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19th Surgery Conference

Together for a healthier world

27-30 January 2020Dubai World Trade Centre

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26.75 CME credits

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Theme: -based approach to surgery

• New topics: Endocrine surgery, breast, reconstructive and oncoplastic surgery, proctology, GI and abdominal wall surgery

• Arab Health meets the Association of Surgeons of India • More international speakers from the USA (Boston, Ohio, Missouri, Illinois), Germany, Belgium, Sweden, South

Africa, Lebanon, the UK, Malta, Iraq and Iran • More keynote lectures on every day • 15-minute lecture format with more than 50 guest speakers! • Active audience participation with dedicated Q&A sessions with the guest surgeon

Key topics:

• Bariatric and metabolic surgery • Oncoplastic, reconstructive and breast surgery • Gastrointestinal surgery • Interdisciplinary oncology case review • Gastrointestinal diseases for the general surgeon

Who should attend:

• General/Consultant Surgeons • General Surgeons • Bariatric and Metabolic Surgeons • Heads of Department/Surgery • Chiefs General Surgery Services • Chiefs of Minimally Invasive General Surgery • Allied Healthcare Professionals

Benefits of attending:

• Identify the best obesity treatment options for different demographics and co-morbidities to minimise surgical risks

• Rationalise patient management and treatment options for patients with breast disease, soft tissue and endocrine tumors

• Apply a cost-effective diagnostic approach for patients with complex general surgery cases • Refine skills for advanced surgical oncology procedures with an interdisciplinary approach • Review the best current models of treatment for anorectal disorders • Identify how to prevent complications and injuries in various GI and HPB cases to preserve bodily function

Programme highlights: Keynote address: assessment of surgical competence and proficiency by OC-HRA Prof Sir Alfred Cuschieri, Pioneer, Minimal Access Surgery, Senior Scientific Advisor & PI Surgical Technology and Robotics Group, Institute for Medical Science & Technology (IMSaT), University of Dundee, Dundee, Scotland, UK Algorithm in acute and chronic sleeve leak and when to stent or use pig-tail drain approach

Dr John Morton, Vice Chair of Quality, Division Chief of Bariatric & Minimally Invasive Surgery, Yale School of

Medicine, Yale New Haven Health System, Past President, American Society of Metabolic Bariatric Surgery,

New Haven, Connecticut, USA

Surgical education of the future

Prof O James Garden, Professor Emeritus, Clinical Surgery, Dean International, Global Community, University of

Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland

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Day one | Monday, 27 January 2020

08:35 Welcome coffee

09:05 Opening remarks

Dr Ali Al Dameh, Consultant Thoracic and Surgical Oncology, American Hospital Dubai, Dubai, UAE

Dr Matthew Walsh, Professor of Surgery, Rich Family Distinguished Chair of Digestive Diseases,

Chairman, Department of General Surgery, Digestive Disease Institute, Chairman, Academic

Department of Surgery, Education Institute, Cleveland Clinic Ohio, Cleveland, Ohio, USA

Session 1: Updates in emergency general surgery

Moderator: Prof Dr Yousif Hussein Eltayeb, Consultant Surgeon, Rashid Hospital; Associate Professor, Dubai

Medical College; Dubai Surgical Residency Program Director, Dubai Healthcare Authority, Dubai, UAE

09:10 Venous thromboembolism in cancer

Dr Ibrahim AlSheneber, Consultant General Surgeon, Surgical Oncologist, General Coordinator, Gulf

Society of Oncology, Dhahran, KSA

09:30 Surgery in critically ill patients

Prof Dr Yousif Hussein Eltayeb, Consultant Surgeon, Rashid Hospital; Associate Professor, Dubai

Medical College; Dubai Surgical Residency Program Director, Dubai Health Authority, Dubai, UAE

09:50 Panel Q&A

Session speakers

Session 2: Peri-operative best practices

Moderator: Prof Dr Yousif Hussein Eltayeb, Consultant Surgeon, Rashid Hospital; Associate Professor, Dubai

Medical College; Dubai Surgical Residency Program Director, Dubai Health Authority, Dubai, UAE

10:00 Vascular trauma and emergencies: Case review highlights and recommendations

Dr Mutaz Fakhry Al-Khateeb, Professor in Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, Senior Consultant

Cardiothoracic and Vascular surgeon, Al Qassimi Hospital, Sharjah, UAE

10:20 Optimising safety, communication, and teamwork in and around the operating room

Prof Dr Paul Barach, Clinical Professor, Children's Hospital, Wayne State University School of

