January 2001

by order of Date

Event

Date/ Time/ Venue

Hong Kong Academy of Medicine

Views on Health Care Reform

Enquiry: Mr Elmer Wan  (Tel: 2871 8811) or Denise Wong (Tel: 2524 9596 or 9493 2266)

4 January 2001

11:00 am

Function Room, 2nd Floor, HK Academy of Medicine Jockey Club Building, 99 Wong Chuk Hang Road, Aberdeen, Hong Kong

Hong Kong Urological Association

Cystoplasty in Patients with Impaired Renal Function

Chairman: Dr Chu Sai-Man, Simon

Speaker: Dr Ho Kwan-Lun

Enquiry: Dr Chan Kwok-Keung or Ms Siddy Ma,   Tel: 2958 6006   Fax: 2958 6076

CME Accreditation: 1 (by College of Surgeon of HK)

8 January 2001

7:30 pm - 8:30 pm

Seminar Room, G/F, Block A, QEH

Hong Kong College of Radiologists / Hong Kong Society of Diagnostic Radiologists

Joint Scientific Seminar

Speakers: Prof NR Dunnick

Enquiry: Ms Diane Lee,   Tel: 2871 8788

CME Accreditation: 1

9 January 2001

6:30 pm - 7:00 pm  (Reception)

7:00 pm - 8:00 pm  (Lecture)

8:00 pm (Dinner)

The Federation of Medical Societies of Hong Kong, 4/F, Duke of Windsor Social Service Building, 11 Hennessy Road, Wanchai, Hong Kong

Hong Kong Neurosurgical Society

Hong Kong Neurosurgical Society Monthly Academic Meeting - Prevention and Management, Hyperperfusion Breakthough in AVM Surgery

Chairman: Dr Dawson Fong

Speaker: Dr Pang Ka-Hung

Enquiry: Dr HM Chiu,   Tel: 2958 6029   Fax: 2384 5594

CME Accreditation: 2 (by College of Surgeons of HK)

10 January 2001

7:30 am

Seminar Room, G/F, Block A, QEH

Hong Kong Osteoporosis Foundation / The Obstetrical & Gynaecology Society of Hong Kong / The Hong Kong College of Family Physicians

Women's Health Symposium

Chairmen: Dr Dominic Li / Amy Wong Oi-Yee

Speakers: Prof Edith Lau / Prof Elizabeth Barrett-Connor

Enquiry: Ms Sina Leung,   Tel: 2572 0160

11 January 2001

6:00 pm - 8:30 pm

Ball Room, Hotel Nikko Hong Kong, 72 Mody Road, Tsim Sha Tsui East, Kowloon

Minimal Access Surgery Training Centre (PYNEH) / HK Society for Coloproctology

Fifth Colorectal Surgery Course

Chairmen: Dr Michael KW Li / Dr Samuel Kwok

Speaker: Dr Douglas W Wong

Enquiry: Dr Cliff CC Chung,   Tel: 2595 6416   Fax: 2515 3195

CME Accreditation: 15 (by College of Surgeons of HK)

11 - 13 January 2001

8:30 am

Minimal Access Surgery Training Centre, Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital, Hong Kong

Hong Kong Institute of Allergy / American College of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology

Hong Kong Allergy Convention: Challenges in the New Millennium

Speakers: Victor Abdullah / Sami Bahna / Michael Blaiss / Helen Chan / Henry Chan / Moira Chan Yeung / Timothy Craig / Malcolm Greaves / Georges Halpern / John Harper / Chi-kin Ho / Peter Howarth / Stephen Holgate / Johan Kips / Christopher Lam / Roland Leung / Shienori Nakajima / Paul O'Byrne / Alfred Tam / Erika Von Mutius / William I Wei / Gary Wong / James Wong / Adrian Wu

Enquiry: Ms Sandy Chung / Ms Sigourney Liu, FMSHK,   Tel: 2527 8898   Fax: 2866 0753   email: cosfmshk@netvigator.com

