28-29 January 2019 � Dubai World Trade Centre
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12th Paediatrics Conference. Agenda.
12.75 CME Points.
Theme: ‘New trends and innovations in Paediatrics’
What’s new: • Practical advice shared to support paediatric care when addressing complex case
presentations
• Now a two-day comprehensive and concise programme featuring top international
speakers
• Reduced price and special rates for Allied Healthcare Professionals, international members
of endorsing partner societies*
Key topics: • Neonatology
• Cardiology & Emergency Medicine
• Haematology/ Oncology
• Mental Health
• Surgery
• Neurology: Focus on epilepsy management
• Gastroenterology & Nutrition
• Adolescent Medicine
Who should attend: • Paediatricians
• Paediatric Consultants/Specialists
• Neonatologists
• Paediatric Surgeons
• Heads of Department: Paediatrics
• Paediatric Nurses
Benefits of attending: • Diagnose and manage complex or difficult neonatal-perinatal cases through interactive
case analysis
• Formulate a comprehensive treatment plan for children and adolescents with mood
disorders or aggressive behaviors
• Review the latest pharmacological therapies for the management of paediatric conditions
• Discuss successes and failures in paediatric development and share new evidence-based
interventions to integrate into your practice
• Debate new concepts in neonatal care and challenge current practices and procedures with
the goal of providing optimal care for your patients
• Determine the best course of action for your patient by assessing new paediatric
oncological treatment options available
*Allied Healthcare Professionals such as Nurses, Physiotherapists, Radiographers and Technicians can contact the Arab Health conference team on +971 4 408 2891 or [email protected] to find out more about the special rates. Valid company/employee identification with job designation will be required to avail the special rates.
Programme highlights:
Current thoughts about surgical management of gastroesophageal reflux in infants and children
Dr George W. Holcomb III, Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Paediatric Surgery; Director - Minimally
Invasive Surgery; Senior Vice-President, Katharine Berry Richardson Professor of Paediatric Surgery,
Medical Director - International Services, Children’s Mercy Hospital, Kansas City, Missouri, USA
Paediatric heart transplantation at Stanford: The 50-year story
Dr Seth Hollander, Clinical Associate Professor: Paediatric Cardiology & Medical Director, Cardiac
Transplant Program, Stanford Children's Health, Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford,
Stanford, California, USA
Dr David Rosenthal, Professor: Paediatric Cardiology & Director, Paediatric Heart Failure Program,
Stanford Children's Health, Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford, Stanford, California,
USA
Minimally-invasive paediatric surgery
Dr Paul Danielson, Chief - Division of Paediatric Surgery, Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital,
St Petersburg, Florida, USA
Accreditation statement:
The Cleveland Clinic Foundation Center for Continuing Education is accredited by the Accreditation
Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for
physicians.
The Cleveland Clinic Foundation Center for Continuing Education designates this live activity for a
maximum of 12.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit
commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Participants claiming CME credit from this activity may submit the credit hours to the American
Osteopathic Association for Category 2 credit.
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Day one | Monday, 28 January 2019.
08:00 Welcome coffee
09:00 Opening remarks
Dr Mohamed Hamdan, Assistant Professor Paediatrics, Columbia University College of
Physicians & Surgeons, New York, New York, USA; Consultant Paediatric Cardiologist & Co-
Director, KidsHeart Medical Centre, Dubai, UAE
Dr Rabi Hanna, Chairman: Department of Paediatric Haematology-Oncology & BMT,
Cleveland Clinic Children's Hospital, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Session 1: Neonatology Moderator: Dr Fares Chedid, Consultant Neonatologist & Chief of Paediatrics, Oasis Hospital, Al Ain, UAE
09:15 Optimising outcome in the delivery room: What can we do?