Medicine Lecturer and Senior Advisor, Dean, Jefferson College of Population Health, Philadelphia,

Pennsylvania, USA

10:50 Panel Q&A

Session speakers

Session 3: Special addresses Moderator: Dr Bijendra Patel, Consultant Upper GI & Laparoscopic Surgeon, Barts Health NHS Trust, Clinical

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Lead for General Surgery, Network Director for Upper GI Surgery, Director of Surgical Skills and Science, Queen

Mary University of London, London, UK

11:00 Value of pre-thinking in decision making when trouble lies ahead

Dr Bijendra Patel, Consultant Upper GI & Laparoscopic Surgeon, Barts Health NHS Trust, Clinical Lead

for General Surgery, Network Director for Upper GI Surgery, Director of Surgical Skills and Science,

Queen Mary University of London, London, UK

11:30 Keynote address: assessment of surgical competence and proficiency by OC-HRA

Prof Sir Alfred Cuschieri, Pioneer, Minimal Access Surgery, Senior Scientific Advisor & PI Surgical

Technology and Robotics Group, Institute for Medical Science & Technology (IMSaT), University of

Dundee, Dundee, Scotland, UK

12:00 Panel Q&A

Session speakers

12:10 Lunch break and visit exhibition

Session 4: The Association of Surgeons of India Symposium Moderator: Dr Bijendra Patel, Consultant Upper GI & Laparoscopic Surgeon, Barts Health NHS Trust, Clinical

Lead for General Surgery, Network Director for Upper GI Surgery, Director of Surgical Skills and Science, Queen

Mary University of London, London, UK

14:10 Breast cancer advocacy and screening in India - implementing Indian solutions

Dr Raghu Ram, Padma Shri Awardee and Dr. B.C Roy National Awardee, President, The Association of

Surgeons of India, Director, KIMS- Ushalakshmi Centre for Breast Diseases, Hyderabad, India,

Founder, CEO & Director, Ushalakshmi Breast Cancer Foundation, Hyderabad, India

14:40 The impact of laparoscopy on current surgical practice

Prof Arvind Kumar, Immediate Past President, The Association of Surgeons of India, Chairman, Center

for Chest Surgery and Director, Institute of Robotic Surgery, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital (SGRH) New

Delhi, Founder & Managing Trustee, Lung Care Foundation, New Delhi, India

15:10 Riding the time machine of surgery

Dr Probal Neogi, Council Member, The Association of Surgeons of India, Professor of Surgery, MLN

Medical College, Allahabad, India

15:40 Panel Q&A

Session speakers

15:45 Coffee break

Session 5: Updates in oncoplastic, reconstructive and breast surgery Moderator: Dr Frank Conroy, Chief of Surgery and Assistant Chief Medical Officer, Consultant Plastic,

Reconstructive and Cosmetic Surgeon, American Hospital Dubai, Dubai, UAE



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16:30 Breast reconstruction following cancer surgery

Dr Frank Conroy, Chief of Surgery and Assistant Chief Medical Officer, Consultant Plastic,


16:50 Flaps for the general surgeon

Dr Frank Conroy, Chief of Surgery and Assistant Chief Medical Officer, Consultant Plastic,


17:10 Reconstructive surgery for oral cavity and mandibular cancer patients

Dr Ammar Al Dhamin, Consultant, Plastic Surgeon, Mediclinic Park View Hospital, Dubai, UAE

17:30 Panel Q&A

Session speakers

18:00 End of Day



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Day two | Tuesday, 28 January 2020

Theme: Evidence-based bariatric surgery



Dr Guido Mannaerts, Chair of Department, General Surgery Clinic - Medical Affairs, Tawam Hospital –

SEHA, Al Ain, UAE

Session 6: Bariatrics in special patient groups

Moderators: Dr Bruno Dillemans, Director, The Center of Obesity Surgery, AZ Sint-Jan Hospital, Bruges,

Belgium

Dr Guido Mannaerts, Chair of Department, General Surgery Clinic - Medical Affairs, Tawam Hospital – SEHA, Al

Ain, UAE

09:00 Success of bariatric treatment and children and adolescents

Dr Hmouda Al Afari, Bariatric Surgeon, Tawam Hospital, Al Ain, UAE

09:20 Bariatrics for super super obese: one or two procedures

Dr Mohammed Hadad, Head of Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery, Consultant Bariatric Surgeon,

Consultant General Surgeon, Healthpoint clinics, Abu Dhabi, UAE

09:40 When to get pregnant after bariatrics?

