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.
Amrita School of Pharmacy, Kochi, hosted a talk by Mr. Nibu Parameswaran, Research Scholar, University of Tasmania, Australia on “Predictions of Hospitalization Due to Drug Reaction in Elderly Community Dwelling Patients” (The PADR-EC-Score), for Pharm D. & M. Pharm students, on October 12, 2017.
Honourable President of India Shri. Ram Nath Kovind was the chief Guest at Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham Chancellor’s 64th Birthday Celebrations on 8th October, 2017.
Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, Kochi, conducted India’s and Asia’s first upper arm double hand-transplant on Shreya Siddanagowda, a 19-year-old girl. Shreya, a chemical engineering student at Manipal Institute of Technology, lost both her hands in a road mishap last year.
The Amrita Fertility Center, the Amrita Speciality Clinic at Thevara, Kochi, under Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, was inaugurated by K. J. Maxi, MLA, on 26th September, 2017.
Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, Kochi, launched Swasti, a health and well-being initiative, with the aim of improving awareness and promoting positive health and well-being, on 25th September, 2017.
Amrita School of Pharmacy, Kochi, observed the World Pharmacists Day on September 25, 2017.
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