August 21 // 4 pm CEST // 70 minutes

Duplex ultrasound of perforating veins

Basic knowledge of the investigation of perforating veins (PV). Flow in systole and diastole and its interpretation

Hands-on by Dr. Erika Mendoza: Patients with the following findings will be investigated and treatment options discussed:

  • Draining Perforating vein in the context of superficial recirculation
  • Refluxing perforating vein as the start of a varicose vein

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Dr. Erika Mendoza, Germany
MD, PhD

Specialised on venous investigation (Duplex Ultrasound) and treatment with preservation of saphenous trunk (CHIVA) with vein office in Wunstorf, Germany since 1997. Authored books on Duplex Ultrasound  and CHIVA with Springer in German and English. Provides lectures and Hands on workshops in Germany and international meetings. 

General Secretary of German Society of Phlebology since 2015

President of German Phlebology and Lymphology Society Meeting 2022 (Hannover), President EVF Meeting 2023, Berlin, President German Society of CHIVA since 2000, Member of Educational Committee UIP since 2023

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Omar Farouk

Dr. Wassila Taha, Egypt
MD, RPVI

Dr. Wassila Taha, with over 25 years of experience in vascular ultrasound, is a consultant in vascular medicine. She is the General Secretary of the Egypt Africa Venous Lymphatic Association (EAVLA), Chief of The Duplex Center, and Co-director of Vein Clinics of Egypt. She is a Fellow at the Centre Hospitalier of Liège, Belgium, and a member of the American Registered Diagnostic Sonography (ARDMS).

Dr. Taha serves as an International Ambassador for Africa at the American Venous Forum (AVF) and is the Continental Chair for Near East and North Africa at the American Venous Lymphatic Association (AVLS). She is also on the Educational Committee of the Union Internationale de Phlébologie (UIP). Notably, she invented the Ankle Peak Systolic Velocity (APSV) to assess peripheral ischemia and won the best abstract award at the UIP Chapter meeting in Krakow, Poland, in 2019.

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Moderator

 

Omar Farouk

Mahmoud Elghadban, CH

Head of Sales Excellence at SIGVARIS GROUP

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