11th of Dec. | Topic | Presenter |
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08:00-08:30 | Registration | |
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| Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary
Disease |
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08:30-08:55 | Management of COPD Exacerbations | Ashraf AlZaabi, MD, FRCPC, FCCP |
08:55-09:20 | Advances in the Management of COPD | Loutfi Aboussouan, MD |
09:20-09:45 | Endoscopic Therapies for advanced COPD – It’s Getting Complicated | Zaid Zoumot, MBBS, MSc, MRCP, Ph.D |
09:45-10:00 | Coffee break | |
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| Thoracic Malignancy |
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10:00-10:25 | Endobronchial Ultrasound Bronchoscopy | Ali Wahla, MBBS |
10:25-10:50 | Lung Cancer Screening | Moulay Mezianne, MD |
10:45-11:15 | Targeted Therapy for the Treatment of Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer | Sathyarathnam Gokul, MD |
11:15-11:40 | Surgical Management of Lung Cancer | Redha Souilamas, MD |
11:40-13:30 | Friday Prayers and Lunch | |
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| Chronic Suppurative Lung Diseases |
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13:30-13:55 | How to Investigate Bronchiectasis in Adults | Irfan Shafiq, MBBS, MRCP |
13:55-14:20 | Advances in Cystic Fibrosis Treatment | Asma AlNuaimi, MD |
14:20-14:45 | Macrolide use in Bronchiectasis | Irfan Shafiq, MBBS |
14:45-15:00 | Coffee break | |
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| Advanced Lung Diseases |
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15:00-15:25 | A practical approach to ILD classification | Saniya Khan, MD |
15:25-15:50 | Pulmonary Hypertension: Diagnosis and Treatment | Samar Farha, MD |
15:50-16:15 | Latest advances in the treatment of ILD | Jeffrey Chapman, MD |
16:15-16:40 | Lung transplant, the good the bad and the ugly | Fadi Hamed, MD |
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12th of Dec | Topic | Presenter |
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08:00-08:25 | Registration | |
08:25-08:30 | Opening Remarks | |
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| Asthma & Cough |
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08:30-08:45 | Asthma in the UAE | Bassam Mahboub, MD, FRCPC |
08:45-09:20 | Unexplained Dyspnea, What Next? | James Hull, MBBS, PhD |
09:20-09:45 | Omalizumab and Anti-cytokine Therapies for Asthma | Mohsen Nasir, MD |
09:45-10:10 | Coffee break | |
10:10-10:35 | Bronchial Thermoplasty | Yaser Abu El Sameed, MBBS, FCCP |
10:35-11:00 | Chronic Refractory Cough | James Hull, MBBS, PhD |
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| Pleural Disease |
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11:00-11:25 | Management of Malignant Pleural Effusion | Mateen Uzbeck, MBBS, MRCPI, M MedSci |
11:25-11:50 | It’s Empyema – Call the Surgeon! | Fadi Hamed, MD |
11:50-13:00 | Lunch | |
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| Sleep Disordered Breathing and
Chronic Respiratory Failure |
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13:00-13:25 | Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Cardiovascular Disease | Khaled Saleh, MD, MS |
13:25-13:50 | Non-Respiratory Sleep Disorders | Sobia Farooq, MD |
13:50-14:15 | Management of Sleep-Disordered Breathing Associated with
Neuromuscular Disorders | Loutfi Aboussouan, MD |
14:15-14:30 | Coffee break | |
| Critical Care Medicine | |
14:30-14:55
| ARDS: Applying the State of the Art to Clinical Practice | Eduardo Mireles-Cabodevila, MD |
14:55-15:20 | Extracorporeal Devices in Respiratory Failure | Michael Rodgers, MD |
15:20-15:45 | Critical Care Management of Respiratory Failure due to Obstructive
Lung Diseases | Eduardo Mireles-Cabodevila, MD |
15:45-16:10 | Pulmonary Embolism: to Lyse or not to Lyse | Armin Meyer, MD |
16:10-16:25 | Quality Metrics in the ICU | Ziad Ghamra, MD, MS, FCCP |
16:25-17:00 | Closing Remarks | |