The 9th ASEAN Medical Deans’ Summit

On September 11^th – 12^th, 2020, Professor Dr. Prasit Watanapa, Dean of Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, along with Siriraj’s Administrative Members, attended the 9^th ASEAN Medical Deans’ Summit (9^th AMDS) hosted by the Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Thailand. This year, the conference was presented in a “ZOOM” online meeting platform and focus on the theme “COVID-19: Challenge and Lesson Learned with a Focus on Education”. The 9^th AMDS was presided and welcoming remark by Prof. Dr. dr. Ari Fahrial Syam, the President of ASEAN Medical School Network from the Faculty of Medicine Universitas Indonesia. The topics and the presentations in the 9^th AMDS will be delivered by renowned professors and speakers from the institute members of the ASEAN Medical School Network, including from Peking University Health Science Center, and Peking Union Medical College, from China.

On this occasion, the ASEAN Medical Dean Summit has appointed Prof. Chong Yap Seng, Dean of Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore (NUS) to serve as the new President of ASEAN Medical School Network. Prof. Seng stated his intention to establish the global classroom program and multicenter research in the near future.

 

You can watch the video(s) of the conference from the link as follows:

September 11^th, 2020, ASEAN Medical Deans’ Summit – Morning Session

September 11^th, 2020, ASEAN Medical Deans’ Summit – Afternoon Session

September 12^th, 2020, ASEAN-CHINA Consortium Session