(MENAFN - Muscat Daily) Muscat-based sports medicine expert Dr E B S Ramanathan (Ram Sethu) has been unanimously elected as the secretary-general of the Asian Federation of Sports Medicine (AFSM) at its congress held in Beijing China recently. <\/p>\n
Ramanathan who works as a senior consultant at Muscat Private Hospital has been based in the sultanate for the past 27 years. <\/p>\n
Also elected to the nine-member executive committee of the continental sports medicine body is Dr Masoud al Riyami a senior orthopaedic consultant at Khoula Hospital and a member of the Oman Sports Medicine Committee. <\/p>\n
China's Guo Ping Li was elected as the president while Hong Kong's Dr Patrick Young has become the treasurer. <\/p>\n
Ramanathan the former president of the Indian Association of Sports Medicine said 'The post brings in a lot of responsibilities and I hope to fulfill them and make the AFSM a stronger body.' <\/p>\n
Formed in 1990 the AFSM is a continental federation under the International Federation of Sports Medicine (FIMS). <\/p>\n
Ramanathan added 'The main objective of the AFSM is to foster the promotion of sports medicine in Asia. Right now the AFSM has a membership of 30 national associations. We would like to expand it.' <\/p>\n
At the executive committee meeting after the congress and the election of the office-bearers it was also decided to set up a permanent office of the AFSM at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. <\/p>\n
Ramanathan said that the key goals of the AFSM are to 'establish strengthen and practise medical code in sports and to establish medical ethics in sports medicine'. <\/p>\n
He said the AFSM also aims to campaign against doping and implement the anti-doping charter of the IOC and the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA). 'We conduct courses and workshops that help us share the knowledge and techniques in sports medicine' Ramanathan said. <\/p>\n
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