The Oscar Jordan Symposium

(Diabetes/ Diabetic Foot)

January 25-28, 2017

The Inaugural Oscar Jordan Symposium in honour of the life and work of the late Dr. Oscar Jordan, Endocrinologist, co-founder of the Barbados Diabetes Foundation and the Maria Holder Diabetes Centre for the Caribbean is scheduled to be held January 25-28, 2017. It is a collaborative effort between the Barbados Diabetes Foundation and the Queen Elizabeth Hospital. The symposium will involve a series of events designed for both the public and health professionals in order to educate and advocate on the multidisciplinary management of diabetes.

The inaugural event will have a special focus on the diabetic foot and will feature speakers from the Caribbean Diabetes Initiative out of New York and contributions local and regional health professionals. The Caribbean Diabetes Initiative’s goal is to advocate and educate about diabetes across the Caribbean and will feature Foot & Ankle Surgeon Dr. Steven Wells and two US-based Barbadian Nurses – Antsey Small and Derline Higgins. The symposium includes a public lecture on January 25 and medical education seminars January 25-28, 2017. Nursing students of the Barbados Community College will benefit from a special seminar on January 26 aimed at building the capacity of student nurses in the area of diabetes. An award will be given in honour of Dr. Oscar Jordan to a young doctor and nurse for their outstanding work in diabetes care.

For more information: www.hibiscushealthcaribbean.com, hhccmeevents@gmail.com or call 269-6183; 253-9384.

Public Lecture: Understanding Diabetes, Saving Limbs & Saving Lives”

Wednesday, 25 January 2017, 7PM – Queens Park Steel Shed, St. Michael

Barbados has been affected greatly by complications of diabetes, diabetic wounds and infections which often lead to amputations. This interactive public lecture will feature multidisciplinary presentations from leaders in the management of diabetes and diabetic foot including guest presenter Dr. Steven Wells, Foot & Ankle Surgeon and his team from the Caribbean Diabetes Initiative, Dr. Selwyn Ferdinand, Consultant Surgeon from the QEH, Mrs. Kevamae Sobers, Diabetes Nurse of the QEH and Dr. Diane Brathwaite, Diabetologist from the Diabetes Centre and a representative from the Barbados Drug Service. Presentations will explore optimal care of the diabetic patient – their diabetes & their feet and the importance of actually understanding diabetes, blood sugar control and how it is related to wounds, ulcers and infections. Educating persons with diabetes, their families and caregivers are key to the successful management of diabetes and tips and tools will be shared with attendees to better improve their understanding and self-management of the condition and ways to save lives and save limbs.

Patient advocate groups, churches and the general public are asked to make a special effort to attend.

Schedule of events – Oscar Jordan Symposium

January 25-28, 2017 

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Diabetes in Youth Seminar

Sunday, 6 November 2016, 10.00AM-4.00PM

3 W’s Pavilion, UWI, St. Michael

Chairpersons: Dr. Michele Lashley, Paediatrician & Dr. Diane Brathwaite, Diabetologist

Programme:

Description: Continuing Medical Education Workshop designed to highlight the clinical, care and transition issues in children with diabetes through to young adults with diabetes – both Type 1 and Type 2.

Pre-registration: www.hibiscushealthcaribbean.eventbrite.com

Registration Fee: $168 – Physicians; $115.50 Nurses; $52.50 – Students (with ID)

Payment Locations: – Ticketpal

• Barbados Conference Services Ltd – Sir Lloyd Erksine Sandiford Centre, St. Michael
• Sundek Boutique, Limegrove Mall, St. James
• AB Music Supplies, Sheraton Mall, Christ Church
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• More Info: Hibiscus Health Caribbean – hhccmeevents@gmail.com; 253-9384; 269-6183

Diabetes in Youth Seminar 

(Continuing Medical Education Event)

Sunday, 6 November

10AM-4.00PM

3 W’s Pavilion, UWI, St.Michael

Chairpersons: Dr. Michele Lashley, Paediatrician & Dr. Diane Brathwaite, Diabetologist

Pre-registration: www.hibiscushealthcaribbeanevents.eventbrite.com

Registration Payment:

$168 – Physicians; $ 115.50 – Nurses; $52.50 – Students

Ticketpal locations: 

• Sir Lloyrd Erskine Sandiford Centre, St. Michael
• Sundek Boutique, Limegrove, St. James
• AB Music Supplies,  Sheraton Mall, Christ Church
• Ticketpal.com – online payment

Programme:

Description: Continuing Medical Education Workshop designed to highlight the clinical, care and transition issues in children with diabetes through to young adults with diabetes.

