Arriving in Indianapolis
Indianapolis is served by one international airport (IND). It is a mid
sized airport with good connections to major cities. The airport is a 15
minute trip from the hotel. A shuttle is available every 20 minutes. You
do not need to rent a car if you are flying in. Links to the airport and
the shuttle are below.
Airport
Shuttle
Indy is easily accessible
by
road. A map showing the city and connecting highways is available on the
hotel reservation link. Parking will be free for all attendees during the
get together. Detailed information regarding parking will be provided to
all attendees.
Accommodations
 The
Indianapolis Marriott Downtown is a AAA 4 Diamond Hotel located on 350
W. Maryland Street. The CMC Vellore Alumni rate is $110 per night plus
tax, good for the three nights of the GOTC and two days earlier
and later. These rates are good through May 17th provided the block does
not fill, so please make your reservations early. Links are provided below
to hotel information and to make your reservations online, you do not have
to enter a code. Please choose attendee in drop down list for guest type
when you reserve. You can also call Marriott Reservations at (800)266-9432
and ask for the CMC Vellore Alumni Reunion rate.
Hotel Info
For reservations
Parking Information:
Parking is available at the Indiana Government
Center parking lot immediately adjacent to the hotel. Enter through the
section marked Visitors and identify yourself as attending the Christian
Medical College Reunion. You can park in any available spot. Please pick
up a parking pass at registration, this will allow you to park free
starting at 11am Thursday through midnight Sunday and includes in/out
privileges. If you arrive prior to or stay after the GOTC, discounted self
parking and valet is available at the hotel.
GOTC
Registration
The registration fee is $130 per family. Please complete the attached
registration form which also includes payment for food and White River
State Park passes. You can print a copy and mail it to us. Your check
should be payable to GOTC 2011. Please use separate checks for
registration and food and mail it to the address at the bottom of the
form. A provisional schedule of events for the GOTC is shown below.
Registration Form (PDF)
Please note: A Participant List will be available on this
site March 1st and will be updated frequently.
Chief Guests
Dr. Mammen
Chandy
('67) and
Mrs. Anu Mammen
Dr. Mammen Chandy, Professor of Medicine and Hematology, retired from CMC earlier
this year after a 30-year career of clinical work and teaching. He
is now Director at Tata Memorial Hospital, a new cancer hospital in Kolkota, where he is also starting a Bone Marrow Transplant program.
He will speak at our Friday evening dinner. Mrs. Anu Mammen taught
at the Vidyalayam School in Vellore for many years and more recently ran
the playroom for leukemia children in CMC. She retired last year.
Schedule of Events
Thursday June 16th
3-7pm - Registration
6-8pm - Dinner
8pm - CMC Update - Prathap Tharyan('74) Professor of Psychiatry and
Associate Director CMC Vellore
8:30pm - Vellore CMC Foundation
Update - Honorine Ward('69) Professor of Medicine, Tufts University School
of Medicine.
Friday June 17th
7am-10am - Breakfast
9am - 12.15pm - CME
10am - Grafting: A Demonstration by Valsa Kuruvila
12.15pm - Lunch
1.30pm - White River State Park (See note below)
7pm - South Asian Dinner
- Chief Guests Address
- Entertainment and Dancing
Saturday June 18th
7am-10am - Breakfast
9-12.15pm - CME
12.15-5.30pm - Lunch and explore Indy on your own
5.30pm - Photographs
7pm - GOTC 30th Anniversary Banquet
Sunday June 19th
7am-11am - Breakfast/Brunch
9am - Chapel Service
(Coordinator Romani George:
romani_george@yahoo.com)
11am - Until we meet again
For those interested in playing tennis and/or golf, coordinators
are available to help you schedule your play.
Tennis Coordinator: Ravi George
(rkgeorge13@aol.com)
Golf Coordinator; Luke Cheriyan (lcheriyan@aol.com)
Friday Afternoon activity.
After the CME program and a casual lunch at the hotel we plan to walk the
2 blocks to White River State Park. Please take a moment to look at the
attached website which details all the activities available. Purchasing a
park pass means you have access to all the attractions at WRSP and you can
do so slowly over the entire four days of the GOTC if you choose to do so.
