Congratulations to all new ENT surgeons from UM...Wishing you all the best in your new stage of life!
Saturday, November 27, 2010
Congrats to New ENT Surgeons!
Congratulations to all new ENT surgeons from UM...Wishing you all the best in your new stage of life!
Wednesday, November 24, 2010
STUDENT EXCHANGE: A TWIN PROGRAMME UMMC-KYUNG HEE UH, SEOUL 2010
We were cordially invited by Kyung Hee University Hospital (KHUH), Seoul to initiate twin collaboration in ENT Symposium. This year, the host was on KHUH. Readers may refer previous posting by Dr. Tan KL, one of the selected participants in this programme.
"Dr. Tan KL (L), Professor Cho, the organizing chairman & Dr. Chew YK"
Fantastic response from organizer and participants. Both parties enjoyed the event! Meeting them in Kuala Lumpur next year...
Department of ORL-HNS,
UMMC.
Fantastic response from organizer and participants. Both parties enjoyed the event! Meeting them in Kuala Lumpur next year...
Department of ORL-HNS,
UMMC.
Saturday, November 20, 2010
Travelogue: A Conference trip to Seoul
by Dr. Tan Keng Lu (3rd year MS)
Kyung Hee International Rhinology Symposium
Kyung Hee University Hospital
4-7 November, 2010
Chew and I, had the opportunity to visit Kyung Hee University in Seoul in concordance with the Kyung Hee International Rhinologic Symposium in early November 2010.
"Beautiful trees in hues of fall in the campus"
Weather forecast was 16 degrees Celsius. Checklist of stuff to bring included sweater, jackets and an empty bag…to bring back goodies from Seoul! The trip was eagerly awaited but schedule was tight before the trip, we had no idea what to expect, where to go and what to do on arrival. We just boarded the flight and the rest was in dreamland.
We arrived at 1am in Seoul to the accommodation. There was no map to be found in the airport, English signboards with unfamiliar names of places did not help. When we arrived, we were cold, hungry and quite lost. The moment we chuck our luggage into our individual rooms, we were out looking for food. The first impression was, don’t the Seoulites sleep? Shops were opened, patrons eating and chatting away in restaurants, people shopping on the streets lined with neon lights, it did not appear to me that it was close to 2am when we retired into our rooms.
The next day we were brought to the Universiity Hospital. Professor Cho and Professor Kim were already eagerly waiting for us in the operation theatre. The theatre complex was of substantial size, with a pantry cum discussion room where most of our discussion, meals and drinks took place. On our right are about 10 Japanese residents and the rest were Koreans. What was obvious was their tender age, the residents were younger, and there were rhinologists who were about our age. And if a Korean tells you that he is 29, by Gregorian Calendar, he should be only 27 as they quote their Korean age that added 1 earth year and 1 heaven year.
The most interesting part of the endoscopic sinus surgery was that the patient was seated up during the surgery although the patient was completely under general anaesthesia. We were confused as whether he was still alive as bleeding was almost none. Professor Benjamin even quipped that we may have been operating on a fresh frozen cadaver.
Two days of live surgeries had us covered 2 sleep surgeries, 2 cases of rhinoplasties, and 2 cases of endoscopic sinus surgeries, all performed in the expert hands of the professors. We had discussions of the indication and techniques of surgeries. There were other learned teachers from US and Philippines to give pointers during the surgeries to ensure the residents were not lost at any one time. It was, indeed, enriching!
2nd day...
The second and third day were lined with lots of lectures, given by learned researchers and Professors from Korea, Japan, Philippines and US. Prof Prepagaran’s lecture was timely to wake us up from some of the more academic lectures on molecular and genetic biology of rhinology diseases. I would blame the chairs in the lecture hall actually; they were way too comfortable for lectures! The discussion went on from biofilm, to use of clarithromycin in prevention of recurrent sinusitis and new techniques in surgery. In between, we had sumptuous meals prepared by the organizing committee. Most interesting part of the meals were actually the side dishes, with different kinds of raw meat to seaweed and vegetable cooked and uncooked, some marinated. As the side dishes increase in variety with the number of diners, there were many to try and stimulate our taste buds. The only things was, they were all cold.
The main meal is usually hot, hot in temperature and hot in spicy scale! If you are not used to spicy food, then you better get trained before you board your flight to Seoul or else you will be missing lots! The highlight of the meals included Sam Gye Tang (Ginseng Spring Chicken) and Galbi (Barbecued marinated beef ).
The Korean young doctors...
The residents took us residents out on the last night after the conference ended. Too bad Chew was a goody two shoes, he did not need a bowl for his drool over the pretty Korean lasses! Many said Korean girls are pretty because they had plastic surgery done, which I don’t think was entirely true. The ordinary girls who were the residents and house officers there had pretty complexions and facial features. They are proportionate in body size and shape and were well dressed. There was a moment I wished there was winter in Malaysia so we could dress up too! But the cold and wind I had to endure put off the idea almost immediately.
Korean guys….hmm..if I am not writing much about them here, means I have not met anyone who looked like the TV stars (or I am keeping them all for myself!!!!). Did you know that only 2 years ago in Kyung Hee University that they start accepting female residents for training in ENT? Aren’t we lucky gals?!
The last night was a blast. Those who drank enjoyed their beer and soju. I had a great time with my sparkling lemonade and yakult (yes, for dinner). We invited the Japanese and the Koreans to Malaysia, a warm and pretty country with lots of spicy food to offer. We hope they will be here for the ASEAN meeting in May next year.