Participants are advised that the Haematologic & Blood Cancer Seminar scheduled to be held on October 27, 1PM-5PM will now be held at the SAVANNAH BEACH HOTEL, HASTINGS, CHRIST CHURCH and not the 3W’s Pavilion as previously advertised.

Registration and payment is available at the door: Physicians $75.00; Nurses & Allied Health – $55.00; Students: $25.00.

Please note the programme below:

Programme

 Chair                                     Dr Alafia Samuels, Director, CDRC

 1:05 – 1:15pm                    Welcome – Dr Joy St. John, CMO, Ministry of Health                     

 1:15 – 1:45pm                    Holistic Disease Management – New Approaches to Patient Care

Dr Natalie Greaves, Lecturer in Public Health, Faculty of Medical                                                                   Science

1:45 – 2:15pm                    Diagnosing Hematologic Cancer – What to Look For?

                                                   Dr June Clarke, Hematologist, Queen Elizabeth Hospital

 2:15 – 2:45pm                    The Role of the Laboratory in the Diagnosis and Treatment of

Haematological Disease

                                                     Dr Christopher Nicholls, Hematologist, Queen Elizabeth Hospital

2:45 – 3:15pm                    The Importance of Ancillary Studies in the Diagnosis and                                                                   Treatment of Hematologic Disease

                                                   Dr Jacqueline William, Pathologist, Queen Elizabeth Hospital

3:15 – 3:45pm                    Paediatric Cancers and Sick Kids (SCI) Project – A Review and                                                          Comparative Study

                                                   Dr Cheryl Alexis – Associate Consultant Haematologist, Queen                                                                       Elizabeth Hospital

 3:45 – 4:15pm                     Barbados National Registry Presentation on Annual Data

 4:15 – 4:25                           Vote of Thanks – Professor Patsy Prussia, Clinical Director for                                                    BNR Cancer Registry

 4:25 – 5:00                           Light Refreshments

The Heart & Stroke Foundation of Barbados is pleased to present the International Stroke Day Workshop 2016 on Saturday 22 October 2016 at the Henry Fraser Lecture Theatre, 9AM-3.15PM. Under the World Stroke Day Theme “Face The Facts: Stroke is Treatable – Lives Can Improve With Better Awarweness, Action & Access”, the workshop is designed  to address key aspects of prevention, treatment and rehabilitation to show that lives can improve with better awareness, access and action.

Professor Stephen L. Firsing from Coastal Carolina University is the featured speaker and will be delivering a presentation entitled “A New Framework: Family Quality of Life”. Stroke and cardiac events not only affect an individual, they affect their family. As a result, family-level outcomes are important to measure during all stages of recovery. A new framework, Family Quality of Life, was recently developed to provide a subjective, holistic understanding of what all members of a family unit need to live their best life, together. This presentation will explain the foundations of the new framework, and how it may be applied to a family with a member that survived a stroke or cardiac event.

Local presenters include a multidisciplinary line up of health professional, all key to the management of stroke in the areas of mental health, occupational therapy, physiotherapy and more. Presentations will be given by Dr. Dawn Scantlebury, Interventional Cardiologist; Sister Christine King from the Stroke Unit at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Melanie Buge, Occupational Therapist. Janelle Chase Mayers, Family Therapist and others. Tracie-Ann Jessamy, Stroke Survivor will be sharing her experience of “Surviving Stroke” – living proof that stroke is treatable.

