9th Middle East Surgery Conference: 25-27 January 2010


 

 

Day 1: Monday, 25 January 2010
   
09:00 Opening
   
Session 1: Stem Cell Therapy in Surgery
   
09:10

Bone & Marrow Cancer: The New Frontier
Dr. Nasser Altorki,
Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Attending Cardiothoracic Surgeon, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York-Presbyterian Hospital, USA

 

09:30 Strategies in Regenerative Orthopedics and Trauma
Dr. Hans Poessel,
Medical Director, Health Center P47 German Telemedicine Clinic, Germany
   
09:50 Stem Cells in Gastrointestinal Surgery
Prof. Sherif Karam,
Professor Department of Anatomy, UAE University, UAE
   
10:10 Stem Cell Therapy for Neurological Disorders: An Overview
Dr. Venkata Ramana,
Global Hospital Group, India
   
10:30

 Q&A 

   

10:45

Refreshment Break

 
Session 2: NOTES/SILS
   
11:05 Single Incision Two Port Cholecystectomy
Dr. Manzoor A. Dar,
Senior Consultant General/Laparoscopic Surgeon, KIMS Hospital, Oman
   
11:25 NOTES: Translating Art into Science
Dr. G. V. Rao,
Director & Chief of GI & Minimally Invasive Surgery,  Asian Institute of Gastroenterology, Hyderabad, India
   
11:45 SILS: International and Preliminary Local Results
Dr. Fawaz Torab Chiki,
Senior Consultant General Surgery, Tawam Hospital in affiliation with John Hopkins Medicine, UAE
   
12:05 Q&A
   
  Keynote Presentation
 12:15  Lord Darzi of Denham
   
12:45

Lunch

   
  Keynote Presentation
 13:45

Surgical Technologies: State of the Art
Prof. Jacques Marescaux, President and Founder of IRCAD and EITS, Head of Digestive and Endocrine Surgery Department, Strasbourg University Hospitals, France

 

Session 3: Guidelines, Regulations and Legal Aspect
   
14:15 Quality and Safety: Importance in Surgery
Dr. Michael Henderson,
Chief Quality Officer, Cleveland Clinic, USA
   
14:35 Safe Surgery Saves Lives
Dr. Ashraf Ismail,
Managing Director - Middle East, Joint Commission International,  UAE
   
14:55 Revalidation and Credentialing of Surgeons: The UAE Perspective
Dr. Essa Kazim, FRCS,
CEO, Health Policy and Strategy Sector, Dubai Health Authority, UAE
   
15:15 Patient Safety effected by the Reuse of Single Use Devices
Mr. Carstan Schomburg,
Quality System & Regulatory Affairs Specialist, Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Germany
   
15:35

Q&A

   
 15:45

 Refreshment Break

   
Session 4: Trauma and Emergency
   
16:00 Endovascular Management of Thoracic Aortic Injury
Dr. Ayman Al Sibae,
Consultant and Head of Interventional Radiology, Rashid Hospital & Rashid Hospital Trauma Centre, Dubai, UAE
 

 

16:20 Management of Severe Sepsis in the ERA
Dr. Yasser Mandorah,
Head of Intensive Care Services, Riyadh Armed Forces Hospital, KSA
   
16:40 A Demand Analysis for Trauma Hospital Related Surgical Activities during Ramadan
Dr. Ruben Peralta, MD, F.A.C.S.,
InterHealth Canada, Dubai, UAE
   
17:00 Saving the Penumbra
Dr. Dominic Venne,
Head, Division of Neurosurgery, Sheikh Khalifa Medical City, UAE
   
17:20

Q&A

   
 17:35  Close
   
Day 2: Tuesday, 26 January 2010
   
 09:00 Opening 
   
Session 1: Integration of Surgery and Radiology
 
09:10 Fusion of Surgical & Imaging Modalities & the Newly Emerging Role of the Surgeon
Dr. Howard Riina,
Director, Neurological Surgery Residency Program, Co-director Interventional Neuroradiology, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York-Presbyterian Hospital, USA
   
