Date: 22nd February, 2015.
Venue: Auditorium, Indraprastha Apollo Hospitals, New Delhi

Congenital Cardiac defects occur at a frequency of about 1:100.

Many enquiries come to us from sonologists who want to learn basic cardiac scanning.

This one day snap-shot programme is devised for those who do scan and want to familiarise themselves with identifying common cardiac structural defects. The program consists of teaching through simple diagrams, lots of videos of structural defects and will allow for lots of interaction and doubt-clearing. Tips and tricks to minimise the chance of missing a fetal cardiac defect will highlighted.

The programme will be lead by Dr Manisha Chakroborty, a Paediatric/Fetal Cardiologist and Dr Bhanu Bansal, a Paed Cardiologist, well supported by the Apollo Centre for Fetal Medicine team.

To register, please write to fetalmedicine@apollodelhi.com or call 011-29873018, 09560127575

The CME on Maternal Screening held at ACFM on 7th June was well attended by obstetricians and radiologists across Delhi as well as from nearby states.

There was animated discussion amongst the speakers, panelists and the audience and we hope that most questions were answered to the audience’s satisfaction.

Many delegates were asking for training in performing diagnostic tests such as amniocentesis. The problem is that the PCPNDT Law requires a certain number to be done supervised which is impossible unless you are doing a Fellowship with us and even if we train on models, the law may not accept this to start a clinical service.

Any suggestions?

Doppler Workshop October 2013

The FMFI education programme is going strong with the 4th Doppler workshop of this year being held at Indraprastha Apollo Hospital on 26th and 27th October 2013. It was attended by about 40 clinicians from mainly North India.

Dr Anita Kaul took the audience through the nuances of physics and technical aspects of Dopplers.

Dr Nikhil and Dr Shweta covered the topic of first trimester. We introduced a Quiz at the end of the talks which was a good learning experience.

The following day Dr Chanchal covered the clinical applications of Doppler particularly in growth restricted fetuses.
Dr Suman Vohra took the audience through ultrasound in early pregnancy focusing on diagnosis of ectopic pregnancy and viability scan as well as general gynaecology.

The audience was extremely enthusiastic and keenly participated in the discussions. The live demonstrations added to the practical knowledge and were greatly appreciated.

We look forward to holding more of such workshops and invite our Facebook friends to give their inputs and suggestions to make these academic events more useful.

Rainbow Fetal Medicine Centre, Hyderabad organised ‘Rainbow Fetus Day 2013’, a full day academic fiesta on 31st October, 2013 that covered various topics like
– Fetal renal tract
– Fetal cardiac evaluation
– Fetal abnormalities
– Effective screening techniques
– Fetal interventions
– New revolutions and future directions.

An FMFIndia event, the event was successfully organised by Dr Chinmayee Ratha.

The Obstetrician’s Third Eye-Enhancing Fetal Scanning Skills workshop

We have realised over time that teaching and learning is better done in small groups of interested people. This was well illustrated with our 28th AICC RCOG Pre-Conference workshop where both audience and faculty could reach out to each other and clear doubts about common problems faced during scanning and counselling.

AICC RCOG Annual Conference Pre Conference Workshop

‘The Obstetrician’s Third Eye’

Enhance your fetal scanning skills. This workshop aims at familiarizing candidates with the current guidelines and standard of Obstetric scanning. The workshop will involve extensive video teaching sessions.

Who Should Attend?
– All obstetricians who perform obstetric scanning.
– All radiologists who are doing obstetric ultrasounds and are involved in the care of antenatal women.
– All residents and trainees who are interested in fetal medicine as a sub-speciality.

Date: Thusday, 29 August, 2013
Time: 09:00 Am to 05:00 Pm
Venue: Indraprastha Apollo Hospital

FMFIndia’s The Perceptor Workshop series 2013, Fetal Echocardiography with Prof Lindsey Allan got going at the Indrapastha Apollo Hospital auditorium today.

Prof Lindsey Allan is one of the leading Fetal cardiologists in the world who has been instrumental in creating the speciality called “Fetal cardiology”. She has numerous research publications and textbooks to her credit. She has the reputation of being one of the finest masters in the subject, adding clarity and simplicity to her lectures and presentations that makes every student appreciate the subject and develop a keen interest in the same.