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The First International Spiral Enterospopy Course In India |
Spiral Enteroscopy
In Vivo Hands-On Workshop
Kolkata, India
December 14-15- 2009 |
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Venue
Kothari Medical Centre
8 / 3, Alipore Road,
Kolkata- 700 027
Phone: 91-33 2456-7050 – 59 |
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Spiral Enteroscopy (SE), is an exciting technique for treating the small bowel that will eclipse other enteroscopic modalities to become the new standard of care. Discover why many other leading endoscopists are embracing the efficiency of SE. |
Course Description
Our faculty will conduct a comprehensive, interactive training program for spiral enteroscopy at the Kothari Medical Centre & Research Institute; Eastern India's premier ultra modern, tertiary care hospital. Training consists of two full days of observation and hands-on procedure training. The training session will begin with a review and discussion of the spiral enteroscopy technique, selected scientific papers and visual aids. The instructors will then demonstrate and describe the procedures in detail, followed up with a summary and question & answer period.
During the two days of training each attendee will perform up to five procedures under the direction of the faculty. This will include consultation and assistance by the instuctors during the procedure. Following each day of procedures there will be debriefing centered on the training experience and technique. Post procedure patient follow up will be collected on each procedure and shared with the physicians. |
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Faculty
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Paul Akerman, MD
Dr. Akerman practices gastroenterology in Providence, RI with University Gasenterology and is an Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine at the Brown University School of Medicine. He received his medical degree from George Washington University School of Medicine & Health Sciences, Washington DC in 1985 and completed his internship at Mount Auburn Hospital, Cambridge, MA.
Dr. Akerman was a driving force behind the new concept known as spiral enteroscopy. He has traveled worldwide to train physicians on the spiral enteroscopy technique helped to develop. |
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Kanishka Bhattacharya, MD
Dr. Bhattacharya is an Assistant Professor of Medicine at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center in Worcester, MA. USA. His clinical interests are double balloon endoscopy, endoscopic bariatric procedures, gastrointestinal bleeding, inflammatory bowel disease, pancreaticobiliary disorder and spiral enteroscopy. He is board certified in internal medicine and gastroenterology. Dr. Bhattacharya earned his medical degree from the University of Calcutta Medical College in 1983 and completed his residency and gastroenterology fellowship at St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center. Dr. Bhattacharya is an expert in spiral enteroscopy. |
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Dr. Karmabir Chakravartty
Dr Chakravartty is a Senior Consultant Gastroenterologist at Kothari Medical since 1993. He trained in the U.K. and USA (Harvard Medical School), server as President of the Indian Society of Gastroenterology in the State of West Bengal and is presently the Chairman of the Organizing Committee of ISGCON 2009. His special interest is in ENTEROSCOPIC procedures and has the largest series of Double Balloon Enteroscopies ( 840 procedures on 600 cases (in India since having worked with Dr. Hironori Yamamoto in 2005 at Jichi Medical School in Japan. Kothari Medical Centre is the only centre in India performing Spirus Enteroscopy and has done 56 cases to date. |
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