We are delighted to announce that the Hong Kong Thoracic Society (HKTS) has joined the APSR as an en bloc society. As with other en bloc societies, all HKTS members are now members of the APSR and have full APSR membership rights and privileges. Many HKTS members have already joined APSR assemblies,
The APSR has enjoyed a lengthy and strong relationship with Hong Kong, which joined other countries in founding the Society in 1986. Hong Kong has provided two outstanding APSR presidents and two successful APSR Congresses.
HKTS en bloc membership gives confidence of a bright future for us all.
I am excited to deliver to you the news that the Hong Kong Thoracic Society (HKTS) has recently joined the APSR in the form of an en bloc membership. Through collaboration with the APSR, our society will be able to extend our impact on the promotion of respiratory health in the Asia-Pacific Region.
Established in 1987, the HKTS now consists of 1,300 registered members, including doctors, nurses, and allied health professionals. HKTS dedicates herself to raising awareness for respiratory health and facilitating future breakthroughs in the field.
The HKTS cooperates closely with the CHEST Delegation Hong Kong and Macau and the Hong Kong Lung Foundation, both of which have been lending us tremendous help and support throughout the years.
The contribution of the society to the scope of respiratory medicine lies along a great spectrum, thanks to the valuable efforts paid by our members. Here below offers a glance at our work. Two large-scale conferences are held every year, namely the Annual Scientific Meeting (March) and the Autumn Respiratory Seminar (November). Three Special Interest Groups (on Sleep Medicine & Respiratory Failure, Interventional Pulmonology, and Airway Diseases respectively) were established not long ago to fuel research interests among our young fellows. Newsletters (joint with the CHEST Delegation) are published quarterly, offering our members the latest updates and insight in the field. On top of these, the society organizes public promotion events from time to time. Other activities arranged include press conferences, health checks, educational talks, radio programmes and essay publications in the media.
Many of our members currently hold Fellowship and membership of the APSR. Moreover, Prof. Lam Wah Kit and Prof. Mary Ip held office as the president of the APSR in the past. It is my strong belief that signing up as an en bloc member of APSR benefits us in more ways than could be imagined. It is foreseeable that our members receive more opportunities in continuing education and pursuing excellence. The APSR will serve well as a platform that bridges local professionals and the international authorities.
Wilson Kwok-sang Yee. President, HKTS
The APSR and the ISRD (International Symposium on Respiratory Diseases) enjoyed a successful 4th joint APSR-ISRD Session at the prestigious American Thoracic Society (ATS) International Conference in San Diego on Saturday 19 May 2018 at the San Diego Convention Center.
As with their 2017 International Conference, the ATS has kindly arranged for you to benefit from recordings of some of the most popular sessions from the 2018 International Conference, sharing tremendous ATS scientific research and clinical care knowledge.
Access is free for APSR members via apsresp.org/archive/ats-2018-stream.php and is scheduled to be available until 30 August 2018
The deadline for receiving abstracts is 24 June. See apsr2018.com/Page/Index/33 for comprehensive instructions.
Don't miss your opportunity to participate in this premier congress!
Don't underestimate the enthusiasm of your colleagues on this small island, dealing with the big problems of COPD, lung cancer, sleep and other respiratory problems.
Read a recent article in Respirology (onlinelibrary.wiley.com/...) about measures being taken by both the government and also the Taiwan Society of Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine (TSPCCM), your hosts at the 23rd Congress of the APSR in Taipei.
The scientific programme is building up with expert speakers from around the world. Don't miss this opportunity to join them.
Submit your abstract now to present at this prestigious event.
The date of the 25th APSR Congress has been changed slightly, and will be held on 15–18 October 2020 (Thursday to Sunday), which will be more convenient days for most people to attend and enjoy the congress.
The May 2018 issue (Vol 10.5) features APSR air pollution update:
Respirology Vol. 23 Issue 6 (Regular issue, June 2018) has been released since the last Bulletin.
