The researchers at Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, Kochi has found a way to burn liver cancer. They have turned a substance commonly found in bones into apotent weapon that can seek and kill tumour cells.
The final year students of BSc Allied Health Sciences, Amrita Center for Allied Health Sciences, Amrita Health Sciences campus, Kochi, along with faculty members visited the Valaramkunnu village of Wayanad, Kerala, which is one of the 101+ villages adopted by Mata Amritanandamayi Math.
In the month of October “Dhwani” (Pharma Arts Fest) was officially inaugurated. The unimaginable grace from Lord Almighty as well as Amma and the magnificent support from the Principal of Amrita School of Pharmacy, Dr. Sabitha M., paved way for Dhwani 2017 to become a great success.
Dr. Vijay Harish Somasundaram, Assistant Professor in the Department of Nuclear Medicine, presented a part of his doctoral work at the 15th annual ANMPI (Association of Nuclear Medicine Physicians of India) conference held in association with the ICC (Indian Cancer Congress) 2017 conference at Bangalore, from November 8th to 12th, 2017.
Amrita School of Dentistry, Kochi announces the result of Final BDS Degree Part – II Examination September/ October 2017.
The Basket Ball Team (both girls and boys) of Amrita Health Sciences Campus, Kochi, emerged as the champions of Intercampus Basket Ball Tournament, which was held from 13th to 15th October 2017, at the Kochi Campus.
Amrita faculty member, Dr. Rakesh S., Vice Principal, Amrita School of Dentistry, and Head of Department, Oral & Maxillofacial Pathology and Microbiology, Amrita School of Dentistry, Kochi, attended and made a scientific presentation at the 3rd Annual World Pathology Conference at Rome, Italy, held July 8-9, 2017.
Dr. Hisham Ahamed, Consultant Interventional Cardiologist and Project Lead at the Amrita Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Center, Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, Kochi, was an invited speaker at the International HCM Summit VI held from October 27 – 29, 2017, at Boston, USA, as an invited faculty. He spoke on the topic “HCM in the Developing World”. He was the only invited speaker from the South Asian region.
The 4th Amrita Anaesthesia Refresher Course 2017 (AARC), was conducted by the Department of Anaesthesia and Critical Care, on 1st October, 2017, at Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences. Dr. Sanjeev K. Singh, Medical Superintendent, Amrita School of Medicine, Kochi, was the chief guest of the event.
Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences was awarded the Kerala State Pollution Control Board’s (KSPCB) excellence award on 4th October, 2017, for its sustained efforts in pollution control and for initiatives in environment protection in the year 2016-17.
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