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The 7th Middle East Gastroenterology Conference will provide a forum for all gastroenterologists, internal medicine specialists and haepatologists within the region to exchange ideas, discuss innovative methods and review new developments within the field of gastroenterology. Topics within this year’s conference programme have been carefully selected to address the gaps in knowledge of gastroenterologists within the region. The program addresses the hottest topics within hepatology, liver surgery, inflammatory bowel disease, endoscopy and gastroenterology. With a particular focus on hepatitis B and C, as well as new medications on the market and innovative surgical techniques. With an eclectic mix of international and regional speakers and an exciting new programme format, including interactive panel discussions and case presentations, the 7th edition of this conference is not to be missed.
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Key topics: •Hepatology
•Liversurgery
•Inflammatoryboweldisease
•Endoscopy
•Gastroenterology
Benefits of attending: •ExplorethedifferencesincancerscreeningbetweentheUAEandtheUSA
•Evaluateendoscopicfindingsincoeliacdisease
•Identifywhatisnewinlivertransplants
•ReviewadvancedendoscopyinBarrett’sdisease
•Critiquesurgicalproceduresininflammatoryboweldisease
7thMiddleEastGastroenterology Conference28-29January2015Dubai International Convention & Exhibition Centre
26-29January2015Dubai International Convention & Exhibition Centre
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Dr Salem Awad SabihConference Chair7th Middle East Gastroenterology Conference Arab Health Congress 2015
Dr Naim Alkhouri Activity Director 7th Middle East Gastroenterology Conference Arab Health Congress 2015
Dear Healthcare Professional,
As the conference Chair and Activity Director for the 7th Middle East Gastroenterology Conference, we are pleased to present you with another action-packed two-day programme, taking place on 28-29 January 2015 at the Dubai International Convention & Exhibition Centre.
As an established part of the Arab Health Congress and provided by Cleveland Clinic, the 7th Middle East Gastroenterology Conference is one of a handful of events in the region to offer Continuing Medical Education (CME) to attending medical professionals via its scientific exchange.
This year’s programme features insightful case presentations from the world’s leading gastroenterologists and is designed to provide the audience with a unique opportunity to hear about the latest medications, advanced surgical procedures and the newest technologies being used in the field of gastroenterology.
We look forward to welcoming you to the 7th Middle East Gastroenterology Conference in January.
Yours sincerely,
Who should attend• Gastroenterologists
• Internists
• Hepatologists
• Internal medicine specialists
• Endoscopists
Accreditation statement The Cleveland Clinic Foundation Center for Continuing Education is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
The Cleveland Clinic Foundation Center for Continuing Education designates this live activity for a maximum of 15 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM. 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.
P.S. Contact the Arab Health Congress registration team directly to learn more about group discounts and early bird rates. Call +971 4 336 7334 or email [email protected].
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DAY oNe: Wednesday, 28 January 2015
08:50 Chairpersons opening remarks Dr Salem Awadh Sabih, Consultant Gastroenterologist and Hepatologist, Advanced Centre for Day Care Surgery, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Dr Naim Alkhouri, Staff, Digestive Disease Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
SESSION 1: HEPATOLOGY I
09:00 Hepatitis C genotype 4 approach in the Middle East Dr Gamal Esmat, Director of the Viral Hepatitis Treatment Centres, Ministry of Health, Cairo, Egypt
09:20 Hepatitis C Genotype 1-3 treatment in the USA: New tools in the hepatologist’s armamentarium Dr Naim Alkhouri, Staff, Digestive Disease Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
09:40 Invasive versus non-invasive methods for evaluating liver fibrosis Dr Salem Awadh Sabih, Consultant Gastroenterologist and Hepatologist, Advanced Centre for Day Care Surgery, Abu Dhabi, UAE Dr Nigel Beejay, Consultant Gastroenterologist, Advanced Centre for Day Care Surgery, Abu Dhabi, UAE
