The Seventh China’s Forum on Minimally Invasive Therapy for Lung Cancer & the Fourth Asia-Pacific Assembly on VATS (December 14-15, 2013)
Chairman of the Forum: Professor Jianxing He, Professor Tristan D. Yan
Location: The 30th floor of the Inpatient Building, the First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University (No. 151, YanjiangXi Road, Yuexiu District, Guangzhou, China)
Time: December 14-15, 2013
The Seventh China’s Forum on Minimally Invasive Therapy for Lung Cancer & the Fourth Asia-Pacific Assembly on Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery (VATS) will be held in the First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University from December 14th to 15th, 2013.
Each year, the Forum on Minimally Invasive Therapy for Lung Cancer held in Guangzhou provides a great chance for the thoracic surgeons in China and even in Asia-Pacific Area to share and exchange the latest technologies and therapeutic experience on thoracic surgery.
This conference is jointly sponsored by Journal of Thoracic Disease, Annals of Cardiothoracic Surgery and The Ming-Yi Medical Charity Foundation of Guangdong Province, and co-organized by the Professional Committee of Minimally Invasive Endoscopy in the Endoscopic Physician Branch of Chinese Medical Doctor Association (CMDA), State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Diseases/Guangzhou Institute of Respiratory Diseases, the First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University and the www.DXY.CN. The conference will majorly focus on three issues: the Chinese experts’ consensus on VATS, the contrast and comparison of video-assisted thoracoscopic segmentectomy and video-assisted thoracoscopic lobectomy for the early NSCLC, and the presentation of complex video-assisted thoracoscopic surgeries. After the conference, the articles and videos of Chinese experts’ consensus on VATS and the complex video-assisted thoracoscopic surgeries (such as video-assisted thoracoscopic sleeve lobectomy) will be published on Journal of Thoracic Disease, and the video articles on segmentectomy will come out on the Annals of Cardiothoracic Surgery.
Introduction of organizers
Journal of Thoracic Disease
Journal of Thoracic Disease (JTD, J Thorac Dis, pISSN: 2072-1439; eISSN: 2077-6624, www.jthoracdis.com), is the official publication of Guangzhou Institute of Respiratory Disease, China State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease, and the First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University. Prof. Nanshan Zhong, the director of Guangzhou Institute of Respiratory Disease and China State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease, hosts the post of the editor-in- chief of JTD; Prof. Jianxing He, the director of the First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, is the executive editor-in-chief of JTD. Founded in Dec 2009, JTD publishes manuscripts on thoracic disease (lung disease, cardiology, esophagus, and breast disease). As an international journal, JTD has been indexed in PubMed/PubMed Central since Dec 2011, and included in the Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE) since Feb, 2013. JTD has released its free mobile device application (such as iPhone, Android) since Jan 2013.
Annals of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Annals of Cardiothoracic Surgery (ACS, Ann Cardiothorac Surg, Print ISSN 2225-319X; Online ISSN 2304-1021, http://www.annalscts.com/) is a bi-monthly peer-reviewed international academic publication that features operative videos provided by renowned surgeons. Indexed in PubMed, ACS is dedicated to the field of cardiothoracic surgery and published both in print and online. In each issue, more than twenty distinguished international experts are invited to convey their personal experiences and views on a hot topic (including controversial topics), which is designed to encourage dynamic and comprehensive exploration of the topic.
The Ming-Yi Medical Charity Foundation of Guangdong Province
Officially registered in the Guangdong Department of Civil Affairs in June, 2012, the Ming-Yi Medical Charity Foundation of Guangdong Province is the first charity foundation to separate the management of property and administration throughout China and the only medical charity foundation in Guangdong. The foundation concentrates on charitable medical donations including awarding illustrious doctors, establishing medical scholarship and sponsoring curative activities in poverty-stricken area, etc.
Professional Committee of Minimally Invasive Endoscopy in the Endoscopic Physician Branch of Chinese Medical Doctor Association (CMDA)
In order to reinforce the national construction of physician team for endoscopic diagnosis and treatment, to establish a scientific and impartial access system for endoscopic physicians, to improve the endoscopic physicians’ professional techniques, to regulate the diagnosis and treatment, and assure the medical quality and safety, the Endoscopic Commission for Examination and Assessment of Professional Techniques in Ministry of Health was approved to be established, according to the related Notices from Ministry of Health.
China State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease
China State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease is co-founded by Guangzhou Institute of Respiratory Disease and Guangzhou Institute of Biomedicine and Health of Chinese Academy of Science, with Guangzhou Medical University (formerly Guangzhou Medical College) as its supporting institutions. It is one of the four medical state key laboratories established in China’s Eleventh Five Year Plan and strives to provide more solutions for the prevention and treatment of respiratory disease. Located at the beautiful riverside of the Pearl River, Guangzhou Institute of Respiratory Disease (GIRD), founded in 1979, is one of the oldest Chinese institutes in respiratory disease. Following the trend of China's reform and opening up policy, with the support of the Department of Science and Technology of Guangdong Province, Guangdong Health Department and Guangdong Medical University, GIRD has constantly been focusing on the researches of respiratory disease and persisted in the basic-clinical combination, gradually forged ahead into an professional base for respiratory disease that integrates the scientific research, medical care and talent development. GIRD is the supporting unit of National Key Disciplines and Guangdong Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease, owning the post-doctoral research center for internal medicine.
The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University
The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University is a large hospital of Grade III Level A that integrates medical care, teaching, scientific research, health care, rehabilitation and first aid emergency care; and is also the supporting institution of Guangzhou Institute of Respiratory Disease, Guangzhou Institute of Orthopaedics and Institute of Urology of Guangzhou Medical College. It was formerly the Hospital Franco-Chinois Paul Doumer founded in 1903, and renamed as Guangzhou Worker’s Hospital, the Fourth People’s Hospital of Guangzhou city since the1950s, and became the Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical College in 1974. It was then renamed as the First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical College in 1981, and the First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University and the First Clinical Medical Institute of Guangzhou Medical University in 2013.
www.DXY.CN
Since established in July 23, 2000, DingXiangYuan (DXY) has devoted to the fields of medicine and bioscience. So far, it has become an influential socialized media with the largest proportion among the same industry. DXY provides varieties of communication platforms and tools for more than three million users, who spread throughout the world. Its products and services have effectively enhanced professional users’ productivity, as it offers precise digital marketing service for the professional users. Nowadays, DXY is trying to expand its services to the large areas of health, taking advantage of high-quality medical resources in DXY, and combining the internet with mobile internet to facilitate public health.
Acknowledgements
Disclosure: The authors declare no conflict of interest.
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