Newsletter February - 2017

It is my pleasure to inform you that Department of Urology, KMC Manipal and Association of Southern Urologists will be conducting a one day Live Operative Workshop on Supine PCNL with the world renowned Italian Dr. Guido Guisto on Thursday March 9th 2017 at Manipal. Please block this day and attend this one of a kind event.

For further details, kindly see the attachment and contact

Dr. Arun Chawla on 9008002440, [email protected] or

Dr. Dilip Dhanpal on 9845028082, [email protected]

The Department of Urology, Shri B M Patil Medical College and Research Centre, Vijayapur and Urology Association also invite you all to the first event of the year “Update in Interventional Uro-Radiology", to be held at the BLDE Campus, Vijayapur on Sunday, 12th February, 2017.

There will be interesting presentations, discussions and live procedures of interventions of both upper and lower urinary tracts and interesting topics like TRUS biopsies, PCN, priapism, renal/bladder/prostatic angioembolizations etc. as well as post PCNL bleeding by illustrious faculty involving urologists as well as interventional radiologists.

Vijayapur is connected by air, rail and road. There is an airport at Solapur and Belgaum, about 2-3 hours away. Vijayapur has a broad gauge station of South Western Railways about two kilometres from the city centre, with direct train connections to Bengaluru, Mumbai, Hyderabad, Hubli, Sholapur etc. Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation as well as private operators runs buses to Vijayapur from all parts of the State.

Vijayapur is rich in historical attractions including Gol Gumbaz, the Jumma Masjid mosque, Shiva Statue, Parshwanath Basadi, the Uppali Buruj tower and the tomb of Ibrahim Adil Shah and home to famous personalities , the philosopher and social reformer and , one of the earliest poets of language. Of late, Vijayapur is emerging as a hub for professional education.

The temperature as I checked is moderate at 25 degrees, and should be the best time to visit this place. The oganizers have invited us all over the next weekend for an excellent academic event. We look forward to meeting you all in Vijayapur.

For any queries, contact

Dr. S B Patil 9880028422

Dr. Vinay Kundargi 9448897564

Dr. Suresh Kagalkar 8884792610

Regards, Dr Nischith D'Souza Hon Secretary Karnataka Urology Association