DAS Clinic 2024 (Sint Maarten)

The 15th DAS Conference 2024, a carefully connected Caribbean cooperation between specialized and family medicine in Sint Maarten brings together healthcare professionals from across the Caribbean and beyond to discuss emerging trends, share medical knowledge, and improve professional collaboration in patient care.

This year’s conference focuses on advancements in treatment approaches, interdisciplinary cooperation, and integrating new technologies such as artificial Intelligence for both general practitioners (GPs) and specialists. It marks a diverse range of keynote presentations and networking opportunities, aiming to foster education, professional development, and improved healthcare outcomes. The conference offers valuable insights into the future of medical care in the Caribbean.

Some Key Topics and Highlights

Explore strategies for optimizing the management of chronic diseases, such as diabetes, hypertension, and cardiovascular disease, a modern approach to heart failure.
Hypertensive emergencies at the end of pregnancy.
Aspects of dementia.
New therapeutic strategies in sickle-cell disease.
Emerging infectious diseases in the Caribbean and prevention strategies.
Ways to improve patient compliance and medication prescription consistency between General practitioners and specialists.
Approach to somatically unexplained physical complaints.
Recent scientific developments in the broad field of medicine.
Differential diagnosis of joint pain and the management of arthritis.
Sexual Health: diverse cases of dysfunction or deficiencies with explanation and treatment.

REGISTRATION FEE: $250 for full conference

 $200 for full conference (Expires October 17, 2024)

INSTRUCTIONS TO REGISTER:

• Click on Enroll
• Select the ticket
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• Click on Check out, and move on to the next step
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BANK INFORMATION:
SMMC WIRE TRANSFER INFORMATION Donation NAF/USD
Beneficiary Bank: The Windward Islands Bank Ltd.
Beneficiary Bank Address: Clem Labega Square 7
Beneficiary Bank City: Philipsburg
Beneficiary Bank Country: Sint Maarten

SWIFT CODE: WISBSXSM
REFERENCE: DAS-Conference November 15th and 16th 2024 Sint Maarten

Final Beneficiary Acct #: 20099403 Naf or 20099501 USD
Final Beneficiary Name: ST. MAARTEN MEDICAL CENTER
Final Beneficiary Address: Welgelegen road 30
Final Beneficiary City: Cay Hill
Final Beneficiary Country: Sint Maarten

The 15th DAS Conference is organized by a number of the same persons as the previous DAS Conferences, most of which have taken place on Aruba.

The international organizing committee includes the following persons:
Dr. Kenrick Berend, internist-nephrologist, Curacao.
Dr. Nouaf Ajubi, internist-nephrologist and director of Dialysis Center, Curacao.
Dr. Richard van Vugt, rheumatologist, Amsterdam UMC and Buitenpoli Buitenveldert.
Prof. Dr. Ashley Duits, Head of Blood Bank Curacao and professor at Groningen University.

The local organizing committee (on Sint Maarten) includes:
Dr. Gabe van Essen, internist-nephrologist SMMC, Sint Maarten.
Mrs. Guadalupe Verwaayen, ICT-application administrator and data protection professional, SMMC, Sint Maarten.
Dr. Laurien Reinders, general practitioner Bush Road Clinic Sint Maarten.
Dr. Radha Sanchit, general practitioner Dutch Quarter Clinic Sint Maarten.

Learning objectives:
Providing an update in the field of internal medicine including infectious diseases, kidney diseases, immunology, endocrinology, and rheumatology.
• Providing practical tools for treating patients by both general practitioners and medical specialists.
• Promotion of scientific expertise by teaching a critical attitude towards the scientific knowledge on which medical action is based.
• Practical expertise in effective diagnosis and long-term therapy for chronic diseases.
• Specific expertise in the field of pharmacotherapy, possibilities and limitations of pharmacotherapy, interactions and side effects of medicines, and the effect of polypharmacy.
• Strengthening the connection and cooperation between the first and second lines.
All of this is with a focus on the situation in the Caribbean.

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Registration Fees:
 The Early Bird Fee is valid only if paid during the registration (Expires July 31, 2024)
Early Bird: US $ 250.- Full Conference (3 sessions) Medical Doctor & General Practitioners up to July 31st, 2024
1 Session $ 250, 2 sessions $ 250, 3 sessions = Full Conference $ 250

Early Bird: S $ 125.- Full Conference (3 sessions) Nurses & Paramedics up to July 31st, 2024
1 Session $ 125, 2 sessions $ 125, 3 sessions = Full Conference $ 125

Late Fee US $ 330.- Full Conference Medical Doctor & General Practitioners
Late Fee US $ 165.- Full Conference Nurses & Paramedics

SPREKERSLIJST

1 Caroline den Hoed - MD, PhD - Nederland
2 Judith Honing - MD, PhD - Nederland
3 Marin de Jong - Dr. - Aruba
4 Wim Lammers - MD, PhD - Nederland
5 Raoel Maan - MD, PhD - Nederland
6 Herold Metselaar, Prof. dr. - Nederland
7 Caroline Saleh - MD, PhD - Nederland