November 2000

by order of Date

Event

Date/ Time/ Venue

The Obstetrical & Gynaecological Society of HK

Scientific Meeting on Antenatal Care in the New Millennium

Chairperson: Prof. Terence Lao

Speaker: Prof. Stuart Campbell

Enquiry: RSVP. Ms Amy Ip, Tel: 2738 2880 (before 27 October 2000)

CME Accreditation: 1 (by formal College (Postgraduate Meeting Category 1a))

2 November 2000

7:00 pm - 9:30 pm

The Ballroom, Level 2, Great Eagle Hotel, 8 Peking Rd, Tsim Sha Tsui

¡@

Hong Kong Academy of Medicine

Second International Congress

Enquiry: Congress Secretariat, Tel: +(852) 2871 8787   Fax: +(852) 2505 5577
Website: http://www.hkam.org.hk   E-mail: hkam@hkam.org.hk

CME Accreditation: The Congress will be accredited for CME (up to 18 points) by the constituent Colleges of the Academy

2 - 5 November 2000

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

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 Ear, Nose & Throat II : Ophthalmological Examination

CME Accreditation: 1 (by HK College of Family Physicians) Enquiry tel : 2608 3180, email : union@union.org  URL http://www.union.org 

3 November 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 British Medical Association (HK) & The New Medico-Legal Society

Med-Leg IV (The Fourth Annual Medico-Legal Course): Medical Negligence

Speakers: Mr Christopher Howse / Mr Nicholas Millar / Prof. Michael Rogers

Enquiry: Ms Sarah Ho, Tel: 2527 8898

6 November 2000

6:30 pm Cocktails

7:00 pm Course

8:30 pm Buffet Supper

Senior Officers' Mess, Police Headquarters, Arsenal Street, Wanchai

Dept of Health, Hong Kong College of Family Physician, Hong Kong Doctors Union, Government Doctors' Association, Tuen Mun Hospital (Hospital Authority)

Common ENT Problem

Chairman: Dr. Tse Kong

Speaker: Dr. Liu Sau Yu

Enquiry: Ms Leung, Tel: 2468 5683

8 November 2000

1:00 pm - 3:00 pm

Activity Rm, Community Services Ctr, 1/F, Special Block, Tuen Mun Hospital

The Hong Kong Medical Association

HK Medical Association - CME Program on Childhood Asthma: New Insight & Treatment Modalities

Enquiry: Tel: 2527 8285

9 November 2000

1:30 pm

Lady Trench Auditorium

The Obstetrical and Gynaecological Society of Hong Kong

Scientific Meeting on Contraception in the 21st Century

Chairman: Dr Susan Fan

Speaker: Prof John Guilleband

Enquiry: Ms Olivia Lee, Tel: 2821 8320

CME Accreditation: 1 (by formal College (Postgraduate Meeting Category 1a))

10 November 2000

7:00 pm - 9:45 pm

Cocktail and Dinner: Meeting Room 401,   4/F, Old Wing Lecture: Theatre II, 2/F, Old Wing, HK Convention and Exhibition Ctr

The HK Medical Association

Information Technology Seminar

Enquiry: Tel: 2527 8285

11 November 2000

2:30 pm

Joint Professional Centre

HK Division of the International Academy of Pathology

Symposium and Workshop on Infectious Diseases

Speaker: Dr AM Marty

Enquiry: Dr Tony WH Shek, Tel: 2872 8098

11 - 12 November 2000

¡@

Hong Kong Ophthalmological Society / College of Ophthalmologists of HK

Event Hong Kong Ophthalmological Symposium 2000: Cornea & External Eye Diseases

Chairman: Dr Chung-Chai Chi

Speaker: Prof W Bruce Jackson

Enquiry Miss Emily Yeung, Tel : 2761 9128

11 - 12 November 2000

2:00 pm - 10 :00 pm (11/11)

9:00 am - 5:00 pm (12/11)

2/F, Level 2, New Wing, Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Centre Wanchai, Hong Kong

Hong Kong Orthopaedic Association

Event 20th Annual Congress

Enquiry Dr. W.C. Wong, Dept. of O & T, Kwong Wah Hospital

CME Points 15 (by HK College of Orthopaedic Surgeons)

