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We are currently finalizing the 2009 conference programme. Below you will find the 2008 programme for your persual.
SURGERY CONFERENCES
29-31 January 2008
LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY 29-30 January 2008
| Day 1: Tuesday, 29 January 2008 |
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| 08:50 |
Opening Remarks by Chair: Dr. Faruq Badiuddin, MS, FRCS (England), Consultant Surgeon, Wellness Medical Center, President of Emirates Society of Laparo-endoscopic Surgeons, Dubai, UAE |
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| Session 1: |
General Laparoscopic |
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Chair: Dr. Suhail Kazim, Medcare Hospital, Dubai, UAE |
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| 09:00 |
Prevention and Management of Laparoscopic and Endoscopic Surgical Complications |
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Speaker TBA |
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| 09:20 |
Recent Advances in Minimally Invasive Techniques |
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Dr. Faruq Badiuddin, MS, FRCS (England), Consultant Surgeon, Wellness Medical Center, President of Emirates Society of Laparo-endoscopic Surgeons, Dubai, UAE |
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| 09:40 |
Minimally Invasive Management of Incidental Cysts of the Pancreas |
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Dr. Ali M. Ghellai, Jr., MD, FACS, Clinical Assistant Professor, State University of New York-Upstate; Consultant, HPB Surgery, Director, MIS Surgery, Assistant Director, General Surgery Residency Program, Robert Packer Hospital, Guthrie Clinic, Sayre, Pennsylvania, USA |
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| 10:00 |
Minimally Invasive Vascular Surgery |
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Prof. Nicola d’Ovidio, Vascular Surgeon, Italy |
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| 10:20 |
Coffee Break |
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Bariatric |
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Chair: Dr. Jay Mathias, Welcare Hospital, Dubai, UAE |
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| 10:40 |
Laparoscopic Bariatric Surgery |
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Dr. Philip Schauer, Professor of Surgery, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine; Chief, Minimally Invasive General Surgery; Director, Cleveland Clinic Bariatric and Metabolic Institute (BMI); Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA |
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| 11:00 |
Sleeve Gastrectomy – Complications and Outcomes |
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Dr. Patrick O’Regan, Consultant General Surgeon, Department of Surgery, King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre, Riyadh, KSA |
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| 11:20 |
Laparoscopic Revisional Bariatric Surgery |
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Dr. Sultan Temyatt, Saad Hospital, SAAD Bariatric Surgery Centre, Saad Specialist Hospital, Al-Khobar, KSA |
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| 11:40 |
Is Type II Diabetes a Surgical Disease? |
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Dr. Fawaz Chikh Torab, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor Surgery, Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences, UAE University; Senior Consultant, Tawam & Al-Ain Hospitals, Al Ain, UAE |
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| 12:00 |
Lunch |
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Laparoscopic Emergency & Trauma |
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Chair: Dr. Subash Gautam, Fujariah Hospital, Fujairah, UAE
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| 13:30 |
MIS in Trauma |
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Dr. Ruben Peralta, MD, FACS, Head Trauma Surgeon, Director of Trauma Service, Senior Consultant, Surgery, Trauma, Emergency & Critical Care, Rashid Hospital Trauma Centre, Dubai, UAE |
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| 13:45 |
MIS in Acute Abdomen |
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Dr. Ahmad Al Jaziri, Consultant & Head of Surgical Departments, Rashid Hospital, Dubai, UAE |
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| 14:00 |
MIS – Laparoscopy Home Trainer |
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Dr. Yousef Eltayeb, Consultant, Department of Surgery, Rashid Hospital, Dubai, UAE |
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| 14:15 |
Coffee Break |
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| 15:00 |
The Application of Robotic Surgery for Complex Procedures in General Surgery |
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Prof. Susan Lim, Centre for Robotic Surgery, Singapore |
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| 15:20 |
Robot-Assisted Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy |
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Dr. Abdullah Al Dohayan, FRCS, Professor of Surgery, Chairman, Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, KSA |
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| 15:40 |
The Minimally Invasive Approach to Pancreatic Resections – Laparoscopic, Robotic or Both? |
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Prof. Susan Lim, Centre for Robotic Surgery, Singapore |
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| 16:00 |
Wrap up and close of day |
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| Day 2: Wednesday, 30 January 2008 |
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| Session 1: |
