Dornier UroBeam "Live" Surgery Workshop

Singapore General Hospital, March 1, 2010

This year, we take great pleasure in having with us Dr. Bayer Thomas, Assistant Director, Kemptem Hospital in Federal Republic of Germany to conduct a live surgery workshop in Singapore demonstrating a high power laser for treating Benign Prostate Hyperplasia (BPH) with minimal invasiveness treatment. Dr. Bayer has the experience on laser vaporization of prostate tissue using Dornier Medilas D UroBeam.

This well received workshop was attended by a group of urologist doctors in Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand as well as our partners in Australia, Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand. The workshop was jointly organized by Dornier MedTech Asia and the Department of Urology, Singapore General Hospital.

9th Asian Congress of Urology 2008

New Delhi, 2nd-5th October 2008

The 9th Asian Congress of Urology of the Urological Association of Asian, organized by the Urological Society of India at New Delhi from 2-5 October, 2008 and Pre-Congress Live Operative Workshop at All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, on 1st October, 2008. With over 1300 delegates from 50 nations, experts from around the world, came together to exchange ideas with “Minimally Invasive Urology” as the theme.

One of our key luminary doctors, Dr. Geert G. Tailly, presented two posters on “Twenty years of ESWL in a single center: a retrospective evaluation of 3079 patients” and “Regimens of IV analgosedation in outpatient ESWL”. Professor Sekine Hideaki, another of our invited doctors conducted a well-received plenary session on “Outpatient ESWL for ureteral stones with third generation lithotripter”. 

Dr. Narmada P. Gupta, 9th ACU Organising Chairman (2nd from Left)

Dr. David Consigliere and Dr. Siow of National University Hospital, Singapore (4th and 5th from leftt)

Dr. Tan Yeh Hong (centre) of Singapore General Hospital, Singapore

HospiMedica Asia 2008

Suntec Singapore, 17 – 19 September 2008

Dornier MedTech Asia participated in the HospiMedica Asia 2008 in Singapore, a regional medical & healthcare exhibition for hospitals covering diagnostics, pharmaceutical, medical & rehabilitation equipment & supplies. A total of 370 companies from various regions worldwide participated in this show, with an estimated attendance by about 6,000 visitors from mainly ASEAN countries. 

Guest-of-Honour - Mr. S Iswaran, Singapore Senior Minister of State for Trade and Industry

A group of 30 invited guests from our associated companies, business partners and customers, visited the Dornier booth on 17th September 2008.  Dr. Patrick Goh, our key luminary in ESWT from SportsMed Central demonstrated the treatment of wide variety of muscular and skeletal indications using the Dornier EPOS Ultra and AR2.

Dornier MedTech took this opportunity to showcase our state-of-the-art medical devices to our business partners and customers and enhance our brand equity to the healthcare community in the ASEAN countries.

Inauguration of Stone Center at Clinique Souissi, Morocco 

Dornier MedTech Europe successfully installed three lithotripsy systems in Morocco in Winter 2007/2008. Inauguration of a new Urology workstation, combining a Dornier Compact Sigma lithotriptor with a Dornier Medilas H20 holmium laser, took place on January 30, 2008  at the Clinique Souissi in Rabat, Morocco. With the participation of key Urologists of Morocco, stone treatments and orthopaedic procedures were performed successfully. Professor Tazi expressed his delight about the cooperation with Dornier MedTech Europe concerning the advancement of Morocco’s treatment capabilities in Urology. He also pointed out the expertise and the excellent training for physicians and staff, performed by Klaus Streich, application engineer of Dornier MedTech Europe.

Michael Lerch, General Manager of Dornier MedTech Europe, highlighted Dornier´s first priority of applying its expertise in Urology to provide for patient oriented, innovative treatment concepts. The combination of different treatment modalities enable the  treating  physicians to improve their patients´ quality of life.

Medica 2007

Düsseldorf, 14-17 November 2007

As every year, Dornier MedTech did not miss out to participate in the world´s largest trade show for medical goods and equipment, Medica.  Despite a national railway strike in Germany,  the event attracted 137,000 trade visitors from around 100 countries.  The exhibits at the Dornier booth demonstrated Dornier´s Workstation Concept in Urology, which was well-perceived by our existing and prospective international distributors and partners as well as medical staff. A particular highlight was the first-time presentation of AR2, a new orthopedic shock wave device that will be available to the market in spring 2008.  With AR2, Dornier MedTech continues to take its expertise of shockwave technology in orthopaedic for treatment of a wide range of indications. 

As a special service, Dornier MedTech treated Medica visitors to a shoe shine.

100th Congress of the Russian Society of Urology

Moscow, 6 - 8 November 2007

The Russian Society of Urology hosted their 100th congress this year in the building of the Academy of Science in Moscow.  Apart from taking part  in the industrial show, two special events highlighted Dornier MedTech´s participation in the congress this year.  Dornier was happy to present the Wolfgang Hepp Prize to Professor Lopatkin, President of the Russian Society of Urology.  The Hepp Price is an annual award sponsored by Dornier Med Tech, which has been presented to Professor Lopatkin in recognition of his achievements for urology, and lithotripsy in particular, in Russia.  In order to celebrate this tribute in an appropriate setting, Dornier invited the country´s leading urologists to a festive reception in honor of Professor Lopatkin (center).

Dornier also had the pleasure to be distinguished as a company making a difference to Urology in Russia.  We were proud to receive a certificate acknowledging Dornier MedTech´s contribution to urology, issued by the Russian Society of Urology, and accepted by Thomas Riha, Director of Dornier´s Moscow office on behalf of the company.  This is the first time a medical company has been assigned a reward by the Society for their contributions.  Dornier is actively participating in the Russian urology community since 1986.  Our clients in Russia are served by the Dornier MedTech office in Moscow.