Continuing Medical Education Office
47th MEMA
May 7-9, 2015
Program
Thursday May 7, 2015
Issam Fares Hall
Regional Oncology Session: NON-CME
14:00 – 17:00
Opening Ceremony
17:00 – 18:00
Opening Ceremony speeches and keynote speaker
18:00 – 18:10
Opening of the exhibit area
18:10 – 19:30
Reception
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Continuing Medical Education Office
Friday May 8, 2015
Issam Fares Hall
SESSION I:
Head & Neck and Lung Cancer
09:00 - 09:45
Khalil Abu Feisal Lectureship: Beyond the Oncogenome of Lung
Cancer
Dr. Fadlo Khuri, Emory
09:45 - 10:00
Questions and answers
10:00 - 10:30
Next Generation Sequencing for Lung Cancer: From Specimen to
Result
Dr. Charles Hill- Emory
10:30 - 10:45
COFFEE BREAK
10:45 - 11:30
Role of induction chemotherapy in locally advanced Head and Neck
cancers – A Debate
Dr. Fadlo Khuri & Dr. Walter Curran- Emory
11:30 - 12:00
Approaches to local control in lung cancer
Dr. Nabil Rizk- MSKCC
12:00 - 13:00
LUNCH BREAK
SESSION II:
13:00- 13:45
Wilder-Penfield Memorial Lecture
Dr. Nada Jabado
13:45 – 14:00
Questions and answers
CNS Malignancies
14:00 – 14:30
Novel therapies in pediatric brain tumors
Dr. Amar Gajjar- SJCRH
14:30 - 15:00
Novel approaches in Radiation therapy for CNS tumors
Dr. Tom Merchant-SJCRH
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15:00 - 15:30
Medulloblastoma: Molecular and Clinical Risk Refine Modern
Treatment
Dr. Amar Gajjar- SJCRH
15:30 – 16:00 COFFEE BREAK
16:00 - 16:30
Advanced imaging of brain tumors
Dr. Dima Hammoud- NIH
16:30 - 17:00
Classification of Brain Tumors: Pitfalls and Diagnostic approaches
Dr. Tarek Tihan-UCSF
Hisham Jaroudi Auditorium
Pharmacists’ role in Chemotherapy Safe Medication Practices by Medication
Use Process
09:30 - 9:50
Development and Validation of Order Sets
Ms. Therese Saad, AUBMC
09:50 - 10:10
Safe Handling “USP 800” Chapter
Dr. Ulfat Usta, AUBMC
10:10 – 10:30
Management of chemotherapy Drug-Drug interactions
Dr. Cyrine Haidar, SJCRH
10:30 - 11:00
Management of chemotherapy Side Effects
Dr. Cyrine Haidar, SJCRH
11:00 – 11:30
COFFEE BREAK
Nutrition Workshop
Moderators: Dr. Khalil Helou
11:30 – 11:50
Diet and cancer prevention
Ms. Jana Jabbour
11:50 – 12:35
Spectrum of therapy from early intervention till palliative care
Ms. Marwa Hassan
12:35 – 13:05
TBA
Dr. Thalia Arawi
13:05 – 13:15
Q&A: An interactive session
Ms. Jana Jabbour
13:15 – 14:30
LUNCH BREAK
Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy in Breast Cancer
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14:30 – 14:45
SLNB: Indications
Dr. Eman Sbaity
14:45 – 15:00
SLNB: Surgical Technique: Tips and tricks
Dr. Jaber Abbas
15:00 – 15:30
Live transmission from AUBMC Operating Room
15:30 – 15:45
SLNB: Role of preoperative lymphoscintigraphy
Dr. Mohammad Haidar
15:45- 16:00
SLNB: Pathologic assessment of the SLN
Dr. Fouad Boulos
16:00 – 16:30
Live transmission from AUBMC Operating Room
16:30 – 16:45
SLNB: Controversies
Dr. Mahmoud El Tamer
16:45 – 17:00 SLNB: When is completion ALND necessary ?