Upper and Lower Gastrointestinal I |
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Chair: Dr. Jay Mathias, Welcare Hospital, Dubai, UAE |
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| 09:00 |
Fundoplication in Children |
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Dr. Joseph Curry, Consultant Neonatal & Pediatric Surgeon, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Trust, London, UK |
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Crohn’s Disease - Laparoscopic vs. Open Surgery |
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Mr. Paris P. Tekkis, MD, FRCS, Colorectal Surgeon, St. Mary’s and St. Mark’s Hospitals; Senior Lecturer, Imperial College, HCA International Hospitals, London, UK |
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Laparoscopic Colorectal Surgery |
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Prof. John Monson, Foundation Professor of Surgery, Head of Department, Academic Surgical Unit, University of Hull, UK |
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Laparoscopic Pancreaticoduodenectomy (LPD) |
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Dr. Maher Khalil Hussein, Department of Surgery, American University of Beirut-M.C., Beirut, Lebanon |
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| 10:20 |
Coffee Break |
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| Session 2: |
NOTES |
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Chair: Dr. Faruq Badiuddin, MS, FRCS (England), Consultant Surgeon, Wellness Medical Center, President of Emirates Society of Laparo-endoscopic Surgeons, Dubai, UAE |
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| 11:00 |
NOTES (via videoconferencing) |
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Prof. Jacques Marescaux, President, IRCAD, EITS, Strasbourg, France |
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| 11:20 |
NOTES – Limitations & Solutions |
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Dr. G. V. Rao, Director & Chief of GI & Minimally Invasive Surgery, Asian Institute of Gastroenterology, Hyderabad, India |
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| 11:40 |
Endoluminal Surgery for Gastroenterology (via video conference) |
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Prof. Jaques Deviere, MD, President, European Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy; Professor of Medicine, Chairman, Department of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, Erasme University Hospital, Universite Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium |
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| 12:00 |
Lunch |
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| Session 3: |
Upper and Lower Gastrointestinal II |
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Chair: Dr. Gabi Wazz, Dr. Sulaiman Al Habib Medical Centre, Dubai, UAE |
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| 13:00 |
Laparoscopic Approach to Restorative Protoclectomy & Ileal Pouch Surgery |
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Mr. Paris P. Tekkis, MD, FRCS, Colorectal Surgeon, St. Mary’s and St. Mark’s Hospitals; Senior Lecturer, Imperial College, HCA International Hospitals, London, UK |
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| 13:20 |
GERD in Children Background & Laparoscopic Management |
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Dr. Joseph Curry, Consultant Neonatal & Pediatric Surgeon, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Trust, London, UK |
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Laparoscopic Approach in Difficult Gallbladder Surgery |
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Dr. Sing Shang Ngoi, Consultant Surgeon, Gleneagles Medical Centre, Singapore |
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| 14:00 |
Transanal Stapling Approach for Anorectal Prolapses: From PPH to STARR |
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Dr. Angelo Stuto, Head of the Colorectal Surgery Unit, Udine University Hospital, Pordenone, Italy |
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| 14:20 |
Coffee Break |
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Training and Other Topics |
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| 15:00 |
Virtual Surgery and In Vitro Surgical Planning (via video conference) |
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Prof. Jacques Marescaux, President, IRCAD, EITS, Strasbourg, France |
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| 15:20 |
Surgical Training of Residents in the UAE |
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Dr. Rolf Hartung, Consultant Surgeon, Head, Department of Surgery, Rashid Hospita, Dubai, UAE |
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| 15:40 |
Laparoscopic Repair of Giant Hiatal Hernias |
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Dr. Paul Sayad, General Surgeon, American Hospital, Dubai, UAE |
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| 16:00 |
Endoscopic Transaxillary Thyroidectomy |
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Dr. John Thanakumar, MS, MNAMS, FRCS, FRCS, FICS, Dip MIS (Fr), Director of Minimal Access Surgery, Kovai Medical Center and Hospital, Coimbatore, India |
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| 16:20 |
Wrap up and close |
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INVITED SPEAKER FACULTY:
Chair: Dr. Faruq Badiuddin, MS, FRCS (England), Consultant Surgeon, Wellness Medical Center, President of Emirates Society of Laparo-endoscopic Surgeons, Dubai, UAE
Dr. Ahmad Al Jaziri, Consultant & Head of Surgical Departments, Rashid Hospital, Dubai, UAE
