28-29 January 2019 � Dubai World Trade Centre

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12th Paediatrics Conference. Agenda.

12.75 CME Points.

Theme: ‘New trends and innovations in Paediatrics’

What’s new: • Practical advice shared to support paediatric care when addressing complex case

presentations

• Now a two-day comprehensive and concise programme featuring top international

speakers

• Reduced price and special rates for Allied Healthcare Professionals, international members

of endorsing partner societies*

Key topics: • Neonatology

• Cardiology & Emergency Medicine

• Haematology/ Oncology

• Mental Health

• Surgery

• Neurology: Focus on epilepsy management

• Gastroenterology & Nutrition

• Adolescent Medicine

Who should attend: • Paediatricians

• Paediatric Consultants/Specialists

• Neonatologists

• Paediatric Surgeons

• Heads of Department: Paediatrics

• Paediatric Nurses

Benefits of attending: • Diagnose and manage complex or difficult neonatal-perinatal cases through interactive

case analysis

• Formulate a comprehensive treatment plan for children and adolescents with mood

disorders or aggressive behaviors

• Review the latest pharmacological therapies for the management of paediatric conditions

• Discuss successes and failures in paediatric development and share new evidence-based

interventions to integrate into your practice

• Debate new concepts in neonatal care and challenge current practices and procedures with

the goal of providing optimal care for your patients

• Determine the best course of action for your patient by assessing new paediatric

oncological treatment options available

*Allied Healthcare Professionals such as Nurses, Physiotherapists, Radiographers and Technicians can contact the Arab Health conference team on +971 4 408 2891 or ahcongress@informa.com to find out more about the special rates. Valid company/employee identification with job designation will be required to avail the special rates.

Programme highlights:

Current thoughts about surgical management of gastroesophageal reflux in infants and children

Dr George W. Holcomb III, Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Paediatric Surgery; Director - Minimally

Invasive Surgery; Senior Vice-President, Katharine Berry Richardson Professor of Paediatric Surgery,

Medical Director - International Services, Children’s Mercy Hospital, Kansas City, Missouri, USA

Paediatric heart transplantation at Stanford: The 50-year story

Dr Seth Hollander, Clinical Associate Professor: Paediatric Cardiology & Medical Director, Cardiac

Transplant Program, Stanford Children's Health, Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford,

Stanford, California, USA

Dr David Rosenthal, Professor: Paediatric Cardiology & Director, Paediatric Heart Failure Program,

Stanford Children's Health, Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford, Stanford, California,

USA

Minimally-invasive paediatric surgery

Dr Paul Danielson, Chief - Division of Paediatric Surgery, Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital,

St Petersburg, Florida, USA

Accreditation statement:

The Cleveland Clinic Foundation Center for Continuing Education is accredited by the Accreditation

Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for

physicians.

The Cleveland Clinic Foundation Center for Continuing Education designates this live activity for a

maximum of 12.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit

commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Participants claiming CME credit from this activity may submit the credit hours to the American

Osteopathic Association for Category 2 credit.

Supporting bodies: Official knowledge partner:

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Day one | Monday, 28 January 2019.

08:00 Welcome coffee

09:00 Opening remarks

Dr Mohamed Hamdan, Assistant Professor Paediatrics, Columbia University College of

Physicians & Surgeons, New York, New York, USA; Consultant Paediatric Cardiologist & Co-

Director, KidsHeart Medical Centre, Dubai, UAE

Dr Rabi Hanna, Chairman: Department of Paediatric Haematology-Oncology & BMT,

Cleveland Clinic Children's Hospital, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, USA

Session 1: Neonatology Moderator: Dr Fares Chedid, Consultant Neonatologist & Chief of Paediatrics, Oasis Hospital, Al Ain, UAE

09:15 Optimising outcome in the delivery room: What can we do?

