29th ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

SATURDAY, 27 MARCH 2010, 2PM

This is to inform you that the 29th Annual General Meeting of the Singapore Society for Hand Surgery will be held on 27 March 2010, Saturday at 2pm at Grand Copthorne Waterfront Hotel.

The buffet lunch will be served at 12noon.

Agenda

1.                  Confirmation of the Minutes of the 28th AGM

2.                  Matters Arising Therefrom

3.                  Annual Report 2009

4.                  Treasurer’s Report 2009

5.                  Election of Office Bearers for 2010/2011

6.                  Any other business

-         Membership Subscription Rebate

-         2011 Hand Review Course together with HMDP visitor

-         TTSH Wrist Arthroscopy Workshop with SSHS Hand Review Course

-         Memorandum of Understanding between Chapter of Hand Surgeons and Singapore Society for Hand Surgery

Dr Andrew Chin

Honorary Secretary 2009/2010

UPDATE 10/3/2010:

AS SGH IS NOT PART OF THE COMPULSORY AST TRAINING LECTURE CIRCUIT THIS MONTH, ALL AST LECTURES SCHEDULED FOR SGH IN MARCH HAVE BEEN POSTPONED TO APRIL. SGH WILL CONDUCT ITS OWN IN-HOUSE TEACHING DURING MARCH.

AST ATTENDANCE IS COMPULSORY FOR NUH AND TTSH LECTURES THIS MONTH

ADVANCED HAND SURGERY TRAINING PROGRAMME (TTSH)

Tuesday, 7.30am - 8.30am

Date		Topic	MARCH 2010			Presenter	Moderator
*2 Mar 10		Case Presentation (Distal radius) Venue: TTSH Annex Block, Level 3, Rm L3-N-M007				All Regs	Winston Chew
9 Mar 10		Regional anaesthesia of the upper limb and tourniquet use				Anthony Foo	Tan Puay Ling
16 Mar 10		Acute metacarpal and carpometacarpal injuries				Chee Kin Ghee	Yong Fok Chuan
23 Mar 10		Phalangeal fractures and dislocations (excluding thumb)				Lau Leok Lim	Winston Chew
30 Mar 10		Thumb injuries				Sreedharan	Teoh Lam Chuan
Venue : TTSH Annex, Level 4, L4-N-M0007, Rotary Room  Tan Tock Seng Hospital Dept of Orthopaedic Surgery

ADVANCED HAND SURGERY TRAINING PROGRAMME (SGH)

Wednesday, 7.30am - 8.30am

3 Mar 10	RSD/CRPS	Invited Speaker: Dr Yeo Sow Nam

ADVANCED HAND SURGERY TRAINING PROGRAMME (NUH)
Thursday, 7.30am - 8.30am

There will be a SSHS Case Conference and discussion session on Peripheral Nerve Compression.

The focus will be on unusual presentations and uncommon nerve compressions. Pathophysiology of peripheral nerve compression, investigations (especially how to read a nerve conduction study and electromyogram) and treatment options will be discussed.

Date: 27 Feb 2010

Venue: SGH Ward 75 Conference Room

Time: 0830-1030

CME points will be awarded

ATTENDANCE IS COMPULSORY FOR ALL HAND SURGERY ASTs

Morning tea will be available after the session.

Apologies for missing out on Jan 2010 schedule. Here is the schedule for Feb.

TTSH lectures are now officially part of the AST teaching program. Attendance at these lectures (along with the SGH Wednesday and NUH Thursday lectures) is therefore compulsory for all ASTs.

- Dr Peng Yeong Pin, President, Singapore Society for Hand Surgery

Brochure and Registration form

The downloads are parked in SendSpace as the SSHS file server is down. Scroll to the bottom of the window after clicking to find the download link for the file.

Please contact Sandra, the SSHS secretary,  at Sandra_AWYONG@nuhs.edu.sg for a copy of the files if you have any difficulties downloading.

7 FEBRUARY 2010

DEADLINE FOR SUBMITTING ABSTRACTS AND FOR EARLY REGISTRATION

UPDATE 2/3/2010

LATEST PROGRAM NOW AVAILABLE (CLICK "READ MORE")

HAND SOCIETY BANQUET will be at Tawandang Microbrewery, 26 Dempsey Road, #01-01, Singapore 249686

Only Tan Tock Seng Hospital has a lecture programme this month. There are no lectures at NUH and SGH. Note also that the TTSH programme for December is on Wednesday morning 7.30-8.30am, not Tuesday.

