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GASTROCON 2000 ALAPPUZHA
24th September, 2000 Sunday
Dear
Sir/ Madam,
We cordially invite you to attend the mid -term conference of Indian
Society of Gastroenterology, Kerala Chapter and CME Programme to be held at
Hotel Raiban Auditorium, Alappuzha, on 24th September 2000.
Yours sincerely,
Dr.
V.M. Haridas
Dr.
Varghese Thomas
Organising Chairman
Organising
Secretary
Programme
Venue:
Hotel Raiban Auditorium, West of Medical College Hospital Junction
8.30
a.m.
: Registration
9.00
:
Inauguration
Chief
Guest
:
Dr. R.K. Shenoy
Former Professor of Medicine,
MCH, Alappuzha.
9.30
Update
on upper GI Bleed
Pharmacotherapy of
upper G.I. bleed
Dr. Meenu Hariharan,
Professor of Gastroenterology,
MCH, Trivandrum.
Chair persons
Dr.
V. Balakrishnan, Kochi.
Dr. V.M. Haridas, Alappuzha.
10.00
Advances in Endoscopic therapy
of upper
GI Bleed
Dr. Philip Augustine
Director, PVS Memorial Hospital, Kochi.
Chair persons
Dr.
K. Vinayachandran Nair, Calicut.
Dr. N.K. Vijayan, Alappuzha.
10.30
TEA BREAK
10.45
Hepatology
update
Drug therapy in viral
hepatitis
Dr. K.R. Vinayakumar
Associate Professor of Gastroenterology
MCH, Kottayam.
Chair persons
Dr. Prem Nair, Kochi.
Dr. Mathew Philip, Kochi.
11.15
Drugs & Liver :
Rationale use
Dr. R. Sobhana Devi
Prof. of Gastroenterology
MCH, Calicut.
Chair persons
Dr. T. Rajeendranath, Calicut
Dr. S. Bhasi, Alappuzha.
11.45
:
GUEST
LECTURE I
Advances in Endoscopic
management of biliary & pancreatic diseases
Dr. T.S. Chandrasekar
Director,
Gastroenterology & Endoscopy Centre
Coimbatore.
Chair persons
Dr. N. Viswanathan, Trichur.
Dr. George Thomas, Thiruvalla.
12.30 p.m. : Gastro
Quiz
Quiz Master
Dr. G.N. Ramesh
PVS
Hospital, Kochi.
1.00 - 1.30 :
Lunch Break
SURGICAL
UPDATES
1.30
Ultrasound imaging in Acute
Abdomen -
Is it useful ?
Dr. Paul Korah
Prof.
of Radiology,
MCH, Alappuzha.
Chair persons
Dr.
Puneet Dhar, Kochi
Dr. A.V. Purushothaman, Alappuzha.
1.45
: GUEST
LECTURE II
Bile duct injury during
cholecystectomy -
the Spectrum
Dr. Sadiq. S. Sikora
Associate
Professor
Surgical Gastroenterology
SGPGIMS, Lucknow.
Chair persons
Dr. Ananda kumar,
Trivandrum.
Dr. H. Ramesh, Kochi.
2.30
:
How
I do it ?
Percutaneous Endoscopic
Gastrostomy
Dr. Ajith Tharakan
Ernakulam
Medical Centre, Kochi.
Chair persons
Dr. K.R. Thankappan, Trivandrum.
Dr. E.B. Sasidharan, Alappuzha.
3.00
Free
paper session
Chair persons
Dr. Thomas Alexander, Mavelikkara.
Dr. Ravi, Nagercoil
1)
Color Doppler Evaluation In Pre Sinusoidal
Portal Hypertension
Drs. Shakeer V K, Ramachandran T M, Syed Ashraf A, Rani Raphael m, Sujatha m, Sobhana Devi r : Department of Gastroenterology, Medical College, Calicut
2)
Laparoendoscopy - a new approach to
evaluate small bowel
Drs.
C P Thomas, C J
Varghese
West
Fort Hospital, Trichur.
3)
Synchronous Carcinoma of colon and
rectum
Drs. Joshy John, Mathew M
Koshy,
M Anandakumar, N Subhalal, AP
Kuruvilla
Department of Surgical
Gastroenterology, Medical College, Trivandrum
4) Does
endosonography obviate the need of
diagnostic ERCP in lower CBD lesions
Dr. Sunil Mathai
Medical Trust Hospital, Kochi.
3.45
tea
& Valedictory function
Registration fee
Delegates
: Rs. 100/-
P.G.
Trainees / Interns :
Rs. 50/-
Conference
Secretariat:
GASTROCON 2000
Dept.
of Gastroenterology
Medical
College Hospital
Alappuzha
688 011.
Tel:
(O)
0477-251611 extn.503
(R)
0477-254565, 261657
Mobile:
98460 86770
E-mail:drvt@vsnl.com,
vathom@hotmail.com
Web
site:http://tdmc.freeservers.com
Please
contact Organising Secretary for details regarding travel / accommodation /
sight seeing.