In this issue, the Editors have especially chosen to feature the following two articles:
Vitamin D in relation to respiratory disease was examined by cross-sectional analysis of a large community-based sample. Low levels of serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D were independently associated with asthma, bronchitis, wheeze and chest tightness after three levels of adjustment for potential confounders. Higher vitamin D levels were associated with higher levels of lung function.
In combined pulmonary fibrosis and emphysema (CPFE), the likelihood of having pulmonary hypertension (PHT) is explained by the summed baseline computed tomography (CT) extents of interstitial lung disease and emphysema. There is no synergistic effect in CPFE increasing the likelihood of PHT. CPFE is therefore not associated with a malignant microvascular phenotype.
During the inaugural lunch meeting for the Associate and Deputy Editors of Respirology Case Reports, Christopher Lai, Editor in Chief, presented the current performances of the journal, and strategies on how to develop the journal in the future. It was a great opportunity for all present to meet each other and hear from each other's experience with the journal. The Editors agreed that the aim of the journal is to publish well-written articles with educational value. The journal's readership is high in the US and the Editors discussed ways to increase submissions from this region. In addition, Chris reported: "We also discussed ways to encourage submission from developing countries [according to WHO's classification of low-income countries]. I am quite keen to see this happens." The Editors discussed ways to encourage this with the support of the APSR.
Remember that all APSR members, including members of societies with en bloc APSR membership, receive a 50% discount of the open access publication fee and many developing countries are entitled to a 50% discount or a full waiver of the open access publication charge. For more information on publication charges and discounts, please visit: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/page/journal/20513380/homepage/article_publication_charges_and_discounts.htm
To read the latest from Respirology Case Reports, please go to: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/20513380
To submit your manuscript: mc.manuscriptcentral.com/respirolcasereports
On the same day of the Editorial Board meeting of Respirology Case Reports, several of Respirology's Associate, Deputy and Senior Editors also met with co-Editor in Chief Paul Reynolds. Respirology's Editors in Chief have held similar meetings at the 2017 ERS conference in Milan, Italy, and the 2018 TSANZSRS conference in Adelaide, Australia. Philip Bardin and Paul Reynolds are planning to make these meetings a regular occurrence at future international respiratory conferences to give Respirology Editors based in different parts of the globe an opportunity to meet their colleagues and share their experiences and ideas for the journal. For an update of the latest performance indicators for Respirology, please keep an eye on the Editor's message in the upcoming July APSR Newsletter.
In the meantime, please visit Respirology's website to read the latest Articles (onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/14401843/0/0) and Topics in Focus (onlinelibrary.wiley.com/page/journal/14401843/homepage/free_themed_collections.htm)
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Each month we share details of activities of a particular country, region or society.
If you would like the spotlight to be on your country, region or society next month, contact the Bulletin Coordinator or APSR Secretariat.
The 27th Annual General Meeting (AGM) was held on 21 July 2017 at the Diamond Room 3 & 4, Sunway Putra Hotel, 100 Jalan Putra, 50350 Kuala Lumpur. Forty-one members attended the AGM.
The following are the office bearers for the term 2017-2019:
Committee Members: | Assoc Prof Dr Surendran Thavagnanam Dr Hilmi bin Lockman Dr Lalitha Pereirasamy Dr Dg Zuraini binti Sahadan |
Prof Dr Roslina binti Abdul Manap was co-opted into the committee. |
The following were appointed as the Honorary Auditors for 2017 – 2019:
The current membership stands at 268 comprising 193 life ordinary members, 53 life affiliate members, 16 ordinary members, 5 affiliate members and one honorary member.
The Annual Congress was held in Sunway Putra Hotel on 20–23 July 2017 and was co-organised with the Lung Foundation Malaysia (LFM). The Organising committee was headed by Dr. Nurhayati Mohd Marzuki. The Scientific Committee was co-chaired by Dr Helmy Haja Mydin, Dr Asiah Kassim and Assoc Prof Dr Surendran Thavagnanam. A total of 484 delegates registered for the congress.