Dr Eyad Almidani, Associate Prof of Paediatrics, AlFaisal University; Consultant: Neonatal Critical Care;
Deputy, Editor in Chief, International Journal of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine; Director:
Neonatal Resuscitation Program, Department of Paediatrics, King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research
Center, Riyadh, KSA
09:45 Management of apnoea of prematurity: Beyond caffeine
Dr Rima Munla, Director: Neonatal Services, Al Zahra Hospital, Dubai, UAE
10:15 Trends in management of neonatal sepsis
Dr Zainab Malik, Consultant - Paediatric Infectious Diseases, Mediclinic City Hospital,
Dubai, UAE
10:45 Coffee break
Session 2: Cardiology and emergency medicine Moderator: Dr Mahmoud Al Soufi, Consultant Paediatric Cardiologist, Al Jalilah Children’s Hospital, Dubai, UAE
11:30 Cardiac surgery in the UAE: Al Jalila Children's Hospital experience
Dr Masakazu Nakao, Head: Heart Center of Excellence, Al Jalila Children's Specialty
Hospital, Dubai, UAE
12:00 Paediatric heart transplantation at Stanford: The 50-year story
Dr Seth Hollander, Clinical Associate Professor: Paediatric Cardiology & Medical Director,
Cardiac Transplant Program, Stanford Children's Health, Lucille Packard Children's Hospital
Stanford, Stanford, California, USA
12:30 2018 American heart guidelines for Kawasaki disease: What’s new? Dr Anas Abu Hazeem, Consultant Paediatric Cardiologist, KidsHeart Medical Center, Abu
Dhabi, UAE
13:00 Lunch break and visit exhibition
Session 3: Hematology/ oncology Moderator: Dr Rabi Hanna, Chairman: Department of Paediatric Haematology-Oncology & BMT,
Cleveland Clinic Children's Hospital, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
15:00 Clinical applications of stem cell transplantation
Dr John Cunningham, Chair - Department of Paediatrics, Physician-in-Chief, The University
of Chicago Medicine Comer Children's Hospital, Director, Hematopoietic Stem Cell
Transplantation, University of Chicago Hospitals, Chicago, Illinois, USA
15:30 Long-term outcome of children after cancer remission
Dr Timothy Cripe, Gordon Teter Endowed Chair in Paediatric Cancer, Chief - Division of
Haematology and Oncology, Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, Ohio, USA
16:00 New trends in the management of sickle cell disease
Dr Abdul Hafeez Siddiqui, Consultant in Paediatric Haematology-Oncology, American
Hospital, Dubai, UAE
Session 4: Mental health Moderator: Dr Abeer Khayat, Consultant & Head of Paediatrics, American Hospital, Dubai, UAE
16:30 Gastrointestinal link to autism: Hype or hope?
Dr Mohamad Miqdady, Chief - Paediatric Gastroenterology Hepatology & Nutrition, Sheikh
Khalifa Medical City, Abu Dhabi, UAE
17:00 ADHD: A disorder across the life span
Dr Zeinab Alloub, Consultant Neurodevelopmental Paediatrician, Al Jalila Children's
Specialty Hospital, Dubai, UAE
17:30 Mental disorders in adolescents
Dr Jennifer Katzenstein, Director of Psychology & Neuropsychology, Johns Hopkins
Children’s Hospital, St Petersburg, Florida, USA
18:00 End of day one
Day two | Tuesday, 29 January 2019.
08:00 Welcome coffee
08:45 Opening remarks
Dr Mohamed Hamdan, Assistant Professor Paediatrics, Columbia University College of
Physicians & Surgeons, New York, New York, USA; Consultant Paediatric Cardiologist & Co-
Director, KidsHeart Medical Centre, Dubai, UAE
Dr Rabi Hanna, Chairman: Department of Paediatric Haematology-Oncology & BMT,
Cleveland Clinic Children's Hospital, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Session 5: Paediatric surgery Moderator: Dr Hussein Naji, Consultant Paediatric Surgeon, Mediclinic Parkview Hospital, Dubai,
UAE
09:00 Minimally-invasive paediatric surgery
Dr Paul Danielson, Chief - Division of Paediatric Surgery, Johns Hopkins All Children's
Hospital, St Petersburg, Florida, USA
09:30 Management of scoliosis: Where do we stand?
