Internal Medicine Update

Start:

Thu, 11 Feb 2016, 17:15

End:

Sat, 13 Feb 2016, 14:00

Website:

www.internalmedicineupdate.org/

Venue:

Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, part of Mubadala’s network of world-class healthcare facilities, is a multispecialty hospital on Al Maryah Island in Abu Dhabi, UAE. Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi is a unique and unparalleled extension of US-based Cleveland Clinic’s model of care, specifically designed to address a range of complex and critical care requirements unique to the Abu Dhabi population. Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi has five Centers of Excellence in the following Institutes: Heart & Vascular, Neurological, Digestive Disease, Eye and Respiratory & Critical Care. Other Institutes include Surgical Subspecialties, Medical Subspecialties, Emergency Medicine, Anesthesiology, Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, Imaging and Quality & Patient Safety. In all, more than 30 medical and surgical specialties are represented at Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi.

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Symposia

Workshops

Organiser

Sponsor

Educational Objectives

• Apply and integrate updated evidenced-based medical information and techniques to the clinical practice for best outcomes in the care of Internal Medicine patients

• Enhance skills in diagnosing and managing common medical issues relating to the practice of internal medicine and medical subspecialties for best quality of care

• Advance technical skills through integrated and interactive workshops of common outpatient and hospital procedures at the Multidisciplinary Simulation Center to provide state of the art care of patients

• Enhance excellence and professionalism in the practice of medicine in the UAE and Gulf Countries through affiliation with the American College of Physicians.

Accreditation

Accreditation (category 1) is sought from the Health Authority Abu Dhabi (HAAD).

Conference Topics

• Allergy / Immunology

• Cardiology

• Dermatology

• Diabetes / Endocrinology

• Gastroenterology / Hepatology

• Hypertension • Hematology / Oncology

• Hospital Medicine

• Infectious Diseases

• Nephrology

• Neurology

• Internal Medicine

• Pulmonary/ Respiratory

• Rheumatology

• Others

Who should attend

• General Practitioners

• Internists and Physicians working in Medical Subspecialties.

Onsite registration opens on Thursday the 11th of February 2016 at 16:00 at the registration desk. The registration is located opposite the Auditorium in Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi. Upon signing-on, attendees will receive their name badge that includes the barcode necessary to receive CME credits, the program booklet, conference bag and other relevant information

	Early Bird Full program	Early Bird Daily Rate	Standard and onsite Full program	Standard and onsite Daily Rate
	Until January 8th, 2016	Until January 8th, 2016
ACP Members	USD 225	USD 120	USD 300	USD 160
Nonmember Physicians	USD 300	USD 160	USD 400	USD 215

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Thurs., 11th of Feb.	Topic			Presenter

16:30-17:15	Registration
17:15-17:30	Welcome and Introduction			Hussein Saadi, MD, FACP, FACE
17:30-18:15	Keynote Lecture by the President of ACP			Wayne J.Riley, MD, MPH, MBA, MACP
18:15-18:30	Coffee Break
18:30-19:15	Treatment of Primary Headache Disorders			Gerald W. Smetana, MD, FACP
19:15-20:00	Platinum Symposium
20:00	Dinner

Fri., 12th of Feb.	Topic			Presenter

08:30-09:00	Registration
09:00-09:45	Co-Managing Cancer Survivors with Primary Care Physicians			Matt Kalaycio, MD
09:45-10:30	Abnormal Thyroid Function			Allan Laurence Kennedy, MD, FRCP
10:30-11:15	Primary care management of depression			Gerald W. Smetana, MD, FACP
11:15-13:15	Break(Friday prayers)
13:15-13:45	Lunch

Fri., 12th of Feb.	Workshops

13:45-14:30	Foot Exam/PN Melissa Li-Ng, MD	Musculoskeletal Exam/ Joint Zarmeena Ali, MD			Skin Exam James Willis, MD
14:30-17:00	Foot Exam/PN Melissa Li-Ng, MD	Musculoskeletal Exam/ Joint Zarmeena Ali, MD			Skin Exam James Willis, MD

	Case Discussion in Ballroom

	SOB/Asthma		Anemia/Celiac
13:45-14:45	Hanan Sheikh Ibrahim, MD Khaled M. Saleh, MD Sobia Farooq, MD Yaser Abu El-Sameed, MBBS, FCCP		Nicole Sirotin, MD Sigurbjorn Birgisson, MD Mohamed Abuzakouk, MD, PhD, FRCPath, FFPath (RCPI), FRCP
	Leg swelling		Dizziness
14:50-15:50	Elhami Hannan, MD Mohamad H. Masri, MD Matt Kaleycio, MD Elie B. Choufani, MD		Antoine Haddad, MD Anastasios G. Hantzakos, MD Cynthia Bamford, MD
	Joint pain		Diabetes
15:55-16:55	TBA Khalid Alnaqbi MD, MSc, CCD, FRCPC, FACP, FACR Zarmeena Ali, MD		Samer El-Kaissi, MD M. Hamed Farooqi, MD, FACP, FACE Allan Laurence Kennedy, MD, FRCP
17:00	Diamond Symposium

Sat., 13th of Feb.	Topic			Presenter

08:30-09:00	Registration
09:00-09:45	CKD screening and evaluation			Robert Heyka, MD
09:45-10:30	Women’s health			Andrea Sikon, MD
10:30-11:00	Break
11:00-11:30	Vitamin D Deficiency			Hussein Saadi, MD, FACP, FACE
11:30-12:00	OSA			Khaled M. Saleh, MD
12:00-12:30	Update on management of UTI			Maria-Fernanda Bonilla, MD
12:30-14:00	Platinum symposium and Lunch