29/09/2023
The IPMHE 2023 Closing Ceremony has concluded, and closing remarks were delivered by The United States Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs, Dr. Lester Martinez-Lopez and
Lieutenant General Dato Dr Zulkeffeli bin Mat Jusoh, The Director General of The Malaysian Armed Forces Health Services.
For poster presentations, this year featured 70 entries across five different categories of poster presentation: public health and peacekeeping, soldier performance, clinical and application, supportive ancillary medicine, and case report.
The awards for each category were ranked in the top five by the judges.
In FIFTH PLACE: PT 5.07 - Efficacy of VTE Prophylaxis in Trauma Patients with Elevated BMI by Major Dr. Lisa Paulson from the United States of America.
In FOURTH PLACE: PT 2.14 - Evaluating an Automated Rodent Surveillance Strategy in Singapore Military Camps by Mr. Sathish Arivalan from Singapore.
In THIRD PLACE: PT 3.11 - Inflatable Positioning Device by Dr. Azura Sharena Yahaya from Malaysia.
In SECOND PLACE: PT 1.06 - Redefining the Medical Intelligence Landscape in the Armed Forces of the Philippines to Advance Preparedness and Response to Biological Threats by Colonel Dr. Emmanuel Degal from the Philippines.
THE POSTER PRESENTATION CHAMPION FOR INDO PACIFIC MILITARY HEALTH EXCHANGE 2023: PT 4.12 - Operationalizing a One Health Approach to Preventing the Next Pandemic by Captain Dr. Patrick McFadden from the United States of America.
The ceremony continued with mementos presentation to all Heads of Delegates, followed by the handing over of the IPMHE flag to the next host, Japan. The event concluded with a photo session.