Enjoy a premium educational experience, free for charge, that fits into your busy schedule. The ESSR live webinars are designed for radiologists and residents in radiology with an interest in musculoskeletal imaging. Beside selected open access videos, past webinars can be viewed at the ESSR eLearning Platform. The aim is to promote the society’s mission in education and research of the imaging of musculoskeletal diseases with a focus on the European tradition of problem solving in this field. New knowledge should be brought from science into clinical practice. The webinars contain interactive lectures given by opinion leaders in their field, clinical case vignettes, live discussions, and practice tips. Presentations are optimized for micro e-learning, i. e. for the comfortable use with mobile devices. The learning objectives are oriented on the requirements of the ESSR Diploma and the musculoskeletal part of the ESR board examination.
Programme Directors
Webinar Programme Directors:
M. Weber (Education Committee)
M. Rupreht (Executive Committee)
B. Horehledova (Young Club)
– further supported by the ESSR Educational Committee, the ESSR Young Club, and the ESSR Subcommittees
Accreditation
Webinar Series 2022&2023&2024
Each ESSR webinar is granted 1 European CME credits (ECMEC®s) by the European Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (EACCME®). CME credits will be awarded for live viewing only (completion of the online evaluation is mandatory).
UPCOMING WEBINAR 2025
MRI of subchondral bone
Monday, January 20, 2025, 19:00 CET
Speaker: Catherine Phan, Paris/FR
Moderator: Stefano Lusi, Milan/IT
The webinars are for members only!
Upcoming Webinars 2025
MRI of subchondral bone
Monday, January 20, 2025, 19:00 CET
Speaker: Catherine Phan, Paris/FR
Moderator: Stefano Lusi, Milan/IT
Basivertebral nerve ablation for vertebrogenic back pain
Monday, February 10, 2025, 19:00 CET
Speaker: David McKean, Aylesbury/UK
Moderator: Mitja Rupreht, Maribor/SI
Insights into DWI of MSK system
Monday, March 10, 2025, 19:00 CET
Speaker: Yi-Xiang Wang, Shatin/HK
Moderator: Marc-André Weber, Rostock/DE
Bone tumors : current practical approach with a focus on cartilaginous tumors
Monday, April 28, 2025, 19:00 CEST
Speaker: Koenraad Verstraete, Brugge/BE
Moderator: Violeta Vasilevska, Skopje/MK
CPPD, Gout & HADD: Radiographic Differentiation
Monday, May 12, 2025, 19:00 CEST
Speaker: Dennis Bielecki, Birmingham/UK
Moderator: Chiara Giraudo, Padova/IT
Back to basics: radiographs for rheumatic diseases
Monday, June 09, 2025, 19:00 CEST
Speaker: Torsten Diekhoff, Berlin/DE
Moderator: Franz Kainberger, Vienna/AT
Dual Energy CT and Bone marrow detection in trauma
Monday, September 08, 2025, 19:00 CEST
Speaker: Christoph Felix Müller, Herlev/DK
Moderator: Mikael Boesen, Copenhagen/DK
Is there a role for DECT in arthritis?