Interested health professionals can pre-register for this event at www.hibiscushealthcaribbean.eventbrite.com. Payments can be made at the Heart & Stroke Foundation, Jemmotts Lane on or before Oct 20 to secure early registration pricing. On-site registration and payment will be available.

Programme – 9.00AM-3.15PM

CPE Hours:  5 hrs, 20 mins

Chairpersons: Professor David Corbin and Mrs. Gina Pitts, CEO, HSFB

The Barbados National Registry & The Ministry of Health continues its Continuing Medical Education series with “Haematologic & Blood Cancers” on Thursday, 27 October 2016

130PM-530PM at the 3 W’s Pavilion, UWI, St. Michael. Cost: $25 – Students; $55 – Nurses; $75 – Physicians. Pre-register at hibiscushealthcaribbeanevents.eventbrite.com. Payments may be made at the BNR Office, Jemmots Lane, St. Michael on or before Oct 20, 2016. Registration will close on Oct 20, 2016. This programme has been awarded “3-Credits” by the Barbados Medical Council.

 ‘Hematologic Cancers and Blood Diseases’

October 27^th, 2016

Programme

Chair                                     Dr Alafia Samuels, Director, CDRC

1:05 – 1:10pm                    Welcome – Dr Kenneth George, CMO (Ag), Ministry of Health                  

1:10 – 1:45pm                    Barbados National Registry Presentation on Annual Data

Lauren Maul, Registrar BNR

1:45 – 2:15pm                    Diagnosing Hematologic Cancer – What to Look For?

Dr June Clarke, Hematologist, Queen Elizabeth Hospital

2:15 – 2:45pm                    The Role of the Laboratory in the Diagnosis and Treatment of

Haematological Disease

Dr Christopher Nicholls, Hematologist, Queen Elizabeth Hospital

2:45 – 3:15pm                    The Importance of Ancillary Studies in the Diagnosis and Treatment of

Hematologic Disease

Dr Jacqueline William, Pathologist, Queen Elizabeth Hospital

3:15 – 3:45pm                    Paediatric Cancers and Sick Kids (SCI) Project – A Review and Comparative

Study

Dr Cheryl Alexis – Associate Consultant Haematologist, Queen Elizabeth Hospital

3:45 – 4:15pm                     Holistic Disease Management – New Approaches to Patient Care –

Lessons Learned through the SCI Project

Shonelle Miller, RN, Oncology and Nuclear Medicine, Queen Elizabeth Hospital

4:15 – 4:25                           Vote of Thanks

Professor Patsy Prussia, Clinical Director for BNR Cancer Registry

4:25 – 5:00                           Light Refreshments

The Acute Myocardial Infarction Seminar hosted by the Barbados National Registry will now be held on Wednesday, 5 October 2016 at the Henry Fraser Lecture Theate at the University of the West Indies in St. Michael. The same programme applies (see below) and space has opened up for more attendees. To register go to http://www.hibiscushealthcaribbeanevents.eventbrite.com. Payment can be made at the BNR Office by 4PM, Tuesday 4 October 2016 or at the door. Pre-registration is a must.

For those who have registered for the event and are no longer able to attend due to the date change, a full refund will be issued. Contact Hibiscus Health Caribbean and hhccmeevents@gmail.com or call 269-6183 for more information.

 “AMI Management: Initial Care, On-going Treatments and Lifestyle Adjustments”

Wednesday, 5 October 2016, 1PM – 5PM

Henry Fraser Lecture Theatre, UWI, St. Michael, Barbados

Programme

Chair                                     Mrs Tanya Martelly, Research Manager, Chronic Disease Research Centre

1:00 – 1:05pm                    Welcome

Dr Kenneth George, Chief Medical Officer (Ag), Ministry of Health       

1:05 – 1:35pm                    In-Hospital CFR for Acute MI: QEH – Barbados 2010–2014

Dr Kim Quimby, Immunology, Chronic Disease Research Centre

1:35 – 2:15pm                    Emergency Department Care

Dr Chaynie Williams, Head of Accident & Emergency Department, Queen Elizabeth Hospital

2:15 – 3:00pm                    Acute MI Management: The Role of Invasive Therapies

Dr Dawn Scantlebury, Interventional Cardiologist, Queen Elizabeth Hospital

3:00 – 3:45pm                    The Role of the Primary Care Physicians In Managing AMI

Dr Rudolph Delice, Head of Department of Medicine, Queen Elizabeth Hospital

3:45 – 4:15pm                    Lifestyle Modifications & Ccardiac Rehabilitation

Mrs Gina Pitts, CEO, Heart & Stroke Foundation Barbados Inc.