09:30

From Evolution to Revolution in Surgery and the Future of Surgeons
Dr. Yousif Hussein Elltayeb,
Consultant, Department of Surgery, Rashid Hospital, UAE

   
09:50 Proven Practices in Managing Infection Control
Mr. Matthew Mueller,
Head of Professional Services & Technology, E3 Corporation, UAE
   
10:10 Q&A
   
10:25 Refreshment Break
   
Session 2: Bariatric/Metabolic Surgery
   
10:45 Metabolic Surgery; Operating to Put Diabetes into Remission
Dr. Alfons Pomp,
Leon C. Hirsch Professor of Surgery, Chief of Laparoscopy and  Bariatric Surgery, Director, Weill Cornell Weight Loss Surgery Program Weill Cornell Medical College, New York-Presbyterian Hospital, USA  
   
11:10 Adjustable Gastric Ganding – a Metabolic Surgical Procedure?
Dr. Karl Miller,
Assoc. Professor of Surgery, Head of the Surgical Department Hallein Clinic, Austria
   
11:35 Sleeve Gastrectomy-Technical Consideration for a Safe Operation
Dr. Faruq Badiuddin, MS. FRCS (England),
Consultant Surgeon, Dubai Mall Medical Centre, President of Emirates Laparoscopic Society, Dubai, UAE
   
12:05 Surgical Options for Weight Loss Including Outcomes & Standards of Care
Dr. Alfons Pomp,
Leon C. Hirsch Professor of Surgery, Chief of Laparoscopy and  Bariatric Surgery, Director, Weill Cornell Weight Loss Surgery Program Weill Cornell Medical College, New York-Presbyterian Hospital, USA
   
12:35 Q &A
 

 

12:50 Lunch
   
Session 3: Gastrointestinal Surgery – Part 1
   
14:00 Evolving Strategy for Esophago-Gastric GIST
Prof. Frank Branicki, FRCS, FRACS,
Chair, Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences, Al Ain, UAE
   
14:20 Esophagectomy & Reconstruction for Benign & Malignant Esophageal Diseases
Dr. Nasser Altorki,
Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Attending Cardiothoracic  Surgeon, Weill Cornell Medical College, NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, USA
   
14:40 Combined Pancreatic and Renal Transplant for Diabetes Mellitus
Dr. Pasquale Berloco,
Director, Department of Transplant Surgery, President of the Society of Transplant Surgeons Italy, SPIENZA, University of Rome, Italy
   
15:00 Liver Transplant for Liver Cancer
Dr. Mohamed Rela,
Global Hospital, India 
   
15:20

Q&A

   
 15:35

 Refreshment Break

   
Session 4: Gastrointestinal Surgery – Part 2
   
15:55 Hand Assisted Laparoscopic Surgery
Dr. Abdul-Wahed Meshikhes,
Consultant Surgeon, Department of Surgical Specialties, King Fahad Specialist Hospital, KSA
   
16:15 Surgical Management of Inflammatory bowel disease or Re-Operative Pelvic Surgery: Sorting out the Mess
Dr. Feza Remzi,
Cleveland Clinic, USA
   
16:35 Endoscopic Treatment of Postoperative Anastomotic Insufficiency and Stricture in Upper and lower GI-tract
Professor Dr. Son Truong
, Head of Surgical Endoscopy, University Hospital RWTH Aachen, Germany
   
16:55 Mesenteric Ischemia – Too easy to miss, too difficult to treat
Dr. Ritu Khare
MS, MRCS (Ed), NMC Specialty Hospital, Abu Dhabi, UAE
   
17:15

Q&A

   
 17:30  Close
   
Day 3: Wednesday, 27 January 2010
   
   
Session 1: Surgical Oncology
   
09:00 Minimally Invasive Lung Resections
Dr. Nasser Altorki,
Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Attending Cardiothoracic Surgeon, Weill Cornell Medical College, NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, USA
   
09:20 Intraarterial Induction Chemotherapy of Primary and Recurrent Breast Cancer –  High Efficacy at Low Side Effects
Prof. Aigner,
Germany
   
