08/11/2025
【国際学会参加報告 その2】
6th RAMathibodi pediatric surgery Academic Conference (RAMAC)
Theme “Neonatal surgery week”
アムステルダムの出張からの帰国翌日、深夜便でむかったのはアジアの大都会バンコク。
マヒドン大学Ramathibodi病院小児外科主催の新生児外科のシンポジウムに参加しました。レジデントやバーレインからの学生を相手に、Ramathibodi病院の友人Bonthai先生をはじめとする諸教官、ホーチミンシティのCan教授、UKとバンコクを掛け持ちするPaul Losty教授、バーレインで教鞭をふるうMartin Corbally教授ら、豪華な講師陣とともに2日間、先天性食道閉鎖症、腹壁異常、短腸症候群、CDH、消化管閉鎖症を題材に濃厚なインタラクティブセッションを行いました。内容はかなり高度でしたし、欧米同様の体系だった教育の手法には学ぶべき点が多いと感じました。
私もアムステルダムで内職しながらなんとか完成したスライドを使ってレクチャーしました。詳細はこちら↓↓
https://www.facebook.com/Pedsxrama
夜は毎晩みなでタイ料理を堪能しながら意見交換。最後はカラオケで終わるのはアジア共通なんでしょうね。
ワイワイやっているように見えますが、バンコクやホーチミンシティの先生方との交流を深め、今後のコラボレーションにまたあらたな可能性を見出すことができて収穫の多い3日間でした。Ampaipan Bonthai先生は4月の上海で初めてお会いしたスーパー女性小児外科医・移植外科医で、今回の私の招聘も彼女のお計らいでした。良き出会いに感謝です。
金曜夜ヨーロッパから帰国、土曜夜バンコクへ、火曜夜便で水曜朝帰国、そのまま大阪で4日間の学会・・・さすがにこたえましたし、自分のチームだけではなく方々で長期不在につきご迷惑をおかけしたのでしばらく大人しくしていようと思います。
駄文を最後まで読んでいただきありがとうございました。
(文責・菱木)
6th RAMathibodi Pediatric Surgery Academic Conference (RAMAC)
Theme: “Neonatal Surgery Week”
The day after returning from my trip to Amsterdam, I took a red-eye flight to Bangkok, one of Asia’s great metropolises. I participated in a neonatal surgery symposium hosted by the Division of Pediatric Surgery at Mahidol University’s Ramathibodi Hospital.
Together with an impressive lineup of speakers—including my friend Dr. Ampaipan Bonthai from Ramathibodi Hospital, Prof. Can from Ho Chi Minh City, Prof. Paul Losty (who divides his time between the UK and Bangkok), and Prof. Martin Corbally from Bahrain—we held two intensive days of interactive sessions for residents in Ramathibodi and students from Bahrain. The discussions covered challenging topics such as esophageal atresia, abdominal wall defects, short bowel syndrome, congenital diaphragmatic hernia, and intestinal atresia. The content was quite advanced, and I found much to learn from their structured, Western-style educational approach.
I also gave my own lecture, using slides I had managed to finish in Amsterdam during my travels. (Details available here ↓↓)
👉 https://www.facebook.com/Pedsxrama
Each evening, we all enjoyed lively discussions over excellent Thai food—and, as seems to be a shared tradition across Asia, ended with karaoke. The three days proved extremely fruitful: I deepened ties with colleagues in Bangkok and Ho Chi Minh City and discovered new possibilities for future collaboration.
Dr. Ampaipan Bonthai, an outstanding pediatric and transplant surgeon whom I first met in Shanghai in April, kindly arranged for my invitation this time. I am truly grateful for this wonderful connection.
After returning from Europe on Friday night, I flew to Bangkok on Saturday night, came back early Wednesday morning, and then went straight to a four-day conference in Osaka. It was quite exhausting—and since my extended absence surely caused inconvenience to many colleagues beyond my own team, I plan to stay quietly in Japan for a while.