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DUBAI 201814-17 MarcH | IntercontInental - FestIval cIty

The 9th Annual Congress of Saudi Thoracic Society in Collaboration with Emirates Allergy and Respiratory Society

SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM SCfHS30CMEs

www.gulfthoracic.com

Wednesday, 14 March 2018 | Afternoon (14:30 - 19:00)

Pre-Congress Workshops & Courses

Please refer to the GT2018 website for further details and registration:• RegistrationisFREEforallwhoregisterfortheGulfThoracicCongress2018.• Seatsarelimitedandwillbereservedonfirstcomefirstservedbasis.• YoucanonlyregisterforoneWorkshop.

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PulmonaryFunction Testing:Techniques andInterpretation

ResearchMethodology andMedical Writing:

From Idea to Publication

Thoracic Imaging:From Basic to

Advanced

Bedside Thoracic Ultrasound

Al AMWAjMEETINGROOM

Endobronchial Ultrasound

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Procedures

ProgramDirector:HajedAlotaibi(KSA)

ProgramDirector:AbdullahAlkhenizan(KSA)

ProgramDirector:AliH.Altalag(KSA)

ProgramDirector:MashaelK.AlRujaib (KSA)

ProgramDirector:::AhmedAljohaney(KSA)

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The Learning Objectives: At the completion of this course, the surgeon will be able to:

• Describe patient selection criteria for thoracoscopic procedures• Understand the advantages and outcomes associated with thoracoscopic procedures• Explain basic thoracoscopic instrumentation and surgical techniques• Complete a thoracoscopic lobectomy

The unique aspects of this course: • The “Minden” experience in VATS surgery• Theoretical and interactive video sessions• Extensive hands-on animal tissue and animal model with state-of-the-art instrumentation

Date: 12th –13th March, 2018 CME : 12 Points

Faculty

Dr. med. Michael Galanis Johannes Wesling

Universitätsklinikum

General Surgeon / Thoracic Surgeon

Department of General,

Visceral, Thoracic and

Endocrine Surgery

Target Audience Thoracic surgeons, General surgeons with interest in Thoracic surgery

Registration Deadline : 12 Feb, 2018

Registration Fees : AED 2700

Seat Availability: 12 Participants:

Education. Innovation. Excellence

Video Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery ( VATS ) Workshop

Day1 Didactic lectures in the morning / Laparoscopic suturing in the afternoon 08:30-09:00 Registration & Welcome 09:00-09:30 History of VATS - Past, present and future 09:30-10:00 “Facharzt” - The German thoracic surgery board 10:00-10:30 VATS advantages and limitations 10:30-10:45 Coffee break 10:45-12:30 VATS diagnostic and therapeutic indication:

Procedures on pleura o Pleurectomy, biopsy

Procedures on thoracic wall o Costal reconstruction (costal fracture osteosynthesis)o Correction of sternal deformities o Thoracic wall herniao Theory of endoscopic Suturing

12:30-13:30 Lunch break 13:30-14:00 Equipment overview 14:00-17:00 Hands-on animal specimen (Endoscopic Suturing)

Day2 Didactic lectures in the morning / Laparoscopic suturing in the afternoon 08:30-09:45 Procedures on lung:

o Wedge resection o Lobectomy, bilobectomyo Segmentectomyo Extended resections o Bullae resection

09:45-10:30 Mediastinal procedures: o VATS lymphadenectomyo Pericardial windowing o Tumor resection o Surgical therapy of mediastinitis o Mediastinal tumors, thymectomy

10:30-10:45 Coffee break 10:45-11:15 Case presentation - VATS Lobectomy 11:15-11:45 Case presentation - Pleural empyema 11:45-12:15 Case presentation - Laser resection 12:15-13:00 VATS complications’ management 13:00-14:0o Lunch break 14:00-16:30 Hand-on animal-lab (VATS procedures)

Video Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery (VATS)

Date: 12th - 13th March, 2018

ORGANIZED BY:For Fee

CONGRESS REGISTRATION STARTS: WEdNESdAy, 14 MARCh 2018 (10:00am - 19:00pm)





Al Ras II & III - Update in Pulmonary Medicine I

Chairs Mohamed S. Al Hajjaj (KSA) | Marc Moss (USA)

08:30 - 09:00 Biological Therapies for Severe Asthma - Qutayba Hamid (UAE)

09:00 - 09:30 Critical Care Medicine: The Year in Review - Marc Moss (USA)

09:30 - 10:00 The Lung Microbiome in Health and Disease - James Beck (USA)

10:00 - 10:45 Opening Ceremony

10:45 - 11:15 COFFEE BREAK

Hall Al Ras II Al Ras III Al Baraha I Al Baraha II Al Baraha III Al Amwaj

Session Bronchial Asthma I Thoracic Imaging Sleep Medicine Thoracic Surgery Forum (TSF2018)

