“Seeing with Heart….”

Another year whizzes by and work is already in progress for 2007 and 2008 programmes!

The CoR mammogram programme ran until the end of November in Kuantan and Johor. Meanwhile, collaterals continue to be updated and where available, distributed to organisations or individuals wishing to promote breast health.

The subsidies for the mammograms were made possible by grants from the MMA Foundation Radiology Fund, Johnson & Johnson as well as from the funds received as the nominee beneficiary of the National Cancer Society of Malaysia winning the NST-Price Waterhouse Coopers Humanitarian Awards 2005.

For the first time for selected participants from small towns, the CoR was able to fund the cost of mammogram or ultrasound guided biopsies for suspicious breast lesions discovered in the CoR mammogram programme. This was to ensure that the diagnosis of any abnormalities discovered in the CoR mammogram programme was investigated to the best of our facilities for those from small towns where referral to the main breast centres would entail more cost and traveling.

On the matter of funds for the CoR’s breast cancer awareness programmes – we have to thank individuals such as Linda Bretze, Marti Butler and their friends for their donation of RM 6,435 raised through a raffle on a quilt they made. Estee Lauder donated RM 40,000 through their Pink October campaigns and programmes, and a highly successful Charity Hi-Tea At Shangri-La in September 2006.

The CoR was truly blessed this year as they were the beneficiary to the Pantai Medical Centre, Bangsar’s Wear It Pink 2 fund raising activities. RM 100,000 was donated to the CoR’s public awareness and subsidised mammogram cause.

These funds come in the “nick” of time, as the MMA Foundation Radiology Fund's grant comes to an end this year. By the end of 2006, close to 5,000 women would have benefited from the CoR value added Mammogram Programme.

The CoR has also embarked on assisting in the National Council of Women’s Organisations Male Support of Breast Cancer Screening in Women Training Programme. The 1^st Training Workshop was held from 16-19 Nov 2006.

The Radiology Malaysia Online Quiz this year has taken on a treasure hunt flavour with a focus to get people to surf to various parts of the website and discover its contents. We thank Meditel Electronics Sdn Bhd for their 6^th year of support. Watch out for the Prize Presentation in the first quarter of next year 2007!

Scientific programmes are being planned and next year’s calendar is fast filling up. We hope our pioneering efforts in the use of ICT to access highly sought after conferences such as the European Congress of Radiology will be successful and beneficial to the region. The ECR will take place in March 2007, and live transmissions of some of the tracks for the Radiology, Oncology and allied community in Kuala Lumpur will be made available at an affordable cost. The cost of travel, board and lodging at the ECR is prohibitive for some members and this is one of the ways that the CoR can help our community in their Continuing Medical and Professional Development.

The CoR will also be contributing to the College of Physicians Annual Scientific Meeting with talks on Interventional Radiology in March 2007.

Our Annual Scientific and General Meeting will be held from 2-3 June 2007 and it will focus on Imaging in Infection, Therapy and Intervention. A multidisciplinary approach is in keeping with the convergence of the various medical disciplines and various fields in Biomedical Imaging and Intervention.

Come July 2007, an interventional symposium is in the pipeline to be held in Kuala Lumpur and the CoR will also participate in the Singapore-Malaysia Congress of Medicine to be held in Singapore this year from 19-22 July 2007. In August 2007, the CoR is involved in the scientific programme for the 1^st Kuala Lumpur International Breast and Colorectal Cancer Congress to be held in the KL Convention Centre. A pre-congress workshop on Breast Ultrasound will be organised. 

The CoR is a joint organiser of the 8^th Asia Pacific Congress of Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiology in 2008 to be held in Kuala Lumpur.

The National Specialist Register was launched on 24 Aug 2006. To this end, it is an exercise for all the CoR members to “register” themselves and pay the subscription for being on the register. The criteria had to be carefully drawn up and now Continuing Professional Development requirements need to be decided upon to ensure maintenance on the register. The NSR was primarily set up to protect the public and make available a register for the public to access in the search for various specialists.

The Joint Cardiac CT statement working group comprises members from College of Radiology and the National Heart Association of Malaysia. Our co-chair are Adjunct Prof Dr Sim Kui-Hian (Consultant Cardiologist) and Assoc Prof Yang Faridah (Consultant Clinical Radiologist). We look forward to the announcement of the statement in 2007.

Nominations will be open for Founding Fathers Awards – to give recognition to outstanding individuals in their contribution to the development of Clinical Radiology/Oncology, Medical Physics as well as charitable work.

There are many areas to develop in Radiology and Oncology. Members must step up to be counted and to contribute to their own professional development. Whilst our numbers may be small compared to other disciplines in medicine such as internal medicine physicians or surgeons, we all have to start somewhere. Special Interest Groups offer a way to begin to nurture interest in subspecialities.

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Thursday, 03 April 2008