“We are trained to be calm and composed but when we are face to face with Covid patients who are very very sick, it definitely is at the back of our minds that we could get infected,” says Dr Tazeen Beg (Anesthesiologist, Stony Brook University Hospital, Long Island, New York), a Covid Frontliner on her experiences of dealing with serious Covid patients on a daily basis. She also shares how she has quarantined herself in a room in her house to avoid contact with her daughters and husband.

On behalf of AMAANA and as adjunct faculty, Dr. Kohkan Shamsi visited JNMC for a lecture program that was held on 7th and 8th Feb in the department of Radiodiagnosis. Prof. Ibne Ahmed, Chairman of Radiodiagnosis, organized this program. The program was attended by faculty members and post graduate students of department of radiodiagnosis and other departments. Professor Shahid Ali Siddiqui, Principal of JNMC also attended the program on the second day. The program included following lectures: – Good Clinical Practice– Increasing role of radiologist in drug and medical device clinical trials– Independent assessment of imaging data acquired in clinical trials– RECIST 1.0 and RECIST 1.1 (Response Evaluation Criteria In Solid Tumors)– CHESON criteria for assessment of Lymphomas– Role of Imaging in Alzheimer disease clinical Dr. Shamsi has provided free access to all faculty members and residents of radiodiagnosis and therapy to online RECIST and other courses that are hosted at Blinded Reader and Investigator Training Institute (BRITI). This will help them to standardize radiological assessment and longitudinal follow-up reporting. BRITI was co-founded by Dr. Shamsi to train radiologists who are involved in assessing CT, MRI and other imaging data acquired in clinical trials.

On behalf of AMAANA and as adjunct faculty, Dr. Kohkan Shamsi visited JNMC for a lecture program that was held on 7th and 8th Feb in the department of Radiodiagnosis. Prof. Ibne Ahmed, Chairman of Radiodiagnosis, organized this program. The program was attended by faculty members and post graduate students of department of radiodiagnosis and other departments. Professor Shahid Ali Siddiqui, Principal of JNMC also attended the program on the second day. The program included following lectures: – Good Clinical Practice – Increasing role of radiologist in drug and medical device clinical trials – Independent assessment of imaging data acquired in clinical trials – RECIST 1.0 and RECIST 1.1 (Response Evaluation Criteria In Solid Tumors) – CHESON criteria for assessment of Lymphomas – Role of Imaging in Alzheimer disease clinical Dr. Shamsi has provided free access to all faculty members and residents of radiodiagnosis and therapy to online RECIST and other courses that are hosted at Blinded Reader and Investigator Training Institute (BRITI). This will help them to standardize radiological assessment and longitudinal follow-up reporting. BRITI was co-founded by Dr. Shamsi to train radiologists who are involved in assessing CT, MRI and other imaging data acquired in clinical trials.

At the XXV11th Annual Conference Indian Association of Pathology and Microbiology (IAPM) UP Chapter at UP PATHCON 2019 on 16th -17th November IAPM ( UP Chapter), two AMAANA members Dr. Mohsin Syed Alvi from Harrington Hospital, USA and Dr. Asghar Naqvi from McMaster University, Canada were invited speakers. The event was successfully organized by President Prof. Vatsala Misra IAPM (UP Chapter) and Chairperson Prof. Sayeedul Hasan Arif with Co Chairperson Prof Mahboob Hasan of Department of Pathology, JNMC, Aligarh Muslim University and other team members under the patronage of VC AMU Prof. Tariq Mansoor and JNMC Dean Prof Rakesh Maheshwari. The event was held at the state of the art JNMC Auditorium which was built in part by AMAANA raised funds. AMU VC Prof. Tariq Mansoor commented that in this era of personalized and precision medicine a conference of this nature is absolutely necessary to keep abreast with the rapid recent advances in this field. Dr. Alvi spoke on the Clinical Presentation and Diagnosis of Lung Cancer and Dr. Naqvi spoke about Morphology and Molecular genetics in the era of targeted treatment of Lung Neoplasia.

ligarh Medical Alumni Association of North America (AMAANA) held a special event in collaboration with the Consulate General of India on May 13th to confer on Dr Yusuf Khwaja Hamied, Chairman, Cipla Ltd. the prestigious “Jawaharlal Nehru Lifetime Achievement Award”.