October 2000

by order of Date

Event

Date/ Time/ Venue

The Hong Kong Society of Haematology

Stem Cell Transplantation

Chairman: Dr Albert Lie

Speaker: Prof EC Gordon-Smith

Enquiry: Chim Chor Sang tel: 2855 3347

CME Accreditation: 1 (by Physicians & Pathologists)

3 October 2000

6:00pm - 7:00pm

Rm 403, Professorial Block, QMH

Hong Kong College of Cardiology / Chinese Society of Cardiology / Standford University Medical Center

5th International Symposium on Interventional Cardiology & Live Demonstration Course

Enquiry: c/o The Hong Kong Medical Association, 5/F, Duke of Windsor Social Service Bldg., 15 Hennessy Road, Wanchai, Hong Kong tel: (852) 2527 8285, fax: (852) 2865 0953, email: hkam@hkma.org.hk

6 - 8 October 2000

Sheraton Hong Kong Hotel & Towers, Tsimshatsui, Kowloon

Hong Kong College of Community Medicine

Sixth Annual Scientific Meeting: "The New Public Health Era - Implications for Hong Kong"

Speakers: Dr EK Yeoh / Prof Ross Anderson / Prof EG Jessop

Enquiry: Dr Monica Wong tel: 2961 8894 fax: 2836 0071

8 October 2000

9:00am - 5:30pm

HKAM Jockey Club Building, 99 Wong Chuk Hang Road, Hong Kong

Hong Kong Urological Association

Retroperitoneal Lymph Node Dissection in Testicular Cancer

Chairman: Dr Chan Lung Wai

Speakers: Dr Wong Wai Sang / Dr Chan Chi Kwok

Enquiry: Dr Chan Kwok Keung/Ms Siddy Ma tel: 2958 6006 fax: 29586076

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

9 October 2000

7:30pm - 8:30pm

Seminar Room, G/F, Blk A, QEH

The HK Society for Infectious Diseases (HKSID)

Quarterly Scientific Meeting: Public Health Impact of Antibiotic Resistance

Moderator: Dr Lai Sik To Thomas

Speaker: Dr Lo Wing Lok

Enquiry: Miss Ellen Fok tel: 2990 3771

10 October 2000

Buffet Dinner: 7:00pm - 8:00pm

Talk & Discussion: 8:00pm - 9:00pm

Seminar Room, G/F, Blk A, Queen Elizabeth Hospital

Hong Kong Neurosurgical Society 

HK Neurological Society Monthly Academic Meeting - Immunotherapy and Gene Therapy of Glioma

Chairman: Prof Poon Wai Sang

Speaker: Dr Michael Lee Wing Yan

Enquiry: Dr HM Chiu tel: 2958 6029

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

11 October 2000

7:30am

Seminar Room, G/F, Blk A, Queen Elizabeth Hospital

HKCORL

Scientific Meeting - "Care of the Professional Voice"

Speakers: Johns Rubin & Alan Kerr

Enquiry: tel 2871 8733

CME Accreditation: Approx 2 ( Otorhinolaryngologists )

12 October 2000

Evening

James Kung Room, Hong Kong Academy of Medicine Jockey Club Building

The Hong Kong Institute of Family Medicine / Hong Kong College of Family Physicians / Department of Community & Family Medicine / Chinese University of Hong Kong

Continuing Medical Education Programme : Clinical Strategies for Successful Aging : Management of Geriatric Syndromes

CME Accreditation: 1 (by HK College of Family Physicians)

Enquiry tel : 2608 3180, email : union@union.org  URL http://www.union.org

13 October 2000

2:00 pm - 3:00 pm (light refreshment at 1:30 pm)

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

Hong Kong Society of Palliative Medicine / HK Hospice Nurses' Association

1. Effect of Family Dynamics 2. Cultural Considerations on the Ethics of Decision Making

Speakers: Dr Lee Wai Yung / Dr Chan Ho Man

Enquiry: Dr Lau Kam Shing tel: 2291 2000

CME Accreditation: by HKCP, HKCR, HKCFP, CSHK

13 October 2000

6:30pm - 8:00pm

Lecture Theatre, LG1, Ruttonjee Hospital

Hong Kong College of Physicians / Hong Kong College of Paediatricians / Federation of Royal Colleges of Physicians of the United Kingdom / Singapore Academy of Medicine

Joint Scientific Meeting : "Medicine : East Meets West"

