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March 2024

DEEP INSIGHT FROM NEGLECTED TROPICAL DISEASE TO NOTIFIABLE DISEASE [SNAKEBITE] on 23.03.2024

DEEP INSIGHT FROM NEGLECTED TROPICAL DISEASE TO NOTIFIABLE DISEASE [SNAKEBITE]

Conducted by Department of Physiology dated 23/03/2024 at Sri Siddhartha Medical College & Hospital, Agalakote, B.H road, Tumkur-572107
KMC credit hours: 2 hours was given.

Organizing Chairman: Dr.Deepali.A
Prof & HOD, Department of Physiology

Around 280 people attended the CME.

250 people registered for the CME as delegates. which included students, Faculty Members & Post Graduate students from Medical colleges across Karnataka

Dr.Ramegowda District Surveillance officer attended the CME as Guest.

Dr.Manjunath District Health Officer attended the CME as Guest.

Medical officers from different parts of Karnataka attended the CME.

Certificates were given to the delegates who had registered for the CME.

High-Tea with snacks was arranged at 11.30 am & 04.30 pm.
Lunch was arranged from 01 pm to 02 pm

Speaker’s details:

1. Dr. Ravikar Ralph currently serves as Professor & Head at the Poison Control Center, Department of Medicine, Christian Medical College (CMC), Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India.
At CMC Vellore, he is primarily involved with the care of patients with poisonings and snakebites; medical training; and research. He also co-ordinates activities at the CMC Poisons Information Center, a national-level facility handling one of the largest volumes of poisoning and snakebite-related calls from across the country.
Dr. Ralph has helped shape many policy and programmatic initiatives on snakebite prevention and control at various national and international forums. He has authored key international policy publications on snakebite mitigation in south Asia and other resource-limited regions. At the regional level, he has served as member of two WHO- SEARO expert groups constituted to formulate regional strategies for snakebite prevention and control and is the lead author of the WHO-SEARO Regional Action Plan document for snakebite control, published in February 2022. He also serves as member of the WHO Global Roster of Experts and Technical Advisory Group on snakebite prevention and control and as Clinical and India Advisor to the Global Snake Bite Initiative (GSI), USA foundation.

2. AMITH BALACHANDRAN MBBS, MD, DNB (General Medicine)
Assistant professor, Department of General Medicine Christian Medical College and Hospital, Vellore

Prizes & Awards:

The Jacob Prize in General Medicine for best outgoing Post-Graduate Resident – 2020(CMC, Vellore)

The Dr. P.H Chandrasekhar Gold Medal in Infectious Diseases – 2019 (CMC, Vellore)

The Dr Ida Scudder Medal for the Best outgoing Intern – 2015 (CMC, Vellore)

The Dr. Sommerwell Gold Medal in General Surgery – 2014 (CMC, Vellore)

Fourth Rank in Final Year MBBS Exam – 2014 (CMC, Vellore)

The Dr John S Carman Prize in General Surgery – 2014 (CMC, Vellore)

The Linnaeus-Palme Scholarship for Student Exchange – 2012 (Linnaeus-Palme Foundation, Sweden)

The Drs Nissi and Ajit Nissi Varki award for academic excellence – 2011(CMC, Vellore)

Fourth Rank in First Year MBBS Exam – 2011(CMC, Vellore)

3. Dr .Karthik Sungar( Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru)

Evolutionary Geneticist

Expert at venomics

4. Dr. Asghar Baig(Tumkur District Hospital)
District Surgeon of Tumkur
The CME/Workshop was very informative which trained the Medical Officers, faculty members, Post graduates students & under graduates students in details regarding snake bite, its management & treatment.
The Speaker Dr.Karthik explained about new advancements in research on polyvalent anti snake venom which is taking place in Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore.
The CME overall was successful in training the Delegates who participated giving in-depth knowledge on Snake Bite management & treatment.

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