Dr Eyad Almidani, Associate Prof of Paediatrics, AlFaisal University; Consultant: Neonatal Critical Care;

Deputy, Editor in Chief, International Journal of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine; Director:

Neonatal Resuscitation Program, Department of Paediatrics, King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research

Center, Riyadh, KSA

09:45 Management of apnoea of prematurity: Beyond caffeine

Dr Rima Munla, Director: Neonatal Services, Al Zahra Hospital, Dubai, UAE

10:15 Trends in management of neonatal sepsis

Dr Zainab Malik, Consultant - Paediatric Infectious Diseases, Mediclinic City Hospital,

Dubai, UAE

10:45 Coffee break

Session 2: Cardiology and emergency medicine Moderator: Dr Mahmoud Al Soufi, Consultant Paediatric Cardiologist, Al Jalilah Children’s Hospital, Dubai, UAE

11:30 Cardiac surgery in the UAE: Al Jalila Children's Hospital experience

Dr Masakazu Nakao, Head: Heart Center of Excellence, Al Jalila Children's Specialty

Hospital, Dubai, UAE

12:00 Paediatric heart transplantation at Stanford: The 50-year story

Dr Seth Hollander, Clinical Associate Professor: Paediatric Cardiology & Medical Director,

Cardiac Transplant Program, Stanford Children's Health, Lucille Packard Children's Hospital

Stanford, Stanford, California, USA

12:30 2018 American heart guidelines for Kawasaki disease: What’s new? Dr Anas Abu Hazeem, Consultant Paediatric Cardiologist, KidsHeart Medical Center, Abu

Dhabi, UAE

13:00 Lunch break and visit exhibition

Session 3: Hematology/ oncology Moderator: Dr Rabi Hanna, Chairman: Department of Paediatric Haematology-Oncology & BMT,

Cleveland Clinic Children's Hospital, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, USA

15:00 Clinical applications of stem cell transplantation

Dr John Cunningham, Chair - Department of Paediatrics, Physician-in-Chief, The University

of Chicago Medicine Comer Children's Hospital, Director, Hematopoietic Stem Cell

Transplantation, University of Chicago Hospitals, Chicago, Illinois, USA

15:30 Long-term outcome of children after cancer remission

Dr Timothy Cripe, Gordon Teter Endowed Chair in Paediatric Cancer, Chief - Division of

Haematology and Oncology, Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, Ohio, USA

16:00 New trends in the management of sickle cell disease

Dr Abdul Hafeez Siddiqui, Consultant in Paediatric Haematology-Oncology, American

Hospital, Dubai, UAE

Session 4: Mental health Moderator: Dr Abeer Khayat, Consultant & Head of Paediatrics, American Hospital, Dubai, UAE

16:30 Gastrointestinal link to autism: Hype or hope?

Dr Mohamad Miqdady, Chief - Paediatric Gastroenterology Hepatology & Nutrition, Sheikh

Khalifa Medical City, Abu Dhabi, UAE

17:00 ADHD: A disorder across the life span

Dr Zeinab Alloub, Consultant Neurodevelopmental Paediatrician, Al Jalila Children's

Specialty Hospital, Dubai, UAE

17:30 Mental disorders in adolescents

Dr Jennifer Katzenstein, Director of Psychology & Neuropsychology, Johns Hopkins

Children’s Hospital, St Petersburg, Florida, USA

18:00 End of day one

Day two | Tuesday, 29 January 2019.

08:00 Welcome coffee

08:45 Opening remarks

Dr Mohamed Hamdan, Assistant Professor Paediatrics, Columbia University College of

Physicians & Surgeons, New York, New York, USA; Consultant Paediatric Cardiologist & Co-

Director, KidsHeart Medical Centre, Dubai, UAE

Dr Rabi Hanna, Chairman: Department of Paediatric Haematology-Oncology & BMT,

Cleveland Clinic Children's Hospital, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, USA

Session 5: Paediatric surgery Moderator: Dr Hussein Naji, Consultant Paediatric Surgeon, Mediclinic Parkview Hospital, Dubai,

UAE

09:00 Minimally-invasive paediatric surgery

Dr Paul Danielson, Chief - Division of Paediatric Surgery, Johns Hopkins All Children's

Hospital, St Petersburg, Florida, USA

09:30 Management of scoliosis: Where do we stand?

