Volume 6 Issue 3 - Australasian Society for Ultrasound in Medicine

Editorial
President’s message
My message in this Bulletin is very
brief as much of the news that I
wanted to convey is contained in
the Annual Report.
The usual excellent array of articles
has been gathered by Roger Davies
and Keith Henderson. On the
current developments front there
has been considerable activities in
Dr Glenn McNally
the recent time in developing
educational strategies for clinicians involved in the
performance of self referred ultrasound examination. We
have met on several occasions with representatives of the
Australasian College for Emergency Medicine and the Royal
Australasian College of Surgeons. We hope sometime in the
next three to six months to have established a modular
From the desk of the CEO, Dr Caroline Hong
It was a whirlwind trip with a
mission. There was much to do in a
very short time in Montreal for the
ASUM bidding team. Many of you
would have read the news release
on the ASUM website notice board
as well as the email newsletter (for
those who have provided ASUM
with their email addresses) the
Dr Caroline Hong SUPER GREAT NEWS that ASUM
won the bid to host the World
Congress of WFUMB in 2009 in Sydney! The EFSUMB
bidding team also put up a good bid. ASUM is obviously
exhilarated with the result and is humbled by the process.
Much of the efforts and activities in the bidding process
have involved Dr Stan Barnett, Dr Glenn McNally and I
over the last 2 years, with support and approval by the
ASUM Council. It is indeed pleasing to see the fruits of our
labour after a somewhat long and complex process.
We also conducted several ASUM business meetings on
our way to Montreal to attend the WFUMB 2003 Congress.
On 27 May 2003, Dr Stan Barnett and I had the opportunity
to meet with Peter Sharpe, President and Marie Dunn, CEO
of the British Institute of Radiology during our stopover in
London on our way to Montreal. We also had the
opportunity to briefly visit the BMUS office which is housed
on the top level in the BIR building.
In Montreal, the WFUMB 2003 Congress was hosted by the
AIUM. There were many opportunities to put faces to names
of the many people I have communicated with by email
about ASUM business. It was a great pleasure to meet Dr
Carmine Valente, the CEO of AIUM and exchange
association news and information about our societies at
opposite ends of the globe. It was also great to meet and talk
to all the WFUMB Councillors, many of whom I had met
program of education resources for such clinicians and in
doing so promote the best standard of ultrasound practice
for patients in Australia and New Zealand.
I would like to congratulate Dr George Kossoff for being
made WFUMB Life member and also being recently awarded
the Prime Minister’s Centenary Medal for service to
“Australian society in ultrasonics in medicine.”
As this issue was going to print I learnt of the death of Dr
Brian Pridmore. Brian contributed much to ASUM and its
South Australian branch. This will be acknowledged more
comprehensively in the next issue.
I look forward to seeing many of you at ASUM 2003 Annual
Scientific Meeting.
Dr Glenn McNally
President
previously when they conducted their site inspection in
Sydney in February 2003. It was good to experience and see
AIUM in action in hosting a WFUMB congress. The
experience certainly will help prepare us for what to expect
when WFUMB 2009 comes to Sydney. It was also fantastic
to see so many Australians and New Zealanders visit the
ASUM exhibition booth.
Dr Glenn McNally, Dr Stan Barnett and I also met with
representatives of BMUS, Jane Bates, Dr David Pilling and
Dr Kevin Martin about the potential for ASUM and BMUS
working together for an exchange Sonographer Travelling
Fellowship, over a period of 2-3 months, for an approved
project. Dr Musarrat Hassan, past President of the
Ultrasound Society of Pakistan also met with Dr Glenn
McNally and me about society and education matters.
Several of the ASUM representatives also had opportunities
to enjoy the hospitality of Zonare, GE and Philips. We also
attended the AIUM/WFUMB leadership reception at the
Montreal City Hall and attended the AIUM/WFUMB
banquet which was held at the Sheraton Hotel in Montreal.
We appreciate the hospitality shown to us by AIUM and
WFUMB.
The History of Medical Ultrasound session was interesting
and it was also a great opportunity to meet many of the
people who had contributed in the early years of medical
ultrasound. A CD on the History was distributed to all
delegates who attended the Congress. It was intended that
this CD be updated at each congress and would certainly
serve as a good historical record for medical ultrasound.
I have more news at a professional level. I have been
admitted as a Fellow of the Australian Society of Association
Executives through an accreditation process. That means I
can use FSAE as postnominals after my name. It also means
peer recognition in the association management field. The
ASUM Council has also kindly approved for me and the
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2 ASUM ULTRASOUND BULLETIN VOLUME 6 NUMBER 3 AUGUST 2003