Date: 11 – 12 May, 2013 (Saturday and Sunday)
Room N201, 2/F (New Wing), Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Center
The Hong Kong Medical Forum (HKMF) is an annual event organized by the Department of Medicine, the University of Hong Kong. The objective of the HKMF is for Continuing Professional Education (CPE) of different disciplines and subspecialties, through state-of-the-art lectures by local and overseas speakers who are distinguished specialists in their respective fields.
The target audience includes general practitioners, family and specialist physicians, clinicians of other specialties, basic and higher physician trainees, nurses, allied health professionals and medical students.
Main Themes
– Richard Yu Lecture: Place of autologous stem cell transplantation for myeloma treatment in the era of novel therapies
– Infectious Disease: Update on Emerging Infections and Therapy
– Hot Topics on Cardiovascular Therapies
– Optimizing Recent HCV Treatments and Exploring Future’s Paradigm
– Interactive Workshop for Clinical Practices
– Therapeutic Advances in Neurological Disorders
– Understanding Your Choice: A New Emerging Oral Anticoagulants for VTE
– Chronic Kidney Disease
– Therapeutic Advances in the Treatment of Lupus and Rheumatoid Arthritis
Speakers
Kaur Amarjit (HK), John Amerena (Australia), Koon-Ho Chan (HK), Frances Chiu (HK), Siu-Ling Choi (HK), Kai-Uwe Eckardt (Germany), Jean-Luc Harousseau (France), Axel Hsu (HK), Patrick Li (HK), Peter Lin (Canada), Gary Mak (HK), Deborah Marriott (Australia), Temy Mok (HK), Eric Morand (Australia), Terje Pedersen (Norway), Stephen Pianko (Australia), David Siu (HK), Carolyn Sue (Australia), Sydney Tang (HK), Thomas Toelle (Germany), Hai-Yan Wang (China), Raymond Wong (HK), Wai-Mui Wong (HK), Terence Yip (HK), Kwok-Yung Yuen (HK)
Continuing Professional Education (CPE) Accreditation is available from Colleges under the Hong Kong Academy of Medicine and other local institutions
Registration at http://www.medic.hku.hk/hkmf_rego.htm
