Welcome Message
Dear Colleagues,

Our warm greetings from the Surgeons of Coimbatore and the State of Tamilnadu. We, on behalf of the Organising Committee cordially invite you to attend the 69th Annual Conference of Association of Surgeons of India to be held from 25th to 30th December2009, at Coimbatore also known as the “Manchester” of South India. We deem it as a great honour to host the prestigious Annual Conference of our association.

The city of Coimbatore is one of the largest city of Tamilnadu with more than 20 lakhs population well known for its leadership in Medical Tourism especially in the field of Laparoscopic Surgery, Orthopedic and Reconstructive Surgery, Cardio Thorasic and Oncology apart from its leadership in hightech industries and Technology Education.

The City of Coimbatore has got the ideal pleasant weather throughout the year in lieu of its location at the foot hills of Western Ghats which is surrounded by world famous tourists parts like Ooty, Kodaikkanal, Wild Life Sanctuaries at Mudhumalai and Indira Gandhi National Park at Topslip and some of the best pilgrim centres like Lord Muruga Temple at Palani and Lord Shiva Temple at Perur and the country famous Lord Guruvayurappan Temple in the neighbour state of Kerala.

The Conference will be a memorable one for every one of you in every respect like scientific contents, comfortable stay and adequate travel arrangements blended with the unique “Kongunadu” hospitality. The venue will be one of the State of Art Trade Fair Centres namely The Codissia Trade Fair Hall which is probably one of the best in the country that too adjoining the Coimbatore International Airport. The city is very well connected by Air, Train, and by National Highways to all the metros of the country.

We are very glad to inform you that very entertaining and enjoyable separate ladies programme is organised by our committed Ladies Programme Committee.Please do attend the ASICON2009 with your family and experience the abundance of our hospitality apart from the cultural and scientific feast.
Prof. C. Palanivelu
Organising Chairman

Prof. S. Sadasivam
Organising Secretary

Looking forward to welcome you
With warm regards.
Prof. C. Palanivelu
Organising Chairman		 Prof. S. Sadasivam
Organising Secretary
 
Dr. R.P.Srivastava
President,
The Association of Surgeons of India, Chennai.
Dr. R.P.Srivastava
 
Dear Colleagues,
ASICON 2009 will be hosted at Coimbatore in an exemplary manner, I am sure this event will provide great scientific and culinary feast to esteemed delegates. Organizing ASICON is a gigantic task but your able shoulder and ablest guidance of the chairman and past president Dr.C.Palanivelu mixed up well with organizing team members’ efforts will bring laurels. It will give
us a milestone in the future to come as it is the city of the past president of our prestigious association. Getting to ASICON is an expected climax of camaraderie and you will ensure that the hospitality proves to be exemplary.

I call upon the members to come in large numbers along with the family to add flavour and charm. The Head Quarter is indulging with great enthusiasm to ensure a vibrant and updated scientific programme. The guest speakers have been chosen with great caution to present their work for the best interaction.
I Wish ASICON 2009 a Grand Success.
‘Long Live ASI’
 
Dr. R.P. Srivastava,
Jharkhand.
 
Dr N.K. Pandey
President Elect,
The Association of Surgeons of India, Chennai.
Dr N.K. Pandey
“Often the difference between a successful man and a failure is not one’s better abilities, or ideas
but the courage that one has to bet on his ideas, to take calculated risk, and to act”
Maxwell Maltz

All innovations & surgical techniques have emerged from the great surgeons who had belief in themselves, I would like to salute, all our great predecessors who have brought surgery at the current level of our practice. This year CME is going to be devoted towards the new development in surgery and hence we have titled it “Newer technology, newer techniques”. It is an attempt to address emerging issues in various sub specialties of surgery for all our colleagues who are practicing at teaching/non teaching & urban /rural hospitals in our country.
Continuing surgical education will remain to be main focus of our conference. We, at the association are committed to maintain standards & learning opportunity at all levels of training & development.

This year, particularly, the CME committee has also tried to address some of the common issues faced by our junior colleagues in training & post graduate student. To start a new trend, a whole session in CME program is devoted to them.

I have requested all the speakers to make sure that their talks are relevant to most of our members and they bring freshness in their presentations. I would like to extend my sincere thanks to our president Dr R.P Srivastva & other office bearers of our association for their support to structure this CME program. Though, theme for the conference reflects to current surgical environment, our fundamental tenet remains the same quality-- the ways in which we achieve the best for our patients may vacillate from education to research to advocacy.
Together, we face a very bright & promising future.
 
Dr N.K. Pandey,
Faridabad
 
Dr. Ahmad Abdul Hai
Immediate Past President,
Association of Surgeons of India, Chennai.
Dr. Ahmad Abdul Hai

As an office bearer of the ASI it is a pleasure for me to invite you and your families to ASICON 2009. From the freezing cold and fog of Ludhiana in December 2008. God has granted our great and vast country such varied options for we are now going to the warm and sunny weather of Coimbatore. I am sure you will all enjoy this change and come to Coimbatore in larger numbers.
These conferences play a very vital role in the academic and social life of an Indian Surgeon and I have every hope that ASICON 2009 under the dynamic leadership of Dr.C. Palanivelu and Dr.S. Sadasivam will prove to be a grand success. A large number of international and national faculties have already given their consent and I for-see some very illuminating and instructive scientific sessions.
Looking forward to seeing you at Coimbatore in December 2009.
With warm personal regards,
 
Dr. Ahmed Abdul Hai,
Patna
 
Prof.Arvindkumar
The Honorary Secretary,
Association Of Surgeons of India, Chennai.
Prof. Arvindkumar
Dear Colleagues,
These are exiting but demanding times for ASI. The Strength of the association is growing by leaps and bounds. To rise to the occasion, the association is undergoing a pragmatic change.
First and foremost, please allow me to take this opportunity to extend a very warm and personal invitation to all of you to join us at the ASICON 2009 at Coimbatore where a "Scientific Feast" awaits you. There has been a feeling among many of us that the scientific program is tending to take a backseat during our annual conferences and more and more stress is given to other activities.
As the Secretary of ASI, it is my bounden duty and commitment to bring the academics to the fore, which has been the major goal of ASI. We have decided to make a major change in our approach which will be evident to you in the ASICON 2009. Scientific programme will be the crux of the conference. The programme will be designed so as to meet the requirements and needs of every member.
We call for full support and participation of our fellow colleagues so that the art of surgery and our associaion can reach to unprecedented heights.
Long Live ASI
 
Prof. Arvindkumar
New Delhi
 

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