News
2011, Jun 20
1st WFNS Spine Committee Conference
Dr P S Ramani organized this conference in Bali in Indonesia from 17th till 19th June 2010 in Association with Neuro Surgical Society of Indonesia with Dr Hafid Bajamal, Prof. & Head, Dept. of Neurosurgery, Airlangga University, Surabaya-Indonesia was the Organizing President.
Dr P S Ramani inaugurating 1st WFNS Spine Committee Conference in Bali-Indonesia on 17th June 2010.
To his right Dr Setyo Widi – President of Indonesian Neurosurgical Society and to his left, Dr Hafid Bajamal, Organizing President of the Conference.
28 countries participated and 287 delegates were present for the conference. The themes of the conference were
- training of young doctors
- degenerative disorders of spine and
- use of implants.
Dr P S Ramani getting ready to address the audience after inauguration.
Following programmes were arranged for young doctors.
- Free paper competition,
- Poster competition and
- Quiz competition.
The response was very enthusiastic.
The conference was organized in collaboration with 14th ICSM Conference of which Dr P S Ramani has been Founder President and 15th Indonesian Neurosurgical Society Conference.
Photograph of members of WFNS Spine Committee present for the 1st WFNS Conference. [Seated L to R : Mehmet Zileli (Turkey), Motoi Shoda (Japan), Jeorge Dohrman (USA), P S Ramani (Chairman), Chun-kun-Park (Korea), D Dominique (USA), and Hafid Bajamal (Indonesia). Standing L to R : S Patkar( India), Z Mizuno (Japan), Mohd Hafez (Secretary - Egypt), Enrique A Osorio (Colombia), Mutter (Sweden), Prem Pillay (Singapore)]
With senior faculty coming from various parts of the World, the conference maintained high academic standards spiced with generous Indonesian courtesy. It was interesting to note that till the last event the auditorium was full of delegates.