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Time |
Title |
Speakers |
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7am to 6.30pm |
Conference Registration / Poster Viewing |
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7am to 8am |
Breakfast will be served |
Mini-Symposium (1): GIM Track -Focused Clinical Updates (8am to 10am)
HALL A (Al-Majalis Ballroom)
Chairpersons: A. Al-Khater (Qatar), M. Hamouda (Qatar), A. Badr
(Qatar), G. Faitori (Qatar), K. Dukhan (Qatar)
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8am to 8.20am |
News You Can Use: Scan of current Internal Medicine Guidelines |
A. Rahil (Qatar) |
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8.25am to 8.45am |
Update on prevention and early diagnosis of cancer |
P. Natali (Italy) |
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8.50am to 9.10am |
Endocrinology for Internists: What's new? |
S. Atkin (Qatar) |
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9.15am to 9.35am |
Update on the management of rheumatoid arthritis |
A. Jawad (UK) |
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9.40am to 10am |
Recent advances in the management of heart failure |
A. Sanjay (UK) |
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10am to 10.05am |
Q & A |
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Research Corner (1): Free Communications (Oral Presentations) (8am to 10am)
HALL B (Al-Rayaan Ballroom)
Chairpersons: H. Ziglam (Qatar), H. Alsohob (Qatar), T. El Hadd (Qatar),
M. Bashir (Qatar), W. Ibrahim (Qatar)
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8am to 8.10am |
Prevalence and correlates of diabetic peripheral neuropathy in Qatar |
H. Mohamed, Z. Al Hamadani, H. Alkhmour, MA. Ali, S. Al Motawaa, S. Shaltouni |
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8.12am to 8.22am |
Procalcitonin and other inflammatory markers in patients with severe sepsis and
septic shock: A single center experience in Qatar |
A-N Elzouki, S George, M Thomas, S Rafiqui, M Al Maslamani |
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8.24am to 8.34am |
Etiology of pleural effusion among adults in the State of Qatar: A hospital
based study |
S. Niraula, M.A. Waheed |
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8.36am to 8.46am |
Epidemiological features and incidence rate of acute pancreatitis among adult inhabitants in Qatar |
A-N Elzouki, A Saeed, O Alsaed, F Khan, A Ayash, M Ghazanfar |
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8.48am to 8.58am |
Efficacy of pneumococcal vaccine in immunized population two year before and after immunization on rate of hospitalization and ICU admission due to respiratory tract infection |
A. Houssameldin, R, Moustafa, Z. Jassim, D. Elgaily |
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9am to 9.10am |
Antimicrobial susceptibility and molecular epidemiology of extended-spectrum ß-lactamase producing Enterobacteriaceae from ICUs at Hamad Medical Corporation, Qatar |
MA. Ahmed, D Bansal, E Ibrahim, AA Sultan, A Deshmukh |
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9.12am to 9.22am |
Disseminated TB among adult patients admitted to Hamad General Hospital, Qatar: A five year hospital study |
F. Khan, K. Dosa, A. Fuad, W. Ibrahim, A. Alaini, L. Osman |
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9.24am to 9.34am |
Recurrent Peritonitis in peritoneal dialysis in Qatar: An eight year epidemiologic study |
T. Fouda, A. Hamad, RA. Ibrahim, HE. Ismail, A. Kaddourah, H Ahmed, et al |
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9.36am to 9.46am |
Therapeutic game-based exercise during hemodialysis to improve balance: A pilot randomized control trial |
F. Al-Ali, A. Hamad, Zhou H, T. Talal, S. Sardon melo, M. Elesnawi, et al |
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9.48am to 9.58am |
3D MRI imaging of cerebrovascular disease in patients from the Middle-East and Far-East Asia: Explaining the differences in clinical expression of the presenting symptoms |
N. Akhtar, A. Salam, S. Kamran, A. D'souza, Y. Imam, A. Own et al |
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9.58am to 10am |
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Sponsored Symposium (1) (by Servier)
(10.10am to 11am)
HALL A (Al-Majalis Ballroom)
Chairpersons: A. El-Hiday (Qatar)
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10.10am to 10.30am |
A Vascular Prospective to Understanding Hypertension |
H. El-Tamimi (Oman) |
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10.35am to 10.55am |
Are all sulphonylureas the same? Facts and Myths |
M. Hassanein (UAE) |
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11 to 12pm |
Jumma Prayer Time (at Sheraton) |
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12pm to 1pm |
Lunch
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1pm to 1.25pm |
Opening Ceremony of the Conference
HALL A (Al-Majalis Ballroom) |
Keynote Lecture (1) By
President of the Mediterranean Association for the Study
of Liver (MASL) (2.45pm to 3.15pm)
HALL A (Al-Majalis Ballroom)
Chairperson: N. Al-Dweik (Qatar) |
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1.30pm to 1.55pm |
Treatment of hepatitis C in 2016 and beyond |
