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9th
Asian Oceanic Society of Paediatric Radiology (AOSPR)
Congress, Kuala Lumpur –
19-21 Nov 2009
What overwhelming response to the first ever regional
paediatric congress hosted and organised by the College of
Radiology, Academy of Medicine of Malaysia as there were 313
delegates to this congress, of which some 50 including the
faculty were non-Malaysians. The faculty boasted of speakers
from United Kingdom, Australia, Thailand, Hong Kong,
Mauritius, Philippines, Singapore, United States of America
and Canada.
Prof Dr Kim In-One, President of the AOSPR was the guest of
honour officiating at the Opening Ceremony. The congress was
held in Hotel Istana, Kuala Lumpur and the opening
ceremony’s fanfare was provided by the Kompang Group from
the Tourism Malaysia. Accolades to the Paediatric Special
Interest Group within the CoR, chaired by Dr Zaleha Abdul
Manaf for having taken on and successfully organising this
congress. Thank you also to sponsors and the industry for
supporting the trade exhibition.
College
of Radiology WALKS for WORLD PINK, Kuala Lumpur –
3 Oct 2009
It was great weather for College of Radiology
members, supporters and friends to join Estée Lauder
Companies’ initiative to raise breast cancer awareness and
funds, i.e. Walk for World Pink at Menara Kuala Lumpur. The
walk flagged off at 6.30pm, but participants and supporters
were there earlier with a host of activities to keep
everyone’s spirits high despite the humidity! There were at
least 1,200 registered for the 3.8km walk, but many more
came with their children to support the event, and walked
together in solidarity for the common cause. The Walk for
World Pink was followed by the Illumination of Menara KL
where they were entertained to the action of four base
jumpers off the top of Menara KL.
Image Gently™ Campaign Expands to Include Interventional
Radiology, “STEP LIGHTLY” – 24 Aug 2009
The Image Gently™ campaign has developed easily accessible
online teaching materials and checklists to help
interventional radiology providers use the lowest dose
necessary to perform interventional procedures on children.
Interventional physicians, medical physicists, and
radiologic technologists are encouraged to visit the Image
Gently Web site (www.imagegently.org) to review these
important materials and factor the information into their
clinical decision making.
Launched in January 2008, the first phase of the Image
Gently campaign saw the Alliance for Radiation Safety in
Pediatric Imaging — today representing 44 medical
organizations and serving more than 500,000 health care
providers worldwide — reach out to general radiologists,
radiologic technologists and medical physicists. In February
2009, Phase II broadened the message to include pediatric
specialists and parents. Phase III, with its Image Gently
Step Lightly theme, extends to interventional providers,
reminding them that children are more sensitive to radiation
than adults. When IR procedures are the correct treatment,
providers are, where appropriate, urged to:
Treat kids with care:
Take time out: stop and
child size the technique
Step lightly on the
fluoroscopy pedal and limit fluoroscopic time as much as
possible
Consider ultrasound or,
when applicable, MRI guidance
The College of Radiology,
Academy of Medicine of Malaysia is a member of the Alliance.
“Safety
is OUR BUSINESS”, says Director General of Health at the
MOH-AMM Scientific Meeting, Kuala Lumpur –
17-18 Aug 2009
Tan Sri Dato’ Seri Dr Hj Mohd Ismail Merican
delivered the key note address at the opening ceremony of
the 8th Ministry of Health Malaysia –Academy of Medicine of
Malaysia Scientific Meeting 2009 incorporating the 12th
Scientific Meeting of the National Institutes of Health. His
message was safety should be everyone’s business, as patient
safety was imperative in the provision of quality care. The
title of his keynote address was the theme of the meeting
“Building a Safety Culture Through Accountability”.
At the opening ceremony, new members of the academy and
fellows were inducted. The College of Radiology (CoR)
congratulates and welcomes the following new members of the
CoR:
T. Aloysius Raj, Anita Zarina Bustam, Chong Kwang Jeat,
Hasni Hamzah, Ho Gwo Fuang, Lau Fen Nee, Marniza Saad,
Moorthy Sinnasamy, Rohaizan Yunus, Daniel Wong Wai Yan and
Zabedah Othman.