Dr Benjamin Roye, Assistant Professor Orthopaedic Surgery, Paediatric Orthopaedics and
Spinal Deformity, Columbia University and New-York Presbyterian Hospital, Morgan Stanley
Children’s Hospital of New York, New York City, New York, USA
10:00 Hydrocephalus: Evolution of treatment from VP shunts to ETV
Dr George Jallo, Clinical Practice Director of Paediatric Neurosurgery, Johns Hopkins All
Children's Hospital; Professor of Neurosurgery, Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital, St
Petersburg, Florida, USA
10:30 Coffee break
Session 6: Neurology: Focus on epilepsy management Moderator: Dr Yaser Nakhlawi, Consultant and Head of Paediatrics, Al Zahra Private Hospital, Dubai, UAE
11:15 Genetic diagnosis in childhood epilepsy - A 'label' or 'signpost'?
Dr Arif Khan, Founding CEO & Consultant Paediatric Neurologist, Neuropedia Children’s
Neuroscience Center, Dubai, UAE
11:45 Utilising vagus nerve stimulation surgery in refractory epilepsy
Dr Ahmed T. Abdelmoity, Professor of Paediatric Neurology; Director - Division of
Neurology; Chief - Section of Epilepsy and Neurophysiology, Children’s Mercy Hospital,
Kansas City, Missouri, USA
12:15 New trends in medical management of epilepsy
Dr Aman Sohal, Clinical Director & Co-founder, Consultant Paediatric Neurologist,
Neuropedia - Neuroscience Center, Dubai, UAE
12:45 Lunch break and visit exhibition
Session 7: Gastroenterology and nutrition Moderator: Dr Rabi Hanna, Chairman: Department of Paediatric Haematology-Oncology & BMT,
Cleveland Clinic Children's Hospital, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
14:45 Innovations in surgical management of gastroesophageal reflux disease
Dr George W. Holcomb III, Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Paediatric Surgery; Director -
Minimally Invasive Surgery; Senior Vice-President, Katharine Berry Richardson Professor of
Paediatric Surgery, Medical Director - International Services, Children’s Mercy Hospital,
Kansas City, Missouri, USA
15:15 Common gastroenterology disorders: Myths and facts
Dr Carlo di Lorenzo, Robert F. and Edgar T. Wolfe Foundation Endowed Chair in Paediatric
Gastroenterology, Chief, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition,
Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, Ohio, USA
15:45 Update on paediatric liver transplantation Dr Ruba Azzam, Associate Professor of Paediatrics; Director of Paediatric Hepatology;
Medical Director - Paediatric Liver Transplant Program, University of Chicago Hospitals,
Chicago, Illinois, USA
16:15 Discussion & Q&A
Session 8: Adolescent medicine Moderator: Dr Mohamed Hamdan, Assistant Professor Paediatrics, Columbia University College of
Physicians & Surgeons, New York, New York, USA; Consultant Paediatric Cardiologist & Co-Director,
KidsHeart: Medical Centre, Dubai, UAE
16:30 Paediatric origin of adult diseases Dr Jennifer Katzenstein, Director of Psychology & Neuropsychology, Johns Hopkins Children’s Hospital, St Petersburg, Florida, USA
17:00 Vaccines for teens Dr Ruba Rizk, Consultant: Paediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, Al Jalila Children's Specialty
Hospital, Dubai, UAE
17:30 Adolescents and Young Adults (AYA) with Cancer - challenges and opportunities Dr Rabi Hanna, Chairman: Department of Paediatric Haematology-Oncology & BMT,
Cleveland Clinic Children's Hospital, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
18:00 End of conference
Speaker faculty. Activity director:
Dr Rita M. Pappas, Chair - Paediatric Institute; Physician-in-Chief, Cleveland Clinic Children’s;
