First Conference of Urologists in Sudan

This is the season for the annual conference of various associations of medical doctors. One trend which has been observed this year is that few specializations have branched out and held their conference for the first time.

Earlier we had seen Cardiologists holding an International Conference for the first time in Khartoum. Now we have had the Urologists for the first time having their conference.

The Khartoum State Health Minister Dr. Mamoun Homeida inaugurated the first academic conference of the Sudanese Urological Association. This was held at Friendship Hall from 1^st to 3^rd March’13. The pre-conference course was on Urodynamics and the post-conference workshops were on Retrograde Intrarenal Surgery; Reconstructive Urethral Surgery and Peadiatric Urology. There were five guest speakers from Egypt among them was Prof. Mohamed Eissa President of Pan-African Urology Association and President of the Egyptian Association of Urology, Prof.Turhan Kaskarulu President of the Turkish Endourology Society and Prof.Bana Gana from UK. The conference was attended by 250 Doctors from Sudan mainly Consultant Urologists, Post Graduates and allied specialties.

The speakers at the conference shared the advanced techniques and procedures in Urology. Moreover, it was heartening to see a galaxy of Senior Urologists being honoured by the Health Minister Dr.Mamoun Homeida, President of Association Prof. Faisal Ibrahim and Secretary General Dr.Nasr A/Mageed Ramadan. Among the recipients were pioneers in Urology and Kidney Transplant in this part of the world namely Late Prof.Omer Beleil and Late Prof. Osman Awadallah.