1 Dec 09	Monthly case presentations	All Rs/AC	W Chew
8 Dec 09	Classification and physiology of flaps	Farhan	Tan PL
15 Dec 09	Free Tissue transfer – Indications and Management	Kin Ghee	Yong FC
22 Dec 09	Journal Club	Anthony	Teoh LC

SGH Lectures (Wednesdays 7.30-8.30am)

Venue : Education Resource Centre ,  Dept Of Occupational Therapy, SGH

04 / 11 / 2009	Incisions around the Hand and Wrist- Indicators and Considerations	Dr Darryl Chew	Dr Andrew Yam
11 / 11 / 2009	No Programme ( APFSSH)
18 / 11 / 2009	Management of Upperlimb emergencies (excluding the Hand and Wrist)	Dr Antony Gardner	Dr Tay SC
25 / 11 / 2009	Management of common Hand cases in the A & E	Dr Phoon Ee Shan	A/Prof Agnes Tan

NUH Lectures (Thursdays 7.30-8.30am)

Venue : Cardiac Department Lecture Theatre, Level 3, NUH

04 / 11 / 2009	Brachial plexus anatomy & clinical assessment	Dr Aaron Gan	A/Prof Aymeric Lim
12 / 11 / 2009	Early surgical reconstruction of adult BPI	Dr Andre Cheah	Mr Alphonsus Chong
19 / 11 / 2009	Late reconstruction of adult BPI	Dr Jaffry	Mr Tan Ter Chyan
26 / 11 / 2009	Obstetrical brachial plexus injuries	Dr Chacko Cyriac	Mr David Tan

TAN TOCK SENG HOSPITAL (TUESDAY, 7.30-8.30AM)

CSO 4A Meeting Room, Dept of Orthopaedic Surgery, TTSH

Date	Topic	Presenter	Moderator
06 / 10 / 2009	Monthly case presentations	All Rs/AC	Dr Winston Chew/ A/Prof Teoh Lam Chuan
13 / 10 / 2009	Compartment syndrome of the hand and forearm	Dr Tay Guan Tzu	Dr Tan Puay Ling
20 / 10 / 2009	Vacuum assisted dressings	Dr Yeo Chong Jin	Dr Yong Fok Chuan
27 / 10 / 2009	RSD / CRPS	Dr Andre Cheah	A/Prof Teoh Lam Chuan

SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL (WEDNESDAY, 7.30-8.30AM)

Education Resource Centre ,  Dept Of Occupational Therapy, SGH

SGH (Wednesday 0730-0830)

02 / 09 / 2009	A systematic approach to dealing with ulnar-sided wrist pain	Dr Tay SC
09 / 09 / 2009	Malunion of the distal radius	Dr Roland Chong	Dr Tay SC
16 / 09 / 2009	Anatomy of the brachial plexus and pathomechanics of BPI	Dr Aaron Gan	Dr Andrew Yam
23 / 09 / 2009	Obstetric BP – Diagnosis and management	Dr Yong FC	Dr Andrew Yam
30 / 09 / 2009	Clinical management of BPI	Dr Andrew Yam

NUH (Thursday 0730-0830)

03 / 09 / 2009	Acute Nerve Injuries & Management	Dr Andrew Lim	Mr Alphonsus Chong
10 / 09 / 2009	Nerve Injuries II - Outcome results, Rehabilitation, Neuroma & Management	Dr Phoon Ee San	Mr Aymeric Lim
17 / 09 / 2009	Tendon Transfers for Nerve Injuries and Rehabilitation	Dr Teemu	Mr Peng Yeong Pin
24 / 09 / 2009	Electrodiagnosis in Peripheral Nerve Injuries & Compression	A/Prof Einar Wilder Smith

TTSH (Tuesday 0730-0830)

01 Sept 09	Monthly case presentations	all Rs	W Chew
08 Sept 09	Basal joint arthritis of the thumb	Sree	Tan PL
	(CMCJ,STT)
15 Sept 09	Journal club (Arthritis)	Andre	W Chew
22 Sept 09	Common infections of the hand –	Yeo CJ	Teoh LC
	principles and management
29 Sept 09	Chronic infections of the hand	Tay GT	Yong FC

NUH ADVANCED HAND TRAINING PROGRAMME

06 / 08 / 2009	Skin grafting	Dr Teemu	Mr Peng Yeong Pin
13 / 08 / 2009	High pressure & extravasation injuries in the hand	Dr Phoon Ee San	Mr Alphonsus Chong
20 / 08 / 2009	Local flaps in the hand	Dr Jamari	Mr Tan Ter Chyan
27 / 08 / 2009	Anatomy & physiology of peripheral nerves & biology of nerve repair	Dr Darryl Chew	Mr Tan Ter Chyan

SGH ADVANCED HAND TRAINING PROGRAMME

 TTSH HAND CME PROGRAMME

4 / 08 / 2009	Monthly case presentations	Registrars	Dr Winston Chew
11 / 08 / 2009	Rheumatoid arthritis –pathology and principles of management	Dr Yeo Chong Jin	Dr Teoh Lam Chuan
18 / 08 / 2009	The role of MSUS in the management of RA	Dr Kong KO	Dr Tan Puay Ling
25 / 08 / 2009	Osteoarthritis of the fingers – conservative and surgical management	Dr Tay GT	Dr Yong Fok Chuan