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Day 2 - Friday 31st October

7.00 am-8.30 am

Conference Registration and Breakfast

8.30 am-10.30 am

Keynote sessions

Moderators: Dr Mahir Petkar and Dr Amal Aly

8.30 am-9.10 am

Keynote session 1-Current Artificial Intelligence Landscape in Pathology

Dr Samer Albahra, Director of the Center for Diagnostics and Artificial Intelligence and Medical Director of Research and Development at The Diagnostics Institute Cleveland Clinic

9.10 am-9.50 am

Keynote session 2: Diagnostic Stewardship: The Right Test for the Right Patient at the Right Time

Ms. Debra Padgett, Immediate Past President, Institute of Biomedical Science, United Kingdom

9.50 am-10.30 am

Keynote session 3: Research-driven innovations in Laboratory Medicine

Dr Lori J West, Professor of Pediatrics, Surgery, Medical Microbiology/ Immunology and Laboratory Medicine/Pathology at the University of Alberta, Canada

10.30 am-11.00 am

Tea/coffee break

11.00 am-1.00 pm

Friday prayer break and Lunch (served from 11:30 am)

 

Parallel scientific sessions

1.00 pm-2.45 pm

STREAM 1

SESSION HEADLINE: Pathology in national programs

STREAM 2

SESSION HEADLINE: Bringing the laboratory to the patient /Advances in rapid diagnostics

STREAM 3

SESSION HEADLINE: Current trends in Precision Medicine: Delivering molecular pathology diagnostics for individual and population level healthcare

Moderators

Dr Syed Hasan Rizvi

Dr Sara Adel Salim

Dr Francis Lam

Dr Dina Soliman

Dr Walid Al-Wali

Dr Medhat Askar

 

1.00 pm-1.35 pm

Pathology in national programs: A UK overview

Dr Bernie Croal, President, Royal College of Pathologists, United Kingdom

1.35 pm-2.10 pm

Qatar national newborn screening programs

Dr Mamatha Ramaswamy, Senior Consultant in Metabolic Medicine, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Hamad Medical Corporation, Qatar

2.10 pm-2.45 pm

Qatar national programs for infections and antimicrobial stewardship

Dr Emad Ibrahim, Senior Consultant and Microbiology Division Head, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Hamad Medical Corporation, Qatar

1.00 pm-1.30 pm

The pathologist’s role in the future of POCT; ensuring quality in a rapid response world

Mrs. Katy Heaney, Consultant Clinical Scientist, Specialty lead Point of Care Testing,

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, Berkshire and Surrey Pathology Services, United Kingdom

(on behalf of the Association for Laboratory Medicine, United Kingdom)

1.30 pm-1:55 pm

Rapid diagnostics in microbiology update

 Dr Faiha El-Tayeb. Consultant Microbiologist, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Hamad Medical Corporation, Qatar

1.55 pm-2.20 pm

Rapid diagnostics in Anatomic Pathology update

Dr Rajen Goyal, Senior Consultant in Anatomic Pathology, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Hamad Medical Corporation, Qatar

2.20 pm-2.45 pm

 Rapid tests in cancer diagnosis update

Dr Amal Aly, Vice Chair of Clinical Pathology and Senior Consultant Diagnostic Genomics Division, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Hamad Medical Corporation, Qatar

1.00 pm-1.35 pm

Precision Medicine diagnostics: an overview from Qatar

Dr Radja Badji,

Translational Genomics Manager,

Qatar Precision Health Institute, Qatar

1.35 pm-2.10 pm

Current trends in genetics

Dr Shakir Bahzad

Geneticist at Kuwait Medical Genetics Center and Head of Pathology Lab at Kuwait Cancer Control Center (Ministry of Health – Kuwait).

2.10 pm-2.45 pm

Current trends in molecular profiling in Anatomic Pathology

Dr Emad Rakha, Senior Consultant in Anatomic Pathology, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Hamad Medical Corporation, Qatar

2.45 pm-3.15 pm

Tea/coffee break

3.15 pm-5.00 pm

3.15 pm-3.50 pm

Qatar national pre-marital screening program

 Dr. Moza Al Kowari, Clinical Scientist, Diagnostic Genomics Division, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Hamad Medical Corporation, Qatar

3.50 pm-4.25 pm

Pediatric Cellular Therapy Program in Qatar

Dr Chiara Cugno, Director-Advanced Cell Therapy Core, Sidra Medicine, Qatar

4.25 pm-5.00 pm

Qatar National Blood Donation Service

Dr Saloua Al Hmissi

Associate Consultant, Transfusion Medicine, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Hamad Medical Corporation, Qatar

3.15 pm-3.45 pm

Ethical, quality and accreditation considerations for point of care testing services

Ms Alyson Bryant Healthcare Accreditation Specialist,

United Kingdom Accreditation Service

3.45 pm-4.10 pm

 Point of care testing in trauma and emergency surgeries

Dr Sandro Rizoli, Medical Director of Trauma, Hamad Medical Corporation, Qatar

4.10 pm-4.35 pm Point of care testing in mental health services

Dr Ovais Wadoo, Senior Consultant Psychiatrist, Hamad Medical Corporation, Qatar

4.35 pm-5.00 pm
Point of care and rapid tests in virology update

Dr Peter Coyle, Senior Consultant Virologist and Virology Section Head, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Hamad Medical Corporation, Qatar

3.15 pm-3.50 pm

Current trends in leukemia diagnosis: From phenotype to genotype to …?

Professor Torstan Haferlach, Director, Munich Leukemia Laboratory, Germany

3.50 pm-4.25 pm

Cellular Therapy (transplant and gene therapy) in hemoglobinopathies

Dr Emanuele Angelucci, Hematology and Cellular Therapy Unit Chair

“Alberto Marmont” Transplant and Cellular Therapy Program Chair

IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Genova,

 Italy.

4.25 pm-5.00 pm

Update on Diagnostic Genomics Testing- The key Driver of Precision Medicine

Dr. Wafa Abualainin

Consultant Clinical Scientist, Diagnostic Genomics Division, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Hamad Medical Corporation, Qatar

5.00 pm-6.00 pm

Oral poster presentations

7.30 pm onwards

Gala Dinner and DLMP Annual Lab Day (by invitation only)

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