NThC participates in the 29th Asia-Pacific Advanced Network (APAN) Meeting

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Feb 122010
 

Under the leadership of the Department of Surgery Chair Dr. Serafin C. Hilvano, and with the assistance of the Dr Marcelo participates in APAN MeetingInformation Management Service Office of UP Manila, the National Telehealth Center participated in the 29th Asia-Pacific Advanced Network (APAN) Meeting as part of their telemedicine intiatives last February 11, 2010. The event was held at the ground floor of the University Library, University of the Philippines Manila.

APAN is a non-profit international consortium established on the 3rd of June 1997 designed to be a high-performance network for research and development on advanced next generation applications and services. APAN provides an advanced networking environment for the research and education community in the Asia-Pacific region, and promotes global collaboration. Topics discussed during the Medical Working Group session were recent developments in Thoracoscopic surgery. Other member countries present during this activity were Japan, Taiwan, Korea, Vietnam and, the host country, Australia. The next scheduled APAN meeting will be in August this year.

UP Manila Department of Surgery and the National Telehealth Center joins the 29th APAN Meeting thru DVTS

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Feb 122010
 

Dr. Serafin C. Hilvano, Chair of UP-PGH Department of Surgery and Head of the UP Manila IT Council, along with National Telehealth Center Director, Dr. Alvin B. Marcelo, attended the 29th Asia-Pacific Advanced Network (APAN) Meeting in Sydney, Australia without having to leave the premises of the UP Manila campus. With the use of DVTS or Digital Video Transport System, UP Manila was able to join in on a teleconference being done from multiple Asia-Pacific locations which included Australia, South Korea, Taiwan, Vietnam and two locations from Japan – Hokkaido and Fukuoka. The topic discussed in the teleconference was about the use of VATS in Segmentectomy. VATS or Video Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery is a minimally invasive surgical procedure that is designed to diagnose or treat problems in the chest area. Each party shared their opinions regarding different surgical cases  using a similar approach called VATS Segmentectomy, a procedure not widely used since Lobectomy is the preferred surgical procedure done for Lung cancer cases.

For the past two years, the videoconferences were done in DOST-ASTI (Advanced Science and Technology Institute) located in UP Diliman. This was the first time such a videoconference was conducted within the UP Manila campus and was made possible through the joint efforts of the UPM Department of Surgery, ASTI, NThC and IMS. The event was held last February 11, 2010 at the Ground floor of the University Library, University of the Philippines Manila.