by Dr Anastasia Hadjiconstanti, Assistant Professor, Department of Basic and Clinical Sciences, University of Nicosia Medical School

ERCP is a procedure to diagnose and treat problems in the liver, gallbladder, bile ducts, and pancreas. It combines X-ray and the use of an endoscope.  Dr Hadjiconstanti will present her doctoral research where the level of patient radiation doses during ERCP procedure were examined.  She will also discuss Nuclear Medicine issues regarding the optimisation of the diagnostic value of post-surgical I-123 SPECT thyroid imaging and the application of patient-specific dosimetry for radioiodine ablation of thyroid remnants in patients with differentiated thyroid cancer (DTC).

ABOUT THE SPEAKER

Dr Hadjiconstanti completed her Bachelor studies in the Department of Physics at the University of Ioannina in Greece and received her Master degree and PhD in Medical Physics from the School of Medicine at the University of Patras in Greece.

She holds a professional license as a Medical Radiation Physicist and as a Medical Physicist for non-ionizing radiation from the Ministry of Health and Social Solidarity of Greece. She is a member of the Cyprus Medical Physicists Association. Her research interests are in dosimetry and medical image quality in interventional procedures using X-rays, ultrasonography and Nuclear Medicine.