MUSCULOSKELETAL ULTRASOUND IN RHEUMATOLOGY
BASIC COURSE

Slobodnih mesta: 7 

Belgrade, 22-24.10.2026

Hotel Moskva, Belgrade

General Information and Course Programme

Congress Venue:  Hotel Moskva, Balkanska 1, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia

Date: October 22 – 24, 2026

Official language: English

Executive director of the Course: Ass. Dr sci. Branko Barać, Serbia

Scientific Director of the Course: Prof. Annamaria Iagnocco, Italy

Organizing Secretariat: Institute of Rheumatology, Belgrade, Serbia

Secretary of the Course: Milica Basarić and Milica Grujić

Assistant Secretaries of the Course: Sretko Luković and Marija Grujić

Technical organizer: Tourist agency Jumbo Travel, Serbia

Faculty

The speakers will come from major European musculoskeletal ultrasound research centers and are rheumatologists mostly involved in previous EULAR courses.

The contacted faculty is:

Annamaria Iagnocco, Italy; Peter Mandl, Austria; Peter Balint, Hungary; Nemanja Damjanov, Serbia; Mihaela Micu Cosmina, Romania; Giasna Giokis, Greece; Goran Radunović, Serbia, Branko Barać, Serbia, Vlado Skakić, Serbia¸ Slavica Prodanović, Serbia;

Instructors

Annamaria Iagnocco, Italy; Peter Mandl, Austria; Peter Balint, Hungary; Nemanja Damjanov, Serbia;  Violeta Maria Vlad,  Romania; Mihaela Micu Cosmina, Romania; Giasna Giokis, Greece; Vlado Skakić, Serbia¸ Slavica Prodanović, Serbia; Branko Barać, Serbia; Milica Grujić, Serbia; Milica Basarić, Serbia

Registration for this course is open to all EULAR member countries

  • The number of participants is limited to 30
  • Some pharmaceutical companies will support the course logistically and with sponsorship
  • Sponsors will not have influence on the programme, its content or speakers
  • There will be an evaluation of the course / meeting by attendees
  • The course is CME accredited by the Health Council of Serbia

INVITATION TO PARTICIPATE

Registration fee

850  EUR

Registration fee & accommodation

1250 EUR

* Registration fee includes: Course, educational material, lunch, 4 coffee breaks, dinner (October  23rd, 2026 )

* Registration fee & accommodation include: Course, educational material, lunch, 4 coffee breaks, 2 dinners (October, 22nd and October 23rd, 2026 ), accommodation ( two nights in double room at Hotel Moskva, Belgrade )

Contact and Technical Organization

Tourist agency Jumbo Travel d.o.o

REGISTER HERE

SPEAKERS - INSTRUCTORS

Ass. Dr sci. med. Branko Barać

MD, PhD, Cin. Ass. of Internal Medicine and Rheumatology at School of Medicine, University of Belgrade, Director of Institute of Rheumatology, Belgrade, Serbia.

Prof. Annamaria Iagnocco

MD, PhD, Professor of Rheumatology, Department of Clinical and Biological Sciences, University of Turin, Torino, Italy.

Prof. Nemanja Damjanov

MD, PhD, Full Professor of Internal Medicine, Rheumatology in retirement, Belgrade University School of Medicine, Serbia.

Giasna Giokis

MD, Consultant Rheumatologist, Scientific Associate of Hippocration Hospital of Thessaloniki, 4th Department of Pathology, Private Practice Katerini, Greece.

Assoc. prof. Peter Mandl

MD, PhD, Division of Rheumatology, Medical University of Vienna, Austria.

Prof. Peter Balint

MD, PhD, FRCP (Glasgow), President of the Hungarian Association of Rheumatologists, Musculoskeletal Radiology Group, Medical Imaging Clinic, Semmelweis University, Head of Department, Consultant Rheumatologist, 3rd Rheumatology Department, National Institute of Musculoskeletal Diseases, Budapest, Hungary.

Mihaela Micu

MD, Rehabilitation Clinical Hospital Cluj Napoca, Romania.

Goran Radunović

MD, PhD, Professor of Internal medicine and Rheumatology, University of Belgrade, Serbia

Slavica Prodanović

MD, PhD, Internal Medicine Specialist-rheumatologist at Euromedik Hospital, Belgrade, Serbia

Violeta Vlad

MD, PhD at Centre of Rheumatology St. Maria, Bucharest, Romania

Primarius Vlado Skakić

MD, internal medicine specialist – rheumatologist, Nis, Serbia.

Milica Basarić

MD, Specialist in physical medicine and rehabilitation – physiatrist and rheumatologist at Institute of Rheumatology, Belgrade, Serbia

Ass. Milica Grujić

MD, PhD, Internal Medicine Specialist - rheumatologist at Institute of Rheumatology, Belgrade, Serbia

CONGRESS SECRETARIAT OPENING HOURS

Thursday, October 22nd, 2026

13.00 – 19.10

Friday, October 23rd, 2026

08.30 – 20.00

Saturday, October 24th, 2026

09.00 – 14.00

CERTIFICATE OF ATTENDANCE

Participants can receive their certificate of attendance during the closing session on the 24th October 2026.

To receive the certificate of attendance it is mandatory to complete and submit the evaluation form, at the Course Secretariat, before the closing session.

OBJECTIVES

  • To learn technical characteristics and setting of ultrasound equipment for
    rheumatology
  • To learn basic normal musculoskeletal ultrasonographic anatomy (MSUS).
  • To learn basic pathological MSUS findings
  • To learn the systematic standardized sonographic scanning method of each anatomical region, according to the EULAR guidlines
  • Applications, indications and limitations of MSUS in rheumatology
  • Image documentation
  • Basics of Colour and Power Doppler application to detect synovial and enthesis inflammation

MAIN TOPICS

  • Ultrasound physics and technology, technical characteristics of ultrasound equipment in rheumatology, applications, indications and limitations of MSUS
  • MSUS anatomy, artifacts and misinterpretation in MSUS
  • Standardized sonographic scanning method of each anatomical region (shoulder, elbow, wrist and hand, hip, knee, ankle and foot) according to the EULAR guidelines
  • Basic pathological sonographic findings (tendinosis, tenosynovitis, partial and complete tendon tear, enthesopathy, bursitis, calcifications, articular cartilage lesions, cortical abnormalities and joint synovitis).
  • Reporting US findings and diagnosis

WORKSHOP

  • Practical handling of the ultrasound system settings
  • Supervised identification of musculoskeletal sonoanatomy
  • Supervised standardized sonographic scanning of the shoulder, elbow, wrist and hand, hip, knee, ankle and foot
  • Supervised hands-on scanning of patients with basic musculoskeletal lesions
  • Supervised assessment of the basic sonographic symptoms or inflammation severity in grades

You can find the full scientific programme here.