ANMF Goes Country - Medicine in Rural Nepal
Annual Conference, June 18-20, 2004
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
2004 Conference Report
Friday, June 18th
6:00 pm Registration & Gathering - Kirstein Living Room at the Medical Center
6:30 pm Welcoming Dinner - Kirstein Living Room
8:00 pm Board of Directors Meeting (open to all) - Kirstein Living Room
Saturday, June 19th
8:00 am Registration & Breakfast - Sherman Auditorium at the Medical Center
8:30 am Welcome - Shiva Gautam, PhD & Sanjaya Khanal, MD
8:40 am Keynote Address - Mark Zimmerman, MD, Director of Patan Hospital - Medicine in Rural Nepal
9:10 am Geoffrey Tabin, MD, Professor of Ophthalmology, University of Vermont - Himalayan Cataract Project
9:40 am Prem Timsina -
10:00 am Break
10:15 am Annual Meeting of Members (open to all)
10:15 am Chairperson’s report – Sanjaya Khanal, MD
10:25 am Executive Director’s & Treasurer’s report – Julia Shepardson
10:35 am 2003 Projects – Sanjaya Khanal, MD
- Bir Renal Histopathology – Shiva Gautam, PhD
- HRDC Anesthesia Machine – Subarna Pradhan, MD
- HealthNet – Sanjaya Khanal, MD
- KUMS/ASHA – Julia Shepardson & Brendan Thomson, MD
11:00 am 2004 Projects – Sanjaya Khanal, MD
- Bhaktapur Cancer Hospital – Bob Gerzoff, MS
- Speech Therapy Training for Cleft Palate Patients – Shankar Rai, MD / Libby Wilson, MD
- Patan Hospital Echocardiography Training – Mark Zimmerman, MD / Sanjaya Khanal, MD
- Other Projects – Sanjaya Khanal, MD
- Project Timeline 2005 – Fred Shepardson
11:45 am ANMF/Nepal – Aruna Pant / Julia Shepardson
11:55 am CME – Roshan Shrestha, MD / Sanjaya Khanal, MD
12:05 am Health Science University - Arjun Karki, MD / Robert M. Suskind, MD
12:30 pm LUNCH
1:30 pm Annual Meeting of Members continued
1:30 pm Membership – Bhargab Dixit, MD
1:40 pm Outreach – Don Blair, MD
1:50 pm Scholarships – Hillary Liss, MD
2:00 pm Website – Fred Shepardson
2:10 pm Education Materials – Janak Koirala, MD
2:20 pm Budget 2004/2005 – Julia Shepardson
2:30 pm Fund Raising – Gaury Adhikary, MD
2:40 pm Other Business – Sanjaya Khanal, MD
2:50 pm Election of Directors – Sanjaya Khanal, MD
3:15 pm Break
3:30 pm Annual Meeting of Board of Directors (open to all)
4:30 pm Break
6:30 pm Dinner
Sunday, June 20th
8:00 am Light Breakfast - Kirstein Living Room
8:30 am Annual Meeting of Board of Directors continued (open to all)
- Objectives for 2004/2005
- Approval of Budget
- 2005 Conference in Phoenix – Brendan Thomson, MD
- Selection of 2006 Conference site, topic and coordinator
12:00 noon Board of Directors meeting adjourns and Conference concludes