|
BSI Newsletter (May 2006):
The Breast Surgery International is witnessing an increased interest
in its membership from breast surgeons around the world, and more
significantly from surgeons in many developing nations. Many from
the underdeveloped countries have expressed the desire to join the
society, but as constrained by the current membership fee structure.
The BSI is grateful to the ISS-SIC executive for favorably
considering significantly reducing the membership fee for surgeons
from developing countries. We hereby request the membership of ISS-SIC
to encourage and propose breast surgeons in your region for
membership of the BSI. The society, meanwhile, is continuing with
its efforts to assist “Developing quality breast cancer care in the
Developing countries”. The BSI international guest faculty have
participated, and have committed to support future continuing
medical education programs and workshops in various corners of the
developing world. The society is committed to support the
forthcoming XIV SIS world congress of breast diseases to be held in
Croatia, May 2006; a joint postgraduate course of the Breast
Association of Nigeria and BSI to be held later this year; joint
meeting of the Royal college of surgeons of Thailand and ISS at
Pattaya, Thailand in July 2006; and 2nd SGPGI Breast Course at
Lucknow, India on 25-27 November 2006, amongst others. The BSI would
welcome any further proposals for supporting future workshops and
postgraduate courses, specially in the developing countries. Members
from developing countries are requested to chalk out appropriate
academia program for a course, keeping the academic interest of
local participants in mind, and the society would try and arrange
for a few international guest speakers participation, besides
extending all possible assistance.
After a long wait, the updated and renewed BSI home page is now
available. It can be accessed either through the link for integrated
societies on the ISS-SIC web-site
www.iss-sic.ch or through the URL
www.breast-surg-intl.org. Besides the updated information about
the current activities, future meetings and plans of the society,
many more new features are planned for the web-site. Suggestions and
feed back on the best possible use of the BSI web-pages are welcome
from the BSI members as well as the wider membership of the ISS-SIC,
and may be submitted to the web-master through the BSI web-site or
directly. As in the past, the link to a panel of “International
Guest Faculty” is provided. These eminent breast surgeons who
have volunteered to receive visitors and to travel to overseas
institutions to share knowledge in the field of breast surgery can
be contacted through the web-site. Any BSI members willing to act as
an international guest faculty are requested to write to the
secretary with their information.
BSI stands committed to improving the number and quality of breast
surgery related articles published in World Journal of Surgery- the
official journal of ISS-SIC and BSI. Members are requested to
consider submitting their quality original work relating breast
surgery for publication to the world journal of surgery. BSI plans
to invite full length manuscripts of the papers selected for
presentation in the BSI best paper award session at the
International surgical week, as well as symposia conveners and
speakers to submit full length manuscripts on contentious issues
based on the proceedings of the BSI symposia.
BSI Scientific program at ISW-07, Montreal Canada:
The program committee and conveners/ moderators of various symposia
and sessions are working hard to chalk out an interesting 2007 BSI
sectional program. Besides the usual features, new interesting
sessions are planned, which include morning educational sessions and
debates, and a lunch time video session. Symposia on contentious
breast surgical issues such as hereditary breast cancers, emerging
technologies in breast surgery, debate on SLN micro metastases,
debates on adjuvant treatment, oncoplastic breast cancer surgery,
and breast cancer issues in developing countries are planned. The
pre-congress postgraduate course is expected to attract large
interest as it did in the Durban ISW two years ago. All the sessions
would be deliberated by distinguished faculty of surgeons and
invited experts. The free paper session of the BSI have attracted
high numbers of quality research abstracts in the past and have been
well attended. We would urge you to send your best breast surgery
related clinical and research work for presentation in the free
paper session. Six abstracts would be selected to be presented in
the BSI best paper award session, and to submit full length
manuscripts before the meeting which would enjoy a fast-track
publication in the world journal of surgery. Of course, other
presenters too are welcome to submit manuscripts of their
presentations for publication in the World Journal of Surgery.
With the very best wishes, on behalf of the BSI council
Gaurav Agarwal
Secretary, BSI
gaurav@sgpgi.ac.in
|