Forum
on Implications of the AFTA & ASEAN Mutual Recognition Agreement
(MRA) for Medical Practitioners, Kuala Lumpur – 16 Aug 2009
The ASEAN MRA for medical practitioners, signed in August 2008
will be effective 1st January 2010. To create awareness and
allow a platform for clarifications and queries, the Academy of
Medicine of Malaysia and the MMA organised a forum for the 16
Aug 2009 morning. The speakers were Dr Nik Shamsidah Nik
Ibrahim, Bahagian Amalan Perubatan, Ministry of Health of
Malaysia (MOH); Mr Fabian Bigar, Bahagian Dasar & Hubungan
Antarabangsa, MOH; Datuk Dr Megat Burhainuddin, Malaysian
Medical Council and Dr Chong Su Lin, Association of Private
Hospitals Malaysia.
Colleges
of Radiology Meet at the 43rd Singapore-Malaysia Congress of Medicine,
Singapore – 6-8 Aug 2009 The 43rd
Singapore-Malaysia Congress of Medicine was officiated by Singapore
Minister for Community Development, Youth & Sports, Dr Vivian
Balakrishnan on 6th Aug 2009 at the Waterfront Grand Copthorne Hotel in
a ceremony where overseas Presidents of Colleges were conferred honorary
fellowships, new members to the Singapore Academy of Medicine were
inducted and Prof Dr Tan Chorh Chuan delivered the 19th Gordon Arthur
Ransome Oration.
It was remarkable that at this meeting, the organisers/scientific chairs
included Presidents of the American College of Radiology (Carol Rumack),
Royal Australian & New Zealand College of Radiologists (Mark Khangure) ,
Royal College of Radiologists UK (Andy Adam), Hong Kong College of
Radiologists (Chun-Key Law), Singapore College of Radiologists (Bien-Soo
Tan) and Malaysian College of Radiology (Evelyn Ho).
Clinical
Research Leads To Good Clinical Practice: Highlights of
Research Work Done by the Oncology Department In Sarawak –
June 2009 The Department of Radiotherapy & Oncology and Palliative
Care Unit, Sarawak General Hospital, Kuching has been
conducting clinical research and has gained international
recognition for their work. Dr Beena Devi reports that as a
result of the research, there has been improvement in cancer
pain management, reduction in the number of patients
presenting in late stage cancer and progress in the
establishment of palliative care medicine. The Sarawak model
of setting up home-based palliative care was selected for
publication in the
UICC
Global News Alert Feb 2009 issue. Research and publication
of results are an important aspect of medical practice and
the benefits are immense through sharing information
worldwide.
Journey
Through The Realm Of Vascular Ultrasound, Petaling Jaya – 29-30 Nov 2008
Dr
Anushya and Dr Amir Fuad organized a Vascular Ultrasound
Course as part of the programme under the Continuing
Biomedical Imaging Education Center (CBIE) of the University
Malaya Medical Centre. There were 2 days of lectures in
vascular, gastrointestinal and genitourinary ultrasound.
Demo sessions were also held daily. Participants took away
with them practical and useful information for their daily
practice. The experts were Dr Nitin Chaubal, Dr Boopathy and
Dr Ramamurthy from India.
The
2009 CoR Annual Scientific Meeting: Imaging in Emergencies
and Trauma, Kuala Lumpur – 30-31 May 2009 Pre-Congress Workshop: QAP in Mammography -28-29 May 2009
Yang Berbahagia, Dato' Dr Zaki Morad bin Mohd Zaher, the
Deputy Master of our umbrella body, the Academy of Medicine
graced the Opening of the 2009 College of Radiology’s Annual
Scientific and Annual General Meeting on 30 May 2009. He
magnanimously consented to a dialogue session after the
delivery of his keynote address on the “National Specialist
Register”. This topic was felt to be timely as it was best
that delegates and members of the College of Radiology (CoR)
understood this exercise of registration better and provide
a direct avenue for queries, clarifications or comments.
Dato’ Dr Zaki was not “disappointed” as a lively dialogue
session ensued and had to be curtailed so that the schedule
would not be upset.
