15 April 2012
MUSCAT -- The opening ceremony of the Arab-German Medical Conference, organised by the College of Medicine and Health Sciences at Sultan Qaboos University in association with Germany, the Ministry of Health, and The Research Council, was held yesterday at Al Bustan Palace, under the auspices of Dr Ahmed bin Mohammed al Saeedi, Minister of Health.
Her Highness Sayyida Dr Mona bint Fahd al Said, SQU Assistant Vice-Chancellor for External Cooperation, and Angelika Storz-Chakarji, Ambassador of Germany to the Sultanate of Oman, participated in the opening ceremony.
Dr Adil Alajmi, Consultant Breast Reconstructive Surgeon at SQU Hospital and Chair of the Conference, said that the three-day event covers 42 papers from different specialties. Three workshops are running parallel to this conference, two in the role of ultrasound in breast and pelvis and the third is in orthopaedics.
"A number of prominent professors and doctors from Germany and Oman are giving presentations which covers debatable and controversial topics in surgical and medical fields, such as breast and reconstructive surgery, bariatric surgery, child healthcare, colorectal surgery, pancreas and hepatobiliary surgery, orthopaedic surgery and upper medical and surgical gastroenterology," he said.
Dr Alajmi added that hosting the Arab German medical conference in Oman will contribute to strengthening and enhancing scientific and educational co-operation between Oman and Germany.
In the first session, Prof Roland M Schmid gave a talk entitled 'cystic pancreatic lesions-surveillance of intervention', which was followed by Prof Hubert Zirngibl's presentation on 'The value of surgery in pancreatic cancer and chronic pancreatitis'.
There were also presentations on pancreatic jejunostomy, liver hydatid cyst, and re-resection in liver by
Prof H Hartung, Dr Y al Azri, and R A al Kindi respectively.
MUSCAT -- The opening ceremony of the Arab-German Medical Conference, organised by the College of Medicine and Health Sciences at Sultan Qaboos University in association with Germany, the Ministry of Health, and The Research Council, was held yesterday at Al Bustan Palace, under the auspices of Dr Ahmed bin Mohammed al Saeedi, Minister of Health.
Her Highness Sayyida Dr Mona bint Fahd al Said, SQU Assistant Vice-Chancellor for External Cooperation, and Angelika Storz-Chakarji, Ambassador of Germany to the Sultanate of Oman, participated in the opening ceremony.
Dr Adil Alajmi, Consultant Breast Reconstructive Surgeon at SQU Hospital and Chair of the Conference, said that the three-day event covers 42 papers from different specialties. Three workshops are running parallel to this conference, two in the role of ultrasound in breast and pelvis and the third is in orthopaedics.
"A number of prominent professors and doctors from Germany and Oman are giving presentations which covers debatable and controversial topics in surgical and medical fields, such as breast and reconstructive surgery, bariatric surgery, child healthcare, colorectal surgery, pancreas and hepatobiliary surgery, orthopaedic surgery and upper medical and surgical gastroenterology," he said.
Dr Alajmi added that hosting the Arab German medical conference in Oman will contribute to strengthening and enhancing scientific and educational co-operation between Oman and Germany.
In the first session, Prof Roland M Schmid gave a talk entitled 'cystic pancreatic lesions-surveillance of intervention', which was followed by Prof Hubert Zirngibl's presentation on 'The value of surgery in pancreatic cancer and chronic pancreatitis'.
There were also presentations on pancreatic jejunostomy, liver hydatid cyst, and re-resection in liver by
Prof H Hartung, Dr Y al Azri, and R A al Kindi respectively.
© Oman Daily Observer 2012
