IUS Days, overview
IUS Days 2026

Held on Thursday 29 October 2026, Athens

Intestinal Ultrasound Masterclass

See the bowel. Master the skill.

An introductory course with supervised hands-on scanning, directed by Mostafa Ibrahim. Six lectures in the morning were followed by four hours on the probe in the afternoon with IBUS faculty, at Zeus Dolce by Wyndham, Athens.

  • 29 Oct2026, one day
  • AthensZeus Dolce by Wyndham
  • 6Lectures
  • 4 hrsHands-on scanning
  • 36Places, 6 per station

The day at a glance

08:00 to 17:30, probe in hand by 13:00. Each bar is drawn to the length of its part of the day.

  1. 08:00Registration, 30 minutes
  2. 08:30Opening and six lectures, 210 minutes
  3. 12:00Lunch, 60 minutes
  4. 13:00Hands-on rotationTwo blocks, groups swapped station types, 240 minutes
  5. 17:00Test and certificates, 30 minutes

Learning objectives

An introductory course with 4 hours of supervised hands-on scanning.

  • Perform a systematic examination

    A full IUS examination of the colon and terminal ileum.

  • Recognise the normal bowel wall

    Identify the five wall layers and measure wall thickness correctly.

  • Grade inflammatory activity

    Bowel wall thickness, Doppler, IBUS-SAS and SUS-CD.

  • Identify complications

    Strictures, fistulas, abscesses and fat wrapping.

  • Distinguish IBD from mimickers

    Recognise common mimickers and apply IUS in follow-up.

  • Monitor treatment response

    Understand how serial IUS findings support treatment monitoring in IBD.

Six lectures, six scanning stations

Six morning lectures covering evidence, equipment, anatomy, pathology, differential diagnosis and follow-up, then six supervised scanning stations: healthy volunteers at Stations 1–3 and IBD patient volunteers at Stations 4–6.

  • 4 hrsHands-on scanning
  • 6Lectures
  • 36Places

See the hands-on stations

Who it was for

  • Gastroenterologists seeking to establish IUS in their practice
  • IBD physicians — beginner to intermediate level
  • Clinicians performing abdominal ultrasound who wish to add IUS to their diagnostic toolkit
  • Fellows in GI training programmes

Accreditation. EACCME accreditation was applied for. The day closed with a 10-MCQ post-course test; certificates were issued by ROEYA Training Center.

Taught by the people who wrote the protocols

Led by Course Director Mostafa Ibrahim, with international IBUS-affiliated trainers and Greek clinical faculty.

  • Portrait of Mostafa Ibrahim
    Mostafa IbrahimROEYA HealthCare Group
  • Portrait of Anda Les
    Anda LesFundeni Clinical Institute, Bucharest, Romania
  • Portrait of George Michalopoulos
    George MichalopoulosTzaneio General Hospital, Piraeus, Greece
  • Portrait of Pantelis Karatzas
    Pantelis KaratzasLaiko General Hospital, Athens, Greece
  • Portrait of Maciej Jędrzejczyk
    Maciej JędrzejczykMedical University of Warsaw, Poland
  • Portrait of Can Gönen
    Can GönenAcıbadem Kozyatağı Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
  • Portrait of Stylianos Stylianidis
    Stylianos StylianidisHands-on instructor

Meet the faculty

Zeus Dolce by Wyndham Athens, aerial view

Thursday 29 October 2026

Zeus Dolce by Wyndham, Athens

Lectures, networking lunch and the full hands-on rotation took place at one venue.

Organisation and partners

Organised by ROEYA Training Center. Ultrasound systems provided by FUJIFILM Healthcare Europe.

Organisation and partners in full

Registration has closed

IUS Days 2026 took place on Thursday 29 October 2026 at Zeus Dolce by Wyndham, Athens. This website no longer takes registrations, registrations of interest or payments.

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