Sri Lanka wins bid to host 14th Congress of the Asian Association of Endocrine Surgeons

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“We are more than elated that Sri Lanka has been chosen as the venue for the 14th Congress of the Asian Association of Endocrine Surgeons (AAES), which will be held in the early part of next year,” said Vipula Wanigasekera , General Manager of Sri Lanka Convention Bureau, an institution of the Ministry of Economic Development.

He says the full credit goes to Prof. Ranil Fernando, President, College of Surgeons, Sri Lanka and his team for their consistent efforts and commitment which helped Sri Lanka to outbid India at the 13th meeting held in Singapore. This is the first time that this congress was awarded to Sri Lanka and will be held under the auspices of the College of Surgeons of Sri Lanka.

Apart from the tourism value with the high profile delegates, this is an honour and a unique opportunity to promote Sri Lanka to the entire community of endocrine surgeons of Asia including countries such as Australia and New Zealand. Both the Sri Lanka Convention Bureau and SriLankan Airlines will partner with this event to take full advantage by showcasing the country to the opinion makers attending the conference. Academically and professionally the Congress will deal in intricate subjects such as ‘Nerves in Thyroid and Parathyroid Surgery,’ ‘Targeted Approaches in Medullary Thyroid Cancer,’ ‘Evidence Based Current Surgical Practice,’ ‘Thyroid Auto Transplantation After Total Thyroidectomy for Multinodular Goiters,’ ‘Hyperparathyroidism in Pregnancy ,’ etc.

World-renowned Endocrine Surgeons such as Leigh Delbridge, Geoffrey Thompson, Göran Åkerström Euy Y. Soh, Iwao Sugitani, Akira Miyauchi, Amit Agrawal, and Rob Parkyn are expected to make presentations during this conference.