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A) Guest Faculty at International Cardiology Conferences
Dr Soo Chee Seong, Consultant Cardiologist of HSC Medical Center has been invited as Guest Faculty & Speaker at International Cardiology Conferences to present the latest developments in the diagnosis & treatment of heart disease :-
1) Complex Cardiovascular Therapeutics, Kobe , Japan , Dec 2003.
- Practical Applications of 16-slice MSCT in Coronary Artery Disease.
2) 21st Annual Kokura Live Demonstration Course, Kokura, Japan, Apr 2004.
- Live Demo course moderator.
3) TOPIX, Tokyo , July 2004.
- Drug-Eluting stents in Asia .
- Live Demo course moderator.
4) Great Wall International Congress of Cardiology Oct 16-19, 2004, Beijing, China
- Lecture: Treatment of Bifurcation Lesions with Safecut Balloon.
5) Kokura Drug Eluting Stent Summit II, April 14 2005, Kokura, Japan.
- Lecture: The DES Great Case - Complex Anatomy and Operator Technique Considerations.
6) 14th Annual Scientific meeting of Indonesian Heart Association, June 3-5 2005, Surabaya, Indonesia.
- Lecture: Can MSCT replace Invasive Coronary Angiography for Diagnostic & Post-PCI Evaluation ?
7) Topic 2005, Tokyo, July 2005
- Lecture: 64-slice MSCT update
8) Complex Cardiovascular Therapeutics (CCT) 2005, Kobe, Japan, Sept 2005
- Lecture: Interesting cases with Safecut balloon
B) MSCT Coronary Imaging Clinical Fellowship at HSC Medical Center
HSC Medical Center has pioneered and done the largest number of MSCT coronary angiography studies with invasive coronary angiography correlation.Because of this background, Siemens Medical has requested HSC to train doctors & radiographers from other countries via a 1-week introductory course in MSCT coronary imaging :-
1) Dr Philip Larrazabal & his Chief Radiographer of Cebu Doctor's Hospital, Cebu, Philippines ( Dec 1-5, 2003 ).
2) Dr CM Chan, Mr KK Chan, Dr WK Wong and Dr MK Chan from Queen Elizabeth Hospital,
Hong Kong ( Feb 16-20, 2004 ).
3) Dr Joseph Sanki, Specialist Radiologist, Sydney, Australia. (Aug 24-27, 2004)
4) Dr Robert Li, Radiologist and his Chief Radiographers Mr Vincent Wong and Radiographer
Mr Patrick Lee, St. Paul Hospital, Hong Kong (Nov 22-26, 2004)
5) Dr Lawrence Dembo, Cardiologist and Mr Jerad Murphy, Chief Technologist from
St. John of God Hospital, Perth, Australia (Feb 14 - 16, 2005)
6) Mr Irfan Rivai, Radiographer, National Cardiac Centre, Jakarta (Mar 14-18, 2005)
7) Dr Chang Chin Min, Radiologist, Central Clinic/Chi-May Hospital, Taiwan (Mar 22, 2005)
8) Dr Taj Dougal, Dr Melvin Chew, Castlereagh Imaging, Melbourne, part of the Sonic
Radiology Corporate Group, Australia (Apr 4-7, 2005)
9) I.G.Ketut Kusuma Suganda, Radiographer from Bintoro International Hospital, Indonesia
(July 18-22, 2005)
10) Ng Leay Yong, Senior Radiographer, Radlink Diagnostic Imaging, Singapore
(July 25-27, 2005)
11) Dr Tjondro Setiawan & Dr Nelly Susanto, Radiologists, Gading Pluit Hospital, Jakarta,
Indonesia (Aug 1-5, 2005)
12) Mr. Peter Todd, Radiographer, Ballarat Cardiac Imaging, Australia (Aug 15-19, 2005)
13) Dr. Kevin Ho-Shon & Dr. Senathipathi Nagaratnan, Radiologist from Strathfield Xray, Sydney, Australia (Aug 22-24, 2005)
14) Dr Puvaneswary, Consultant Radiologist, John Hunter Hospital, Australia
(Nov 14-15, 2005)
15) Dr NN, Consultant Radiologist, Anwer Khan Hospital, Bangladesh (Nov 21-25, 2005)
16) Dr Paul Martin A.Coching, Consultant Cardiologist; Dr Ramon Echevarria, Chairman,
Department of Radiology, and Mr Alaine Perez, Radiologic Technologist; from Davao
Doctos Hospital, Phillipines (Jan 16-26, 2006)
17) Dr Peijin Tew, Consultant Radiologist, Liverpool & Campbelltown Hospitals, Sydney,
Australia (Mar 13-15, 2006)
C) International Cardiology (PTCA) Training Fellowship
HSC Medical Center has been invited to train cardiologists from other countries, like China in advanced PTCA and Stenting procedures.
1) Dr Qi Xin, Professor, Vice Director of Heart Center, Tianjin Union Medicine Center, Tianjin, China. (May 15 - July15, 2004)
2) Dr Pan Xiao Ming, Interventional Cardiologist, Changzheng Hospital, Shanghai, China.
(April - June 2005)
D) Publications in International Medical Journals
CT of Coronary Artery Disease
Radiology 2004; 232:18-37
Department of Radiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School .
E)
Guest Speaker at International Seminars
Doctors from HSC Medical Center are invited as Guest Speakers at International Seminars / Conferences to present the latest developments in diagnostic medicine:-
1) Dr Y C Lim, Executive Director of HSC Medical Center was invited as Guest Speaker in “Advanced Risk Management Seminar 2004” organized by Swiss Re (an International Re- Insurance Company) on Advanced Approach in Diagnosis in Kuala Lumpur on
7th September 2004. Participants from major insurance companies in Asia attended the
seminar.
E) International Consultant
Dr. Soo Chee Siong has been appointed as the International Consultant in Integrative Cardiology, Graduate School of Integrative Medicine, Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne, Australia.
Physician Exchange Program |
1) Dr Toshiya Maramatsu from Japan has been to HSC Medical Center twice
(Apr 1-2 & Jun 18, 2004) as part of PEP (physician exchange program) for top interventional cardiologists in the world to do complex PTCA/stenting cases together to
learn from each other the latest techniques for treating difficult cases.
Photo of Dr.Toshiya Maramatsu at HSC Medical Center
2) Dr Soo Chee Siong invited to perform complex PTCA / Stenting cases in Union
Medical Center, Tianjin, China (a new 1,000 bed hospital).
3) Dr Hiroyoshi Yokoi, Kitakyushu, Japan. (May 5, 2005)
Photo of Dr Hiroyoshi Yokoi at HSC Medical Center
4) Dr Mitsuyasu Torashima, Toyohashi Heart Center, Japan (7 July, 2005)
5) Dr Toshihiko Seo, Chief Director of Cardiology, Saiseikai Nakatsu Hospital, Osaka, Japan
(22 Aug, 2005)
6) Dr Sunao Nakamura, New Tokyo Hospital, Japan (Year 2006)
7) Dr Masato Nakamura, Associate Professor of Internal Medicine, Toho University (Year 2007)
8) Dr Satoru Sumitsuji, Nozaki Tokushukai Hospital, Heart Center (Year 2007)
9) Dr Kazuaki Mitsudo, Hospital at Kurashiki, Okayama, Japan (Year 2008)
10) Dr Motomaru Masutani, Hyogo College of medicine, Department of Internal Medicine,
Division of Coronary Heart Disease (11 Nov, 2008)
Photo of Dr Motomaru Masutani at HSC Medical Center
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