NAAMA Conference Proceedings

Dubai, UAE, 2008

• State-of-the-Art Medical Education: The Dubai Model. Amer Ahmed Sharif, MD
• Statins for Everyone? Late Breaking Results of the JUPITER Trial and Their Impact on all of us. Samia Mora, MD
• Insulin Resistance, Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease: Making the Link and Reducing the Risk. Fatma Almarashi, MD
• Doctors Truly Without Borders: the Promise and Future of Telemedicine and e- Consulting. Nabil E. Khoury, MD
• Percutaneous Solutions for Atrial Septal Defect, Patent Foramen Ovale, and Even Migraines. Khaldoon Alaswad, MD, FACC
• Arrhythmias That Kill and Those That Annoy and The State- of-the-art Therapies That Are Stopping Them. Zayd Eldadah, MD, PhD
• Hypertension: A Shifting Paradigm with New Frontiers. Ahmad Oussama Rifai, MD
• Cross-culture Management in a Diverse Healthcare Setting: the SKMC Experience. Nour Shakhour
• The End of Aches and Pains? Rheumatology Breakthroughs in Modern Practice. Assil Saleh, MD, MPH
• The End Of Backaches? Surgery-Sparing Breakthroughs In Modern Practice. Mohamed A. Sabbahi, PhD
• Physician Careers in the Arabian Gulf: Rationale, Advantages, and Challenges. Riad Abdelkarim, MD
• Female Stress Incontinence: Novel Approaches To An Age-Old Problem. Mohamed H. Antar, MD
• The end of addiction? Pharmacological advances in the treatment of substance abuse. Ahmed Elkashef, MD
• Beyond Osteoporosis: The Global Impact of Vitamin D Deficiency. Nahrain Al Zubaidi, MD
• Single- Incision Laparoscopic Cholescystectmy (SILC): The New Frontier. Abdelkader Hawasli, MD
• Smaller Incisions, Better Outcomes: Advances In Vascular Care. Firas F Mussa, MD
• Laparoscopic Gastrectomy - Novel Approaches to Classic Surgical Problems. Abdelkader Hawasli, MD
• The Virtual Patient: How Advances in Medical Informatics Are Changing Healthcare. Ali Al Sanousi, MD
• Bridging The Care Disparity Gap. Case Study: Older Muslims In The United States: The Relationship Of Acculturation And Depression. Nawar Shara, PhD
• The Elusive Role of Quality. Samer Ellahham, MD
• “Do Not Resuscitate”: a Cultural and Religious Perspective on End-of- Life Care. Said Abouhasna, MD
  

Washington, D.C. 2008

• Prosthetic Heart Valves and Anticoagulation Use During Pregnancy, Wael F Al-Husami, MD
• Imaging in the EP lab- Beyond Fluoroscopy, Amin Al-Ahmad, MD
• Advances in the Understanding of Causes of Sudden Cardiac Death, Munther Homoud, MD
• Navigating the SEAS of Cholesterol and Cancer:Where do we go from here?, Alawi A. Alsheikh-Ali MD
• Dyslilpidemia in Diabetics, Arshag Mooradian, MD
• Hormones and Aging, Baha Arafah, MD
• The Rationale and Value of Newer Agents in Treating Diabetes, Armand Krikorian, MD
• Thyroid Dysfunction in the Elderly, Rund Tahboub, MD
• Update on Cervical Cancer: role of vaccination, Dalia Mobarek, MD
• ESA Update and Use in Cancer Patients, Dalia Mobarek, MD
• Update on lung cancer/and update on hematopoietic stem cell transplantation, Imad Tabbara, MD
• Orofacial Pain- What Did I Miss, Ghabi A. Kaspo, DDS
• Obstructive Sleep Apnea Management with the Use of Oral Devices, Bilal Saib, DDS
• Medical Emergencies in the Dental Office, Joe Alamat, DDS, MD
• Cone Beam Imaging in Patients with TMJ Disorders, Ghabi Kaspo, DDS
• Colon cancer screening: What’s new? Aline Charabaty MD
• GERD and Barrett Esophagus: an update, Hashem El Seraj, MD
• What to do with the patient with abnormal liver enzymes, Nizar Zein, MD
• Endoscopy in the 21st Century, Firas Al-Kawas, MD
• Molecular Biology & Genetics in Clinical Medicine: From Esoteric Curiosity to Must Know Information, Wael Sakr, MD
• Chromosomes, Fluorescence in Situ Hybridization FISH”, and Beyond: Applications in Pre and Post Natal Diagnosis, Anwar Mohamed, MD
• Molecular Testing of Solid Tumors in the Era of Targeted Therapy: Crucial Diagnostic and Therapy Prediction Tools, George J. Netto MD
• BRCA1 & BRCA2 Mutations: Implication for Breast and Ovarian Cancer Risk, Prognosis & management, Rouba Ali-Fehmi, MD
• Genotype Phenotype Correlation: Clinical Perspectives, Ahmad Teebi, MD

Alexandria 2008

• Epidemiology and Early Detection of Breast Cancer, Dr. Stephen Veach
• A New Semi-Automated Method of Grading Invasive and Non-Invasive Image Analysis, Dr. Ossama Tawfik
• New Advances in the Management of Breast Cancer, Dr. Stephen Veach
• Radiation in Breast Cancer- Assessing the Optimal Treatment Values and the Role of Radiation, Dr. Cristiane Takita
• Lung Cancer: Causes and the Value of Screening, Dr. Stephen Veach
• Lung Cancer Histopathology-An Overview, Dr. Ossama Tawfik
• There is Progress in the Treatment of Lung Cancer, Dr. Stephen Veach
• The Use of Robotic (Digital) Telepathology, Dr. Ossama Tawfik
• Curing Childhood Cancer: Exploring the Next Generation of Cellular and Molecular Targeting, Dr. Robert Arceci
• Myeloproliferative Neoplasms (MPN) WHO Classification 2008, Dr. Sherif Ibrahim
• New Trends in Hematopietic Stem Cell Transplantation, Dr. Aly Mageed
• Clinical Cases Presentation for Egyptian Attendees, Dr. R. Arceci, Dr. S. Ibrahim and Dr. A. Mageed
• Risk Factors, Supplements and Chemoprevention, Dr. James Thrasher
• Critical Analysis of All Surgical Approaches for Radical Prostatectomy, Dr. James Thrasher
• The Role the Pathologist Plays in Diagnosing Prostate Cancer, Dr. Ossama Tawfik
• Evidence Based Techniques and the Use of Evaluation of Radiation of Adjuvant Therapies, Dr. May Wahab
• Molecular Signatures of Cancer and Targeted Therapy, Dr. Eiman A. Aleem
• Case Presentation, Dr. Maha Youssef Kamal
• Pediatric Oncology Case Presentation, Dr. Hanan Fawzy Nazir