Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Symposium Series 2005 Beijing

BEIJING, PR China -- A symposium on "Advances in Pediatric Surgery" will be held jointly by Cedars-Sinai Medical Center of Los Angeles, California and Capital Institute of Pediatrics at the Beijing Great Wall Sheraton Hotel on May 10th 2005. Dr. Steve Chi-Long Chen, Dr. Gregory Paul Fontana and Dr. Moise Danielpour of Cedars- Sinai Medical Center as well as Dr. Hui Ye and Dr. Jidong Ma from Capital Institute of Pediatrics will be giving lectures on new developments in pediatric neurosurgery, pediatric thoracic surgery, pediatric cardiac surgery, pediatric urology surgery and neonatal surgery. Hundreds of well-known pediatric experts and professors will be invited to the Seminar for academic exchanges and discussions. The symposium is the third professional academic exchange held by Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in China since May 2004.

Cedars-Sinai Medical Center has a history of over one hundred years of operations. During this time Cedars Sinai Medical Center has developed into one of the largest nonprofit medical institutions in the Western United States. It is consistently rated as one of the top healthcare facilities in the entire United States. Since May 2004, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and The ChinaCare Group have cooperated to plan and to successfully hold a series of professional academic symposia including one on "Advances in Cardiovascular Surgery" held in May 2004 in conjunction with Beijing Fuwai Hospital for Cardiovascular Disease; and one on "Advances in Neurosurgery" held in November 2004 with Shanghai Huashan Hospital.

Capital Institute of Pediatrics, affiliated with the Capital University of Medical Sciences, is a leading research institute in pediatric healthcare and pediatric diseases. Its departments of Cardiosurgery, Urology, Tumor and Orthopedics are leaders in the field of pediatric surgery. Dr. Hui Ye, the Director of Pediatric Surgery of the Capital Institute of Pediatrics will make a presentation on Advances in Pediatric Urology. Dr. Jidong Ma, the Vice-Director of Pediatric Surgery of the Capital Institute of Pediatrics will make a presentation on Advances in Neonatal Surgery.

The symposium series is coordinated by the ChinaCare Group, the leading international healthcare consulting firm in China.

About Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California

Home of world-class research in healthcare, staffed by extraordinary physicians and recognized as a model of technological excellence, Cedars-Sinai maintains a towering presence in the international medical arena attracting patients from all over the world to its Los Angeles-based facility. For more than 100 years, Cedars-Sinai has been dedicated to quality patient care and high patient satisfaction. Cedar-Sinai is the top-ranked hospital in the western United States.

About The ChinaCare Group

The ChinaCare Group is dedicated to the development of the healthcare industry in all of its sectors, public and private, for-profit and not-for-profit, in the People's Republic of China. Realizing the opportunities of this marketplace and operating effectively in it, requires knowledge, insight and practical experience. This is the role of the ChinaCare Group. We provide our clients with practical solutions on strategy, technology, operations and organization.

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