First TNSGEA meeting was held at Hotel Marina Towers, Chennai on 31st August 2008. It was held as SGE MMC Alumni Association Meeting

CME programmes were conducted.

Guest Lecture were given by
Prof. R.A. Sastry
HOD of SGE, Nizam's Institute, Hyderabad

Dr. H. Ramesh
HOD of SGE, Lakeshore Hospital, Cochin

Dr. Ramesh Ardhanari
HOD of SGE, Meenakshi Mission Hospital, Madurai

Felicitation for the Super Annuation in tamilnadu health service from the govt. of tamilnadu was given by TNSGEA to the following members
Dr. Srikumari Damodaram
Dr. T.G. Balachandar

Committee of TNSGEA was formed
Prof. N. Rangabhasyam was chosen as the patron and Prof. M. Ahmed Ali as Advisor

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The second meeting of the TNSGEA held on 31 January 2009 at Madras Medical College. Fifty delegates participated in the meeting.

Dr. O.L.Naganath Babu, Secretary read out the minutes of the previous meeting held at Hotel Marina Towers on 31/8/08.

Prof N.Rangabashyam, Prof M.ahmed Ali and Prof Srikumari Damodaram chaired the scientific session.

The following papers were presented

1-Unusual cause of vomiting - Prof. M.Ahmed Ali
2-Unusual cause of biliary obstruction - Dr. S.Sankar, SRMC
3-High Grade liver injury - Dr. Prabhakaran, Stanley Medical college
4-Indolent Pancreatic infection - Dr. P.Radhakrishna, Apollo hospitals
5-Intrahepatic stones - Dr. C.Sugumar, Royapettah hospital
6-Staled Pharyngocoloplasty preserving middle and left colic artery - Dr. A.Prabhakaran, Madras Medical college,Chennai

All the papers were well presented and generated lot of discussions

Dr. T.G.Balachander stressed regarding the payment of membership fees and the formation of our own website.

The meeting concluded wit high tea.