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IFFI 2026 | Abu Dhabi, UAE

Essential Obstetric Ultrasound: From Basics to Advanced Practice

This workshop is designed to empower practitioners with the full spectrum of obstetric ultrasound skills—starting from the fundamentals and building all the way to advanced fetal medicine applications.

08:30 AM – 05:00 PM

23 January 2026

Dusit Thani Hotel, Abu Dhabi

Workshop agenda

The workshop is carefully structured to ensure a balanced mix of lectures, demonstrations, and hands-on practice. Here’s a preview of the schedule:

 
08:30 – 09:00 | Registration & Welcome & Pretest
SESSION 1 — FOUNDATIONS
09:00 – 09:30 | Lecture 1: Basics of Obstetric Ultrasound
  • Physics essentials
  • Optimizing image quality
  • Safety: MI, TI, ALARA
09:30 – 10:00 | Lecture 2: First Trimester Ultrasound Essentials
  • Dating, viability
  • Early anomaly detection
  • Chorionicity in twins
  • NT practical points
10:00 – 11:00 | Lecture 3: Second-Trimester Anomaly Scan (ISUOG Protocol)
  • Standard planes
  • Systematic approach
  • Soft markers
  • Tips for difficult scans
11:00 – 11:10 | Coffee Break
11:10 – 11:40 | Lecture 4: The secrets of four chamber view
  • 4-chamber, outflow tracts
  • Common CHDs
  • Red flags
11:40 – 12:20 | Practical Session 1
12:20 – 13:10 | Lunch Break
SESSION 2 — ADVANCED FETAL ASSESSMENT
13:10 – 13:30 | Lecture 5: Doppler Ultrasound in Obstetrics
  • UA, MCA, CPR
  • Fetal Growth restriction
  • Uterine artery
13:30 – 14:00 | Lecture 6: The secrets of 3D/4D Ultrasound
  • Volume sonography
  • Overview application in obstetrics
14:00 – 14:30 | Lecture 7: Approach to skeletal anomalies
14:30 – 15:00 | Lecture 8: Multiple Pregnancy Ultrasound
  • Chorionicity
  • TTTS / TAPS / sIUGR
  • Follow-up schedule
15:00 – 15:10 | Coffee Break
15:10 – 16:00 | Practical Session 2
16:10 – 16:30 | Q&A, Group Photo

Intended Learning Outcomes

Join us to elevate your skills, enhance patient care, and stay confidently updated with modern obstetric ultrasound practice. Through a blend of expert lectures, case scenarios, and video demonstration of difficult cases, the workshop will help you:

Master essential ultrasound techniques and image optimization

Perform systematic first-trimester, second-trimester, and third-trimester assessments

Recognize fetal anatomy and detect abnormalities with greater precision

Use Doppler studies effectively in high-risk pregnancy care

Navigate advanced topics including fetal echocardiography basics, multiple pregnancy, and anomaly detection

Apply international standards (ISUOG, FMF) in real-world practice

Who Should Attend

practical for residents

OB/GYN specialists

fetal medicine trainees

Meet Our Faculty

Experts in fetal medicine and high-risk pregnancy care, advancing ultrasound diagnostics and clinician training.