In collaboration with the Pulmonary Vascular Research Institute, the MTS held the congress workshop "On Acute Pulmonary Embolism to Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension: State Of The Art Management" on 20 July 2017. Seventy delegates attended the workshop.
The main congress comprised 3 plenary lectures and 18 symposia covering a wide spectrum of respiratory diseases in adults and children. The faculty of speakers consisted of eminent local and overseas experts. The total number of lectures within the 18 symposia was 54. In addition, there were 10 symposia sponsored by the pharmaceutical industry. The "Multidisciplinary Case Discussions" were held on the second afternoon, and voting was done via a voting app. There were 2 early morning or sunrise sessions. A forum on patient advocacy titled "The Role of Clinicians in Patients Advocacy" was held on the last day.
There were 5 oral paper presentations, 39 poster presentations on scientific papers and 54 poster presentations on case reports. The presentations were done on the second day of the congress. All 5 oral presenters were awarded prizes while the best 6 posters for scientific papers and best case report were also awarded prizes which were announced during the Gala Dinner. Five consolation book prizes were awarded to other case report presenters.
The MTS continues to support the LFM in its activities. The MTS donated RM30,000 from the proceeds of the MTS Congress 2016 to the LFM. Donations to the LFM are exempt from income tax.
The CME grant disbursed funds for members to attend CME activities including educational meetings organised under the auspices of the MTS and other related organisations held both locally and overseas. Dr Noorul Afidza binti Muhammad and Dr Mohd Izzuan bin Ishak were awarded travel grants to present their abstracts at the ERS Milan 2017 International Congress and Dr Lily Diana binti Zainudin and Dr Arvindran s/o Alaga were awarded travel grants to present their abstracts at APSR 2017 in Sydney.
Dr Hooi Lai Ngoh
Honorary Secretary 2017-2019
An article about the management of pleural disease, by Graham Simpson BSc, MD, FRACP, FRCPEd, Department of Thoracic Medicine, The Cairns Hospital, Cairns, QLD, Australia Letter From Australia DOI: 10.1111/resp.13321.
Venue: | Gold Coast, Australia |
Dates: | 28–30 March 2019 |
Details | www.apcb2019.com |
The Asian Pacific Congress for Bronchology (APCB) 2019 will take place at the Gold Coast Exhibition and Convention Centre, Australia, 28–30 March 2019. It will attract about 400 participants from Australia and the Asia-Pacific region; a distinguished audience comprising researchers and clinicians in the field of bronchology and interventional pulmonology. The theme is "Case-Based Training; Practice and Theory" and it will have a novel design with a hands-on focus; workshops will provide the core part of the Congress.
This Congress will have particular relevance for trainees, fellows and consultant specialists. Case-based learning is a key part of modern learning methods and APCB 2019 will allow this type of learning to take centre stage. We are developing a stimulating programme designed to explore the latest developments, medical advances, cutting edge treatments and breakthroughs in the management of respiratory illnesses.
For more information, or to sign up to receive updates, please go to www.apcb2019.com.
The prevalence of sleep-disordered breathing in Bangladesh, an article by A K M Nizam Uddin MBBS, FRACP, Department of Medicine, Central Gippsland Health, Sale, VIC, Australia; Monash Lung and Sleep, Monash Health, Melbourne, VIC, Australia; Former Medical Graduate, Chittagong Medical College, Chittagong, Bangladesh Letter from Bangladesh DOI: 10.1111/resp.13315.
This article shows the medical improvements made for Chinese citizens, especially those living in remote regions. By Chunxue Bai MD, PhD, FCCP, Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China; Shanghai Respiratory Research Institute, Shanghai, China Letter from Bangladesh DOI: 10.1111/resp.13319.
