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Day 3 - Saturday 1st November

7.00 am-8.00 am

Breakfast

 

Parallel scientific sessions

 

STREAM 4

SESSION HEADLINE: Managing the modern laboratory

STREAM 5

SESSION HEADLINE: Informatics and Data Intelligence for the laboratory

STREAM 6

SESSION HEADLINE: Pathology and The Patient Experience

Moderators

Dr Sara Adel Salim

Dr Ahmed Shaker Omran

Dr Peter Coyle

Dr Samir AlHyassat

Dr Mamatha Ramaswamy

Dr. Wafa Abualainin

8.00 am-9.45 am

8.00 am-8.35 am

Clinical aspects of a Modern Laboratory Medicine Service

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

8.35 am-9.10 am

Quality improvement and risk management in delivering a cost-effective laboratory service

Dr Mairiead MacLennan, Quality Specialist Advisory Panel.

 Institute of Biomedical Science, United Kingdom

9.10 am-9.45 am

Accreditation journey: HMC-DLMP perspective

Shondalyn Tan Daquila, Laboratory Senior Technologist, Laboratory Quality Management, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Hamad Medical Corporation, Qatar


8.00 am-8.35 am

The Importance of Informatics in Laboratory Medicine

Ms. Debra Padgett, Immediate Past President,

Institute of Biomedical Science, United Kingdom

8.35 am-9.10 am

The AAH Experience: Transforming Laboratory Operations with Informatics Dashboards

Samira Abdulla Saleh Laboratory Manager, Aisha bint Hamad Al-Attiya Hospital Laboratory, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Hamad Medical Corporation, Qatar

9.10 am-9.45 am

Digital Pathology and Education

Dr Syed Hasan Rizvi

Senior Consultant in Anatomic Pathology, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Hamad medical Corporation, Qatar

8.00 am-8.35 am

Putting patients at the center of laboratory practice: strategies and challenges

Dr Ravinder Sodi, Consultant Clinical Biochemist, Member of the Scientific Committee of the Association for Laboratory Medicine,

United Kingdom

8.35 am-9.10 am

A patient’s journey with focus on pathology

Dr Fathea Adheir, Director of Pharmacy, Sidra Medicine in association with Qatar Cancer Society

9.10 am-9.45 am

Improving Cellular therapy patient experience

Dr Wedad Saleem, Senior Clinical Scientist, Cellular Therapy, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Hamad Medical Corporation, Qatar




9.45 am-10.15 am

Tea break

10.15 am-12.00 noon

10.15 am-10.50 am

Leadership: the essence in Pathology

Professor Walid Al-Wali, Senior Consultant Microbiologist, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Hamad Medical Corporation, Qatar

10.50 am-11.25 am

Developing an ethos of continuous quality improvement in the laboratory: a journey of success

Dr Hawabibee Petkar

Senior Consultant Microbiologist, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Hamad Medical Corporation, Qatar

11.25 am-12.00 noon

Tips from an accreditation body on getting ahead of the competition

Ms Alyson Bryant Healthcare Accreditation Specialist,
United Kingdom Accreditation Service 

10.15 am-10.50 am

Advancing Precision Health in Qatar: Genomics, Bioinformatics, and Computational Capacity Building

Dr. Chadi Saad

BioInformatics Core Manager, Qatar Precision Health Institute

10.50 am-11.25 am

Advancing Precision Medicine in Qatar Through a Multi-Omics Approach

Dr. Rozaimi Razali, Assistant Professor, Department of Biomedical Sciences, College of Health Sciences, QU-Health, Qatar University, Qatar

11.25 am-12.00 noon Bioinformatics for Outbreak Support- case study for cholera

Dr Antoine Abou Fayad Associate Professor, Department of Experimental Pathology, Immunology and Microbiology, American University of Beirut, Lebanon.

