International certified EBUS bronchoscopy course 2024

Thursday April 11th, 2024

Chairs: Kaid Darwiche/Stefano Gasparini

9.00-9.10 am                     Introduction/Welcoming – Prof. Dr. Kaid Darwiche, Essen, Germany

9.15-9.35 am                     Lung Cancer Staging- What’s new? – Priv.-Doz. Dr. Wilfried E.E. Eberhardt, Essen, Germany

9.40-10.00 am                  Positron Emission Tomography in solid tumor diagnostics – Prof. Dr. Hubertus Hautzel, Essen, Germany

10.05-10.30                        Breakfast

10.35-10.55 am                EBUS for mediastinal and hilar lymph node staging- Prof. Dr. Semra Bilaceroglu, Izmir, Turkey

11.00-11.20 am                EUS-B Complementing lung cancer staging- Priv.-Doz. Dr. Stephan Eisenmann, Halle, Germany

11.25-11.45 am                EBUS diagnostics for peripheral lesions – Dr. Jane Winantea, Essen, Germany

11.50-12.10 am                The Role of ROSE in lung cancer diagnostics – Prof. Dr. Stefano Gasparini, Ancona, Italy

12.15-13.15 pm                Lunch

Hands-On Training

1.30 pm-4.30 pm            

Station 1: Linear Endobronchial Ultrasound (Prof. Semra Bilaceroglu, Dr. Filiz Oezkan)

Station 2: Radial Endobronchial Ultrasound (Dr. Jane Winantea, Faustina Funke)

Station 3: Endoscopic Ultrasound (EUS-B) (Dr. Stephan Eisenmann, Kaid Darwiche)

Friday April 12th, 2024

Chairs: Semra Bilaceroglu/Hubertus Hautzel

9.00-9.30                            Live-Demonstration (EBUS)

9.50 am                               Breakfast

10.00 -10.05 am               Introduction- Prof. Kaid Darwiche, Essen, Germany

10.10-10.30 am                The Role of Mediastinoscopy and VATS in the Era of Endoscopic Ultrasound – Prof. Dr. Servet Boeluekbas, Essen, Germany

10.35-10.55 am                Molecular Diagnostics in EBUS samples- Dr. Filiz Oezkan, Essen, Germany

11.00-11.20 am                Break with Snacks and Drinks

Hands-On Training

11.30am-1.30 pm

Station 1a: lymph node assessment in the (PET)-CT scan (Prof. Dr. Hubertus Hautzel/Dr. Marcel Opitz)

Station 1b: lymph node mapping in the airway (Dr. Filiz Oezkan/Prof. Dr. Semra Bilaceroglu)

Station 2: EBUS-Intranodal biopsies via forceps and cryo (Prof. Kaid Darwiche, Dr. Jane Winantea 

Station 3: ROSE (Prof. Dr. Theegarten, Dipl.-chem. Birte Schwarz)