The Hong Kong Thoracic Society and CHEST Delegation Hong Kong and Macau will co-host the "Symposium on Asthma and COPD: NOW and Future" at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, Wanchai, Hong Kong on 1-2 September 2018.
This 2-day programme sessions include:
Invited speakers include:
Click here (PDF file) for details of academic accreditations, conference registration, and the detailed programme, or contact the meeting secretariat:
The Indonesian Society of Respirology (ISR) celebrated World Asthma Day in May 2018. Activities conducted in several ISR branches included symposia, training and public awareness.
The greatest celebration was a collaboration between ISR and the Indonesia Asthma Foundation on 6 May 2018 on Ancol beach Jakarta. This was attended by asthma club gymnastics all over Jakarta, and it was estimated that more than 1,000 people participated. The celebration main activity was performing Indonesia asthma gymnastic.
Indonesia Asthma Gymnastic was created in 1985 and revised in 2003, with the aim to help asthma patients stay healthy and control their disease.
There will be a special scientific meeting of the Indonesian Society of Respirology (ISR) (Pertemuan Ilmiah Khusus PDPI 2018) with the theme Current approach in respiratory medicine – Special issues in interventional pulmonology and thoracic oncology
Venue: | Crowne Plaza Hotel Semarang, Central Java, Indonesia |
Dates: | 23–27 October 2018 |
Secretariat: | pikpdpi2018@gmail.com Tel: +62 81313563575 |
Details | www.pikpdpi2018.com
Avisena Dutha Pratama: avissena_dp@yahoo.com Erlang Samoedro: erlangsamoedro@gmail.com |
How medicine in Republic of Korea is taking advantage of Information Technology, an article by Chin Kook Rhee MD, PhD, Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul St. Mary's Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Republic of Korea Letter from Korea DOI: 10.1111/resp.13329.
Venue: | The Zenith Hotel, Kuantan, Malaysia |
Dates: | Conference workshops: 12 July 2018 |
Main Conference: 13–15 July 2018 | |
Secretariat: | m.thoracicsociety@gmail.com or secretariat@mts.org.my Tel: +6 03-8993 9333 Fax: +603-8993 9444 |
Details | www1.mts.org.my |
Dr Alfredo Bongo FAPSR and Dr Arnold Nicholas Lim were invited to appear in the cable TV programme 'Direct Line' to highlight asthma in children.
They tackled the issues of asthma signs and symptoms, triggers, prevention and treatment.
Their theme for World Asthma 2018 was "Never too early; never too late".
Education sessions were also held in the clinic, Cebu City
Dr Eshanth Perera FAPSR broadcast his message on Sri Lankan radio to talk about the problems and treatment of asthma.
Venue: | Kandy, Sri Lanka | |
Dates: | 28–30 June 2018 | |
Details: | www.copsl.lk |
The following distinguished APSR faculty will present at the Sessions:
Takashi Kido
Yasuo Morimoto
Chin Kook Rhee
Venue: | Hanoi, Vietnam |
Dates: | 27–28 September 2018 |
Details | hoihohapvietnam.org |
Many members have already given their support for the Charter for Lung Health, joining over 4,000 other people who are concerned for better lung health in the Asia-Pacific region and around the world.
But to make our voices heard, we need to collect 100,000 online signatures before the petition is delivered to the Director-General of the W.H.O. and members of the World Health Assembly.
Cape Town, Glenview, Lausanne, Montevideo, New York, Paris, Tokyo, May 31, 2018 – Tobacco is the leading underlying single cause of death worldwide. In 2016, tobacco use caused over 7.1 million deaths mostly related to lung and heart disease, cancer, and stroke. Every year, on 31 May, persons and organizations mark World No Tobacco Day, by highlighting the health and other risks associated with tobacco use and advocating for effective policies to reduce tobacco consumption.
