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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
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| Track A: Laboratory Management |
| 10:45 |
Opening Remarks By Chairman |
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| 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 |
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| 14:30 |
Lunch |
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| 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 |
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| 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
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| 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 |
| 16:45 |
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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
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| 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
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| 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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| 16:30 |
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| 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
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| 13:00 |
Lunch |
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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
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| 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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| 16:30 |
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| Track E Immunology/Microbiology |
| 10:15 |
Opening Remarks |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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
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| 16:30 |
Autoantibodies Causing Infertility & Recurrent Abortion Dr. Moemen Dannawi, Laboratory of Dr. Moemen Dannawi , Tripolis Center bldg, El Timthal Square, Tripolis, Lebanon.
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| 17:00 |
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