Hosted by
Bengali Association of
Greater  Nashville

July 16-18, 2010
Embassy Suites
Nashville South/Cool Spring, TN

Medical Forum

The Medical Forum at RBC 2010 will be held on July 17, 2010 from 12 noon to 4:00 PM . Through this, we wish to create better informed medical providers not only in the US, but India and Bangladesh as well. The Medical Forum in particular is expected to be attended by a hundred physicians from all specialties. Our target audience will consist of psychiatrists, internists, family practitioners and other health care providers. We will also have participation from the Business Forum attendees who have special interest in, and affiliation to the health care industry. Our international attendees both from India (West Bengal) and Bangladesh will be an interesting and exciting mix.

The Medical Forum at RBC 2010 will educate on multiple medical topics. Schedule of events are the following:

12:15 -1:00 PM: The meeting will be set off with a Sponsored Lunch (by Medtronic Neuromodulation) and a talk on “International Pain Management Recent Advances” Dr. Sukdeb Datta, MD, Program Director, Vanderbilt University from

1:00-1:15 PM: Opening Remarks and acknowledgements, Moderators: Dr. Sukdeb Datta and Dr. Bhaben Putatunda

1:15-2:15 PM: Dr. Kunal Sarkar, Vice President, Rabindranath Tagor Institute of Cardiac Sciences, India on "Healthcare in India, Renaissance revisted: A perspective on challenges of health care delivery in India and launching of "NH-We Care" initiative"

2:15-2:45 PM: Dr. Vijay Pethkar, Speaker; Dr. Salekin: Moderator, Sleep Disorders: New Horizons in treatment of Narcolepsy Medical Tourism: United States Perspective (Johns Hopkins University) 

2:45-3:00 PM: Coffee Break

3:00-3:45 PM: Dr. Bhaben Putatunda, Chronic Kidney Disease Management: Diabetes, Kidney Disease & their Global Impact

3:45-4:00 PM. Question/ Answer session, Round Table Conference with the Experts.