22nd Annual International Symposium on Therapeutic Ultrasound 6th European Symposium of EUFUS

April 17-20, 2023 – Lyon, France

The Annual Symposium will be held at the Palais de la Bourse, a listed historical monument right in the heart of Lyon. Well regarded as a French and European hub for technological and clinical innovation, Lyon provides a perfect place to share the latest advancements in the field.

Sponsors will connect with scientists, engineers, and clinicians from around the world as we gather for the second joint meeting of the International Society for Therapeutic Ultrasound (ISTU) and the European Focused Ultrasound Charitable Society (EUFUS).

We anticipate over 500 attendees this year with the combined ISTU EUFUS Symposium and the hybrid format.

The hybrid meeting will allow you to interact in-person and online through unique hybrid advertising opportunities like banner ads, online chat rooms, and sponsored content. We’ve built robust and varied sponsorships level to provide unique visibility, generate leads, and maximize your beneits as a sponsor. We hope to greet you in Lyon!

Welcome Letter
ISTU and EUFUS Organizations
Local Organization
Speakers
Program Overview
Annual Award Winners
General Information
Important Guidelines
- Reporting of Therapeutic Ultrasound Treatment Parameters
Sponsors and Exhibitors

Welcome Letter

Welcome to the 22nd Annual International Symposium for Therapeutic Ultrasound and the 6th European Symposium of EUFUS!

We are excited to join scientists, engineers, clinicians and industry from around the world as we come together in Lyon, France for the second joint meeting of the International Society for Therapeutic Ultrasound (ISTU) and the European Focused Ultrasound Charitable Society (EUFUS).

On behalf of the Local Organizing Committee and both our organizations, it is our great honor to host this year’s meeting in Lyon, the capital city in France’s Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region and the gastronomy capital of France, featuring several Michelin-rated restaurants. We invite you to experience the beautiful city throughout the program!

We are honored to be joined by the Local Organizing Committee from INSERM to host this year’s meeting at the historic Palais de la Bourse. Since the establishment of our Society in 2001, ISTU has laid the foundation for the continuous improvement and advancement of therapeutic ultrasound technology by providing the means for the international community in ultrasound to come together once every year to collaborate and share knowledge. This year’s annual symposium will continue this tradition, and we sincerely hope this symposium will inspire new ideas and encourage innovations throughout all the different facets of this exciting field.

ISTU would like to remind attendees that the different committees leading our society are open to everybody. Please join and contribute to the life of ISTU. After these four exciting days in Lyon, we’ll be ready to head to Taipei, Taiwan in September 19-22, 2024 for our next Annual Symposium.

EUFUS would like to remind attendees that they offer free membership. Please just fill in the membership form within this program book and send it back to office@eufus.org. Our next EUFUS symposium will take place on September 18-19, 2025 in Frankfurt.

Please remember to visit the sponsor exhibits both in person and virtually interact with our important supporters. We simply can’t thank them enough for their contribution to this event, and their ongoing dedication to the success of our Annual Symposium.

We look forward to meeting you in-person, and sharing new perspectives and ideas as we grow the field of Therapeutic Ultrasound together throughout the world.

ISTU and EUFUS Organizations

ISTU Organization

President

Cyril Lafon

INSERM

Secretary General

Meaghan O’Reilly

Sunnybrook Research Institute

Treasurer

Allison Payne

University of Utah

Fry & Lizzi Award Committee

Joo Ha Hwang

Stanford University

Clinical Membership & Awards Committee

Suzanne LeBlang

Focused Ultrasound Foundation

Student Membership & Awards Committee

Richard Price

University of Virginia
Eli Vlaisavljevich

Virginia Tech

Scientific Committee

Kim Butts Pauly

Stanford University
Pejman Ghanouni

Stanford University
David Melodelima

INSERM

Executive Director

Shelly Reid

EUFUS Organizing Committee

Andreas Melzer

General Secretary
Alessandro Napoli
Wladyslaw Gedroyc
Christine Melzer

Local Organization

Chairs

Cyril Lafon

INSERM
David Melodelima

INSERM
Apoutou N’Djin

INSERM

Local Organizing Committee

Cyril Lafon

INSERM
David Melodelima

INSERM
Apoutou N’Djin

INSERM
Wladyslaw Gedroyc

Imperial College London
Catherine Garel

INSERM
Alice Ganeau

INSERM
Sandrine Iochem

INSERM
Andrew Drainville

INSERM
Myleva Dahan

INSERM
Françoise Chavrier

INSERM
Magali Perier

INSERM
Jacqueline Ngo

INSERM
Leila Guessoum

INSERM
Ivan Suarez

INSERM
Maxime Lafond

INSERM
Claude Inserra

INSERM

Scientific Committee

David Melodelima

INSERM
Apoutou N’Djin

INSERM
Cyril Lafon

INSERM
Meaghan O’Reilly

Sunnybrook Research Institute
Kim Butts Pauly

Stanford University
Pejman Ghanouni

Stanford University
Alessandro Napoli

Sapienza University of Rome
Gail ter Haar

Institute of Cancer Research

Program Overview

Annual Award Winners

The William and Francis Fry Honorary Fellowship for Contributions to Therapeutic Ultrasound

Albert Gelet

A true pioneer of HIFU for treating prostate cancer.

The Frederic Lizzi Early Career Award

Ching-Hsiang Fan

Assistant Professor/ Department of Biomedical Engineering, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan

Medical ultrasound in drug delivery and neuron stimulation.

The Frederic Lizzi Early Career Award

James Kwan

Associate Professor/Department of Engineering Science at the University of Oxford Tutorial Fellow at Balliol College

Cavitation Nuclei for Ultrasound-enhanced Drug Delivery.

Early Career Clinical Investigator Award

Raúl Martínez-Fernández

Neurologist and Clinical Researcher, HM CINAC – Hospital Universitario HM Puerta del Sur

The long road to stop Parkinson’s disease with focused ultrasound.

General Information

Registration / Information Desk

Visit us in the Main Foyer of the Palais de Bourse. We’re happy to help with anything you need. Our hours will be:

Monday, April 17:
1:00pm – 5:00pm
Tuesday, April 18:
7:00am – 5:00pm
Wednesday, April 19 – Thursday, April 20:
7:00am – 5:30pm

Certificates of Attendance

Attendees will receive an email after the conference with a link to download a Certificate of Attendance if needed.

Lost & Found

Should you lose or find anything, please report to the Information Desk for assistance.

Evaluation Survey

Please take a moment to complete a very short Evaluation Survey. Your feedback is very important for the development of future programs.

Important Guidelines

Reporting of Therapeutic Ultrasound Treatment Parameters

Detailed reporting of therapeutic ultrasound treatment parameters is essential to allow the testing of therapy ultrasound systems and protocols, cross-comparison of studies between different teams using different systems and validation of therapeutic bio-effects.

Recommendations, intended to provide guidance on which parameters should be measured, and to encourage best practice in their reporting, have been published recently. These are divided into two sets, each with stratified reporting categories. One set is for clinical studies, and one for preclinical, to account for disparities in expertise and in access to equipment in different sites. The recommendations are intended to be useful for clinicians and researchers, for ethical and funding review boards and for the editors and reviewers of scientific journal.

These guidelines are part of broader initiatives to promote proper and consistent treatment parameter reporting, with the goal of achieving a greater level of standardization in publications in the field, to increase awareness of the topic and to spark conversations on this topic.