The
Asian-Oceanian Society of Radiology Executive Council Meeting –
17 April 2009
The Japanese Radiological Society was host for the Asian-Oceanian
Society of Radiology Executive Council meeting on 17 April 2009.
The council members were also invited to the 68th Annual Meeting
of the Japan Radiological Society, held from 16-19 April 2009 at
the Pacifico Yokohama Convention Centre.
Matters relating to the development and promotion of radiology
and allied disciplines in the Asian-Oceania region were
discussed. The next
Asian-Oceanian Congress of Radiologywould be held in Taipei on
20-23 Mar 2010.
EIT
Breast –A painless way for early detection of breast cancer?
Scientists/medical
physicists are in the process of conducting clinical studies to solve quite
a few issues regarding the use of impedance measurements in the breasts.
What is EIT? Can it be used to detect early breast cancer?
How
Safe is Radiofrequency? It is time to find out what RF can do
FOR rather than TO people! Radiology Malaysia conducts an online with Prof
C-K Chou, PhD, a multiple award-winning scientist and currently Motorola
Chief EME Scientist, and the Director of Corporate EME Research Laboratory,
responsible for RF product safety.
Is
Maintaining Hope in the Face of Despair Possible? Hope cannot exist without
despair and vice versa. How can one therefore re-ignite hope when all seems
pointless or death and suffering seems imminent?
Tai
Chi Chi Kung, Healing and Cancer? “….Tai Chi
complements Chi Kung. Chi Kung provides the foundation like a tree's roots
while Tai Chi is like the trunk of the tree…”
One-On-One with Prof Dr John R. Cameron: His Mission - Making a Difference to Society! Prof Dr John R. Cameron, a medical physicist who has devoted his life to the application of physics in the medical world.
Up Close with the Father of Spiral CT – Prof Dr Willi A. Kalender Willi Kalender pioneered spiral (volumetric) Computed Tomography (CT)catalysing the explosive development of multislice CT scanners.
n Continuing Medical Education/Continuing
Professional Development
Check out the RM Training section for Programmes on Interventional Radiology, Ultrasound and Breast Imaging.
20-23
Mar 2010: 13th Asian Oceanian Congress of Radiology,
AOCR2010,
TICC, Taipei, Taiwan
Continuing Biomedical Imaging and Intervention Education programme, UMMC, Malaysia is now available. http://radiology.um.edu.my/cbie
The
Australasian Society for Ultrasound in Medicine (ASUM)
– get
the latest updates on programmes
www.asum.com.au The Asian-Oceanian Textbook of Radiology - find out more at www.asianradiology.com
EDIPS
Download
is the European Congress of Radiology’s “free education” highly valued
e-learning tool - enabling visitors to download PowerPoint Presentations
of lectures given at the last ECR Meeting in March 2006. Over 530
presentations are currently available for download free of charge. This
new tool complements ECR’s established e-learning tools EPOS™, eECR and
EURORAD.
The
Imaging of Tropical Diseases by Philip Palmer & Maurice
Reeder has been made available by its authors and the publisher,
Springer, for distribution in a DVD form to national member societies of
the International Society of Radiology and to their individual members.
CoR is a member society of the ISR.
Please visit the Events Calendar
page for the complete listing.
n College of Radiology Members
Members' Corner
Mark your Calendar 10-11 April 2010
It’s Election Year again, and the Annual Scientific Meeting and Annual
General Meeting is 10-11th April 2010.
Theme - The Heart and Lungs: From Basics to Intervention.
Venue: The Legend Hotel, Kuala Lumpur
AGM: 11 April 2010
Early Bird Registration Deadline: 31 Dec 2009 Abstract Submission Deadline: 31 Jan 2010
Member Details Update -
Please update the secretariat with your personal details so that we can keep send your
notices in the most rapid way possible, by e-mail!
From The President's Desk
-
Click here to read
the message from the CoR President.
CoR Honour Awards -
Download the information/criteria and nomination form from the
Members' Corner. This is the opportunity to recognise individuals, organisations/institutions
that have contributed to the development of our allied professions.
Deadline for receipt of nomination/s is 31 December every year.