Dr. Faek Jamali
Saturday May 9, 2015
Issam Fares Hall
SESSION III:
09:00- 09:45
Afif Nsouli Memorial Lecture: Spine Tumors
Dr. Patrick Hitchon
09:45 – 10:00 Questions and answers
GU Malignancies
10:00 – 10:30
Novel Hybrid Imaging Techniques in Prostate Cancer
Dr. Gustav Von Schulthess – Zurich
10:30 - 11:00
Surgical Approaches to Prostate Cancer
Dr. Jihad Kaouk – CCF
11:00 - 11:20
COFFEE BREAK
11:20 - 11:50
Castrate resistant prostate cancer: Controversies in therapeutic
approaches
Dr. Susan Slovin - MSKCC
11:50 – 12:20
Muscle invasive bladder cancer
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Dr. Jihad Kaouk – CCF
12:20 - 13:30
LUNCH BREAK
SESSION IV:
GI Malignancies
13:30- 14:15
Naji Sahyoun Memorial Lecture: Dissecting the Cancer Epigenome
for Biological and Translational Implications
Dr. Stephan Baylin
14:15 – 14:30
Questions and answers
14:30 - 15:15
GI precise medicine: Facts and fantasies
Dr. Ghassan Abou-Alfa - MSKCC
15:15 - 15:45
Multidisciplinary management of hepatobiliary and pancreatic cancers
Dr. Ghassan Abou-Alfa- MSKCC
15:45 – 16:15
Novel therapeutics for advanced pancreas cancer
Dr. Eileen O’Reilly - MSKCC
16:15 - 16:30
COFFEE BREAK
16:30 - 17:00
Sphincter Preservation in colorectal cancer
Dr. Emre Gorgun - CCF
17:00 - 17:30
Robotic Surgery for Rectal Cancer
Dr. Emre Gorgun - CCF
Hisham Jaroudi Auditorium
Nursing Workshop
09:00 – 09:30
Sleep disturbances’ treatment in patients with cancer
Mr. Ammar Zahreddine, MSN, RN
09:30 – 10:10
Communication strategies - Truth Telling/Dealing with difficult
situations
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Dr. Michel Kallash El Khoury
10:10 - 10:30
Quality of care and relationships as reported by children with cancer
and their parents
Ms. Rania Mosleh, MSN, RN
10:30 – 10:50
Tools for reducing central line associated blood stream infections
Mr. Kamal Zahran
10:50 – 11:00
Panel Discussion
The planning committee and the presenter(s) declare no conflict of interest including financial
interest in product or company; direct research support, or other form of potential bias.
This activity is commercially supported by ‘’ company’’ with no endorsement of company
product.
American University Of Beirut Medical Center Is Accredited As A Provider Of Continuing Nursing Education
By The American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.
11:00 – 13:30
LUNCH BREAK
Care for Patients with Solid Tumors in Primary Care: From Screening to
Post-treatment Care
13:30 – 14:00
Lung Cancer
Dr. Rasha Hseiki
14:00 – 14:30
Colon Cancer
Dr. Rasha Hseiki
14:30 – 15:00
Prostate Cancer
Dr. Mona Osman
15:00 – 15:30
Bladder Cancer
Dr. Mona Osman
15:30 – 15:45
Questions and answers
Jaber Sawaya Lecture Hall
Cancer in Lebanon: NON-CME
11:00 – 11:30
Cancer epidemiology in Lebanon
11:30 – 12:00
The current provisions for Cancer in Lebanon (MOH, NSSF, public
providers, private insurance)
12:00 – 12:30
How to pay for cancer care in the future (due to the increasing cost of
the medications)
12:30 – 13:00
The experience of other countries in this respect (30 minutes)
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Continuing Medical Education Office
13:00 – 13:45
Panel discussion on Cancer in Lebanon
Post MEMA Workshops
Registration Fee: $75
LOP CME only
Monday May 11, 2015
Jaber Sawaya Lecture Hall
Neuropathology Workshop
08:30 - 10:30
The changing face of gliomas and their pathological interpretation
10:30 - 11:00
Coffee Break
11:00 - 13:00
Case discussion
13:00 - 14:00 Lunch Break
14:00 - 15:00
Pathology of brain tumors- classical entities
15:00 - 17:00
Case discussion
Tuesday, May 12, 2015
Jaber Sawaya Lecture Hall
Neuropathology Workshop
08:30 - 09:00 Brief quiz on pediatric and adult gliomas
09:00 – 10:30 Review of diagnostic criteria in specific gliomas subcategories
10:30 – 11:00 Coffee Break
11:00 - 13:00
Case discussions
13:00 – 14:00 Lunch Break
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14:00 – 17:00
Consultations- cases brought by participants
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