This year the Forum of International Respiratory Societies (FIRS) announced a new position paper on electronic cigarettes and youth. FIRS is a collaborative of nine international professional organizations created to promote respiratory health around the world. FIRS joins with and applauds the World Health Organization (WHO) as a leader committed to fighting the global tobacco epidemic. In 2005, the WHO's Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) entered into force, covering more than 90 percent of the world's population, and in 2008 the MPOWER strategy, a practical, cost-effective way to implement FCTC, was launched. These and other actions of many organizations fighting tobacco consumption have had substantial success in many areas. Nearly two thirds of countries now have some of the FCTC measures in place.
But there is still much to do to reduce tobacco consumption, which is driven by nicotine addiction. Sadly, nicotine use is rising, and in many places this is driven by electronic nicotine delivery systems. These devices often bypass FCTC and MPOWER strategies and target youth. FIRS raises concern about the risks of using electronic cigarettes, especially in children, adolescents and young adults.
Smoking behavior is strongly driven by nicotine addiction, which causes changes in the brain that it requires more nicotine to function normally, resulting in complex, biosocial maladaptive behaviours, known as dependence. Children's brains are particularly susceptible to the development of nicotine addiction. Youth addicted to nicotine become tomorrow's life-long users of tobacco products.
Over the past decade, electronic cigarettes have rapidly risen in popularity among young people in many countries. More than 450,000 American middle school students used e-cigarettes in 2016, four times the number of reported users the previous year. E-cigarette use in youth is associated with higher smoking prevalence, at a younger age, and heavier tobacco use. It appears that youth-directed advertising and flavouring are important factors leading to experimentation with electronic cigarettes by youth. A study of 600 British children, aged 11 to 16 years, showed that electronic cigarette advertising increased the appeal of electronic cigarettes and interest in trying them.
Contrary to industry claims, electronic cigarette aerosols are not simply "harmless water vapour" as some have claimed. Just as decades passed before the health consequences of cigarettes were known, many years may be needed to determine the magnitude of the health burden of e-cigarettes.
Based on this information, the Forum of International Respiratory Societies recommends:
The Forum of International Respiratory Societies (FIRS) is an organization composed of the world's leading international respiratory societies working together to improve lung health globally: American Thoracic Society, American College of Chest Physicians, Associatión Latino Americana De Thórax, Asian Pacific Society of Respirology, European Respiratory Society, International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, Pan African Thoracic Society, Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease, and the Global Initiative for Asthma. The goal of FIRS is to unify and enhance efforts to improve lung health through the combined work of its more than 70,000 members globally.
The following article has recently been selected from Respirology for its specific educational value. Previous articles on further topics can be seen at apsresp.org/education/articles/index.html
Of special interest to those working in:
* Interstitial lung disease
* Pulmonary circulation
* Clinical Respiratory Medicine
Comment by Dr Mark Lavercombe:
In this study, the authors seek to define the risks of pulmonary hypertension in patients with combined pulmonary fibrosis and emphysema compared with those with IPF alone. Their conclusion that CPFE is "not greater than the sum of its parts" helps guide prognostication in this patient cohort.
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ATS liaison – Narufumi Suganuma, MD, PhD
APSR liaison – Kazuhiro Yatera, MD, PhD
The American Thoracic Society (ATS) & Asian Pacific Society of Respirology (APSR) Liaison Programme – Environmental, Occupational and Population Health (EOPH) was newly created and had started in 2017 by the leaders of the ATS and APSR as one of the joint activities between both societies.
Initial goals of the programme are to facilitate communication between the societies, learn how both societies structure their assemblies, submit joint society assembly projects for project funding and submit jointly developed symposia through the ATS call for input.