Chairmen: TK Chan / MC Chiu / ST Lai / Karen Lam / SK Lam / WK Lam / Edmund Li / Patrick Li / Louis Low / JC Petrie / Joseph Sung / YC Tsao / SP Wong / WS Wong / Loretta Yam / Rosie Young / Richard Yu

Speakers: GM Besser / CH Chew / R Chong / R Clark / CS Cockram / PH Feng / NDC Finlayson / TF Fok / KY Fong / CD Forbes / CRK Hind / WS Hislop / CL Lai / CP Lau / YL Lau / DF Macgregor / EH McLaren / YM Ng / JC Petrie / R Sung / TL Turner / BD Vallance / J Webster / CP Wong / KS Wong / WS Wong / P Yan / WW Yew / B Young / R Young / V Yu

Enquiry: Secretariat, Ms Josephine Kwok / Ms Melissa Leung, Conference Organising Service, The Federation of Medical Societies of HK tel : (852)2527 8898, fax : (852)2866 7530, email: cosfmshk@netvigator.com 

CME Accreditation: 10 (by HK College of Community Medicine) 4 (by HK College of Family Physicians (Cat 6.2)) 5 (by HK College of O&G (Non-O&G Cat.)) 8 (by HK College of Paediatricians (Cat. A)) 11 (by HK College of Pathologists) 14 (by HK College of Physicians) 10.5 (by HK College of Radiologists) 10 (by College of Surgeons of HK)

14-15 October 2000

14 October: 1:00pm - 9:30pm

15 October: 8:30am - 5:15pm

3/F, Sheraton Hong Kong Hotel & Towers, 20 Nathan Road, Kowloon

The Hong Kong Society of Rheumatology

The Hong Kong Society of Rheumatology Annual Scientific Meeting - Common Arthropathies

Enquiry: Dr. Emily Kun, tel : 2607 6907, fax : 2144 1232, email : kunwl@ha.org.hk 

15 October 2000

2:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Marriott Hotel, Admiralty

The HK Cancer Chemotherapy Society

Recent Advances in the Treatment of Colorectal Cancer

Chairman: Dr Anthony Chan

Speaker: Prof J Douillard

Enquiry: Miss Rebecca Yau tel: 2632 2116

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

16 October 2000

7:30pm - 8:30pm

Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital / HK College of Family Physicians / HK Doctors Union Ltd

Management of Urgent Neurosurgical Condition

Speaker: Dr Ho Wai Shing Wilson

Enquiry: Miss Jessica Wong tel: 2595 6418

CME Accreditation: for HKCFP training

18 October 2000

1:15pm - 2:45 pm

Lecture Hall (Room PB01.014), 1/F, Pathology Block, Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital, 3 Lok Man Road, Chai Wan, HK

The Hong Kong Institute of Family Medicine / Hong Kong College of Family Physicians / Department of Community & Family Medicine / Chinese University of Hong Kong

Continuing Medical Education Programme : I : Examination of the Breast II : Assessment & Rx of Common Gynaecological Discorders

CME Accreditation: 1 (by HK College of Family Physicians)

Enquiry tel : 2608 3180, email : union@union.org  URL http://www.union.org

20 October 2000

2:00 pm - 3:00 pm (light refreshment at 1:30 pm)

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

The Federation of Medical Societies of Hong Kong

The Federation's Anniversary Scientifc Meeting 2000

Speakers: Dr William Ho / Dr James A Nishikawa / Dr Si-Yan Au / Dr Au Tak-Shing / Dr Ting-Kun Au Yong / Dr Chetwyn Chan / Dr Ivan Chen / Dr Raymond Cheung / Ms Veronica Ho / Dr David Hui / Dr Chi-Tim Hung / Dr Se-Fong Hung / Dr Patricia Ip / Dr Kai-Man Kam / Prof Nigel King / Dr Tak-Chuen Ko / Dr Samuel Kwok / Dr Benjamin Lai / Dr Shui-Shan Lee / Dr Leonard Li / Dr Wing-Lok Lo / Dr Duncan Macfariane / Dr Chi-Wai Man / Prof Tony Nelson / Ms Alice Tsang / Dr Kenneth Tsang / Dr Man-Wah Tse / Dr Shiela Twinn 

Enquiry: Secretariat, Ms Kinnie Wong / Ms Sandy Chung, Conference Organising Service, The Federation of Medical Societies of HK tel : (852)2527 8898, fax : (852)2866 7530, email : cosfmshk@netvigator.com

