11 Nov : Indian Society of Aerospace Medicine (ISAM) will be conducting its 49th Annual Conference at the Air Force Auditorium, Subroto Park from 13-15 Nov 2009. The Conference will be inaugurated by Chief of the Air Staff, Air Chief Marshal PV Naik. The Chief Patron of the Society, Air Marhsal Madhusoodanan, DGMS (Air) and President of the society will deliver the Presidential address. The theme of the Conference is “Military and Civil Aviation Medicine – Current Challenges”
The conference is a unique annual event that provides a platform for medical professional engaged in aerospace health to exchange ideas and advances in medical sciences to promote, protect and maintain safety of life in the hazardous and perilous environment in air and in space. The conference will commence with “Air Marshal Subroto Mukherjee Memorial Oration” delivered by Dr. SNA Zaidi, Director General Civil Aviation. He will be speaking on “Challenges and Opportunities in Civil Aviation” on 13 November 2009. The Subroto Mukherjee Oration was instituted in honour of the first Chief of the Air Staff of the Indian Air Force. The oration is a prestigious and much sought after feature at every annual conference of ISAM. Distinguished scientists like the Nobel laureate JBS Haldane and Sir CV Raman have delivered this oration in the past. Another highlight of the conference will be the AVM Srinagesh Memorial Oration, to be delivered by the eminent Cardiologist Dr Ashok Seth of Escorts Heart Institute on “Coronary Intervention – Is the Interventionalist a Threat to the Cardiac Surgeon?” An oration “Healthy Liver: Elixir of Life” will be delivered by Dr S Acharya, Professor and Head of Department of Gastroenterology, AIIMS.
A Scientific Exhibition will be inaugurated by Mrs. Madhubaala Naik, President Air Force Wives Welfare Association (AFWWA) during the conference. The scientific exhibition highlights the role and advancement of aeromedical equipment in modern aviation b y national and multinational companies. This also gives an opportunity for the users and manufacturers to stand on the same platform and exchange views. The conference provides an excellent business opportunity and prospect to showcase products/technology/expertise-domain and to gain a wide publicity for the companies dealing with aeromedical equipments.
A large number eminent doctors and scientists, both of national and international fame will participate in this conference. A total of about 200 delegates including foreign delegates will participate in this conference both from operational and medical streams. The members of ISAM are from varied fields viz aerospace medicine, clinical specialties, physiologists, aeronautical engineers, physicists biomedical engineers, psychologists, pilots etc. ISAM has been functioning as an expert platform for exchange of views from its members including those from all the three services, doctors from civil aviation, engineers and aircrew.
The society had made a modest beginning as the Aero Medical Society in 1952 to update medical officers with the ever increasing knowledge in the field of Medicine as practiced in the aerospace environment and to promote safety of life in air. Since then, under the leadership of successive DGMS (Air), the society has strived to further the science and art of aerospace medicine by stimulating investigation, study and dissemination of knowledge. It is with the perseverance and dedication of two generations of practitioners of Aviation Medicine, that today ISAM has attained its present exalted status and boasts of over 800 members. Indeed, this society has earned immense respect in the international community of aerospace medicine practitioners. Since 1954, the society has been publishing original scientific work conducted by its members in “Indian Journal of Aerospace Medicine”. The journal is published biannually and distributed free of cost to all members. The society also supports original research activities.