Events


Highlights

    • Humble beginning in 1990
    • 3 National Updates 1991, 1993 1995
    • Successful conduct of NAPCON 2003
    • Dr.T.Mohan Kumar led the Coimbatore team with the chairmanship of Dr. Moinudheen. The successful conduct of this premier event ensured the presence of Coimbatore in the field of Pulmonology at the national level
    • Dr.T.Mohan Kumar has several laurels to his credit, The important positions he has held include the following
      1. National delegate for ERS India from 2003-2006
      2. President of Indian association of Bronchology.
      3. President Elect .APCCM
      4. Secretary ,Clinical Problems for ERS – the first Indian to achieve this milestone
    • From August 2004 to December 2012, 48 Chest Club meetings were conducted.
    • 20 Guest Lectures including 5 Lectures of eminent persons from outside Coimbatore, remaining were from our allied specialties.
    • 21 Clinical Presentations of our own members including Post Graduates presentations.
    • 6 Family get together events to celebrate Deepavali Festival and New Year Eves,and 2 Events held at Ooty and Black Thunder.
    • One meeting was held at Pollachi Resort as a Fellowship Meeting.
    • Subsequently the Coimbatore Pulmonologists participated and supported Dr. JayamohanUnnithan who conducted “RESPICON-2009” and “MIDRESPICON 2012”. The high caliber of academics in the above conferences left a lasting impression on the delegates.
    • Dr.V.R.Pattabhi Raman & team from KMCH have put Coimbatore in the international map of interventional pulmonology and have been trend setters in this field. It is a matter of pride that the first EBUS in southeast Asia was installed in Coimbatore.
    • Coimbatore has also been in the forefront of Clinical Research & Drug development and Dr.K.Srikanth has been a pioneer in this field. Several ethics & research methodology workshops were conducted.
    • Dr. JayamohanUnnithan& Dr. V.R.Nandagopal – ERS recognized spirometry trainers conducted various workshops in spirometry and COPD.
    • Dr.RM.PL.Ramanathan organized a national level conference in Pulmonary Rehabilitation which was well received.
    • Dr.S.Sundarakumar- pioneering work in the field of Emergency Medicine and has organized conferences at the national level.
    • Last but not the least, Dr.S.Nagarajan, Secretary,Coimbatore Respiratory Society has been doing yeomen service in the functioning of the society. Suffice to say that he has been the backbone and pillar of the organization.
    • From a humble beginning this organization has grown from strength to strength and currently boasts a strength of 30members which has encouraged us to form the
    • Coimbatore Respiratory Society with the sole objective of promoting Scientific knowledge and advances in Pulmonology and related fields.
    • Ist annual conference with the inauguration of Coimbatore respiratory society was conducted in 2014 at Coimbatore.
    • 2nd annual conference of Coimbatore respiratory society TAPCON was held at Chennai in association with Sri Ramachandra Medical University in 2015.
    • In august 2016 3rd annual conference CRSCON III was successfully conducted in Coimbatore which was well received among the pulmonologists.
    • CRS academy series first of its kind in the state has been started and 1st series on MDR TB has been done successfully under the guidance of Dr.Jayamohan Unnithan.