ABOUT IDEA
Integrated Diabetes and Endocrine Academy (popularly known as IDEA) was born on July 2011, the collective dream of an inspired group of some of the leading Endocrinologists and Diabetologists of Kolkata. Their mission was to spread the latest knowledge in the field of Diabetes and Hormone related disease to practicing physicians. They also pledged to educate the community with innovative health educational activities and support insulin treatment of marginalized people with diabetes.
Academic activity and Research
IDEA’s monthly CMEs, well attended by doctors are very thoughtful and rich in content.
IDEA’s greatest academic feast is IDEACON, a conference on Diabetes and Endocrinology of the highest standard, that is attended by faculty of great repute and attracts around 3000 delegates. The prestigious ‘Vivekananda Oration’… is awarded every year to a veteran Indian scholar in the field with significant original contributions. IDEA’s senior members are Dr(Prof) Debashish Maji (Past President, Endocrine Society of India) Dr Sanjay Chatterjee (Former, Sheriff of Kolkata) and Dr (Prof)Sudip Chatterjee(Founder Secretary, Park Clinic, Kolkata). All the Executive members are also keen researchers with numerous national and international publications to their credit. Our member’s speak regularly at local ,national & international meetings.
The IDEA team is deeply committedto their social responsibilities as doctors. We conduct educational camps in rural areas. We provide insulin life long, along with syringes, devices and needles, completely free of cost, to an ever-increasing number of Type 1 diabetic individuals, who cannot afford this life supporting treatment. IDEA silently helps physicians facing difficult circumstances and has reached out in various meaningful ways to disadvantaged people with diabetes. A customized tricycle was donated to a physically handicapped diabeticperson who came to visit one of our Rural Diabetes Camps. Recently we awarded a full educational grant to a Type1 diabetic child. We have financially supported a doctor with Type 1 Diabetes and neuromuscular degenerative disease.IDEA has long term plans to spread their social wings wider and deeper!
IDEA as a teacher
IDEA now has around 120 Scientific Members. They have free access to IDEA monthly CME’s and can register for IDEACON by paying reduced fees. They take part and interact in all the academic and social activities of IDEA. IDEA has published two books which have been distributed, free of cost, to practicing physicians.
The goals of the IDEA are to disseminate useful and accurate information on diabetes mellitus and endocrine diseases. We aim to improve the physical and socioeconomic welfare of patients.
Consensus Building
Expert group discussions sponsored by IDEA helped in building consensus on management in many controversial areas in endocrinology. Consensus statements on treatment of hirsutism, transgender people etc have been published in the prestigious Indian Journal of Endocrinology & Metabolism
Recognising young talent
In every Ideacon we have a sessionwhere young researchers present their work. The best papers are acknowledged with generous prizes. Due to increasing interest, we now have a award poster session as well.
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