11 - 12 November 2000

Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Centre, Wanchai, Hong Kong

 

International Health Exchange Center / Ministry of Health PRC / The Ophthalmological Society / Chinese Medical Association / Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center / Sun Yat-sen University of Medical Science /

Event 12th AFRO-Asian Congress of Ophthalmology at New Millennium - Advances of Ophthalmology and the 21st Century

Enquiry Prof. Lezheng Wu, Zhongshan Ophthalmic Centre email : lwuicv@gzsums.edu.cn 

URL http://www.king-on.com/12afasco 

11-15 November 2000

Guangzhou, China

 

The British Medical Association (HK) & The New Medico-Legal Society

Med-Leg IV (The Fourth Annual Medico-Legal Course) Alcohol & the Road in Hong Kong

Speakers: Mr Vicent Mok / Dr Thomas Tam / Supt Lyn Edwards

Enquiry: Ms Sarah Ho, Tel: 2527 8898

13 November 2000

6:30 pm Cocktails

7:00 pm Course

8:30 pm Buffet Supper

Senior Officers' Mess, Police Headquarters, Arsenal Street, Wanchai

Clinical Trial Centre, University of Hong Kong 

DIA Pre-Meeting Courses

Enquiry: Ms Rita Chau, Tel : 2871 8787, Fax : 2871 8898

13-15 November 2000

Hong Kong Academy of Medicine Jockey Club Building

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

Approach to Patients with Abnormal Urinalysis

Speaker: Dr Wong Kin Shing

Enquiry: Miss Jessica Wong, Tel: 2595 6418

CME Accreditation: Accredited by HK College of Family Physicians & HK Doctors Ltd

15 November 2000

1:15 pm - 3:00 pm

Lecture Hall (Room: PB01.014), 1/F, Pathology Block, Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital, 3 Lok Man Rd, Chaiwan

The Hong Kong Society of Paediatric Gastroenterology

Hepatology and Nutrition Scientific Meeting: Treatment of Hepatitis C in Thalassaemic Patients / Rotavirus Vaccine and Intussusception

Speakers: Dr C K Li / Prof. Tony Nelson

Enquiry: Dr Leung Ying Kit, Tel: 2771 0698

CME Accreditation: 2 (by HK College of Paediatricians)

15 November 2000

7:00 pm - 9:00 pm

A Ground Lecture Theatre, QEH

The HK Society of Paediatric Endocrinology and Metabolism

Clinical Meeting 2000: Case Presentation

1) Non - Type 1 Diabetes
2) Management of Type 2 Diabetes in Children & Adolescents

Speakers: Dr Winnie Tse / Dr Karen Huen Kwai Fun

Enquiry: Ms Grace Ho, Tel: 2861 2218

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

16 November 2000

7:00 pm - 9:00 pm

G/F, Lecture Rm, School of General Nursing, QEH

Clinical Trial Centre, University of Hong Kong / Drug Information Association, USA

DIA Course

Enquiry: Secretariat, tel : 2871 8787, fax : 2871 8898

16-19 November 2000

Hong Kong Academy of Medicine Jockey Club Building

The HK Association for the Study of Liver Diseases

International Symposium on Hepatology 2000 (Thirteenth Annual Scientific Meeting of the Association)

Chairpersons: Prof Philip Johnson / Dr WK Kwan / Dr WM Lam /
Dr JY Lai / Dr MS Lai / Dr ST Lai / Dr WC Lao / Dr Nancy Leung / 
Dr HY Lo / Prof Joseph Sung

Speakers: Dr Henry Chan / Dr Philip Kwok / Prof CL Lai / 
Dr Geroge Lau / Prof William Lee / Dr Nancy Leung / 
Prof Anthony Mok / Prof JP Sommadossi / Prof John Tam / 
Prof G Garcia-Tsao / Dr WM Wong

Enquiry: Ms Sany Chung / Ms Sigourney Liu (Conference Organising Service, The Fedration of Medical Societies of HK)
Tel: 2821 3519   Fax: 2866 7530   E-mail: cosfmshk@netvigator.com

CME Accreditation: 6 (by The HK College of Community Medicine)
2 (by The HK College of Family Physicians) 4 (by The HK College of Paediatricians) 3 (by The HK College of Pathologists) 5.5 (by the HK College of Physicians)