National Specialist Register
–
Registration is voluntary. For further information:
NSR
”Seeing with Heart”
”We are the CoRe of Quality”
Dr Evelyn Ho Radiology Malaysia Editor
November, 2009
Phase 3 of the campaign was launched on 24 Aug
2009. This “STEP LIGHTLY” phase provides materials to reduce
radiation dose for providers of Interventional Radiology, all
downloadable from the
www.imagegently.org
Check it out now for materials with regard CT Radiation protocols,
patient/parent brochures and other resources to help you reduce
radiation in paediatric imaging, intervention & therapeutics.
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Free Corresponding Membership of the ESR
If you
are a CoR member, you have been granted free corresponding membership to the
ESR. The CoR submits a list of the membership to the
ESR periodically to enable them to register you as a corresponding member
for free. Please inform us
if you have not been contacted by the ESR or have just joined as a CoR
member.
The benefits of ESR membership are as follows:
-free electronic access to European Radiology
- reduced registration rates for the European Congress of Radiology (ECR)
for 2009
- free electronic access to EURORAD
- free electronic access to EPOS™, the Electronic Presentation Online System
- free electronic access to eECR
- free electronic access to EDIPS Download, ECR's Digital Preview System
- all activities of the European School of Radiology (ESOR) are offered
exclusively to members of the ESR
- free access to the online job forum
Journal of Biomedical Imaging & Intervention BIIJ
The BIIJ is a new peer-reviewed open access e journal. It is a multidisciplinary journal covering imaging, nuclear medicine, RT, informatics, molecular imaging, medical physics, biomedical engineering etc. Contributions are welcome and strongly encouraged.
IAEA Calls for Enhanced Radiation
Protection of Patients
Advances in medical imaging techniques are allowing doctors to
detect hidden diseases and make ever more accurate diagnoses. But
radiation safety experts at the IAEA say that overuse of high-tech
scanning procedures may unnecessarily expose patients to increased
radiation levels.
Click here!
Ministry of Health, Malaysia’s
MyHealth Portal
A service provided under the MSC Malaysia Telehealth Flagship
Programme
This book developed into
DVD form has been made available by its authors (Philip Palmer and
Maurice Reeder) and publisher (Springer) free of charge to members
of the ISR. If you are a CoR member, access this DVD at
www.isradiology.org
1.
2009 Singapore General Hospital Breast Fellowships
The Department of Diagnostic Radiology at the
Singapore General Hospital is offering two 6 month fellowships in Breast Imaging
for 2009. This includes a monthly stipend.
2. Interested in a 1-year paid fellowship for Women’s and Children’s Imaging in
Singapore?
3. Korean Society of
Radiology International Fellowship 2009
4. RSNA Derek Harwood-Nash International Fellowship –
hurry deadline 1 July 2009!
Quality assurance is crucial in Radiology and particularly so in
mammography where poor quality films can mean a higher miss rate for
breast cancers. The results of the CoR’s survey of QA in Mammography in
Malaysia can be viewed in a poster that summarises the salient points.
This is where you will have your say in Radiology Malaysia.
Whether it is for advice, or just an expression of opinion,
the
Radiology Malaysia Forum is
the place to be!
ONLY FOR College of Radiology Members.Registration required to verify active membership
status. Read the new COR Strategy in a changing healthcare
scene. Enter here!
Breast Health Info Centre
A Beginner’s Guide to Breast Health and Self Breast Checks
– is a handy book in English, Malay or Mandarin. Find out
more.
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Forum
on Implications of the AFTA & ASEAN Mutual Recognition Agreement
(MRA) for Medical Practitioners, Kuala Lumpur – 16 Aug 2009
Colleges
of Radiology Meet at the 43rd Singapore-Malaysia Congress of Medicine,
Singapore – 6-8 Aug 2009
Journey
Through The Realm Of Vascular Ultrasound, Petaling Jaya – 29-30 Nov 2008
Is
Maintaining Hope in the Face of Despair Possible?
Up Close with the Father of Spiral CT – Prof Dr Willi A. Kalender
Positron Emission Tomography (PET) – the ultimate in imaging?
FAQ on Common Radiological Procedures
