Dr. Gautam attending World Extreme Medicine Conference in Edinburgh

Dr. Aban Gautam, founder and president of Mountain Heart Nepal, has been awarded with the “David Weil Extreme Medicine Bursary”.  As the recipient of this award, Dr. Gautam has been invited to attend the 2016 Extreme Medicine Conference & Expo to be held in Edinburgh, Scotland from November 18^th until November 21^st. During the conference, he will present the work done by Mountain Heart Nepal and also attend various seminars and workshops for four days concerning medical care in resource poor settings and difficult climatological conditions.

Since 2012 World extreme medicine has brought expedition doctors, paramedics, and nurses across four disciplines: disaster and humanitarian medicine, extreme, expedition and space medicine, human endurance and sports medicine plus prehospital medicine. At the Conference these health professionals will share the latest developments in extreme environment healthcare and educate others in what they can do differently.

Dr. Gautam intends to relay what he has learned during the conference to fellow medical professionals and others who are interested.

You can access these details about the conference on the link below:

www.theexeterdaily.co.uk