09:40 Breast Cancer Prevention – Dealing with High Risk Patients
 Dr. Mustafa A. Kutiyanawala, Consultant Surgeon, Central Private Hospital, UAE
   
10:00  

Adrenalectomy
Dr. Rolf Hartung
, Assoc. Professor of Surgery, Dubai Medical College, Consultant and Head of General Surgery, Dubai Health Authority, UAE

   
10:30 Q&A
   
 10:45  Refreshment Break  
     
Session 2: Video Presentations: Complications in Surgery
   
11:15 Video Presentation of Various Surgical Cases and their Complications
Dr. Pradeep Chowbey,
President, Obesity Surgery Society of India, Minimal Access Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Centre, Sir Gangaram Hospital, New Delhi, India
   
12:25 Q&A
   
12:40  Lunch
   
Session 3: Hernia
   
13:30 Laparoscopic Ventral Hernia Repair: Experience in a Teaching Hospital
Dr. Dildar Hussain,
Dubai Hospital, UAE
   
13:50 TAPP- Stuttgart Technique and Results with Special Reference to Chronic Pain
Prof. Reinhard Bittner, FRCS, Center  for Minimal Invasive Surgery, Bethesda  Krankenhaus Stuttgart, Germany
   
14:10 Prevention of Complications in Endoscopic Groin Hernia Repair
Dr. Pradeep Chowbey,
President, Obesity Surgery Society of India, Minimal Access Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Centre, Sir Gangaram Hospital, New Delhi, India
   
14:30 Chronic Pain after Inguinal Hernia Surgery:  Fact or Fiction!
Dr. Subash Gautam, MB,FRCS(Eng, Edn.&Glasg) FACS,
Head of Department of Surgery, Fujairah Hospital, UAE
   
14:50 Sliding and Paraesophageal Hernia- What Makes the Former different from the Latter
Dr. John Thanakumar, Global Hospital, India
   
15:10 Q & A
   
15:20 Refreshment Break
   
Session 4: Acute Care Surgery
   
15:40 Challenging facing in Establishment of a Field Hospital  
Lessons learned from the Ethihad Airways Abu Dhabi Formula 1, Grand Prix.
Dr. Rasheed Ahamed Al Shaeel –
Chief & Consultant Orthopedic Surgeon,
Mafraq Hospital, Abu Dhabi, UAE
   
16:00 Gastric Perforation as a Complication of a Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
Dr. Paul Sayad, MD, FACS, General Surgeon, American Hospital, Dubai, UAE
   
16:20 Case Study: Chemical Foreign Bodies in Surgical Practice
Dr. P. Kannan, Department of Surgery, Rashid Hospital, Dubai, UAE
   
16:40 Biomechanism of Road Traffic Collisions
Dr. Fikri Abu-Zidan, M.D., FRCS, PhD, DipApplStats, Professor, Head Trauma Group, Dept of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences, UAE University, Al Ain, UAE
   
17:00 Emergency Laparoscopy   
Dr Girish Juneja, Head Surgery Department, Al Noor Hospital, Abu Dhabi, UAE
   
17:20 Q & A
   
16:30 Close
   
Invited Speaker Faculty:
 

Dr. Fikri Abu-Zidan, M.D., FRCS, PhD, DipApplStats, Professor, Head Trauma Group, Dept of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences, UAE University, Al Ain, UAE

Dr. Rasheed Ahamed Al Shaeel – Chief & Consultant Orthopedic Surgeon, Mafraq Hospital, Abu Dhabi, UAE

Prof. Dr. Karl Aigner, Professor of Surgical Oncology & Medical Director, Medias, Germany

Dr. Ayman Al Sibae Consultant and Head of Interventional Radiology, Rashid Hospital & Rashid Hospital Trauma Centre, Dubai, UAE

Dr. Nasser Altorki, Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Attending Cardiothoracic Surgeon, Weill Cornell Medical College, NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, USA

