Day 2

Friday, 30 January 2026 (Day 2)

Track 1: Clinical Medicine & Healthcare Management

Time

Title

Speaker

8am to 6pm

Registration (for in-person participants)

(8am to 9.15am)

Plenary Session 1: Shaping Tomorrow’s Healthcare: Management insights from Qatar

Moderators: Dr Nada Jabbour (Qatar), TBA

8am to 08.20am

Transforming patient journeys: integration models between Primary Health Care Centers (PHCC) and Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC)

Dr. Samya Al-Abdulla (Qatar)

8.20am to 08.40am

Transforming rehabilitation in Qatar: from institutional excellence to a national ecosystem of global influence

Prof. Hanadi Al-Hamad (Qatar)

8.40am to 09.0am

Struggle to give them their space, adolescents and their health needs

Prof. Abdulkarim Almakadma (Qatar)

9am to 9.15am

Q&A

Session 2: (9.15am to 9.45am)

Presidential Plenary: Perspectives in healthcare management-where we are and where are we going?

Moderators: Dr Nada Jabbour (Qatar)

9.15am to 9.35am

Internal Medicine in the United States: challenges and opportunities

Prof. Isaac Opole (USA)
Immediate Past-President, ACP

9.35am to 9.55am

Realistic Medicine: Scotland’s approach to ensuring sustainable healthcare, minimising waste and containing costs.

Prof. Andy Elder (UK)
President, Royal College of Physicians Edinburgh-UK

9.55am to 10.15am

Physicians for the Future – UK and Global Perspectives.

Dr. Mumtaz Patel (UK)
President, Royal College of Physicians London-UK

10.15am to 10.35am

Acute Coronary Syndromes (ACS): Scotland pioneering Direct access high risk NSTEMI program

Prof. Hany Eteiba (UK)
President, Royal College of Physicians Glasgow-UK

10.35am to 10.55am

The Future of Healthcare: what’s up in 2026 and beyond?

Prof. Stacey Rizza (USA)
Medical Director, Mayo Clinic-USA

10.55am to 11.30am

Open Discussion and Q&A

11.30am-11.45am

Coffee Break/Poster Viewing

11.45am to 12pm

Jumma Prayer Time at the Congress Venue

12pm to 12.55pm

1pm to 1.25pm

State-of-the-Art Lecture:

Innovation in Gastroenterology: transforming diagnostics and therapeutics

Moderator: TBA

Prof. Nav Buttar (USA)

1.25pm to 1.30pm

Q & A

1.30pm: 3.00pm

Symposium by Global NASH Council (GNC) & Steatotic Liver Disease Foundation in MENA Region (SLMENA):

“From MASLD To MASH: Advances in Diagnosis and Management”

Moderators: Prof. Abdel-Naser Elzouki (Qatar), Dr Moataz Derballa (Qatar), Prof. Khalid Alsawat (KSA), Prof. Mohammed Omer (Iraq)

1.30pm to 1.50pm

MASLD in MENA Region: measuring provided models of care, and setting action priorities

Prof. Mohamed El-Kassas (Egypt)

1.50 pm to 2.10 pm

The Use and Utility of Non-invasive Tests to Risk Stratify Patients with MASLD

Prof. Zobair Younossi (USA)

2.10pm to 2.30pm

Beyond pills: non-pharmacological strategies for treatment of MASLD and MASH

Prof. Faisal Abaalkhail (KSA)

2.30pm to 2.50pm

Current and future medications in MASH treatment

Prof. Khalid Al Namaani (Oman)

2.50pm to 3pm

Q & A

3pm to 3.30pm

3.30pm to 3.55pm 

State-of-the-Art Lecture

Managing Frailty in the Acute Hospital Setting

Moderators: Prof. Hanadi Al-Hamad (Qatar)

Prof. Andrew Elder (UK)

3.55pm to 4pm

Q & A

4pm to 6.30pm

Residents Corner: Doctor’s Dilemma Competition (Medical Jeopardy) provided by the American College of Physicians

Moderator: Prof. Miguel Paniagua (USA)

Judges: Prof. Isaac Opole (USA), Prof. Mukta Panda (USA)

4pm to 6.30pm

Doctor’s Dilemma Competition: A team-based competition involving answering questions related to internal medicine knowledge in a game format.