Dr Mohammed Hadad, Head of Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery, Consultant Bariatric Surgeon,

Consultant General Surgeon, Healthpoint clinics, Abu Dhabi, UAE

10:00 Success of bariatrics in elderly, till what age

Dr Shaw Somers, President, British Obesity and Metabolic Surgery Society; Consultant Upper GI and

Bariatric Surgeon, BMI Clementine Churchill Hospital London, Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust,

Portsmouth, UK

10:20 Panel Q&A

Session speakers

Session 7: Updates in revision bariatrics

Moderators: Dr Safwan Taha, Chief of Surgery, Mediclinic - Airport Road, Abu Dhabi, UAE

Dr Shaw Somers, President, British Obesity and Metabolic Surgery Society; Consultant Upper GI and Bariatric

Surgeon, BMI Clementine Churchill Hospital London, Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust, Portsmouth, UK

10:30 What length of RYGB bowel limbs as revision for post-sleeve GERD?

Dr Abdelrahman Nimeri, Bariatric Surgeon, Atrium Health, Dr Abdelrahman Nimeri, MIS & Bariatric

Surgery Faculty, Atrium Health Weight Management, Associate Program Director, Carolinas Bariatric

Fellowship Program, Carolinas Healthcare System, Atrium Health, Charlotte, North Carolina, USA



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10:50 Revision after weight loss failure of sleeve: re-sleeve, LRYGB, SADI, OMLB, SASI

Prof Dr Scott Shikora, Director of the Center for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery, Brigham and

Women's Hospital, Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

11:10 Revision of weight loss failed gastric bypass: what to do

Dr Bruno Dillemans, Director, The Center of Obesity Surgery, AZ Sint-Jan Hospital, Bruges, Belgium

11:30 Revision of gastric bypass to normal anatomy or to sleeve: when it’s needed and what are the issues



11:50 Panel Q&A

Session speakers


Session 8: Complications in bariatric surgery

Moderators: Dr Guido Mannaerts, Chair of Department, General Surgery Clinic - Medical Affairs, Tawam

Hospital – SEHA, Al Ain, UAE, Prof Dr Scott Shikora, Director of the Center for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery,

Brigham and Women's Hospital, Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

14:00 Algorithm in acute and chronic sleeve leak and when to stent or use pig-tail drain approach

Prof Dr Tarek Mahdy, Professor of Bariatric and Endocrine Surgery, Mansoura University Faculty of

Medicine, Mansoura, Egypt, Senior Consultant of Surgery, Al Qassimi Hospital, Sharjah, UAE

14:20 How to handle chronic pain after gastric bypass



Portsmouth, UK

14:40 Gastric sleeve rotation or stenosis: How to prevent, diagnose and treat

Dr Bruno Dillemans, Director, The Center of Obesity Surgery, AZ Sint-Jan Hospital, Bruges, Belgium

15:00 Should we stop doing sleeves because of GERD and Barrett issues?



Portsmouth, UK

15:20 Panel Q&A

Session speakers

15:30 Coffee break

Session 9: Updates in general bariatrics

Moderators: Dr Faruq Badiuddin, Consultant Bariatric Surgeon, Consultant General Surgeon: Laparoscopic,

Gastrointestinal Surgery & Obesity, Valiant Clinic, Dubai, UAE



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Dr Guido Mannaerts, Chair of Department, General Surgery Clinic - Medical Affairs, Tawam Hospital – SEHA, Al

Ain, UAE

16:15 GERD due to hiatal hernia in an obese patient: Fundoplication or gastric bypass with possible crus

repair, evidence on when to do what



Portsmouth, UK

16:30 Bariatrics and asymptomatic gallbladder stones: When to combine procedures and how to do it

safely?



16:45 How to set up an ERABS programme


SEHA. Al Ain, UAE

17:00 Update on new endoscopic bariatric techniques: what’s working?

Dr Javed Razza, Consultant General, Upper Gastrointestinal and Laparoscopic Bariatric Surgeon,

Director, Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery, Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, UAE

17:15 Vitamin deficiencies after bariatrics: which vitamins are needed after sleeve and bypass

Prof Dr Tarek Mahdy, Professor of Bariatric and Endocrine Surgery, Mansoura University Faculty of


17:30 Panel Q&A

Session speakers

17:45 End of Day



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Day three | Wednesday, 29 January 2020

07:30 Morning coffee






Session 10: Updates in GI oncology

Moderator: Dr Ali Al Dameh, Consultant Thoracic and Surgical Oncology, American Hospital Dubai, Dubai, UAE

08:10 Endoscopic mucosal resection for stomach lesions

Dr Abdulrahman Saadeddin, Consultant Gastroenterologist, Advanced Therapeutic Upper GI

endoscopy and Colonoscopy, Gastroenterologist, Emirates Specialty Hospital, Dubai, UAE

08:30 Surgery first or after chemotherapy or chemoradiotherapy for pancreatic cancer?

