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22 January. Meeting of 2005 ATCSA Steering Committee 01-03 February. 39th Annual Meeting of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons, San Diego, CA 04-05 February. Surgical Updates and Round Table Discussion w/ Prof. Shunji Sano, MD 06 February. 2nd Regular Board Meeting, Manila Midtown Hotel 20 February. 1st Scientific Meeting, Philippine General Hospital 01 March. Workshop on Clinical Practice Guideline Development and Critical Appraisal, Glaxo Office, Chino Roces Ave., Makati City 05 March. 3rd Regular Board Meeting 02 April. 4th Regular Board Meeting 08-09 April. 45th PATACSI Foundation Day - Postgraduate Course, Manila Midtown Hotel 13-16 April. 31st Annual Spring Meeting - American College of Surgeons, New York, NY 24 April. 2nd Scientific Meeting, Lung Center of the Philippines 27 April. PBTCVS Written Exam 04-07 May. 33rd Annual Meeting of AATS, Boston, MA 09-10 May. PCS Midyear Convention, Oasis Country Resort, San Fernando, La Union 14 May. 5th Regular Board Meeting, Westin Philippine Plaza 04 June. 6th Regular Board Meeting 06-08 June. 9th PATACSI - Biomedis Regiodal Postgraduate Course, Cebu City, Cebu 08-11 June. 51st Annual Meeting of American Association for Vascular Surgeons, Toronto, Ontario, Canada 08-11 June. 57th Annual Meeting of Society for Vascular Surgeons, Toronto, Ontario, Canada 19 June. 3rd Scientific Meeting, Consortium 20 June. Deadline for Submission of Research Abstract 02 July. 7th Regular Board Meeting 04 July. Deadline for Submission of Completed Research Papers 19 July. PATACSI - Bayer Research Forum, MAB Hall, PHC 02 August. In-Service Exam 04 August. PBTCVS Oral Exam 06 August. 8th Regular Board Meeting 15 August. Deadline for Biennial Research Abstract 16 August. Workshop - Evidence-Based Practice Guidelines, TBA 03 September. 9th Regular Board Meeting 18 September. 4th Scientific Meeting, USTH 01 October. 10th Regular Board Meeting 19-24 October. 89th Annual Meeting of American College of Surgeons, Chicago, Illinois 05 November. 11th Regular Board Meeting 16-19 November. 16th Biennial Asian Congress of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeons, Bangkok, Thailand 27 November. 5th Scientific Meeting 30 November. PCS 59th Annual Clinical Congress, EDSA Shangri-la Hotel 01-03 December. PCS 59th Annual Clinical Congress, EDSA Shangri-la Hotel 01-02 December. 10th PATACSI Annual Convention and Postgraduate Course, EDSA Shangri-la Hotel 17 December. Joint Board Meeting
31 January 1998.
Emergency General Assembly.
10 February 1998. 2nd Regular Board Meetings. 19 February 1998.
1st Quarter Scientific Meeting.
10 March 1998. 3rd Regular Board Meeting. 28 March 1998. PATACSI - BAPI Joint Workshop on Tracheobronchial Stenting 10 April 1998. 4th Regular Board Meeting . 24-25 April 1998. PCS Midyear Convention
8-10 May 1998. 3rd Asian
Vascular Congress .
11 May 1998. Philippine National Election. 16 May 1998.
Lung Center Burns Down / PATACSI Office Transfer.
Although rehabilitation of the hospital and resumption of hospital activities has been assured by the Department of Health, the actual timetable is still uncertain.
The relatively new (c.Oct 1995) PATACSI office at Rm 3013 was completely destroyed together with all the adjacent offices of chest organizations, i.e. PCCP, ACCP, BAPI, Lung Foundation. All PATACSI office equipment , supplies, and current records were lost in the fire. Fortunately, many old records were salvaged because these were kept in a steel file cabinet in the veranda just outside of the main office.
