MRS-CRS CT Symposium,Yangon 2013
By Dr Tan Cher Heng - November 2013
The College of Radiologists Singapore (CRS) participated for a second time in the Pre-Congress symposium at the Chatrium Hotel, Yangon, Myanmar on 5 and 6 November 2013. This event was co-organized with the Myanmar Radiological Society (MRS) with support from Meditech and Siemens.
Prof Vincent Chong delivering the opening address of the second pre-MRS symposium (2013).
The delegates from the College included Prof Vincent Chong, A/Prof Tan Bien Soo and Dr Shoen Low, who were faculty at the first symposium in 2012. New faculty were Dr Louis Elizabeth Gartner and Dr Tan Cher Heng.
For this year's symposium, we also had the pleasure of inviting Prof Heinz-Peter Schlemmer, Head of the Radiology Department at the German Cancer Research Center, to share his knowledge with the participants.
Prof Heinz-Peter Schlemmer, delivering his lecture.
In this year's symposium, the speakers included not just CT, but also MR imaging in their topics, with focus on diseases related to infection and inflammation. In line with the vision laid out by Dr Vincent Chong in 2012, the pre-Congress symposium is on track to introducing more topics on MR imaging for the upcoming one in 2014.
Program:
| 5 November 2013 | |
| Chest | |
| CT in Pulmonary Infections | Dr Shoen Low |
| Principles of Detection and Characterization of Lung Nodules by CT | Prof Heinz-Peter Schlemmer |
| Clinical Cases of Lung Nodules with CT Morphologic - Pathologic Correlation | Prof Heinz-Peter Schlemmer |
| Infection | |
| MSK Infection | Dr Louis Elizabeth Gartner |
| Intracranial Infection | Prof Vincent Chong |
| Tuberculosis: Extra Pulmonary Manifestations | Dr Tan Cher Heng |
| Infection & Inflammation (Often presenting in Emergency Department) | |
| CT in Acute Abdomen | Dr Shoen Low |
| Acute Pancreatitis: Autoimmune or Not? | Dr Tan Cher Heng |
| Head & Neck Infections with Intracranial Complications | Prof Vincent Chong |
| Topics of Special Interest | |
| Spondyloarthropathies | Dr Louis Elizabeth Gartner |
| Imaging of Gallbladder Disease |
Dr Tan Cher Heng |
| CT in the Diagnosis of Vascular Inflammatory & Infective Conditions | A/Prof Tan Bien Soo |
| 6 November 2013 | |
| Tumours and Disease Spread | |
| Interesting cases of abdominal malignancies | Prof Heinz-Peter Schlemmer |
| MSK Tumours | Dr Louis Elizabeth Gartner |
| Pathways of Extra Pelvic Spread of Pelvic Disease | Dr Tan Cher Heng |
| Topics of Special Interest | |
| Controversies in Radiation Dose and Contrast Material | Dr Shoen Low |
| CT for the Kidneys and Urinary System | Dr Shoen Low |
| The Role of CT Interventions in Infections | A/Prof Tan Bien Soo |
Under the leadership of Prof Lin Tun Tun, Prof Vincent Chong and A/Prof Tan Bien Soo, the MRS pre-Congress symposium continues to be a great success with good feedback received from the participants.
At Chatrium Hotel with all participants of the symposium.
Successful closing of the pre-Congress symposium (2013).