Dr Mitchell C. Posner, Chief of General Surgery, Chief of Surgical Oncology and Physician-in-Chief,

Comprehensive Cancer Center, UC Hospitals, Chicago, Illinois, USA

08:50 Tailoring treatment for patients with esophageal cancer

Dr Mitchell C. Posner, Chief of General Surgery, Chief of Surgical Oncology and Physician-in-Chief,

Comprehensive Cancer Center, UC Hospitals, Chicago, Illinois, USA

09:15 Panel Q&A

Session speakers

Session 11: Special address

Moderators: Dr Matthew Kroh, Chief of the Digestive Disease Institute, Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, UAE Dr Matthew Walsh, Professor of Surgery, Rich Family Distinguished Chair of Digestive Diseases, Chairman,

Department of General Surgery, Digestive Disease Institute, Chairman, Academic Department of Surgery,

Education Institute, Cleveland Clinic Ohio, Cleveland, Ohio, USA

09:30 Keynote: Surgical education of the future

Prof O James Garden, Professor Emeritus, Clinical Surgery, Dean International, Global Community,

University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland

10:00 Keynote: Future of endoscopy for surgeons

Dr Jeffrey Marks, Director, Surgical Endoscopy, Program Director, Case Western/University Hospitals

Cleveland Medical Center, Jeffrey L. Ponsky Professor of Surgical Education, Immediate Past

President, SAGES, Cleveland, Ohio, USA

10:30 Coffee break



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Session 12: Updates in foregut surgery: Achalasia, Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease

Moderators: Dr Ali Al Dameh, Consultant Thoracic and Surgical Oncology, American Hospital Dubai, Dubai,

UAE

Dr Matthew Kroh, Chief of the Digestive Disease Institute, Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, UAE

11:15 Complications in endoscopy




11:30 What are the latest advances in surgery for hiatal hernia?


11:45 Peroral endoscopy myotomy




12:00 Panel Q&A

Session speakers

Session 12: Updates in liver surgery Moderator: Dr Salem Nasser Al Harthi, Consultant and Chair of Surgery, Sheikh Shakhbout Medical City, Abu Dhabi,

UAE

12:15 Management options for intrahepatic stones

Dr Salem Nasser Al Harthi, Consultant and Chair of Surgery, Sheikh Shakhbout Medical City, Abu

Dhabi, UAE

12:30 The multidisciplinary management of colorectal cancer liver metastases

Prof Dr Eduard Jonas, Professor and Head: Surgical Gastroenterology, University of Cape Town and

Groote Schuur Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa

12:45 Retransplantation of the liver

Dr Fady Kaldas, Associate Director, Multi-Organ Transplantation & Hepatobiliary Surgery Fellowship

Program, Director, Liver Transplantation Service, UCLA Health, California. Los Angeles, USA

13:00 Case study: Transplantation for liver tumours in childhood

Prof Dr Carlos O. Esquivel, Arnold and Barbara Silverman Professor in Pediatric Transplantation,

Stanford School of Medicine, Professor of Surgery, Abdominal Transplantation and of Pediatrics,

Gastroenterology, The Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford Children’s Health, Lucile Packard

Children’s Hospital, Palo Alto, California, USA

13:15 Panel Q&A

Session speakers



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Session 13: Updates in pancreatic and biliary surgery Moderator: Dr Salem Nasser Al Harthi, Consultant and Chair of Surgery, Sheikh Shakhbout Medical City, Abu Dhabi,

UAE

15:30 Towards evidence-based guidelines for multimodality treatment of non-metastatic pancreatic

adenocarcinoma

Prof Dr Eduard Jonas, Professor and Head: Surgical Gastroenterology, University of Cape Town and


15:45 Managing bile duct injuries

Prof O James Garden, Professor Emeritus, Clinical Surgery, Dean International, Global Community,


16:00 Perioperative metabolic management in pancreatic surgery




16:15 Q&A

Session speakers

Session 14: Abdominal wall surgery

Moderator: Dr Matthew Walsh, Professor of Surgery, Rich Family Distinguished Chair of Digestive Diseases,

Chairman, Department of General Surgery, Digestive Disease Institute, Chairman, Academic Department of

