Congratulations Dr. Mohammed M.H Hajhamad!!!

Congratulations to our dear colleague, Dr. Mohammed M.H Hajhamad for winning the 1st Prize of Best Poster Award at the recent Coloproctology 2015: International Scientific Meeting held at the Holiday Inn Melaka, Malaysia from 12-15 March 2015. 

His research topic that wins the accolade for the day was Fecal M2-PK Vs. Colonoscopy As First Line Screening Tool For Colorectal Cancer: Is It Time To Change? Asian Tertiary Center Perspective.

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Excerpt from the official website:

The Best Poster Award is for the best original scientific or clinical paper submitted by young surgeons in Malaysia for presentation at the Coloproctology 2015. This award will hopefully encourage a high standard of research and scientific presentations among young surgeons. The Prize There will be three (3) Best Poster Awards: 

• 1st Prize – RM1,000 
• 2nd Prize – RM750 
• 3rd Prize – RM500 

Regulations 

1. The competition is open to all young surgeons and surgical trainees currently working in Malaysian institutions who are below 35 years old as on 1st January 2015.
2. The work submitted may be from any surgical specialty, and it may take the form of clinical trials, surveys, retrospective studies, laboratory experiments or any other form of unpublished original work.
3. The bulk of the work which are submitted must be performed by the author himself/herself even though he may have done the work in conjunction with other doctors or agencies either locally or overseas. However, the work must be carried out in Malaysia.
4. The author must submit a signed declaration of his/her age, that his/her paper has not been published or presented elsewhere and the presenter has done most of the work.
5. The abstracts for poster presentation are to be submitted online at www.colorectalmy.org.
6. The closing date for receipt of abstracts is 15th February 2015.

A proud moment for Dr Mohammed. Congratulations again from all of us. May this become a catalyst for others to follow suit and for you to become a successful surgeon in the future.