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Conference Watch
Conference on voice restoration after laryngectomy
Date: 22 September, 2005
Venue: West End Hotel, opposite Bombay Hospital, Mumbai.
The conference is jointly organised by Cancer Aid Foundation (CAF) and Association
of Otolaryngologists of India. As part of the conference, a lecture will be
delivered by Dr Peter Rhys-Evan, consultant neck and head surgeon, Royal Marsden
Hospital, London on voice restoration after laryngectomy. Dr Pilloo Hakim, professor
emeritus, Grant Medical College and Sir J J Group of Hospitals will preside
the conference.
For details, contact:
Cancer Aid Foundation,
Prof. A A Kaji, Chairman,
Advocate Munaf A Kaji, Executive Secretary
(Mob- 98206 55087)
Dr Rehan A Kaji, Secretary,
Tel – 022-23007000/23008000/ 39538800/ 39538801
Fax: 23008000
Email: canceraidfoundation@yahoo.com
National conference on breast cancer
Time: 30 th September to 2 nd October 2005
Venue: Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai
Tata Memorial Hospital (TMH) & Women’s Cancer Initiative (WCI) is organising
a conference ‘Breast Cancer: Locoregional Control’- TMH/WCI Annual
Breast Conference and 3rd Annual TMH Practicum. The theme of the conference
is Breast Cancer - Locoregional Control. This conference aims to discuss various
controversial issues in the locoregional control of breast cancer including
surgery and radiation therapy. Various issues like sentinel node biopsy, tumor
bed boost, axillary radiation, internal mammary radiation, partial breast radiation
and intensity modulated radiation therapy will be discussed. We plan to have
live demonstrations on the brachytherapy, treatment planning and IMRT.
The conference would cover subjects like Surgical aspects in the loco regional
treatment of breast cancer (with respect to the demonstration ahead: Breast
conserving therapy and sentinel node biopsy), Accelerated partial breast irradiation:
a new paradigm, Live demonstration: BCT with axillary sampling BCT + Radical
Implant, Radiological evaluation in BCT, Management of screen detected non palpable
lesions, Pathological prognostic factors affecting loco regional control and
survival, Audit of management of breast cancer from various Indian cancer centres,
Which patients with breast conserving therapy can be treated on Telecobalt?,
Controversies in the management of internal mammary nodal region, Dosimetric
principles of planning radical brachytherapy in accelerated partial breast irradiation,
Impact of neoadjuvant chemotherapy in the loco regional control of locally advanced
breast cancer, Breast conserving therapy in locally advanced breast cancer;
TMH experience, Long term sequelae of breast cancer treatment, Cosmetic outcome
and methods to measure it in breast conserving therapy etc.
For details, contact:
Clinical Research Secretariat,
Room No: 6-13, 3rd Floor,
Old Building, Ground Floor,
Tata Memorial Hospital,
Parel, Mumbai, 400 012,
Phone: +91-22-2417 7000
Extn: 4254 & 4259
Fax: +91-22-2415 4005
Email: radonco@vsnl.net, tmhcrs@vsnl.com
Annual Conference of Cardiological Society of India (CSI)
Delhi Branch
Date: October 8-9, 2005
Venue: India Habitat Centre, Lodhi Road, New Delhi.
Highlight of the conference: Cardiological Society of India (CSI), Delhi Branch
is organising this conference. The conference will have a scientific programme,
which will include sessions on Clinical Cardiology, Echocardiography, Electrophysiology,
Interventional Cardiology, Congestive Heart Failure, Hypertension, Hyperlipidemias,
Cardiodiabetes, Metabolic Syndrome, Pediatric Cardiology and Cardio Vascular
surgery etc. More than five hundred delegates will participate in the Conference.
For details, contact:
Dr HK Chopra,
Secretary CSI Delhi Branch
Deptt. of Cardiology,
Moolchand Hospital,
New Delhi
Phone No. 26416519, 26444242,
Mobile 9811090204,
Fax: 52000300
E-mail: choprahk@hotmail.com,drhkchopra@yahoo.com
South Asian Conference on Synergy in HealthCare Programme
Time: 15th to 19th November, 2005
Venue: Paro, Bhutan
The All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi and the ministry of health,
royal government of Bhutan are organising the conference “Healthcare Synergy
– The Road Ahead”. Subjects to be covered: Cardiology and Cardio Thoracic
and Vascular Surgery, Neurology and Neurosurgery, Ophthalmic Sciences, Radio
Imaging, oncology, endrocronology Pre-hospital and Trauma care, Medical Tourism,
Public Private Partnerships, Outsourcing, Health Insurance, Medical Architecture
and Tradition Systems of Medicines. About 150 select experts from various disciplines
are invited to participate in the conference.
The objective of the conference: Bring healthcare issues across our region into
focus, opportunity to strengthen medical institutions in all South Asian countries,
address common health problems through cooperation, exchange, training and workshops,
create synergies between modern medicine and traditional systems, promote medical
tourism intra-region and global influx. The conference provides an opportunity
for clinicians, policymakers, hospital administrators and the media to come
together at the South Asian level.
For details, contact:
Dr Shakti Gupta, Additional Professor,
Department of Hospital Administration,
All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi
Phone: +91-11-26594714
shakti810505@yahoo.com
National Conference on Grading, Rating, Accreditation,
Certification and Evaluation of Healthcare Facilities
Time: 24-25 September 2005
Venue: Armed Forces Medical College, Pune
The conference is a collaborative venture of the departments
of hospital administration of AFMC, Pune and AIIMS, New Delhi . It is aimed
at bringing hospital owners, clinicians, hospital administrators, health economists,
government representatives, NGOs, insurance companies and Third Party Administrators
(TPAs) to a common forum to deliberate and build up a consensus for developing
a model for effective evaluation of healthcare facilities.
For details, contact:
Lt Col S Basu, Organising Secretary, Tel: 020-2630 6088
E-mail – soumenatoshi@yahoo.com
Wg Cdr Mayank Shukla,
Jt Organising Secretary,
Tele: 020-2630 6015
9373083900 (M)
E-mail – mayankshukla@hotmail.com
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