Dr Benjamin Roye, Assistant Professor Orthopaedic Surgery, Paediatric Orthopaedics and

Spinal Deformity, Columbia University and New-York Presbyterian Hospital, Morgan Stanley

Children’s Hospital of New York, New York City, New York, USA

10:00 Hydrocephalus: Evolution of treatment from VP shunts to ETV

Dr George Jallo, Clinical Practice Director of Paediatric Neurosurgery, Johns Hopkins All

Children's Hospital; Professor of Neurosurgery, Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital, St

Petersburg, Florida, USA

10:30 Coffee break

Session 6: Neurology: Focus on epilepsy management Moderator: Dr Yaser Nakhlawi, Consultant and Head of Paediatrics, Al Zahra Private Hospital, Dubai, UAE

11:15 Genetic diagnosis in childhood epilepsy - A 'label' or 'signpost'?

Dr Arif Khan, Founding CEO & Consultant Paediatric Neurologist, Neuropedia Children’s

Neuroscience Center, Dubai, UAE

11:45 Utilising vagus nerve stimulation surgery in refractory epilepsy

Dr Ahmed T. Abdelmoity, Professor of Paediatric Neurology; Director - Division of

Neurology; Chief - Section of Epilepsy and Neurophysiology, Children’s Mercy Hospital,

Kansas City, Missouri, USA

12:15 New trends in medical management of epilepsy

Dr Aman Sohal, Clinical Director & Co-founder, Consultant Paediatric Neurologist,

Neuropedia - Neuroscience Center, Dubai, UAE

12:45 Lunch break and visit exhibition

Session 7: Gastroenterology and nutrition Moderator: Dr Rabi Hanna, Chairman: Department of Paediatric Haematology-Oncology & BMT,

Cleveland Clinic Children's Hospital, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, USA

14:45 Innovations in surgical management of gastroesophageal reflux disease

Dr George W. Holcomb III, Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Paediatric Surgery; Director -

Minimally Invasive Surgery; Senior Vice-President, Katharine Berry Richardson Professor of

Paediatric Surgery, Medical Director - International Services, Children’s Mercy Hospital,

Kansas City, Missouri, USA

15:15 Common gastroenterology disorders: Myths and facts

Dr Carlo di Lorenzo, Robert F. and Edgar T. Wolfe Foundation Endowed Chair in Paediatric

Gastroenterology, Chief, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition,

Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, Ohio, USA

15:45 Update on paediatric liver transplantation Dr Ruba Azzam, Associate Professor of Paediatrics; Director of Paediatric Hepatology;

Medical Director - Paediatric Liver Transplant Program, University of Chicago Hospitals,

Chicago, Illinois, USA

16:15 Discussion & Q&A

Session 8: Adolescent medicine Moderator: Dr Mohamed Hamdan, Assistant Professor Paediatrics, Columbia University College of

Physicians & Surgeons, New York, New York, USA; Consultant Paediatric Cardiologist & Co-Director,

KidsHeart: Medical Centre, Dubai, UAE

16:30 Paediatric origin of adult diseases Dr Jennifer Katzenstein, Director of Psychology & Neuropsychology, Johns Hopkins Children’s Hospital, St Petersburg, Florida, USA

17:00 Vaccines for teens Dr Ruba Rizk, Consultant: Paediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, Al Jalila Children's Specialty

Hospital, Dubai, UAE

17:30 Adolescents and Young Adults (AYA) with Cancer - challenges and opportunities Dr Rabi Hanna, Chairman: Department of Paediatric Haematology-Oncology & BMT,

Cleveland Clinic Children's Hospital, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, USA

18:00 End of conference

Speaker faculty. Activity director:

Dr Rita M. Pappas, Chair - Paediatric Institute; Physician-in-Chief, Cleveland Clinic Children’s;