CME Accreditation: 8 (by HK College of Family Physicians) / 7.5 (by College of Ophthalmologists of HK) / 12 (by HK College of Otorhinolaryngologists) / 12 (by HK College of Paediatricans) / 13 (by HK College of Physicians) / 12 (by College of Surgeons of HK) / 12 (by Hong Kong Medical Association)

12 - 14 January 2001

(12/1) 4:00 pm - 8:15pm

(13/1) 8:15 am - 7:00 pm

(14/1) 9:00 am - 7:00 pm

Old Wing, Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Centre, Wanchai, Hong Kong

Department of Surgery, the University of Hong Kong

Hong Kong Surgical Forum - Winter

Enquiry: Forum Secretary, Department of Surgery, University of Hong Kong Medical Centre, Queen Mary Hospital, HK  tel : (852)2818 0232 / 2855 4235 , fax : (852)2818 1186, email : mededcon@hku.hk

URL  http://www.hku.hk/surgery

13 - 14 January 2001

5/F, Lecture Theatre, Professorial Block, Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong

SGH Postgraduate Medical Institute

Workshop on Evidence-Based Medicine in Healthcare Policy and Management Decisions

Chairman: Prof YY Ong

Speakers: Prof Paul Glasziou / Prof Chris Silagy

Enquiry: PGMI secretariat, Tel: (65)321 3564   Fax: (65)223 9789   Email: gtefcy@sgh.com.sg

13 - 14 January 2001

(13/1) 8:15 am - 5:15 pm

(14/1) 9:00 am - 3:45 pm

SGH-PGMI Lecture Rooms, Singapore General Hospital, Block 6, Level 1, Outram Road, Singapore 169608

The Hong Kong Medical Association

Seminar on Soft Drugs in Rave Parties

Enquiry: Tel: 2527 8285

14 January 2001

2:45 pm

Lecture Theatre, Hospital Authority Building

Inaugural Meeting of Hong Kong Society for Colposcopy and Cervical Pathology / Obstetrical and Gynaecological Society of Hong Kong

Cervical Caner Management - Time for a Change

Chairman: Prof Hextan Ngan

Enquiry: Ms Teresa Poon,   Tel: 2855 4518  or or before 6 Jan 2001

15 January 2001

7:00 pm - 9:45 pm

The Ballroom, Level II, Great Eagle Hotel, 8 Peking Road, Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon

Hong Kong Society for Infectious Diseases

Scientific Meeting on Gram Positive Infection

Chairman: Dr Lai Sik-to

Speakers: Dr Que Tak-lun / Prof GL French

Enquiry: Ms Katherine Fung,   Tel: 2593 4826   Fax: 25986720

15 January 2001

7:00 pm - 9:15 pm  (Seminar)

9:15 pm - 10:30 pm  (Dinner)

The Excelsior Hong Kong, Causeway Bay, Hong Kong

Hong Kong Society of Critical Care Medicine

Medical Responses to Hazmat Incidents (include Triage and Management of Casualties of Toxic Materials e.g. Nerve Agent Sarin)

Speaker: Prof Mike Moles

Enquiry: Dr Claudia Cheng,   Tel: 2632 2735   Fax: 2637 2422

CME Accreditation: 1 (by HKCA/HKCP)

17 January 2001

6:30 pm - 8:00 pm

Room 5, B1, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Kowloon

Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital / Hong Kong College of Family Physicians / Hong Kong Doctors Union Limited

Common Deuto-alveolar Surgeries

Speaker: Dr Cheng Chi-fung, Jason

Enquiry: Ms Jessica Wong,   Tel: 2595 6418 on or before 16 Jan 2001

18 January 2001

1:15 pm - 2:45 pm

Lecture Hall (Room: PB01.014), 1/F, Pathology Block, Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital

Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Kwong Wah Hospital

Visiting Professorship's Lecture in Cervical Screening: New Ideas & Techniques

Chairman: Dr Lam Siu-keung

Speaker: Prof David Luesley

Enquiry: Dr Lam Siu Keung,   Tel: 2781 5056   Fax: 2781 5269

19 January 2001

6:30 pm - 7:30 pm

Lecture Theatre, 10/F, New Wing, Kwong Wah Hospital, Kowloon