31st
March - 2nd April 2000
The
workshop cum " Instructional Course In Rhinoplasty -2000 " was
held at Lok Nayak Hospital & associated Maulana Azad Medical College,
New Delhi, from 31st March to 2nd April 2000. The programme was
organised by Department of Burns, Plastic, Maxillofacial & Microvascular
Surgery, Lok Nayak Hospital and the Delhi Chapter of APSI . The
programme was sponsored by Association of Plastic Surgeons of
India, Medical Council of India, National Academy of Medical Sciences
and the Council for Scientific & Industrial Research.
The
workshop was well attended with 150 registered delegates from
all parts of our country . The invited faculty comprised of eminent
rhinoplasty surgeons from India & abroad. They included Dr. Kulwant
S. Bhangoo (USA), Dr.B.M.Daver & Dr. Narendra Pandya (Mumbai),
Dr. K.Ramachandran (Chennai), Dr. C.P. Sawhney, Dr. Suresh Gupta,
Dr. V.P. Sood (New Delhi). Besides these there were many Senior
Plastic Surgeons from Delhi who chaired scientific sessions and
delivered lectures. They included Prof. J.L. Gupta, Adm. J.C.
Sharma, Dr. I.N. Tiwari, Dr. S.S. Sethi, Dr. Vimla Rajan, Dr.
Rajeev B. Ahuja, Dr. Rakesh Khazanchi, Col. A.S. Bath, Dr. P.S.
Bhandari ,Dr. Arun Goel and Dr. Lokesh Kumar. It was for the first
time in our country that rhinologists & plastic surgeons had an
opportunity to come on a common platform & share their experience.
The workshop was inaugurated by Prof. S.K. Bhatnagar , President
APSI .
The
3 days workshop cum intense teaching programme included live operative
demonstrations, scientific sessions, panel discussions & video
presentations. The sessions were categorised into reconstructive
rhinoplasty, aesthetic rhinoplasty , cleft lip nose rhinoplasty
and complications / miscellaneous. A copy of the " Scientific
Proceedings " which included text of all the lectures was provided
free of cost to each delegate.
Perhaps
for the first time in our specialty the workshop cum course was
evaluated by the delegates for organisation, content, faculty
and utility. The uniform opinion was that the course was highly
informative and educative. It was strongly recommended by many
delegates that such courses should be held on a regular basis
at least once every year
