Newsletter Issue Five: January 2019

FUND RAISING NEWS
MEMBER TALENT SHOW:
SPONSOR DARSHI SUNDERAM, MD
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HELP THEM WALK AGAIN
PROJECT NEWS
This project was funded by the Sri Lanka Medical Association – East [SLMANA] for the distribution of prosthetic limbs to physically handicapped in Sri Lanka;…
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INCOMING PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE
Time – it is the most important and elusive thing or commodity in our lives. Once you lose time, you have lost it forever. That one second it took for you to read these first few words can never be recouped. What we do with our time are the most important decisions we make on a daily basis. We spend our time on things that are meaningful to us, and on endeavors that resonate with how we live our lives. To many of us activities related to SLMANA is a time commitment that is an important facet of our lives. To that end, my goal as incoming president is to help our membership maximize the joy, that sense of accomplishment, that sense of altruism, or that sense of fellowship and make it worth your time….
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ORIGINAL RESEARCH BY MEMBERS
1. Use of Clinical Services Initiated by Abnormal troponin assay, differences in traditional versus high-sensitivity in a community hospital Tien Lau, DO, Avinash Sukhram, MD, Malvi Thakker, MD, Rohan Perera, MD, FACC
2. In Code We Trust: Do All Patients with CHF ICD 10 Codes actually suffer…
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OUTGOING PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE
It is truly hard to believe how quickly two years have passed, I am writing this message for the SLMANA newsletter as I prepare to transition to be the immediate past president. It was certainly a busy two years, which is probably why it passed in the blink of an eye!..
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EDITOR’S MESSAGE
Happy New Year! Here’s wishing you a Prosperous and Healthy 2019. Let me update you on SLMANA news..
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