Surgery, Education Institute, Cleveland Clinic Ohio, Cleveland, Ohio, USA

16:30 Complex hernia repair with posterior component separation: Tips & pitfalls

Dr Rafael Villalobos Mori, Head of the Abdominal Wall Surgery Unit, Department of General Surgery

and Digestive Diseases, Arnau de Vilanova University Hospital, Institute of Biomedical Research of

Lleida, Lleida, Spain

16:45 The pregnant patient and abdominal surgery


17:00 Laparoscopic retroperitoneal epidermal cyst resection

Dr Paul Sayad, Consultant General Surgeon, Health Bay Polyclinic, Dubai, UAE

17:15 Laparoscopic ventral and incisional hernia repair: Current evidence

Dr Rafael Villalobos Mori, Head of the Abdominal Wall Surgery Unit, Department of General Surgery

and Digestive Diseases, Arnau de Vilanova University Hospital, Institut of Biomedical Research of

Lleida, Lleida, Spain



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17:30 Can fibrin glue mesh fixation replace other fixation techniques for hernia mesh repair?

Dr Basim Alkhafaji, Consultant Surgeon, Head of Surgery Department, Canadian Specialist Hospital,

Dubai, UAE

17:45 Panel Q&A

Session speakers

18:00 End of Day



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Day four | Thursday, 30 January 2020







Session 15: Updates in GI oncology Moderator: Dr Ali Al Dameh, Consultant Thoracic and Surgical Oncology, American Hospital Dubai, Dubai, UAE

08:30 Panel discussion: Upper GI cancers multi-disciplinary case review

Moderator: Dr Ali Al Dameh, Consultant Thoracic and Surgical Oncology, American Hospital Dubai,

Dubai, UAE

Panelists:

• Dr Aaron Han, Consultant Pathologist, American Hospital Dubai, Dubai, UAE

• Dr Faraz Khan, Consultant Oncologist, American Hospital Dubai, Dubai, UAE

• Dr Tarek Dufan, Director of Radiation Oncology and Medical Imaging, Senior Consultant Radiation

Oncologist, American Hospital Dubai, Dubai, UAE

• Dr Maroun Khoury, Consultant Oncologist and Hematologist, American Hospital Dubai, Dubai, UAE

Session 16: Updates in colorectal oncology

Moderator: Prof Maher Abbas, Consultant – Colorectal Surgery, Dubai Colorectal Surgery and Endoscopy,

Dubai, UAE

09:10 Advances in the treatment of abdominal colorectal carcinomatosis

Dr Yasir Akmal, Surgical Oncologist, Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, UAE

09:35 The ongoing dilemma of the ‘watch and wait’ approach for rectal cancer

Prof Dr Antonio Privitera, Lead Consultant Colorectal Surgeon, Tawam Hospital, Al Ain, UAE

10:00 The emerging role of transanal total mesorectal excision (taTME) for rectal cancer

Prof Dr Emre Gorgun, Staff Surgeon, Associate Professor, Cleveland Clinic Ohio, Cleveland, Ohio, USA

10:30 Panel Q&A

Session speakers

Session 17: Special address Moderator: Dr Bijendra Patel, Consultant Upper GI & Laparoscopic Surgeon, Barts Health NHS Trust, Clinical Lead for

General Surgery, Network Director for Upper GI Surgery, Director of Surgical Skills and Science, Queen Mary University

of London, London, UK



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10:40 Combined heart-liver transplant

Dr Fady Kaldas, Associate Director, Multi-Organ Transplantation & Hepatobiliary Surgery Fellowship


Session 18: Updates in proctology

Moderator: Prof Maher Abbas, Consultant – Colorectal Surgery, Dubai Colorectal Surgery and Endoscopy,

Dubai, UAE

11:10 Minimally invasive proctologic surgery: the quest for painless surgery

Prof Maher Abbas, Consultant – Colorectal Surgery, Dubai Colorectal Surgery and Endoscopy, Dubai,

UAE

11:30 Treatment options for rectocele

Dr Labib Riachi, Consultant, Female Pelvic Medicine, Lebanese University Faculty of Medicine, Beirut,

Lebanon

11:50 Robotic rectal cancer surgery

Prof Dr Emre Gorgun, Staff Surgeon, Associate Professor, Cleveland Clinic Ohio, Cleveland, Ohio, USA

12:10 Panel Q&A

Session speakers


Session 19: Updates in head and neck surgery Moderator: Dr Mohamed Felasi, Head of ENT Department, Tawam Hospital, Al Ain, UAE

14:20 Plastic reconstruction following H&N tumour excision

Dr Mohamed Felasi, Head of ENT Department, Tawam Hospital, Al Ain, UAE

14:40 Incidentally diagnosed papillary carcinoma in a thyroglossal duct cyst. What are the next steps?

