Middle East Laboratory Management And Medicine 29 January – 31 January 2007 Dubai International Exhibition Centre                                                            29 January - Track A: Sheikh Maktoum Hall                                                            30 January - Track B: Dubai C/D                                                            30 January - Track C: Dubai A/B                                                            31 January - Track D: Dubai C/D                                                            31 January - Track E: Dubai A/B

Day 1 - 29 January 2007

Track A:  Laboratory Management
10:45	Opening Remarks By Chairman
11:00	Accreditation Of Medical Laboratories - General And Particular Criteria Of Competence And Quality According To The International Standards ISO/IEC 17025:2005 15189:2003 Eng. Lina Qudah, Head Of Accreditation Decisions Section, Dubai Accreditation Center, Dubai,  UAE
11:45	CAP Accreditation: How To Get It, And Keep It Carlo Kaabar, Technical Director Laboratory, American Hospital, Dubai
12:15	Refreshment Break
12:45	CAP Checklist Requirements For Lab Directors Dr. Aaron Han, MD, Phd, Chief, Dept Of Pathology And Lab Medicine, American Hospital, Dubai, UAE
13:15	JCI Accreditation Standards Dr. Derick Pasternak, Managing Director Of Joint Commission International’s Middle East And India Regional Office, Dubai, UAE
13:45	The Latest Standards Required For Laboratory Accreditation Andy Saleh BA, Bsc, MT(ASCP), Manager Laboratory Services, King Hussein Cancer Centre, Amman, Jordan
14:15	Discussion
14:30	Lunch
15:30	Total Lab Automation Case Study: Adan Hospital, Kuwait. Dr. Arafat S.M. Al Sulaiman, Head Of Laboratory Department, Yiaco Adan Diagnostic Centre, Kuwait Mr. Waleed Mohammed, Director Yiaco Adan Diagnostic Centre, Kuwait
16:15	Principles of Laboratory Hazards, Management and Competencies for a competitive Global Health Care Market Dr. Sat Chandra Nair, Faculty-Officer, Tawam Hospital-Johns Hopkins International Medicine (General Authority Health Services) Al Ain , UAE
16:45	Close

Day 2 - 30 January 2007

Track B Clinical Chemistry
10:45	Opening Address By Chairman Dr. Najat Rashid, Director Of Federal Medical Laboratory Ministry Of Health, Abu Dhabi, UAE
10:50	Introduction To Day’s Proceedings   Dr. JC Chakraborty, Department Of Medical Laboratory Sciences, Faculty Of Allied Health Sciences, Kuwait University & Clinical Chemistry Laboratory, Mobarak Al Kabir Hospital, Kuwait
11:00	Potentials To Characterize Bone Metabolism Disorders In Laboratory Medicine With Specific Focus On Osteoporosis' Dr. Michaela Jaksch, MD Phd, Freiburg Medical Laboratory ME LLC, Dubai, UAE
11:45	Coffee Break
12:15	Use Of Cardiac Biomarker: B-Type Natriuretic Peptide In Assessment Of Heart Failure: Characteristics And Guidelines Dr. Jalaluddin Bhuiyan Phd, DABCC, FAC, Head, Clinical Biochemistry Department Of Pathology And Laboratory Medicine King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Center, Riyadh, Kingdom Of Saudi Arabia
12:45	Metabolic Syndrome And Cardiovascular Events – Diagnostic Criteria Dr John Wright, School of Biological Sciences, University of Surrey, Guildford, Surrey UK
13:15	Adipocytokines – New Diagnostic Tools Dr Segun Mojiminiyi, Pathologist, Faculty of Medicine, Health Sciences Centre, Kuwait University, Kuwait
13:45	Lunch And Networking Break
15:30	Screening For Bowel Cancer  Professor Callum G Fraser, Consultant Clinical Biochemist, Biochemical Medicine, Ninewells Hospital And Medical School, Dundee, Scotland
16:15	Hba1c Standardization Dr. Gurdeep S. Dhat, Tawaam Hospital, Al Ain, UAE
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Track C:   Haematology
10:15	Opening Remarks
10:30	Introducing Automation To Haematology - The SKMC Experience Andrew Turner, Bsc, Msc, Laboratory Manager, Sheikh Khalifa Medical City, Abu Dhabi, UAE
11:00	Usefulness Of Automated Retic Count And IRF In Managing Red Cell Disorders Dr. Sherif Nasseh Amin, Professor Of Clinical Pathology, El Kasr El Eini University Hospital, Faculty Of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt
11:30	Coffee Break
12:00	Adult Stem Cells And Their Application In Tissue Repair And Regenerative Medicine Dr Susan Lim, FRCS (Edinburgh, Gold Medal), FAMS, FACS, Phd, Mount Elizabeth Hospital, Singapore
12:30	Practical Problems In Bone Marrow Diagnosis Dr. Rania M. Seliem. Hematopathology Consultant Rashid Hospital, Dubai, UAE. Clinical Fellow, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA
13:00	Lunch
14:30	Detection Of Minimal Residual Disease (MRD) In Acute Leukemia Dr. Sherif Nasseh Amin, Professor Of Clinical Pathology, El Kasr El Eini University Hospital, Faculty Of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt
15:00	Alpha Thalasseima And Mental Retardation Dr. Erol Baysal, Consultant Molecular Biologist, Genetic And Thalasseimia Centre, Department Of Health And Medical Services, Dubai, UAE
15:30	Coffee Break
16:00	The Measurement Of Immature Platelets (IPF) Facilitates Differential Diagnosis And Monitoring In Patients With Low Platelet Count Rolf D. Hinzmann, MD PhD, Clinical Pathologist & Biochemist, Head of Medical & Scientific Affairs, SYSMEX EUROPE GMBH, Norderstedt, Germany
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Day 3 - 31 January 2007

