These pictures (taken by several people) are mostly of attendees at the 2004 Minimally-Invasive-Surgery International Conference, at Kovai Hospital in Coimbatore, India. Some of the pictures are from elsewhere in India!

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[Snapshot of 0522_009.jpg] Ramesh, Dr. John, Moshe - Dinner at The Residency, ca. 22 May

[Snapshot of 0522_010.jpg] Gail, Lello - Dinner at Residency

[Snapshot of 0523_003.jpg] Ramesh, Moshe, Lello, et al - Dinner at the Jenney Club, ca. 23 May

[Snapshot of 0523_008.jpg] Danny, Gilly, Dennis, Gail, Moshe, Lello - after dinner at the Jenney

[Snapshot of 0523_012.jpg] Luigi, Dr. John, Moshe, and members of a wedding party

[Snapshot of 0523_032.jpg] Luigi practicing knots , watched by Moshe as Danny runs camera, in MIS lab at Kovai Hospital. (Round white spots are flash artifacts)

[Snapshot of 0524_023.jpg] From left -- Mithen and his mother Priya (Mrs. Nehru Babu), 2 guests, Dr. Neena and Dr. Navaneethakrishnan, at the Navaneethakrishnan's home in Madurai

[Snapshot of 0527_008.jpg] Dinner at the Jenney Club

[Snapshot of 0527_009.jpg] Dinner at the Jenney Club

[Snapshot of 0528_004.jpg] View of stage at the conference, at the Silk Institute

[Snapshot of 0528_006.jpg] Another view of stage

[Snapshot of 0528_007.jpg] Gail, Avi - in exhibits tent at conference

[Snapshot of Bombay_clinic.jpg] Vinay's clinic in Mumbai (photo by Moshe Schein) [ms]

[Snapshot of Bombay_clinic_1.jpg] Lello, nurse, Vinay in clinic [ms]

[Snapshot of Bombay_clinic_2.jpg] Another clinic view [ms]

[Snapshot of Coimb2.jpg] Coimb2 From left to right - Lello, Avi, Denis Desai [sdg]

[Snapshot of Coimb3.jpg] Coimb3 From left to right - Dennis, Avi, Lello, Mosche, John, Danny, Luigi, Gilly [sdg]

[Snapshot of Coimb4.jpg] Coimb4 From left to right - Gail trying to wave off a fly, Vinay Mehendale, Ranjit (Malaysia), Navaneethakrishnan, Sayandev [sdg]

[Snapshot of Coimb5.jpg] Coimb5 Avi and Moshe at a market [sdg]

[Snapshot of Coimb6.jpg] Coimb6 The Rosins [sdg]

[Snapshot of Coimb7.jpg] Coimb7 Gail, Avi - in exhibits tent at conference [sdg]

[Snapshot of DSCN0860.jpg] Workshop - "The scrub nurses who for hours patiently helped us butcher the poor pigs were superb. And the hospital administrators, drivers, kitchen stuff, secretaries, and others so kind and ever smiling. (Fig 1)" - Moshe [Danny Rosin at right] [ms]

[Snapshot of DSCN0896.jpg] A food market in Mumbai [ms]

[Snapshot of Dsc00092.jpg] "Lello really gets around . Here is one of him, this time with the bear ( the modest variety!)" - John Thanakumar [jt]

[Snapshot of Dsc00096.jpg] ?, Dennis, Gail, ? [jt]

[Snapshot of Dsc00107.jpg] Dennis, Luigi, Gail, Ranjit's wife (an opthalmologist), ? [jt]

[Snapshot of Dsc00112.jpg] Pravin T., Lello (operating on pig), Gail (at scope) [jt]

[Snapshot of Dsc00113.jpg] ... Pravin ... Gail [jt]

[Snapshot of Dsc00115.jpg] Pravin T., Danny, Lello (operating on pig), Gail (at scope) [jt]

[Snapshot of Dsc00118.jpg] At lunch -- Vinay, ... Lello, Gail, Dennis, Avi [jt]

[Snapshot of Dsc00122.jpg] At lunch -- Ranjit, Vinay, Ramana, Moshe, Luigi, Danny ... [jt]

[Snapshot of Dsc00123.jpg] At lunch -- ... Lello, Gail, Dennis, Avi [jt]

[Snapshot of Dsc00129.jpg] Front to Back, Lello, Gail, ? ; Moshe, Luigi, Raj; Dennis, Ranjit, Ramana, Ramesh [jt]

[Snapshot of Dsc00142.jpg] ... Luigi, ... Dennis, Moshe [jt]

[Snapshot of Dsc00152.jpg] Moshe, Avi, Vinay [jt]

[Snapshot of Dsc00160.jpg] John, Moshe, Avi, ?, ?, Vinay, Danny, Dennis [jt]

[Snapshot of Dsc00161.jpg] Moshe, Dennis, Gail, John, Danny, Ranjit, Avi, Vinay, Sayandev DasGupta [jt]

[Snapshot of Dsc00163.jpg] Gail, Abel, Avi [jt]

[Snapshot of Dsc00166.jpg] Dennis, Ranjit, Gail, Abel [jt]

[Snapshot of Dsc00177.jpg] Abel, Dennis, Gail, Lello, Ranjit, Avi, John, Moshe, Danny [jt]

[Snapshot of Dsc00181.jpg] Moshe at the wheel [jt]

[Snapshot of Dsc00185.jpg] Moshe [jt]

[Snapshot of Dsc00187.jpg] Avi, Lello, Moshe, John, Danny, Luigi, Gilly [jt]

[Snapshot of Dsc00198.jpg] Jyotsana Kulkarni, Gail, James, ?. Back: Luigi [jt]

[Snapshot of Dsc00199.jpg] Gilly, Dennis, Josbeth, Gail [jt]

[Snapshot of Dsc00233.jpg] "Here's Lello and the monkey before he started slaughtering pigs." - Vinay [vm]

[Snapshot of Dsc00244.jpg] Danny and tusker at Topslip Nature Preserve [jt]

[Snapshot of Gandhi.jpg] Moshe identified this person as "Mahatma Gandhi" [ms]

[Snapshot of Luigi.jpg] Luigi and Lello [ms]

[Snapshot of OR.jpg] From right to left: John, Danny, Vinay, Ramana, Moshe S, Avi [ms]

[Snapshot of Vinay.jpg] Lello, Vinay [ms]

[Snapshot of Vinay_family.jpg] Vinay's family "Vinay Mehendale, 49, of Bombay. (Fig 1 with Lello). Married to Sunita - a gynecologist. [...] Vinay opened before us the doors of his Bombay house to the details of the daily life of his family. We thank his charming wife Sunita, his two sons (the older - merchant marine officer; the younger - senior medical student) and his daughter in law Priti - who is very pretty indeed (Fig 2), for their warm welcoming." -Moshe

[Snapshot of jasmine.jpg] Jasmine stand [ms]

[Snapshot of DSCN0890.jpg] 2001 picture

[Snapshot of coimbatore2001.jpg] 2001: Anisur Rahman, John, Karen, Gail [Anisur Rahman]

[Snapshot of driver.jpg] Driver -- "(Our heroic driver to Ooti -figure 4)." -Moshe

[Snapshot of right_hand.jpg] Lello eating with right hand [ms]

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