Monday, October 13, 2025, 19:00 CEST
Speaker: Torsten Diekhoff, Berlin/DE
Moderator: Lennart Jans,Ghent/BE
Fat and bone: the multiperspective analysis of a close relationship
Monday, November 10, 2025, 19:00 CET
Speaker: Maria Pilar Aparisi Gomez, Valencia/ES
Moderator: Barbora Horehleďová, Heerlen/NL
Ultrasound-MRI fusion image guidance for lumbar nerve root blocks
Monday, December 08, 2025, 19:00 CET
Speaker: David Wilson, Oxford/UK
Moderator: Vid Matisic, Zagreb/HR
Past Webinars 2024
MSK infection in children: new techniques for well-known pathologies
Monday, February 12, 2024, 19:00 CET
Speaker: Emilio Inarejos, Barcelona/ES
Case Presentation: Gianluca Folco, Milan/IT
Moderation: Barbora Horehleďová, Hulsberg/NL
Sacroiliitis in clinical practice and beyond
Monday, March 04, 2024, 19:00 CET
Speaker: Filippo Del Grande, Lugano/CH
Moderation: Mitja Rupreht, Maribor/SI
MRgFUS for the treatment of benign bone lesions
Monday, April 08, 2024, 19:00 CEST
Speaker: Francesco Arrigoni, L’Aquila/IT
Case Presentation: Julia Daffinà, Rome/IT
Moderation: Danoob Dalili, London/UK
US guided interventional procedures of sport-related injuries
Monday, May 06, 2024, 19:00 CEST
Speaker: Davide Orlandi, Genova/IT
Case Presentation: Matteo Catania, Verona/IT
Moderation: Elena Drakonaki, Heraklion/GR
WBMRI in rheumatology. Why, when and how
Monday, September 02, 2024, 19:00 CEST
Speaker: Iris Eshed, Raanana/IL
Case Presentation: Lihi Pertman, Tel Aviv/ISR
Moderation: Andrea Rosskopf, Zurich/CH
Cervical spine injuries
Monday, October 07, 2024, 19:00 CEST
Speaker: Guillaume Bierry, Strasbourg/FR
Moderation: Danoob Dalili, London/UK
Photon-counting CT for musculoskeletal applications
Monday, November 04, 2024, 19:00 CET
Speaker: Edwin Oei, Rotterdam/NL
Speaker: Ronald Booij, Rotterdam/NL
Case Presentation: Denise van Beekveld, Rotterdam/NL
Moderation: Barbora Horehleďová, Heerlen/NL
Finger injuries in climbers
Tuesday, December 17, 2024, 19:00 CET
Speaker: Franck Lapegue, Narbonne/FR and Aymeric Andre, Toulouse/FR
Moderation: Elena Drakonaki, Heraklion/GR
Past Webinars 2023
Bone-RADS
Monday, January 09, 2023, 19:00 CET
Speakers: Connie Chang, Boston/USA
Moderation: Danoob Dalili, London/UK
Advances in MR Imaging of the Painful Hip Arthroplasty
Monday, February 06, 2023, 19:00 CET
Speaker: Christian Pfirrmann, Zurich/CH
Case Presentation: Florian Schmaranzer, CH
Moderation: Ana I. García, Barcelona/ES
MR imaging of pediatric growth plate disturbances
Monday, March 13, 2023, 19:00 CET
Speaker: Saira Haque, London/UK
Moderation: Paolo Simoni, Brussels/BE
Cryoablation in the musculoskeletal system: twelve years of experience
Monday, April 03, 2023, 19:00 CEST
Speaker: Thomas Le Corroller, Marseille/FR and Roberto Luigi Cazzato, Strasbourg/FR
Case Presentation: Antoine Moutiez, Marseille/FR
Moderation: Danoob Dalili, London/UK
Ultrasound of the distal biceps brachii tendon
Wednesday, May 03, 2023, 19:00 CEST
Speakers: Yacine Carlier, Bordeaux/FR: Clinical and surgical features
Jean-Baptiste Pialat, Lyon/FR: Normal US anatomy
Antoine Moraux, Verlighem/FR: US aspects of biceps brachii distal tears
Lionel Pesquer, Bordeaux/FR: Complications and re-tears
Moderation: Elena Drakonaki Crete/GR