10.15 am-10.50 am

Engaging patients as partners in research

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

10.50 am-11.25 am

Improving the Phlebotomy Service Experience

Mr Anas Al-Hiary, Acting Corporate Supervisor for Preanalytical Services, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Hamad Medical Corporation, Qatar

11.25 am-12.00 noon 

The Integration of Pathology in Genetic Counselling: Diagnostic and Clinical Implications

Dr. Reem Al-Sulaiman, Chair of Medical Genetics 
Senior Consultant, Genetic Counseling, Oncology, Hamad Medical Corporation, Qatar


12.00 noon-1.30 pm

Lunch Break

 

 Parallel scientific sessions

 

STREAM 7 SESSION HEADLINE: Pathology in patient management: Rare case discussions

STREAM 8

SESSION HEADLINE:

Artificial intelligence in Laboratory Diagnostics

STREAM 9

SESSION HEADLINE:

Technological innovations in Laboratory Practice

Moderators

Professor Walid Al-Wali
Dr Pedro Sanchez Frenes

Dr Aziz A. Chentoufi

Dr Rajen Goyal

Dr Emad Ibrahim

Dr. Moza Al Kowari

1.30 pm-3.15 pm

1.30 pm-2.05 pm

Now you see it, now you don’t

Dr Mahir Petkar, Vice-Chair of Anatomic Pathology, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Hamad Medical Corporation, Qatar

2.05 pm-2.40 pm Role of plasma exchange in thyroid storm: case series

Dr Bala Bhaskar, Specialist, Transfusion Medicine, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Hamad Medical Corporation, Qatar

2:40-3:15 

Unravelling the undiagnosed and unidentified! Clinical Immunology Diagnostics in 2025

 Professor Mohammed Yousuf Karim, Chief, Division of Hematology/ Immunology/ Transfusion, Sidra Medicine, Qatar

1.30 pm-2.05 pm

AI from conception to the pathologist's desktop

Dr Travis Brown, Clinpath, Adelaide, Australia. Member, Pathology Informatics and the Digital Pathology committees for The Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia

2.05 pm-2.40 pm 

AI in Diagnostic Transplant Immunology

Dr Medhat Askar, Senior Consultant, Clinical Immunology, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Hamad Medical Corporation, Qatar

3:40-3:15 

From Cytomorphology to Whole Genome Sequencing: Role of AI in Leukemia diagnostics.

Professor Torstan Haferlach, Director, Munich Leukemia Laboratory, Germany

1.30 pm-2.05 pm

Technological innovations: What’s on the horizon?

Professor Runjan Chetty, Emeritus Professor of Pathology at the Universities of Cape Town and Toronto, Chief Medical Officer of Deciphex/Diagnexia

2.05 pm-2.40 pm

What’s new in CAR T-cell therapy and managing associated toxicity

Dr Emanuele Angelucci, Hematology and Cellular Therapy Unit Chair

“Alberto Marmont” Transplant and Cellular Therapy Program Chair

IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Genova, Italy.

2:40-3:15

 Biochemical Diagnosis of Peroxisomal Disorders; The Role of Laboratory Developed Update on innovations in Clinical Chemistry

Dr Ahmed Shaker Omran 

Senior Consultant Chemical Pathologist, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Hamad Medical Corporation, Qatar

15:15-15:45

Tea/coffee Break

15:45-17:30

3:45-4:20

Hematopathology in the Real World: Tackling Clonal Disorders and Synchronous Malignancies

Dr Dina Soliman, Consultant, Hematopathology, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Hamad Medical Corporation, Qatar

4:20-4:55 

A Microbiological Surprise and diagnostic challenge

Dr Rebeca Perez, Consultant Microbiologist, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Hamad Medical Corporation, Qatar

4:55-5:30

A rare cause of a common problem

Dr Francis Lam, Senior Consultant Clinical Scientist, Head of Special Chemistry, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Hamad Medical Corporation, Qatar

3:45-4:20

Ethical considerations in the use of AI in Healthcare

Professor Junaid Qadir, Artificial Intelligence section, Computer Science and Engineering Department, Qatar University, Qatar

46:20-4:55 

AI-enabled sensor for rapid detection of sepsis

Dr Susu M Zughaier, Associate Professor of Microbiology and Immunology, College of Medicine, Qatar University. 

4:55-5:30 

Digital Pathology and AI Update

 Dr Samir AlHyassat, Senior Consultant, Surgical Pathology Section Head, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Hamad Medical Corporation, Qatar

3:45-4:20

Molecular infection diagnostics

Professor Sima Tokajian, Microbial Genomics Laboratory Lead, Lebanese American University, Lebanon

4:20-4:55

Advances in Diagnostic Cytogenomics: Towards Precision Genomics

Dr Amal Aly, Vice Chair of Clinical Pathology and Senior Consultant;

Dr. Youssef Elhaji, Senior Consultant Clinical Scientist, Diagnostic Genomics Division, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Hamad Medical Corporation, Qatar

4:55-5:30

Update on ABO-histocompatibility

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

17:45-18:30

Awards Ceremony and Closing Remarks​​