Conference ending...
I am glad I am back in Malaysia. I cherish the sunshine every day, the warmth that it brings. I am glad I don’t have to eat rice every day and get to choose from noodles to chapatti. Most of it, I can’t wait to share this joy with my newly made friends, wishing they would come visit us soon.
Oh, off the record, we went visiting the university grounds one of those long lunch breaks for the famed ginko trees during fall in Seoul. The best time to visit Seoul was actually either spring or fall.The scenery in the university was breathtaking. I would rather let the pictures do the talking.
"Can you spot my yakult?"
Kyung Hee International Rhinology Symposium
Kyung Hee University Hospital
4-7 November, 2010
Chew and I, had the opportunity to visit Kyung Hee University in Seoul in concordance with the Kyung Hee International Rhinologic Symposium in early November 2010.
"Beautiful trees in hues of fall in the campus"Weather forecast was 16 degrees Celsius. Checklist of stuff to bring included sweater, jackets and an empty bag…to bring back goodies from Seoul! The trip was eagerly awaited but schedule was tight before the trip, we had no idea what to expect, where to go and what to do on arrival. We just boarded the flight and the rest was in dreamland.
We arrived at 1am in Seoul to the accommodation. There was no map to be found in the airport, English signboards with unfamiliar names of places did not help. When we arrived, we were cold, hungry and quite lost. The moment we chuck our luggage into our individual rooms, we were out looking for food. The first impression was, don’t the Seoulites sleep? Shops were opened, patrons eating and chatting away in restaurants, people shopping on the streets lined with neon lights, it did not appear to me that it was close to 2am when we retired into our rooms.
The next day we were brought to the Universiity Hospital. Professor Cho and Professor Kim were already eagerly waiting for us in the operation theatre. The theatre complex was of substantial size, with a pantry cum discussion room where most of our discussion, meals and drinks took place. On our right are about 10 Japanese residents and the rest were Koreans. What was obvious was their tender age, the residents were younger, and there were rhinologists who were about our age. And if a Korean tells you that he is 29, by Gregorian Calendar, he should be only 27 as they quote their Korean age that added 1 earth year and 1 heaven year.
The most interesting part of the endoscopic sinus surgery was that the patient was seated up during the surgery although the patient was completely under general anaesthesia. We were confused as whether he was still alive as bleeding was almost none. Professor Benjamin even quipped that we may have been operating on a fresh frozen cadaver.
Two days of live surgeries had us covered 2 sleep surgeries, 2 cases of rhinoplasties, and 2 cases of endoscopic sinus surgeries, all performed in the expert hands of the professors. We had discussions of the indication and techniques of surgeries. There were other learned teachers from US and Philippines to give pointers during the surgeries to ensure the residents were not lost at any one time. It was, indeed, enriching!
2nd day...
The second and third day were lined with lots of lectures, given by learned researchers and Professors from Korea, Japan, Philippines and US. Prof Prepagaran’s lecture was timely to wake us up from some of the more academic lectures on molecular and genetic biology of rhinology diseases. I would blame the chairs in the lecture hall actually; they were way too comfortable for lectures! The discussion went on from biofilm, to use of clarithromycin in prevention of recurrent sinusitis and new techniques in surgery. In between, we had sumptuous meals prepared by the organizing committee. Most interesting part of the meals were actually the side dishes, with different kinds of raw meat to seaweed and vegetable cooked and uncooked, some marinated. As the side dishes increase in variety with the number of diners, there were many to try and stimulate our taste buds. The only things was, they were all cold.
The main meal is usually hot, hot in temperature and hot in spicy scale! If you are not used to spicy food, then you better get trained before you board your flight to Seoul or else you will be missing lots! The highlight of the meals included Sam Gye Tang (Ginseng Spring Chicken) and Galbi (Barbecued marinated beef ).The Korean young doctors...
The residents took us residents out on the last night after the conference ended. Too bad Chew was a goody two shoes, he did not need a bowl for his drool over the pretty Korean lasses! Many said Korean girls are pretty because they had plastic surgery done, which I don’t think was entirely true. The ordinary girls who were the residents and house officers there had pretty complexions and facial features. They are proportionate in body size and shape and were well dressed. There was a moment I wished there was winter in Malaysia so we could dress up too! But the cold and wind I had to endure put off the idea almost immediately.
Korean guys….hmm..if I am not writing much about them here, means I have not met anyone who looked like the TV stars (or I am keeping them all for myself!!!!). Did you know that only 2 years ago in Kyung Hee University that they start accepting female residents for training in ENT? Aren’t we lucky gals?!
The last night was a blast. Those who drank enjoyed their beer and soju. I had a great time with my sparkling lemonade and yakult (yes, for dinner). We invited the Japanese and the Koreans to Malaysia, a warm and pretty country with lots of spicy food to offer. We hope they will be here for the ASEAN meeting in May next year.
Conference ending...
I am glad I am back in Malaysia. I cherish the sunshine every day, the warmth that it brings. I am glad I don’t have to eat rice every day and get to choose from noodles to chapatti. Most of it, I can’t wait to share this joy with my newly made friends, wishing they would come visit us soon.
Oh, off the record, we went visiting the university grounds one of those long lunch breaks for the famed ginko trees during fall in Seoul. The best time to visit Seoul was actually either spring or fall.The scenery in the university was breathtaking. I would rather let the pictures do the talking.
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