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Don’t miss this event hosted by Bayview Hospital…
Wednesday March 7, 2018
3Ws Pavilion UWI, Cave Hill, St.Michael
5-9 p.m.
Remember to pre-register at hibiscushealthcaribbeanevents.Eventbrite.com.
Registration Fees
Physicians $100
Allied Health and Nurses $75
Students $50
Allergies, Asthma & Urticaria”
(Continuing Medical Education Event)
Wednesday, 7 March 2018, 5.00pm-9.00pm
3 W’s Pavilion, UWI, St. Michael
This CME focuses on increasing the awareness of allergies & immunotherapy. Topics include – assessment, diagnosis & treatment; impact on asthma, allergic rhinitis & sinusitis; chronic urticaria, distinguishing between sensitivities, side effects & other drug-related intolerances; the role of immunotherapy & more. Physicians, nurses & allied health professionals are welcome. CPE credit is available.
Guest Speaker:
Professor Menachem Rottem
Head of the Allergy Asthma and Immunology Service at the Emek Medical Center, Afula, and Clinical Assistant Professor at the Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel.
https://waojournal.biomedcentral.com/region-in-focus/africa-me-cis/professor-menachem-rottem
Local Presenters:
Dr. Hilary Moore, ER Specialist with Training in Allergy Testing & Immunology
Dr. Dawn Alleyne, Internist/ Pulmonologist
Dr. Sean Bullen, Paediatrician/ Dermatologist
Objectives:
Full programme to be announced.
Topics include:
– Chronic Urticaria: Approach to diagnosis and treatment
– differences between urticaria with angioedema and angioedema unrelated to urticaria
– angioedema from other causes, unrelated to urticaria, including hereditary angioedema and its treatment
– Immununotherapy
– Pulmonary concerns
– Others to be announced
This event is made possible with the kind support of Bayview Hospital, Barbados.
Registration/ RSVP:
www.hibiscushealthcaribbeanevents.eventbrite.com
Registration Fees:
$100 – Physicians
$75 – Nurses & Allied Health
$50 – Students (with ID)
Payment:
Menachem Rottem, MD, PhD, is Head of the Allergy Asthma and Immunology Service at the Emek Medical Center, Afula, and Clinical Assistant Professor at the Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel. A graduate of the Hebrew University Hadassah Medical School in Jerusalem, Dr Rottem completed a Residency in Pediatrics at Hadassah University Medical Center and an Allergy Immunology Fellowship at the Childrens Hospital of Philadelphia University of Pennsylvania Medical School. He completed a second Fellowship in Allergy and Immunology as a Clinical Associate at the Laboratory of Clinical Investigation (LCI), National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH). He later returned as a Visiting Scientist to work at the Laboratory of Allergy at the NIAID/NIH.
Dr Rottem is a Past President of the Israeli Association of Allergy and Clinical Immunology (IAACI). He served as Chair of the International Assembly of the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology (AAAAI) and member of several AAAAI and WAO committees.
Dr Rottem is a Regional Editor, for the Joint Region (Africa/Middle East/CIS), of the World Allergy Organization Journal (WAO Journal).
Dr Rottem is an author and co-author of over 70 peer reviewed medical-scientific publications.
Dr Rottem is an expert in many areas of allergy including diagnosis and treatment of Allergic Rhinitis, Asthma, Food Allergy Urticaria and Autoinflammatory diseases.
Hi Everyone,
In March, Bayview Hospital will be supporting our next event.
See info below
Allergies, Asthma and Urticaria
(Continuing Medical Education Event)
Wednesday, 7 March 2018, 5.00pm-9.00pm
3 W’s Pavilion, UWI, St. Michael
This CME focuses on increasing the awareness of allergies & immunotherapy. Topics include – assessment, diagnosis & treatment; impact on asthma, allergic rhinitis & sinusitis; distinguishing between sensitivities, side effects & other drug-related intolerances; the role of immunotherapy & more. Physicians, nurses & allied health professionals are welcome. CPE credit is available.
Guest Speaker:
Professor Menachem Rottem
Head of the Allergy Asthma and Immunology Service at the Emek Medical Center, Afula, and Clinical Assistant Professor at the Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel.
https://waojournal.biomedcentral.com/region-in-focus/africa-me-cis/professor-menachem-rottem
Local Presenters:
Dr. Hilary Moore, ER Specialist with Training in Allergy Testing & Immunology
Dr. Dawn Alleyne, Internist/ Pulmonologist
Dr. Sean Bullen, Paediatrician/ Dermatologist
Objectives:
Full programme to be announced.
Registration/ RSVP:
www.hibiscushealthcaribbeanevents.eventbrite.com
Registration Fees:
$100 – Physicians
$75 – Nurses & Allied Health
$50 – Students (with ID)
Payment:
Hi Everyone!
One of our most anticipated events in 2018 will be the Sexual and Reproductive Health Conference on June 23 in Barbados. This event will feature American OB/GYN Willie Parker who is known to specialise in abortions and he is a reproductive justice advocate.
Photo Credit -Chad Griffith from https://www.drwillieparker.com/about/
Education and Career
Dr. Parker “is a graduate of Berea College in Kentucky, and holds degrees from the University of Iowa College of Medicine, the Harvard School of Public Health, the University of Cincinnati, and the University of Michigan. Board-certified in obstetrics and gynecology and trained in preventive medicine and epidemiology through the Centers for Disease Control, Dr. Parker currently provides abortion care for women in AL, MS, PA, GA, and IL, and is the former Medical Director of Planned Parenthood Metropolitan Washington, DC.
