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31 Emergency General Assembly
Issue: Revision of Relative Value Units 10 2nd Regular Board Meetings 19
1st Quarter Scientific Meeting
10 3rd Regular Board Meeting 28 PATACSI - BAPI Joint Workshop on Tracheobronchial Stenting April 10 4th Regular Board Meeting 24-25 PCS Midyear Convention
8-10 3rd Asian
Vascular Congress
11 Philippine National Election 19 5th Regular Board Meeting June 11
2nd Quarter Scientific Meeting
General Assembly Meeting To follow Scientific Meeting
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PATACSI Out-of-Town Symposium
7 7th Regular Board Meeting 11-12 Joint Workshop PATACSI-PBTCVS
8 PATACSI - Bayer Research Forum Rembrandt Hotel, Quezon City 11 8th Regular Board Meeting 18
Wet Clinic: MIDCAB / Thoracoscopic Surgery
September 8 9th Regular Board Meeting 17
3rd Quarter Scientific Meeting
October 6 10th Regular Board Meeting 25-30 ACS Convention
November 10 11th Regular Board Meeting December 8 12th Regular Board Meeting 14-16 5th PATACSI Annual
Convention and Post-graduate Course
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PATACSI Annual Business Meeting
25 January 1997. Workshop on Accreditation
and Implementation of Training Guidelines.
The workshop unanimously affirmed the desire of all current members to preserve the integrity of PATACSI and to prevent its fragmentation into smaller subspecialty groups. The workshop outputs included the formulation of guidelines for the implementation of the 3 year Unified Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery training programs, the design of the structure and the components of the first 2 years of basic thoracic and cardiovascular surgery, the definition of minimum competencies expected of the graduates of all TCVS programs, and agreement on a timetable for implementation of the guidelines. March 8-9, 1998. Mission and Vision Seminar
Workshop.
The workshop identified the key concepts of the PATACSI Mission although this still needs to be framed into a Mission Statement: Global, Mastery, Unity, Vigor, Stability, Growth, Client Satisfaction, Dynamism, Technological Advancement. These key concepts pervaded all the activities of PATACSI throughout the whole year 1997. Priority programs were also identified: Research, Manpower Development, International Networking and Continuing Surgical Education. Preliminary deliberations were began on the Formulation of Practice Guidelines for TCVS in the Philippines with focus on the Encroachment into the traditional fields of TCVS, ie: Esophagus, Pediatric Thoracic, Video Assisted Thoracoscopic surgery; and the influx of foreign based Fil-American TCVS specialists. 24-25 May 1997. Out-of-Town Symposium on Chest and Vascular Trauma. Tacloban, Leyte. Lectures on common TCVS emergencies presented by selected PATACSI Fellows, well attended by general surgeons and physicians of Tacloban and neighboring towns. 26-27 June 1997. Lecture-Live Demonstration:
VATS in Lung Cancer.
Prof. Naruke presented 2 lectures: "Thoracoscopic Surgery for Lung CA" and "Implications of New Staging in Lung CA". 19 July 1997. Five-Year Planning Workshop
A follow-up to the successful Mission-Vision workshop at Mimosa, this session tried to outline specific activities for each year of the previously identified priority programs. Many of the proposed activities for the coming years focus on Continuing Surgical Education with emphasis on skills acquisition by scheduling more hands-on workshops, and increased participation in international meetings in the Philippines. An interesting activity to look forward to in the future is the proposed annual celebration of the PATACSI Foundation Day every 8th of April, starting with the 39th anniversary in 1998. August 16, 1997Out-of-Town Post Graduate Course
on Trauma.
One-day trauma course, joint activity of the PATACSI and PCS-Cebu Eastern Visayas Chapter 12-15 October 1997. 13th Biennial Asian
Congress on Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery.
The Biennial Asian Congress has been held for the past 25 years since the very first meeting in Manila on November 22-26, 1972. PATACSI Fellows who attended this year included: Drs. Aventura, Barroa, de Jesus, Desales, Garciano, Gamponia, Manzo, Melendres, A. Ramos, F. Sanches, Torres, and PATACSI Candidates: Drs. Delmo, Manapat, Maranan, and Rico. 21 October 1997. Lecture, Live-Demostration and
Teleconference: Partial Left Ventriculectomy," Batista Procedure"
for End-Stage Cardiomyopathy
State-of-the-art surgery for advanced heart failure was performed on 2 patients each at the Phil. Heart Center ,St. Luke's Heart Institute and Makati Medical Center, by Dr. Batista himself, assisted by PATACSI Fellows with audience participation via live tele-conferencing. A very interesting and entertaining lecture was presented by Dr. Batista after dinner at the Manila Galleria. 22-23 November 1997. Evidence Based Medicine
Workshop.
Workshop designed to improved appreciation and interpretation of published research with emphasis on how to utilize evidence in surgical decision making. There were informative capsule sessions on Medical Informatics and Collaborative Research among others. December 8-10, 1997. 4th Annual Convention
and Postgraduate Course.
The theme for this year's Postgraduate Course is "Recent Trends in the Management of Chronic Cardiothoracic and Vascular Diseases". The 3 half-days course was panel discussion type with reactors from related cardiovascular specialties. Cardiac surgery trends were discussed on the first day, thoracic on the second day, and vascular on the third. The Convention also included the election of the 1998 PATACSI Board of Directors and the annual Business Meeting on the 2nd day, 09 December 1997. 10 December 1997. Annual Fellowship and Induction of New Officers and Fellows. Jasmin Room, Penthouse Floor, Hyatt Regency Hotel, Roxas Boulevard, Manila. Highlights of this affair include the induction of 7 new PATACSI Fellows, induction of the 1998 Board of Directors, the issuance of new certificates to current PATACSI Fellows, and the speech of incumbent PMA President Dr. Modesto Llamas on the Impact of HMO's on Speciality Practice in the Philippines. |
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