December 2000

by order of Date

Event

Date/ Time/ Venue

Union Hospital

Fibromyalgia Syndrome

Chairman: Dr Anthony K Y Lee

Speaker: Professor Edmund Li

Enquiry: 2608 3180

CME Accreditation: 1 (by The HK College of Family Physicians / HK College of Physicians / HK Medical Association / HK Doctors Union Ltd))

1 December 2000

2:00 pm - 3:00 pm

(1:30 pm Light refreshment)

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

Hong Kong Neurosurgical Society

7th Annual Scientific Meeting

Chairmen: Dr TH Aung / Dr KH Chan / Dr ST Chan / Dr Edmund Cheung / Dr YW Fan / Dr Dawson Fong / Dr CF Fung / Dr YT Kan / Dr John Kwok / Dr Samuel Leung / Dr WS Poon / Dr SC So / Dr Peter Wu / Dr CP Yu

Speakers: Dr Lo Wing-Lok, Prof Laligam N Sekhar / Prof Tu Yong-Kwang

Enquiry: Ms Sandy Chung / Ms Melissa Leung, The Federation of Medical Societies of HK,
Tel: 2527 8898   Fax: 2866 7530   Email: cosfmshk@netvigator.com

CME Accreditation: 6 (by the College of Surgeons of Hong Kong)

2 December 2000

8:30 am - 8:00 pm

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

HK Society of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Reproduction

13th Annual Scientific Meeting

Enquiry: Dr PT Cheung / Dr Nelson Wat, Tel: 2855 4485 / 2855 3731

3 December 2000

9:30 am - 4:30 pm

The Everest Suite, Level 5, One Pacific Place, 88 Queensway, Hong Kong

HK Society of Endocrinology, Metabolism & Reproduction

17th Annual General Meeting

Chairman: Dr Stephen Chung

Enquiry: Dr PT Cheung, Tel: 2855 4485

3 December 2000

2:00 pm

The Everest Suite, Level 5, One Pacific Place, 88 Queensway, Hong Kong

The Chinese University of Hong Kong / Hong Kong Society of Digestive Endoscopy

15th International Workshop on Therapeutic Endoscopy

Speaker: Sydney Chung / Rikiya Fujita / Mitsuhiro Kida / Joseph Leung / Horst Neuhaus / Jeffrey Ponsky / Chan Sup Shim / Joseph Sung / Paul Swain

Enquiry Miss Claudia Mak, Endoscopy Centre, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, New Territories tel : (852)2632 2233, fax : (852)2635 0075, email : info@hksde.org 

CME Accreditation: 15 (by HK College of Physicians) 18 (by College of Surgeons) 

5-7 December 2000

5 Dec : 0730 - 1630
6 Dec : 0830 - 1630
7 Dec : 0830 - 1630

Lecture Theatre, 2/F, Clinical Sciences Bldg., Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, NT

Hong Kong Cancer Fund

Environmental Contaminants and Cancer

Speaker: Dr Bernard Goldstein

6 December 2000

7:00 pm

Hong Kong Visual Arts Centre, 7A Kennedy Road (at the top of Hong Kong Park), Central, Hong Kong

Free and open to the public

Hong Kong College of Otorhinolaryngologists

Scientific Meeting

Speaker: Professor Seiji Kishimoto

Enquiry: tel: 2871 8733

CME Accreditation: 1 (by HKCORL)

7 December 2000

7:00pm - 8:00pm

Rm 803-4, HKAM Jockey Club Building

The Faculty of Medicine of University of Hong Kong Medical Centre, The Cancer Centre of Queen Mary Hospital

7th Hong Kong International Cancer Congress

Enquiry: 7th HKICC Congress Secretariat, Tel: 2818 0232

7 - 9 December 2000

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

The HK Society of Child Neurology and Developmental Paediatrics

Annual Scientific Meeting: Language Development, Learning Disorders & Brain Plasticity

Chairman: Dr CW Chan

Speakers: Prof Albert M Galaburda / Prof Susana Camposano / Dr Catherine Lam / Dr Dawson Fong / Dr Sandra Chan

Enquiry: Ms Yvonne So, Tel: 2599 8391

CME Accreditation: 12 (by Hong Kong College of Paediatricians)

8 - 11 December 2000

(8/12)
7:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Block M, Lecture Hall, QEH

(9/12)
11:30 am - 12:30 pm
Argyle Street, CKCAC
12:30 pm - 5:00 pm
Block M, Lecture Hall, QEH

(10/12)
9:30 am - 1:00 pm, 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Block M, Lecture Hall, QEH

(11/12)
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Hong Kong Academy of Medicine Jockey Club Building

Hospital Authority & Hong Kong Association of Rehabilitation Medicine

Rehabilitation Symposium 2000 Cum: Annual Scientific Meeting of the Hong Kong Association of Rehabilitation Medicine

Enquiry: Dr Leung Kwok Pui, Tel: 2589 8111

9 December 2000

Hospital Authority Headquarter Building

The University of Hong Kong, Faculty of Medicine / Hong Kong Sanatorium & Hospital / University of California, San Francisco

Hong Kong Stroke Workshop Acute Management

Speakers: David C Bonovich / Philip M Myers / Jesse Claude Hemphill III / Wade Stafne Smith

