Released on: May 21, 2008, 9:51 pm

Press Release Author: Soumya Rajan

Industry: Healthcare

Press Release Summary: Dr K.M. Cherian has been elected as Congress President

Press Release Body: India, May 2008 : The World Congress conducted by the World
Society of Cardio Thoracic Surgeons (WSCTS) is a time honored and highly prestigious
international scientific event. This annual conference witnesses the august presence
and didactic participation of the best minds in the exacting science of
cardiothoracic surgery. It provides a worldwide forum for presentations and
discussions on the latest findings and techniques in this delicate branch of
surgery.

Every year the WSCTS Executive Committee proposes and puts to vote the country which
would play host to the subsequent World Congress; this year India was in the final
round for consideration and was neck to neck with Edinburgh. These 2 final
contenders were released from the suspense when India and specifically, Chennai, was
unanimously selected to host the 20th World Congress on Cardiothoracic Surgery in
2010. Chennai's Frontier Lifeline & the Dr K.M. Cherian Heart Foundation will be
doing the honours and Dr K.M. Cherian has been elected as Congress President. This
privilege comes in the wake of Dr Cherian having been singled out from India for the
unique honour of having his name inscribed in stone during the recent World Congress
earlier this month held on the Island of KOS, Greece. This honour which was bestowed
upon 36 stalwarts in the field of Cardiothoracic Surgery from all over the world
also involved the planting of a tree under each surgeon's plaque.

This year's World Congress was held on the Island of KOS which took on a special
significance as the stalwarts of cardiothoracic surgery renewed their Hippocratic
Oath in the birthplace of Hippocrates, the Father of Medicine.

36 world renowned surgeons were honoured in a special ceremony which memorialized
their names in stone along with which a tree was planted under each surgeons'
plaque. Dr. K.M. Cherian, CEO and Chairman of Frontier Lifeline, Chennai, is the
only surgeon from India to have received this honour amidst











surgeons from USA, UK, Europe, Asia etc. This proud moment for India has been
further compounded by the fact that India has been designated as the venue for the
World Congress of the World Society of Cardiothoracic Surgeons for the year 2010.
This privilege will witness India playing host to the luminaries of cardiothoracic
surgery from all over the world along with students, clinicians and scientists
active in this field. It will serve to highlight India's contributions to this field
and provide an ideal and rare opportunity for enthusiastic students and young
surgeons to meet and interact with pioneers and noted surgeons whom they would have
only heard or read about.

Frontier Lifeline looks forward to elevating India as an active player in this
highly specialized field and is privileged by this honor.



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