He is the physician plaintiff in the federal lawsuit preventing the closure of Mississippi’s only abortion clinic, a case currently in request for hearing by the U.S. Supreme Court.
His work includes a focus on violence against women, sexual assault prevention, and reproductive health rights through advocacy, provision of contraceptive and abortion services, and men’s reproductive health.
He is the chair of the board of Physicians for Reproductive Health, and a board member of The Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice and URGE. He was recently honored by the United Nations Office of Human Rights as one of twelve Women’s Human Rights Defenders on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the United Nations’ Fourth World Conference on Women. He has also received Planned Parenthood’s Margaret Sanger Award, the organization’s highest award; the “Champions of Choice” Award from NARAL, the oldest abortion rights advocacy group in the US; the George Tiller, MD, Abortion Provider Award from Physicians for Reproductive Health; and the Personal PAC Leadership award, among others.”
His Book
Life’s Work: A Moral Argument for Choice
In his book, the doctor gives a “frank, illuminating memoir recounts the professional and spiritual paths that led him to give up private practice, obstetrics, a Hawaiian penthouse, and fundamentalism, and to take up the life of an outspoken and courageous itinerant abortion provider”.
Stay tuned for more on this upcoming event and speaker! This is an event that you would not want to miss.
About Quinnipiac University
Quinnipiac is a private, coeducational university in Southern New England where students receive an educational experience that’s both personal and challenging from faculty who care deeply about student outcomes. Our 3 campuses are located in Hamden and North Haven, Connecticut. We offer more than 100 programs to an estimated 7,000 undergraduate and 3,000 graduate students.
Dr. Tracy Van Oss is an associate clinical professor in the Occupational Therapy Department. Tracy has earned a Doctor of Health Science degree, a Master in Public Health degree, a Bachelor of Science degree in Corporate Communication and a degree in occupational therapy. She is a Community Health Education Specialist (CHES), and has an AOTA Specialty Certification in Environmental Modification. She is the co-chair of the service learning committee for the university and has developed interprofessional service learning courses focusing on community based health and wellness in local and international venues. She has also earned a certificate in experiential education from the National Society for Experiential Education (NSEE) and works to engage her students into real world scenarios.
Professor Barbara Nadeau
Occupational Therapist
Quinnipiac University
Profile
Professor Barbara Nadeau is the Clinical Associate Professor of Occupational Therapy at Quinnipiac University. She was educated at Lesley University where she earned her Doctorate in Adult Learning. She also attended the University of Hartford (Master’s in Neuroscience) and University of Wisconsin (Bachelors in Therapy).
She is currently President at the Brain Injury Solutions. There, she provides cognitive rehabilitation for teens, adults and older adults who have cognitive changes due to any type of acquired brain injury (concussion, stroke, TBI etc).
Her topic at Rehabiliation and Chronic Disease, Saturday January 13, 2018 will be CVA a Chronic Disease Defining Outcomes.
Rehabilitation and Chronic Disease
Saturday 13 January 2018, 1PM-6PM
Diabetes Centre, Warrens, St. Michael
Chronic disease causes a high degree of illness and disability in Barbados. It is often necessary to have a “Chronic Disease Management Programme” that involves a multidisciplinary approach to care. Rehabilitation is an integral part of such a programme and restoration of health and functionality is critical. Whether it be in the form of occupational therapy, physical therapy, pain management or other modalities rehabilitation in chronic disease management is a must.
This CME explores aspects of rehabilitation and chronic disease specific to diabetes, stroke and other chronic conditions. It is suitable for rehabilitation professionals, physicians, nurses and other key players in the multidisciplinary team. Guest speakers include faculty from the Occupational and Physical Therapy Departments at Quinnipiac University, Connecticut.
Objectives:
· To provide an opportunity for continuing education and exchange between rehabilitation professionals and the multidisciplinary network
· To explore current approaches to chronic disease and rehabilitation management.
· To discuss the issues around rehabilitation in chronic disease and find ways to strengthen the systems to ultimately improve patient outcomes
Topics include:
· Diabetic Neuropathy, Simone McConnie, Podiatrist
· Cardiac Rehabilitation, Dr. Dawn Scantlebury, Interventional Cardiologist
· Updates in Diabetes Management, To Be Announced
· Mental Health and Depression. Lennox Rochester, Occupational Therapist
· Role of Occupational Therapy in Chronic Disease Self- Management, Prof. Tracy Van Oss, Occupational Therapist, Quinnipiac University
· Inter-professional Perspectives, Quinnipiac University
· CVA as a Chronic Disease: Defining Outcomes, Prof. Barbara Nadeau, Occupational Therapist, Quinnipiac University
Other topics to be discussed.
Hi Everyone,
On Saturday January 13, 2018, Hibiscus Health Caribbean will be hosting its first CME for 2018.
The theme is Rehabiliation & Chronic Disease and the event will explore aspects of rehabiliation and chronic disease. It will be specific to diabetes, stroke and amputee management. There will be guest speakers from Occupational and Physical Therapy Department at Quinnipiac University, Connecticut.
Topics
Diabetes Neuropathy, Updates in Diabetes Management, Mental Health and Depression, Role of OT in Chronic Disease Self-Management, Interprofessional Perspectives and more.
Location
Diabetes Centre, Warrens, St. Michael
1pm. -6 p.m.
Registration
Rehab Professionals -$25
All Other Professionals -$30
RSVP at hhccmevents@gmail.com
Also visit Eventbrite: http://www.hibiscushealthcaribbeanevents.eventbrite.com
Contact 246-253-9384/269-6183 (call or WhatsApp) 
Hibiscus Health Caribbean Inc.