Imaging Acute Abdomen in Children

Fred E. Avni, MD, PhD, is Professor of Radiology and currently Director of the Section of Ultrasound in the Department of Pediatric Imaging, Jeanne de Flandre Hospital, CHRU de Lille, Lille, France. Dr. Avni trained in Pediatric Radiology in Paris at “Enfants-Malades” and then at Boston Children’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School in 1980. He became Chief at Children’s Hospital Queen Fabiola and subsequently Chairman of the Department of Medical Imaging, Erasme Hospital, ULB, Brussels, Belgium. He is a past president of the European Society of Paediatric Radiology (ESPR) , an ESPR gold medallist and a SPR Pioneer awardee. He is now an honorary member of ESPR and also the French Society of Radiology (FSR). Dr. Avni is a renowned expert in perinatal and abdominal imaging and is the lead or co-author of more than 180 journal articles and 30 book chapters.