Obs & Gyne Conference - 26.25 CME
Dates: 28 - 31 January 2019
Venue: Conrad Dubai Hotel.
Overview.
The Obs & Gyne Conference will cover the most up-to-date information on treatments and technologies available in the fields of Obstetrics and Gynaecology. Regional and international experts will discuss the latest trends and treatments covering multiple sub-specialist areas such as imaging, maternal-foetal medicine, MIS, reproductive health and a myriad spectrum of women’s diseases faced by practicing OBGYN professionals.
The goal of this conference is to increase knowledge and enhance the competence of attendees. Emphasis will be placed on practical application of the evidence-based topics presented.
What's new?
- NEW VENUE: The Obs & Gyne Conference will be held at the Conrad Hotel to improve your experience!
- Introduction of dedicated poster presentations sessions, enabling forefront research and emerging developments to be shared
- New sessions on hot topics such as imaging and high-risk obstetrics
- Reduced price and special rates are now available for allied healthcare professionals*
- Placental markers for preeclampsia & IUGR
- Fetal cardiovascular changes during labour
- Global paradigm shift in cervical cancer screening
- Complications in laparoscopic surgery: Can we avoid them?
- Debate: Management of unexplained infertility
- Classify vaccines which are indicated in pregnancy for high risk conditions
- Identify and explain the latest trends in research, methods, and technology in the treatment of gynaecologic cancers
- Debate the impact of maternal factors on egg competence for maintenance of early pregnancy
- Discuss the indications, techniques, management and prevention of complications of Urogynaecology surgery
Activity directors:
- Dr Habibeh Gitiforooz, Obstetrician-Gynecologist: Regional Obstetrics and Gynecology, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
- Dr Tommaso Falcone, Chief of Staff & Chief Academic Officer, Medical Director, Cleveland Clinic London, London, UK
Local chair:
- Dr Saad Ghazal-Aswad, Senior Consultant Gynecological Oncologist; Chair of Obstetrics and Gynecology Department, Tawam Hospital, Al Ain, UAE
Scientific committee:
- Dr Bashir Taha Salih, Consultant & Chair of Obstetric Medicine, Corniche Hospital, Abu Dhabi, UAE
- Prof Hisham Mirghani, Middle East Ambassador, International Society of Ultrasound in Obstetrics & Gynecology (ISUOG); Consultant OBGYN/Fetal Medicine, Danat Al Emarat Hospital for Women & Children, Abu Dhabi, UAE
- Dr Mohamed Elkalyoubi, Consultant - OBGYN & Reproductive Medicine, Dubai Gynaecology and Fertility Centre (DGFC), Dubai, UAE
- Dr Sadoon Sadoon, Medical Director, Danat Al Emarat Women & Children’s Hospital, Abu Dhabi, UAE
- Dr Saleema Wani, Chair of Obstetrics, Corniche Hospital, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Speakers:
- Dr Amanda Nickles Fader, Director of the Kelly Gynecologic Oncology Service; Associate Professor of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Johns Hopkins Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
- Dr Amithaba Majumder, Consultant: Department of Ob/Gyn, Corniche Hospital, Abu Dhabi, UAE
- Dr Arnaud Wattiez, Prof: Obstetrics & Gynecology, University of Strasbourg; Head: Gynecology Department, Latifa Hospital, Dubai, UAE
- Dr Asif Quadri, Consultant and Chief: Anatomical Pathology, Tawam Hospital, Al Ain, UAE
- Dr Azar Khunda, Consultant Urogynaecologist & Obstetrician, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
- Dr Carol Benson, Director of Ultrasound; Co-Director of High Risk Obstetrical Ultrasound Radiology; Director of the Non-invasive Vascular Laboratory, Brigham & Women’s Hospital; Professor, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- Prof Claus Yding Andersen, Professor of Human Reproductive Physiology, The Laboratory of Reproductive Biology, the Department of Fertility, The Juliane Marie Centre, Copenhagen University Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
