Message from Dr Caroline Hong to all EFSUMB Members and Friends of ASUM

Abstract

By the time you read this message, I would have said goodbye to many friends of ASUM, including those of EFSUMB, who have supported and worked with me on various common goals for promoting excellence in ultrasound. My first introduction to EFSUMB was through Prof Soren Hanke when I was involved in the bidding for the WFUMB 2009 world ultrasound congress in 2001. Later in 2004, I met a tall handsome charismatic Dane, Dr Christian Nolsøe, who together with another tall handsome charismatic Dane, Prof Michael Bachmann Neilsen, introduced me to the Danish Society for Diagnostic Ultrasound (DSDU). My President at that time was Dr Glenn McNally and we initiated discussions for collaboration between the two societies, (inspired by Princess Mary and Prince Federik). Then in 2005, the ASUM President, Dr David Rogers and I signed a Memorandum of Understanding called CADUCEUS, which is an acronym coined by the well known Prof Ron Benzie, also my former President. CADUCEUS stands for Collaborative Australasian Danish Undertaking of Continuing Education in UltraSound. This program has been running successfully since 2005, with exchange speakers at each other’s annual meetings in Australia, New Zealand and Denmark. Furthermore, we have had several placements of doctors from Denmark in Australia to learn and experience ultrasound practice in our region. The profile of Denmark and EFSUMB is very high in Australia and New Zealand.