Annual Conference 2008 - Philadelphia

ANMF Twelfth Annual Conference
June 20-22, 2008

Radisson Hotel Valley Forge
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
 

Infectious Disease in Nepal

Friday, June 20^th

6:30 pm - 9:30 pm    DINNER 

• Welcome - Suman R. Timsina
• Presentation:
  • A Hospital Revitalization Project by Help Makwanpur Foundation - Kishan Rijal, MD
  • Nepal Foundation - Mary Carroll
• Special Meeting of ANMF Board of Directors (open to all)

Saturday, June 21st

8:30 am - 10:00 am   SESSION I - Inauguration

    Moderator:  Suman R. Timsina

• Welcome  - Suman Timsina
• About ANMF - Bhargab Dixit, MD, Chairman, ANMF
• Inaugural Remarks - His Excellency Dr. Suresh C. Chalise, PhD, Ambassador of Nepal to the USA
• Infectious Diseases in Nepal - Dr. Shatrughan Bastola

10:15 am - 12:00 m   SESSION II

    Moderator:  Dr. Bhargab Dixit

• Typhoid Fever: What is Not in Harrison’s - Buddha Basnyat, MD
• Patan Academy of Health Sciences Update - Arjun Karki, MD
• HIV/AIDS Study of Students - Suresh Jaiswal, MD
• Mission Relief - Jim Harrison
   

1:00 pm - 1:30 pm   SESSION III - ANMF Annual Report

    Moderator: Dr. Sunil Sharma

• ANMF Nepal Report - Arjun Karki, MD
• ANMF Treasurer Report - Rupa Hamal, DMD
• Website Report - Fred Shepardson
• Nepalese Americas Council Report - Gaury Adhikary, MD
• Continuing Medical Education Report - Janak Koirala, MD
• Membership Report - Rekha Hamal, MD

1:30 pm - 2:15 pm   SESSION IV - Health Care Projects in Nepal 

    Moderator: Dr. Sunil Sharma

• Projects Overview - Julia Shepardson, ANMF Projects Coordinator
• Mother and Child Health Clinic Lab Report - Julia Shepardson for Jeanne Herbert
• Hospice Nepal Report - Bhargab Dixit, MD
• Cardiac Electrophysiology Training Report - Gaury Adhikary, MD
• Medical Education Unit Report - Janak Koirala, MD
• Uterine Prolapse Documentary Report - Binod Shah, MD
• Snakebite Frist Aid Training Report - Fred Shepardson
• Pediatric Ophthalmology Unit Report - Sunil Sharma, MD

2:20 pm - 3:30 pm    SESSION V - Development Projects & Reports from Nepal

    Moderator: Suman R.Timsina

• Nyaya Health Report - Shaan D. Chaturvedi, MPH
• Cardiovascular Program Report - Sunil Sharma, MD
• Nick Simons Institute Report - Buddha Basnyat, MD
• Healthy Nepal Initiative - Ananta Risal

3:30 pm - 4:45 pm    SESSION VI - 2008/2009 Projects

    Moderator: Julia Shepardson

• 2008/09 Projects Discussion

4:45 pm - 5:00 pm    ANNUAL MEETING OF ANMF MEMBERS - Business

• Amendments to the Bylaws
• Election of ANMF Board of Directors 2008/2009

5:00 pm - 5:30 pm    CONCLUDING REMARKS

• Ultrasound Diagnosis - Dr. Barry Goldberg
• Bhargab Dixit, MD

Sunday, June 22^nd

8:30 am - 12:00 m    ANNUAL MEETING OF ANMF BOARD OF DIRECTORS

• Annual Meeting of ANMF Board of Directors (open to all)
• Election of officers
• Appointment of committees
• Budget for 2008
• Project proposals for 2008/2009