Physical Medicine, & Rehabilitation agenda

Day one | Monday, 21 June 2021

08:30 | Welcome remarks by Informa
Cynthia Makarutse-Nyandoro, Senior Conference Producer, Informa Markets – Healthcare Division, Dubai, UAE (In-person)

08:35 | Opening remarks
Conference Co-Chair: Dr Khalid Anwar (In-person)

Session 1: Industry meets practitioners (non-CME)
Moderator: Dr Abdulla Alrahoomi

08:45 | Use of objective gait assessment in the treatment of musculoskeletal disease
Prof Richard Jones, Knee Biomechanics Research Lead, School of Health and Society, University of Salford, Manchester, UK (Remote)

09:15 | Biomimetic system engineering design in integrated prosthetic & orthotics personalisation
Prof. Sir. Saeed Zahedi, Technical Director, Chas A Blatchford & Sons, Hampshire, UK (Remote)

Session 2: Amputee rehabilitation I
Moderator: Dr Abdulla Alrahoomi

09:45 | Rehabilitation challenges in lower limb amputees
Dr Khalid Anwar, Consultant Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Clinical Lead, Amana Healthcare Medical and Rehabilitation Hospital, Abu Dhabi, UAE (In-person)

10:15 | The evolving role of occupational and physical therapy in advanced upper limb amputation
Prof Diane J. Atkins, Assistant Clinical Professor - Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA (Remote)

10:45 | Extremity amputations-surgical perspectives
Dr Raashid Shahbazi, Chief Division of Vascular Surgery, Tawam Hospital; Adjunct Associate Professor of Surgery, United Arab Emirates University, Abu Dhabi, UAE (In-person)

11:15 | Lunch break

Session 3: Amputee rehabilitation II
Moderator: Dr Abdulla Alrahoomi

12:45 | Osseointegration: Surgical and rehabilitation approach
Dr Jonathan Forsberg, Orthopaedic Oncologist, Johns Hopkins Health Care and Surgery Center, Bethseda, Maryland, USA (Remote)
Dr Marlis Gonzalez-Fernandez, Managing Director, Outpatient Operations, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation; Associate Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Johns Hopkins Medicine, Lutherville, Maryland, USA (Remote)

13:15 | Psychological aspects of limb loss
Dr Leanne Brown, Clinical Neuropsychologist, Amana Healthcare, Abu Dhabi, UAE (In-person)

13:45 | Prosthesis provision: A Journey
Charl Stenger, Prosthetist, OrthoMENA, Dubai, UAE (In-person)

14:15 | Coffee break

Session 4: Movement disorders rehabilitation
Moderator: Dr Khalid Anwar

15:00 | Role of deep brain stimulation in Parkinson’s disease
Dr Shivam Om Mittal, Staff Physician Neurology, Neurological Institute; Section Head, Parkinson’s Disease & Movement Disorders, Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, UAE (In-person)

15:30 | Rehabilitation for Parkinson's disease: Current outlook
Rosie Warnett, Clinical Specialist Physiotherapist, Tees Neuro Physiotherapy, Durham, UK (Remote)

16:00 | Treatments of advanced Parkinson’s disease with neurosurgical and infusion therapies
Prof Aristide Merola, Neurologist, Department of Neurology, Wexner Medical Center; Associate Professor of Neurology, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA (Remote)

16:30 | Dystonia & rehabilitation
Prof Danish Bhatti, Associate Professor; Co-Director Comprehensive Multidisciplinary Parkinson’s Disease Clinic; Director, International Neurology Program; Associate Director, Movement Disorders Fellowship Program, Department of Neurological Sciences, University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC), Omaha, Nebraska, USA (Remote)

17:00 | Closing remarks
Conference Co-Chair: Dr Khalid Anwar

17:10 | End of day one

Day two | Tuesday, 22 June 2021

08:30 | Opening remarks
Conference Co-Chair: Dr Abdulla Alrahoomi

Session 5: Northwestern Medicine and Shirley Ryan AbilityLab Masterclass
Moderator: Dr Mahesh Cirasanambati

