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Registration |
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| 10:00 |
Chronic Respiratory Diseases in the Middle East: A Review
Dr. Bassam Mahboub, Assistant Professor, University of Sharjah,
Head of Pulmonary and Allergy, Dubai Health Authority, Dubai, UAE |
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Session 1 - Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension (PAH)
Moderators:
Dr. Emad Kowatli, MD, FCCP, FAASM, Director, Pulmonary Medicine, American Hospital, Dubai, UAE
Dr. Mohammad Badar Alseiari, Consultant Pulmonologist, Zayed Military Hospital, Abu Dhabi, UAE |
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| 10:10 |
Approach to Pulmonary Hypertension
Dr. Mohammad Badar Alseiari, Consultant Pulmonologist, Zayed Military Hospital, Abu Dhabi, UAE |
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| 10:35 |
Case Reports and Updates in PAH
Dr. Amro Alastal, MD, MACP, FCCP, DABSM, Consultant, Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep
Medicine, American Hospital, Dubai, UAE |
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| 11:00 |
Q & A |
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| 11:10 |
Coffee Break |
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Session 2 - Interstitial Lung Disease (ILD)
Moderators:
Dr. Jeffrey T. Chapman, Chair, Department of Quality and Patient Safety, Cleveland Clinic, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Dr. Ashraf Alzaabi, MD, FRCPC, FCCP, Clinical Assistant Professor, UAE University, Head, Respiratory Division, Zayed Military Hospital, Abu Dhabi, UAE |
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| 11:30 |
Approach to ILD
Dr. Jeffrey T. Chapman, Chair, Department of Quality and Patient Safety, Cleveland Clinic, Abu Dhabi, UAE |
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| 11:55 |
Radiology of ILD
Dr. Moulay Meziane, MD, Head, Thoracic Imaging, Cleveland Clinic, Abu Dhabi, UAE |
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| 12:20 |
Q & A |
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| 12.30 |
Lunch break |
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Session 3 - Obstrucutive Lung Disease
Moderators:
Dr. Bassam Mahboub, Assistant Professor, University of Sharjah, Head of Pulmonary and Allergy, Dubai Health Authority, Dubai, UAE
Dr. Amro Alastal, MD, MACP, FCCP, DABSM, Consultant, Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, American Hospital,Dubai, UAE |
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| 14:00 |
Prevalence of COPD and Asthma in the UAE
Dr. Bassam Mahboub, Assistant Professor, University of Sharjah, Head of Pulmonary and Allergy, Dubai Health Authority, Dubai, UAE |
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| 14:25 |
COPD Literature Overview 2011
Dr. Emad Kowatli, MD, FCCP, FAASM, Director, Pulmonary Medicine, American Hospital, Dubai, UAE |
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| 14.50 |
Q & A |
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Session 4 - Master Clinician Session
Moderators:
Dr. Moulay Meziane, MD, Head, Thoracic Imaging, Cleveland Clinic, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Dr. Imran Mirza, Section Head, Molecular Diagnostics Laboratory, Sheikh Khalifa Medical City, Abu Dhabi, UAE |
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| 15.00 |
Case 1: The Use of Medical Thoracoscopy in the Diagnosis of Unexplained Pleural Effusion
Dr. Yaser Abu Sameed, Consultant, Respirology Medical Institute, Sheikh Khalifa Medical City, Abu Dhabi, UAE |
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Case 2: Medical LVRS in a COPD Patient
Dr. Mohammed Rafique, MBBS, DTCD, DNB (Pulmonary Board), EDRM (Europe), FCCP (USA), HERMES European Diplomate (Resp Med), Pulmonologist, Rashid Hospital, Dubai, UAE |
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| 15:30 |
Case 3: Chronic Eosinophilic Pneumonia: A Forgotten Disease
Dr. Emad Kowatli, MD, FCCP, FAASM, Director, Pulmonary Medicine, American Hospital, Dubai, UAE |
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| 15:45 |
Discussion |
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| 16:00 |
End of day 1 |
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