XIX Annual Conference of Indian
Association of Medical Microbiologists,
Telangana and Andhra Pradesh Combined
Chapter (IAMM TAPC Chapter)
Organised by :
Department of Microbiology, S.V.S.Medical College, Mahabubnagar
29th to 31st January 2016
REPORT OF THE CONFERENCE
The XIX Annual Conference of Indian Association
of Medical Microbiologists, Telangana and Andhra Pradesh Combined Chapter –
IAMM TAPC Chapter was organized by the
Department of Microbiology,
S.V.S.Medical College, Mahabubnagar f rom 29th to 31st January 2016..
Dr. Vasanti Kabra Professor and Head of Department of Microbiology,
S.V.S.Medical college, Mahabubnagar conducted the conference as Organizing
secretary. About 250 faculty and
postgraduates from the states of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh are participated
in the conference.
First day is the
pre-conference CME (continuing medical
education) programme on 29-01-2016. It covered the “recent advances in clinical
and microbiological aspects of Mycotic infections”. Dr. Uma Tendulkar, Professor of
Microbiology, Lokamanya Tilak Medical college, Mumbia spoke on Fungal rhinosinusitis. Dr. P.Umabala
,Associate professor from NIMS presented on
Emerging and remerging invasive yeast infections. Dr. Ranganatha Iyer, senior microbiologist
from Global Hospitals, Hyderabad delivered a lecture on Fungal infections in
organ transplant recipients. Later there
was a lecture on Regulatory policies and
scientific affairs of Mosanto India. Afternoon,
there was discussion on
Processing of Clinical specimens in Mycology Laboratory by Dr. Anupama Jyothi
Kindo, from Sri Ramachandra Medical College, Chennai. After the lectures, the slide
demonstrations were arranged on various
fungi with discussions and practical
shows.
On the first day of conference, on 30-1-2016, many
of the postgraduates and faculty
presented papers in various
competitions of presenting their research work papers. The prestigious Dr. C.S.Bhaskaran award prize papers were held on the first day of conference. Dr. Kola Rajyalakshmi Memorial oration
was delivered by Dr. T.V.Rao from
Travancore Medical College, Kollam, on “the emerging technologies in diagnostic
microbiology and challenges to the young microbiologists” . Dr. Ranganatha Iyer presented a Guest Lecture on , “Theatre
Issues in Infection Control” . The General Body Meeting was conducted on the
afternoon of 30-1-2016. The venue of the next conference was decided as : The
Department of Microbiology, Rangaraya Medical College, Kakinada, Andhra Pradesh
with Dr. K.R.L.Surya Kirani, Professor and Head of the Department as the
Organizing Secretary. Dr. vasanti Kabra, Organising Secretary of the XIX IAMM
TAPC Annual State Conference was elected as the new President of IAMM TAPC
Chapter and she took charge from Dr. B.Anuradha, Professor and Head of
Microbiology, Mamatha Medical College, Khammam.
On the second day of conference,
on 31-01-2016, Dr. Usha Kalavat from SVIMS, Tirupati presented a guest lecture on “Advances in
Molecular diagnosis of Infectious diseases”.
Later , a quiz programme for the post-graduate students was conducted by
Dr. D.S.Murty , Secretary of IAMM TAPC Chapter.
The following is a list of various categories of
presentations and the list of prize
winners :
LIST OF PRIZE
WINNERS IN VARIOUS COMPETETIONS
S.no
|
Category
|
Winner
|
1.
|
Dr.Rajyalakshmi
Memorial Oration
|
Dr. T V Rao
|
2.
|
Dr.C.S.
Bhaskaran Award
|
Dr.Girisha,
Osmania Medical College, Hyderabad
|
3.
|
Rangaraya
Medical College Senior Faculty Award
|
Dr. Suryakirani, Rangaraya Medical College, Kakinada
|
4.
|
Smt
B.S.Laxmi Memorial Prize For Junior Faculty
|
Dr. Padmaja, NIzams Institute of Medical
Sciences, Hyderabad
|
5.
|
Sri
B.Krishna Rao Memorial Prize For Postgraduates
|
1)
Dr.M.M.Sirisha, Rangaraya Medical
College, Kakinada
2)
Dr.K.
Naga Soujanya, Osmania Medical College, Hyderabad
|
6.
|
Dr.
Satyanarayana Memorial Prize For PG Quiz
|
1) Dr. N V Hemalatha, Andhra Medical College, Visakhapatnam
2) Dr. V. Satya Chandrika,
Rangaraya Medical
College, Kakinada
|
7.
|
Sri
I.S.N.Murty Memorial Prize For Posters
|
1) Dr. Vijayalakshmi, Kurnool Medical College, Kurnool
2) Dr. L. Bhaskar, SVS Medical College, Mahabubnagar
Dr. Ahmed Sardar, SVS Medical College, Mahabubnagar
|
8.
|
Guntur
Medical College Prize For PG Pedagogy
|
1)
Dr.
K.Ravi kiran, Guntur Medical College,
Guntur
2)
Dr. N V Hemalatha, Andhra Medical College,
Visakhapatnam
|
9.
|
Smt
M. Lakshminarasamma Memorial prize for Best Outgoing PG
|
Dr. Cheekaramelli Meena
Rangaraya Medical College, Kakinada
|
10.
|
Free Papers
|
1) Dr. Neelvani, SRMC, Chennai
2) Dr. Sunitha Pakalapaty, Gandhi Medical College, Hyderabad
Dr.B.Soniya Rani, SVMedical College,
Tirupathi
|
Dr. D.S.Murty,
Secretary, Indian Association of
Medical Microbiologists, Telangana and Andhra Pradesh Combined Chapter (IAMM
TAPC Chapter), Assistant Professor of Microbiology, Osmania Medical college,
Hyderabad
