Aug
18
5:00 PM17:00

Strategies in Navigating Medical Training Zoom Meeting Time: Aug 18, 2024 05:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)

The Sri Lanka Medical Association of North America Western Region, Inc., is pleased to invite you to our upcoming online seminar, titled "Strategies in Navigating Medical Training," scheduled for August 18th at 5:00pm Pacific Time via Zoom.

This seminar will provide valuable insights and practical strategies to help navigate the competitive admissions processes for college, medical school, and residency programs.  

Our distinguished panel of speakers includes:

·  Kiara Gunawardhana, Student at California Northstate University College of Graduate Sciences

·  Shamilka Seneviratne,  Student at  University of California San Diego School of Medicine

·  Dr. Shehan Thangaratnam, Resident in Internal Medicine, Martin Luther King Community Hospital

·  Dr. Arindra Jayasekara, Resident in Neurology, Riverside Community Hospital/HCA Riverside Neurology

·  Dr. Ashley Suraweera, Associate Program Director at University of California Los Angeles - Olive View, Internal Medicine 

We believe this seminar will equip young trainees with the tools and knowledge necessary to achieve both their academic and professional goals. In addition to the presentations in the attached program, there will also be opportunities for Q&A and interactive discussions.

To join the seminar, please use the following Zoom link: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/8382513972?pwd=VUlHck1rTjFsVy9KM0pFWGNNempadz09&omn=87562816638


Meeting ID: 838 251 3972
Passcode: slmana

 

Please confirm your attendance by replying to this email. Should you have any questions or need further information, feel free to reach out via email. 

We look forward to your participation in our upcoming event.

 

Thank you,

Organizing committee, 

SLMANA-WR

 


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SLMANA-West Gala 2019
Oct
26
to Oct 27

SLMANA-West Gala 2019

Sri Lanka Medical Association of North America Western Region Inc. 
Presents

Gala 2019

“MAKE A DIFFERENCE”

Please join the SLMANA-WRI’s Board of Directors, Committee Members, Volunteers, and Friends as we celebrate another year of work supporting medical and humanitarian efforts in Sri Lanka.

Our efforts will benefit:

  • The INDIRA Cancer Trust in support of a much needed Hospice Program for Children with Cancer

  • Equipment for a High Dependency Obstetrics and Gynecology Unit at the Peradeniya Teaching Hospital, Kandy

  • A much needed Dialysis Machine for the Intensive Care Unit at the Chest Hospital in Welisara,


Our Gala 2019 will be held on Saturday October 26, 2019 at the beautiful Jonathan Club in Downtown Los Angeles.

Music by The Jiffrys and DJ Jonny.

General Admission tickets are $175 and CME for $100. Special pricing for Medical Students and Residents.

This year we will also be offering packages.

Please purchase individual tickets below. Kindly use the text box to let us know meal choices for each person in your party.

CME-Sessions & highlighted speakers are:

Moderator: Rehana Hethumuni, D.O.

  • "Managing Kidney Transplant Recipients in Primary Care" and "Measles Updates" by Deepa Nanayakkara, MD

  • "Advances in Hematologic Malignancies" by Vinod Pullarkat, MD

  • "Obstetrical Emergencies: Case Based Pearls for Management" by Ravindu Gunatilake, MD

  • "Surgical management of Back Pain" by Moksha Ranasinghe, MD

  • "Update on Colorectal Cancer" by Anthony El Khoueiry, MD

  • "Advance Care Planning for the patient with Alzheimer’s Disease" by Dineshi Liyanage, MD

  • "Cardiovascular Disease in Women" by Christina Economides, MD

CME Tickets

Please purchase your tickets to the CME lectures below: Discounted price for Medical Students & Residents . Please call number below

Gala Tickets

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Please note that you do not need to have a PayPal account to purchase tickets to either of these events.

Rooms are available at The Jonathan Club under "Sri Lanka Medical Association of North America” for October 25-27th at a discounted rate.

Please contact The Jonathan Club at (213) 624-0881 or call Nadia Pavlicic at (213) 312-5204

This year we are very happy to offer three exciting packages. Please see below for details and call Methinda Jayawardena at (310) 508-0974 to purchase a package.