Ultrasound Elastography in Musculoskeletal Radiology
Monday, June 05, 2023, 19:00 CEST
Speaker: Žiga Snoj, Ljubljana/SI
Moderation: Elena Drakonaki Crete/GR
INTERSOCIETY WEBINAR organised by EUSOBI: Imaging of musculoskeletal involvement in breast cancer
Wednesday, June 07, 2023, 18:00 CEST
Speaker: Carmelo Messina
Moderation: Iva Biondic
INTERSOCIETY WEBINAR organised by ESOI: Atypical presentations of bone mets
Wednesday, June 14, 2023, 18:00 CEST
Speaker: Frederic Lecouvet, Brussels/BE
Imaging of chest wall and abdominal wall in athletes
Monday, September 04, 2023, 19:00 CEST
Speaker: Javier Arnáiz, Doha/QA
Moderation: Ana Vieira, Porto/PT
Imaging of chest wall and abdominal wall in athletes
Monday, September 4, 2023, 19:00 CET
Speaker: Javier Arnaiz Doha/Qatar
Moderator: Ana Vieira, Porto/PT
Advances and value of MR imaging in early diagnosis of rheumatoid arthritis
Monday, October 23, 2023, 19:00 CET
Speaker: Monique Reijnierse, Leiden/NL (Advances of MR imaging of the hand and foot in early RA detection)
Speaker: Annette van der Helm-van Mil, Leiden/NL (Value of MRI for early diagnosis of RA)
Case Presentation: Sanne Boeren, Rotterdam/NL
Moderation: Chiara Giraudo, Padova/IT
Soft tissue tumors in children
Monday, November 06, 2023, 19:00 CET
Speaker: Emilio Inarejos, Barcelona/ES
Moderation: Ana I. Garcia, Barcelona/ES
US of iatrogenic nerve injuries
Monday, December 04, 2023, 19:00 CET
Speaker: Elena Drakonaki, Heraklion/GR
Moderation: Ana Vieira, Porto/PT
Past Webinars 2022
Spondylodiscitis infectious and non-infectious
January 10, 2022, 19:00-20:00 CET
Speaker: Antoine Feydy, Paris/FR
The Limping Child
Tuesday, February 01, 2022, 19:00 CET
Speaker: Alberto Bazzocchi, Bologna/IT
Injuries of the hand and pulleys
Monday, March 14, 2022, 19:00 CET
Speaker: Andrea B. Rosskopf, Zurich/CH
News in peripheral nerve imaging
Monday, April 11, 2022, 19:00 CEST
Speaker: Marie Faruch, Toulouse/FR
Overuse sport lesions in children-imaging findings
Monday, May 02, 2022, 19:00 CEST
Speaker: Alberto Vieira, Porto/Portugal
US-Guided carpal and cubital tunnel release
Monday, June 20, 2022, 19:00 CEST
Speaker: Alexander Loizides, Innsbruck/Austria
Calf injuries
Monday, September 05, 2022, 19:00 CEST
Speakers: Jaime Isern-Kebschull and Gil Rodas, Barcelona/ES
Giant cell tumour of bone: diagnosis and post denosumab findings from a radiology and pathology perspective
Tuesday, October 04, 2022, 19:00 CET
Speakers: Kirsten van Langevelde and Pancras Hogendoorn (pathologist), Netherlands
Imaging of axial spondyloarthritis – a practical approach
Monday, November 07, 2022, 19:00 CET
Speaker: Patrick Omoumi, Lausanne/CH
Co-Moderator: Chiara Giraudo, Padova/IT
Discussant Rheumatologist: Augusta Ortolan, Padova/IT
Case presentation: Massimo Donalisio, Lausanne/CH
Ultrasound imaging of skin tumors: Clues to the differential diagnosis
Monday, December 05, 2022, 19:00 CET
Speaker: Elena Gallardo,Spain
Case Pesentation: Elena Julián Gómez, Spain
Past Webinars 2021
MSK Interventional Oncology
January 18, 2021, 19:00-20:00 CET
Speaker: Prof. Roberto Luigi Cazzato, Strasbourg/France
Imaging of Shoulder Instability
February 8, 2021, 19:00-20:00 CET
Speaker: Prof. Christoph Schäffeler, Chur/Switzerland