PATACSI will temporarily be housed at the Philippine Heart Center. Until further notice the address of the new office will be:
The telephone account of PATACSI, Telefax (632) 929-3826 will be transferred to the new office as soon as possible. In the interim, the following contact numbers may be used:
19 May 1998. 5th Regular Board Meeting. 11 June 1998.
2nd Quarter Scientific Meeting .
27 June 1998.
PATACSI Out-of-Town Symposium
7 July 1998. 7th Regular Board Meeting. 11-12 July 1998. Joint Workshop PATACSI-PBTCVS.
There were 22 PATACSI participants represented by the Board of Directors of PATACSI and PBTCVS, Training Directors of the different programs. Dr. Ruel Romero, neurosurgeon and faculty of the National Teachers Training Center, who facilitated the 3 previous workshops once again joined this workshop as moderator.
Session 1 focused on the implementation of 3 year Unified Training Program.
The definition of a unified program was clarified as individual training centers following a common basic core curriculum, with minimum competencies that must be attained during the first 2 years of training. The mandatory third year of training will be on a specific specialty chosen by the trainees and which may be taken in any accredited training center in the Philippines or abroad.
Session II reviewed the accreditation process in preparation for the re-evaluation of the existing programs and possible accreditation of new training centers.
The case load statistics of the Philippine Heart Center and the Philippine General Hospital were compared to assess if the targets set during the previous workshops were achieved. The consensus was that although the present case loads of the 2 programs and their respective residents appear to meet the requirements, the virtual closure of the Lung Center thoracic program has compromised training in general thoracic surgery in the context of a Unified Training Program. Alternative venues for general thoracic surgery training will need to be explored and developed.
Session III was an interlogue between the Boards of PATACSI and PBTCVS and Dr. Romero in his capacity as the Executive Secretary and prime mover of the Neurosurgery Specialty Board. The main issues that will need to be resolved by the PBTCVS independently include: 1) the composition of the PBTCVS, whether it should be patterned after the Philippine Board of Surgery where all diplomates are members, and the examiners are constituted from among all members 2) the structure of the PBTCVS and the tenure of the board members 3) the role of the board in the accreditation of training programs.
Session IV was a workshop on test construction with emphasis on defining blueprints for all examinations, ensuring validity of test items, and improving decorum in the conduct of both written and oral examinations.
8 August 1998.
PATACSI - Bayer Research Forum
18 August 1998.
Wet Clinic: MIDCAB / Thoracoscopic Surgery
8 September 1998. 9th Regular Board Meeting 17 September 1998.
3rd Quarter Scientific Meeting..
6 October 1998. 10th Regular Board Meeting 25-30 October 1998. ACS Convention.
10 November 1998. 11th Regular Board Meeting 8 December 1998. 12th Regular Board Meeting 14-16 December 1998. 5th PATACSI Annual
Convention and Post-graduate Course
15 December 1998.
PATACSI Annual Business Meeting.
1997 Events 25 January 1997. Workshop on Accreditation and Implementation of Training Guidelines. Bonaventura Plaza, Greenhills. Moderator: Dr. Roel A.P. Romero. PCS Resource Persons: Dr. Jose Ramirez, Dr. Ernesto C. Tan. The workshop unanimously affirmed the desire of all current members to preserve the integrity of PATACSI and to prevent its fragmentation into smaller subspecialty groups. The workshop outputs included the formulation of guidelines for the implementation of the 3 year Unified Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery training programs, the design of the structure and the components of the first 2 years of basic thoracic and cardiovascular surgery, the definition of minimum competencies expected of the graduates of all TCVS programs, and agreement on a timetable for implementation of the guidelines. March 8-9, 1998. Mission and Vision Seminar
Workshop.
