Lebanese Association For Medical Diagnosis & Autoimmune Diseases Lebanese Order of Physicians M u l t i d i s c i p l i n a r y C o n g r e s s 2 0 1 5 2 nd Announcement May 7,8,9, 2015 Hilton Habtoor Hotel In Cooperation with JOIN US! LAMDA 2015 is the Lebanese Association for Medical Diagnosis & Autoimmune Diseases showcase congress. It’s the perfect forum where colleagues and International experts can get together to present their investigations and translate them into tangible, take home knowledge. LAMDA Congress 2015 scientific program is organized in collaboration with the Lebanese Pulmonary Society, the Lebanese Society of Nuclear Medicine & the Lebanese & Turkish Societies of Radiology. A special session on food safety is jointly prepared with the Ministry of Public Health. The scientific committee planned a very comprehensive program catering for many specialties in medicine that will deliver state of the art lectures, workshops, panel discussions, interactive sessions, and clinical cases. Moreover, LAMDA supports its young community; the initiative “LAMDA Physicians of Tomorrow” will be launched during the congress for the young Doctors from different Lebanese medical schools who are willing to shape their future in their medical specialty. Undoubtedly, it will be a great opportunity to share the science with colleagues and friends and to benefit from the wide spectrum of medical topics to be discussed in this congress. We look forward to seeing you in this congress, mark your calendar and plan to join us. With my best regards, Georges Khalil, MD, PhD LAMDA President President of the congress President President Elect Georges KHALIL, MD, PhD Elie FARAH, MD Members Pierre ABI HANNA, MD Georges NAWFAL, MD Treasurer Georges AZZI, MD General Secretary Nada AYOUB, MD France Prof. Loïc Guillevin Turkey Germany Prof. Nevzat Karabulut Moritz Fischer, MD Mona SABA, MD Prof. Alfred Mahr Karim Bitar, MD Marc Abboud, MD Georges Azzi, MD Georges Nawfal, MD Marwan Haddad, MD Mona Saba, MD (LRS President) Charlotte Abou Elias, MD Mohamad Haidar, MD Mabel Aoun, MD Gilbert Helou, MD (LNMS President) Georges Saliba, MD (LOP-CME President, FMS-LU) Salma Sfeir, MD Mirna Waked, MD (LPS President) Pierre Abi Hanna, MD Chady Kallasy, MD Nadine Bassil, MD Hala Awar, MD Assaad Makdessi, MD Karmen Kassab, MD Nada Sfeir, MD Tony Abi El Hessen, MD Charles Haddad, MD Nada Ayoub, MD Hisham Ghrayzi, MD Jhonny Barakat, MD 15:00 – 17:00 Food Safety in Lebanon; a national perspective session • Practical issues to the public for food safety: “what you don't know can hurt you" Elie Farah, MD • Inspection and sampling procedures: employee certificate, results of laboratory sampling and major gaps in food establishments Atika Berri, MD (MOPH) • Food related diseases outbreak in Lebanon Nada Ghosn, MD & Ghassan Matar, PhD • Implementing HACCP at MGH Kitchen Mrs. Noura Tayara 17:30 Opening Ceremony • Lebanese National Anthem • Master of ceremony Nada Ayoub, MD LAMDA General Secretary • Welcome address Georges Khalil, MD, PhD LAMDA President & Congress Chairman • “We all have our own Mountain to climb" Inspirational Talk Mr. Michael Haddad • Launching of LAMDA “Physicians for Tomorrow” Initiative & Award Ceremony for young Lebanese Physicians from different medical schools 09:00 Registration desk open 09:30 - 11:00 “ Diagnose early...Treat early ” session • Rare non Infectious febrile diseases: Schnitzler syndrome, TRAPs,...? Georges Khalil, MD, PhD • Myocarditis: etiologies & diagnosis Marc Abboud, MD • Myelodysplasia: risk stratification Colette Hanna, MD • PET/CT in pulmonary nodules Maroun Karam, MD • Cellular regeneration: true or false?? Nada Ayoub, MD • Clostridium difficilae infection: the patient journey from suspicion to sustained cure Mona Saba, MD 11:00 – 11:30 Coffee Break 11:30 – 12:30 I’m prescribing L-Thyroxin for my hypothyroid patient: is it fine? • Thyroid disorders during pregnancy Hala Awar, MD • Update on the management of hypothyroidism (Supported by Merck Serono) Akram Eshtay, MD 12:30 - 13:00 • New multivitamins (Supported by Sanofi) Camile Aizarani, MD 13:00 – 14:00 Sessions in parallel ROOM “A” JOINT SESSION WITH THE LEBANESE ROOM “B” WORKSHOPS PULMONARY SOCIETY (COPD-ASTHMA) • Polysomnograhy/Sleep Apnea Jocelyne Sassine, MD • COPD: a new score for diagnosis? (Supported by Novartis) Mirna Waked, MD • Asthma: I read the newest guidelines but how to apply it in my daily practice? Diana Sassine, MD 14:00 – 15:00 Lunch Break 15:00 –16:00 Sessions in parallel ROOM “A” CARDIOMETABOLIC INTERACTIVE SESSION • SGLT2 Inhibitors on the move but how, when and for whom? (Supported by Astrazeneca) Elie Farah, MD • A single pill for better blood pressure control (Supported by Novartis) Mabel Aoun, MD 16:00 – 16:30 • The initiation of insulin therapy in type II diabetic patient (Supported by Novartis) Charlotte Abou Elias, MD ROOM “B” CLINICAL CASES • Clinical Cases on the initiation of insulin therapy in type II diabetic patient Charlotte Abou Elias, MD • A case report of refractory Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura - TTP Nadine Bassil, MD & Antony Saroufim, MD • Viral polyarthritis Georges Azzi, MD Sessions in parallel ROOM “A” INFLAMMATORY SESSION • New emerging therapies in rheumatoid arthritis evidence and future expectations Georges Saliba, MD • Management of Horton disease: not only steroids Tony Abi El Hessen, MD ROOM “B” CLINICAL CASES • An atypical case-scenario of ulcerative colitis in a young patient Rana Haddad, MD • T lymphoma smoldering as hemophagocytic syndrome Karim Bitar, MD 16:30 - 17:00 • Treating autoimmune diseases with medical devices Moritz Fischer, MD (Supported by Fresenius) 17:00 – 17:30 Coffee Break 17:30 – 19:00 Meet the Experts session - Crack Vasculitis • Vasculitis: classification and diagnosis Prof. Alfred Mahr • Vasculitis: update on the management Prof. Loïc Guillevin • Giant cell Arteritis (Horton’s disease): unusual presentations and management Prof. Alfred Mahr 08:30 Registration desk open 09:00 – 10:00 Sessions in parallel ROOM “A” ROOM “B” PARACLINICAL TOOLS SESSION: LABORATORY & RADIOLOGY WORKSHOP • Immunofluorescence in autoimmune diseases Mireille Zouain Dib-Nehme, MD • Puzzle the unpuzzled: PET scan in systemic diseases patients Mohamad Haidar, MD • DWIBS: oop’s, I missed it Georges Nawfal, MD • Vidéocapillaroscopie: mesure de l'index de pression systolique – IPS Chady Kallassy, MD • Reading an abdominal CT Scan Iskandar Daou, MD 10:00 – 10:30 “ Difficult but Easy ” • Systemic Sclerosis Prof. Loïc Guillevain 10:30 – 11:00 Coffee Break 11:00 – 12:15 Infectious diseases session • Infectious diseases: are you ready for updates? Pierre Abi Hanna, MD • Stop saying bacterial or viral, think fungal Gilbert Helou, MD Hepatitis: it is time for brainstorm • Treatment of Hepatitis B&C in immuno suppressed patients Paul Rassam, MD • Updates on the Hepatitis C treatment Antoine Abou Rached, MD 12:15 – 13:15 Interactive Session • Environmental toxins and chronic kidney disease Mabel Aoun, MD • Treatment of recurrent pericarditis: an update Salma Sfeir, MD 13:15 – 14:00 Lunch Break 14:00 –15:00 “ State of the Science ” Lecture • Behçet’s disease: from epidemiology to clinical practice Prof. Alfred Mahr 15:00 –16:30 Interactive workshop • My patient has diabetes and hypertension: Mmm let’s do something Marie Merheb, MD & Elie Farah, MD Feed Life with evidence based vitamins • Is there a role for vitamins in my everyday practice? Elie Farah, MD (Session supported by Boehringer Ingelheim) 14:00 –18:15 Joint Session with the Lebanese & Turkish Societies of Radiology Room “C” “RADIOLOGY IN LUNG DISEASES” 14:00 – 16:00 • How to write a manuscript Prof. Nevzat Karabulut • Imaging of cystic lung diseases Samer Abi-Khalil, MD • Imaging of pleural diseases Prof. Nevzat Karabulut 16:15 – 18:15 • Interstitial Lung Pneumonias: Overview Noel Aoun, MD • Predominant distribution of diffuse lung diseases: Physiologic correlates Prof. Nevzat Karabulut • Signs in Chest Imaging Prof. Aghiad Kutoubi • Interactive case discussion Prof. Nevzat Karabulut CLOSING REMARKS group International Center for Event Expertise Group t&f: +961 1 487855 / m: +961 71 113414 www.lamdalebanon.com [email protected] / [email protected]
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