Convention 2017
The Islamic Medical Association Of South Africa [IMASA]
invites you to our
37th Annual Medical Convention
IMASA has brought the healthcare fraternity an Annual Convention over the last 36 years, hosting National and International delegates at the event and world-renowned guest speakers from both medical and Islamic background.
This years Theme is: Transformation in Healthcare – Harnessing Partnerships”. The theme relates to Islam, health and the cost of Healthcare in the current economic environment.
DATES: Saturday, 29th & Sunday, 30th April 2017
This event provides medical professionals a platform to earn CPD points as well as programmes specifically hosted to keep their family members entertained and occupied with Spouse Programmes, Student programmes, Youth Camps & Kiddies Programmes.
Indemnity forms can be obtained from our IMASA Durban Office – kindly request once Youth is registered: imakzn@eastcoast.co.za / imaadmin@eastcoast.co.za
VENUE: Coastlands Umhlanga Durban
NOTE: Accommodation bookings to be made directly with the hotel: +27 31 514 6500 / reservations1@coastlandsumhlanga.co.za – REF CODE: IMA
Rate Per Night: R1400 – Single / Double – Incl Breakfast for 2 adults per room
Children 0-4yrs – Max 1 sharing with 2 adults per room – FREE
Children 4-18yrs – Max 1 child with 2 adults per room – R400 [Excl Breakfast]
Matresses have to be pre-booked – NO matresses will be available on request upon arrival
BREAKFAST RATE: Children 0-4 Yrs [FREE], 4-12 Yrs [R85], 12-18 Yrs [R170]
FOR MORE INFORMATION RE: CONFERENCE & REGISTRATIONS CONTACT
IMASA DURBAN OFFICE:
+27 31 207 2250 / imakzn@eastcoast.co.za / Kzn@ima-sa.co.za
INTERNATIONAL GUEST SPEAKER:
Dr. Aasim Ilyas Padela; Associate Professor of Medicine, health services researcher, and bioethicist whose scholarship focuses on the intersection of community health, religious tradition, and bioethics.
His empirical research assesses how religion-related factors impact health behaviors and outcomes among American Muslims, and influences the practice of American Muslim physicians. As a fellow at the non-partisan think-tank the Institute for Social Policy & Understanding and in conjunction with several Muslim community organizations, these data are mobilized towards culturally-tailored healthcare interventions and policy recommendations.
Dr. Padela’s bioethics scholarship explores the ways in which the Islamic tradition and its authorities assess modern biomedicine and biotechnology. A key focus of this research involves exploring how scientific data and ways of knowing can work in concert with traditional Islamic moral reasoning and theology to develop a comprehensive, holistic, and theologically-rooted Islamic bioethics. Towards this end he collaborates with traditional Islamic jurisconsults and Islamic bioethics researchers around the world and co-directed a landmark multidisciplinary conference entitled Where Religion, Bioethics, and Policy Meet: An Interdisciplinary Conference on Islamic Bioethics and End-of-Life Care .
Dr. Padela completed undergraduate degrees in Biomedical Engineering and Classical Arabic & Literature at the University of Rochester, earned a medical degree from Weill Cornell Medical College, and obtained emergency medicine training at the University of Rochester. From 2008-2011, Dr. Padela was a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Clinical Scholar at the University of Michigan, where he led a program of community-based participatory research studying American Muslim health behaviors and healthcare challenges. In 2010, he was a Visiting Fellow at the Centre of Islamic Studies at Oxford University working on projects related to Islamic moral and theological ethical frameworks. And from 2013 to 2014 he is a Templeton Foundation Faculty Scholar conducting a national survey of Muslim physicians’ bioethical attitudes and experiences with religious discrimination.
Dr. Padela’s scholarship has been featured in multiple media outlets including CNN, the New York Times, the USA Today, the Chicago Tribune, The National, and others.
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CALL FOR ABSTRACTS
THIS YEAR’S CONVENTION IS SUPPORTED & SPONSORED BY:
PLATINUM SPONSORSHIP – STANDARD BANK SOUTH AFRICA
SILVER SPONSORSHIP – OASIS GROUP HOLDINGS
SISTER ORGANIZATION – FIMA
SPONSOR – AHMED ALKADI PRIVATE HOSPITAL
SISTER ORGANIZATION – WORLD MUSLIM HEALTH UNION
27FOUR INVESTMENT MANAGERS – EXHIBITOR
ACCORD HEALTHCARE – EXHIBITOR
E-MD TECHNOLOGIES – EXHIBITOR
SPONSOR – ELI LILLY
PPS – EXHIBITOR