CME Accreditation: 5 (by HK College of Anaesthesiologists) 6 (by HK College of Community Medicine) 5 (by College of Dental Surgeons of HK) 4 (by HK College of Emergency Medicine) 4 (by HK College of Family Physicians (Cat 6.2)) 5 (by HK College of O&G (Non-O&G Cat.)) 3 (by College of Ophthalmologists of HK) 3 (by HK College of Orthopaedic Surgeons (Cat. B)) 5 (by HK College of Otorhinolaryngologists) 4 (by HK College of Paediatricians (Cat. A)) 4.5 (by HK College of Pathologists) 4 (by HK College of Physicians) 3 (by HK College of Psychiatrists) 5 (by HK College of Radiologists) 4 (by College of Surgeons of HK)

 

22 October 2000

10:00am - 5:45pm

Lecture Theatre, Hospital Authority Building, 147B Argyle Street, Kowloon

Medico Legal Society

Inside a Medical Council Disciplinary Inquiry: A Panel of Experts will Reveal What goes on Behind Closed Doors

Chairman: Dr KM So

Fee: $100. Free to members of the New Medico Legal Society

Enquiry: Mr Peter Hunt tel: 2828 7502 fax: 2507 2020

24 October 2000

Cocktails: 6:30pm

Meeting: 7:00pm

The Senior Officers' Mess, Police Headquarters, Arsenal Street, Wanchai, HK (Admiralty MTR station & public car park are 5 minutes walk) 

Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital / Stanford University School of Medicine / Tsan Yuk Hospital / Alice Ho Miu Ling Nethersole Hospital

Medical Teleconference Programme: Topics in Neonatology

Moderators: Dr Betty Young / Dr Louis Halamek

Discussants: Dr Wong Kar Yin / Dr Chiu Wing / Dr Chow Siu Ngan / academic staff from Stanford University

Enquiry: Ms Erica Chung tel: 2595 6410 fax: 2904 5371

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

24 October 2000

Breakfast: 7:30am - 8:00am

Case Presentation: 8:00am - 9:30am

Lecture Theatre, Multicentre Block B, Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital

The Obstetrical and Gynaecological Society of HK

Scientific Meeting on Fetal Cardiac Function for Prediction of Fetal Compromise

Chairperson: Dr Belinda FH Leung

Speaker: Dr Sin Sai Yuen

Enquiry: Ms Grace Ngai tel: 2510 6310 on or before 20 Oct 2000

CME Accreditation: 1 (formal College accredited post graduate meeting category 1A

26 October 2000

7:00pm - 9:30pm

The Ballroom, Great Eagle Hotel, 8 Peking Road, Tsimshatsui, Kowloon

The Hong Kong Institute of Family Medicine / Hong Kong College of Family Physicians / Department of Community & Family Medicine / Chinese University of Hong Kong

Continuing Medical Education Programme : I : Early Antenatal Care 7 Amniocentesis II : Care in Late Pregnancy

 

Enquiry tel : 2608 3180, email : union@union.org  URL http://www.union.org

CME Accreditation: 1 (by HK College of Family Physicians)

27 October 2000

2:00 pm - 3:00 pm (light refreshment at 1:30 pm)

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

Hong Kong Geriatrics Society

Inter-Hospital Geriatric Meeting: Infection on Elderly

Chairman: Dr MF Leung

Enquiry: Dr LW Chu tel: 2855 3315

27 October 2000

5:30pm - 7:30pm

Hospital Authority Headquarter, 205S

St Paul's Doctors' Association / Private Practice Anaesthesiologists Association

CME Meeting on Anaesthesiology

Chairman: Dr Peter BK Chan

Speaker: Dr Greg Peachy / Dr Andrew SH Chan

Enquiry: Ms Meggy Ng tel: 2890 6008

27 October 2000

6:30pm - 9:15pm

Regal Hong Kong Hotel (B/1 Ballroom) Causeway Bay, HK

HK Society of Nephrology

16th Annual Scientific Meeting

Speakers: Prof Yasuhiko Tomino / Dr Raymond Hakim / Ms Barbara Prowant

Enquiry: Dr Philip KT Li Secretary c/o Ms Kristie Chow, MV Destination tel: 2735 8118

29 October 2000

8:30am - 5:40pm

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