Tickets for Medical Students and Residents are offered at a discounted price. The CME Sessions for $50 and the Gala at $100. Please contact Methinda at the above number to purchase tickets


TICKET PACKAGES

Platinum Package at $7,500

One night stay at a Deluxe Suite at The Jonathan Club (Taxes & parking not included)
Table of Ten with choice of seating location on the main floor

One CME ticket
Ten raffle tickets
One full-page color advertisement
Logo on the Step and Repeat

Gold Package at $5,000

One night stay at a Deluxe Room at The Jonathan Club (Taxes & parking not included)
Table of Ten
Seven raffle tickets
One full-page color advertisement

Silver Package at $3,500

Table of Ten
Five raffle tickets
One full-page color advertisement

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"An Evening of Elegance under the Stars" - A Fundraiser for TRAIL
Sep
30
6:00 PM18:00

"An Evening of Elegance under the Stars" - A Fundraiser for TRAIL

It was indeed a most elegant evening at the home of Dr. Walter and Aeshea Jayasinghe on September 30th, 2017 as SLMANA-WEST held "An Evening of Elegance under the Stars." The event drew 365 guests and raised $125,000 for TRAIL Sri Lanka.

TRAIL is a charity that is building a much needed and modern Cancer Clinic at the Karapitiya Hospital in Galle, Sri Lanka. Now, cancer patients in the southern part of our homeland will not have to travel to Colombo for diagnosis and treatment. Inconvenience, expense, and suffering will be greatly reduced, cancer outcomes will surely improve, and lives will be saved. Economically disadvantaged patients will be principal beneficiaries. We were grateful to have TRAIL founder Sarinda Unamboowe present at the event. 

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Oct
1
6:30 PM18:30

2016 Gala Dinner/Dance at the Biltmore Hotel

Sri Lanka Medical Association North America-Western Region
presents

"A Night of Hope"

Our 2016 gala event benefited the "Hope for Children Project" with the Lions Club of Colombo and "From Darkness to Light" a fundraiser for a community resource center at The National Council for Mental Health Sri Lanka.

The event was held at the Biltmore Hotel in Downtown Los Angeles and was the culmination of a day full of events including the CME 2016 lecture and discussion series.

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CME 2016
Oct
1
9:00 AM09:00

CME 2016

Sri Lanka Medical Association of North America –
Western Region
Scientific Sessions

the Tiffany room at the Biltmore Hotel
Los Angeles, California

Saturday, October 1, 2016

Moderator
Deepthi Jayasekara, MD, Director Infection Control, San Dimas & Citrus Valley Hospitals Adjunct Professor of Medicine at Western University,
Pomona and Touro University Medical School

7:30 am -  8:30 am

Registration & Continental Breakfast 

8:30 – 9:00am

Lecture Topic: Personalized Medicine for Breast Cancer. It is a new day! Speaker: Christy Russell, MD Associate Professor of Medicine, USC & Director, Breast Cancer USC/Norris Cancer Hospital

9:05 – 9:35am     

Lecture Topic: Breaking up with Opioids
Speaker: Janaka Sarachandra, MD Department of Psychiatry, University of Arizona

9:35 -10:10am

Lecture Topic: “Zika”, Ebola, Chikungunya & What else?
Speaker: Paul Holtom, MD Professor of Medicine & Orthopedics, Chief Epidemiologist, USC-LA County Hospital, Los Angeles

10:10-10:20am

Q & A for the Speaker Panel

10:20-10:40am           

Break

10:45-11:15am        

Keynote
Keynote Speaker – Sarath Gunatilake, MD, Dr. PH
Lecture Topic: The Mystery of Chronic Kidney Disease Among Farmers in Sri Lanka:The Toxico- logical Evidence & the              Burden of Proof
Sarath Gunatilake, MD, Dr. PH, Professor, California State University, Long Beach

11:15-11:45pm

Lecture Topic: Immunization Update
Speaker: Deepthi Jayasekera, MD, Consultant Infectious Diseases, Chair Infection Control, San Dimas & Citrus Valley Hospitals

