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MSK | Facial ultrasound workshop: Anatomical mapping and variations

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Central A | Siemens
In-Person Only
MSK
Friday, May 29, 2026
12:30 PM - 1:20 PM
Central Rm A | Ground Floor | Siemens Healthineers

Overview

Ms Lisa Hackett


Speaker

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Ms Lisa Hackett
Clinical Sonographer, Researcher, Director
The Ultrasound Educator

Facial ultrasound workshop: Anatomical mapping and variations

12:30 PM - 1:20 PM

Presentation Synopsis / Abstract

This hands-on workshop provides practical training in the use of ultrasound for real-time assessment of facial anatomy, with a focus on improving anatomical understanding and procedural safety. Designed for clinicians and practitioners using facial ultrasound in clinical or aesthetic practice, the session emphasises active scanning, image interpretation, and anatomical correlation.

Biography

Ms Lisa Hackett FASA | The Ultrasound Educator Lisa Hackett is a qualified radiographer and sonographer and holds a Master’s degree in Science (Research) a Fellowship of Ultrasound and is a PhD candidate with UNSW. She has been actively involved in MSK ultrasound since 1993. She began her career in Sydney working with hand surgeons and was a pioneer in the establishment of MSK ultrasound in Sports Medicine imaging and research. She now works in the field of Orthopaedics, Sports medicine and Rheumatology. She is an experienced and well respected educator and mentor in MSK ultrasound, and presents both Nationally and Internationally. She is actively involved in research and has presented her work at the AAOS(2015) and ORS(2016) meetings where she presented “Are the symptoms of Calcific tendonitis due to neoinnervation and/or neovascularization” and this work was published in the Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery (Feb 2016) and most recently her work on “Reliability of shearwave elastography to assess the supraspinatus tendon: An intra and inter-rater in vivo study”, was published in the Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery (2020) & more recently “A Systematic Temporal Assessment of Changes in Tendon Stiffness Following Rotator Cuff Repair”, Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine, 2023. She has published over 35 peer reviewed papers both as primary author and co-author and is activity involved as a peer reviewer.
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