- Dr Colleen Feltmate, Director, Minimally Invasive Surgery in Gynecologic Oncology, Brigham and Women's Hospital; Assistant Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- Dr Edward Morris, Consultant, Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital, Norwich, UK
- Dr Eva Wiberg-Itzel, Assistant Prof: Department of Clinical Science and Education, Karolinska Institute, South Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
- Dr Faysal El Kak, Associate: Women’s Health Centre, Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, American University of Beirut Medical Centre, Beirut, Lebanon
- Dr Ghada Salman, Consultant: Gynaecology and early pregnancy, University College London Hospital, London, UK
- Dr Hassan Jaafar, Hemato-Oncology Consultant, Oncology Center, Sheikh Khalifa Specialty Hospital, Ras al-Khaimah, UAE
- Dr Ibrahim Abd Elrahman, Consultant Gynaecologist & Assistant Prof - Advanced Laparoscopic Surgery, MBRU, Dubai, UAE
- Dr Kannamannadiar Jayaprakasan, Subspecialist and Hon. Associate Professor: Reproductive Medicine & Surgery, University of Nottingham; Consultant Gynaecologist/ Fertility Lead, Royal Derby Hospital, Derby, UK
- Prof Laura Magee, Professor of Women's Health, King’s College London, London, UK
- Dr Leanne Bricker, Consultant & Chair of Fetal Medicine, Corniche Hospital, Abu Dhabi, UAE
- Prof Mathew Sermer, Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Toronto; Chief of Obstetrics & Gynaecology and Medical Lead of the Women’s & Infants’ Centre of Excellence, Head of the Medical Disorders of Pregnancy Program, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Canada
- Dr Michael Fakih, Chairman, Founder & Medical Director, Fakih IVF, NMC Healthcare, Dubai, UAE
- Dr Mohamed Kamal, President, Egyptian Fetal Medicine Foundation; Fetal Medicine Consultant, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt
- Dr Muna Tahlak, CEO, Latifa Hospital, Dubai, UAE
- Dr Muzib Begam, Consultant: Obstetric/Fetal-Maternal Medicine, Mediclinic, Abu Dhabi, UAE
- Dr Omaema Al Baghahdadi
- Dr Peter Doubilet, Senior Vice Chair of Radiology, Brigham & Women’s Hospital; Professor of Radiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- Dr Rafael Blanco, Consultant Anaesthetist, King College Hospital, Dubai, UAE
- Dr Sabitha Murthy, Consultant Geneticist & Head, Dubai Genetics (DHA), Pathology and Genetics Center, Dubai, UAE
- Dr Teodora Elena Ucenic, HOD - Consultant OB-GYN, NMC Speciality Hospital, Al Ain, UAE
- Dr Thikra Hassan, OB-GYN & Female Reproductive System Tumours Specialist, Tawam Hospital, Al Ain, UAE
- Dr Werner Diehl, Consultant in Fetal Medicine, Corniche Hospital, Abu Dhabi, UAE
- Dr Zainab Shaban, Ob-Gyn, Tawam Hospital, Al Ain, UAE
Faculty disclosure
The Cleveland Clinic Foundation Center for Continuing Education has implemented a policy to comply with the current Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education Standards for Commercial Support requiring resolution of all faculty conflicts of interest. Faculty declaring a relevant commercial interest will be identified in the activity syllabus.
*Allied healthcare professionals such as Nurses, Physiotherapists, Radiographers and Technicians can contact the Arab Health conference team on +971 4 408 2891 or ahcongress@informa.com to find out more about the special rates. Valid company/employee identification with job designation will be required to avail the special rates.
Accreditation statement:
The Cleveland Clinic Foundation Center for Continuing Education is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
The Cleveland Clinic Foundation Center for Continuing Education designates this live activity for a maximum of 26.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Participants claiming CME credit from this activity may submit the credit hours to the American Osteopathic Association for Category 2 credit.
