First Cardio Oncology Conference on the Continent of Africa
In spite of the outbreak of the Coronavirus, the first cardio oncology conference on the African continent prospered in Durban, South Africa, on March 7, 2020. Organized by ICOS Executive Committee member, Dr. Trishun Singh, nearly 100 participants from across Africa gathered for the genesis of cardio oncology training on this beautiful land mass of more than 1.2 billion people.
Dr. Singh has been involved in cardio oncology since 2015 and established the first cardiooncology center in Africa at uMhlanga hospital in Durban. Along with his colleagues – Dr. Ria David, the only medical oncologist in the province of KwaZulu-Natal, and Ines Buccimazza, a
breast cancer surgeon – they established the Cardio Oncology Society of Southern Africa(COSOSA) in 2019.The conference began with a resentation from the President of ICOS, Dr. Daniel Lenihan,by way of video conference.