Malaysian Medical Association in collaboration with Columbia Asia Hospital Nusajaya and Hospital Sultan Ismail will be organising the Johor Rheumatology Update course at Grand Paragon Hotel, Johor Bahru on 23/10/2011. I am the organising chairman for the above course which is being held for the first time in JB, open to all doctors free of charge. Below, is the programme outline:
08.40 a.m. Opening speech by MMA Chairman:
Dr. Kamarudin Ahmad
08.45 a.m. Introduction by Organizing Chairman
Dr. Pagalavan Letchumanan
09.00 a.m. Making a Diagnosis in Rheumatology : Simplified
Dr. Pagalavan Letchumanan
09.45 a.m. Systemic Lupus Erythematosus : Diagnosis and Treatment
Dr. Loh Yet Lin
10.30 a.m. Tea Break
11.00 a.m. Rheumatoid Arthritis: The era of Biologics?
Dr. Pagalavan Letchumanan
11.45 a.m. Seronegative Spondyloarthropathy: The Masala
Dr. Loh Yet Lin
12.30 p.m. Lunch
01.15 p.m. A Global Epidemic: The Double “O”
Dr. Yoga Raj
02.00 p.m. Treating an Ancient Disease: Gout
Dr. Pagalavan Letchumanan
02.45 p.m. SLE and Pregnancy: What to look out for?
Dr. Rajesh Mahendran
03.30 p.m. Tea Break & The End
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Hi, can I as a medical student in Newcastle University of Medicine attend the program? How can I register if the answer is yes?
I hope you can leave your answer here or at my email
Muzhaffar Abdullah
Yes, you can. Pls contact Aleya at 07-2339999
Thank you for the reply. I called the number given but the person on the line doesn’t seem to know about it. Hope it’s still not too late for me to register.
Pls call this number then :+60 (12) 6393237 tan hwa lim
It certainly works this time. Thank you very much 🙂
Well, I just got informed that all seats have been taken. How unfortunate but I am really looking forward for more of such courses in the near future. Thank you
You can still try to walk in if there are available slots!