Penang Dermatology Symposium 2011 - Tentative Programme

PRELIMINARY PROGRAMME

2 April 2011 (Saturday)

Time	Event	Speaker
11.00pm	Registration and booth veiwing
12.30pm	Lunch symposium: Urticaria in children	Leong KF
2.00 pm	Hair loss in children	Chan LC
2.40 pm	Fever and rash in children	Leong KF
3.20 pm	Coffee break and booth viewing
3.40 pm	Cutaneous vascular lesions in children: when to intervene!	Leong KF
4.20pm	Ten should know skin disorders in children-Quiz	Tan WC
5.00pm	Adjourn

3April 2011 (Sunday)

Time	Event	Speaker
8.30 am	Registration
9.00 am	Pigmentary disorder in children	Ng SY
9.40 am	Psoriasis in chlidren	Lo Kang SC
10.20 am	Coffee break and booth viewing
10.50 am	Neonatal dermatoses; when to be concern!	Sabeera Begum
11.30 am	Life threatening paediatric skin disorders	Ng SY
12.10 am	Lunch Symposium: The do’s and the dont’s in the management of atopic eczema	Mardziah Alias
12.50 pm	Lunch break and booth viewing
2.00pm	Autoimmune blistering disorder in children	Sabeera Begum
2.40 pm	Paediatric skin nursing (live demonstration): Topical medication, Wet wrap, EB dressing	Sabeera Begum & Team
3.40 pm	Genodermatoses: The role of Clinical Geneticist	Keng WT
4.20 pm	Evaluation
4.30 pm	Adjourn

Speaker Faculty

1.   Dr Mardziah Alias
Senior Consultant Pediatrician and Pediatric Dermatologist,

KPJ Damansara Specialist Hospital,

Petaling Jaya, Kuala Lumpur

2.   Dr Sabeera Begum

Consultant Paediatric Dermatologist

Institute Pediatrik
Hospital Kuala Lumpur
Kuala Lumpur

3.   Dr Chan Lee Chin

Consultant Dermatologist & Head

Department of Dermatology,

Hospital Pulau Pinang

Penang

4.   Dr Lo Kang Shang Chit

Consultant Dermatologist

Island Hospital

Penang

5.   Dr Keng Wee Teik

Consultant Paediatrician & Geneticist

Institute Pediatrik
Hospital Kuala Lumpur
Kuala Lumpur

6.   Dr Leong Kin Fon

Paediatric Dermatologist

Institute Pediatrik
Hospital Kuala Lumpur
Kuala Lumpur

7.   Dr Ng Su Yuen

Fellow in Paediatric Dermatology

Institute Pediatrik
Hospital Kuala Lumpur
Kuala Lumpur

8.   Dr Tan Wooi Chiang

Fellow in Dermatology

Department of Dermatology

Hospital Pulau Pinang

Penang

Penang Dermatology Symposium 2011 - Announcement

Theme: Paediatric Dermatology

Date: 2nd - 3rd April 2011

Venue: Auditorium, 4th Floor ACC, Hospital Pulau Pinang

Department of Dermatology, Penang General Hospital will organise Penang Dermatology Symposium 2011 at Auditorium, Ambulatory Care Center (ACC) Penang General Hospital on 2nd – 3rd April 2011 (Saturday-Sunday)

In collaboration with

a. Post Graduate Medical Education Society (PGMES), Hospital Pulau Pinang

b. Dermatological Society of Malaysia (PDM)

c. Faculty of Dermatology, Academy of Medicine Malaysia

d. Malaysian Medical Association, Penang Branch

The aims for this event are to provide a regular continuous medical education (CME) programme in dermatology for practicing practitioners and to provide an update of various topics in dermatology / paediatric dermatology.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND THE UPDATE

All physician, paediatrician and primary care practitioners

For further enquiries, kindly contact the secretariat

CONTACT

Mr Kong Tau Chin

Sister Salmi Bt Ismail

Call: 04-2225250 / 2225247 

Fax: 04- 2281737 / 2225246

Mail: Dept of Dermatology, Hospital Pulau Pinang

Closing Date: 14 March 2011

Penang Dermatology Symposium 2010 Report

Penang Dermatology Symposium 2010 (Theme: General Dermatology)

The Penang Dermatology Symposium 2010 was held on the 8th - 9th May 2010 at the auditorium, ACC, Hospital Pulau Pinang. It was organized by the Department of Dermatology, Hospital Pulau Pinang in collaboration with PGMES, Hospital Pulau Pinang, Dermatological Society of Malaysia and College of Physician, Academy of Medicine (Faculty of Dermatology).

The objective of this course is to introduce a regular continuous medical education programme for government doctors & private practitioners with the hope of improving standard of care in Dermatology. The topics covered were the common dermatologic conditions we encounter in our daily practice like management of psoriasis, acne vulgaris, atopic eczema, blistering disorders, urticaria, hair loss, skin signs in systemic diseases, vitiligo and hypopigmentation, facial pigmentation and skin rejuvenation, cutaneous adverse drug reaction and also Stevens-Johnson Syndrome, Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis and DRESS.

We had about 250 participants, mainly medical officers and a few specialists, pharmacists and private practitioners from the state of Penang, Kedah, Perak, Selangor and Negeri Sembilan. The sessions went on well with active participation and interaction between participants and speakers.

The speaker were Dr Agnes Heng (HOD, Dept of Dermatology, Hospital Ipoh), Dr Tang Min Mong(Dermatologist, Hospital Kuala Lumpur), Dr Koh Chuan Keng (Private Consultant Dermatologist), Dr Lo Kang Shang Chit (Private Consultant Dermatologist), Miss Lim Lay Hooi (Consultant Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeon, Hospital Pulau Pinang), Dr Chan Lee Chin (HOD, Dept of Dermatology, Hospital Pulau Pinang), DrTan Wooi Chiang (Fellow in Dermatology, Dept of Dermatology, Hospital Pulau Pinang) and Dr Kalaikumar (Senior MO, Dept of Dermatology, Hospital Pulau Pinang). 

Our heartfelt gratitude's to all our invited speakers, sponsors, hospital and state director for their support, in making this events possible and a success. To all our participants, we hope you all have had an enjoyable and productive weekend.

Thank you for all the encouraging feedbacks

Last but not least, many thanks to all the doctors and staffs of my department - Department of Dermatology, Hospital Pulau Pinang for all their hard work and contribution.

See you in the next symposium - Penang Dermatology Symposium 2011

Organizing Committee PDS 2010

Penang Dermatology Symposium 2010

Theme  : General Dermatology
Date     :  8th - 9th May 2010
Venue   :  Auditorium, 4th Floor ACC, Hospital Pulau Pinang

In collaboration with

Post Graduate Medical Education Society (PGMES), Hospital Pulau Pinang

Dermatological Society of Malaysia (PDM)

Faculty of Dermatology, Academy of Medicine Malaysia