Hall: A – Day 1

HALL A

TIME

INFECTIONS

 

11.00 – 11.30am

Guest Lecture 1

Battle for dominance: Can the Trilogy of Antibiotic Stewardship, PK/PD strategies and new drugs win the Power of the Ring – Antimicrobial Resistance?

Dr. Rohan Chinniah

Consultant Clinical Microbiologist and Infection Control, Raja Isteri Pengiran Anak Saleha (RIPAS) Hospita,l Ministry of Health, Bandar Seri BegawanBrunei Darussalam

 

11.30 – 01.00pm

Symposium 1

Pneumococcal diseases – How can we win the battle?”

 

Pneumococcal diseases- morbidity, mortality and fatal entities

Prof. S. P. Lamabadusuriya

Consultant Paediatrician and Emeritus Professor of Paediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo

 

How best can we deal with diagnosis and management of drug resistance

Dr. Shirani Chandrasiri

Consultant Clinical Microbiologist, Colombo South Teaching Hospital

 

Pneumococcal vaccines ; bridging the age gap and broadening the scope

Dr. Kanthi Nanayakkara

Consultant Virologist/ Vaccinologist, MRI

 

01.00 – 02.00pm

Lunch

 

02.00 – 03.30pm

Free Paper Session 1

 

03.30 – 05.00pm

Symposium 4

Hepatitis and HIV: Implications for Care

 

Late diagnosis and adverse outcomes related to hepatitis and HIV in South East Asia

Dr. Nicole Seguy

Technical Officer HIV, WHO India

 

Newer treatment options for hepatitis: better impact on life. Are we achieving this?

Dr. Madunil Niriella

Senior Lecturer, Department of Medicine, University of Kelaniya and Consultant Gastroenterologist

 

Issues in managing patients with co-infection in Sri Lanka

Dr. Lilani Rajapaksa

Senior Consultant Venereologist, NSACP

 

What can the laboratory offer for the management of co-infection ?

Dr. Geethani Galagoda

Consultant Microbiologist, MRI

 

05.00 – 05.30pm

 Tea

 

07.00pm  onwards

 Doctors concert