Teams representing Internal Medicine Residency Programs from Qatar, KSA, Oman, Egypt & UAE

Track 2: Academic Medicine And Medical Innovations

1pm to 2.10pm

Symposium: Empowering Interprofessional Collaboration: From Learning Spaces to Clinical Practice

Moderators: TBA

1pm to 1.15pm

Innovative Approaches to Interprofessional Learning in Health Professions Education

Prof. Laura Smith (UK)

1.15pm to 1.30pm

Driving Change Through the interprofessional learning Passport Program at Qatar University: From Classroom to Collaborative Practice

Dr Alla El-Awaisi (Qatar)

1.30pm to 1.45pm

Holistic clinical communications: from clinical practice to campus

Prof. Moe Oe (UK)

1.45pm to 2pm

Assessing the past, present and future of lifelong learning

Prof. Miguel Paniagua (USA)

2pm to 2.10pm

Q & A

2.10pm to 3pm

Symposium: From personalized medicine to Universal Health Coverage

Moderators: TBA

2.10pm to 2.25pm

Precision medicine for optimizing health outcomes in GCC countries

Dr Farhan Cyprian (Qatar)

2.25pm to 2.40pm

Contextualizing universal health coverage in GCC countries

Prof. Giridhara Babu (Qatar)

1.40pm to 1.55pm

Reimagining Value-Based Healthcare in GCC countries

Dr Habib Farooqui (Qatar)

1.55pm to 3pm

Q & A

3pm to 3.25pm  

Track 3: Abstract Presentations Corner

8am to 9am

Abstract poster presentations – Session P-3  

1pm-3:30pm

Abstract oral presentations – Session O-3  

Moderators: TBA

3pm to 3.30pm  

3.30pm to 4pm

Abstract oral presentations – Session O-4  

Moderators: TBA 

4pm to 6pm

Abstract poster presentations – Session P-4 (Allied Health)  

Moderators: TBA 

Track 4: Trauma and Critical Care ​Track

30Jan2026 Friday

Conference Day 2: Updates and Best Practice in Trauma/Critical Care

8.00am to 9.30am

Innovative Mental Health Approaches In Care of War Injured Patients from Gaza: Qatar Experience

Session Chair: Session Chair: Dr. Tulika Agarwal & Dr. Mushreq Al Ani, Doha, Qatar

8:00am to 8:15am

Psychological First Aid Following War Zone Injuries in Gaza

8:15am to 8:30am

Transforming Survivors into Recovering Humans: Innovative Mental Health Strategies for War Victims, Qatar Experience

8:30am to 8:45am

Open Discussion and Q&A [15 minutes]

8:45am to 9:00am

Moving Patients from War Zones to Safety and Care: Nursing Experience During the Gaza Mission

9:00am to 9:15am

A Comprehensive Mental Health Initiative in Qatar for Displaced Palestinian Children and Adolescents Affected by Conflict

9:15am to 9:30am

Open Discussion and Q&A [15 minutes]

9.30am to 10.30am

Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS) 11th Ed. Updates

Moderator: Dr. Husham Abdelrahman (Qatar)

09.30am-09.42am

ATLS 11th Ed. Updates: Airway after X – Dr. Federico Coccolini (Italy)

09.42am- 9.54am

ATLS 11th Ed. Updates: Airway – Dr. Gustav Strandvik (Qatar)

09.54 am - 10.06 am

ATLS 11th Ed. Updates: Disability – Dr. Carlos Yanez (UAE)

10.06 am-10.18 am

ATLS 11th Ed. Updates: A Summary – Dr. Husham Abdelrahman (Qatar)