The first meeting of the ATS-APSR Liaison Programme on EOPH was held at the ATS Conference 2017 in Washington DC, and started to communicate and discuss what to do in this programme. An ATS EOPH Assembly meeting was held in the evening of 22 May 2018 in San Diego, where more than 200 people gathered as usual. We discussed the current status of ATS membership, the acceptance rate of the Blue Journal (American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, impact factor=13.204) which is around 12%, impact factors of the Blue and Red Journals (American Journal of Respiratory and Cell and Molecular Biology, impact factor=4.10) and the new Annals of ATS.
Around 20 young researchers received ATS Abstract Scholarship Awards; a mentoring programme was held on 20th; three of the four grant applications made by the EOPH Assembly were awarded; and Prof. Robert A Cohen explained NIOSH B reader programme for Pneumoconioses Chest Radiography and encouraged members to take the exam. The previous chair, Prof. Jack Harkema, received the Val Vallyathan Senior Award. The John Peters Award was given to Prof. Susan Tarlo for her long time contribution to allergic response and occupational lung diseases. Dr Juan C Celedón, who is currently serving as ATS Secretary-Treasurer 2017-2018, will be the President of ATS 2020-2021.
On behalf of the ATS-APSR liaisons Narufumi Suganuma, MD, PhD talked with Howard M Kipen, MD, MPH, who serves as chair of ATS EOPH Assembly. Both agreed to identify the regions in the world that have patient cluster of occupational lung diseases, and try to see whether the ATS could grant the on-going AIR Pneumo Project, which is an international quality assurance programme for readers of pneumoconioses chest radiography mostly provided in Thailand. One of the sessions organized by EOPH, Occupational Lung Epidemiology, covered various aspects of new and old occupational lung diseases and attracted more than 100 participants.
ATS 2019 will welcome you in Dallas, Texas from 17 through 22 May 2019.
Percutaneous transthoracic biopsies (PTB) ultrasound guided of lung tumour
"I would like to express my deep appreciation to APSR for this Young Investigator Award. It was my first visit Japan and I was very glad to see a beautiful country and meet the kind people; helpful and always offering a warm greeting.
I had the pleasure of attending the 58th congress of JRS in April 2018 at the International Convention Center in Osaka. This award was my great opportunity to get valuable experience by working with experts from the APSR, JRS and from other countries. It strongly encouraged me to keep going and reach out to a further interesting study and share it at a great congress like this one, again and again.
This wonderful event not only let me know and discuss the new interesting discovery from an international perspective, but also let me share my experience about my study on percutaneous transthoracic biopsies ultrasound guided of lung tumour.
Another wonderful experience was to be a chairperson at the Meeting. I have experience in that role in my country but this was my first time to chair at an international congress. It was so exciting to learn and discuss with participants about their posters; their research and experiences helped me to open my visions and also increase my knowledge.
Once again, thank you so much APSR. I am looking forward to participate again and again in further APSR conferences.
Dr Sotheary Chhorn
Khmer-Soviet Friendship Hospital
University of Sciences of Health,
Cambodia
Molecular and cellular origin of COPD
"I was gratefully selected to receive a travel award by Professor Kwun Fong and the APSR Executive Committee (in conjunction with the Thoracic Society of Australia and New Zealand), to attend the 2018 Japanese Respiratory Society Annual Scientific Meeting hosted in Osaka, Japan. My role at this conference was to discuss my research describing the molecular and cellular origin of COPD, and I was also give the opportunity to chair the COPD basic research session.
The conference was by all accounts a world-class forum that comprised individuals at the forefront of respiratory research and I was exposed to a great variety of quality clinical and basic research. In addition to the broad and innovative content delivered through the research seminars and symposiums, importantly for me, I benefitted from the basic research component of the conference. A particular highlight related to this was an exciting new method of culturing primary alveolar epithelial cells. The development of this laboratory know-how has been greatly anticipated in the respiratory research sphere for outcomes related modelling complex pathophysiological effects in the COPD airway. This technology has not been described in any other forum to my knowledge. Hence, I am now able to apply a new focus to my research aims which will add significant value to my publications and grant applications.
