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Subang Jaya Medical Centre SUCCESSFULLY HOLDS 1ST EINR SYMPOSIUM 23-25 May 2002

In conjunction with the launch of the VIR Centre, SJMC organized a symposium on Endovascular and Interventional Neuroradiology (EINR 2002) in collaboration with the College of Radiology, Malaysian Neuroscience Society and supported by the Malaysian Medical Association (Selangor Branch). The 3-day symposium from 23rd to 25th May 2002 was preceded by a Pre-Congress Workshop on gynaecological interventions on 22nd May 2002.

Held for the first time in Malaysia, the symposium aimed to create an awareness and promote VIR, a sub-specialty in radiology that is relatively new in this country, to doctors and healthcare professionals in the Asia Pacific region and update them on the latest developments in the field through lectures and live cases. Well-known international and Malaysian medical faculty members who are experts in their respective fields shared their knowledge, experience and clinical judgement with delegates. The international faculty came from the United Kingdom, China and Singapore. Delegates came from Indonesia, Vietnam and Sri Lanka.

Among the respected speakers who presented lectures during the symposium included Dr James V. Byrne, Consultant Interventional Neuroradiologist from the Radcliffe Infirmary, Oxford, U.K., Dr Richard Edwards, Consultant Interventional Radiologist from Gartnavel General Hospital, Glasgow and Dr Jianmin Liu, Professor of Neurosurgery at Changhai Hospital, Shanghai, China. The highlight of this symposium was the demonstration of live cases that were transmitted from the operating room to the conference hall allowing the delegates to actively participate in the symposium.


Dr James Byrne	Dr Edwards	Dr Jianmin Liu

The scientific programme was drawn up primarily to emphasize on current and emerging diagnostic, therapeutic and treatment modalities within the field of endovascular and neuroradiology intervention. It offered the nearly 200 delegates comprising interventional neuroradiologists and radiologists, other consultants, nurses, related paramedical professions and industry professionals, a good platform to stimulate discussion and exchange of ideas. The wide range of topics featured in the symposium encompassed aortic intervention, revascularisation, intracranial aneurysms, embolisation, cerebrospinal arteriovenous malformation, stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) and stroke diagnosis and intervention.

The primary emphasis in the symposium was mainly on interventional neuroradiology techniques stressing on case selection, technical considerations, new techniques and developments, and applications in surgical management and outcome. The final day of the symposium was solely dedicated to the subject of stroke.

For the general public who were keen to learn more about new advances in the management of stroke, a free public forum in Mandarin was held on Sunday afternoon, 26th May at the Subang Jaya Medical Centre by Dr Jianmin Liu of China. More than 70 members of the public turned up for the talk which provided amongst others, useful insights into treatment options used in China and the modern medical advances available for the management of stroke locally.

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