Track D  Molecular Diagnosis
10:15	Opening Remarks
10:30	Whole Genome Amplification And Molecular Typing For Multiple Chromosomes Genes Analysis Dr. Moncef Ben Khalifa, Phd, Director ATLR&D. Reproductive Biology & Genetics Laboratory. PARIS, France. Scientific Director, Consultorio Di Genetica & Genoma Laboratories. Rome, Italy. Co-Director, Global Genetics LLC Laboratories Services  Net-Work ( Rome- Istanbul- Paris)
11:00	Molecular Testing In Predictive And Preventive Pharmacogenomics Dr. Francesco Fiorentino, Director, Genoma And Embryogene Laboratories. Rome, Italy
11:30	Coffee Break
12:00	Molecular Diagnostics In Lymphomas, Chronic Leukaemia’s And Solid Tumours Prof. Dr. Med. Jochen Decker, Board Certified: Geneticist, Internal Medicine (Oncology, Hematology) Professor For Internal Medicine, Medical School Of Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Medical Director Bioscientia Institute For Medical Diagnostics And Center For Human Genetics,  Ingelheim, Germany
12:30	Array-Based Comparative Genomic Hybridization (a-CGH) for Genome-Wide Screening of Genetic Imbalances in Cancer Dr. Sabita Murthy, Specialist In Cytogentics And Molecular Cytogenetics,  Dept. Of Genetics, Al Wasl Hospital, Dubai, UAE
13:00	Lunch
14:30	MRSA PCR Testing Of Critical Care Patients Prof. Dr. Richard Cunningham, Consultant Microbiologist, Derriford Hospital, Plymouth , UK
15:00	Setting A NAT Screening Program For Smaller Blood Banks Dr.Saad Baher El Badawi .M.D.,M.R.C.Path (London), Laboratory Director, Erfan & Bagedo Hospitals, Jeddah. Saudi Arabia
15:30	Refreshment Break
16:00	Advanced Neonatal Metabolic Screening Program: Hamad Medical Corporation's Clinical Evidence Prof. Dr. med. Georg Friedrich Hoffmann, Professor of Pediatrics and Chairman of the University Childrens Hospital Heidelberg, Germany
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Track E    Immunology/Microbiology
10:15	Opening Remarks
10:30	Antimicrobial Resistance Among Streptococcus Pneumoniae In The UAE Dr. Mansour Al Zarouni, Microbiologist, Director Of Laboratories, Al Qassimi Hospital, Sharjah, Ministry Of Health, UAE
11:00	Clinical Relevance of Quantitative Specific IgE Measurements Dr. Anita Kober, Ph.D. Director Scientific Affairs, Allergy, Phadia AB Uppsala , Sweden
11:30	Coffee Break
12:00	Multidrug Resistant Mycobacterial Infection, A Global Perspective Prof. G.A. Botta, MD, Phd, Professor And Chairman, Department Of Microbiology, Immunology And Infectious Diseases, College Of Medicine, Arabian Gulf University, Manama, Kingdom Of Bahrain
12:30	Systemic Fungal Infections Dr. Arunaloke Chakrabarti, MD, Professor, In-Charge, Division of Mycology, Department of Medical Microbiology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education & Research, Chandigarh, India
13:00	Lunch
14:30	Sea Food Associated Diseases Dr. Debadatta Panigrahi, MBBS, MD, Frcpath, Professor And Head Of Microbiology, Coordinator Of Clinical Sciences, College Of Medicine, University Of Sharjah, UAE
15:00	Probiotics: Facts And Myths Dr. Abiola Senok, MBBS, Phd, Assistant Professor, Microbiology, Department Of Clinical Sciences, College Of Medicine, University Of Sharjah, UAE
15:30	Coffee Break
16:00	Extended-Spectrum β-Lactamases In The 21st Century: Characterization, Epidemiology, Detection And Its Prevalence In The Middle East. Dr. Hosni Yazbeck Ph.D, Head of Clinical Laboratory , Al Rassoul Al Aazam Hospital, Beirut, Lebanon
16:30	Autoantibodies Causing Infertility & Recurrent Abortion Dr. Moemen Dannawi, Laboratory of Dr. Moemen Dannawi , Tripolis Center bldg, El Timthal Square, Tripolis, Lebanon.
17:00	Close