17 - 18 November 2000

7:00 pm - 10:00 pm (17/11)

2:00 pm - 7:10 pm (18/11)

Theatre II, Level 2, Old Wing, HK Convention & Exhibition Centre, Wanchai, Hong Kong

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 : A Practical Approach to Fibromyalgia II : Thrombopoietin : Biology and Clinical Applications

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

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

17 November 2000

Time 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 Psychogeriatric Association

Annual Scientific Symposium

Chairman: Prof Helen Chiu

Speakers: Prof Edmond Chiu / Prof David Ames / Prof Eric Caine

Enquiry: Ms Lolitter Ng, Tel: 2456 8080

CME Accreditation: 3 (by HK College of Psychiatrists) / 2 (by HK College of Family Physicians) / 2 (by HK College of Physicians)

18 November 2000

9:00 am - 12:15 pm

Function Rm, 2/F, HA Bldg, Argyle Street, Kowloon

The Hong Kong Neurological Society

13th Annual Scientific Meeting

Speakers: Prof Vladimir Hachioski / Prof Stanley Fahn / Prof Pierre Amarenco 

Enquiry: Dr Ng Ping Wing, Tel: 2379 4822

18 - 19 November 2000

2 Whole Days

Sheraton Hong Kong Hotel & Towers

Hong Kong Epidemiological Association

Understanding Depression

Chairman: Dr Fung Hong

Speakers: Dr Fung Hong / Prof Jean Woo / Prof Edmond Chiu / Prof David Ames / Dr Ching Wai Kuen / Prof Suzanne C Ho

Enquiry: RSVP. Ms Kandy Wan, Pfizer Corp. Tel: 2963 5521   Fax: 2807 2496   Email: fun-fun.kandy.wan@pfizer.com (on/before 17 Nov)

CME Accreditation: 3 (by The HK College of Community Medicine)
Pending (by The HK College of Psychiatrists / The HK College of Physicians / The HK College of Family Physicians / The HK College of O&G / HK College of Paediatricians / HK College of Pathologists / The College of Surgeons of HK)

19 November 2000

12:30 pm - 5:00 pm

(12:30 pm - 1:45 pm Lunch Reception)

(3:15 pm - 3:30 pm Tea Break)

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

The Hong Kong Society of Child Neurology & Developmental Paediatrics

Children Out of Focus: The Regulation & Misregulation of the Attention Controls

Speaker: Dr Mel Levine

21 November 2000

8:00 pm - 10:00 pm

Lecture Theatre, Mezzanine Floor, Hospital Authority Bldg, 147-B Argyle Street, Kowloon

HK Society for Coloprotology

Third Annual Scientific Meeting

Speaker: Prof Norman Williams

Enquiry: Miss Anita Wu, Tel: 2963 8372

CME Accreditation: 2.5 (by College of Surgeons of HK) / 1 (by HK College of Physicians) / 2 (by HKCFP) / 2 (by HK Medical Association)

25 November 2000

1:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Sheraton Hong Kong Hotel & Towers (Ballroom 3/F)

The British Medical Association (HK) & The New Medico-Legal Society

Med-Leg IV (The Fourth Annual Medico-Legal Course): The Injured Worker

Speakers: Mr. Patrick Burke / Dr Kenneth Cheung / Mr Edmund Yiu

Enquiry: Ms Sarah Ho, Tel: 2527 8898

27 November 2000

6:30 pm Cocktails

7:00 pm Course

8:30 pm Buffet Supper

Senior Officers' Mess, Police Headquarters, Arsenal Street, Wanchai, Hong Kong

The Hong Kong Neurosurgical Society

Management of Skull Base Menigiomas: New Perspective

Chairperson: Dr S C So

Speaker: Professor Laligam N Sekhar

Enquiry: RSVP Miss Marina Lee, Tel: 2958 6743

CME Accreditation: 1 (by College of Surgeons of Hong Kong)

30 November 2000

7:30 pm - 8:30 pm

(7:00 pm Light Refreshment)

Room 502, School of Nursing, 5/F, Li Shu Pui Block, Hong Kong Sanatorium and Hospital, Happy Valley, Hong Kong