Greetings

Accommodations

About Oklahoma City

Guests of Honor

Reunion Agenda

CME Program

 

Hotel: Marriott Oklahoma City, 3233 N.W. Expressway, OKC, OK 73112. 405-842-6633. 800-236-2427 The Marriott Oklahoma City is located in Nortwestern part of the city overlooking beautiful Lake Hefner and offers a convenient location just 13 miles away from Will Rogers Airport and nine miles from downtown OKC. It is minutes away from OKC City Zoo and Frontier City Amusement Park.

Accommodations: To make reservation online.   Visit the web site www.marriott.com/okcok On the left hand corner under Check Rates/Availability 1. Enter the check-in and check-out dates,  # of rooms and guests 2. Click on Special Rates and Awards 3. Type under group code: cmccmca Toll Free 1-888-809-2325 or 1-405-842-6633 and ask for Christian Medical College Please book the hotel before May 30th to get Discounted Rates Transport from airport to hotel (OKC Marriott) Airport Express TO/From hotel to airport One person $22.00 one way Two person $12.00 per person one way Three or more $8.00 per person one way Credit Card/ Cash Acceptable Airport Express TEL= 405-681-3311 E-MAIL= airportexpressokc.com Online Reservation= 5% discount Early Morning Arrivals-( Call the day before ) During The Day- 1 hour advance call Taxi cab $25-30

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About Oklahoma City, OK

Oklahoma City’s hip, spirited environment blends with its deep western heritage, creating an exciting destination steeped in culture and adventure. Over the past two decades the City has been transformed through more than $5 Billion of public and private investment in quality- of- life projects and improvements.

 

 

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Guests of Honor

Drs. M.S. and Lakshmi Seshadri

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Special Invitee

Dr. Sunil Chandy Director, Christian Medical College, Vellore
 

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Reunion Agenda

Thursday:
Registration- 3pm-9pm
Western Bar-B-Q Dinner - 6pm-8pm
Kate Guenther, President, Vellore CMC Foundation - 8pm-8:30pm
Followed by Western Country Music and Line Dancing
 

Friday:
Breakfast (complimentary with your stay at hotel)- 7am-9:30am
CME- 8am-12 noon
Lunch (at hotel)-12 noon-1pm
Picnic
Guided Tour of Oklahoma City National memorial Museum Followed by a Trip to Oklahoma City Boathouse Club for Fun-Filled Activities - 1:30pm-5pm
Social Hour-6:30pm
Indian Dinner- 7:00pm
Dr. Sunil Chandy, Director CMC Hospital, talk - 8:00pm
Entertainment- 9:00pm-12 midnight

Saturday:
Breakfast (complimentary with your stay at hotel)- 7am-9:30am
CME- 8am-12 noon
Lunch on your own- 1:00pm-5:00pm


List of Recommended Restaurants (click here for PDF file)

Suggested Family Activities
    1. White Water Bay (Water Park) (10 minutes from hotel)
    2. Frontier City (Theme Park) (15 minutes from hotel)
    3. Bricktown Canal/Shopping
    4. Boat Club

Photography- 6pm
Banquet-7pm
Chief Guests Drs M.S. and Lakshmi Seshadri talk - 8pm
Entertainment- 9pm-12 midnight
 

Sunday:
Chapel Service-8:30am-10:00am
Brunch- 10:30-1:00pm
Adjourned- 1pm

 

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CME Program

TENTATIVE CME PROGRAM – UPDATES IN MEDICINE 2013
 

Friday June 21, 2013:
8.15-8.50   Renal denervation: A new device for hypertension -- Arun Venkatesan
8.50-9.25   Thrombophilia and new agents for thrombosis -- Naveen Manchanda
9.25-10.00  Geriatric Depression: Evaluation and management -- Vineet John

10-10.15
Break

10.15-10.50   Genetic profiling of cancer and tailoring therapy -- Guru Sonpavde
10.50-11.25   Toll like receptors, the Innate Immune system and designer drugs -- Sunil A David
11.25-12.00   Recent Advances in Diabetes Management -- M.S.Seshadri
 

Saturday June 22, 2013:
8.15-8.50   Approach to osteoporosis -- Priya Dayamani
8.50-9.25   Bariatric surgery for the metabolic syndrome -- Subhash Kini
9.25-10.00  Screening for peripheral vascular disease -- Manju Kalra

10-10.15
Break

10.15-10.50   Informatics and Business intelligence in health care -- Thomas Thurairatnam
10.50-11.25   Long term health issues and follow-up of premature babies -- Monica Bhola
11.25-12.00   Advances in Genomics and Personalized Medicine -- Sudha Seshadri

CONTINUING EDUCATION CREDIT
The University of Iowa Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine designates this educational activity for a maximum of 7.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)TM. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. Determination of educational content for this program and the selection of speakers are responsibilities of the program director. Firms providing financial support did not have input in these areas.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT:                                       
Continuing Medical Education Division        OR
Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine
University of Iowa
100 CMAB, Iowa City IA 52242-1101
Phone:  319/335-8599
FAX:     319/335-8327


Christie P Thomas MD
Professor of Medicine, Pediatrics, Obstetrics and Molecular and Cellular Biology
University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine,
Iowa City, IA 52242
Phone: 319/356-4216
FAX: 319/3356-2999
Christie-thomas@uiowa.edu
 

 

 

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Scholarship:

         CMC Alumni in training can avail of scholarship to attend GOTC at Oklahoma City in June 2013. Please Contact Dr. Alex Kuruvila at alexkuruvi@gmail.com

 

Please watch this website for further updates especially on the names of attendees and the agenda.  After the event we will post links to photographs.