​Day 2: Friday, 31 January 2025

Location: Al-Majles Hall & Al-Rayan Hall, Sheraton Hotel- Doha, Qatar


Total CPD: Category 1: 7 Hours

Time

Session

Speaker

7am to 7.55am

Registration and Coffee

Session 3: (8am to 9:30am)

Presidential Plenary Session: New Frontiers in Medical Education: What’s new in 2025?

Moderators: Dr Abdul-Latif Alkhal, Dr Dabia Al-Mohanadi (Al Majlis Hall)

8am to 8.25am

Future prospectives of medical education and training

Dr Mumtaz Patel
President, RCP of London

8:25am to 8:50am

The Artificial Doctor 

Prof. Andrew Elder
President, RCP of Edinburgh

8:50am to 9:15am

Utilizing artificial intelligence in continuing medical education for internal medicine

Prof. Miguel Paniagua
Vice President, Medical Education of ACP (USA)

9:15am to 9.30am

Q and A

 All faculty

Session 4 - Plenary Lecture (9:30am to 10am) (Al Majlis Hall)

Moderators: Dr Muna Al-Maslamani

9.30am to 9.55am

Ageism in Healthcare - the last acceptable prejudice?

Prof. Andrew Elder (UK)

9.55am to 10am

Q & A

 

10am to 10:25am

Conference Opening And Welcome

(Al Majlis Hall

10.30am to 11.30am

Exhibition / Posters Viewing

 

11.30am to 12pm: Jumma Prayer Time (at the conference venue)

12pm to 12.30pm: Lunch

Two Parallel Sessions - Session 3 & Session 4 (1:30pm to 3.20pm)

Session 5: Best Practice of Medicine in Primary Care (1:30pm to 3pm) (Al Majlis Hall)

Moderators: Dr Ibrahim Al-Janahi, Dr Amin Jayyousi, Dr Hasan Kasem, Dr Ijaz Kamal

1.30pm to 1.50pm

Treatment of hypertension in 2025: what patients? Which drugs?

Dr Hani Sabour (UAE)

1.50pm to 2.10pm

Dyslipidemia: who, when, and how to treat it?

Dr Ali Rahil (Qatar)

2.10pm to 2.30pm

Update in diagnosis and management of diabetic triopathy: neuropathy, Nephropathy and Retinopathy

Prof. Rayaz Malik (Qatar)

2.30pm to 2.50pm

Medical management of obesity in 2025

Prof. Shahrad Taheri (Qatar)

2.50pm to 3.10pm

Medical care after bariatric surgery: what do internists need to know?

Dr Wahiba Elhag (Qatar)

3.10pm to 3.20pm

Q and A

All faculty

Session 6: In-patients Medicine: Update in Diagnosis and Management of Hospitalized Patients (1:30pm to 3pm)

Moderators: Dr Hisham Abdul-Sattar, Dr Izatt Khanjar, Dr Abdulsalam Saif, Dr Ali Al-Sanousi (Al Rayan Hall)

1.30pm to 1.50pm

Acute ischemic stroke update for internists

Dr Salman Al Jerdi (Qatar)

1.50pm to 2.10pm

Stroke mimics and chameleons

Dr Waqar Gaba (UAE)

2.10pm to 2.30pm

Vasculitis and kidney: an overview

Dr Mumtaz Patel (UK)

2.30pm to 2.50pm

Challenges and controversies in the management of pulmonary embolism

Prof. Wanis Ibrahim (Qatar)

2.50pm to 3.10pm

Potentials of artificial intelligence and machine learning in transforming care of hospitalized patients

Dr Abdullah Al-Alawi (Oman)

3.10pm to 3.20pm

Q and A

All faculty

3.20pm to 3.40pm

Prayer and Coffee Break

Session 7: “Dr Abdelhaleem Elhiday Memorial Lecture”

Moderators: Dr Ahmed Al-Mohammed, Prof. Abdel-Naser Elzouki, Dr Anand Kartha (Al Rayan Hall)

3:40pm to 3:50pm

Welcome and Awards

Session’s Moderators

3:50pm to 4:15pm

Transitioning from clinical expert to clinical leader

Dr Mumtaz Patel (UK/)

Session (8): Residents Corner: Doctor’s Dilemma Competition (Medical Jeopardy) (Al Majlis Hall)

Moderator: Prof. Miguel Paniagua (USA)

Judges: Prof. Michael Bretthauer (Norway), Dr Faisal Abaalkhail (KSA), Dr Syed Tanzeem Raza (UK)

4.15pm to 6pm

Doctor's Dilemma Competition
A team-based competition involving answering questions related to internal medicine knowledge in a game format

Teams representing Medicine Residency Program from: Qatar, KSA, Oman & UAE