Mission
To eliminate global health disparities through telemedicine
Vision
We provide high-quality online education that enhances medical practitioners’ knowledge and skills worldwide.
We foster a global network of healthcare professionals for sharing medical knowledge and best practices.
We bridge the gap between countries and regions with varying medical resources through telemedicine initiatives.
We promote exchanging innovative medical techniques and research to improve global healthcare.
Please watch the video of the past session as a sample:
Those who are interested in organizing or presenting in APAN Medical sessions, please read the following carefully
1. All Medical Working Group (MWG) sessions at APAN are done virtually. It is not a face-to-face meeting.
2. The following presentation types are not accepted:
___On-site demonstration, On-site hands-on training as such
3. Please organize and apply for a 90-min session as much as possible.
4. The session organizer is responsible for:
___a) deciding the topic
___b) assigning the Chair (Co-Chair(s), and engineer(s) if any)
___c) finding (at least 3) speakers who give presentations on the topic
___d) finding own audience and distributing the meeting information to them
5. When the proposal is accepted, there will be a few MWG meetings, and your participation is required.
6. We may post your session on the Internet. Sessions will be streamed on YouTube and made available for later viewing.
For the people who want to propose single/stand-alone presentations such as “Lightning (5 min),” “Standard (10 min)” and “Long (20 min)”:
1. You will present in “Other Medical Topics” session.
2. A time slot for your presentation is assigned by MWG secretariat.
3. The proposal might be rejected for various reasons.
For the newcomers
The MWG’s Call for Proposals will be opened at a slightly different time and duration than the APAN.
To receive the announcement from the secretariat, email to [email protected] with your name, email address, country, and complete institution name.
Board members
Recent Activities
APAN59 2025.03.03-03.07 Medical Working Group sessions in Yokohama, japan (hybrid)
GMT +9:00 | Mon, 3rd Mar | Tue, 4th Mar | Wed, 5th Mar |
Thu, 6th Mar | Fri, 7th Mar |
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9:00-10:30 | AIIMS-India | ||||||
11:00-12:30 | Dentistry | Public Health | |||||
13:30-15:00 | Medical Education | Ophthalmology | MIS (Minimally Invasive Surgery) | ||||
15:30-17:00 | Virtual Simulation using VRR | RMU-Pakistan (16:00-17:30) | TNP & PALES | Natural Products | PGIMER-Cancer Genetics | ||
17:30-19:00 | Endoscopy / Russia 1 | JIPMER /GI Surgery | Endoscopy/ Russia2 | Pathology | Rural Healthcare |
APAN Med-WG SpeciaI Interest Grouop (SIG) List
Program Name | Category | Organizer (Country) | APAN Participation History |
Advanced Endoscopy | Endoscopy | Farid Guliyev (AZ) | APAN56 |
AIG (Asian Institute of Gastroenterology) | Endoscopy | Mohan Remchandani (IN) | APAN40 |
AIIMS-India | Technology | Prateek Bobhate (IN) | APAN59 |
Cardiology/ APSC Cloud Webinar of Cardiovascular Diseases | Cardiology | Jiunn-Lee Lin (TW) | APAN51, 52, 53 |
Creating Profession | Others (Medical) | Toru Oga (JP) | APAN54 |
Dentistry 2 | Dentistry | Takeshi Mitsuyasu (JP) | APAN41 |
Dentistry 1 | Dentistry | Aqsa Sjuhada (ID) | APAN54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59 |
Emergency Medicine | Emergency | Tomohiko Akahoshi (JP) | APAN50 |
ECE (Endoscopy Club E-conference) | Endoscopy | Parit Mekaroonkamol (TH) | APAN41, 43, 46, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58 |
Endoscopy Russia 2 | Endoscopy | Roman Kuvaev (RU) | APAN48, 57, 58, 59 |
Endoscopy Russia 1 | Endoscopy | Sergey Kashin (RU) | APAN57, 58, 59 |
Engineering Workshop | Technology | Kuriko Kudo (JP) | APAN42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 56 |
