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Sri Guru Ram Das University of Health Sciences organized International Conference – 2019

 

PPN1002201923Amritsar, Feb. 9 (Punjab Post Bureau) –  Sri Guru Ram Das University of Health Sciences  hosted the prestigious International CME Cum NW Chapter Conference IAPM – 2019 from 9th – 10th February. The conference was graced by the presence of Dr. Jaspal Singh Sandhu, Vice Chancellor, Guru Nanak Dev University as an Honorable Chief Guest and Dr. Roop Singh, Secretary, Sri Guru Ram Das Charitable Hospital Trust as Guest of Honor. Dr. Kulwant Singh Ded, Vice Chancellor Sri Guru Ram Das University of Health Sciences said for the past 150 years, pathology has been the essence of medicine. The pathology lab has been a front for understanding diseases and disease diagnosis for decades. Considering this, it’s remarkable that the field has barely seen significant changes. While the medical industry has been blessed with incredible technology on other fronts, the core of the diagnosis process continues to lean heavily on pathologists in labs. On this occasion Dr. Bharat N. Nathwani, MD, Prof. and Director of Pathology Consultation Services in City of Hope Medical College Durate, California, USA, an authority on Lymphoma has been invited to discuss various recent modalities in the diagnosis. He said digital technologies will pave the way for point-of-care testing alternatives for pathology in the near future. Portable diagnostic devices are already making a name for themselves, allowing for examination of tissues, fluids and other relevant samples near the patient’s locations itself. The widening of the field of point-of-care testing will be catalyzed by digitization. Molecular analysis will allow for more precise diagnosis in the years to come. The pathologist needs to simply pick out which molecules need to be evaluated. Like its sister concern radiology, pathology too requires a diagnostic process. Digital imaging methods have been improving in radiology for a while now and it’s only a matter of time before the addition of greater imaging methods will transform pathology as well. Unlike radiology though, the addition of technology will not take jobs away from pathology, human beings will continue to be at the forefront of looking through the microscope – with the added collaborative benefit of cutting-edge technology.

Dr. Jaspal Singh Sandhu, Vice Chancellor, Guru Nanak Dev University, Sri Amritsar stressed that there is shift in the medical treatment based on both genetic and physical expression of the disease, thus requiring the need of updating knowledge of pathology from time to time to treat diseases particularly cancer.

The other overseas speakers discussed on GIT, Breast, Head & Neck lesions and Blood Cancer. Post lunch session was dedicated to oral and poster paper presentation by the post graduates and practicing pathologists. This CME is first of its kind to be held in this region. This is going to update the pathologists in the latest advancements in the diagnosis of cancer and its treatment in the state of Punjab which is already struggling with the menace of cancer.

On this occasion Dr. Bharat N. Nathwani, Prof. and Director of Pathology Consultation Services in City of Hope Medical College Durate, California, USA, Dr. Rajkumar Vajpeyi, Assistant Professor, Laboratory Medicine & Pathobiology, University of Toronto, Clinical Chief, Department of Pathology, Timmins and District Hospital and Staff Pathologist, University Health Network at Ontario, Canada, Dr. Prashant A. Jani, Associate Professor Northern Ontario, School of Meedicine, Ontario and Anatomic Pathologist Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre, Canada, Dr. Jagmohan S. Sidhu, Medical Director and Chairman, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Cortland Regional Medical Centre, Cortland and United Health Services Hospital, Johnson City, New York, USA, Dr. Anil R. Prasad, Medical Director Green Valley Hospital, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine and Staff Pathologist, Northwest Medical Centre & Oro Valley Hospital, Tuscon, Arizona, Sri Guru Ram Das University of Health Sciences Dean Dr. A.P Singh, Amandeep Singh Deputy Registrar, Dr. Manjit Singh Uppal Director Principal, Dr. Mridhu Manjari, Prof. & Head, Pathology,  Doctors & faculty members from all the India and other vital personalities were present conducting the proceeding.

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