Artificial Intelligence in MSK, recent developments
April 12, 2021, 19:00-20:00 CEST
Speaker: Michael Recht, United States of America
Congenital skeletal pathology: In search of the skeleton key
May 10, 2021, 19:00-20:00 CEST
Speaker: Pilar Aparisi Gomez, New Zealand/Spain
Case Presentation: Matina Boitsios, Brussels/Belgium
Imaging the Menisci: The Basics, Pitfalls and What Not to Miss
June 22, 2021, 19:00-20:00 CEST
Speaker: Andrew Grainger, United Kingdom
Case Presentation: Holly Christopher, United Kingdom
Clinical Dilemmas in MR Neurography
September 13, 2021, 19:00-20:00 CEST
Speaker: Shivani Alhawat, United States of America
Case Presentation: Ryan Ortez
Possible traps in evaluating bone and soft tissue tumours
October 11, 2021, 19:00-20:00 CET
Speaker: Hatice Tuba Sanal, Turkey
Case Presentation: Kitija Nulle, Latvia
Role of imaging in Body composition analysis
December 21, 2021, 19:00-20:00 CET
Speaker: Amanda Isaac, United Kingdom
Past Webinars 2020
Imaging of Elbow Instability
January 13, 2020 | 19:00 – 20:00 CET
Speaker: Dr. Reto Sutter, Zurich/CH
Case Presenter: Florian Huber, Zurich/CH
Early-onset OA of the hip joint
February 10, 2020 | 19:00 – 20:00 CET
Speaker: Prof. Apostolos Karantanas, Heraklion/GR
Interventional Musculoskeletal Ultrasound: Common Applications
March 2, 2020 | 19:00 – 20:00 CET
Speaker: Jon A. Jacobson, MD, Michigan/US
Rheumatoid Arthritis
April 6, 2020 | 19:00 – 20:00 CEST
Speaker: Prof. Iwona Sudol-Szopinska, Warsaw/PL
Case Presentation: Dr. Grzegorz Pracon, Warsaw/PL
Imaging of cruciate ligaments
May 18, 2020 | 19:00 – 20:00 CEST
Speaker: Dr. Anagha P. Parkar, Bergen/NO
Case Presentation: Magdalena Chmiel-Nowak, Cracow/PL
ESOI-ESSR Webinar The MSK – soft tissues tumours
June 30, 2020| 18:00 – 19:00 CEST
Speaker: F. Vanhoenacker, Antwerp/BE
Metal artifact reduction – MRI: from principle to practice
Monday, October 12, 19:00 – 20:00 CEST
Speaker: Jan Fritz, Baltimore/US
Care, learn, innovate: The role of imaging professionals in the management of osteoporosis patients
Monday, November 9, 2020 | 19:00-20:00 CET
Speaker: Eleni Kariki, Manchester/UK
Imaging of Osteoarthritis
Dezember 14, 2020 | 19:00-20:00 CET
Speaker: Dr. Edwin Oei, Rotterdam/NL
Past Webinars 2019
MRI of the pediatric knee
Monday, January 14, 2019 | 18:00 – 19:00 CET
Speaker: Prof. Dr. Lennart Jans, Ghent/BE
Case Presentation: Dr. Bert Degrieck, Ghent/BE
Exploring the jungle of the posterior triangle of the neck with ultrasound
Tuesday, February 26, 2019 | 18:00 – 19:00 CET
Speaker: Prof. Carlo Martinoli, Genoa/IT
Case Presentation: Federico Zaottini, Genoa/IT
Sports Imaging: Imaging athletic groin pain
Monday, April 8, 2019 | 18:00 – 19:00 CEST
Speaker: Dr. Philip Robinson, Leeds/UK
Case Presentation: Dr. Hardi Madani, Leeds/UK
Subtle and Manifest Signs of Spinal Injury
Monday, May 13, 2019 | 18:00 – 19:00 CEST
Speaker: Dr. Victor Cassar-Pullicino, Oswestry/UK
Case presentation: Dr. Timothy Woo, Oswestry/UK
Imaging and response assessment of multiple myeloma
ESOI/ESSR Young Radiologists Joint Webinar
Monday, May 20, 2019 | 18:00 – 19:00 CEST
Speaker: Prof. Andrea Baur-Melnyk, Munich/DE
Knee femoropatellar instability: How does CT/MRI contribute to treatment decision?
