SeventhAnnualInternationalConventionofIMHOFriday,April30th,2010

5:00PM MedicalLecturesRegistration&SponsorBoothsOpen

6:30—8:00PM MedicalLectures&Activities:

Dr.NandaNanthakumar(Ph.D.),Dr.GaneshRaveendran(M.D.,M.S.),Dr.FrederickJ.Stoddard,Jr.(M.D.),&Dr.NagalingamRajakumar(Ph.D.,M.B.B.S.)

6:30—8:00PM IMHOWomen’sForum:“TransformingLivesthroughEconomicEmpowerment”Dr.SujanthyRajaram(MD),Ms.ElizabethYostofPEERServants(USA),andDr.RajamTheventhiran

6:30—8:00PM IMHOYouthForum:“HowYouthCanImpacttheWorldthroughHealth&Charity”Mr.AlexTheventhiran,Mr.GregBuie,&Mr.AlonSlutzky

8:00—9:00PM Dinner

8:00—10:00PM SocialTime(informalmeetingwithvisitingdoctors)

Saturday,May1st,2010

08:00AM MorningRegistrationOpens

08:35AM “Welcome&Introduction”Mr.GregBuie,IMHOProgramsCoordinator(USA)

08:50AM “ReportonMIOTProjectsinSriLanka&MovingForward”MIOTBoardofDirectors(UnitedKingdom)

09:10AM “e‐Health:Telehealth,Telerehab,andHarnessingTechnologyforDevelopmentofHealthServices”Ms.EvelynCherow,DirectorofGlobalPartnersUnited(USA)

09:30AM

“RehabilitationforWarAmputeesinMannar:Prostheses,Physiotherapy,&More:PartI”Dr.S.Sooriakumaran,ConsultantinRehabilitationMedicine&ClinicalDirector,QueenMary’sHospital(UnitedKingdom)

10:00AM DiscussionandQ&A

10:30AM CoffeeBreak

10:50AM “ServingtheMentalHealthNeedsofResettledPersons:PartI”Dr.M.Ganesan,ConsultantPsychiatrist,NationalInstituteofMentalHealth(SriLanka)

11:20AM “MentalHealthServicesinSriLanka:PastExperiences”

Dr.AlanKrohn,AdjunctClinicalAssociateProfessorofPsychiatry,UniversityofMichigan(USA)

11:40AM “Post‐WarJaffnathroughaWriter’sLens”Dr.AdeleBarker,ProfessorattheUniversityofArizona;SriLankaFulbrightScholar;&AuthorofNotQuiteParadise:AnAmericanSojourninSriLanka(USA)

12:10PM “PersonalExperiencesinMedicalVolunteerWorkintheDevelopingWorld”Dr.DeaneMarchbein,MassachusettsGeneralHospital&BoardofDirectors,MédecinsSansFrontières(USA)

12:30PM DiscussionandQ&A

01:00—02:00PM Lunch

02:00—04:30PM AfternoonBreak

04:30PM EveningRegistrationOpens(withsnacks)

05:30PM EveningWelcomeDr.NandaNanthakumar,IMHOBoardofDirectors(USA)

05:45PM “NeedforGlobalPsychiatricHelp”—ChiefGuestAddressDr.DavidHenderson,DirectorofGlobalHealthPrograminPsychiatryatPartners,Mass.GeneralHospital&ProfessorofMedicineatHarvardMedicalSchool(USA)

06:15PM “RehabilitationforWarAmputeesinMannar:Prostheses,Physiotherapy,&More:PartII”Dr.S.Sooriakumaran,ConsultantinRehabilitationMedicine&ClinicalDirector,QueenMary’sHospital(UnitedKingdom)

06:45PM “ServingtheMentalHealthNeedsofResettledPersons:PartII”Dr.M.Ganesan,ConsultantPsychiatrist,NationalInstituteofMentalHealth(SriLanka)

07:15PM “UpdateonIMHOEfforts&Progress:2009‐2010”Dr.RajamTheventhiran,IMHOTreasurer(USA)

07:45PM “MovingForward:IMHOin2010andBeyond”Dr.S.Raguraj,IMHOPresident(USA)

08:00PM AnnualBostonSareeAuction

08:50PM VoteofThanks

09:00PM Dinner

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THEINTERNATIONALMEDICALHEALTHORGANIZATION,CONTINUINGANDOUTREACHEDUCATIONPROGRAM

PRESENTS

HEALTHRELATEDLECTURES20107thANNUALIMHOCONVENTION

APRIL30th2010HILTONBOSTON/WOBURN

SPEAKERS&FEATUREDTOPICS

• NandaNanthakumar,Ph.D. NecrotizingEnterocolitis,Inflammationoftheprematureinfantintestineandpotentialpreventivetherapybyprobiotics AssistantProfessorofPediatricsPediatricGastroenterologyandNutritionUnit

HarvardMedicalSchoolattheMassachusettsGeneralHospital,Boston,MA

• GaneshRaveendran,M.D.,M.S.CodeSTEMI AssistantProfessorofMedicine,DivisionofCardiology

Director,CardiacCatheterizationLaboratory&SectionofInterventionalCardiologyUniversityofMinnesotaMedicalCenter,Minneapolis,MN

• NagalingamRajakumar,Ph.D.,M.B.B.S.

BrainAbnormalitiesinAutismSpectrumDisorders AssociateProfessorofPsychiatryandAnatomy&CellBiologyUniversityofWesternOntario,London,ON,Canada

• FrederickJ.Stoddard,Jr.,M.D.

DisasterPsychiatry,WhatCliniciansShouldKnow AssociateClinicalProfessorofPsychiatryHarvardMedicalSchoolattheMassachusettsGeneralHospital,Boston,MA

OBJECTIVESBytheendoftheworkshopparticipantswillbeableto:

1. Discussthepathophysiologyofmyocardialinfarction,reperfusionstrategiesandadjuvantpharmacotherapy

2. ToProvidethebasisforclinicaldiagnosisandtherapyforNecrotizingEnterocolitis,andtodiscussroleofprobioticsinpreventionandpotentialmechanismofaction

3. Tounderstandstructuralandchemicalbrainchangesthatmayexplainthefunctionaldeficitsinautisticpatientsandtheuseofanimalmodelsindevelopingnoveltherapeuticstrategies

4. Todescribesocial,emotionalandphysicaldevelopmentinchildrenexposedtostressfulenvironments

ForinquiriesorquestionsaboutCMEevents/Certificatespleasecontact:

Sri‐SujanthyRajaram,M.D.(CMEDirector,IMHO)AssistantProfessorofMedicineUMDNJ/RWJMedicalSchoolatCamden,CooperUniversityHospital,NJ08103 rajaram‐sri‐sujanthy@cooperhealth.eduTel:1‐856‐342‐2820Fax:1‐856‐342‐8282Cell:1‐609‐206‐2706