Ultrasound Scanning for Endometriosis Workshop

Date: Sunday 14 June, 2026 | Venue: Grand Millennium Auckland
Part 1: 8.30am - 1.00pm | Part 2: 2.00 - 4.15pm
Cost: Part 1: $450 | Parts 1 and 2: $750
For: RANZCOG Fellows and Trainees, and other health practitioners for whom this relevant

Part 1: Open to up to 70
Part 2: Capped at 20
Participants must join Part 1 in order to attend Part 2.

This workshop will be led by Alison Deslandes, an internationally recognised specialist gynaecological sonographer and researcher known for advancing the role of ultrasound in endometriosis diagnosis and education. With over two decades of clinical expertise and a passion for upskilling clinicians, she delivers engaging, practical workshops that bridge imaging, surgery, and patient-centred care.

Part 1 includes:

The role of ultrasound in contemporary endometriosis care
Performing the endometriosis ultrasound: key techniques and advanced techniques
Live scanning demonstration: real time systematic assessment of the pelvis
Imaging - surgery correlation: how ultrasound findings influence surgical planning and patient counselling
Case review and pitfalls discussion | Common diagnostic challenges and how to avoid them

Part 2 includes:

Two hours of guided scanning practice with volunteer patients

This workshop is being supported by GE Healthcare and Tristel. We thank them both for their support.

Here's an overview of the programme:

Part 1 | Ultrasound Scanning for Endometriosis

8.30am	Welcome and workshop overview Objectives, format The role of ultrasound in contemporary endometriosis care
8.45am	Performing the endometriosis ultrasound: key techniques
9.30am	Performing the endometriosis ultrasound: advanced techniques
10.30am	Morning tea
11.00am	Live scanning demonstration: real time systematic assessment of the pelvis
11.45am	Imaging - surgery correlation: how ultrasound findings influence surgical planning and patient counselling
12.15pm	Case review and pitfalls discussion \| Common diagnostic challenges and how to avoid them
12.40pm	Closing Q&A and take home messages
1.00pm	Lunch and networking

Part 2 | Hands on practical training with volunteer patients

2.00pm	Orientation and station allocation
2.15pm	Guided scanning practice
4.15pm	Workshop ends

This workshop will be facilitated/presented by Alison Deslandes:

Alison Deslandes
Specialist Sonographer - Endometriosis Researcher

Alison is a well-established clinical sonographer, specialising in obstetrics and gynaecology with key interests complex gynaecology, 3D/4D ultrasound and the psychosocial aspects of obstetric ultrasound. She is a world-leading expert in the utility of transvaginal ultrasound for the diagnosis of endometriosis. As one of the few sonographers with this level of expertise, she has been invited to numerous international conference to speak on this topic including the World Congress of Endometriosis, ISUOG World Congress, the Asia Pacific Initiative on Reproduction Congress and the WFUMB World Congress of Ultrasound. She is passionate about empowering other sonographers to gain confidence in scanning for endometriosis to help reduced diagnostic delays associated with this disease.

Alison is the immediate Past-President of the Australasian Society for Ultrasound in Medicine and has served on the ASUM board of Directors since 2018. She is an Early-Career Research Ambassador with the World Endometriosis Society and an Associate Editor for the Journal of Medical Imaging and Radiation Sciences. In 2022 she was awarded a Fellowship of the Australasian Sonographers Association.

https://aliultrasound.com.au/

https://researchers.adelaide.edu.au/profile/alison.deslandes