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DAY 2: Friday, 16 February 2024: 8am to 6pm

Time

Topic

Speaker

7am - 8am

Registration and Networking

Scientific symposium: Asthma

Chair: Mariam Ali Yousuf Al-Nesf / Dr. Ahmed Abushahin

8am - 8:25am

Overdiagnosis of Asthma – Elephant in the Room

Muhammed Yusaf (Qatar)

8:25am - 8:50am

Determining Phenotypes in Childhood Asthma

Khalid Zahr Aldin (Qatar)

8:50am - 9:15am

Management of Asthma: Are we at the benchmark ?

Mansoor Hameed(Qatar)

9:15am - 9:40am

Inhaler devices : Getting it Right

Omer Usmani(UK)

9:40am - 10:05am

Biologics - What does the future hold ?

Hassan Mobayed (Qatar)

10:05am - 10:15am

Panel Discussion (Q & A session)

 

10:15am - 10:30am

Coffee Break

Scientific Symposium: COVID-19

Chair: Dr. Abdul Latif Al Khal / Dr. Mona Langawi

10:30am - 10:55am

Long COVID - A myth or truth?

Hisham A Sattar (Qatar)

10:55am - 11:20am

Vaccination and Treatment Strategies : Updates on COVID-19

Muna Maslamani (Qatar)

11:20am - 1pm

Prayer and Lunch

Scientific Symposium: Bronchiectasis and Cystic fibrosis

Chair: Dr. Mansoor Ali Hameed / Dr. Amal Al-Naimi

1pm - 1:25pm

Recent Updates on Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia

Ibrahim Janahi (Qatar)

1:25pm - 1:50pm

CFTR Modulators in CF Lung Health and Beyond

Dr Hanaa Banjar (KSA)

1:50pm -  2:15pm

New Strategies to Manage Care of Bronchiectasis:

Inhaled Antibiotics and Anti-Inflammatory Agent

Dr Merlin Thomas (Qatar)

2:15pm - 2:40pm

Transition Care in Bronchiectasis

Atqah Abdulwahab (Qatar)

2:40pm - 2:50pm

Panel Discussion (Q& A session)

 

2:50pm - 3:10pm

Prayer and Coffee Break

Scientific Symposium: Pulmonary Vascular Diseases

Chair : Dr Wasfy Jameel Mohammad Hamad / Dr. Amjad Tuffaha

3:10pm - 3:35pm

Updates in Pulmonary Hypertension

Mushtaq Ahmad (Qatar)

3:35pm - 4pm

Pulmonary Vascular Diseases- Interventional Radiology Perspective

Saad Ur Rehman (Qatar)

4pm - 4:25pm

Challenges in Pediatric Pulmonary Hypertension

Ammar Sadoon(USA)

4:25pm - 4:35pm

Panel Discussion (Q & A session)

 

Scientific Symposium: Sleep Medicine

Chair : Dr. Mutasim Abu-Hasan / Dr. Mohd Rashid H A Al-Marri

4:35pm - 5:05pm

Updates in Diagnosis and Management of OSA

Ahmed BaHammam (Saudi Arabia)

5:05pm - 5:30pm

Advances on Sleep Related Disorders in Pediatrics

Mona Marafya (Qatar)

5:30pm - 6pm

Coffee Break

 

The scientific planning committee has reviewed all disclosed financial relationships of speakers, moderators, facilitators, and/or authors in advance of this CPD activity and has implemented procedures to manage any potential or real conflicts of interest.