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

Equity in Healthcare.

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 Glasgo-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: Dr. Moataz Derballa (Qatar), Prof. Faisal Abaalkhail (KSA), Prof. Khalid Alsawat (KSA)

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 (The Do’s and the Don’ts)

Prof. Abdel-Naser Elzouki (Qatar)

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-Aer 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 6pm

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 6pm

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, Iraq & UAE

Track 2: Medical Innovations & Academic Medicine

1.30pm to 3pm

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

Moderators: TBA

1.30pm to 1.50pm

Innovative Approaches to Interprofessional Learning in Health Professions Education

Prof. Laura Smith (UK)

1.50pm to 2.10pm

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

Dr Alla El-Awaisi (Qatar)

2.10pm to 2.30pm

Holistic clinical communications: from clinical practice to campus

Prof. Moe Oe (UK)

2.30pm to 2.50pm

Assessing the past, present and future of lifelong learning

Prof. Miguel Paniagua (USA)

2.50pm to 3pm

Q & A

3pm to 3.25pm  

Track 3: Research Corner Track

3.30pm to 4pm

Research Corner: (Free Research Communications)  

5 Selected oral presentations 

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

[5 minutes and 5 slides each]

Free Paper Session: Trauma and Critical Care

Session Chair: Dr. Ibrahim Afifi & Dr. Nitasha Saleem, Doha, Qatar

Free Paper 1

Free Paper 2

Open Discussion and Q&A [10 minutes]

Free Paper 3

Free Paper 4

Open Discussion and Q&A [10 minutes]

Free Paper 5

Free Paper 6

Open Discussion and Q&A [10 minutes]

Free Paper 7

Free Paper 8

Open Discussion and Q&A [10 minutes]

9.30am to 10.30am

[12 min each]

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

Session Chair: Dr. Husham Abdelrahman, Doha, Qatar

ATLS 11th Ed. Updates: Airway after Circulation – Dr. Federico Coccolini, Bergamo, IT

ATLS 11th Ed. Updates: Airway – Dr. Gustav Strandvik, Doha, Qatar

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

ATLS 11th Ed. Updates: A Summary – Dr. Husham Abdelrahman, Doha, Qatar

Open Discussion and Q&A

10.30am to 11.30am

[15 min each]

Updates and Best Practice in Hemostatic Resuscitation

Session Chair: Dr. Ruben Peralta, Doha, Qatar

TBD – Dr. Ruben Peralta, Doha, Qatar

TBD – Dr. Sandro Rizoli, Doha, Qatar

Open Discussion and Q&A

11.30am to 11.45am

11.45am to 12pm

12pm to 1pm

1.00pm to 2.00pm

[12 min each]

Updates and Best Practice in The Trauma Intensive Care Unit

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

Best Practice for ICP and PBTO2 Monitoring for TBI – Prof. Romer Geocadin, MD, USA

Mannitol vs Hypertonic Saline in TBI – Dr. Gretchen Brophy, Richmond, USA

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

Seizure Prophylaxis in TBI – Dr. Ahmed Bahey, Doha, Qatar

Open Discussion and Q&A

2.00pm to 3.00pm

[12 min each]

Best Practice in Adjunctive Trauma Care

Session Chair: Dr. Ammar Al-Madani, Doha, Qatar

ERAS in Trauma Patients – Dr. Federico Coccolini, Bergamo, IT

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

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

Open Discussion and Q&A

3pm to 3.30pm

3.30pm to 5.00pm

[10 min each]

Updates and Best Practice in Operative Trauma Care

Session Chairs: Dr. Ammar Al-Hassani & Dr. Fernando Spencer, Doha, Qatar

Rib fixation: whom and when? – Dr. Martin Wullschleger, Gold Coast, Australia

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

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

Open Discussion and Q&A [15 min]

REBOA Zone 3 updates: indications and evidence – Dr. Ammar Al Hassani, Doha, Qatar

Best Approaches to Bleeding in the Retroperitoneum – Dr. Hassan Al-Thani, Doha, Qatar

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

Open Discussion and Q&A [15 min]

5.00pm to 6.00pm

[25 min each]

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

Session Chair: Dr. Sandro Rizoli, Doha, Qatar

Disorders of Consciousness in TBI – Prof. Romer Geocadin, Baltimore, USA

A Comprehensive Perspective on Intracranial Pressure Monitoring for TBI – Dr. Andres Rubiano, Bogota, Colombia

Open Discussion and Q&A [10 min]