October 14, 2019 | 19:00 – 20:00 CEST
Speaker: Dr. P. Diana Afonso, Lisbon/PT
Case presentation: Dr. Ana Catarina Vieira
Spinal degenerative disk disease
November 11, 2019 | 19:00 – 20:00 CET
Speaker: Prof. Eoin Kavanagh, Dublin/IE
Case presentation: Dr. John Hynes, Dublin/IE
Postoperative Shoulder
December 9, 2019 | 19:00 – 20:00 CET
Speaker: Prof. Klaus Wörtler, Munich/DE
Case Presenter: Dr. Benedikt Schwaiger, Munich/DE
Past Webinars 2018
Imaging of early arthritis – new frontiers for multimodality imaging
Monday, May 7, 2018 | 18:00 – 19:00 CET
Speaker: Prof. Franz Kainberger, Vienna/AT
Case Presentation: Dr. Omar Albtoush, Tübingen/DE
Imaging of osteoporosis and body composition – new techniques, new diseases
Monday, October 8, 2018 | 18:00 – 19:00 CEST
Speaker: Prof. Giuseppe Guglielmi, Foggia/IT
Case Presentation: Dr. Carmelo Messina, Milan/IT
Imaging of the tendons and ligaments of the ankle
Monday, November 12, 2018 | 18:00 – 19:00 CET
Speaker: Dr. Eva Llopis, Valencia/ES
Case Presentation: Dr. Alexys Perez, Consorci Hospitalary Terrassa/ES
Lumps and bumps of the soft tissue – how to differentiate benign from malignant lesions?
Monday, December 10, 2018 | 18:00 – 19:00 CET
Speaker: Prof. Filip Vanhoenacker, Antwerp-Mechelen-Ghent/BE
Case Presentation: D. Julie Desimpel Antwerp/BE
European Course on Spine Radiology
This Advanced course is jointly organised between the European Society of Musculoskeletal Radiology (ESSR) and the European Society of Neuroradiology (ESNR) and is intended to provide a jointly effort to a deeper knowledge of X-Ray and CT guided procedures to give radiologists a wide range of new possibilities in treating the spine, reducing the risk of side effects and complications in comparison to conventional “open surgery”. Each cycle has two modules and will be repeated every two years.
CME Accreditation
The European Course on Spine Radiology is asking for CME accredition for each module.
Aims
The ESSR meets * national societies program is directed to the countries in which the MSK discipline has already been structured within the national musculoskeletal radiology society or in case there is no MSK separate society with the national radiology society in terms of specific educational paths or recognized professional subspecialty (from now on, these countries will be called “hosting countries”). The aim of the ESSR meets * national society program is threefold:
- to offer high-quality advanced teaching in the field of MSK radiology to the members of national musculoskeletal radiology societies, incl. MSK subspecialty groups;
- to establish liaisons between ESSR and national radiology societies to attract and encourage active participation of their members in the ESSR activities (ie. ESSR membership, use of the educational platform etc.);
- to forge closer relationships and create the conditions for endorsement and implementation of ESSR guidelines and educational paths.
- Facilitate of young radiologist in the ESSR young club and in the AVATAR initiative
The ESSR meets * national society program is designed for Europe. Regarding extra-european countries, options to take include a) activation of the outreach program; b) an ad-hoc meets* program following bilateral intersocietal agreement (es. ESSR meets SSR) through the intersociety committee and the different committees and subcommittees of the ESSR.
Application for 2025 and beyond is currently closed.