11:45-12:20pm

Lecture Topic: Novel Therapies in the treatment of Multiple Myeloma
Speaker: James Berenson, MD, Medical & Scientific Director, Institute of Myeloma & Bone Cancer Research, Los Angeles

12:20-12:50pm  

Lecture Topic: Cardiovascular Disease in Women: Scope of the problem
Speaker: Christina Economides, MD Director STEMI receiving center, Director Women’s Cardiovascular Disease, Good Samaritan Hospital/Cedar Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles

12:50-1:00pm

Lecture Topic:"A Unique Case”- A large rapidly growing periorbital tumor: A case presentation.
Speaker: Joe Wijayanayagam, MD, Ophthalmologist (Oculoplastics), Corner Brook, Canada

1:00-1:15pm

Q & A for the Speaker Panel

**Citrus Valley Medical Center is accredited by the Institute for Medical Quality/California Medical Association (IMQ/CMA) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.  Citrus Valley Medical Center takes responsibility for the content, quality and scientific integrity of the CME activity.  All faculty participating in Category I activities will disclose to the audience any real or apparent conflicts of interest related to the content of their presentation. Citrus Valley Medical Center designates this live CME activity for a maximum of 4.0 AMA PRA Category I credit.  Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.  This credit may be applied to the CMA Certification in Continuing Medical Education.**

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Nov
1
6:30 PM18:30

2014 Gala Dinner/Dance at the Skirball Center

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The 2014 Gala Dinner/Dance was a joint fundraising effort with Wayamba Cancer Society to provide the Cancer Surgical Unit of Kurunegala with much needed equipment. Proceeds were also used to fund the Kanda Project, which brought a much needed nutritional program to a region in need. The event was held at the Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles, California.

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Nov
1
9:00 AM09:00

CME 2014

Sri Lanka Medical Association of North America –
Western Region

Scientific Sessions

Skirball Cultural Center, Los Angeles, California

Saturday, November 1, 2014

Moderator
Deepthi Jayasekara, MD, Director Infection Control, San Dimas and Citrus Valley Hospitals

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7:30 am -  8:30 am

Registration & Continental Breakfast 

8:30 – 9:05am

Lecture Topic: Lung Cancer - Screening and Diagnosis
Speaker: Panch Jeyakumar, MD, Associate Clinical Professor – Department Pulmonary Medicine, University of California, Irvine.

9:05 – 9:40am     

Lecture Topic: Emerging Technology in Structural Cardiology
Speaker: Rasi Wickramasinghe, MD, Fellow, Interventional Cardiology, University of Pennsylvania.

9:40 -10:15am

Lecture Topic: Preventing Hospital-Acquired Infections
Speaker: Paul Holtom, MD, Professor of Medicine and Orthopedics, USC, Los Angeles.

10:15-10:30am

Q & A for the Speaker Panel

10:30-10:45am           

Break

10:45-11:25am        

Keynote
Lecture Topic: “What’s New in Myeloma”
Keynote Speaker: James Berenson, MD,  Director, Institute of Myeloma and Bone Cancer Research
Introduced by Sarath Gunatilake, MD, Dr. PH Professor, California State University, Long Beach

11:25-12:00pm   

Lecture Topic:  Advances in Management of Dysfunctional Uterine Bleeding
Speaker: Vaji Dharmasena, MD, OB-GYN Kaiser, San Jose

12:00-12:30pm

Lecture Topic: Advances in Early Detection of Colorectal Cancer
Speaker: Jason Samarasena, MD (Canada) Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, UC Irvine

12:30-12:45pm  

Q & A for the Speaker Panel  

12:45 pm

Adjourn


**Citrus Valley Medical Center is accredited by the Institute for Medical Quality/California Medical Association (IMQ/CMA) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.  Citrus Valley Medical Center takes responsibility for the content, quality and scientific integrity of the CME activity.  All faculty participating in Category I activities will disclose to the audience any real or apparent conflicts of interest related to the content of their presentation. Citrus Valley Medical Center designates this live CME activity for a maximum of 4.0 AMA PRA Category I credit.  Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.  This credit may be applied to the CMA Certification in Continuing Medical Education.**
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