10:00 Use of liver support system in the critically ill patient Dr Chris Willars, Consultant, Liver Intensive Care Unit, King’s College Hospital, London, UK
10:20 An update on autoimmune liver disease Dr William Carey, Staff, Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Director, Centre for Continuing Education, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
10:40 CASE PRESENTATION: Liver disease for discussion Dr Ali El Sayed, Consultant Hepatologist, Al Noor Hospital, Abu Dhabi, UAE
11:00 coffee BreAK
SESSION 2: HEPATOLOGY II
11:30 STATE-OF-THE-ART LECTURE: Integration of healthcare information technology into GI/ hepatology practice Dr Jonathan Schaffer, Managing Director of eCleveland Clinic, Information Technology Division, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
11:50 Post liver transplant medical treatment Dr Mohamed Al Zaabi, Scientific Committee Chairman, EGHS, Liver Transplant Specialist, Zayed Military Hospital, Abu Dhabi, UAE
12:10 Liver transplant: Who to transplant? How sick is too sick? Dr Chris Willars, Consultant, Liver Intensive Care Unit, King’s College Hospital, London, UK
12:30 Living related liver transplant, what’s new? Dr Anwar Jarrad, Consultant Hepatology and Gastroenterology, Jordan Hospital, Amman, Jordan
12:40 Living related liver transplant; 21 years of experience Prof Ibrahim Mostafa, Vice President, Professor of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, Theodor Bilharz Research Institute, Giza, Egypt
12:50 Non cirrhotic portal hypertension Dr Kaiser Raja, Transplant Hepatology and Gastroenterology, Chief Hepatologist - Global Integrated Liver Care Team, BGS Global Hospitals, Bangalore, India
13:10 Bacterial translocation in cirrhosis Dr Jose Such, Staff Physician, Digestive Disease Institute, Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, UAE
13:30 CASE PRESENTATIONS:
Cases from ACDS; The use of new regimens in Hepatitis C Dr Salem Awadh Sabih, MBCH, FRCP, Consultant Gastroenterologist and Hepatologist, Advanced Centre for Day Care Surgery, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Portal hypertension and TIPS Ahmed Refai, Consultant Gastroenterologist, Mafraq Hospital, Abu Dhabi, UAE
13:50 LUNcH
SESSION 3: LIVER AND GIT
14:50 Hepatectomy in liver cancer Dr Mohammed Zaman, Hepatobiliary and Transplant Surgeon, Sheikh Khalifa Medical City, Abu Dhabi, UAE
15:10 The role of radiology in liver cancer Dr Assim Khawaja, Consultant Interventional Radiologist, Sheikh Khalifa Medical City, Abu Dhabi, UAE
15:30 Hepatitis B in pregnancy and in childhood Dr Naim Alkhouri, Staff, Digestive Disease Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
15:50 coffee BreAK
16:20 Management of early oesophageal cancer Dr Azzam Qayasi, Consultant Gastroenterologist, Qayasi Medical Centre, Dubai, UAE
16:40 Endoscopic management of biliary and pancreatic disease Dr Mazen Taha, Consultant Gastroenterologist, Tawam Hospital, Abu Dhabi, UAE
17:00 Surgery in chronic pancreatitis Dr Nidhal Dehni, General Surgeon, Sheikh Khalifa Medical City, Abu Dhabi, UAE
17:20 Management of liver trauma Dr Farouk Safi, Consultant General Surgeon, Tawam Hospital, Abu Dhabi, UAE
17:50 CASE PRESENTATIONS: Dr Makki Fayadh, Consultant Physician & Gastroenterologist, Advanced Centre for Day Care Surgery, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Dr Salem Awadh Sabih, Consultant Gastroenterologist and Hepatologist, Advanced Centre for Day Care Surgery, Abu Dhabi, UAE
18:10 Chairpersons closing remarks Dr Salem Awadh Sabih, Consultant Gastroenterologist and Hepatologist, Advanced Centre for Day Care Surgery, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Dr Naim Alkhouri, Staff, Digestive Disease Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
18:15 cLoSe of DAY oNe
DAY tWo: thursday, 29 January 2015
08:50 Chairpersons opening remarks Dr Salem Awadh Sabih, Consultant Gastroenterologist and Hepatologist, Advanced Centre for Day Care Surgery, Abu Dhabi, UAE Dr Naim Alkhouri, Staff, Digestive Disease Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
SESSION 4: INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE AND CLOSTRIDIUM - DIFFICILE INFECTION
09:00 Refractory IBD Dr. Ahmed Fadhli, Consultant Gastroenterologist, Kuwait University, Kuwait
