4th International Conference on Thalassemia: New Delhi Oct 31-Nov 1, 2009

I have been requested to post this announcement for the thalassemia conference being held in Delhi later this year. I wish it was possible for me to attend.

For more info, go to http://www.thalassemicsindia.org/thalassemicsindia-international-conference.html

We are pleased to  announce that the 4th International Conference on Thalassemia will  be held at Hotel Intercontinental Eros, Nehru  Place , New Delhi on 31st October- 1st November,09.

We look  forward to your support and attendance for yet another interesting and stimulating conference.





Registration forms are also attached to this message as a .pdf file.

Hi Andy,
How are you?
hey all,
after a long time i m here, how are u doing?
Andy are u coming to Delhi..?and what about my other friends?

Hi Anita,

Unfortunately, I cannot come to the Delhi conference this year. Even managing to go to the NYC conference which is only a one hour flight for me, was very difficult. Hopefully, things will improve for me so I can travel internationally again, but finances are not the same as they were due to the bad economy, so I have to stay close to home for now. I hope the conference goes well and is a big success. Please give everyone my regards.

By the way, I was very happily surprised to see Inder at the NYC conference. I knew he was studying genetics in the US, but never thought I might meet him here. He was there with a poster exhibit concerning fetal hemoglobin research. It was really nice to see him and give him a hug.  It's also great to see how many thal patients are going into medicine and research so that they can help make life better for all.

hi Andy,
Feeling bad that u are not coming, but hope that we will meet very soon.
anywayz all d very best NYC Conference.








Regards.

Is anyone from thalpal going to be at the conference in Delhi? Seems like there are some good doctors going to the conference.

I just got the agenda of the conference which is as follows

Program for 31st Oct 2009

Topic	Speaker
Epidemiology and prevention of Thalassemia in India	Dr. Mammen Chandy (Vellore,India)
Blood safety in Asia pacific region & advances in Blood Banking for Thal. patients	Dr. Debasish Gupta (NACO, Govt. of India)
Optimal transfusion therapy	Dr. Antonio Piga (Italy)
Monitoring of transfusion dependent Thalassemics	Dr. Renzo Galanello (Italy)
Consequences of iron overload and its assessment	Dr. Antonio Piga (Italy)
“Iron Chelation in India : The 3 Ds :  Desferal, Deferiprone & Deferasirox"	Dr. M. B Agarwal ( Mumbai, India)
Assessment and Management of Endocrine complications in Thalassemia Patients	Dr. Ratna Chatterjee (U.K)
Osteoporosis in Thalassemia: Assessment and Management Guidelines	Dr. Margaret Zacharin ( Australia)
Assessment of cardiac iron overload and management of  cardiac dysfunction	Dr. Malcolm Walker (U.K)
BMT and Stem Cell Transplant for Thalassemia	Dr. Mammen Chandy ( Vellore, India)

Program for 1st Nov 2009 - For Non Doctor's

Gene therapy in Thalassemia	Dr. Michael Antoniou (U.K)
Assessment and managerment of Hepatitis and Liver Dysfunction inThalassemia	Dr. Neelam Mohan (Delhi, India)
Management of growth failure in Thalassemia	Speaker:- Dr. Ratna Chatterjee (U.K)
Fertility and Pregancy in young women with Thalassemia	Dr. Rekha Bajoria (U.K)
Monitoring of Thalassemia Patients	Dr. Jagdish Chandra
Thalassemia Intermedia and HbE Thal	Dr. V.P Choudhary (Delhi, India)
Living with Thalassemia	Rohin Anand (Delhi, India)
Patient’s rights and advocacy	Anubha Taneja (Delhi, India)
Diet and Nutrition supplements in Thalassemia	Dr. Sunil Gomber (Delhi, India)
Immune Status in thalassemia	Prof. A.P.Dubey
Antenatal Diagnosis	Dr.Ritika Bhandari
Cord Blood Banking	Dr. Amita Mahajan (Delhi, India)
Overview of iron chelation treatment options	Dr. Nica Capellini  (Italy)
The Adolescent Thalassemia patient	Dr. Nica Capellini  (Italy)
Survival of Thalassemia patients with optimal management: Looking into the future	Dr. Renzo Galanello (Italy)
Interactive session: Questions/Answers	N/A
Conference outcome: Future Directions	Dr. V.K.Khanna

Programme for Doctors - 1st November, 2009

Transfusion therapy in thalassemia & management of its complications	Dr. Renzo Galanello (Italy)
Monitoring of Thalassemia patients	Dr. Farrukh Shah (U.K)
Role of T2 star MRI in the assessment of cardiac and hepatic iron overload	Dr. Malcolm Walker (U.K)
Osteoporosis in Thalassemia	Dr. Anju Virmani (Delhi, India)
Overview of iron chelation in Thalassemia	Dr. Antonio Piga (Italy)
Management of Delayed puberty and growth failure in thalassemia	Dr. Ratna Chatterjee (U.K)
Stem Cell Transplant in thalassemia	Dr. Revathi Raj (Chennai, India)
The Renal Aspects of Thalassemia and measures of renal function: a changing paradigm	Dr. Sunil Bhandari (U.K)
M.Sc programme in hemoglobinopathy	Dr. Rekha Bajoria (U.K)
Questions & Answers	N/A

This sounds like a great conference, I hope that our members residing in India will be in attendance.  It will also be a great opportunity for them to get to know one another - and support one another. 

Thanks for posting this agenda Narendra,

Sharmin