Enquiry: RSVP. Ms Alice Chow, Tel: 2105 4865   Fax: 2895 5157

CME Accreditation: by The HK College of Family Physicians / HK College of Physicians / HK College of Community Medicine / HK College of Emergency Medicine / HK College of Radiologists / The College of Surgeons of HK

9 - 10 December 2000

School of Professional and Continuing Education, University of Hong Kong, 2/F, Admiralty Centre, Tower II, 18 Harcourt Road, Hong Kong

Faculty of Medicine, HKU

Scientific Symposium of the Centre of Alimentary Research and Education (CARE)

Chairman: Prof SK Lam

Enquiry: Denise Yu, Tel: 2855 4607

9 - 10 December 2000

(9th) 6:30 pm - 10:30 pm

(10th) 9:00 am - 5:00 pm

Hong Kong Doctors Union Limited

Symposium on "Respiratory Medicine in General Practice"

Moderators: Dr Roland Leung / Dr Ho Ock-Ling

Speakers: Dr Leung Chung-Chuen Roland / Dr So Shun-Yang / Dr Chan Ka-Wing Joseph / Dr Tam Cheuk-Ming

Enquiry: Ms Vicky Lam / Ms Sigourney Liu, The Federation of Medical Societies of Hong Kong
Tel: 2527 8898   Fax: 2866 7530   Email: cosfmshk@netvigator.com

CME Accreditation: 3 (by Hong Kong Doctors Union)

10 December 2000

1:00 pm - 6:00 pm

YMCA International House, 23 Waterloo Road, Kowloon

HK Society for Microbiology and Infection

7th Western Pacific Congress of Chemotherapy & Infectious Diseases

Chairman: Prof Seto Wing-Hong

Speakers: C Breese-Hall / P Courvalin / AM Emmerson / M Espinal / PD Grifiths / DA Henderson / David Ho / J Hughes / MH Ng / WH Seto / RG Webster / RG Will / NJ White

Enquiry: MV Destination Management Limited, Tel: 2735 8118

11 December 2000

HK Convention and Exhibition Centre

The Dragon Foundation

Reflections of a Chinese American Scientist

Speaker: Dr David D Ho

Enquiry: Ms Mishelle Yiu, Secretariat  Tel: 2811 2779   Fax: 2811 2669   Email: info@dragonfoundation.net

12 December 2000

5:30 pm - 7:30 pm

(5:30 pm tea reception / 6:00 pm lecture)

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

The Hong Kong College of Family Physicians

2000 Annual General Meeting: Commercial and Professional Autonomy

Chairman: Dr Andy Cheung

Speaker: Dr Lo Wing Lok

Enquiry: Ms Fanny YF Lau, Tel: 2528 6618

CME Accreditation: 0.5 (by HK College of Family Physicians)

14 December 2000

8:00 pm - Chinese Buffet Dinner

9:00 pm - Lecture

9:40 pm - AGM & EGM

5/F, Duke of Windsor Social Service Bldg, 15 Hennessy Road, Wanchai, HK (Lecture Hall)

HK Thoracic Society, Americian College of Chest Physicians (HK & Macau Chapter)

Part I: A Lady with a Mediastinal Mass
Part II: TB Notification in Hong Kong

Chairmen: Dr CM Tam / DR KL Choo

Speakers: Dr SN Lee / Dr WK Lam

Enquiry: Dr Thomas Mok, Tel: 2762 6009

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

14 December 2000

6:30 pm - 8:00 pm

Ruttonjee Hospital LG 1

The HK Telemedicine Association and Telemedicine Centre, The Chinese University of HK

Telemed 2000 Seminar: Use of Traditional Chinese Medicine in Cancer Treatment - Theory and Practice

Chairman: Prof PC Leung

Speakers: From Local and Overseas

Enquiry: Prof HK Ng / Prof Jack CY Cheng, Tel: 2632 3337

14 December 2000

6:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Lecture Theater and Seminar, Room 1, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, NT 

Management Society for Healthcare Professionals

International Healthcare Conference - Healthcare in the Millennium Everybody's Responsibility

Speakers: Mr Josep Figueras, Prof Chris Ham, Dr William Ho, Mr Wilham Gattinger, Prof Per-Gunnar Svensson and others

Enquiry: Conference Secretariat, 8/F 88 Lockhart Rd, Wanchai, HK, Tel 2861 2668 Fax 2861 0189 Email mshp2000@netvigator.com URL http://www.mshp.org.hk

CME Accreditation: Eligible 

16 - 18 December 2000

Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Centre

Hong Kong Dental Association

Advanced Multidisciplinary Approaches for Optional Results in Dental Practice

Chairman: Dr Jin Li Jian

Speaker: Dr Kenneth Lee

Enquiry: Dr David CW Ho, Tel: 2528 5327

CME Accreditation: 3 (by HK Dental Association)

17 - 19 December 2000

(17/12) 8:30 am - 5:30 pm

(18/12) 8:30 am - 12:00 noon &
           2:00 pm - 5:00 pm

(19/12) 8:30 am - 12:30 pm

Lecture Theatre 1, Prince Philip Dental Hospital, Wanchai, Hong Kong

Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital and Stanford University School of Medicine

Medical Teleconference Programme: Topics in Neonatology

Enquiry: Ms Erica Chung, Tel: 2595 6410

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

19 December 2000

7:30 am - 8:00 am - Breakfast

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

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