09:20 Infection in IBD and safety of biologics Dr Asaad Khan, Chief of Internal Medicine, Consultant Physician - Infectious Diseases, Tawam Hospital, Al Ain, UAE
09:40 Paediatric inflammatory bowel disease Dr. Mohamad Miqdady, Pediatric Gastroenterology, Sheikh Khalifa Medical city, Abu Dhabi, UAE
10:00 coffee BreAK
10:30 Robotic technique in abdominal surgery Professor Francis Seow Choen, General Surgeon, Mt. Elizabeth Medical Centre, Singapore
10:50 Surgical management of refractory UC Dr Maher Abbas, Chief, Digestive Disease Institute, Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, UAE
11:10 Faecal transplantation: The new frontier in GI Dr Maged Rizk, Staff, Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
11:30 CASE PRESENTATIONS: IBD cases Dr Salem Awadh Sabih, Consultant Gastroenterologist and Hepatologist, Advanced Centre for Day Care Surgery, Abu Dhabi, UAE
11:50 LUNcH BreAK
SESSION 5: ENDOSCOPY AND COLORECTAL
12:50 Endoscopic ultrasonography-guided diagnosis of subepithelial tumours Dr Amer Alkhatib, Staff Physician, Digestive Disease Institute, Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, UAE
13:10 High resolution monometry and impedance technology Dr Sigurbjorn Birgisson, Staff Physician, Digestive Disease Institute, Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, UAE
13:30 Improving the quality of your colonoscopy Dr Maged Rizk, Staff, Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
13:50 Blood testing for colon cancer Dr Kasinathan Murali, Senior Director, Molecular Genetics, Quest Diagnostics, Washington, USA
14:10 Colon cancer screening programme: UAE versus USA Dr Makki Fayadh, Consultant Physician and Gastroenterologist, Advanced Centre for Day Care Surgery, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Dr Mahzen Al Jabry, Consultant Physician and Gastroenterologist, Mediclinic, Dubai Mall, Dubai, UAE
Dr Maged Rizk, Staff, Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
14:30 INTERACTIVE CASE PRESENTATIONS: Colorectal screening test
Dr Asad Dajani, Internist, Gastroenterologist and Hepatologist, Dejani Medical Center, Sharjah, UAE
Colon cancer case Dr Ritu Khare, General surgeon, Al Zahra Hospital, Dubai, UAE
14:50 coffee BreAK
SESSION 6: GASTROENTEROLOGY
15:20 Helicobacter pylori – local experience Dr Adnan Abu Hamour, Consultant Gastroenterologist, Dubai Healthcare City, Dubai, UAE
15:40 Limitation of the use of PPI Dr Assad Dajani, Internist, Gastroenterologist and Hepatologist, Dejani Medical Center, Sharjah, UAE
16:00 Post bariatric surgery complications Dr Ritu Khare, General Surgeon, Al Zahra Hospital, Dubai, UAE
16:20 Acute and chronic pancreatitis in children Dr Maisam Abu El Haija, Paediatric Gastroenterologist, Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Assistant Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
16:40 Autoimmune pancreatitis Dr Mustafa Sabri, Consultant Gastroenterologist, Rashid Hospital, Dubai- UAE
17:00 Cystic Fibrosis Dr Maisam Abu El Haija, Paediatric Gastroenterologist, Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Assistant Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
17:20 CASE PRESENTATIONS:
Crohn’s Disease and TB Dr Makki Fayadh, Consultant Physician & Gastroenterologist, Advanced Centre for Day Care Surgery, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Zollinger Ellison’s syndrome Dr Makki Fayadh, Consultant Physician and Gastroentrologist, Advanced Centre for Day Care Surgery, Abu Dhabi, UAE
17:40 CASE PRESENTATIONS:
GI cases from Rashid Hospital Khaled Ahmed M. Bamakhrama, Senior Specialist Gastroenterologist, Rashid Hospital, Dubai, UAE
18:00 Chairpersons closing remarks Dr Salem Awadh Sabih, Consultant Gastroenterologist and Hepatologist, Advanced Centre for Day Care Surgery, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Dr Naim Alkhouri, Staff, Digestive Disease Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
18:15 cLoSe of coNfereNce
Conference chair: Dr Salem Awadh Sabih, Consultant Gastroenterologist and Hepatologist, Advanced Centre for Day Care Surgery, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Activity director:Dr Naim Alkhouri, Staff, Digestive Disease Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Speaker faculty:Dr Adnan Abu Hamour, Consultant Gastroenterologist, Dubai Healthcare City, Dubai, UAE
