CT CME - 2006

Faculty Dr.A.M.Patwardhan, MS, MS (Thor) Professor of cardiothoracic Surgery K.E.M.Hospital, Mumbai Dr.Colin N.John, MS, FRACS Senior Consultant Paediatric Cardiac Surgeon Narayana Hrudayalaya, Bangalore Dr.Shiv K.nair, MS, MCh Senior Consultant Cardiac Surgeon Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, Cochin Dr.Unnikrishnan Menon, MS, MCh Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery Sri Chitra Tirunal Institute of Medical Science Trivandrum

Course Objective

We are organising CT CME - 2006 in association with the National Board of Examnations. The target groups for this program are postgraduate students both DNB & Mch. We have formulated an excellent two days of academic activity on the 7th & 8th January 2006. This will concentrate on case presentations with discussions and a few important lectures. The aim is to prepare a candidate for the DNB / Mch examination particularly the practicals & Viva Voce. i am confident that post graduate students will use this opportunity and register for this course.

All Correspondence to:

Dr.S.K.Varma, MS., FRCS (Ed.), Dip.NB, FIACS, Consultant cardiothoracic Surgeon & Course Co-ordinator Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery GKNM Hospital, Coimbatore - 641 037, India Phone: + 91 - 422 - 3093097, 2213501, Ext.530 Mobile: 94430-21267 Fax: + 91 - 422 - 2213509 E-mail:varmask@hotmil.com website: www.gknmhospital.org/ctvs

Registration

Rs.500/- DD in favour of G.K.N.M. Hospital, payable at Coimbatore. For accommodation please send DD for the full duration of stay mentioning the Hotel, in favour of G.K.N.M. Hospital, Payable at Coimbatore on or before the 8th of December 2005.

Workshop 2005

Live Video Conference

A live Teleconference on "Current Dilemmas in Adult Cardiac Surgery" was conducted on the 20th evening with the Division of Cardiac Surgery, Mayo Clinic, USA. Dr. Hartzell V. Schaff, Dr. Thoralf Sundt, Dr.Kenton Zehr and Dr. Joe Dearani, participated in the hour long discussion. The live conference was flawless and ISDN connectivity was provided by Airtel, India.

STITCH Trial

"Surgical Treatment of Ischaemic Failure" - TRIAL is a NIH funder multicentric prospective randomised trial conducted to compare medical Vs surgical treatment of Ischemic Heart Failure and to assess the efficiency of surgical Ventricular Restoration (SVR).