Dr. Joseph Curry, Consultant Neonatal & Pediatric Surgeon, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Trust, London, UK
Dr. Abdullah Al Dohayan, FRCS, Professor of Surgery, Chairman, Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, KSA
Prof. Nicola d’Ovidio, Vascular Surgeon, Italy
Prof. Jacques Deviere, MD, President, European Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy; Professor of Medicine, Chairman, Department of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, Erasme University Hospital, Universite Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium
Dr. Yousef Eltayeb, Consultant, Department of Surgery, Rashid Hospital, Dubai, UAE
Dr. Ali M. Ghellai, Jr., MD, FACS, Clinical Assistant Professor, State University of New York-Upstate; Consultant, HPB Surgery, Director, MIS Surgery, Assistant Director, General Surgery Residency Program, Robert Packer Hospital, Guthrie Clinic, Sayre, Pennsylvania, USA
Dr. Rolf Hartung, Consultant Surgeon, Head, Department of Surgery, Rashid Hospital, Dubai, UAE
Dr. Maher Khalil Hussein, Department of Surgery, American University of Beirut-M.C., Beirut, Lebanon
Prof. Susan Lim, Centre for Robotic Surgery, Singapore
Prof. Jacques Marescaux, President, IRCAD, EITS, Strasbourg, France
Dr. Sing Shang Ngoi, Consultant Surgeon, Gleneagles Medical Centre, Singapore
Prof. John Monson, Foundation Professor of Surgery, Head of Department, Academic Surgical Unit, University of Hull, UK
Dr. Patrick O’Regan, Consultant General Surgeon, Department of Surgery, King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre, Riyadh, KSA
Dr. Ruben Peralta, MD, FACS, Head Trauma Surgeon, Director of Trauma Service, Senior Consultant, Surgery, Trauma, Emergency & Critical Care, Rashid Hospital Trauma Centre, Dubai, UAE
Dr. G. V. Rao, Director & Chief of GI & Minimally Invasive Surgery, Asian Institute of Gastroenterology, Hyderabad, India
Dr. Paul Sayad, General Surgeon, American Hospital, Dubai, UAE
Dr. Philip Schauer, Professor of Surgery, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine; Chief, Minimally Invasive General Surgery; Director, Cleveland Clinic Bariatric and Metabolic Institute (BMI); Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA
Dr. Angelo Stuto, Head of the Colorectal Surgery Unit, Udine University Hospital, Pordenone, Italy
Mr. Paris P. Tekkis, MD, FRCS, Colorectal Surgeon, St. Mary’s and St. Mark’s Hospitals; Senior Lecturer, Imperial College, HCA International Hospitals, London, UK
Dr. Sultan Temyatt, Saad Hospital, SAAD Bariatric Surgery Centre, Saad Specialist Hospital, Al-Khobar, KSA
Dr. John Thanakumar, MS, MNAMS, FRCS, FRCS, FICS, Dip MIS(Fr), Director of Minimal Access Surgery, Kovai Medical Center and Hospital, Coimbatore, India
Dr. Fawaz Chikh Torab, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor Surgery, Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences, UAE University; Senior Consultant, Tawam & Al-Ain Hospitals, Al Ain, UAE
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COSMETIC SURGERY CONFERENCE 31 January 2008
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| Day 3: Thursday, 31 January 2008 |
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| 08:20 |
Opening Remarks, Chair: Dr. Jeehan Qadir, Executive Director, American Academy of Cosmetic Surgery Hospital, Dubai, UAE |
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| Session 1: |
Post Bariatic Cosmetic Surgery I |
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Moderator: Dr. Jeehan Qadir, Executive Director, American Academy of Cosmetic Surgery Hospital, Dubai, UAE |
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| 08:30 |
Circumferential Body Lift: Surgical Considerations & Sequencing Post Bariatric Surgery |
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Dr. Paul Petty, Assistant Professor, Department of Plastic Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA |
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| 09:00 |
Contemporary Abdominoplasty with Ultrasonic Devices |
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Dr. Shaheed Fadhul, Consultant Plastics Surgeon, Salmaniya Medical Complex, Bahrain |
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| 09:30 |
Mastopexy in Massive-Weight-Loss-Patient |
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Speaker TBA |
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| 10:00 |
Coffee Break |
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Breast Surgery 2007 |
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Moderator: Dr. Faisal Tallas, Director of Cosmetic Dentistry, American Academy of Cosmetic Surgery Hospital, Dubai, UAE |
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Post Breast Cancer Reconstruction |
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Speaker TBA |
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| 11:00 |
Subfascial Breast Augmentation – Advantages and Outcomes |
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Dr. Horia Siclovan, Specialist Plastic Surgeon, Dr. Jamal Jomah Medical Centre, Riyadh, KSA |
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| 11:30 |
Minimally Invasive, Endoscopic Management of Gynecomastia |
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Dr. Paul Petty, Assistant Professor, Department of Plastic Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA |
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| 12:00 |
Lunch |
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| Session 3: |
Rejuvenation with Cosmetic Surgery I |
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Moderator: Dr. Adnan Al Bahra, Director, Anaesthesia Department, American Academy of Cosmetic Surgery Hospital, Dubai, UAE |
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