ESSR meets Türkiye, August 31-September 1, 2024
ESSR meets Poland, November 15-16, 2024
ESSR Meets the Hellenic Society of Skeletal Radiology
Course on Peripheral Joint Imaging
30 September – 1 October 2023
Athens, Greece
The “ESSR meets Greece” course was co-organized by the European Society of Skeletal Radiology (ESSR) and the Hellenic Society of Skeletal Radiology (HSSR) under the auspices of the Hellenic Society of Radiology, the Hellenic College of Radiology and the Medical School of the University of Crete.
ESSR lead Speaker/Local Organizer
Elena Drakonaki,
ESSR Education Committee Chair, HSSR Vice-President
ESSR Speakers
Carlo Martinoli, Eva Llopis, Miraude Adriaensen, Andrea Rosskopf
Course Chairpersons
Carlo Martinoli, ESSR President
Konstantinos Pikoulas, HSSR President
Aims
The aims of the ESSR outreach program are as follows:
- to fulfil one of the primary objectives of the ESSR in advancing the knowledge about the diagnosis and treatment of musculoskeletal disorders and to provide a European forum for education and research of musculoskeletal radiology
- to provide education in European countries where the access to high quality teaching in musculoskeletal radiology may be limited by financial or geographical constraints
- to support the educational activities of local groups or societies in these countries and to enhance the future cooperation of these groups or societies and the ESSR
Full Programme Outline
- ESSR Outreach 2026
- ESSR Outreach 2025
- ESSR Outreach 2024
- ESSR Outreach 2019
- ESSR Outreach 2018
- ESSR Outreach 2017
- ESSR Outreach 2015
Application for 2026 and beyond is currently closed.
ESSR Outreach Course Yerevan, Armenia
September 25-27, 2025
ESSR Local organisers: Marina Aloyan, Ara Kassarjian
ESSR Outreach Course Ljubljana, Slovenia
April 19-20, 2024
ESSR and Slovenian Association of Radiology
US Approach to Peripheral Joints: Diagnostic and Minimally Invasive Procedures
ESSR Local organisers: Vladka Salapura, Karlo Pintarič, Žiga Snoj
Read course report
ESSR Outreach Course Skopje, Macedonia
November 1-2, 2024
ESSR in cooperation with Macedonian Association of Radiology and Macedonian Society of Musculoskeletal Radiology
The theme of this course is based on educational needs of radiologists in Macedonia. All lectures are targeted to the needs according to daily practice.
ESSR Local organisers: Violeta Vasilevska Nikodinovska PhD MSC
ESSR Outreach Course Badajoz, Spain
April 4-5, 2019
Local Organiser: Maria Angeles Fernandez Gil,
ESSR lead speaker: Eva Llopis
Read course report
ESSR Outreach MSK US Course Kaunas, Lithuania
April 12-13, 2019
Local Organiser: Saulius Rutkauskas
ESSR lead speaker: Gina Allen
Read course report
ESSR Outreach Course Warsaw, Poland
26-29 September, 2019
Local Organiser: Iwona Sudol-Szopinska
ESSR lead speaker: Gina Allen
Download Flyer – Outreach Poland september
ESSR Outreach MSK US Course Dubrovnik, Croatia
May 10-13, 2018
Local Organiser: Gordana Ivanac, Tilda Bogdanović
ESSR lead speaker: Philip O’Connor
Report of ESSR outreach meeting Dubrovnik
ESSR Outreach Course Skopje, Macedonia
December 14-15, 2018
Local Organiser: Violeta Vasilevska-Nikodinowska
ESSR lead speaker: Kai Vilanova
Report ESSR outreach program – Macedonia
ESSR Outreach Course Yerevan Armenia
May 25-26, 2017
Local Organiser: Marina Aloyan
ESSR lead speaker: Ara Kassarjian (ES)
Read the full report
MSK Magnetic Resonance Basic Course – MSK anatomy and basic pathologies Warsaw, Poland
December 4-5, 2015
Local Organiser: Iwona Sudoł-Szopińska