Prof. Reinhard Bittner, FRCS, Center for Minimal Invasive Surgery, Bethesda  Krankenhaus Stuttgart, Germany

Dr. Pasquale Berloco, Director, Department of Transplant Surgery, President of the Society  of Transplant Surgeons Italy, SPIENZA, University fo Rome, Italy

Prof. Frank Branicki, FRCS, FRACS, Chair, Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences, Al Ain, UAE

Dr. Fawaz Torab Chiki, Senior Consultant General Surgery, Tawam Hospital in affiliation with John Hopkins Medicine, UAE

Dr. Pradeep Chowbey, President, Obesity Surgery Society of India, Minimal Access Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Centre, Sir Gangaram Hospital, New Delhi, India

Dr. Manzoor A. Dar, Senior Consultant General/Laparoscopic Surgeon, KIMS Hospital, Oman

Dr. Yousif Hussein Elltayeb, Consultant, Department of Surgery, Rashid Hospital, UAE

Dr. Subash Gautam, MB,FRCS(Eng, Edn.&Glasg) FACS, Head of Department of Surgery, Fujairah Hospital, UAE

Dr. Rolf Ulrich Hartung, Assoc. Professor of Surgery, Dubai Medical College, Consultant and Head of General Surgery, Dubai Health Authority, UAE

Dr. Michael Henderson, Chief Quality Officer, Cleveland Clinic, USA

Dr. Dildar Hussain, Dubai Hospital, UAE

Dr. Ashraf Ismail, Managing Director - Middle East, Joint Commission International, UAE

Dr Girish Juneja, Head Surgery Department, Al Noor Hospital, Abu Dhabi, UAE

Dr. P. Kannan, Department of Surgery, Rashid Hospital, Dubai, UAE

Prof. Sherif Karam, Professor Department of Anatomy, UAE University, UAE

Dr. Ritu Khare MS, MRCS (Ed), NMC Specialty Hospital, Abu Dhabi, UAE

Dr. Mustafa A. Kutiyanawala, Consultant Surgeon, Central Private Hospital, UAE

Dr. Yasser Mandorah, Head of Intensive Care Services, Riyadh Armed Forces Hospital, KSA

Prof. Jacques Marescaux, President and Founder of IRCAD and EITS, Head of Digestive and Endocrine Surgery Department, Strasbourg University Hospitals, France

Dr. Abdul-Wahed Meshikhes, Consultant Surgeon, Department of Surgical Specialties, King Fahad Specialist Hospital, KSA

Dr. Karl Miller, Assoc. Professor of Surgery, Head of the Surgical Department Hallein Clinic, Austria

Mr. Matthew Mueller, Head of Professional Services & Technology, E3 Corporation, UAE

Dr. Ruben Peralta, MD, F.A.C.S., InterHealth Canada, Dubai, UAE

Dr. Hans Poessel, Medical Director, Health Center P47 German Telemedicine Clinic, Germany

Dr. Alfons Pomp, Leon C. Hirsch Professor of Surgery, Chief of Laparoscopy and Bariatric Surgery, Director, Weill Cornell Weight Loss Surgery Program, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York-Presbyterian Hospital, USA

Dr. Venkata Ramana, Global Hospital Group, India

Dr. G. V. Rao, Director & Chief of GI & Minimally Invasive Surgery, Asian Institute of Gastroenterology, Hyderabad, India

Dr. K. Ravindranath, Chairman & Managing Director, Global Hospitals Group, India

Dr. Mohamed Rela, Global Hospital, India

Dr. Paul Sayad, MD, FACS, General Surgeon, American Hospital, Dubai, UAE

Mr. Carstan Schomburg, Quality System & Regulatory Affairs Specialist, Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Germany

Dr. Feza Remzi, Cleveland Clinic, USA

Dr. John Thanakumar, Global Hospital, India

Professor Dr. Son Truong, Head of Surgical Endoscopy, University Hospital RWTH Aachen, Germany

Dr. Dominic Venne, Head, Division of Neurosurgery, Sheikh Khalifa Medical City, UAE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 




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