March 2001

by order of Date

Event

Date/ Time/ Venue

The Hong Kong Institute of Family Medicine

Video Viewing Session: Management of Hepatitis C

CME Accreditation: 1 (HK College of Family Physicians)

2 March 2001

2:00 - 3:00 pm

Seminar Room, 2/F, Medical Centre, Union Hospital, 18 Fu Kin Street, Tai Wai, Shatin

The HK Society of Haematology / The HK Association of Blood Transfusion & Haematology

Joint Scientific Meeting 2001

Chairman: Albert Lie

Speakers: James Isbister / Alison Street / YL Kwong / KY Yuen

Enquiry: Tel: 2632 2144   Fax: 2648 7097   Email: kennylei@cuhk.edu.hk

3 March 2001

2:00 - 7:00 pm

Sung Room, Sheraton Hotel, Hong Kong Hotel & Towers, Tsimshatsui, Kowloon

Hong Kong Urological Association

Post-hysterectomy Urinary Incontinence

Chairman: Mah Soo-Fan, Ida

Speaker: Yung Yee-Ping

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

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

5 March 2001

7:30 - 8:30 pm

Seminar Room, G/F, Block A, QEH

The Obstetrical & Gynaecological Society of Hong Kong

Oestrogen and Alzheimer's Disease

Chairman: Lawrence CH Tang

Speaker: Tom Thomas

Enquiry: Ms Teresa Leung,   Tel: 2599 8280

6 March 2001

7:00 - 9:30 pm

4/F, Sung Room, Sheraton HK Hotel & Tower, Tsimshatsui, Kowloon

The Hong Kong Institute of Family Medicine

Video Viewing Session: 
Managing Diabetes in the Primary Care Setting: A Team Approach

CME Accreditation: 1 (HK College of Family Physicians)

9 March 2001

2:00 - 3:00 pm

Seminar Room, 2/F, Medical Centre, Union Hospital, 18 Fu Kin Street, Tai Wai, Shatin

Department of Orthopaediatric Surgery, QMH

AO Course in Diaphyseal Fractures - Advances in Intramedullary Fixation HK 2001 for Surgeons (with Hands-on Workshops)

Chairman: Frankie Leung

Enquiry: Secretariat,   Tel: 2855 4258   Fax: 2817 4392

CME Accreditation: 8 (Cat A)

9 - 11 March 2001

Hong Kong Academy of Medicine Jockey Club Building, 99 Wong Chuk Hang Road, Aberdeen, Hong Kong

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Hong Kong Thoracic Society & American College of Chest Physicians (HK & Macau Chapter)

Annual Scientific Meeting March 2001

Chairmen: KS Chan / WW Deng / Mary IP / Christopher Lai / WK Lam / Thomas Mok / CM Tam / Loretta Yam / NS Zhong

Speakers: Watchara Boonsawat / Sidney Braman / Moira Chan-Yeung / Susan Chiu / William Corrao / HJ Duanmu / David Hui / Richard Irwin / Lawrence Mohr / Clara Ooi / Chaicharn Pothirat / Warren Summer / WW Yew / NS Zhong

Enquiry: Ms Sandy Chung / Ms Grace Chu, FMSHK,   Tel: 2527 8898   Fax: 2866 7530   Email: cosfmshk@netvigator.com

CME Accreditation: 5 (by HK College of Family Physicians (Cat 6.2)) / 7 (by HK College of Paediatricians (Cat A)) / 7 (by HK College of Physicians) / 7.5 (by College of Surgeons of HK)

10 March 2001

(10/3) 5:15 pm - 8:00 pm

(11/3) 8:45 am - 5:30 pm

Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre

Department of the University of HK / HK College of Otorhinolaryngologists / HK Otorhinoloaryngolocial Society

6th Asian Research Symposium in Rhinology

Enquiry: Tel: 2818 0232 / 2855 4235   Fax: 2818 1186

CME Accreditation: 14 (by HKCORL)

10 - 11 March 2001

10 March 2001: 8:00am - 6:30pm

11 March 2001: 8:20am - 6:00pm

Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Centre

The Obstetrical & Gynaecological Society of HK / HK Society of Neonatal Medicine

Scientific Lecture - Understanding Neonatal Brain Development

Chairman: Bill Chan

Speaker: Berthold Vkoletzko

Enquiry: Ms Yvonne So,   Tel: 2599 8291

13 March 2001

7:00 - 9:30 pm

Room 201, New Wing, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, 1 Expo Drive, Wanchai

Hong Kong Neurosurgical Society

Hong Kong Neurosurgical Society Monthly Academic Meeting - "Surgical Approach to Pineal Tumours"

Chairman: Samuel Leung

Speaker: David Sun

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

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

14 March 2001

7:30 am

Seminar Room, G/F, Block A, QEH

Union Hospital

Post-partum Depression

Speaker: Lee Tak Shing

Enquiry:   Tel: 2608 3180

CME Accreditation: 1 (HK College of O&G / HK College of FP / HK College of Psychiatrists)

16 March 2001

2:00 - 3:00 pm

Union Hospital, Seminar Room, 2/F, Medical Centre, 18 Fu Kin Street, Tai Wai, Shatin

Hong Kong College of Paediatricians / Hong Kong Society of Neonatal Medicine

International Congress on Neonatal Jaundice

Chairman: David K Stevenson

Enquiry: Ms Esther Ho,   Tel: 2509 3430   Fax: 2667 6927

16 - 18 March 2001

(16/3) 4:00 pm - 7:00 pm

(17/3) 7:00 am - 9:00 pm

(18/3) 7:00 am - 4:45 pm

HK Academy of Medicine Jockey Club Building, 99 Wong Chuk Hang Road, Aberdeen, Hong Kong

