Volume 8 Issue 3 - Australasian Society for Ultrasound in Medicine

THE SOCIETYASUM – MUSS Meeting well attendedASUM delegates and MUSS members at the meeting in SingaporeThe ASUM Asia Link – MUSS(Medical Ultrasound Society ofSingapore) Meeting was held on 21–23rd May 2005 in Singapore. ASUMwas invited to nominate a speaker onthe topic of Ultrasound in EmergencyMedicine.The meeting was attended by about60 local radiologists and radiographersand was well supported by the localultrasound industry.The guest speakers were: MyronPozniak MD, Professor of Radiology,University of Wisconsin, MedicalSchool, Madison, Wisconsin, USA, DrPaul Sidhu, Consultant Radiologist,Kings College Hospital, London,UK and Dr Tony Joseph, EmergencyPhysician, Royal North Shore Hospital,Sydney, who also represented ASUM asthe Society's nominated speaker.TopicsThe topics covered included:■ Ultrasound imaging using contrastagents in the diagnosis of livermetastases and solid organ injury,■ The use of ultrasound in the assessmentof portal hypertension andTIPS,■ Ultrasound in the real-time localisationof cerebral arterio-venousmalformations during surgery.■ The application of ultrasound intrauma and other emergency uses.The Medical Ultrasound Society(Singapore) were most generous hostsand Singapore is an excellent venuefor a meeting.I would like to thank the MUSS andthe Conference Organiser, ChintanaWilde, for their kind invit-ation andgenerous hospitality.Tony JosephEmergency PhysicianRoyal North Shore HospitalOverseas sonographerlecturerVision CollegeSecond sonographer lecturer position available forDMU (Asia) located in Kuala Lumpur, MalaysiaA second sonographer lecturer position is now available to an ASUM member atthe new Vision College in Kuala Lumpur, to work with the chief sonographer lecturer,Alan Williams.The successful applicant will need to be an experienced sonographer, with anASUM DMU, who is culturally sensitive and interested in living and working inAsia.A negotiable remuneration and conditions package is available.Initial expressions of interest, together with a full CV, to be directed toDr Caroline Hong ASUM CEOemail carolinehong@asum.com.auASUM Ultrasound Bulletin 2005 August; 8 (3)45