• 08:45 | Advancements in limb salvage and prosthetics
  Physicians and Scientists from both organisations will discuss limb reconstruction, an ever evolving field with practices and procedures being modernized and innovated continuously. Reconstruction of extremities and other parts of the human body are less about fixing an imperfection and more about helping those who have lost the function of a body part because of a birth defect, cancer, or traumatic injury.
  The session will cover the following:
  • Limb salvage discussion with flaps and nerve transfers
  • Rehabilitation after devastating limb trauma
  • TMR for neuroma pain, phantom limb pain, and prosthetic function
  • Advanced prosthetics
  Speakers:
  - Dr Gregory A. Dumanian, Chief of Plastic Surgery, Department of Surgery; Stuteville Professor of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery; Professor of Surgery, Medical Education, Orthopaedic Surgery, & Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, USA (Remote)
  - Dr Mark Huang, Chief Medical Information Officer & Attending Physician, Shirley Ryan AbilityLab; Professor, Department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, USA (Remote)
  - Dr Jason H. Ko, Attending Physician, Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery; Associate Professor of Surgery & Orthopaedic Surgery, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, USA (Remote)
  - Prof Laura Miller, Prosthetist and Researcher, Shirley Ryan AbilityLab; Associate Professor, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, USA (Remote)

Session 6: COVID 19 pandemic and rehabilitation
Moderator: Dr Mahesh Cirasanambati

• 10:00 | Neurological manifestations of COVID
  Dr Matilde Leonardi, Director - Neurology, Public Health, Disability Unit and Coma Research Centre, Italian WHO-Collaborating Centre Research Branch, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Neurologico Carlo Besta, Milan, Italy (Remote)
• 10:30 | Rehabilitation issues in ICU
  Dr Sabahat Asim Wasti, Staff Physician, Neurological Institute, Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, UAE (In-person)
• 11:00 | Rehabilitation challenges in COVID 19
  Prof Marta Imamura, Medical Officer - Disability and Rehabilitation Team (DAR), Department for Management of Noncommunicable Diseases, Disability, Violence and Injury Prevention (NVI), WHO, Zurich, Switzerland (Remote)

11:30 | Coffee break

Session 7: Panel discussion: COVID 19 pandemic and rehabilitation – the global experience
Moderator: Dr Sabahat Asim Wasti

• 12:15 | UAE:
  Dr Ahmad Al Khayer, Consultant PM&R; Medical Director, NMC Provita, Abu Dhabi, UAE (Remote)
  Margeaux Blignaut, Director of Rehabilitation, Amana Healthcare, Abu Dhai, UAE (Remote)
• 12:35 | Saudi Arabia:
  Shreemathie Somduth, Nursing Director - Rehabilitation Hospital; Acting Nursing Director, National Neuroscience Institute, King Fahad Medical City, Riyadh, KSA (Remote)
• 12:45 | United Kingdom:
  Dr Fahim Anwer, Consultant - Rehabilitation Medicine, Addenbrooks NHS hospital, Cambridge, UK (Remote)
• 12:55 | India:
  Dr Nirmal Surya, Consultant, Neurologist, Surya Neuro Centre; Founder Trustee & Chairman, Epilepsy Foundation of India, Mumbai, India (Remote)

13:05 | Lunch break

Session 8: Paediatric rehabilitation / Cerebral Palsy rehabilitation
Moderator: Dr Ahmad Al Khayer

• 15:00 | Diagnostic dilemmas in paediatric rehabilitation
  Dr Sherilyn Whateley Driscoll, Director - Paediatric Rehabilitation Medicine Division; Medical Director; Paediatric Medical Director, Inpatient Rehabilitation Unit, Mayo Clinic Children's Center, Rochester, Minnesota, USA (Remote)
• 15:30 | Cerebral Palsy: rehabilitation issues
  Dr Abdulla Alrahoomi, Consultant of Sports Medicine & Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Healthpoint Hospital; Vice President, UAE’s Medical Olympic Committee, Adjunct Professor, College of Medicine & Health Sciences, UAE University, Al Ain, UAE (In-person)

Session 9: Technology update
Moderator: Dr Ahmad Al Khayer

• 16:00 | Neuromodulation & rehabilitation
  Dr Mahesh Cirasanambati, PM&R Consultant & Chief of Rehabilitation, Burjeel Medical City, Abu Dhabi, UAE (In-person)
• 16:30 | Role of footwear and assistive technology in alleviating problems related to high risk foot
  Prof Nachiappan Chockalingam, Director – Centre for Biomechanics and Rehabilitation Technologies, Staffordshire University, Stoke-on-Trent, UK (Remote)
• 17:05 | Closing remarks
  Conference Co-Chair: Dr Khalid Anwar

17:10 | End of conference