10.06 am-10.18 am

Open Discussion and Q&A

10.30am to 11.30am

Updates and Best Practice in Hemostatic Resuscitation

Moderator: Dr. Ruben Peralta (Qatar)

10.30am to 10.45am

Trauma Coagulopathy is real and what to do about it.? – Dr. Ruben Peralta (Qatar)

10.45am to 11am

Plasma components: to give or not to give? – Dr. Sandro Rizoli (Qatar)

11am to 11.15am

Platelet Dysfunction Syndrome

11.15am to 11.30am

Open Discussion and Q & A

11.30am to 11.45am

11.45am to 12pm

12pm to 12.55pm

1.00pm to 2.00pm

Updates and Best Practice in The Trauma Intensive Care Unit

Session Chairs: Dr. Suresh Kumar & Dr. Leonardo Airton, Doha, Qatar

1pm to 1.12 pm

Best Practice for ICP and PBTO2 Monitoring for TBI – Prof. Romer Geocadin (USA)

1.12pm to 1.24pm

Mannitol vs Hypertonic Saline in TBI – Dr. Gretchen Brophy (USA)

1.24pm to 1.36pm

Impact of Ultrasound-Guided Intravenous Training on Nurses’ Confidence and Success with High DIVA Score Trauma ICU Patients – Mr. Muhammed Rasik (Qatar)

1.36pm to 1.48pm

Seizure Prophylaxis in TBI – Dr. Ahmed Bahey (Qatar)

1.48pm to 2pm

Open Discussion and Q&A

2.00pm to 3.00pm

Best Practice in Adjunctive Trauma Care

Moderator: Dr. Ammar Al-Madani (Qatar)

2.00pm to 2.15pm

ERAS in Trauma Patients – Dr. Federico Coccolini (Italy)

2.15pm to 2.30pm

The Post-Spinal Surgery Trauma Patient: what every trauma care provider should know – Prof. Brett Freedman (USA)

2.30pm to 2.45pm

The Post-Bariatric Surgery Trauma Patient: what every trauma care provider should know – Dr. Omar Ghanem (USA)

2.45pm to 3pm

Open Discussion and Q&A

3pm to 3.30pm

3.30pm to 5.00pm

Updates and Best Practice in Operative Trauma Care

Moderators: Dr. Ammar Al-Hassani (Qatar) and Dr. Fernando Spencer (Qatar)

3.30pm to 3.40pm

Rib fixation: whom and when? – Dr. Martin Wullschleger (Australia)

3.40pm to 3.50pm

Early definitive fixation of lower extremity fractures: what is the evidence? – Dr. Amir Khoshbin (Canada)

3.50pm to 4.00pm

Updates in Best Practice for Complex Pancreatic Injuries – Dr. Dieter Weber, Perth, Australia

4pm to 4.10pm

Open Discussion and Q&A [15 min]

4.10pm to 4.20pm

REBOA Zone 3 updates: indications and evidence – Dr. Ammar Al Hassani (Qatar)

4.20pm to 4.30pm

Best Approaches to Bleeding in the Retroperitoneum – Dr. Hassan Al-Thani (Qatar)

4.30pm to 4.50pm

The Role of External Fixators and Early Definitive Internal Fixation in Pelvic Fractures – Dr. Munir Khan (Qatar)

4.50pm to 5pm

Open Discussion and Q&A [10 min]

5.00pm to 6.00pm

State-of-the-Art Trauma and Critical Care Lectures

Moderator: Dr. Sandro Rizoli, (Qatar)

5.00pm to 5.25pm

Disorders of Consciousness in TBI – Prof. Romer Geocadin (USA)

5.25pm to 5.50pm

A Comprehensive Perspective on Intracranial Pressure Monitoring for TBI – Dr. Andres Rubiano (Colombia)

5.50pm to 6pm

Open Discussion and Q&A [10 min]