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GULF MEDICAL UNIVERSITY, AJMAN
AND
PURE SPOT – CONGRESS & EVENT ORGANIZERS
Announces
AJMAN HEALTHCARE SUMMIT, 2015
ADVANCES IN MEDICINE CONNECTING SCIENCE,
INNOVATION
&
POLICY FOR A HEALTHY NATION
MARCH 5 - 7, 2014
KEMPINSKI HOTEL, AJMAN – UAE
SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM
Day 1 - Thursday, 5 March 2015
8:30 - 9:30
Registrations
9:30 - 10:00
Nutrition Guidelines based on Personality Types and the Interpersonal
needs
Prof. Alain Golay
Switzerland
10:00 – 10:30 Nutrition in Type 1 Diabetes, Current ADA Guidelines
Prof. Amy Fischl
USA
10:30 – 11:00 Opening Ceremony
11:00 – 11:15 Tea Break
11:15 – 11:45 Is "Participatory Action Research" an ideal way to translate knowledge
into practice for Obesity Prevention & Management? Lessons learned from
Scotland & India.
Dr. Amudha S Poobalan
Division of Applied Health Science
University of Aberdeen – UK
11:45 – 12:15 Bariatric Surgery in UAE, RCDR Experience & Call for Local Policy.
Dr. Salah Abusnana
Professor and Consultant Endocrinologist
Chief Medical Officer at RCDR – UAE
12:15 – 12:45 Modern Bariatric Approach for Management of Obesity & Type 2 Diabetes
Dr. Mahir Khalil Jallo
Associate Professor and Consultant Endocrinologist
Gulf Medical University – UAE
12:45 – 13:00 Q & A Session
13:00 – 14:00 Lunch Break
14:00 – 14:30 International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health in
Metabolic Disorders
Dr. Hamzeh. jAwad
Research and Program Development Manager at Prince Sultan bin
Abdul-Aziz Humanitarian and Rehabilitation City - Saudi Arabia
14:30 – 15:00 Practical Approach to Cardiovascular Risks Managements in CKD
patients.
Dr. Bassam Alchi
Consultant Nephrologist at BMI Healthcare &Fellow of Higher Education
Academy University of Cambridge – UK
15:00 – 15:30 Fewer Diabetes Shots? The 2015 GLP1 in UAE.
Eli Lilly - Sponsored Plenary Sessions
15:30 – 16:00 Therapeutic Approaches to Combined Hyperlipidemia with Low HDL.
Abbot - Sponsored Plenary Sessions
16:00 – 16:15 Break
16:15 – 17:00 Oral Presentations
1. The Versatility of Amplatzer Duct Occluder II - an occluder for many
shunt lesions
Dr. RajasekaranPremSekar,
Department of Pediatric Cardiology,
Kauvery Hospital, Chennai – India
2. Saudi Arabian mothers' child feeding practices, autonomy, and
concern about child weight
Dr. Iman HAlmarhoon,
University of Idaho,Saudi Arabia
3. Assessment of adipokines relationships with cardiovascular risk
markers in relation to body indices in normoglycemic males
Syed Shahid Habib
King Khalid University Hospital King Saud University
Saudi Arabia
4. The effects of central obesity, can influence respiratory mechanics
regardless of BMI
Ahmed Mohammed Elmansoury
GMC Hospital, Ajman – UAE
5. Triglycerides and glucose index to predict type 2 diabetes: the Isfahan Diabetes
Prevention Study:
Mohsen Janghorbani,
Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Iran
Day 2 - Friday, 6 March 2015
9:30 – 10:00
Prevention of Type 2 Diabetes, Lesson from the Finnish Program
Prof. JaakkoTuomilehto – FINLAND
10:00 – 10:30 Gestational Diabetes from Screening to Management, Recent Guidelines
& UAE Experience
Dr. Bashir TahaSalih
Consultant Physician –
Chief of Obstetric Medicine at Corniche Hospital- Abu Dhabi – UAE
10:30 – 11:00 Update in Dyslipidemia Management in 2015
Dr Pradeep Kumar Gupta
Professor and Consultant Cardiologist
Saif Hospital – RAK –UAE
11:00 – 11:15 Break
11:15 – 11:45 ABCDE, Personalized Strategy for the Management of Type 2 Diabetes
Prof. Paolo Pozzilli – ITALY
11:45 – 12:15 Atrial Fibrillation: From Rhythm Control to Outcome Improvement
Dr. Ehab Moheyeldin Esheiba
Assistant Professor and Specialist Cardiologist
Gulf Medical University – UAE
12:15 – 14:00 Prayer & Lunch
14:00 – 14:30 Combination of Triple Therapy in Hypertension: for Whom and When?
