PROGRAM OUTLINE

CME
Emergency Medical Update for the South Asian Practitioner

Registration and Complimentary Continental Breakfast
7.00am - 8.00am

Introduction
7.50am
Dr. Karunyan Arulananathan(CA)
Director, Sangam Medical Rounds
Moderator

Identifying and Diagnosing Bipolar
8.00am
Dr. Nimi Rajakumar (NJ)
Attending Psychiatrist, IPU
Mount Carmel Guild Behavioral Health System Acute Inpatient Drug Detox Program & Psychiatry
Teach staff addiction psychiatry

Low Back Pain
8.25am
Dr. Brinda Kantha (NJ)
Diplomat, American Board of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
Board Certified in Pain Management, American Board of Anesthesiology
and American Academy of Pain Medicine, N.J. Institute for Minimally Invasive Spine Care, Fort Lee, NJ

An Approach to Refratory GERD
8.50am
Dr. Naresh Gunaratnam (MI)
Director of Clinical Research, Department of Medicine,
St. Joseph Mercy Hospital, Y psilanti Michigan and
Staff Gastroenterologist with Huron Gastroenterology Associates,
Ann Arbor MI. Clinical Instructor in Medicine, University of Michigan

GI Complications in Chronic NASAID users
9.25am
Dr. K. Iswara (NY)
Director, Division of Gastroenterology
Maimonides Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY

Post-Traumatic Depression
9.40am
Guest Speaker
Dr. Brian Senewiratne (AU)
Senior Specialist Visiting Physician,
Princess Alexandra Hospital, Brisbane, Australia
Senior Visiting Physician, Redland Hospital, Cleveland, USA

Oral Hygiene and its Implications on Your Health.
10.20am
Guest Speaker
Dr. Shiv Shanker (OH)
Graduate Program Director
Clinical Associate Professor
Section of Orthodontics - College of Dentistry
The Ohio State University

Burden of Type 2 Diabetes
10.55am
Dr. Darshi Sunderam (NJ)
East Orange General Hospital - Orange, NJ
Voted as one of the Top Doctors in Endocrinology in NJ
Listed as one of the Best Doctors in the Northeast Region of America

A Vision for Upgrading Pathology
and Laboratory Medicine in North and East of Sri Lanka
11.25am
Keynote Speaker
Dr. Yasodha Natkunam (CA)
Assistant Professor of Pathology
Co-Director, Immunodiagnosis Laboratory
Associate Director, Hematology Laboratory
Stanford University School of Medicine

Lunch
1.00pm - 2.00pm

AFTERNOON EVENTS
2.oopm - 4.30pm

Master of Ceremonies - Dr. Caaithiry Chandranathan

Book Release:
“A Path to Purposeful Living”
Author Mr. V. P. Palam
The Validity and Relevance of THIRUKKURAL to Modern Times

Humanitarian Law and Self Determination - The Basics
Karen Parker, JD

Genocide of the Tamil, A Failed Sinhala State - Possible Solution
Dr. Brian Senerwiratne

"Politics of Relief: Humanitarian Work in NorthEastern Sri Lanka"
Mrs. Nimmi Gowrinathan
Director, South Asia Programs: Operation USA
Phd Candidate, Political Science
University of California, Los Angeles

Q & A w/ Dr. Rajan Sriskandarajah – Moderator

Workshop: The War: Critical Issues there and here.
Karen Parker, JD

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
6.00pm - 6.30pm