World COPD Day 2008

Banha Chest Department is proud to be the host organizer of World COPD Day 2008 in Egypt. World COPD day is an annual event organized by the Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD) to improve awareness and care of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) around the world.
We invite you to participate in this event to join us in improving the prevention and treatment of COPD in Egypt.

Venue: Banha University Conference Center
Scientific Program: Wednesday 19 November, 2008

10:00-10:30: Opening Ceremony/Welcome Address
10:30-11:30 : Session I

• COPD : Definitions & Etiology
• Diagnosing the COPD patient

11:30-12:30 :Session II

• Smoking & COPD

12:30-13:00 Coffee Break

13:00-14:00 Session III

• Acute Excerebrations of COPD
• Management of COPD
• COPD: A Systemic Disease

For further details about this event, please contact:
Amr Badr El Din Hamdy, MD
Professor & Chairman of Pulmonary Medicine
Banha University
Mobile: 010 100 1051
Fax: ( 013 )322 7518
e-mail: amrhamdy52@hotmail.com

World COPD Day

Banha Chest Department is proud for being elected as the host organizer of World COPD Day 2008 in Egypt. World COPD day is an annual event organized by the Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD) to improve awareness and care of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) around the world.

Please visit Banha Chest Online for updates on this event.