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30^th Annual General and Scientific Meeting of the College of Radiology Honours Tan Sri Datuk Augustine Ong 2-3 June 2007 By Dr Evelyn Ho The 30^th College of Radiology’s Annual General and Scientific Meeting was special this year. Tan Sri Datuk Augustine Ong Soon Hock, PhD delivered the Inaugural biij (Biomedical Imaging & Intervention Journal) Lecture and the keynote address was delivered by Prof Dr Victor Lim, Dean of International Medical University and Deputy Master of the Academy of Medicine, the umbrella body of the College of Radiology. Officiating at the opening ceremony was Yang Berbahagia Dato’ Dr. Noorimi bt Hj Morad, Deputy Director of Health (Medical Division). Full report here
A Hitchhiker’s Guide to Radiation Protection? 19 May 2007 By Dr Evelyn Ho A Hitchhiker’s Guide to Radiation Protection as the first lecture in the programme for Radiation Protection: Concept & Application set the tone for a lively and enlightening whole day seminar at Hilton Petaling Jaya. Full report here
East Coast Surgical Symposium 1: Challenges in Management of Breast Cancer: A Clinician’s Dilemma, Kuantan 12-13 May 2007 By Dr Evelyn Ho The 1^st East Coast Surgical Symposium (ECSS) centred on Breast Cancer was held in the Auditorium of the Kuliyyah of Medicine, Indera Makhota Campus, International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM) in Kuantan, Pahang. The event was jointly organised by the Departments of Surgery of IIUM and Hospital Tengku Ampuan Afzan together with the IIUM Breast Centre. Full report here
Mammography Workshop, Selangor 6 May 2007 By Dr Evelyn Ho A workshop on mammography attracted overwhelming response with more than 160 participants, of which a third were radiographers involved in the provision of mammography service. Participants came from all over Malaysia, including Sarawak. Full report here
Palliative Care Symposium: Clinical Decision Making and Ethics in Advanced Cancer, Kuala Lumpur 18 April 2007 By Dr Evelyn Ho Hospis Malaysia and University Malaya Medical Centre co-organised a palliative care symposium focussed on clinical decision making and ethics in advanced cancer. Technology has prolonged life and postponed death. This translates to greater healthcare costs and an increasing “burden” on already scarce resources. It also meant that end of life care and support needed to come to the forefront. Full report here
Juwita Suwito & Vince Chong Livens Up the Radiology Malaysia Prize Presentation Day, Kuala Lumpur 24 Mar 2007 By Dr Evelyn Ho Juwita Suwito and Vince Chong, celebrity singers were part of the College of Radiology’s Annual Prize Presentation Event at Zuho Restaurant, in Taman Tun Dr Ismail, Kuala Lumpur. Full report here
“Brain and Brawn” MRI Workshop, Petaling Jaya, Selangor 18 Mar 2007 By Dr Evelyn Ho The College of Radiology organised a workshop on Magnetic Resonance Imaging on Sunday, 18 March 2007 at the Petaling Jaya Hilton Hotel. It was very well attended with 147 participants. This workshop was preceded the day before by a Siemens users’ forum. The workshop was made possible by Siemens Medical. Read more here
Valentine’s Day Evening with Carla Boetes – Digital Mammography Screening, Biopsy Procedures and Beyond, Kuala Lumpur 14 Feb 2007 By Dr Evelyn Ho A group of radiologists and surgeons were amongst those opting to spend Valentine’s Day evening with Dr Carla Boetes, Consultant Radiologist from the University Medical Centre, Nijmegen, The Netherlands at the Sime Darby Convention Centre, Kuala Lumpur. Read more here
Radiologists Inducted at the Opening Ceremony of the 40^th Malaysia-Singapore Congress of Medicine & National Specialists Register Launched 24-27 Aug 2006 By Dr Evelyn Ho The Opening Ceremony of the 40^th Malaysia-Singapore Congress of Medicine held in the Sunway Pyramid Convention Centre was graced by the Royal Patron of the Academy of Medicine of Malaysia, DYMM Seri Paduka Sultan Perak Darul Ridzuan, His Royal Highness Sultan Azlan Shah. YB Dato’ Dr Chua Soi Lek was also on hand to launch the National Specialists Register. Read more here
The Second Endovascular & Interventional Neuroradiology Symposium (EINR II 2006) 18-20 Aug 2006 By Dr R. Sumithra The adrenaline was pumping, expectations were high and everyone was on tenterhooks! Would it go well? There were live cases - after all hitches and glitches are part of the norm… The College of Radiology and Subang Jaya Medical Centre (SJMC) successfully organised the second Endovascular & Interventional Neuroradiology Symposium. Read more here
The Role of MR in Molecular Imaging 13 Aug 2006 By Dr Evelyn Ho It was smack in the middle of a Sunday but that did not deter people turning up for a talk by Mr Madhav Phatak, General Manager of the MR Business Asia Growth Markets GE Healthcare. Radiologists, radiographers and related industry members made up the audience. Read more here
Asian Rheumatology “Facing the Challenges”, Kuala Lumpur 1-5 August 2006 By Dr Evelyn Ho The 12^th Asia Pacific League of Associations for Rheumatology (APLAR) Congress was held in the Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre from 1 to 5 August 2006. The Malaysian Society of Rheumatology was host for the conference under the able leadership of Dr Yeap Swan Sim. Read more here
International PET CT Workshop and Conference 31 July 2006 By Dr Abdul Jalil Nordin & Dr Noraini Abdul Rahim Changes in technological advancement have greatly influenced the rapidly developing medical services, including Nuclear Medicine service. In view of the obvious shortage of expertise in the field of Positron Emission Tomography Computed Tomography, or better known as PET-CT, the aim was to hold an awareness activity on this emerging area. Read more here
Advances in MRI Application 28 July 2006 By Dr Evelyn Ho Close to 100 people comprising radiologists, radiographers and medical physicists attended an evening series of lectures organised by the College of Radiology and sponsored by Siemens/Meditel Electronics. The topics were Whole Body Magnetic Resonance (MR) Imaging & Clinical Applications; Contrast-Enhanced 3D MR Angiography and New Sequences in MR Imaging. Read more here
Publishing in a Global Competitive World, Kuala Lumpur 15-16 July 2006 By Dr Evelyn Ho The 3^rd International University of Malaya Research Imaging Symposium was focused on “Publishing in a Global Competitive World”. The workshop was targeted for the major stakeholders in the biomedical publishing world – from authors, editors, reviewers, copy-editors, designers to publishers and librarians. The aim was to set benchmarks in biomedical publishing.. Read more here
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