Further, the JRS was a perfect opportunity to interact personally with respiratory researchers, and I discussed two promising collaborative linkages. One was with a Japan-based research team lead by A/Prof Atsuyasu Sato (Kyoto University) who attended my presentation and subsequently inquired about methods to further their laboratory's work into airway serine protease activity as a causative factor for the pathogenesis of COPD. The other involved Prof Marc Moss who was my co-chair during the COPD basic research session, and a fine individual who conducts outstanding research into the management of acute lung injury. He generously offered to support my efforts to pursue a collaborative link within the USA. I am eager to cultivate these professional relationships as they hold great potential to add new lines of inquiry and add efficacy to our respective research.
These interactions were possible with the support of the APSR and the qualities afforded by the JRS ASM which enables an early career researcher such as myself to directly interact with (for example) a leading internationally-recognised researcher such as Prof Moss (President of the American Thoracic Society).
Equal to the fantastic professional opportunities provided by the conference, I greatly enjoyed the Japanese culture, both as part of JRS/APSR social programmes and through my own experiences while discovering Osaka. The social programme showcased an unending array of delicious Japanese delicacies, a fascinating kabuki puppetry education session and performance, and the length the Japanese support teams went to ensure our experience was comfortable and trouble free was exceptional. Indeed, this was a quality inherent each of the Japanese individuals I encountered throughout Osaka.
As a result, I will look back on my involvement with the Osaka JRS convention as much more than an educational conference. It was an experience that furthered my professional development, allowed me to develop real links with world-class researchers, and I was able to immerse myself in the rich culture of Japan. It was without a doubt the highlight of my formative years as a respiratory researcher. I am indebted to the APSR, the JRS and TSANZ for cooperating to allow early career researchers to take such an amazing journey.
Dr Eugene Roscioli (PhD, B.Biotech (Hons), Grad. Cert. ScTechComm)
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Laboratory Manager
Lung Research Laboratory
Dept. of Thoracic Medicine, Royal Adelaide Hospital
Senior Adjunct Lecturer
School of Medicine/Department of Medicine
Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences
The University of Adelaide"
The APSR is profoundly grateful for their generosity.
Congratulations to the following members who have recently become APSR Fellows.
A warm welcome to the following members who have recently joined APSR assemblies. They will undoubtedly enjoy working with and networking with their assembly colleagues.
Assemblies | |
Dr Igusti Ngurah Bagus Artana (Indonesia) | Clinical Respiratory Medicine COPD Asthma |
Dr Alfredo Jr. Bongo (Philippines ) | Paediatric Lung Disease Asthma Critical Care Medicine |
Dr Tajik Mohamed Shafi (India) | Clinical Respiratory Medicine Lung Cancer Bronchoscopy and Interventional Techniques |
Dr Robert J Shiner (Israel) | Asthma COPD Interstitial Lung Disease |
Dr Noni Novisari Soeroso (Indonesia) | Lung Cancer Interstitial Lung Disease Environmental & Occupational Health and Epidemiology |
Dr Arivudai Nambi Veerappan Periasamy (India) | Clinical Respiratory Medicine Bronchoscopy and Interventional Techniques Tuberculosis |
Dr Patrick Weyer (USA) | Critical Care Medicine Clinical Respiratory Medicine Respiratory Structure and Function |
Here are the main respiratory events in Asia-Pacific region for the next few months. You can see our full listing on the APSR Calendar.
For more pulmonology events, see apsresp.org/calendar.html
(These events are for information only and APSR endorsement should not be assumed.)
If you have any news or announcement that could be of interest to other APSR members, please submit details to the APSR Bulletin coordinators: Dr Arata Azuma (a-azuma@nms.ac.jp), Dr David C L Lam (dcllam@hku.hk), Dr Shu Hashimoto (hashimoto.shu@nihon-u.ac.jp), or APSR Bulletin (bulletin@apsresp.org).