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BCMS NEWS

BCMS Trip to
Chennai, India

A delegation of physicians from San Antonio traveled to
Chennai, India from Dec. 24, 2016 – Jan. 4, 2017. San Antonio
and Chennai became sister cities in 2007 and the Bexar County
Medical Society signed collaborative agreements with its Chen-
nai counterpart at the same time.

Doctors who attended the trip included:
Dr. Jayesh Shah
Dr. Venkat Srinivasan
Dr. Neela Patel
Dr. Anupama Gotimukula
Dr. Roberta Kruger
Dr. John Harper
Dr. Do/ Thuy Danh
Dr. Muhammed Munir
Dr. Farah Munir
Dr. Sreedhara Akkhihebbalu
Miss Viet Thi Hong MS
Miss Prachi Shah
Mrs. Mondragon Alejandrina
Mr. Octavio Agular
Mrs. Hamida Munir
Mrs. Priya Srinivasan
Miss Tarika Srinivasan
Master Sankya Srinivasan

Attendees visited Apollo Hospital in Delhi and MV
Diabetic Hospital in Chennai where they attended
and gave the following CME presentations:
• Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy: Clinical Applications –

Dr. Jayesh Shah – Delhi
• Mind Body Medicine: Dr. Venkat Srinivasan – Chennai
• Diabetic foot update; Dr. Jayesh Shah – Udaipur
• Geriatrics and Palliative Care: Dr. Neela Patel – Udaipur
• Multiple CME’s at AAPI Global Summit – Udaipur
• Symmedcon 2017: International Conference on Stress,

Yoga and Mind-Body Medicine at Sri Ramachandra
Univerity – Chennai
• Dr. Neela Patel: Management of Pain and Suffering –
Chennai
• Dr. Sreedhara Akkhihebbalu: Role of Dance in
Management of Stress – Chennai
• Dr. Venkat Srinivasan: The Powerful Placebo – Chennai
• Workshop on Stress management by Dr. Venkat Srinivasan
• Workshop on Geriatric and Palliative care by Dr. Neela Patel

Check out next month’s edition of San Antonio Medicine for
more about the trip including pictures and feature articles.

26 San Antonio Medicine • March 2017