Genetic Counseling | General Medicine | Rajinder Kaur (IN) | APAN53 |
Generative AI in Medicine | Others (Medical) | Muhammad Shahzad Aslam (MY) | APAN58 |
HPB surgery | Surgery | Ho-Seong Han (KR) | APAN54, 55, 56, 57 |
Endoscopy Indonesia | Endoscopy | Dadang Makmun (ID) | APAN40 |
JIPMER (Jawaharlal Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education and Research) | Surgery | Kalayarasan R (IN) | APAN51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59 |
Latin Endoscopy | Endoscopy | Pablo Cortes (CL) | APAN46 |
Medical Care (PGIMER (Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research) from APAN59) | Pediatrics | Inusha Panigrahi (IN) | APAN56, 57, 58, 59 |
Medical Education | Others (Medical) | Arunima Chaudhuri (IN) | APAN54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59 |
MIS (Minimally Invasive Surgery) | Surgery | Thawatchai Akaraviputh (TH) | APAN40, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59 |
Natural Products | General Medicine | Suresh Kumar Thakkar (IN) | APAN56, 57, 58, 59 |
Network and Technology in Dental Education and Practice | Dentistry | Deborah Sybil (IN) | APAN53 |
Ophthalmology | Ophthalmology | Sheila John (IN) | APAN54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59 |
TNP&PALES | Surgery | Jeffrey Domino (PH) | APAN56, 58, 59 |
Pathology | Others (Medical) | Asitava Deb Roy (IN) | APAN58, 59 |
PBSA (Pakistan Biological Safety Association) | Others (Medical) | Saira Karimi (PK) | APAN58, 59 |
Portable Health Clinic (PHC) | Healthcare | Rafiqul Islam Maruf (JP) | APAN45, 51, 53 |
Public Health | Healthcare | Mohammad Kamruzzaman Khan (BD) | APAN57, 59 |
Respiratory Surgery | Surgery | Akinori Iwasaki (JP) | APAN42 |
RMU (Rawalpindi Medical University, Pakistan) | Others (Medical) | Asma Umer Khayam (PK) | APAN58 |
Rural Healthcare | Healthcare | Udaya Koirala (NP) | APAN56, 57, 59 |
Rural Healthcare | Healthcare | Saroj Prasad Dhital (NP) | APAN51, 52, 53 |
Sakura Science Planning Meeting | Others (Medical) | Shuji Shimizu (JP) | APAN51 |
Technology 1 | Technology | Ti-Chuang Chiang (TW) Yasuichi Kitamura (JP) Mohamad Zahir Ahmad (MY) |
APAN41, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58 |
Medical Research | General Medicine | Tomohiko Moriyama (JP) | APAN51, 52, 53 |
Telehealth | Telehealth | Tanawan Samleerat Carraway (TH) | APAN56, 57 |
Telemedicine | Others (Medical) | Alvin Marcelo (PH) | APAN58, 59 |
Traditional Medicine | General Medicine | Dimple Sethi Chopra (IN) | APAN53, 54 |
VRR | Technology | Chinmay Shah (IN) | APAN59 |
VR demo session | Technology | Peter Shane (JP) | APAN47 |
Organization
APAN Med-WG Board Members and Steering Committee Members
Bord Members | Institution |
Tomohiko Moriyama / Chair | Kyushu University Hospital |
Thawatchai Akaraviputh / Co-chair | Mahidol University Siriraj Hospital |
ShiawHooi Ho/ Co-chair | University of Malaya |
Jeffrey Jeronimo P. Domino I Program director | St. Luke’s Medical Center |
Kuriko Kudo/ Local engineering director | Kyushu University Hospital |
Steering Committee Members | Institution |
Ti-Chuang Chiang | National Taiwan University |
Chakaphan Sookcharoen | The Thai Red Cross Society |
Le Thanh Ni | Cho Ray Hospital |
Mohamad Zahir Ahmad | University of Malaya |
Bani Lara | Advanced Science and Technology Institute |
Tunggul Laksono | Brawijaya University |
Aria Kekalih | University of Indonesia |
Satyanarayana Ungarala | Asian Institute of Gastroenterology |
Karayarasan Raja | JIPMER |
Mohammad Kamruzzaman Khan | Mymensingh Medical College |
Qiang Wang | Peking Union Medical College Hospital |
Christopher Khor | Singapore General Hospital |
Cao Duc Minh | NASATl Office |
Udaya Koirala | PHECT Nepal |
Karma Jamyang | DrukREN |
Tun Tun Thein | Yangon General Hospital |
Secretary | Institution |
Fumiko Nagamine | Kyushu University Hospital |