Advanced Imaging for Endometriosis

Gynecologic Surgeons Unscrubbed

In this episode, Dr. Cara King speaks with Dr. Mathew Leonardi, an advanced gynecologic surgeon and sonologist (ultrasound specialist) at McMaster University Medical Centre in Hamilton, Canada. As March is Endometriosis awareness month, Mathew talks about advanced endometriosis imagery and how it impacts preoperative counseling, planning and intraoperative surgical intervention. He also talks about how he created his own path to get to where he is today. Listen as he shares how to build skills in advance sonography and incorporate this into residency as well as fellowship education.

Resources:

• Dr. Mathew Leonardi’s website
• Dr. Mathew Leonardi on Youtube
• “How to perform an ultrasound to diagnose endometriosis” by Dr. Mathew Leonardi
• IDEA (International Deep Endometriosis Analysis group)
• MUSA (Morphological Uterus Sonographic Assessment)
• International Ovarian Tumor Analysis (IOTA)
• Closing the communication loop between gynecological surgeons, diagnostic imaging experts and pathologists in endometriosis: building bridges between specialties by Dr. Mathew Leonardi, Dr. Mercedes Espada and Dr. George Condous