Clinical Microbiology
26 March 2019
Suntec Singapore
Key topics:
- Updates on infectious diseases
- Updates on communicable diseases
- The role of personalised medicine in clinical microbiology
- Developments in molecular tools and genomic data
Benefits of attending:
- Identify new and advanced techniques to diagnose and prevent infection
- Consider how personalised medicine will evolve and transform clinical microbiology best practice
- Discover innovative molecular tools and techniques for genomic data management
10:30
Opening remarks
Dr Tan Thean Yen, Consultant Microbiologist, Changi General Hospital, Singapore
Prof Ida Parwati, President, Indonesian Society of Clinical Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Jakarta, Indonesia; Dr Hasan Sadikin, Faculty of Medicine Universitas Padjadjaran, Bandung, Indonesia
SESSION 1
10:30
Tuberculosis: Diagnostic challenges
Dr Ng Tong Yong, Consultant, Department of Pathology, Sengkang General Hospital, Singapore
11:00
HPV infection in cervix: The role of its detection in cervical cancer screening
Dr Srihartini, Dharmais, Senior Oncology Consultant, Clinical Pathology, Cancer Hospital, Jakarta, Indonesia
SESSION 2
11:30
Updates on nontuberculous mycobacterial diseases
Ronaldo Puno, National President, Philippine Association of Medical Technologists (PAMET), Manila, Philippines
12:00
Q&A
Prof Dr Rizwan Hashim, Head of Pathology Department, Consultant Pathologist, PAF Hospital; Director, Department of Medical Education, Fazaia Medical College, Air University Islamabad, Islamabad, Pakistan
12:15
Lunch break and visit exhibition
SESSION 3
13:30
Interpreting bacteriology results
Dr Crystal Wong, Associate Consultant, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Changi General
Hospital, Singapore;
14:00
POCT in HIV management: From diagnosis to monitoring
Dr Agnes Rengga Indrati, Infectious Disease Consultant, Clinical Pathology, Dr Hasan Sadikin General Hospital, Bandung, Indonesia
14:30
Q&A
14:45
Coffee Break
SESSION 4
15:15
Updates on leptospirosis vaccine
Dr Sharon Yvette Angelina Villanueva, Associate Professor, College of Public Health, University of the Philippines, Manila, Philippines
15:45
Transforming diagnostics with innovative solutions in pre-analytical process
Sonia Allibardi, Manager, Copan, Brescia, Italy
16:15
Updates in hepatitis E
Judith Wong Chui Ching, Senior Medical Laboratory Scientist, Virology Laboratory, Department of Microbiology, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore
16:45
Q&A
17:00
End of Conference
Conference Chairs:
Dr Tan Thean Yen, Consultant Microbiologist, Changi General Hospital, Singapore
Prof Ida Parwati, President, Indonesian Society of Clinical Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Jakarta, Indonesia; Professor, Dr Hasan Sadikin Faculty of Medicine Universitas Padjadjaran, Bandung, Indonesia
Speaker Faculty:
Dr Agnes Rengga Indrati, Infectious Disease Consultant, Clinical Pathology, Dr Hasan Sadikin General Hospital, Bandung, Indonesia
Dr Crystal Wong, Associate Consultant, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Changi General
Hospital, Singapore
Dr Hsueh Po Ren, Professor, Divisions of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Disease, Departments of Laboratory Medicine and Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
Judith Wong Chui Ching, Senior Medical Laboratory Scientist, Virology Laboratory, Department of Microbiology, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore
Dr Ng Tong Yong, Consultant, Department of Pathology, Sengkang General Hospital, Singapore
Dr Sharon Yvette Angelina Villanueva, Associate Professor, College of Public Health, University of the Philippines, Manila, Philippines
Sonia Allibardi, Manager, Copan, Brescia, Italy
Dr Srihartini, Dharmais, Senior Oncology Consultant, Clinical Pathology, Cancer Hospital, Jakarta, Indonesia
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