Dr. Omar Hallak– Novortis, Sponsored Plenary Sessions
Chief Interventional Cardiology at American Hospital – Dubai – UAE
14:30 – 15:00 Incretin Therapy: A State of the Art Review, Focus on EDEG Study: A local
data with Vildagliptin. –Novortis, Sponsored Plenary Sessions
Dr. Mahir Khalil Jallo
Associate Professor and Consultant Endocrinologist
Gulf Medical University – UAE
15:00 – 15:15 Break
15:15 – 15:45 Novel Oral Anticoagulants for Treatment of Deep Venous Thrombosis and
Pulmonary Embolism: An Update
Dr. Amrish Agrawal
Consultant, Cardiologist Fujairah Hospital MOH Fujairah – UAE
15:45 –16:15 Thyroid Disorders
Management
in
Diabetic
Nephropathy,
Consequences
&
Dr. Manish Tripathi
Specialist Nephrologist
Gulf Medical College Hospital – UAE
16:15 – 16:45 Oral Presentations
1) Comparing Socio- Demographic, Health Related, and Biochemical
Factors Associated with Metabolic Syndrome (MetS) between
Adolescents from Two Arab Countries
Abdulwahab Nasser Al-Isa,
Associate Professor, Kuwait University, Kuwait
2) A health check-up with individual lifestyle coaching towards a lowcarb diet and combined endurance and resistance training can
substantially lower diabetes risk in patients with pre-diabetes - the PF
study
Johannes G. Scholl,
Prevention First Ruedesheim
Dr. Scholl Prevention First GmbH, Germany
3) The present study was carried out to assess the effects of community
nutrition intervention based on advocacy approach on malnutrition
status among school-aged children in Shiraz, Iran
Hassan Joulaei,
Health Policy Research Center,
Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Iran
Day 3 - Saturday, 7 March 2015
9:00 – 9:30
Retinopathy of Prematurity
Dr. Prasan Rao, MS, FRCS
Specialist Ophthalmologist &Vitreoretinal Surgeon
MEDICLINIC WELCARE HOSPITAL
9:30 – 10:00
Pediatric Cardiac Emergency
Dr. Ahmed Kamali
Consultant Paediatric Cardiologist
Dubai Hospital
10:00 – 10:30 Inborn errors of metabolism in UAE: Uncovering the true story
Prof. Zareen Fasih
Consultant A, Neonatologist and Pediatrician,
GMC, Ajman
10:30 – 11:00 Surgical Management of Endometriosis
Dr. Sana Abbassi
SHEIKH KHALIFA HOSPITAL, AJMAN
11:00 – 11:15 Break
11:15 – 11:40 Endometriosis and infertility management
Dr. Mohamed Elkalyoubi
MBBCh. MSc. Dip Gyn Endoscopy. MRANZCOG. FRCOG
Consultant Obstetrics, Gynecology & Assisted Reproduction
Dubai Gynecology and Fertility Centre
11:40 – 12:05 Heterotopic Pregnancy – A case report with a review of literature
Dr. Mawahib Abd Salman Al Biate
Head of Department, Gynecology
GMCH, Ajman – UAE
12:05 – 12:30 Caesarean Delivery on Maternal Request - Ethical and Medical
Considerations
Dr. Prashanth Hegde
Medical Director and Administrative Head,
Clinical Associate Professor & Specialist
GMCH, Ajman – UAE
12:30 – 12:55 Prenatal Care Pathway
Dr. Shahnaz Shah
Chief of Services,
Corniche Hospital Dept of Ob Gyn
Abu Dhabi
12:55 – 13:20 Origin of Health and Diseases
Dr. Shamsa Al Awar
President UAE society of Ob/Gyn, EMA
HOD Women's Health Institute,
Al Ain Hospital, Al Ain, UAE
13:20 – 13:45 Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy.
Dr. Kauser Mansoor,
Dept of OB/GYN,
Al Qassimi Hospital
13:45
LUNCH & END OF SESSION