Dr Nashwan Mahgoob, Professor and Consultant General and Laparoscopic Surgeon, Director

Advanced Laparoscopy and Obesity Unit, Medical College, University of Mosul, Head of Mosul

Training Center for Medical Specialization (FICMS) in General Surgery, Mosul, Iraq

15:00 Panel Q&A

Session speakers

15:10 Coffee break

Session 20: Updates in endocrine oncology Moderator: Prof Dr Iyad Hassan, Consultant - General and Endocrine Surgeon/ Head of General, Endocrine

and Cancer Surgery, Burjeel Hospital, Abu Dhabi, UAE



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15:50 Pragmatic approach to neuroendocrine tumours of the pancreas

Prof Dr Detlef Bartsch, Editor, Endocrine Oncology Journal, Chair of Surgery, Neuroendocrine Center

of Excellence, Marburg University, Marburg, Germany

16:10 Preoperative diagnostic accuracy of thyroid cancer in patients with thyroid nodules

Prof Dr Anders Bergenfelz, Professor, Consultant Surgeon in Endocrine and Sarcoma Surgery,

Department of Surgery, Skåne University Hospital, Lund, Sweden

16:30 Minimally invasive surgery for parathyroid tumours

Prof Dr Anders Bergenfelz, Professor, Consultant Surgeon in Endocrine and Sarcoma Surgery,


16:50 Does adrenal tumour size really affect the indication for surgery? Update of latest guidelines

Dr Mohammed Al-Khatib, Consultant in Internal Medicine and Consultant in Endocrinology &

Diabetology, Healthplus Diabetes and Endocrinology Center, Abu Dhabi, UAE

17:10 Alternative approaches in thyroid and parathyroid surgery: Transoral and robotic surgery

Prof Dr Detlef Bartsch, Editor, Endocrine Oncology Journal, Chair of Surgery, Neuroendocrine Center

of Excellence, Marburg University, Marburg, Germany

17:30 Laparoscopic and retroperitoneal adrenalectomy approaches


SEHA, Al Ain, UAE

17:50 Panel Q&A

Session speakers

17:55 Closing remarks





18:00 End of conference



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Speaker faculty

Activity director:

Dr Matthew Walsh, Professor of Surgery, Rich Family Distinguished Chair of Digestive Diseases, Chairman,

Department of General Surgery, Digestive Disease Institute, Chairman, Academic Department of Surgery,

Education Institute, Cleveland Clinic Ohio, Cleveland, Ohio, USA

Chair:


Scientific committee:

• Dr Bijendra Patel, Consultant Upper GI & Laparoscopic Surgeon, Barts Health NHS Trust, Clinical Lead for General

Surgery, Network Director for Upper GI Surgery, Director of Surgical Skills and Science, Queen Mary University of

London, London, UK

• Dr Guido Mannaerts, Chair of Department, General Surgery Clinic - Medical Affairs, Tawam Hospital – SEHA, Al

Ain, UAE

• Dr Matthew Kroh, Chief of the Digestive Disease Institute, Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, UAE

• Dr Shaw Somers, President, British Obesity and Metabolic Surgery Society; Consultant Upper GI and Bariatric

Surgeon, BMI Clementine Churchill Hospital London, Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust, Portsmouth, UK

• Prof Dr Yousif Hussein Eltayeb, Consultant Surgeon, Rashid Hospital; Associate Professor, Dubai Medical College;

Dubai Surgical Residency Program Director, Dubai Healthcare Authority, Dubai, UAE

Speakers:

• Dr Aaron Han, Consultant Pathologist, American Hospital Dubai, Dubai, UAE

• Dr Abdelrahman Nimeri, Bariatric Surgeon, Atrium Health, Dr Abdelrahman Nimeri, MIS & Bariatric

Surgery Faculty, Atrium Health Weight Management, Associate Program Director, Carolinas Bariatric

Fellowship Program, Carolinas Healthcare System, Atrium Health, Charlotte, North Carolina, USA

• Dr Abdulrahman Saadeddin, Consultant Gastroenterologist, Advanced Therapeutic Upper GI endoscopy

and Colonoscopy, Gastroenterologist, Emirates Specialty Hospital, Dubai, UAE

• Prof Sir Alfred Cuschieri, Pioneer, Minimal Access Surgery, Senior Scientific Advisor & PI Surgical Technology and

