In Joint Sponsorship with Continuing Medical Education Office at AUBMC Ministry of Public Health World Health Organization (WHO) Lebanese Pediatric Society Lebanese Society for Obstetrics and Gynecology March 31 to April 2, 2011 Le Bristol Hotel Beirut, Lebanon
OPENING DAY 1: Thursday March 31, 2011 1:30pm- 2:00pm 2:00pm- 2:10pm Registration Introduction 2:10 pm 4:05 pm Moderators: Dr. Hassan Fakhoury, Dr. Miguel Abboud 2:10pm- 2:35pm 2:35pm-3:00pm 3:00pm-3:25pm 3:25pm-3:50pm 3:50pm-4:05pm Networking, Surveillance and Quality Improvement: A Project in Progress in Lebanon and the Region (Dr. Khalid Yunis) Global Networking (Dr. Christopher Howson) Q-Peri Reg: An Experience of Maternal and Neonatal Surveillance from Qatar (Dr. Sajjad Rahman) Preconception Care (Dr. Hani Atrash) Coffee Break 4:05 pm 6:30 pm Moderators: Dr. Ali Zeitoun, Dr. Maroun Matar 4:05pm-4:30pm 4:30pm-6:30pm 6:30pm-7:00pm Health Management Strategies Based on Accurate Data (Dr. Chadi Saleh) Network Update: Achievements over Past 5 Years NRP Program (Dr. Alia Al Araj) Birth Defects Manual (Dr. Chantal Farra) Training, Workshops (Ms. Pascale Nakade) National Growth (Dr. Imad Melki) Software Development (Mrs. Reem Al Rafei) Current Projects (Ms. Nathalie Choueiry/ Mrs. Mira Wehbe/ Dr. Dani Al Hamod) Future Directions: Collaboratives, Projects, Regional, International (Dr. Maroun Matar) Opening Ceremony (Dr. Joseph Haddad) 7:00 pm 8:00 pm Moderators: Dr. Faysal El Kak 7:00pm-7:20pm 7:20pm-7:40pm 7:40pm-8:00pm 8:00pm Key Note Speaker (Health Care Reform in Lebanon: Government Perspective) (Dr. Walid Ammar) Key Note Speaker (Health Care Reform in Lebanon: Physicians Perspective) (Dr. Sharaf Abou Sharaf) Key Note Speaker (Health Care Reform in Lebanon: Hospital s Perspective) (Dr. Sleiman Haroun) Cocktail Reception
DAY 2: Friday April 1, 2011 8:30am- 9:00am 9:00am- 9:10am Registration Introduction 9:10 am 10:55 am Moderators: Dr. Iman Sharara, Dr. Abdallah Adra 9:10am- 9:30am 9:30am- 9:50am 9:50am- 10:10am Maternal Near-misses (Dr. Joao Paulo Souza) Key note speaker: Towards Improving Maternal Outcomes in Pregnancy: A Road Map for the Future (Dr. Haifa Madi, WHO, EMRO) Key Note Speaker: Improving Maternal and Child Health in Lebanon (Dr. Sameen Siddiqi, WHO, Lebanon) 10:10am- 10:30am Key note speaker: Burden of Prematurity (Dr. Jeffrey Murray) 10:30am- 10:45am Discussion 10:45am 10:55am Coffee Break 10:55 am 12:25 pm Moderators: Dr. Zulfikar Hashash, Dr. Labib Ghulmiyah 10:55am- 11:20am Fetal Origins of Adult Vascular Disease (Dr. Kamal Badr) 11:20am- 11:45am Cord Blood Banking: Pros and Cons (Dr. George El Kehdy / Dr. Imad Abou Jaoude) 11:45am- 12:10pm Neuroprotective Effect of Antenatal Magnesium Sulfate (Dr. Anwar Nassar) 12:10pm- 12:25pm Discussion 12:25pm- 2:00pm Prayer Lunch Break 2:00 pm 3:45 pm Moderators: Dr. Joseph Haddad, Ghassan Baasiri 2:00pm- 2:25pm 2:25pm-2:50pm 2:50pm-3:15pm 3:15pm-3:30pm 3:30pm-3:45pm Oxygen Toxicity: New Insights (Dr. Pascal Boileau, France) Protective Lung Ventilation Strategies (Dr. Rita Ryan, USA) NAVA: Neurally Adjusted Ventilatory Assist (Dr. Fares Chedid, Emirates) Discussion Coffee Break 3:45 pm 5:45 pm Moderators: Dr. Marie Claude Khalife, Hadi Fakih 3:45pm-4:10pm Probiotics for infants and Young Children: What the Evidence says (Dr. Hania Szajewska) 4:10pm-4:35pm Nutritional Challenges in Infants with Short Gut Syndrome (Dr. Henk Jan Verkade) 4:35pm-5:00pm Early Nutrition and Later Outcomes (Dr. Hania Szajewska) 5:00 pm-5:15pm Discussion
3:45pm-5:45pm 5:45pm 8:00pm Workshop by pre-registration only: Ventilator Management of the Sick Newborn (Dr. Mohammad Khatib) Parallel session (Non CME Activity) Adjourn Dinner
DAY 3: Saturday April 2, 2011 9:00am- 9:10am Introduction 9:10 am 11:25 am Moderators: Dr. Naji Doumit, Dr. Bassam Ghanem 9:10am-9:35am Key note speaker: Improving Maternal Outcomes in Pregnancy: Current Situations (Dr. Mario Merialdi, WHO, Geneva) 9:35am- 10:00am Total Body Cooling in Hypoxic Ischemic Encephalopathy (Dr. Lina Shalak, USA) 10:00am-10:25am Head Cooling in Hypoxic Ischemic Encephalopathy (Dr. Pascal Boileau) 10:25am- 10:55am Neuro Protection: Future Directions (Dr. Lina Shalak) 10:55am-11:10am Panel Discussion 11:10am-11:25am Coffee Break 11:25 am 12:50 pm Moderators: Dr. Margo Al Ali, Dr. Muhsen Munzir 11:25am- 11:50am Prophylactic Antifungal Therapy: Review of the Evidence (Dr. Pablo Sanchez) 11:50am- 12:15pm Persistent Pulmonary Hypertension of the Newborn: New Perspective, New Approach (Dr. Rita Ryan) 12:15pm-12:40pm NIH Consensus for ino Use in Premature Infants (Dr. Khalid Yunis) 12:40pm-12:50pm Panel Discussion 12:50pm 2:30pm Lunch 2:30 pm 4:30 pm Moderators: Dr. Yolla Nassif, Dr. Firas Hoblos/ Dr. Ghaith Makhoul 2:30pm- 2:55pm 2:55pm-3:00pm 3:00pm-3:25pm 3:25pm-3:30pm 3:30pm-3:55pm 3:55pm-4:00pm 2:30pm-4:30pm 4:30pm New Update on Neonatal Resuscitation Guidelines (Dr. Lama Charafeddine) Questions and Discussions Neonatal Pain (Dr. Celeste Johnston) Questions and Discussions Hospital Acquired Infections in the 21 st Century (Dr. Pablo Sanchez) Questions and Discussions Workshop by pre-registration only: Ventilator Management of the Sick Newborn (Dr. Mohammad Khatib) Parallel session (Non CME Activity) Closing Ceremony
DAY 3: Saturday April 2, 2011 Nursing Parallel Sessions 9:10 am 11:10 am Moderators: 9:10am-9:35am Identification and Safety (Discussions)(Ms. Mariam Kayle) 9:35am-10:00am Identification of a Baby in Distress (Discussions)(Ms. Bahia Mufti) 10:00am-10:25am Nursing Interventions to Prevent Neonatal Distress (Discussions)(Dr. Celeste Johnston) 10:25am-10:50am Quality Improvement in Nursing (Discussions)(Dr. Mohammad Hamandi) 10:50am-11:10am Coffee Break 11:10 am 12:50 pm Moderators: 11:10am-11:35am Breastfeeding the Preterm Infant (Discussions) (Ms. Chris Abiad) 11:35am-12:00pm Developmental Care & Parental Involvement (Discussions) (Ms. Monita Darazi) 12:00pm-12:25pm Challenges of Discharge Planning (Discussions) (Ms. Saadieh Sidani) 12:25pm-12:50pm Updates in Neonatal Care (Discussions) (Ms. Tania Daaboul)