President, Cleveland Clinic Children’s Hospital for Rehabilitation Staff, Paediatric Hospital

Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio, USA

Local chair:

Dr Mohamed Hamdan, Assistant Professor Paediatrics, Columbia University College of

Physicians & Surgeons, New York, New York, USA; Consultant Paediatric Cardiologist & Co-

Director, KidsHeart: Medical Centre, Dubai, UAE

Scientific committee:

Dr Abeer Khayat, Chief: Paediatrics, American Hospital Dubai, Dubai, UAE

Dr Jalal Abu-Shaweesh, Associate Professor - Department of Neonatology, Cleveland Clinic,

Cleveland, Ohio, USA

Dr Ruba Rizk, Consultant: Paediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, Al Jalila Children's Specialty

Hospital, Dubai, UAE

Speakers:

Dr Abdul Hafeez Siddiqui, Consultant in Paediatric Haematology-Oncology, American

Hospital, Dubai, UAE

Dr Ahmed T. Abdelmoity, Professor of Paediatric Neurology; Director - Division of Neurology;

Chief - Section of Epilepsy and Neurophysiology, Children’s Mercy Hospital, Kansas City,

Missouri, USA

Dr Aman Sohal, Clinical Director & Co-founder, Consultant Paediatric Neurologist, Neuropedia

- Neuroscience Center, Dubai, UAE

Dr Anas Abu Hazeem, Consultant Paediatric Cardiologist, KidsHeart Medical Center, Abu

Dhabi, UAE

Dr Arif Khan, Founding CEO & Consultant Paediatric Neurologist, Neuropedia Children’s

Neuroscience Center, Dubai, UAE

Dr Benjamin Roye, Assistant Professor Orthopaedic Surgery, Paediatric Orthopaedics and

Spinal Deformity, Columbia University and New-York Presbyterian Hospital, Morgan

Stanley Children’s Hospital of New York, New York City, New York, USA

Dr Carlo di Lorenzo, Dr Carlo di Lorenzo, Robert F. and Edgar T. Wolfe Foundation Endowed

Chair in Paediatric Gastroenterology, Chief, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and

Nutrition, Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, Ohio

Dr Eyad Almidani, Associate Prof of Paediatrics, Alfaisal University; Consultant: Neonatal Critical Care;

Deputy, Editor in Chief, International Journal of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine; Director:

Neonatal Resuscitation Program, Department of Paediatrics, King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research

Center, Riyadh, KSA

Dr Fares Chedid, Consultant Neonatologist & Chief of Paediatrics, Oasis Hospital, Al Ain, UAE

Dr George Jallo, Clinical Practice Director of Paediatric Neurosurgery, Johns Hopkins All

Children's Hospital; Professor of Neurosurgery, Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital, St

Petersburg, Florida, USA

Dr George W. Holcomb III, Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Paediatric Surgery; Director -Minimally

Invasive Surgery; Senior Vice-President, Katharine Berry Richardson Professor of Paediatric

Surgery, Medical Director - International Services, Children’s Mercy Hospital, Kansas City,

Missouri, USA

Dr Hatem El Shanti, Professor of Paediatrics and Medical Genetics, University of Jordan,

Amman, Jordan

Dr Hussein Naji, Consultant Paediatric Surgeon, Mediclinic Parkview Hospital, Dubai, UAE

Dr Jennifer Katzenstein, Director of Psychology & Neuropsychology, Johns Hopkins

Children’s Hospital, St Petersburg, Florida, USA

Dr John Cunningham, Chair - Department of Paediatrics, Physician-in-Chief, The University of

Chicago Medicine Comer Children's Hospital, Director, Hematopoietic Stem Cell

Transplantation, University of Chicago Hospitals, Chicago, Illinois, USA

Dr Mahmoud Al Soufi, Consultant Paediatric Cardiologist, Al Jalilah Children’s Hospital, Dubai, UAE