Robotics Group, Institute for Medical Science & Technology (IMSaT), University of Dundee, Dundee, Scotland, UK

• Dr Ali Khammas, General Surgery Consultant, Head of the General Surgery Department, Rashid Hospital, Dubai,

UAE

• Dr Ammar Al Dhamin, Consultant, Plastic Surgeon, Mediclinic Park View Hospital, Dubai, UAE

• Prof Dr Anders Bergenfelz, Professor, Consultant Surgeon in Endocrine and Sarcoma Surgery,


• Prof Dr Antonio Privitera, Lead Consultant Colorectal Surgeon, Tawam Hospital, Al Ain, UAE

• Prof Arvind Kumar, Immediate Past President, The Association of Surgeons of India, Chairman, Center for

Chest Surgery and Director, Institute of Robotic Surgery, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital (SGRH), New Delhi,

Founder & Managing Trustee, Lung Care Foundvaleioation, New Delhi, India

• Dr Basim Alkhafaji, Consultant Surgeon, Head of Surgery Department, Canadian Specialist Hospital,

Dubai, UAE

• Dr Bruno Dillemans, Director, The Center of Obesity Surgery, AZ Sint-Jan Hospital, Bruges, Belgium

• Prof Dr Carlos O. Esquivel, Arnold and Barbara Silverman Professor in Pediatric Transplantation, Stanford

School of Medicine, Professor of Surgery, Abdominal Transplantation and of Pediatrics, Gastroenterology,



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The Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford Children’s Health, Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital,

Palo Alto, California, USA

• Prof Dr Detlef Bartsch, Editor, Endocrine Oncology Journal, Chair of Surgery, Neuroendocrine Center of

Excellence, Marburg University, Marburg, Germany

• Prof Dr Eduard Jonas, Professor and Head: Surgical Gastroenterology, University of Cape Town and


• Prof Dr Emre Gorgun, Staff Surgeon, Associate Professor, Cleveland Clinic Ohio, Cleveland, Ohio, USA

• Dr Fady Kaldas, Associate Director, Multi-Organ Transplantation & Hepatobiliary Surgery Fellowship


• Dr Faraz Khan, Consultant Oncologist, American Hospital Dubai, Dubai, UAE

• Dr Faruq Badiuddin, Consultant Bariatric Surgeon, Consultant General Surgeon: Laparoscopic,

Gastrointestinal Surgery & Obesity, Valiant Clinic, Dubai, UAE

• Dr Frank Conroy, Chief of Surgery and Assistant Chief Medical Officer, Consultant Plastic, Reconstructive and

Cosmetic Surgeon, American Hospital Dubai, Dubai, UAE

• Dr Hmouda Al Afari, Bariatric Surgeon, Tawam Hospital, Al Ain, UAE

• Dr Humaid Al-Shamsi, Consultant Medical Oncologist, Tawam Hospital, Al-Ain, UAE

• Dr Ibrahim F. AlSheneber, Consultant General Surgeon, Surgical Oncologist, General Coordinator, Gulf Society of

Oncology, Dhahran, KSA

• Prof Dr Iyad Hassan, Consultant - General and Endocrine Surgeon/ Head of General, Endocrine and Cancer

Surgery, Burjeel Hospital, Abu Dhabi, UAE

• Dr Javed Razza, Consultant General, Upper Gastrointestinal and Laparoscopic Bariatric Surgeon, Director,

Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery, Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, UAE

• Dr Jeffrey Marks, Director, Surgical Endoscopy, Program Director, Case Western/University Hospitals

Cleveland Medical Center, Jeffrey L. Ponsky Professor of Surgical Education, Immediate Past President,

SAGES, Cleveland, Ohio, USA

• Dr Labib Riachi, Consultant, Female Pelvic Medicine, Lebanese University Faculty of Medicine, Beirut,

Lebanon

• Prof Maher Abbas, Consultant – Colorectal Surgery, Dubai Colorectal Surgery and Endoscopy, Dubai, UAE

• Dr Maroun Khoury, Consultant Oncologist and Hematologist, American Hospital Dubai, Dubai, UAE

• Dr Mitchell C. Posner, Chief of General Surgery, Chief of Surgical Oncology and Physician-in-Chief, Comprehensive

Cancer Center, UC Hospitals, Chicago, Illinois, USA

• Dr Mohamed Felasi, Head of ENT Department, Tawam Hospital, Al Ain, UAE

• Dr Mohammed Al-Khatib, Consultant in Internal Medicine and Consultant in Endocrinology &

