Thalassaemia Management Course in Kuching, Sarawak
16th to 17th December 2006

Objective

1. To disseminate knowledge of management of thalassaemia to staff involved in care.
2. To improve patient compliance.
3. To introduce concept of screening and counselling.
4. To introduce concept of thalassaemia registry.

Topics and speakers

• The role of Sarawak Thalassaemia Society - Mr. Dunstan Chan
• Thalassaemia as a chronic disease, impact to all - Dr. Hishamshah
• Overview of thalassaemia treatment, are we giving our best? - Dr. Hishamshah
• Treatment of adult thalassaemics, challenges faced - Dr. Ong Tee Chuan
• Growth and sexual development - Dr. Lee Yung Seng
• Endocrine problems - Dr. Lee Yung Seng
• Genetic counselling and ethical issues - Dr. Hishamshah
• The heart and liver - Dr. Martin Wong
• Psycho-social issues - Dr. Farahida
• Clinical Case Presentation - Panel Speakers
• My life as a thalassaemic - Ms. Fazalina Johari, Ms. Lo Ai Choo

Speakers

1. Dr. Hishamshah Ibrahim, Consultant Paediatric Oncologist, Hospital Kuala Lumpur
2. Dr. Lee Yung Seng, Consultant Paediatric Endocrinologist, National University of Singapore
3. Dr. Ong Tee Chuan, Consultant Haematologist, Hospital Sultanah Aminah, Johor Bharu
4. Dr. Martin Wong, Paediatric Cardiologist, Sarawak General Hospital
5. Dr. Farahida Mohd. Dai, Consultant Pyschiatrist, Sarawak General Hospital
6. Mr. Dunstan Chan, Sarawak Thalassaemia Society