President, Cleveland Clinic Children’s Hospital for Rehabilitation Staff, Paediatric Hospital
Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Local chair:
Dr Mohamed Hamdan, Assistant Professor Paediatrics, Columbia University College of
Physicians & Surgeons, New York, New York, USA; Consultant Paediatric Cardiologist & Co-
Director, KidsHeart: Medical Centre, Dubai, UAE
Scientific committee:
Dr Abeer Khayat, Chief: Paediatrics, American Hospital Dubai, Dubai, UAE
Dr Jalal Abu-Shaweesh, Associate Professor - Department of Neonatology, Cleveland Clinic,
Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Dr Ruba Rizk, Consultant: Paediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, Al Jalila Children's Specialty
Hospital, Dubai, UAE
Speakers:
Dr Abdul Hafeez Siddiqui, Consultant in Paediatric Haematology-Oncology, American
Hospital, Dubai, UAE
Dr Ahmed T. Abdelmoity, Professor of Paediatric Neurology; Director - Division of Neurology;
Chief - Section of Epilepsy and Neurophysiology, Children’s Mercy Hospital, Kansas City,
Missouri, USA
Dr Aman Sohal, Clinical Director & Co-founder, Consultant Paediatric Neurologist, Neuropedia
- Neuroscience Center, Dubai, UAE
Dr Anas Abu Hazeem, Consultant Paediatric Cardiologist, KidsHeart Medical Center, Abu
Dhabi, UAE
Dr Arif Khan, Founding CEO & Consultant Paediatric Neurologist, Neuropedia Children’s
Neuroscience Center, Dubai, UAE
Dr Benjamin Roye, Assistant Professor Orthopaedic Surgery, Paediatric Orthopaedics and
Spinal Deformity, Columbia University and New-York Presbyterian Hospital, Morgan
Stanley Children’s Hospital of New York, New York City, New York, USA
Dr Carlo di Lorenzo, Dr Carlo di Lorenzo, Robert F. and Edgar T. Wolfe Foundation Endowed
Chair in Paediatric Gastroenterology, Chief, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and
Nutrition, Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, Ohio
Dr Eyad Almidani, Associate Prof of Paediatrics, Alfaisal University; Consultant: Neonatal Critical Care;
Deputy, Editor in Chief, International Journal of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine; Director:
Neonatal Resuscitation Program, Department of Paediatrics, King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research
Center, Riyadh, KSA
Dr Fares Chedid, Consultant Neonatologist & Chief of Paediatrics, Oasis Hospital, Al Ain, UAE
Dr George Jallo, Clinical Practice Director of Paediatric Neurosurgery, Johns Hopkins All
Children's Hospital; Professor of Neurosurgery, Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital, St
Petersburg, Florida, USA
Dr George W. Holcomb III, Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Paediatric Surgery; Director -Minimally
Invasive Surgery; Senior Vice-President, Katharine Berry Richardson Professor of Paediatric
Surgery, Medical Director - International Services, Children’s Mercy Hospital, Kansas City,
Missouri, USA
Dr Hatem El Shanti, Professor of Paediatrics and Medical Genetics, University of Jordan,
Amman, Jordan
Dr Hussein Naji, Consultant Paediatric Surgeon, Mediclinic Parkview Hospital, Dubai, UAE
Dr Jennifer Katzenstein, Director of Psychology & Neuropsychology, Johns Hopkins
Children’s Hospital, St Petersburg, Florida, USA
Dr John Cunningham, Chair - Department of Paediatrics, Physician-in-Chief, The University of
Chicago Medicine Comer Children's Hospital, Director, Hematopoietic Stem Cell
Transplantation, University of Chicago Hospitals, Chicago, Illinois, USA
Dr Mahmoud Al Soufi, Consultant Paediatric Cardiologist, Al Jalilah Children’s Hospital, Dubai, UAE
