Seminar on allergies, asthma

USA's Colorado University Health Sciences and USA's International Asthma Services President Professor P K Vedanthan will be visiting they newly established Lanka Hospitals Allergy Clinic this month. During his visit he will be addressing the College of General Practitioners' Sri Lanka and the public on "New Frontiers in Asthma and Allergies" on February 25 at Lanka Hospitals from 12.30 to 1.30 pm and will conduct a public lecture on "Allergies and Asthma-Facts and Fiction".

Prof P K Vedanthan who is a Colorado Health Sciences University Associate Professor of Medicine has been in the field of allergy and asthma for more than three decades. He is the founder president of International Asthma Services which is involved in providing clinical and academic services in the field of asthma and allergies in USA and many other countries. He has organized many training sessions in the field of allergy and asthma which are increasing at an alarming rate in the world.

Lanka Hospitals recently established a dedicated Allergy Clinic which is headed by Consultant Paediatrician Dr Ajith Amarasinghe who has a special interest in allergy and asthma. The staff of this clinic is trained by India's Christian Medical College and USA's International Asthma Services.