Date: 14 March 2010; Venue: Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre
The 2010 Annual Scientific Meeting has been another successfully organized event with more than 330 participants this year.
The opening remarks of Dr. KS Chan, Chairman of Hong Kong Lung Foundation, centred around the theme of “Year of the Lung” in the current year. That was followed by the session of “Clinical Updates” where advances in the areas of lymphangioleiomyomatosis, respiratory infections in immuno-compromised hosts and surgical treatment for COPD were delivered by Dr. PC Wong, Prof. YL Kwong and Dr. Innes Wan respectively. A special “Asthma Forum” followed, which was chaired by Dr. Christopher Lai, and joined by a distinguished panel of local and international experts with Dr. Daniel Ng, Dr. Fanny Ko, Prof. Ratko Djukanovic and Prof. Wisia Wedzicha. The forum was organized to critically evaluate the recent FDA’s recommendations on the use of LABAs in asthma based on existing evidence. The concurrent “Allied-health Symposium” focused on “Oxygen Delivery” with lectures delivered by Dr. Wai-Kei Lam and Ms. Aileen Chu. The following session was “Interventional Procedures”, with updated reviews in interventional bronchoscopy, EBUS and pleuroscopy, and being addressed by Drs. Philip Eng, Matthew Wong and Johnny Chan respectively. The theme of the “Luncheon Symposium” was on the treatment goals of combination therapy in COPD, which was delivered by the world-renowned expert of COPD, Prof. Wisia Wedzicha. The “Young Specialist Track” followed, with excellent case presentations from Drs. Bing Lam, Joseph Chan and CH Lee, covering areas of carcinoma of bronchus, hypersensitivity pneumonitis due to Penicllium and extra-medullary erythropoesis presenting as intra-thoracic masses respectively. The last, but certainly not the least important, session of the day was dedicated to “Advances in Therapeutics”, when Prof. Djukanovic and Dr. CM Tam shared with us the exciting news in the areas of anti-IgE treatment in asthma and development of new anti-tuberculous drugs.
NOTICE
Dear Healthcare professionals,
Please be informed that the Annual Scientific Meeting 2010 organised by the Hong Kong Thoracic Society and the American College of Chest Physicians (HK and Macau Chapter) will be held on 14 March at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre. It will be a full day meeting on Sunday.
Please find attached the meeting flyer for your reference. Should you be interested to attend this meeting, please fill in the attached form and return it with payment to us before deadline.
For any enquiry about this meeting, please do not hesitate to contact us.
We look forward to seeing you in this meeting.
Finally I would like to take this opportunity to wish you a successful “Year of the Tiger”, and Kung Hei Fat Choy!
Best Regards,
Chloe Wong
Meeting Secretariat
c/o 9/F., CNT Tower, 338 Hennessy Road
Wanchai, Hong Kong
Tel: (852) 2155 8557
Fax: (852) 2559 6910
E-mail: chloe.wong@asia.cmpmedica.com
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