04th Annual Scientific Meeting, 2012 held by Gulf Medical University, Ajman – U.A.E.

The 04th Annual Scientific Meeting, 2012 was held on the 05th & 06th of November, 2012 at the Gulf Medical University, Ajman.  This  year the Scientific Meeting has offered a bouquet of scientific papers in the form of  oral and  poster presentations represented by the clinical, biomedical, dental, physical therapy and pharmaceutical sciences faculty and students.

Dr. Jayadevan Sreedharan, Chairman of the Scientific Program Committee said that the Scientific Meeting was organized with the intention to promote research among clinicians, academicians and students of Gulf Medical University. “At this juncture I remember with great pride and pleasure that the proceedings of the 3^rd Annual Scientific Meeting was accepted as one of the sources of input of the Index Medicus for the WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region (IMEMR)”, he added.

The theme of this year’s meeting “Current trends in healthcare: Prevention to Treatment” covered a wide range of disciplines in the education, healthcare and research. The major tracks included were clinical medicine, dental sciences, pharmaceutical sciences, physical therapy in clinical practice, health professions education and student research.

The proceedings released on the opening day commemorated the event with the 86 contributions; Part I includes articles being presented in the oral sessions and Part II with articles presented in the poster sessions, which provided a cross section of the different tracks.

“I view these proceedings as a means of disseminating information unique to the U.A.E. that may not always be available in other publications. I hope that the articles contained in these Proceedings will be helpful to both researchers and academicians in improving the treatment and prevention strategies especially in the local situations”, said Dr. Jayadevan Sreedharan.

Provost Prof. Gita Ashok Raj gave away 06 Best Oral Paper Awards and 05 Best Poster Awards to the winners of the event.  Dr. Jayadevan Sreedharan proposed the vote of thanks.  While extending his heartfelt thanks on behalf of the Scientific Program Committee to the Founder President Mr. Thumbay Moideen for his encouragement and support in hosting the prestigious event, he also thanked Provost. Prof. Gita Ashok Raj, all the Scientific Program Committee members, reviewers, session chairs for keeping the conference on track, Deans and faculty of all colleges for their involvement, Health Communications Divisions, I.T & Promotions for their technical and operational assistance in organizing the scientific event and release of the proceedings, Dr. I.G. Premadasa for meticulously editing the document.