Diabetology, Healthplus Diabetes and Endocrinology Center, Abu Dhabi, UAE

• Dr Mohammed Hadad, Head of Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery, Consultant Bariatric Surgeon, Consultant

General Surgeon, Healthpoint Clinics, Abu Dhabi, UAE

• Dr Mutaz Fakhry Al-Khateeb, Professor in Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, Senior Consultant Cardiothoracic

and Vascular surgeon, Al Qassimi Hospital, Sharjah, UAE

• Dr Nashwan Mahgoob, Professor and Consultant General and Laparoscopic Surgeon, Director, Advanced

Laparoscopy and Obesity Unit, Medical College, University of Mosul, Head, Mosul Training Center for

Medical Specialization (FICMS) in General Surgery, Mosul, Iraq

• Prof O James Garden, Professor Emeritus, Clinical Surgery, Dean International, Global Community,




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• Prof Dr Paul Barach, Clinical Professor, Children's Hospital, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Lecturer

and Senior Advisor, Dean, Jefferson College of Population Health, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

• Dr Paul Sayad, Consultant General Surgeon, Health Bay Polyclinic, Dubai, UAE

• Dr Probal Neogi, Council Member, The Association of Surgeons of India, Professor of Surgery, MLN Medical

College, Allahabad, India

• Dr Rafael Villalobos Mori, Head of the Abdominal Wall Surgery Unit, Department of General Surgery and

Digestive Diseases, Arnau de Vilanova University Hospital, Institut of Biomedical Research of Lleida,

Lleida, Spain

• Dr Raghu Ram, Padma Shri Awardee and Dr. B.C Roy National Awardee, President, The Association of

Surgeons of India, Director, KIMS- Ushalakshmi Centre for Breast Diseases, Hyderabad, India, Founder,

CEO & Director, Ushalakshmi Breast Cancer Foundation, Hyderabad, India

• Dr Safwan Taha, Chief of Surgery, Mediclinic - Airport Road, Abu Dhabi, UAE

• Dr Salem Nasser Al Harthi, Consultant and Chair of Surgery, Sheikh Shakhbout Medical City, Abu Dhabi,

UAE

• Prof Dr Scott Shikora, Director of the Center for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery, Brigham and Women's

Hospital, Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

• Dr Tarek Dufan, Director of Radiation Oncology and Medical Imaging, Senior Consultant

• Radiation Oncologist, American Hospital Dubai, Dubai, UAE

• Prof Dr Tarek Mahdy, Professor of Bariatric and Endocrine Surgery, Mansoura University Faculty of


• Dr Yasir Akmal, Surgical Oncologist, Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, UAE



26.75 CME credits

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.

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 26.75

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.

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Book your conference today!Conferences No. days Regular price

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20th Total Radiology27-30 Jan

1 950 259 1,250 340

2 1,150 313 1,450 395

3 1,350 368 1,650 449

4 1,650 449 1,950 531

19th Surgery27-30 Jan

1 1,900 517 2,200 599

2 2,800 762 3,100 844

3 3,300 899 3,600 980

4 3,700 1,007 4,000 1,089

16th Orthopaedics27-30 Jan

1 1,900 517 2,200 599

2 2,800 762 3,100 844

3 3,300 899 3,600 980

4 3,700 1,007 4,000 1,089

12th Obs & Gyne27-30 Jan

1 1,500 408 1,800 490

2 2,500 681 2,800 762

3 3,000 817 3,300 899

4 3,300 899 3,600 980

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1 950 259 1,250 340

2 1,150 313 1,450 395

Physicial Medicine, Rehabilitation & Sports Medicine NEW29-30 Jan

1 1,500 408 1,800 490

2 2,500 681 2,800 762

6th Diabetes29-30 Jan

1 1,500 408 1,800 490

2 2,500 681 2,800 762

Primary Care NEW27-28 Jan

1 1,500 408 1,800 490

2 2,500 681 2,800 762

GI Endoscopy NEW27-28 Jan

1 1,500 408 1,800 490

2 2,500 681 2,800 762

Patient Experience NEW27-28 Jan

1 1,900 517 2,200 599

2 2,800 762 3,100 844

11th Quality Management29-30 Jan

1 1,900 517 2,200 599

2 2,800 762 3,100 844

4th Emergency Medicine27-28 Jan

1 1,900 517 2,200 599

2 2,800 762 3,100 844

Anaesthesia and Pain Management NEW29-30 Jan

1 1,900 517 2,200 599

2 2,800 762 3,100 844

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1 950 259 1,250 340

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