Family Medicine Agenda

 

Day one | Monday, 31 January 2022

 

Theme: Raising the bar! 

11:15 | Opening remarks – Family Medicine Day 1
Dr Fawad Khan, Medical Breast Fellowship from Cleveland Clinic Ohio, Clinical Assistant Professor of Family Medicine, Cleveland Clinic Learner College of Medicine, USA, Acting Chief, Primary Care Department, Section Head Family Medicine, Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, UAE

Session 1: Genomics and Artificial Intelligence
Moderators: Dr Fawad Khan, Medical Breast Fellowship from Cleveland Clinic Ohio, Clinical Assistant Professor of Family Medicine, Cleveland Clinic Learner College of Medicine, USA, Acting Chief, Primary Care Department, Section Head Family Medicine, Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, UAE

11:30 | Special address: What’s new in breast cancer genetics
Dr Holly Pederson,
Associate Professor of Medicine, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine, Director of Medical Breast Services, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, USA

12:00 | AI tools to detect early colorectal and pancreatic cancer
Dr Michael Bradley Wallace, Chair, Committee on Artificial Intelligence, World Endoscopy Organization, Division Chair of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Sheikh Shakhbout Medical City, Abu Dhabi, UAE

Session 2: Diabetes and Endocrine Disorders 
Moderator: Dr Fawad Khan, Medical Breast Fellowship from Cleveland Clinic Ohio, Clinical Assistant Professor of Family Medicine, Cleveland Clinic Learner College of Medicine, USA, Acting Chief, Primary Care Department, Section Head Family Medicine, Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, UAE

12:30 | Osteoporosis

Dr Sahar Hindi, Consultant Endocrinologist, Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, UAE

13:15 | Diabetes Mellitus 2: Update

Dr Rabih Hijazi, Endocrinologist. Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, UAE 

13:45 | Digital Break

Session 3: Paediatrics and child health
Moderator: Dr Osman El-Labban, Head of Family Medicine Department, Al Zahra Hospital, Dubai, UAE

14:45 | Paediatrics and child health

  • Fatigue and pain in adolescents
    Prof Philip Robert Fischer,
    Consultant Physician, Paediatrics, Sheikh Shakhbout Medical City, Abu Dhabi, UAE 

16:00 | Digital Break

Session 4: Cancer screening updates
Moderator:  Dr Fawad Khan, Medical Breast Fellowship from Cleveland Clinic Ohio, Clinical Assistant Professor of Family Medicine, Cleveland Clinic Learner College of Medicine, USA, Acting Chief, Primary Care Department, Section Head Family Medicine, Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, UAE

17:00 | Cancer screening updates

  • Breast cancer and prevention
    Dr Fawad Khan,
    Acting Chief, Primary Care Department, Section Head Family Medicine, Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, UAE 
  • Colon cancer screening updates for 2021
    Dr Aasma Shaukat, 
    MD, MPH. Professor of Medicine and Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, NYU Langone Health, New York, New York, USA
  • Q&A 
  • Moderator: Dr Fawad Khan 
  • Speaker: Dr Aasma Shaukat  

18:15 | End of day one