15th DAS Conference 2024 (Sint Maarten)
REGISTRATION FEE: $250 for full conference
$200 for full conference (Expires October 17, 2024)
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BANK INFORMATION:
SMMC WIRE TRANSFER INFORMATION Donation NAF/USD
Beneficiary Bank: The Windward Islands Bank Ltd.
Beneficiary Bank Address: Clem Labega Square 7
Beneficiary Bank City: Philipsburg
Beneficiary Bank Country: Sint Maarten
SWIFT CODE: WISBSXSM
REFERENCE: DAS-Conference November 15th and 16th 2024 Sint Maarten
Final Beneficiary Acct #: 20099403 Naf or 20099501 USD
Final Beneficiary Name: ST. MAARTEN MEDICAL CENTER
Final Beneficiary Address: Welgelegen road 30
Final Beneficiary City: Cay Hill
Final Beneficiary Country: Sint Maarten
- Leerdoelen
Het verstrekken van een update op het gebied van interne geneeskund incl. infectieziekten, nierziekten, immunologie, endocrinologie) en reumatologie. - Aanreiken van praktische handvaten voor behandeling van patienten door zowel huisartsen als medisch specialisten.
- Wetenschappelijke deskundigheidsbevordering met het aanleren van een kritische houding ten opzichte van de wetenschappelijke kennis waarop het medisch handelen is gebaseerd.
- Praktische deskundigheid op het gebied van effectieve diagnostiek en therapie op lange termijn bij chronische ziektebeelden.
- Specifieke deskundigheid op het gebied van de farmacotherapie, mogelijkheden en beperkingen van de farmacotherapie, interacties en bijwerkingen van geneesmiddelen en het effect van polyfarmacie.
- Versterken van de connectie en samenwerking tussen eerste en tweede lijn.
Dit alles met een focus op de situatie in het Caribisch gebied.
Friday November 15th, 2024 - Session 1
From - To
Subject
Speaker
8:00 am
REGISTRATION
and the opportunity to enter answers in the Pre-conference quiz
8:30 am
Introduction
Gabe van Essen, Internist-nephrologist
SMMC - Sint Maarten
8:35 am
Opening, with an overview of the evolution of SMGH
Felix Holiday, Surgeon and CEO
SMMC - Sint Maarten
9:00 am
Contemporary treatment of hypertension in the Caribbean
Kenrick Berend, Internist-nephrologist
CMC - Curacao
9:30 am
Artificial intelligence and personal data protection in healthcare.
Guadalupe Verwaayen, Application administrator/data protection professional
SMMC - Sint Maarten
10:00 am
Coffee break
10:30 am
Preventive nephrology
Shahriar Akaberi, Internist-nephrologist
SMMC - Sint Maarten
11:00 am
Aspects of iron absorption, metabolism and therapy
Roel Jonkhoff, Internist-haematologist
SMMC - Sint Maarten
11:30 am
Update in management of diabetes mellitus and diabetic kidney disease
Nouaf Ajubi, Internist-nephrologist
Director of the Curacao Dialysis Center, Curacao
12:00 pm
Lunch
Friday November 15th, 2024 - Session 2
From - To
Subject
Speaker
1:30 pm
REGISTRATION
The General Practitioner's perspective:
1:30 pm
The role of the GP in sexual health.
Laurien Reinders, General practitioner
Sint Maarten
1:50 pm
The contribution of health care insurance in provision of health care in the Dutch Caribbean
Ruth Douglass (to be confirmed)
SZV - Sint Maarten
2:10 pm
Ways to improve patient compliance and medication prescription consistency between GP’s and specialists
Andwele Illis, Hospital pharmacist
Cay Hill Pharmacy - Sint Maarten
2:30 pm
Approach to somatically unexplained physical complaints
(In Dutch: Somatisch onverklaarde lichamelijke klachten = SOLK)Radha Sanchit, General practitioner
Sint Maarten
3:00 pm
Coffee break
3:30 pm
Differential diagnosis of joint pain and the management of arthritis
Richard van Vugt, Rheumatologist
Amsterdam UMC and
Poli Buitenveldert, The Netherlands
4:00 pm
Hands-on training in rheumatology, tips and tricks for the busy clinician
Richard van Vugt, Rheumatologist
Amsterdam UMC and
Poli Buitenveldert, The Netherlands
4:30 pm
Adjourn
Saturday, November 16th, 2024 Session 3
From - To
Subject
Speaker
8:00 am
REGISTRATION
The SMMC-experience:
8:30 am
Medical and paramedical education on Sint Maarten
Antonio Selwyn Pantophlet, Inpatient management coordinator
SMMC - Sint Maarten
8:50 am
An interesting case of leptospirosis
Omar Rogouti, House officer
Department of Internal Medicine/nephrology
SMMC - Sint Maarten
9:10 am
Pitfalls in the diagnosis of the acute abdomen
Willem van Tets, Surgeon
SMMC - Sint Maarten
9:30 am
New Therapeutic strategies in sickle-cell disease
Martijn Tilanus, Pediatrician
SMMC - Sint Maarten
10:00 am
Coffee break
10:30 am
Antibiotic resistance patterns in the Caribbean
Radjin Steingrover, Medical microbiologist
Sint Maarten Labarotary Services and
SMMC -Sint Maarten
11:00 am
Up-to-date treatment of HIV and AIDS
Mieke Hooijschuur, Internist and infectious diseases specialist
SMMC - Sint Maarten
11:30 am
Rare (and not so rare) infectious diseases in the Caribbean
Bert Rodenburg, Internist-infectious diseases specialist
HOH - Aruba
12:00 pm
Lunch
Gabe van Essen, Internist-nephrologistSaturday, November 16th, 2024 Session 4
From - To
Subject
Speaker
REGISTRATION
1:00 pm
Modern approach to heart failure
Emiko Bird-Lake, Cardiologist
SMMC - Sint Maarten
1:30 pm
Hypertensive emergencies at the end of pregnancy
Wai Fan Lam, Gynaecologist
SMMC - Sint Maarten
2:00 pm
Aspects of dementia
Sandro Waterloo, Internist/geriatric medicine specialist
HOH, Aruba
2:30 pm
Coffee break
3:00 pm
The red eye, what is the diagnosis?
Jerrel Pawiroredjo, Ophthalmologist
SMMC - Sint Maarten
3:30 pm
Recent scientific developments in the broad field of medicine
Ashley Duits, Medical immunologist and
Head of the blood bank, Curacao & Sint Maarten
4:00 pm
Opportunity to enter answers in the Post-conference quiz
4:10 pm
Closing of the conference
SMMC - Sint Maarten
4:20 pm
Adjourn
pending