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Project Description

Project ID

08CME001

Project Type

Continuing Medical Education

Project Title

Infectious Diseases: State of the Art in 2008

Project Summary

Continuing medical education in infectious disease, jointly CME sponsored by ANMF and Society of Internal Medicine of Nepal (SIMON)

Location

Kathmandu

Time Frame

November 8th & 9th, 2008

Institution

Society of Internal Medicine of Nepal (SIMON)

Contact

None

ANMF/Nepal Project Manager

Dr. Prativa Pandey
PrativaPandey@anmn.net

ANMF/America Project Manager

Dr. Janak Koirala
JanakKoirala@anmf.net

Project Description

ANMF-SIMON JOINT CME PROGRAM 2008
to be held with the
9th National Conference of Society of Internal Medicine of Nepal (SIMON)
Kathmandu, Nepal
8-9th November, 2008

INFECTIOUS DISEASES: STATE OF THE ART IN 2008

  1. “HIV/AIDS: Treatment Updates on the Pandemic”
    Richard Novak, MD, Professor of Medicine
    University of Illinois, Chicago, Illinois
     
  2. “Review and Updates on Fungal Infections“
    David Pitrak, MD, Professor of Medicine
    University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
     
  3. a. “Antibiotics- Past, Present and Future”
    b. “Infection Control: Where, Why Started and Where We Are Now!!”
    Nancy Khardori, MD, PhD, Professor of Medicine and Microbiology
    Southern Illinois University, Springfield, Illinois
     
  4. “Management of Septic Shock”
    V. Ted Barnett, MD, Professor of Medicine
    Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
     
  5. “Skin and Soft Tissue Infections- Case Studies”
    Janak Koirala, MD, MPH, Associate Professor of Medicine
    Southern Illinois University, Springfield, Illinois
     
  6. “Rabies post-exposure prophylaxis”
    Prativa Pandey, MD, Medical Director
    CIWEC Clinic Travel Medicine Center, Kathmandu
     
  7. “Updates on Clinical Microbiological Investigation in Nepal”
    Bharat M. Pokhrel, PhD, Professor and Chair of Department of Microbiology
    Tribhuvan University Institute of Medicine, Kathmandu
     
  8. “Typhus and other underreported illnesses in Nepal”
    Buddha Basnyat, MD, Medical Director
    Nepal International Clinic, Kathmandu

Co-Conveners:

Janak Koirala, MD, MPH, FACP
Associate Professor of Medicine, Southern Illinois University, School of Medicine
CME Coordinator, America Nepal Medical Foundation (ANMF), USA

Prativa Pandey, MD
Medical Director, CIWEC Clinic Travel Medicine Center, Kathmandu, Nepal
Immediate Past-President, International Society of Travel Medicine and Health
CME Coordinator, Society of Internal Medicine of Nepal and ANMF Nepal  

Material Requested

None

Training Requested

None

Advisors/Instructors Requested

Instructors in Infectious Disease

Travel/Expenses Requested

None

Grants/Stipends Requested

None

Other Items Requested

None

Total Funds Requested

None

Budget

None

Additional Information

None

Project Status

5/2/08 ANMF and SIMON propose joint CME in infectious disease scheduled for 8-9 November 2008
11/9/08 ANMF cosponsored with SIMON CME in infectious disease
12/21/08 Report on expenditures, Rs 24,986 ($333.15) spent
1/5/09 Report on the CME program

 

1/5/09