DAS Clinic 2024 (Sint Maarten)
Program for laymen - Thursday, November 14, 2024
From
Subject
Speaker
6:30 pm
REGISTRATION
7:00 pm
High blood pressure
Ken Berend and Gabe van Essen
7:30 pm
HIV and AIDS
Mieke Hooijschuur en Bert Rodenburg
8:00 pm
Rheumatic diseases incl. rheumatoid arthritis and lupus
Rashidi Rellum and Richard van Vugt
8:30 pm
T.b.a.
Attention to the wide field of general internal medicine (and rheumatology)
with a special focus on cooperation and communication between the first and second lines.
Friday November 15th, 2024 - Session 1
From - To
Subject
Speaker
8:00 am
REGISTRATION
8:30 am
Introduction
8:30 am
Opening, with an overview of the evolution of SMGH
Felix Holiday, medical director SMMC, Sint Maarten
9:00 am
Contemporary treatment of hypertension in the Caribbean
Kenrick Berend, internist-nephrologist, Curacao
9:30 am
Data protection and safety of sensitive data in and outside of the hospital
Guadalupe Verwaayen, application administrator/data protection professional, SMMC, Sint Maarten
10:00 am
Coffee break
10:30 am
What GP’s and other health care workers should know about common problems in dialysis patients
Nouaf Ajubi, internist-nephrologist and director of the Curacao Dialysis Center, Curacao
11:00 am
Thyroid diseases, what can the GP do, and when to refer to the specialist
Sherien Khodabaks, internist-endocrinologist SMMC, Sint Maarten
11:30 am
New developments in the field of kidney diseases
Gabe van Essen, internist-nephrologist, SMMC, Sint Maarten
12:00 pm
Lunch
Friday November 15th, 2024 - Session 2
From - To
Subject
Speaker
1:15 pm
REGISTRATION
The general practitioner's perspective:
1:30 pm
On being a GP on a small island with limited medical resources
Laurien Reinders, general practitioner Sint Maarten
1:50 pm
The role of health care insurance in the provision of health care in the Dutch Caribbean
Representative of 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
Clinical utility of antibody-testing in auto-immune diseases
Rashidi Rellum, rheumatologist HOH, Aruba
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
Selwyn Pantophlet, SMMC, Sint Maarten
8:50 am
An interesting case of ……
Omar Rogouti, house officer, department of Internal Medicine/nephrology, SMMC, Sint Maarten.
9:10 am
Pitfalls in the diagnosis of the acute abdomen
Evert Kesoemoarso, surgeon, SMMC, Sint Maarten
9:30 am
Cases of “internal medicine” in children
Martijn Tilanus, pediatrician, SMMC, Sint Maarten
10:00 am
Coffee break
10:30 am
Antibiotic resistance patterns in South America and the Caribbean
Alwin Tilanus, internist-infectious diseases specialist, HIV-treatment Center, Bogota, Colombia
11:00 am
HIV and AIDS on Sint Maarten
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
Saturday, November 16th, 2024 Session 4
From - To
Subject
Speaker
REGISTRATION
1:00 pm
Imaging studies in cardiology
Emiko Bird-Lake, cardiologist SMMC, Sint Maarten
1:30 pm
Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) or Hypertensive emergencies at the end of pregnancy
Wai Fan Lam, gynaecologist, SMMC, Sint Maarten
2:00 pm
Geriatric medicine, is this important for the Winward Islands?
Sandro Waterloo, internist/geriatric medicine specialist, HOH, Aruba, and Joris Schakel, internist-geriatric medicine specialist, CMC, Curacao
2:30 pm
Coffee break
3:00 pm
The red eye, what is the diagnosis?
Jerrel Pawiroredjo or Janna Minderhoud, 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
Adjourn
pending