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Date & Location
Tuesday, October 06, 2026, 8:30 AM - Friday, October 09, 2026, 5:00 PM, UC San Diego Health Center for Bleeding and Clotting Disorders, San Diego, CA

Registration

•     $1,900 per day — applies to Days 1–3
•     $950 per day — applies to Day 4A and Day 4B

Target Audience:
This course is designed for physicians, physical therapists, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, and other licensed healthcare professionals who have a foundational understanding of musculoskeletal anatomy and wish to expand their clinical proficiency in musculoskeletal and vascular ultrasound for diagnostic and interventional applications.

Course Overview:
The UC San Diego Musculoskeletal and Vascular Ultrasound Training Course provides an integrated, evidence-based curriculum designed to enhance clinicians’ proficiency in point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) for the evaluation, diagnosis, and management of musculoskeletal and vascular conditions. This hands-on, in-person course combines foundational and advanced instruction to promote clinical competence in ultrasound imaging and ultrasound-guided procedures relevant to orthopedic, rehabilitation, sports medicine, and hematology practices.

Participants will receive structured training in ultrasound physics, equipment operation—including the use of emerging handheld devices—along with detailed instruction in sonoanatomy and sonopathology of the shoulder, elbow, wrist, hip, knee, ankle, and spine. The course emphasizes the application of ultrasound for detecting and characterizing soft tissue injuries, arthritic and hemophilic joint pathology, and vascular abnormalities such as deep vein thrombosis (DVT) using duplex imaging techniques.

Through small-group, faculty-supervised scanning sessions and case-based learning, participants will gain practical experience in dynamic image acquisition, interpretation, and ultrasound-guided joint injection and aspiration techniques. The curriculum also integrates the validated Joint Activity and Damage Exam (JADE) protocol to assess joint health and disease progression in persons with hemophilia.

Course Agenda

(Registrants may choose to attend any combination of days—one day or multiple days.)

Day 1
Musculoskeletal Ultrasound Training: Elbow, Knee, Ankle, and JADE Protocol

Day 2
Musculoskeletal Ultrasound Training: Hip, Shoulder, and Spine

Day 3B – Imaging for Musculoskeletal Pathologies

Day 4A
Ultrasound‑Guided Joint Injection Hands-On

Day 4B
Vascular Ultrasound

Cancellation Policy
For paid registrants, if cancellation is received up to 30 days or more prior to the start of the conference, a cancellation fee of 50% the reg fee will apply. Cancellations received between 15-30 days prior to the conference date are subject to a cancellation fee of 75% of the reg fee. No refunds will be allowed for cancellations received within 15 days of the program date.

Sufficient enrollment must be met in order to present any course. UC San Diego reserves the right to cancel the course if enrollment is insufficient or due to other emergency-related events beyond our control. When classes are canceled, every effort will be made to contact you 30 days prior the scheduled course date and 100% of your registration fees will be reimbursed.

In the unlikely event that the course is canceled, UC San Diego Center for Bleeding and Clothing Disorders, is responsible only for a full refund of the registration fee and not for transportation, hotel accommodations or any miscellaneous expenses. We highly recommend that you protect your trip and/or airline tickets by buying trip protection coverage.

*For those funded, there will still be a $600 admin fee to cover costs for the course, and this fee is non-refundable.

Contact

Marlene Zepeda
UC San Diego Health Center for Bleeding and Clotting Disorders (CBCD)
Program Coordinator
Email: mxzepeda@ucsd.edu 
Phone: (858) 249-1259