NAAMA's 23rd International Medical Convention
Andalucia/Morocco June 27 - July 6, 2009
Scientific Program
| 7:40 - 8:10: When the East Meets the West in Medical Settings | |
| Rana Raddawi, Ph.D | |
| Assistant Professor of Translation & Communication, American University of Sharjah | |
| 8:10 – 8:20: Introduction | |
| Rabi F. Sulayman, M.D. Moderator | |
| Chairman: Department of Pediatrics, Advocate Hope Children’s Hospital | |
| 8:20 – 8:50: Advances in the Diagnosis of Heart Disease in Infants/Children | |
| Rabi F. Sulayman, M.D | |
| Chairman: Department of Pediatrics, Advocate Hope Children’s Hospital | |
| 8:50 – 9:20: Cardiopulmonary and other Organ Failure: Pharmacologic and Other Advanced Therapies | |
| Louisa Madronero, M.D. | |
| The Heart Institute For Children, Advocate Hope Children’s Hospital | |
| 9:40 – 10:10: Interventional Management of Congenital Heart Disease | |
| Dhaval Patel, M.D. | |
| Interventional Pediatric Cardiology | |
| The Heart Institute For Children, Advocate Hope Children’s Hospital | |
| 10:10 – 10:40: Pediatrics Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Evaluation and Management | |
| Bashar Alaswad, M.D. | |
| University of Texas-Houston Medical School | |
| 10:40 –11:00: Panel Discussion, Moderator Rabi F. Sulayman, M.D. | |
| 11:15 – 12:15: Bisphosphonate Therapy and Bisphosphonate Related Osteonecrosis of The Jaws (BRONJ) | |
| Firas F. Katabi, D.D.S., Oral Maxiliofacial Surgery | |
| 12:45 – 2:30: Presentation of Oral Pediatrics Cases by the Faculty of Sidi Mohammad Bin Abdallah School of Medicine, Fes, Morocco | |
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| Hydatid Cyst Presenting As Budd-Chiarri Syndrome; Bilateral Pheochromaocytoma Presenting As Hemaplegia | |
| Professor Bouabdallah Youssef | |
| Left Painful Ptosis In A Child | |
| Dr. Hmami Faouzia |
8:10 – 8:50: The Hospital of the 21 st Century: Taking Health and Healing Beyond Boundaries of Imagination |
Nabil Khoury, M.D. |
Medical Director, Ambulatory Services, Henry Ford West Bloomfield Hospital |
8:50 – 9:20: The Role of Pharm D in the Emergency Department |
Rolla T. Sweis, Pharm.D., M.A. |
Emergency Medicine Pharmacy Residency Program Director, Advocate Christ Medical Center |
9:20 – 9:50: Implementation of Pharmacy-Driven Clinics to Improve Patient Outcome |
Hanan Shaban, Pharm.D. |
Formulary Manager / Clinical Pharmacist, VA-Eastern Colorado Health Care System |
9:50 – 10:20: Update in Toxicology: A New Dimension, Use of Lipid Emulsions |
Rolla T. Sweis, PharmD. M.A. |
Emergency Medicine Pharmacy Residency Program Director, Advocate Christ Medical Center |
10:40 – 11:05: Frontiers in Surgery: The National Surgical Quality Improvement Program |
Shawki Harb, M.D. |
Henry Ford Wyandotte Hospital |
11:05 – 11:30: Raman Spectroscopy for the Diagnosis of Small Round Blue Cell Tumors in Children |
Raja Rabah, M.D. |
Associate Professor of Pathology, Wayne State University |
11:30 –11:55: Immunohistochemical Markers and Molecular Genetics in the Diagnosis and Prognosis of Common Pediatrics Tumors |
Raja Rabah, M.D. |
Associate Professor of Pathology, Wayne State University |
12:30 - 12:55: Arab American Tobacco Use Patterns Among High School Students In Metropolitan Detroit, Michigan |
Adnan Hammad, Ph.D |
Director, ACCESS Community Health and Research Center, Wayne State University, School of Medicine |
12:55 - 1:20: The Epidemiology and Related Risk Factors of Diabetes Mellitus Among Arab Americans in Michigan |
Adnan Hammad, Ph.D |
Director, ACCESS Community Health and Research Center, Wayne State University, School of Medicine |
1:30 – 2:10: Gain Control, Sustain Control: Newer Approach in the Management of Type II Diabetes Mellitus |
Maha Ansara, M.D. |
2:10 – 2:40: Breast Cancer: History and Conventional Therapy vs. Partial Breast Irradiation |
Loubna T. Scally, M.D. |
Radiation Oncology, Clarian Arnett Health |
8:00 – 10:00: Local Sessions by Sidi Bin Abdallah School of Medicine, Fes, Morocco |
| Peritoneal Tuberculosis |
| Professor El-Yousif Mounia |
| Esophageal Peptic Stricture |
| Professor Mellouki Ihssane |
10:10 – 10:40: Expanding the Usefulness of Therapeutic GI Endoscopy |
Gerald Rogers, M.D. |
University of Chicago |
10:40 – 11:10: Morbid Obesity: Is Bariatic Surgery the Answer? |
Hareth Raddawi, M.D. |
University of Illinois Chicago |
11:10 – 11:40: Initial Emergency Management of Head and Spine Trauma |
Rodwan Rajjoub, M.D. |
11:40 – 12:10: Guidelines to the Primary and Secondary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease, Reducing Global Cardiovascular Risks. |
Habib Komari, M.D. |
Indiana Cardiac and Vascular Consultants |
12:30 – 1:00: Carotid Artery Stenting: Has It Become a Reality Yet? |
Nouri Al-Khaled, M.D. |
The Heart and Vascular Institute, Advocate Christ Medical Center |
1:00 – 1:30: Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery vs. Multivessel Coronary Artery Angioplasty: The SYNTEX Conclusion |
Nouri Al-Khaled, M.D. |
The Heart and Vascular Institute, Advocate Christ Medical Center |
1:30 – 2:00: “Moses Maimonides” His Life and Works From Andalusia to Fes |
Hareth Raddawi, M.D. |
University of Illinois Chicago |
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