RANZCR: Introducing and Welcoming OGSIG

The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Radiologists (RANZCR)

Inside News March 2020

The Obstetrics and Gynaecology Special Interest Group (OGSIG) is the newest special interest group within RANZCR, officially ratified by the Faculty of Clinical Radiology in July last year.

I am honoured to serve as the inaugural Chair. The other members of the Executive are Dr Virginia Saxton (Victoria), Dr Lynne Brothers (Tasmania), Dr Rachael McEwing (Christchurch, NZ) and Dr Ekaterina Alibrahim (Victoria).

OGSIG has been formed to establish a network of RANZCR members who are interested in O&G imaging, and will provide ongoing support and expansion of this network. OGSIG will help promote best practice for the performance and reporting of O&G imaging in Australia and New Zealand. It will work closely with the Faculty of Clinical Radiology and other RANZCR committees. It will also assist with training of registrars and fellows and will have ongoing input into the curriculum and examinations. It will liaise with local and international organisations such as The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RANZCOG) and the Australasian Society for Ultrasound in Medicine (ASUM) to ensure ongoing high standards and current policies.

The Executive of OGSIG are planning to have annual meetings to help members keep up to date. This year, there was a planned OGSIG session embedded within the ARGANZ meeting in Brisbane which as you all know was unfortunately cancelled. There was going be a meeting of OGSIG members immediately prior to this session. We plan to hold this meeting at this year's ASM in Melbourne instead. Please come along to meet the Executive, and to have your say in what direction you would like OGSIG to take.

I would like to thank the Executive of the Abdominal Radiology Group Australia and New Zealand (ARGANZ), especially Dr Kirsten Gormly, who have been so supportive in allowing us to collaborate in this fashion.

Looking to the future, we hope there will be an annual meeting to help members keep up to date in the fast-changing world of O&G imaging. At present, the meeting will be on Friday 26 March 2021. The content will be practical, in order to help radiologists report O&G at a high level on a day-to-day basis. We hope that there will be plenty to interest both the generalist and sub-specialist radiologists, and will aim to have talks which include ultrasound and MRI, in both gynaecology and obstetrics. We will provide more information as we confirm speakers, but please put this date in your diary.

In the meantime, please feel free to contact me if you have any queries regarding O&G imaging.

Dr Emmeline Leeemmeline@westernultrasound.com.au