and Testing in Obstetric Care – Offered in cooperation with National University of Singapore

• Genetics in Obstetric Practice: credentialing considerations – Mahesh Choolani
• An overview on NIPT for aneuploidies Rossa Chiu
• Clinical approach for unsuspected NIPT findings – Louise Wilkins-Haug
• Diagnostic prenatal genetic testing – karyotype, CMA, sequencing? – Lyn Chitty
• What Obstetricians should know about mosaicism and variants of unknown significance – Francesca Grati
• Three themes central to genetic testing in obstetric care (outcomes for common vs rare disorders, residual risk, incidental findings) – Louise Wilkins-Haug
• Interactive case discussion

Sunday, 8 September 2019

9:00 – 1:00 PM

Course 3*  |  NIP–everything – Offered in cooperation with the Chinese University of Hong Kong

• What is cfDNA and how can we use it – TY Leung
• Using cfDNA for aneuploidy  screening – Lorraine Dugoff
• cfDNA for monogenic disorders – Natalie Chandler
• Do we need invasive testing? What is the role microarrays and exome sequencing? – Richard Choy
• Case discussions and Q&A

Course 4  |  Prenatal to Postnatal Renal and Genitourinary Anomalies – Genetics, Management and Outcomes – Offered in cooperation with ACMG

Chairs: Louise Wilkins–Haug and Louanne Hudgins 

• Autosomal polycystic kidney disease – prenatal and postnatal considerations – Louanne Hudgins
• Prenatal screening for sex chromosome aneuploidy – Ambiguity, Discordance and First steps in Management – Tony Gregg
• Sorting out posterior urethral valve imposters – Louise Wilkins-Haug 
• Origins of Early Pregnancy Renal Anhydramnios (EPRA) – Angie Jelin
• Case review panel (cases with audience voting)
  
   

** Course is Full ** Course 5  |  Intrauterine Fetal Surgery with Hands–on Workshop – Offered in cooperation with National University of Singapore

Chair: Steven Shaw and Citra Mattar
This course will take place at the Singapore General Hospital Academia Building.

• Anterior placenta / lasering – Suresh Seshadri
• Posterior placenta / lasering – Tim Van Meighem
• Phantom – to practice placement of fetoscopes – Katika Nawapun
• FETO (CDH model) – Jan Deprest
• Fetoscopic suturing – Steven Shaw
• Shunt placement – TY Leung 
• Radiofrequency ablation – Tuangsit Wataganara
• Cordocentesis / Intrauterine transfusion – Nisarat Phithakwatchara

Course 6  |  Imaging in Pregnancy  – Offered in cooperation with ISUOG

Chairs: Jon Hyett and Katia Bilardo 

• First trimester imaging in the NIPT era – Katia Bilardo
• First and second trimester neurosonography for CNS anomalies – Ritsuko Pooh 
• MRI assessment of the fetal CNS: improving efficacy of prenatal diagnosis – Daniela Prayer 
• Ultrasound prediction of preterm birth – George Yeo
• Doppler ultrasound for functional assessment of the fetus and placenta – Jon Hyett 
• MRI for functional assessment of the fetus and placenta – Daniela Prayer 
• The minimal invasive autopsy – Lyn Chitty

* Course 3 has limited spaces remaining.