The 1^st International Conference on Tropical Medicine and Infectious Diseases (ICTROMI) Faculty of Medicine  University of Sumatera Utara in conjunction with The 23rd National Congress of The Indonesian Society of Tropical and Infectious Diseases Consultant (ISTIC) and The 18^th Annual Meeting of Internal Medicine Department Faculty of Medicine   University of Sumatera Utara

Tropical Medicine and Infectious Diseases remain huge global health problems especially in Southeast Asia, including Indonesia. Moreover, climate change and million people travelling across the globe lead to higher risk in infectious diseases. The world indeed faces those challenges, thus, we are urged to improve and update our knowledge and skill, as well as to collaborate with colleagues from another fields.

The 1st International Conference on Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease (ICTROMI), which was held by Faculty of Medicine Universitas Sumatera Utara in  Medan,  Indonesia, from 15th-18th November 2017, encompassed all of the fields in Tropical Medicine and Infectious Diseases with special attention being paid to latest diagnostics and management to social and environment impact. In conjunction with this International Conference, two scientific events also took part: The Indonesian Society of Tropical and Infectious Diseases Consultant (ISTIC), one of the leading subspecialty associations in Indonesia, conducted its 23rd National Congress, while the Department of Internal Medicine as the part of Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Sumatera Utara, with its 18th Annual Meeting, presented recent updates from various subspecialty topics.

This conference covered state-of-the-art scientific presentations, being delivered by both well-known international and national speakers, providing a forum to share the latest research, exchanging the new emerging knowledge, discussing the recent problems and challenges especially in Internal Medicine, Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, as well as discussing the future development to provide a network opportunity for clinicians, researchers and experts who work in those fields.

The Oganizing Committee received a large quantity of articles for presentations, many of which were of a very high quality. There were 228 accepted papers in this conference which will be published in the IOP Conference Series : Earth and Environmental Science (EES), indexed in Scopus as well as in Conference Proceedings Citation Index – Science (CPCI-S) of Thomson Reuters-Web of Science, GeoBase, and so on.

Conference day : 15^th - 18^th November 2017

Venue :Aryaduta Hotel, Medan, Indonesia (Jalan Kapten Maulana Lubis No.8)

Keynote/Invited Speakers

• Prof. Menno de Jong, MD, PhD ( The Netherlands)
• Prof.J.Kevin Baird, PhD, FASTMH (United Kingdom)
• Weerawat Manosuthi,MD,PhD (Thailand)
• Dr.Limin Wijaya,MBBS,MRCP,DTM&H (Singapore)
• Dr. dr. Suhendro Sp.PD, K-PTI, FINASIM ( Indonesia)

Organizing Committee

Chairman

• Prof. dr. Harun Rasyid Lubis,SpPD, K-GH, FINASIM

First Co-chairman

• dr. Yosia Ginting,SpPD, K-PTI, FINASIM

Second Co-chairman

• dr. Franciscus Ginting,SpPD, M.Ked(PD), K-PTI

Secretary

• Prof. dr. Lukman Hakim Zain,SpPD, K-GEH, FINASIM

Vice Secretary

• dr. Restuti Hidayani Saragih, SpPD, FINASIM

Treasurer

• dr. Endang,SpPD

Member

• Prof. dr. Djoko Widodo, DTM&H, Sp.PD, K-PTI, FINASIM
• Prof. dr. Herdiman T. Pohan, DTM&H, Sp.PD, K-PTI, FINASIM
• Prof. dr. Muhammad Hussein Gasem, Sp.PD, K-PTI,PhD, FINASIM
• Prof. Dr.dr. Nasronudin, Sp.PD, K-PTI, FINASIM
• Prof. dr. Usman Hadi, Sp.PD, K-PTI,PhD, FINASIM
• Prof. dr. Aznan Lelo, Sp.FK, Ph.D
• dr. Bachti Alisjahbana,SpPD, K-PTI,PhD, FINASIM
• Dr. dr. Umar Zein, SpPD, DTM&H, K-PTI, FINASIM
• dr. Tambar Kembaren,SpPD, K-PTI
• dr. Armon Rahimi,SpPD, K-PTI
• dr. M Aron Pase, M.Ked(PD), SpPD

Honorary Board

• Prof. Dr. Runtung, SH, M.Hum (Rector, University of Sumatera Utara)
• Dr. dr. Aldy Safruddin Rambe,SpS (K) (Dean, Faculty of Medicine University of Sumatera Utara)
• dr. Refli Hasan, SpPD, SpJP(K), FINASIM (Head of Internal Medicine Department, Faculty of Medicine  University of Sumatera Utara)
• Dr. dr. Suhendro, SpPD, K-PTI (Chairman of The Indonesian Society of Tropical and Infectious Diseases Consultant)

Scientific Committee

• Prof. J. Kevin Baird, PhD, FASTMH (Oxford University,United Kingdom)
• Weerawat Manosuthi, MD,PhD (Bamrasnaradura Infectious Diseases Institute,Thailand)
• Limin Wijaya, MD (Singapore General Hospital, Singapore)
• dr. Bachti Alisyahbana,SpPD-KPTI,FINASIM,PhD (Padjajaran University, Bandung)
• Prof. dr. Muhammad Hussein Gasem,SpPD, K-PTI, PhD ,FINASIM (Diponegoro University, Semarang)
• dr. Erni Juwita Nelwan,SpPD-KPTI,FINASIM (Universitas Indonesia, Ciptomangunkusumo Hospital, Jakarta)
• Dr. med. dr. Yahwardiah Siregar (University of Sumatera Utara, Medan)
• dr.Putri C. Eyanoer, MS, Epi, PhD (University of Sumatera Utara, Medan)
• dr.Ayodhia Pitaloka, M.Ked(Ped),SpA,PhD (University of Sumatera Utara,Medan)

• Prof. J. Kevin Baird, PhD, FASTMH (Oxford University,England)
• Weerawat Manosuthi, MD,PhD (Bamrasnaradura Infectious Diseases Institute,Thailand)
• dr. Limin Wijaya,MBBS, MRCP, DTM&H (Singapore General Hospital, Singapore)
• Prof. dr. Djoko Widodo, DTM&H, SpPD-KPTI, FINASIM (Universitas Indonesia, Ciptomangunkusumo Hospital, Jakarta)
• Prof. Menno de Jong, MD, PhD