2012 Mar 25
Date: 25th March 2012; Venue: Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre; Organisers: Hong Kong Thoracic Society and American College of Chest Physicians (HK and Macau Chapter); Sponsor: Hong Kong Lung Foundation
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The Annual Scientific Meeting 2012 was held on 25th March, 2012 at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Center. The program started with a Clinical Update Symposium with Obesity Hypoventilation Syndrome, Palliative Care for end stage respiratory diseases and venous thromboembolism, followed by two concurrent symposia, one on Lung Transplant and an allied health symposium on occupational-related respiratory diseases and occupational asthma. The mid-day program was an Advances in Therapeutic Symposium focused on Therapeutics for COPD. In the afternoon, there were two symposia, the first one was a General Respiratory Symposium on obstructive sleep apnea and latent tuberculosis infection, and the whole Seminar was concluded with a Private Specialist Symposium.
(Above) Dr KS Chan delivered his talk on ‘Palliative care for end stage respiratory diseases’
(Above) Speakers and Chairperson for the Lung Transplant Symposium (From Left to right): Dr Michael KY Hsin, Dr CF Wong, Dr WM Chan and Dr Johnny Chan.
(Above) Dr CF Wong delivered his talk on ‘Lung Transplant: local scenario update’
(Above) Speakers and Chairperson for the Advances in Therapeutic Symposim (From left to right): Prof Adrian Gillissen, Prof Ronald Dahl, Prof Robert Stockley, Dr Thomas Mok and Dr Fanny Ko.
(Above) Dr Joseph Pang delivered his talk on ‘The non-curious case of the breathless dancer’
(Above) Speakers and Chairperson for the Private Specialists Symposium (From Left to right): Dr WH Chui, Dr Joseph Pang and Prof WK Lam.
(Above) Dr James Ho presented souvenir to Prof J Vestbo.
(Above) Dr KC Wong presented souvenir to Dr CC Leung
Please be informed that the Annual Scientific Meeting 2012 organised by Hong Kong Thoracic Society and the American College of Chest Physicians (HK and Macau Chapter) will be held on 25 March (Sun) at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, with the supports from the Hong Kong Lung Foundation. It will be a full day meeting.
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