Indore will host three-day 28th national conference on organ transplant being organised by Indian Society Of Organ Transplant from October 13 to 15 at Brilliant Convention Centre.
More than 1,000 organ transplantation experts and 475 faculties from India, USA, UK, Canada, New Zealand, Australia and Singapore will take part in this mega medical event. The experts will present papers and deliberate on latest science and technological advancements in the field of organ transplant besides ethics, and public policy. In this biggest ever Conference of Central India over 100 doctors, faculties and pathologists from Bhopal will also participate.
This was informed at a press conference organised here on Saturday by Conference Organising Secretary Dr Sandeep Saxena and cardiac surgeon Dr Anand Yadav. They informed that doctors and pathologists from Bhopal based associations of Nephrologists, Urologists, Cardiologists and Pathologists are taking part in the Conference. The objective of the Conference is knowledge sharing in the field of organ transplant.
Topics to be discussed during Conference include kidney, heart, lung, liver, pancreas, uterus transplant and hand surgery, cosmetic surgery and how to deal with infections. Organ transplant related expertise areas such as pathological and immunological tests and coordination issues will also be covered. As many as 300 papers will be read by the experts. There will be a photo exhibition as well to showcase organ transplant work.
Saxena informed that students from various medical colleges will have a chance to attend a pre conference workshop on October 12 in which will discuss organ retrieval and immunology.