Event Details
- Date: 23 – 24 June 2015
- Place: Metro 5/6, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein
- General arrangements: Two registrars and one consultant from each medical school are sponsored for registration, Tuesday night dinner, hotel accommodation for one night (City Lodge Bloemfontein) and transport.
- The organizers want to plea with sponsored delegates from Gauteng and Durban to drive to Bloemfontein, rather than fly, due to serious financial constraints.
- A shuttle service will be available between the airport, City Lodge Bloemfontein, Protea Hotel Willow Lake, the University and Zizi Restaurant at set times.
- Please forward your flight times ASAP to: andersonss@ufs.ac.za
- Recommended hotels: http://www.antaboga.co.za/ and https://clhg.com/hotels/105/City-Lodge-Hotel-Bloemfontein
- Registration: See attached form
- Provisional programme: See below
Programme
23 – 24 JUNE 2015
| DATE | SESSION | TOPIC | CHAIR | SPEAKER | COMMENT |
| TUESDAY, 23 JUNE 2015 | |||||
| 10:00 – 10:30 | REGISTRATION | ||||
| 10:30 – 10:45 | WELCOME | PROF RS DU TOIT | |||
| 10:45 – 13:00 | SESSION I | PLENARY | PROF R BARRY | ||
| 10:45 – 11:30 | Research Requirements | Prof D Kahn | |||
| 11:30 – 12:15 | Examination management | Prof RS du Toit | |||
| 12:15 – 13:00 | Ethics – the surgeon in court | Prof EJ Theron | |||
| 13:00 – 14:00 | LUNCH | ||||
| 14:00 – 17:15 | SESSION II | DIVERS/ENDOCRINE SURGERY | PROF Z KOTO | ||
| 14:00 – 14:45 | Burns: Advances over the last five years | UL | UKZN | ||
| 14:45 – 15:30 | Thyroidectomy | WSU | UP | ||
| 15:30 – 15:45 | TEA/COFFEE | ||||
| 15:45 – 17:15 | SESSION III | VASCULAR SURGERY | PROF MOKOENA | ||
| 15:45 – 16:30 | HIV/AIDS in acute arterial occlusion | UCT | UW | ||
| 16:30 – 17:15 | Diabetic foot | UW | US | ||
| 17:30 – 18:30 | SASSIT-AGM | ||||
| 19:00 – 22:00 | DINNER | ZIZI RESTAURANT, FREE STATE BOTANICAL GARDENS | |||
| DATE | SESSION | TOPIC | CHAIR | SPEAKER | COMMENT |
| WEDNESDAY, 24 JUNE 2015 | |||||
| 08:00 – 10:30 | SESSION IV | GASTROENTEROLOGY | PROF TE MADIBA | ||
| 08:00 – 08:45 | Management of enterocutaneous fistulae | R Tshivhase (UFS) | UCT | ||
| 08:45 – 09:30 | Anal pain | UZ | WSU | ||
| 09:30 – 10:15 | Gastric surgery for benign disease | UKZN | UL | ||
| 10:15 – 10:30 | TEA/COFFEE | ||||
| 10:30 – 12:00 | SESSION V | HEPATICO-PANCREATICO-BILIARY SURGERY | PROF B WARREN | ||
| 10:30 – 11:15 | Acute pancreatitis | UP | UFS | ||
| 11:15 – 12:00 | Cystic lesions in the liver | US | UB | ||
| 12:00 – 13:00 | SESSION VI | DEBATE (I) | PROF M SMITH | ||
| 12:00 – 12:30 | Incidental gall stones in 19 yr old female diabetic: Surgery or not | UB: Yes | UCT: No | ||
| 12:30 – 13:00 | Most patients with acute appendicitis should have surgical intervention | A Malan (UFS): Yes | UZ: No | ||
| 13:00 – 14:00 | LUNCH | ||||
| 14:00 – 15:00 | SESSION VII | DEBATE (II) | PROF A DAFFHALA | ||
| 14:00 – 14:30 | AAA of 6,5 cm in working, smoking, 50 yr-old male; EVAR vs open surgery | US: EVAR | UW: Open surgery | ||
| 14:30 – 15:00 | Hemorrhoid surgery: traditional vs new | UP: Traditional | UKZN: New | ||
| 15:00 – 15:15 | PRIZE GIVING AND CLOSURE | PROF RS DU TOIT | |||