Dr Masakazu Nakao, Head: Heart Center of Excellence, Al Jalila Children's Specialty
Hospital, Dubai, UAE
Dr Mohamad Miqdady, Chief, Paediatric Gastroenterology Hepatology & Nutrition, Sheikh
Khalifa Medical City, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Dr Paul Danielson, Chief - Division of Paediatric Surgery, Johns Hopkins All Children's
Hospital, St Petersburg, Florida, USA
Dr Rabi Hanna, Chairman: Department of Paediatric Haematology-Oncology & BMT, Cleveland
Clinic Children's Hospital, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Dr Rima Munla, Director: Neonatal Services, Al Zahra Hospital, Dubai, UAE
Dr Ruba Azzam, Associate Professor of Paediatrics; Director of Paediatric Hepatology; Medical
Director - Paediatric Liver Transplant Program, University of Chicago Hospitals, Chicago,
Illinois, USA
Dr Seth Hollander, Clinical Associate Professor: Paediatric Cardiology & Medical Director,
Cardiac Transplant Program, Stanford Children's Health, Lucille Packard Children's Hospital
Stanford, Stanford, California, USA
Dr Timothy Cripe, Gordon Teter Endowed Chair in Paediatric Cancer, Chief - Division of
Haematology and Oncology, Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, Ohio, USA
Dr Yaser Nakhlawi, Consultant and Head of Paediatrics, Al Zahra Private Hospital, Dubai,
UAE
Dr Zainab Malik, Consultant - Paediatric Infectious Diseases, Mediclinic City Hospital, Dubai,
UAE
Dr Zeinab Alloub, Consultant Neurodevelopmental Paediatrician, Al Jalila Children's
Specialty Hospital, Dubai, UAE
Faculty disclosure:
The Cleveland Clinic Foundation Center for Continuing Education has implemented a policy to
comply with the current Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education Standards for
Commercial Support requiring resolution of all faculty conflicts of interest. Faculty declaring a
relevant commercial interest will be identified in the activity syllabus.
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AAA 4,500 1,225
Paediatrics
1-day package 1,200 327 1,500 409 1,800 491
2-day package 2,200 599 2,500 681 2,800 763
Total Radiology
1-day package 650 177 850 232 1,100 300
2-day package 850 231 1,050 286 1,300 354
3-day package 1,050 286 1,250 341 1,500 409
4-day package 1,350 368 1,550 423 1,800 491
Orthopaedics
1-day package 1,600 436 1,800 491 2,100 572
2-day package 2,500 681 2,700 736 3,000 817
3-day package 3,000 817 3,200 872 3,500 954
4-day package 3,300 899 3,500 954 3,800 1,035
Surgery
1-day package 1,600 436 1,800 491 2,100 572
2-day package 2,500 681 2,700 736 3,000 817
3-day package 3,000 817 3,200 872 3,500 954
4-day package 3,300 899 3,500 954 3,800 1,035
Obs & Gyne
1-day package 1,200 327 1,500 409 1,800 491
2-day package 2,200 599 2,500 681 2,800 763
3-day package 2,700 735 3,000 817 3,300 899
4-day package 3,000 817 3,300 899 3,600 981
Gastroenterology
1-day package 1,600 436 1,800 491 2,100 572
2-day package 2,500 681 2,700 736 3,000 817
Diabetes
1-day package 1,200 327 1,500 409 1,800 491
2-day package 2,200 599 2,500 681 2,800 763
Public Health
1-day package 1,600 436 1,800 491 2,100 572
2-day package 2,500 681 2,700 736 3,000 817
Anaesthesia
1-day package 1,600 436 1,800 491 2,100 572
2-day package 2,500 681 2,700 736 3,000 817
Emergency Medicine
1-day package 1,600 436 1,800 491 2,100 572
2-day package 2,500 681 2,700 736 3,000 817
Quality Management
1-day package 1,600 436 1,800 491 2,100 572
2-day package 2,500 681 2,700 736 3,000 817
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