AMERIT @ AsMA 2007

Key updates & Photos:
AMERIT scholar Dr Prasanth Prabhakaran presented his paper at the AsMA annual meeting in New Orleans (May 2007).
The AMERIT meeting was at Red Fish Grill, New Orleans. Here's the link to the picasa album for AMERIT dinner.
http://picasaweb.google.com/rsaseagull/AmeritDinner2007?authkey=rqUwEVzlqLU
Photos Courtesy : Dr A Ganesh

AMERITIAN Dr Dalbir Singh in the news

AMERITIAN Dr Dalbir Singh Sagoo is one of the few Aviation Medicine practitioners in Malaysia. He was recently profiled in the Malaysian national newspaper STAR ( 7th January , 2007) in the article "Treating high fliers".
The article and interview are available online at the following link:
http://thestar.com.my/education/story.asp?file=/2007/1/7/education/16400589

News from Pristina, Kosovo

AMERITIAN G S Nayar is currently in Pristina , Kosovo as the Medical Director of Healthia Rehabilitation Centre. With his Turkish business partners, he is setting up a cytotron facility and an Ayurveda division of his Bangalore based Ojus Healthcare.
He is using Cytotron and Holistic Medicine to manage patients of brain, lung, liver and stomach cancers ( those who have exhausted the standard therapies) at his centre. Results have been quite encouraging.
Details of his current project "Cytotron" at at this website www.cytotron.com

AMERITIAN Dr J Singh - new appointments

AMERITIAN Dr Jarnail Singh who is the Chairman, Civil Aviation Medical Board, Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore and Director, International Academy of Aviation and Space Medicine, is now also designated as ICAO Aviation Medicine Expert .
He is the Project Coordinator for CAPSCA (Cooperative Arrangement for Preventing the Spread of Communicable Diseases through Air Travel) and was recently appointed as Member, WHO Strategic Advisory Group ( Transportation Working Group).

AMERIT AWARD 2007

The results have been announced ....
Dr Prasanth Prabahakaran is the recepient of the AMERIT award 2007.
He will be sponsored by AMERIT to attend the annual scientific meeting of the Aerospace Medical Association( AsMA) at New Orleans , May 2007.

Congratulations Dr Pooshan Navathe

Dr Navathe will soon be a Fellow of the Faculty of Occupational Medicine of the RACP. Congrats for having passed the fellowship examinations with flying colours.

Welcome Dr Deep Joseph !

Warm welcome to the newest member of AMERIT.
And of course, congratulations to Dr Bhupinder Singh for his continual efforts in making AMERIT what it is today. AMERIT today has 19 members from all over the world, that's a lot considering AMERIT was born just 3 yrs ago , with only a handful of members.

AMERIT news

AMERITIAN Aparna Hegde has been promoted to VP -Aviation & Occupational Medicine , Emirates Airlines. Congrats Aparna.

AMERIT 2007 Award

Applications are now open for the 2007 AMERIT award.
Applicants hurry up - send in your papers before the Nov 15 '06 deadline.
More details are at http://amerit.org