Saturday 9 February 2019

Start

End

Agenda

Speaker

07:30

08:15

Registration - Conference

08:16

08:20

Session III - Rare disease symposium          

Welcome Speech: Dr Salha Bujassoum -  Senior Consultant, Oncology

Session III [A] 

Panel chairs - Prof. Alex Knuth, Dr Fatma Abbas Al Ansari

08:20

08:40

Diabetes treatment: simply a normalization of a lab value?

Dr. Stefan Kopf     

08:40

09:00

Qatar Biobank – Concept and future perspectives

Prof. Nahla Afifi
Director, Qatar Biobank, Qatar Foundation. HMC

09:00

09:20

Genetic Diagnostic Services in Qatar

Dr. Zafar Nawaz
Senior Clinical Scientist, NCCCR. HMC

09:20

09:40

Coffee Break

09:40

10:00

Genomics: key to diagnosis and treatment of rare diseases

Prof. Tom Meitinger

10:00

10:20

Precision Medicine for rare skin diseases

Prof. Martin Steinhoff
Chairman, Dermatology & Venerology, HMC Clinical Professor of Dermatology, Qatar University, Doha, Qatar; Professor of Dermatology, Weill Cornell Medicine Qatar.

Professor of Dermatology, University College Dublin, Ireland; Adj. Prof: Dept. of Dermatology, University of California San Diego, USA

10:20

10:40

Personalized oncology  (Sidra – Chief Research Officer)

Prof. Christoph von Kalle
Chief Research Officer – Sidra Medicine, Qatar

10:40

10:45

Discussion - Q & A

10:45

11:43

OPENING CEREMONY + Keynote II

Presented by: Prof. Annette Grüters-Kieslich:  Senior Medical Director of Heidelberg University Hospital and the Medical Faculty Heidelberg

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Session III [B]

Panel chairs –  Prof. Said Ismail, Dr Mohammed Salem

11:45

12:05

Genetics of personalized medicine in Qatar: Lessons from Mendelian Diseases and Cancer Genetics

Dr. Reem Al-Sulaiman
Board Certified Genetic Counselor, NCCCR, HMC

12:05

12:25

Overview on hereditary cancer syndromes: Experience from Qatar

Dr. Salha Bujassoum
Senior consultant, Medical Oncology. NCCCR. Lead of hereditary cancer program. HMC

12:25

12:30

The landscape of genetic diseases in Qatar

Dr. Tawfeg Ben-Omran
Head, Clinical and Metabolic Genetics, Associate Professor, Weill Cornell Medical College. Department of Pediatrics. HMC

12:30

12:35

Discussion - Q & A

12:35

01:30

Prayer & Lunch

Session IV Breast Oncology

Welcome Speech - Prof. Alex Knuth

Session IV[A]

Panel chairs – Dr. Salha Bujassoum, Prof. Christof Sohn

13:30

13:50

Breast cancer care in Qatar: Achievements and Future Directions

Dr. Salha Bujassoum
Senior consultant, Medical Oncology. NCCCR. HMC Chair Breast MDT. Co-Chair Breast Cancer National Clinical Advisory Group.

13:50

14:10

National Breast screening program

Mr. Masood Ali Abdul Khaliq
Cancer Screening Contract Manager
Cancer Programs Division

14:10

14:30

Changing treatment landscapes in HER2 positive Breast cancer

Prof. Frederik Marmé, Heidelberg

14:30

14:50

State of the art Surgical management of breast cancer in Qatar

Dr. Salah Gehani

14:50

14:55

Discussion - Q & A

14:55

15:15

Coffee Break

Session IV [B]

Panel chairs – Dr Mohammad Akhtar

15:15

15:35

How can we help triple negative breast cancer patient (choices of systemic treatments)

Prof. Christof Sohn
Head of the department of the University Women's Hospital, University Hospital Heidelberg

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15:55

Achievement in breast cancer radiotherapy

Dr. Saju Divakar
Consultant, Radiation Oncology, NCCCR , HMC

15:55

16:15

Accelerated partial breast irradiation: Past, present, and future

Dr. Juliane Hörner-Rieber
Senior consultant at the Department of Radiation Oncology of the University Hospital Heidelberg

16:15

16:35

Advanced Imaging of Breast Cancer

Dr. Haya Al-Merkhi

16:35

16:40

Discussion - Q & A (Prayer Break)

10:45

10:49

Introductions

10:49

10:54

Welcome Remarks from the Conference Chairman

Dr. Saad Al Kaabi
Chairman International Medical Affairs Office, Administrative Service

10:55

11:00

Welcome message from Heidelberg University Hospital

Prof. Hohenfellner
Medical Director, Department of Urology, Heidelberg University Hospital

11:00

11:05

Accelerated partial breast irradiation: Past, present, and future

Dr. Abdulla Al Ansari
A/Chief Medical Officer. HMC

11:05

11:35

Keynote
The evolving concept of rare diseases or “From rare to common diseases”

Prof. Annette Grüters-Kieslich
Senior Medical Director of Heidelberg University Hospital and the Medical Faculty Heidelberg

11:35

11:40

Closing Remarks from the Chairman of the Conference Scientific Committee

Dr. Khalid Al- Rumaihi