April 2011 E-bulletin
Dear Colleagues,
A. SAMA Visiting Faculty Program’s first lecture held in Sudan
Seema Nour, MD, Interventional Cardiologist in Maryland delivered SAMA’s first lecture entitled “Management of Acute Coronary Syndromes “on April 4th 2011 as part of SAMA’s Visiting Faculty Program.
It was held in Albaghdadi Lecture Hall, in the Faculty of Medicine, University of Khartoum and was attended by 60+ medical students and registrars.
We thank Seema Nour for her time and patience & Ihab Abdulrahman “Tarawa”, Assistant Professor of Medicine University of Khartoum for his dedication and perseverance in coordinating the venue and audience.
Our next lecture will be delivered by Dr. Babiker Omer Eltayeb,MD,FRCP(UK),FACP(USA),FASN, Associate Professor of Medicine & Nephrology, Northeast Ohio University, College of Medicine, Akron, OH, USA; more details to follow.
If you have plans on visiting Sudan this year, and interested in giving a lecture while you are there; please contact us admin@sama-sd.org
For more information please click on http://sama-sd.org/home/visiting-scholar
B. SAMA E-clinic (New format)
Case of the month is written by Ghada Ahmed Hamour, MB BS,MRCP (U.K), Consultant Physician. Albanjadeed Teaching Hospital, Khartoum, Sudan
It is reviewed by Sami Elsayed, MD, Interventional Radiologist, Pittsburg, PA, USA &
Babiker Omer Eltayeb,MD,FRCP(UK),FACP(USA),FASN, Associate Professor of Medicine & Nephrology, Northeast Ohio University, College of Medicine, Akron, OH, USA.
In this issue of SAMA E clinic we are changing the format from MCQs to a Virtual Meeting between 3 physicians in a multidisciplinary manner. We are hoping that the new format would entice a scientific debate in the Sudanese medical community worldwide to the benefit of our readers.
Image of the month is written by Elshami Elamin, MD, Consultant Oncologist, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, Jeddah, KSA
We look forwards to hearing your feedback in the forum; www.sama-sd.org/forum/educational
Please email your clinical cases, and educational images to admin@sama-sd.org.
C. Supporting Residency Match Applicants
By now you should have read our “Match Report”; if not then click http://sama-sd.org/match-season-2010-2011 to read about SAMA’s efforts since July 2010 in supporting Sudanese Residency Match Applicants.
Read how you could make a difference in supporting them for the match season 2011/2012 & find a list of those who successfully matched this year.
Moreover, we have updated the report to include an interview with Abdalla Zarroug, MD, FACS, FAAP, Assistant Professor of Surgery and Pediatrics in Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN.
http://sama-sd.org/match-season-2010-2011/interview-with-abdalla-zarroug
In this interview, Abdalla shares his experience of mentoring Sudanese Residency Match Applicants for the last 2 years; and sets the standard for a successful observership experience.
At this stage of the Match Season, we are in the process of securing observerships for Match Applicants.
If you can sponsor an observership, or know someone who can please email us admin@sama-sd.org
D. SAMA Annual Meeting in September 3rd 2011; Chicago (Save the date)
We look forwards to meeting you in Chicago on September 3rd 2011 which will be the first weekend after Ramadan, and coincides with the Labor Day long weekend.
More details to follow
E. Membership fees & contributions
If you completed the application form but haven’t paid your membership fees ($50), please follow this link to pay via credit card or paypal account.
http://sama-sd.org/sama-membership-application/pay-fees
If you haven’t completed the application form, then please follow this link and follow the online instructions
http://sama-sd.org/sama-membership-application
Alternatively you can mail a check for $50 to “SAMA”, to the following address:
SAMA,
P.O. Box 38 ,
La Crosse, WI,
54602-0038
Additional contributions beyond the membership fees can be paid using this link
SAMA Administration
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