Dr Masakazu Nakao, Head: Heart Center of Excellence, Al Jalila Children's Specialty

Hospital, Dubai, UAE

Dr Mohamad Miqdady, Chief, Paediatric Gastroenterology Hepatology & Nutrition, Sheikh

Khalifa Medical City, Abu Dhabi, UAE

Dr Paul Danielson, Chief - Division of Paediatric Surgery, Johns Hopkins All Children's

Hospital, St Petersburg, Florida, USA

Dr Rabi Hanna, Chairman: Department of Paediatric Haematology-Oncology & BMT, Cleveland

Clinic Children's Hospital, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, USA

Dr Rima Munla, Director: Neonatal Services, Al Zahra Hospital, Dubai, UAE

Dr Ruba Azzam, Associate Professor of Paediatrics; Director of Paediatric Hepatology; Medical

Director - Paediatric Liver Transplant Program, University of Chicago Hospitals, Chicago,

Illinois, USA

Dr Seth Hollander, Clinical Associate Professor: Paediatric Cardiology & Medical Director,

Cardiac Transplant Program, Stanford Children's Health, Lucille Packard Children's Hospital

Stanford, Stanford, California, USA

Dr Timothy Cripe, Gordon Teter Endowed Chair in Paediatric Cancer, Chief - Division of

Haematology and Oncology, Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, Ohio, USA

Dr Yaser Nakhlawi, Consultant and Head of Paediatrics, Al Zahra Private Hospital, Dubai,

UAE

Dr Zainab Malik, Consultant - Paediatric Infectious Diseases, Mediclinic City Hospital, Dubai,

UAE

Dr Zeinab Alloub, Consultant Neurodevelopmental Paediatrician, Al Jalila Children's

Specialty Hospital, Dubai, UAE

Faculty disclosure:

The Cleveland Clinic Foundation Center for Continuing Education has implemented a policy to

comply with the current Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education Standards for

Commercial Support requiring resolution of all faculty conflicts of interest. Faculty declaring a

relevant commercial interest will be identified in the activity syllabus.

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AAA 4,500 1,225

Paediatrics

1-day package 1,200 327 1,500 409 1,800 491

2-day package 2,200 599 2,500 681 2,800 763

Total Radiology

1-day package 650 177 850 232 1,100 300

2-day package 850 231 1,050 286 1,300 354

3-day package 1,050 286 1,250 341 1,500 409

4-day package 1,350 368 1,550 423 1,800 491

Orthopaedics

1-day package 1,600 436 1,800 491 2,100 572

2-day package 2,500 681 2,700 736 3,000 817

3-day package 3,000 817 3,200 872 3,500 954

4-day package 3,300 899 3,500 954 3,800 1,035

Surgery

1-day package 1,600 436 1,800 491 2,100 572

2-day package 2,500 681 2,700 736 3,000 817

3-day package 3,000 817 3,200 872 3,500 954

4-day package 3,300 899 3,500 954 3,800 1,035

Obs & Gyne

1-day package 1,200 327 1,500 409 1,800 491

2-day package 2,200 599 2,500 681 2,800 763

3-day package 2,700 735 3,000 817 3,300 899

4-day package 3,000 817 3,300 899 3,600 981

Gastroenterology

1-day package 1,600 436 1,800 491 2,100 572

2-day package 2,500 681 2,700 736 3,000 817

Diabetes

1-day package 1,200 327 1,500 409 1,800 491

2-day package 2,200 599 2,500 681 2,800 763

Public Health

1-day package 1,600 436 1,800 491 2,100 572

2-day package 2,500 681 2,700 736 3,000 817

Anaesthesia

1-day package 1,600 436 1,800 491 2,100 572

2-day package 2,500 681 2,700 736 3,000 817

Emergency Medicine

1-day package 1,600 436 1,800 491 2,100 572

2-day package 2,500 681 2,700 736 3,000 817

Quality Management

1-day package 1,600 436 1,800 491 2,100 572

2-day package 2,500 681 2,700 736 3,000 817

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