Sri Lanka Medical Association of North America Dr. Lal Samarasinghe Memorial Scientific Symposium
Edison Ballroom 240 W 47th Street New York, NY. 10036 November 11th, 2017 8 am – 1 pm
The 2017 SLMANA Scientific session will provide an exciting glimpse of what lies ahead in the field of medicine.
| Program Agenda | |
|---|---|
| 8:00 am – 8:45 am | Registration and Breakfast Moderator: Rohan Perera, M.B.,B.S, MRCP (UK), FACC. |
| 8:45 am | Welcome Remarks by SLMANA President: Darshi Sunderam, MD |
| 9:00 am | Sanjay Fernando, MD – Kidney Failure in the Villages of Sri Lanka |
| 9:20 am | Keynote Address: Mahen Wijesuriya, MD (Cey), FRCP (Lond), FCCP (Cey) Video Conference from Sri Lanka – Type I Diabetes in Sri Lanka: An Overview |
| 9:50 am | Surani Fernando, MD, FACE – New Treatment Paradigm for Type 2 Diabetes |
| 10:10 am | Darshi Sunderam, MD – T2DM and CVD: Has the Dawn of a New Era Arrived? |
| 10:30 – 11:00 am | Coffee Break, Visit Exhibit Booths |
| 11:00 am | Rushika Conroy, MD, MS – Latest in Type 1 Diabetes Treatment: The Artificial Pancreas |
| 11:20 am | Chandran Rajaratnam, MD – Aging and Dementia |
| 11:40 am | Tara Bishop, MD – New Models of Payment: Past, Present, and Future |
| 12:00 – 12:30 pm | Q&A |
| 12:30 – 1:00 pm | SLMANA Eastern Region Inc – Annual General Meeting |
Scientific Symposium Committee Members
Rohan Perera M.B.B.S, MRCP (UK), FACC. (Chair)
Selvarani Richards MD (Co-Chair)
Daya Nadarajah MD
Darshi Sunderam, MD
Vaithi Segeram MD, FACP
Faculty
Darshi Sunderam, MD
Chief of Endocrinology
East Orange General Hospital, East Orange, NJ
Consultant Endocrinologist
Greystone Park Psychiatric Hospital, Greystone Park, NJ
darshisunderam@hotmail.com
Rushika Conroy MD, MS
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
UMMS-Baystate
Pediatric Endocrinology and Weight Management
Baystate Children’s Hospital ,Springfield MA 01199
rushika_richards@yahoo.com
Surani Fernando MD,FACE.
Endocrinologist, Endocrine Associates of CT, Hamden, CT.
Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine, Frank Netter School of Medicine
sfernando2@yahoo.com
Chandran Rajaratnam MD
Acting Medical Director and Psychiatrist
Rockland Psychiatric Center New York.
Preceptor and Site Coordinator of the Columbia University, New York State Geriatric Psychiatric
Fellowship Program at Rockland Psychiatric Center
rajratnammd@aol.com
Tara Bishop MD
Medical Director
McKinsey & Company, New York, NY
Associate Professor of Healthcare Policy and Research and Medicine
Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY
tarafbishop@gmail.com
Mahen Wijesuriya MD (Cey), FRCP(Lond), FCCP (Cey)
Hon. Sec. Diabetes Association of Sri Lanka
Hon. Director National Diabetes care
Executive Director NCD Alliance Sri Lanka
Co-founder Diabetes Association of Sri Lank
amrit@slt.lk | dasl@sltnet.lk
Sanjay Fernando MD
Medical Director
ARA Herald Square Dialysis Center, New Britain, CT
Nephrologist,Starling Physicians, New Britain, CT
sfernando2@yahoo.com
The Committee thanks the following Vendors for their support of our Scientific Program
- Amarin Pharma Inc
- AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP
- Astellas Pharma
- Boehringer Ingelheim
- Eli Lilly and Company
- Janssen Pharmaceutical
- Kowa Pharmaceuticals
- Merck
- Novo Nordisk Inc
- Sanofi-Aventis