2019 African Symposium on High Intensity Focused Ultrasound Therapy for Tumors (2019 Regional Meeting of ISMIVS, Africa)

Jointly with

The Opening Ceremony of the Second International Training Workshop of Ultrasound Therapy for Tumors

Proceedings

September 14, 2019

Committee Room 5, Sandton Convention Center

 Johannesburg, South Africa

Organized by

   

International Society of Minimally Invasive and Virtual Surgery (ISMIVS)

Society of African Gynaecologist and Obstetrician (SAGO)

Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital, South Africa

Sponsored by

China Ministry of Science and Technology

Chongqing Medical University (China)

National Engineering Research Center of Ultrasound Medicine (China)

Dear Friends,

Nowadays, minimally-invasive and non-invasive therapies, exemplified by ablation of tumors with less harm to patients, are the trend of modern medical development. With the envision to accelerate the development of minimally-invasive and non-invasive medicine, International Society of Minimally Invasive and Virtual Surgery (ISMIVS) was founded in 2013 (at then known as International Society of Minimally Invasive and Noninvasive Medicine ) in Chongqing, China, upholding the medical concept of “the diseases that harm require therapies that harm less” and dedicated to the standardization and promotion of the clinical practice of minimally invasive and noninvasive therapies through education and research.  Since then, ISMIVS has been convening Yangtze International Summit of Minimally Invasive and Noninvasive Medicine every 2 years in Chongqing, China, providing medical professionals with a platform for academic exchanges about minimally invasive and noninvasive medicine, and has organized jointly with other societies several regional academic meetings in different countries.

This year, joining the hands of Society of African Gynaecologist and Obstetrician(SAGO), ISMIVS is going to convene a regional meeting in Johannesburg, South Africa on September 14, 2019, addressing the topic of HIFU therapy for tumors. As a game-changing technology, HIFU provides doctors and patients with a novel or better solution to disease management. Already, the American Association for the Advancement of Science listed HIFU as “an important frontier of global technology”. It is good to know that this technology has been successfully applied in Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital and showing satisfactory clinical results. And Chris Hani Bara Hospital was awarded 2018 KHANYISA Service Excellence for its provision of HIFU treatment for uterine fibroids. Cheered by this good news, ISMIVS would like to work together with SAGO to disseminate and bring the benefits of this technology to more people in Africa.

Looking forward to seeing you in Johannesburg!

David Cranston, MB ChB. D.Phil., FRCS.

President of International Society of Minimally Invasive and Virtual Surgery

ISMINIM 2015, Chongqing, China

ISMINIM 2017, Chongqing, China

2018 Regional Meeting in Cairo, Egypt

Preliminary Program

Time	Topic & Lecturer
09:30-10:00	Opening ceremony
10:00-10:25	Development Trend of Minimally Invasive and Noninvasive Therapeutic Technologies in SAGO Namory KEITA , President of SAGO
10:25-10:50	High Intensity Focused Ultrasound in Oxford: 2002-2019 David Cranston, President of ISMIVS, Oxford University (UK)
10:50-11:15	HIFU: Experience from South Africa Raymond Setzen, Chris Hani Baragawanth Academic Hospital, South Africa
11:15-11:30	Coffee break
11:30-11:55	Win-Win-Win: Benefits of HIFU to Patients, Physicians and Hospital Cherng-Jye Jeng, Kaosiong Medical University, Taiwan, China
11:55-12:20	HIFU Wide Application in Egypt Mohamed Hamed, Cairo University, Egypt
12:20-12:50	Bulgarian Experiences on the HIFU Treatment of the Pancreatic Cancer Dobromir Dimitrov, Medical University of Pleven, Bulgaria
12:50-13:15	HIFU Treatment for Adenomyosis Ying Zhang, National Engineering Research Center of Ultrasound Medicine, China

Registration:

Online registration is available until August 31, 2019 : www.ISMINIM.org

Registration fee:

The first 100 online registrations are free of charge, while the extra registrations shall be charged with ZAR500.00 per person, and the registration fee shall be paid on site on Sept. 14, 2019. The charge includes a lunch and coffee breaks.

For more information, please refer to:

Ms. Jenny Zhang

jennyzhang@isminim.org

International Society of Minimally Invasive and Virtual Surgery