4:15 – 4:20pm                     Vote of Thanks

Mrs Lauren Maul, Registrar, The Barbados National Registry for Chronic Non-Communicable Disease

4:20 – 5:00                           Light Refreshments

Hello Everyone, 

Due to the shut down of the island as a result of the Tropical Storm Advisory currently in place, the Acute Myocardial Infarction CME, hosted by the Barbados National Registry and Ministry of Health, scheduled to occur on Thursday, 29 September 2016 has been postponed. 

We will announce a new date as soon as we can and possibly a new location. This will allow room for more registrants as there has been a demand.

All confirmed registrations will be honoured when the new date is announced. If for any reason, you are unable to attend, a full refund will be issued.

For further information, please contact event coordinators Hibiscus Health Caribbean Inc, at 253-9384/ 269-6183 or via email at hhccmeevents@gmail.com. Whatsapps are welcomed. 

We look forward to updating you as soon as possible.

Kind Regards,

The Hibiscus Health Caribbean Team

Full House:  Medical professionals taking in some of the presentations at the Women’s Health Medical Conference on September 10.

3Ws Pavilion, UWI Cave Hill-Doctors, specialists and allied health professionals attended the 21st Century Oncology’s Women’s Health Medical Conference which focused on female health issues like Poly cystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS), Pelvic Floor Dysfunction, infertility, podiatry and psychology.

Morning Session

After the special address from the Director of Barbados Family Planning Association, Ms. Juliette Bynoe-Sutherland, Chairman, Dr. Vikash Chatrani gave his presentation on “Understanding PCOS”, causes and treatment of polycystic ovaries.

His session was followed by Dr. Niraj Mehta who gave a comprehensive presentation on functional medicine, the harmful effects of a sedentary lifestyle on overall health and the various way to manage non-communicable disease by treating it holistically rather than using conventional medicine alone.

His American colleague, Dr. Robert Paresi in his presentation “Advances in Cosmetic & Reconstructive Surgery” looked at the latest in reconstructive surgery for patients with breast cancer.  He explained that patients wanted a more natural appearance when it came to breast enhancements and reconstructive surgery.  Dr. Paresi showed the importance of placing implants “under the muscle” rather over it which often caused complications for some patients. In breast cancer patients he highlighted the fact that “50 percent of patients had lost their implant due to infection”.

Dermatologist, Dr. Andrew Forde giving his presentation on “Bleaching in Barbados-Medical Concerns”.

Evening Session

The conference had a brief break and Q& A before Dr. Andrew Forde’s session on Bleaching in Barbados.  His enlightening session gave a graphic display into the world of bleaching.  Dr. Forde explained can be permanent damage to the skin when patients abuse harsh chemicals and steroids to achieve lighter skin.

Dr. Forde explained that persons were using bleach, hydrogen peroxide, hydroquinone and corticosteroids which could lead to scarring, excessive hair growth, liver damage, dark, cracked skin and numbness.   Other topics discussed were contraception and NCDs with gynaecologist, Dr. Tracey Archer and an interesting presentation on pelvic floor dysfunction during pregnancy.

The Conference ended with podiatrist, Simone McConnie who spoke about “Common Podiatric Issues in Women” and Psychiatrist, Dr. Nya Maughn who focused on the topic of empathy as an effective communication Health tool.

Chairperson of the Women’s Conference: Gynaecologist, Dr. Vikash Chatrani preparing to introduced American Plastic & Reconstructive Surgeon, Dr. Robert Paresi (face partial hidden) to the podium, beside him is Dr. Niraj Mehta who specialises in radiation oncology.