A. Ascione (Italy) |
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1.55pm to 2pm |
Q & A |
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Mini-Symposium (2): Scientific Advances in Medicine (2pm to 3.15pm)
HALL A
(Al-Majalis Ballroom)
Chairpersons: M. Al-Saud (KSA), R. Mohammad (Qatar),
T. Benomran (Qatar)
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2pm to 2.20pm |
Using pluripotent stem cells for understanding and treatment of chronic diseases |
E. Abdelalem (Qatar) |
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2.25pm to 2.45pm |
Salt, blood pressure and cardiovascular disease |
S. Hunt (Qatar) |
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2.50pm to 3.10pm |
Advances in genetics of cardiomyopathy: The clinical implications |
W. Mckenna (Qatar) |
Mini-Symposium (3): GIM Track: Old diseases, New Treatments:
(2pm to 3.15pm)
HALL B (Al-Rayaan Ballroom)
Chairpersons: N. Amrani (Morocco), N. Shaath (Qatar), A. Afrah (Qatar)
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2pm to 2.20pm |
The first seizure: Epilepsy or not epilepsy? |
T. Raza (UK) |
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2.25pm to 2.45pm |
Multiple Sclerosis: Are we close to cure? |
B. Turner (UK) |
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2.50pm to 3.10pm |
Inflammatory bowel disease: what clinicians need to know? |
A-M. Kassem (Egypt) |
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3.15pm to 3.30pm |
Prayer Time |
Mini-Symposium (4): Acute Medicine Track: Update in Acute Medicine
(3.30pm to 5.10pm)
HALL A
(Al-Majalis Ballroom)
Chairpersons: I. Fawzy (Qatar), H. Al-Malki (Qatar), H. Abdulrahman (KSA), M. Naeem (Qatar) |
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3.30pm to 3.50pm |
Management of acute stroke |
A. Shuaib (Qatar) |
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3.55pm to 4.15pm |
Acute headache: what to do and when? |
T. Raza (UK) |
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4.20pm to 4.40pm |
Management of encephalitis |
B. Turner (UK) |
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4.45pm to 5.05pm |
Prevention and management of Acute Kidney Injury in the hospital |
M. Asim (Qatar) |
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5.10pm to 5.30pm |
Coffee Break, Prayer and Poster Viewing |
Research Corner (2): Free Communications (Oral Presentations)
(3.30pm to 5.10pm)
HALL B (Al-Rayaan Ballroom)
Chairpersons: D. Taichman (USA), A-M. Kassem (Egypt), S. Eid (USA), S. Taheri (Qatar), W. Ibrahim (Qatar) |
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3.30pm to 3.40pm |
OMV/PTV/RTV +/- ribavirin in genotype 4Hard To-Treat cohort:real life data from Qatar |
M, Derbala, F. Sheble, A. Amer, K. Sultan, M. Elbadri, Y. Kamal, et al |
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3.42pm to 3.52pm |
Predicting mortality of patients with cirrhosis admitted to MICU: An experience of a single tertiary center in Qatar |
A-N. Elzouki, S. Suliman, R. Alhasan, A. Abdullah, M. Othman, A. Badi |
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3.54pm to 4.04pm |
Bacterial infection among patients with liver cirrhosis receiving acid suppressive therapy in Qatar |
A-N. Elzouki, A. Abullah, F. Rasoul N. Nefati, M. Othman, A. Badi |
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4.06pm to 4.16pm |
Prevalence of metallo-ß-lactamase NDM-1 OXA-23 carbenemase-producing Actinetobacter baumannii in Tripoli, Libya |
A. Zorgani, N. Abukhatwa, N. Elgre, N. Sufya, A. Besheen, O. Elahmer |
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4.18pm to 4.28pm |
Streptococcus anginosus infections: Clinical and Bacteriologic characteristics |
A. Shaukat, H. Alsoub, M. Al-Maslamani |
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4.30pm to 4.40pm |
Ethnic variation in acute cerebrovascular disease: disease: analysis from Qatar Stroke Registry |
N. Akhtar, A. Salam, S. Kamran, P. Bourke, S. Joseph |
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4.42pm to 4.52pm |
Diabetic ketoacidosis in pregnant women: causes and outcomes |
K. Bagar, S. Lindow, B. Alowinati, A. Aboudi, H. Khaldi, A. Abusamra |
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4.54pm to 5.04pm |
Nutrition in hemodialysis patients from the DOPPS in the Gulf Cooperation Council countries |
F. Al-Ali, B. Bieber, R. Pisoni, H. Ezzat, et al on behalf of the GCC DOPPS
Study Group |
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5.04pm to 5.10pm |
Q & A |
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5.10pm to 5.30pm |
Coffee Break, Prayer and Poster Viewing |
Plenary Lectures (1): (5.30pm to 6.00pm)
HALL A (Al-Majalis Ballroom)
Chairpersons: A. Abou Samra (Qatar)
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5.30pm to 5.55pm |
Treatment of osteoporosis: The evidence |
A. Jawad (UK) |
Sponsored Symposium (2) (by Sanofi) (6pm to
6.30pm)
HALL A
(Al-Majalis Ballroom)
Chairpersons: A. Al-Ani (Qatar) |
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6pm to 6.25pm |
The new generation of basal insulin: addressing the unmet needs in diabetes management |
G. Bolli (Italy) |
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6.25pm to 6.30pm |
Q & A |