Hospital Authority

HA Commissioned Training - Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) in O&G

Chairmen: PC Ho / T Chung / KB Cheung / KT Tse / KM Mok / Robert Chin / Susan Fan / CM Tai

Speakers: Fugh-Berman / Denise Tiran / Fung Hong / Leung Ting Hung / Yu Chau Leung / Paul Chan & Local Speakers

Enquiry: Ms Rita Wong,   Tel: 2300 6331   Fax: 2781 5056

CME Accreditation: 19.5 (by HKCOG)

19 - 23 March 2001

(19/3)     9:30 am - 4:30 pm

(20-23/3) 9:00 am - 4:30 pm

The HK Society of Paediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology & Nutrition

Scientific Meeting
i)  Nutritional Needs of the Premature Infants (Lecture)
ii) Enternal Feeding of Prematurity

Speakers: KL Siu / NS Kwong

Enquiry: Dr Leung Ying-Kit,   Tel: 2771 0698

CME Accreditation: 2 (by HK College of Paediatricians (Cat A))

21 March 2001

7:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Block D, Ground Floor, QEH

The Hong Kong Institute of Family Medicine

Video Viewing Session:
Chest Pain of Non-Cardiac Origin: Evaluation & Management

CME Accreditation: 1 (HK College of Family Physicians)

23 March 2001

2:00 - 3:00 pm

Seminar Room, 2/F, Medical Centre, Union Hospital, 18 Fu Kin Street, Tai Wai, Shatin

The Hong Kong Society of Sleep Medicine

The Eighth Scientific Meeting of the Hong Kong Society of Sleep Medicine

Speakers: Terry Young & Local Speakers

Enquiry: Ms Cathy Wong,   Tel: 2332 3366   Fax: 2744 2313

24 March 2001

2:30 pm - 9:00 pm

HK Academy of Medicine Jockey Club Building, 99 Wong Chuk Hang Road, Aberdeen, Hong Kong

The European School of Oncology / The Breast Centre of Kwong Wah Hospital / The HK Society of Radiation Therapy and Oncology

Breast Cancer Management in the 21st Century - Second International Symposium & Workshop

Speakers: M Aapro / CM Chan / SF Chong / M Colleoni / E France / CM Ho / G Ho / US Khoo / WH Kwan / S Kyriakides / J Mackay / R Mansel / JY Petit / N Piller / C Rose / G Viale / TK Yau / S Zurrida

Enquiry: Ms Grace Chu / Ms Sigourney Liu, FMSHK,   Tel: 2527 8898   Fax: 2866 7530   Email: cosfmshk@netvigator.com

CME Accreditation: 11 (by HK College of Family Physicians) / 11 (by HK College of Pathologists) / 11 (by HK College of Radiologists) / 8 (by College of Surgeons of HK)

24 -25 March 2001

(24/3) 9:00 am - 5:00 pm

(25/3) 9:00 am - 4:30 pm

Hospital Authority Building

The HK Geriatrics Society

Annual Scientific Meeting 2001
i)  Presentation by HKGS
ii) Presentation by Outstanding

Chairmen: Carolyn Kng / Shirley Ip

Speakers: DKY Miu / JSW Lee / Free Paper Prize Winners

Enquiry: Ms Yvonne Tse,   Tel: 2733 4673   Fax: 2723 7820

28 March 2001

7:15 pm - 9:00 pm

Sheraton Hotel

St. Paul's Hospital

Symposium on Acute Stroke Management

Enquiry: Ms. Grace Choy,   Tel: 2890 8774

29 March 2001

6:30 - 9:00 pm

Regal Hong Kong Hotel, Causeway Bay, Hong Kong

Hospital Authority / HK College of Paediatricians

Lecture: Review of Recent Medical Literature in Child Abuse

Speakers: Robert M Reece

Enquiry: Carmen,   Tel: 2379 4861

CME Accreditation: 1 (by HK College of Paediatricians(Cat A))

29 March 2001

8:00 pm - 9:00 pm

(Light refreshment will be served at 7:30 pm)

Seminar Room II, M Floor, Hospital Authority Building, 147B Argyle Street, Kowloon

The Hong Kong Institute of Family Medicine

Video Viewing Session:
Consultations in Dermatology: Identifying & Treating Skin Abnormalities

CME Accreditation: 1 (HK College of Family Physicians)

30 March 2001

2:00 - 3:00 pm

Seminar Room, 2/F, Medical Centre, Union Hospital, 18 Fu Kin Street, Tai Wai, Shatin

The Hong Kong Society for Infectious Diseases

Fifth Annual Scientific Meeting
i)   Recent Advances in Antifungal Therapy
ii)  Clinical Impact of Pneumococcal Resistance: an Asian Perspective
iii) The Role of Mannose Binding Lectin in Tuberculosis and Hepatitis B Infection

Speakers: Peter Philips / Jae-Hoon Song / Yu-Lung Lau

Enquiry: Ms Manda Fung / Ms Sigourney Liu, FMSHK,   Tel: 2527 8898   Fax: 2866 7530   Email: cosfmshk@netvigator.com

CME Accreditation: CME points have been credited for the Meeting

31 March 2001

Sung Room, 4/F, Sheraton Hong Kong Hotel & Towers, 20 Nathan Road, Tsimshatsui, Kowloon