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15th DAS Conference 2024 (Sint Maarten)

From November 15, 2024 08:00 until November 16, 2024 17:00
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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  

Saturday, 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

Gabe van Essen, Internist-nephrologist
SMMC - Sint Maarten

4:20 pm Adjourn  

 

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