7:00 - 8:00 am: Registration and Coffee


Plenary 3:  (Al Majlis Hall): Diabetes

Chair: Dr. Abdul- Badi Abou-Samra and Dr. Mohammad Khair

  • 8:00 - 8:30 am: Update in Diabetes Management - 2023: Dr. Simon Heller
  • 8:30 - 9:00 am: Diabetic Neuropathy: Dr. Rayaz Malik
  • 9:00 - 9:30 am: Artificial Intelligence: Dr. Mohammed Bashir
  • 9:30 - 10:00 am: Hypoglycemia in Diabetes: Dr. Simon Heller

Discussion: 10:00 - 10:20 am


10:20 - 10:45 am: Coffee Break


10:45 - 11:30 am: Oral Presentations: (Two Parallel Sessions)

Session one (Al Majlis Hall)

Chairs: Prof. Shahrad Taheri & Dr. Essam M Abdelalim

  1. Effects of GLP-1 infusion upon whole-body glucose uptake and skeletal muscle perfusion during fed-state in older men 
    Dr Haytham Abdallah
  2. Targeted microRNA profiling reveals that Exendin-4 modulates the expression of several microRNAs to reduce steatosis in HepG2 cells 
    Dr Olfa Khalifa
  3. Genes Differentially Expressed in Skeletal Muscles of Healthy Arab Men with High or Low Insulin Sensitivity Under Hyper -Insulinemic Euglycemic Clamp (HIEC) 
    Dr. Illham Bettahi
  4. Understanding the genetics of early onset obesity in a cohort of children from Qatar
    Dr Idris Mohammed

Session two (Al Rayyan Hall)

Chairs: Dr. Mohsen Saleh Eledrisi & Dr. Naseer Ahmad Masoodi:

  1. Metformin is comparable to insulin for pharmacotherapy in gestational diabetes mellitus: A network meta-analysis evaluating 6046 women, Mr. Omran Musa
  2. Insulin Inertia in Type 2 Diabetes in Qatar- The INERT-Q study, Dr Abeer Khaled
  3. Prevalence of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease in type 2 diabetes patients based on FIB-4 score-a retrospective study, Dr Adeel Khan
  4. Evaluation of a hybrid closed-loop system initiation protocol for adults with type 1 diabetes on multiple daily injections therapy, Dr Khaled Baagar


11:30 am - 1:00 pm: Prayer/Poster/lunch


1:00 - 3:00 pm: Four Parallel Lectures (Two Parallel Sessions)

Session Three: (Al Majlis Hall): Thyroid
Chairs: Dr. Mahmoud Zirie and Dr. Gowry Karuppasamy

  • 1:00 - 1:25 pm: Hyperthyroidism: Dr. Marius Stan
  • 1:25 - 1:50 pm: Subclinical Thyroid Disease: Dr. Hossein Gharib
  • 1:50 - 2:15 pm: Thyroid disorders in Pregnancy: Dr. Stephen Beer
  • 2:15 - 2:40 pm: Thyroid Nodules: Dr. Hossein Gharib

Discussion: 2:40 - 3:00 pm

Session Four: (Al Rayyan Hall): Pediatric and Adolescence
Chairs: Dr. Noor Hamed and Dr. Khaled Baagar

  • 1:00 - 1:25 pm: Management of Short Stature in Children and Adolescents, Dr. Martin Savage
  • 1:25 - 1:50 pm: Update in DM (1): Dr. Goran Petrovski
  • 1:50 - 2:15 pm: Evaluation and Management of Delayed Puberty, Dr. Martin Savage
  • 2:15 - 2:40pm: Evaluation and Management of Precocious Puberty, Dr. Shiga Chirayath

Discussion: 2:40 - 3:00 pm


3:00 - 3:30 pm: Prayer and Break


3:30 - 5:00 pm: Plenary 4: (Al Majlis Hall):


3:30 - 3:40 pm: Dr. Sara Darwish Award (Dr. Noor Suleiman)


Chairs: Dr. Tarik El Hadd and Dr. Mashhood Siddique

  • 3:40 - 4:20 pm: Update in Perimenopausal Management, Endocrinology View: Dr. Richard Quinton
  • 4:20 - 5:00 pm: Hirsutism: Dr. Stephen Atkin


5:00 - 5:15 pm: Closing Remarks: Dr. Mahmoud Zirie