Larvik kurs 2024

Dr Chiara Giraudo graduated and completed her residency in Radiology at the University of Padova in Italy. During her residency, she has been visiting scholar at the University of California San Diego (UCSD) under the supervision of Prof. Donald Resnick and afterwards did an observership at the Musculoskeletal Radiology Unit of the Medical University of Vienna. After the residency, she completed her PhD in Medical Physics at the Center of Excellence for MR Research of the Medical University of Vienna with a thesis on the application of DTI on muscles at 3 and 7T. During the time in Vienna, she also had the chance to collaborate on several PET/MR projects and currently works also on musculoskeletal hybrid imaging (PET/CT and PET/MR). She is Assistant Professor of Radiology at the University of Padova and since 2021 Chair of the Arthritis Subcommittee of the European Society of Musculoskeletal Radiology (ESSR). Her main clinical and research focus is on rheumatological and oncological musculoskeletal imaging in adults and children.

James Teh is Consultant Musculoskeletal Radiologist at Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Roentgen Professor, Royal College of Radiologists and Honorary Senior Lecturer, University of Oxford. Specialized in the imaging of disorders of the spine and musculoskeletal system. His practice involves the imaging of patients with musculoskeletal tumours, bone infection and trauma. He has a special interest in rheumatological diseases and sports imaging and has worked at several international games including the Olympics, Commonwealth and World Championships. He performes complex interventional procedures including vertebroplasty and ablations.

Roar Pedersen is Head of MSK Radiology at Unilabs Norway, an experienced lecturer and course organizer in both Norway and Europe. He overlooks 13 radiological clinics regarding protocols, diagnostics and education. In addition, he administers the Instagram account "mskradiologyno" and the MSK community at Collective Minds Radiology. Roar organized the Larvik course for many years, starting in 2011. A special interest is sports injuries, Roar serves many sports clinicians on a daily basis.  

Mehdi Behzadi er født i Teheran/Iran i 1968. Kom til Norge i 1988. MD Universitetet i Oslo 1995. Har jobbet ved radiologisk avdeling SUS siden 1997. Korte turer innom Aker SK og Curato Røntgen. Har jobbet med MSK radiologi siden 2007. Begynte på avdeling for radiologi HUS 01. september 2023. Fortsatt veldig interessert i MSK radiologi. 

Anagha P. Parkar is a radiologist at Haraldsplass Deaconess Hospital in Bergen, Norway. She received her medical degree from the Ruhr Universität Bochum, Germany, in 1998. After the obligatory clinical internships in surgery and medicine, as well as general practice in Northern Norway from 1999 to 2001, she commenced her radiology training in Bergen. After completing radiology training in 2006, she stayed on for two years at the Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen in the section of Thoracic Radiology.

Since 2008, she has worked as a general radiologist at Haraldsplass Deaconess Hospital, Bergen, with a special interest in musculoskeletal, chest and cardiac imaging. She is actively involved in teaching radiology to medical students from the University of Bergen, and research in the musculoskeletal and chest imaging field. She defended her PhD thesis on post-operative ACL imaging in 2021. Her publications can be viewed here. She has served on the boards of the Norwegian Society of Radiology, Norwegian Society of Musculoskeletal radiology and European Society of Musculoskeletal Society. Currently, she is Treasurer for the Norwegian Society of Thoracic imaging, President Elect of the European Society of Thoracic Imaging, member of the ISS Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Working Group, chair of the Equity, Diversity and inclusivity subcommittee of the European society of Radiology. In the family of European Society of Radiology, she is active on several boards and committees, as well as the programme planning committees of ECR 2024 and 2025.

Nina Jullum Kise er spesialist i ortopedisk kirurgi / Forskningskoordinator PhD, Overlege Kne- og Skulderseksjonen, Ortopedisk avdeling, Martina Hansens Hospital. Faglig bakgrunn: Mangeårig erfaring innen knekirurgi. Doktorgrad som omhandler behandling av pasienter med degenerative meniskerrupturer (OMEX-studien). Involvert i MultiKnee-studien som omhandler kognitiv terapi,treningsterapi og proteseoperasjoner hos gonartrosepasienter.

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