The workshop identified the key concepts of the PATACSI Mission although this still needs to be framed into a Mission Statement: Global, Mastery, Unity, Vigor, Stability, Growth, Client Satisfaction, Dynamism, Technological Advancement. These key concepts pervaded all the activities of PATACSI throughout the whole year 1997. Priority programs were also identified: Research, Manpower Development, International Networking and Continuing Surgical Education. Preliminary deliberations were began on the Formulation of Practice Guidelines for TCVS in the Philippines with focus on the Encroachment into the traditional fields of TCVS, ie: Esophagus, Pediatric Thoracic, Video Assisted Thoracoscopic surgery; and the influx of foreign based Fil-American TCVS specialists. 24-25 May 1997. Out-of-Town Symposium on Chest and Vascular Trauma. Tacloban, Leyte. Lectures on common TCVS emergencies presented by selected PATACSI Fellows, well attended by general surgeons and physicians of Tacloban and neighboring towns. 26-27 June 1997. Lecture-Live Demonstration:
VATS in Lung Cancer.
Prof. Naruke presented 2 lectures: "Thoracoscopic Surgery for Lung CA" and "Implications of New Staging in Lung CA". 19 July 1997. Five-Year Planning Workshop
A follow-up to the successful Mission-Vision workshop at Mimosa, this session tried to outline specific activities for each year of the previously identified priority programs. Many of the proposed activities for the coming years focus on Continuing Surgical Education with emphasis on skills acquisition by scheduling more hands-on workshops, and increased participation in international meetings in the Philippines. An interesting activity to look forward to in the future is the proposed annual celebration of the PATACSI Foundation Day every 8th of April, starting with the 39th anniversary in 1998. August 16, 1997Out-of-Town Post Graduate Course
on Trauma.
One-day trauma course, joint activity of the PATACSI and PCS-Cebu Eastern Visayas Chapter 12-15 October 1997. 13th Biennial Asian
Congress on Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery.
The Biennial Asian Congress has been held for the past 25 years since the very first meeting in Manila on November 22-26, 1972. PATACSI Fellows who attended this year included: Drs. Aventura, Barroa, de Jesus, Desales, Garciano, Gamponia, Manzo, Melendres, A. Ramos, F. Sanches, Torres, and PATACSI Candidates: Drs. Delmo, Manapat, Maranan, and Rico. 21 October 1997. Lecture, Live-Demostration and
Teleconference: Partial Left Ventriculectomy," Batista Procedure"
for End-Stage Cardiomyopathy
State-of-the-art surgery for advanced heart failure was performed on 2 patients each at the Phil. Heart Center ,St. Luke's Heart Institute and Makati Medical Center, by Dr. Batista himself, assisted by PATACSI Fellows with audience participation via live tele-conferencing. A very interesting and entertaining lecture was presented by Dr. Batista after dinner at the Manila Galleria. 22-23 November 1997. Evidence Based Medicine
Workshop.
Workshop designed to improved appreciation and interpretation of published research with emphasis on how to utilize evidence in surgical decision making. There were informative capsule sessions on Medical Informatics and Collaborative Research among others. December 8-10, 1997. 4th Annual Convention
and Postgraduate Course.
The theme for this year's Postgraduate Course is "Recent Trends in the Management of Chronic Cardiothoracic and Vascular Diseases". The 3 half-days course was panel discussion type with reactors from related cardiovascular specialties. Cardiac surgery trends were discussed on the first day, thoracic on the second day, and vascular on the third. The Convention also included the election of the 1998 PATACSI Board of Directors and the annual Business Meeting on the 2nd day, 09 December 1997. 10 December 1997. Annual Fellowship and Induction of New Officers and Fellows. Jasmin Room, Penthouse Floor, Hyatt Regency Hotel, Roxas Boulevard, Manila. Highlights of this affair include the induction of 7 new PATACSI Fellows, induction of the 1998 Board of Directors, the issuance of new certificates to current PATACSI Fellows, and the speech of incumbent PMA President Dr. Modesto Llamas on the Impact of HMO's on Speciality Practice in the Philippines. |
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