We have obtained the passes at a significantly discounted rate. You do not
need a pass to enter the park and are free to walk all 250 acres including
the 1.5 mile long canal, and purchase individual tickets if you choose to
do so.
White River State Park
CME
PROGRAM: UPDATES in MEDICINE 2011
Dates: June 17-18,
2011
SPONSORED BY:
INDIANA UNIVERSITY
LOCATION:
INDIANAPOLIS, IN (MARRIOTT DOWNTOWN HOTEL)
INTENDED AUDIENCE:
PHYSICIANS
PURPOSE: TO PROVIDE
AN UPDATE ON ADVANCES IN FIELDS OF MEDICINE FOR A BROAD AUDIENCE
EDUCATIONAL
OBJECTIVES: Upon completion of this conference the participant should be
able to:
-
Identify the technique of endobronchial ultrasound and evaluate
the data to support the use of EBUS for mediastinal staging of cancer.
-
Describe colorectal practice in a tertiary teaching hospital in
India;
-
Demonstrate a knowledge of the etiology and management of
Intracerebral hemorrhage;
-
Recognize more recent advances on the management of Hypoxic
Ischemic Encephalopathy;
-
Discuss the various options in the surgical management of
Thymomas and describe indications, steps and results of thoracoscopic
resection of thymoma;
-
Describe the evolution and current state of services for the
homeless mentally ill in Vellore India and evaluate the nature and
quality of services for the same;
-
Express updates in Geriatrics, focusing on recent articles in
Medical literature and discuss the potential impact of these articles on
current clinical practice;
-
Discuss the normal cardiovascular changes in sleep, the different
forms of sleep apnea, and the sympathetic surge as a result of
obstructive sleep apnea resulting in hypertension, CHF,CAD and
mortality;
- Explain
the occurrence of atrial fibrillation with OSA and the beneficial
effects of treatment with CPAP therapy;
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Identify patients who may benefit from invasive therapy for
atrial fibrillation and review the possible complications following
ablation;
-
Describe the sites of the heart that are now considered to
trigger atrial fibrillation;
-
Recall modern human genetics, how genetic susceptibility
contributes to breaks in immune function and this knowledge contributing
to devising novel therapies for many common disease including chronic
inflammatory disorders;
-
Describe the different types of stem cells and how they
differentiate and proliferate, the principles of an allogenic
hematopoetic stem cell transplant and the possible uses of other types
of stem cells including mesenchymal stem cells;
-
Review the role of stem cell therapy for degenerative diseases
needs further study.
CONFERENCE
LOCATION: Marriott Downtown Hotel, 350 West Maryland Drive,
Indianapolis, IN 46225
Accreditation Statement:
The Indiana University School of Medicine
is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical
Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
Designation
Statement: The Indiana
University School of Medicine designates this live educational activity
for a maximum of 6.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™.
Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of
their participation in the activity.
Faculty Disclosure Statement:
In accordance with the Accreditation Council for Continuing
Medical Education (ACCME) Standards for Commercial Support, educational
programs sponsored by Indiana University School of Medicine (IUSM) must
demonstrate balance, independence, objectivity, and scientific rigor.
All faculty, authors, editors, and planning committee members
participating in an IUSM-sponsored activity are required to disclose any
relevant financial interest or other relationship with
the manufacturer(s) of any commercial product(s) and/or provider(s) of
commercial services that are discussed in an educational activity.
The following speakers have disclosed no
relevant financial relationships: Tuhina Raman
MD, Benjamin Perakath MS, Shirin Sukumar MD, Ajit Mammem MD, Mithran
Sukumar MD, Anna Tharyan MD, Ajith Thomas MD, Shalini Manchanda MD,
Samuel Asirvatham MD, Gagandeep Kang MD and Mammen Chandy MD.
Dr. Sajiv John disclosed that he has
received speaker honoraria from Reckitt Benckiser.
Commercial Support:
This CME activity does not
have any commercial support.
FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION
Please
contact:
Susan
Bajie George MD
Medical Director
Dept of Anesthesiology,
St Mary’s Hospital
Centralia, IL 62801
Pone: 618-436-7045 (W)
Fax: 618-436-8036
Cell: 618-335 1966
PROGRAM
Friday, June 17, 2011
09:00
TO 09:30 -- The Role of Endobronchial Ultrasound in Pulmonary
Medicine -- Tuhina Raman, MD
9:30 TO
10:00 -- A snapshot of colorectal practice in India. -- Benjamin
Perakath, MS
10:00
TO 10:30 -- Update in Geriatrics -- Shirin Sukumar, MD
10:30
TO 10:45 -- Break
10:45
TO 11:15 -- Hypoxic and ischemic brain injury -- Ajit Mammem, MD
11:15
TO 11:45 -- Thoracoscopic resection of thymoma -- Mithran Sukumar,
MD
11:45
TO 12:15 -- Development of services for the homeless
mentally ill in Vellore. -- Anna Tharyan, MD
Saturday, June 18, 2011
09:00
TO 09:30 -- Intracerebral hemorrhage and its management. --
Ajith Thomas, MD
09:30
TO 10:00 -- Cardiovascular risk of obstructive sleep apnea --
Shalini Manchanda, MD
10:00
TO 10:30 -- Update on managing atrial fibrillation -- Samuel
Asirvatham, MD
10:30
TO 10:45 -- BREAK
10:45 TO 11:15 -- Are we there yet? Rotavirus development and
deployment in India. -- Gagandeep Kang, MD
11:15
TO 11:45 -- Genetic Variants and the pathogenesis of common
disorders: lessons from autoimmunity -- Shiv Pillai, MD
11:45
TO 12:15 -- The promise of Stem cell- Hype or Reality? --
Mammen Chandy, MD
FACULTY
Tuhina Raman, MD
Consultant,
Christiana Care Hospital and Pulmonary Associates
Newark, DE
Benjamin Perakath , MS FRCS(G)
Professor, Dept Of Colorectal Surgery
Christian Medical Surgery,
Vellore , India.
Shirin Sukumar, MD
Adjunct Asst Professor of Medicine,
Oregon Health and Sciences University,
Staff Physician, Portland Veteran’s Affairs Med Ctr,
Geriatric Hospitalist, Legacy Good Samaritan Hosp.,
Portland, OR.
Ajit Mammen , MD
Asst Professor, Pediatric Critical Care,
Drexel University,
Faculty in charge, PCC Residency
St Christopher’s Hospital.
Philadelphia, PA
Mithran Sukumar , MD,FRCS, FACS,
Assoc Professor of Surgery,
Section Head of General Thoracic Surgery,
Portland VA Medical center and Oregon Health and
Sciences University,
Portland, OR
Anna Tharyan , DPM, MD, MRCPsych,
Professor, Dept of Psychiatry and Mental Health,
Christian Medical College
Vellore, India
Ajith Thomas , MD
Chief, Cerebro vascular Surgery Section,
Division of Neurosurgery,
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center,
Clinical Instructor in Surgery
Harvard Medical School
Boston MA
Shalini Manchanda ,MD
Assoc Professor of Clinical Medicine,
Co-Director, Indiana Univ Health Sleep Medicine Prog.,
Program Director, Sleep Disorder Fellowship Program,
Indiana University of Health and School of Medicine.
Indianapolis, IN
Samuel J Asirvatham, MD
Consultant, Div of Cardiovascular diseases and
Internal Medicine,
Division of Pediatric Cardiology,
Professor of Medicine, Mayo Clinic College of
Medicine ,
Vice Chair, Cardiovascular Division-Innovations,
Program Director, EP Fellowship Program.
Rochester, MN
Gagandeep Kang, MD, Phd, FRCPath,FASc, FAAM,
Professor, Wellcome Trust Research Laboratory,
Addl Vice-Principal (Research),
Christian Medical College,
Vellore, India.
Shiv Pillai, MD, Phd,
Professor of Medicine and Health Sciences
Technology,
Harvard Medical School,
Massachusetts General Hospital,
Boston, MA
Mammen Chandy,MD ,FRACP, FRCPA, FRCP,
Director,
Tata Medical Center,
Kolkata, India
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