APPNA MERIT E-Conference ("Electronic Conference") initiative is creating live web conferences between US and Pakistan to bring the latest in medical knowledge to Pakistani teaching institutions. The first live E-conference in Neurology which was specially organized for Pakistan was broadcast from APPNA's 32nd Annual Summer Meeting in San Francisco, July 2nd (US)/July 3rd (Paksitan), 2009. Over 200 senior and junior faculty including dept. heads attended at 6 Pakistani teaching institutions, heard the talks, and engaged in extensive discussions. The Pakistani sites included Aga Khan University, Dow University of Health Sciences, King Edward Medical University, University of Health Sciences (Lahore), Rawalpindi Medical College, and Lahore Medical College. The conferece was extremely well received in Pakistan. Based on this positive feedback, APPNA's Executive Committee approved funding for E-Conferences as an ongoing MERIT project at APPNA's Fall Meeting 2009.
APPNA MERITnets will organize regular E-conferences for Pakistan by taking advantage of the gathering of experts at various annual specialty meetings such as the annual conference of the American Society of Anesthesiology and other such speciaty gatherings.
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E-Conferences:
First Anesthesiology Live Web Conference To Pakistan
APPNA Anesthesiology MERITnet
in collaboration with
Armed Forces Institute of Cardiology/
Pakistan Association of Cardio-Thoracic Anesthesia
vPerioperative Glycemic Control in Cardiac Surgical Patients
Shamsuddin Akhtar, MD
Assoc. Professor, Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Anesthesiology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut
vReview of Principles of Transesophageal Echocardiography (TEE)
Masroor Alam, MD
Board certified in Anesthesiology and Advanced Perioperative Transesophageal Echocardiography, Milford, OH
vAdvances and New Frontiers of TEE
Feroze-Ud-Din Mahmood, MD
Director, Vascular Anesthesia/Perioperative Echocardiography at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard University Medical School
Moderator: Zulfiqar Ahmed, MD
Co Chair, Anesthesiology MERITnet
Children's Hospital of Michigan, Director of Research, Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI
MERIT E-Conference Technology Co-Chair: Jamal Mubarak, MD
All lectures are 45 minutes followed by a Live Q and A between Pakistan and US.
Date: 17 October 2009 (USA)/ 18 October 2009 (Pakistan)
Day/Time: Saturday 9PM-Midnight USA Central Time
Sunday 8AM-11AM Pakistan Time
USA Venue: American Society of Anesthesiology Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA (Hilton Hotel New Orleans Riverside)
Pakistan Venue: Annual Conference of Armed Forces Institute of Cardiology/Pakistan Association of Cardio-Thoracic Anesthesia, Rawalpindi
Additional Pakistan sites: Dow University of Health Sciences, Khyber Medical University
(For US attendees the program will start at 8pm with dinner)
First Neurology Live Web Conference To Pakistan
APPNA Neurology MERITnet Pilot
vMultiple Sclerosis: Current and Future Treatment Options
Syed Asgher Rizvi, MD Associate Professor, Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Brown Medical School
Director, Rhode Island Hospital MS Center, Providence RI
vSleep in Children – Linking Multiple Neurological Problems Together
Amer Khan, MD
Bard certified in Neurology with special qualifications in Child Neurology.
Sutter Neuroscience Medical Group, Sacramento , CA .
vChildhood Epilepsies
Nadeem Shabbir , MD
Assistant Professor of Neurology, SUNY Stony Brook, Long Island , NY .
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx , NY
Moderator: Shahid Rafiq, MD,
Co Chair, Neurology MERITnet
Board Certified in Neurology and Vascular Neurology. Stroke Program Director, FMH, Frederick, MD
MERIT Technical Coordinator: Jamal Mubarak, MD
All lectures are 40 minutes followed by a Live Q and A between Pakistan and US
Date: 2 July 2009 (USA)/ 3 July 2009 (Pakistan)
Day/Time: Thursday 8-11PM USA Pacific Time
Friday 9AM-Noon Pakistan Time
USA Venue: Marriott Downtown, San Francisco , CA. Room # 4 C
Pakistan Venues:
Aga Khan University, Karachi
Dow University of Health Sciences, Karachi
University of Health Sciences, Lahore
King Edward Medical University, Lahore
Lahore Medical College, Lahore
Rawalpindi Medical College, Rawalpindi