Dr. Ahmed Fadhli, Consultant Gastroenterologist, Kuwait University, Kuwait
Dr Ahmed Refai, Consultant Gastroenterologist, Mafraq Hospital, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Dr Ali El Sayed, Consultant Hepatologist, Al Noor Hospital, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Dr Amer Alkhatib, Staff Physician, Digestive Disease Institute, Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Dr Anwar Jarrad, Consultant Hepatology and Gastroenterology, Jordan Hospital, Jordan
Dr Asaad Khan, Chief of Internal Medicine, Consultant Physician - Infectious Diseases, Tawam Hospital, Al Ain, UAE
Dr Assad Dajani, Internist, Gastroenterologist and Hepatologist, Dejani Medical Center, Sharjah, UAE
Dr Assim Khawaja, Consultant Interventional Radiologist, Sheikh Khalifa Medical City, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Dr Azzam Qayasi, Consultant Gastroenterologist, Qayasi Medical Centre, Dubai, UAE
Dr Chris Willars, Consultant, Liver Intensive Care Unit, King’s College Hospital, London, UK
Dr Farouk Safi, Consultant General Surgeon, Tawam Hospital, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Professor Francis Seow Choen, General Surgeon, Mt. Elizabeth Medical Centre, Singapore
Dr Gamal Esmat, Director of the Viral Hepatitis Treatment Centres, Ministry of Health, Cairo, Egypt
Prof Ibrahim Mostafa,Vice President, Professor of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, Theodor Bilharz Research Institute, Giza, Egypt
Dr Jonathan Schaffer, Managing Director of eCleveland Clinic, Information Technology Division, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Dr Jose Such, Staff Physician, Digestive Disease Institute, Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Dr Kaiser Raja, Transplant Hepatology, Hepatology and Gastroenterology, Chief Hepatologist - Global Integrated Liver Care Team, BGS Global Hospitals, Bangalore, India
Dr Kasinathan Murali, Senior Director, Molecular Genetics, Quest Diagnostics, Washington, USA
Dr Khaled Ahmed M. Bamakhrama, Senior Specialist Gastroenterologist, Rashid Hospital, Dubai, UAE
Dr Maged Rizk, Staff, Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Dr Maher Abbas, Chief, Digestive Disease Institute, Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Dr Mahzen Al Jabry, Consultant Physician and Gastroenterologist, Mediclinic Dubai Mall, Dubai, UAE
Dr Maisam Abu El Haija, Paediatric Gastroenterologist, Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Assistant Professor, UC Department of Paediatrics, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
Dr Makki Fayadh, Consultant Physician and Gastroenterologist, Advanced Centre for Day Care Surgery, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Dr Mazen Taha, Consultant Gastroenterologist, Tawam Hospital, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Dr Mohamed Al Zaabi, Scientific Committee Chairman, EGHS, Liver Transplant Specialist, Zayed Military Hospital, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Dr. Mohamad Miqdady, Pediatric Gastroenterology, Sheikh Khalifa Medical City, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Dr Mohammed Zaman, Hepatobiliary and Transplant Surgeon, Sheikh Khalifa Medical City, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Dr Mustafa Sabri, Consultant Gastroenterologist, Rashid Hospital, Dubai- UAE
Dr Nidhal Dehni, General Surgeon, Sheikh Khalifa Medical City, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Dr Nigel Beejay, Consultant Gastroenterologist, Advanced Centre for Day Care Surgery, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Dr Ritu Khare, General Surgeon, Al Zahra Hospital, Dubai, UAE
Dr Sigurbjorn Birgisson, Staff Physician, Digestive Disease Institute, Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Dr William Carey, Staff, Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Director, Center for Continuing Education, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Faculty disclosure statementThe 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 for all faculty conflicts of interest. Faculty declaring a relevant interest will be identified in the activity syllabus.
Grantor acknowledgement
The Cleveland Clinic Foundation Center for Continuing Education acknowledges educational grants for partial support of this activity from:
Gold KARL STORZ GmbH & Co KG
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