The Kandy Society of Medicine (KSM) - Sri Lanka

First of all I wish to express my sincere gratitude to members of Kandy Society of Medicine for placing trust on me to hold the prestigious post of the President of KSM.

Kandy society of medicine, the well established society with its traditions, now popularly referred to as KSM, had a very simple beginning. In 1963 Dr .Karunaratne, Dr .Varugunam and Mr. Rasaratnam organised, Tuesday evening talks to discuss interesting cases, which later came to be known as Tuesday talks.

These talks later shifted to Peradeniya physiology lecture theatre and was incorporated as activities of a newly formed medical society in 1964 under the name, Kandy society of medicine. Professor RS Watson was the 1st president, the 3 Doctors who started the talks became its 1st secretaries.

Up to now 39 individuals have held the office of President of the Kandy society of medicine and the society has developed in to a well established institution with a life membership of more than 600 medical officers and is currently the 2nd oldest and the 2nd largest medical association in Sri Lanka, second only to Sri Lanka Medical association.

on submission of abstracts for the KSM Annual Academic Sessions - Feb 2012

1. Abstract information form provided by the KSM should be filled for each abstract.
2. Four copies of printed abstract (A4Paper) and a soft copy on a CD must be submitted.  (Two copies of the printed abstract should be without names of the authors and the address)
3. Begin the text of abstract without indentation using single spacing. The suggested font type is Times New Roman, font size 12, with no space between paragraphs.
4. The abstracts will be reviewed anonymously by referees. The corresponding author will be informed the results by letter.
5. All abstracts should reach KSM Office before 4.00 pm on 30^th November 2010.Please hand over the abstract to the KSM Office or mail in time to meet the deadline. KSM will not accept responsibility for postal delay.
6. The title of the abstract should be brief and in bold capital letters.
7. Authors surnames should be preceded by the initial(s), but not by prefixes such as Prof., Dr, Mr. or Mrs. Underline the name of the presenting author. The institution(s) where the work was performed should be stated. The names of authors and place of works should be mentioned in two copies of the abstract and the softcopy in the CD. The names of authors and place of work should not appear on the other two copies. (These copies will be sent for anonymous review)