Chairs Rand Arnaout (KSA)Mohamed-Wagih Djazmati (UAE)

Mashael Alrujaib (KSA) Mohammad Zalt (KSA)

Walid Mahmoud (UAE) Ali Alaraj (KSA)

11:15 - 11:40 Airway Epithelial Biology in AsthmaShu Hashimoto (Japan)

New Fleischner Society Guideline for Pulmonary Nodule Atul C. Mehta (USA)

Pediatric Obstructive Sleep Apnea; When Access to Sleep Laboratory is Limited - Larry Lands (Canada)

11:40 - 12:05Smooth Muscle in the Airways; Does it Play a Role in Asthma? Saba Al Heialy (UAE)

Seeing is Believing: Novel MRI of Lung in Severe AsthmaParam Nair (Canada)

Preoperative Evaluation in Patients with Sleep Disordered BreathingHassan Chami (Lebanon)

12:05 - 12:30Remodeling in Asthma Clinical Implications James Martin (Canada)

Diagnosing ILD; Cryobiopsy Vs. Surgical Biopsy Challenges and ControversiesMartin Kolb (Canada)

Home Vs. In-Lab Sleep StudiesMohammed Al Houqani (UAE) Mouhamad G. Jamil (KSA)

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Al Ras II12:30-13:00

Satellite Symposium

Al Ras III12:30-13:00

Satellite Symposium

Al Baraha I12:30-13:00

Satellite Symposium

Thursday, 15 March 2018 | Morning Session (08:30 - 13:00) REGISTRATION: (07:30am - 17:00pm)





Thursday, 15 March 2018 | Afternoon Session (14:00 - 20:30)

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Hall Al Ras II Al Ras III Al Baraha I Al Baraha II Al Baraha III Al Amwaj Al Waha

Session Bronchial Asthma IIInterstitial Lung Disease

(ILD)Respiratory Care

Thoracic Surgery Forum

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Pharmaceutical Device Presentations

Meakins- Christie

International Symposium

Abstracts Presentations

AChairs Yahya Abusabaah (KSA)

Günseli Kılınç (Turkey)Jeffrey Chapman (UAE)Abdullah Al Harbi (KSA)

C. Martin Rumende (Indonesia)Yasser Alshammari (KSA)

Battal Al Dossary (KSA) Hessah Alotaibi (KSA)

Ahmed Alenezi (KSA)Nabil Abouchala (KSA)

14:00 - 14:25

Assessment of Response to Steroid in Severe Asthmatic PatientsMonica Kraft (USA)

Pathogenesis and Biomarkers in IPFMartin Kolb (Canada)

Noninvasive Ventilation; TheYear in ReviewJaber Al Qahtani (KSA)

Writing a Research ProposalMohamed Al Moamary (KSA)14:25: Prevalence of Pulmonary Complications in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis - Lamyaa Al Saidi (Oman)

14:25 - 14:50

ER Management of Acute Asthma in Children; Approach and Considerations.Abdullah Almutrafy (KSA)

Sarcoidosis, When Steroids Are Not EnoughPeter George (UK)

Current Update on Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing (CPET) Sabah Hussain (Canada)

14:35: Pulmonary Tuberculosis: Could Tumor Markers CA 15-3 and CA 125 Be Useful for Diagnosis and Evaluation of Response to Therapy?Azema Abd El-Rahman (UAE)

14:45: Outcome of Patients with Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (IPF) Ventilated in Intensive Care Unit. A Retrospective Study from Sweden - Hirsh Koyi (Sweden)

14:50 - 15:15ER Management of Acute Asthma in AdultsCharles Cairns (USA)

Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis; Current Understanding of the Disease Brian Southern (USA)

Monitoring the Onset of COPD ExacerbationAyedh Alahmari (KSA)

14:55: Outcome after Perioperative Veno-Venous Extracorporeal Life Support as Bridge to Lung Volume Reduction Surgery in Patients with Severe Hypercapnia: A Single-Center Prospective StudyAli Akil - (Germany)

15:05: Diagnostic Accuracy of Endobronchial Ultrasound-Guided Transbronchial Fine-Needle Aspiration Cytology of Mediastinal Lesions at King Fahad Medical City in RiyadhKhalid S. Al Okla (KSA)


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Thursday, 15 March 2018 | Afternoon Session (14:00 - 19:00)

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Hall Al Ras II Al Ras III Al Baraha I Al Baraha II Al Baraha III Al Amwaj Al Waha

Session Bronchial Asthma III Smoking Thoracic

Surgery Forum (TSF2018)

Meakins -Christie

International Symposium

Abstracts Presentations

BChairs Amr Albanna (KSA)

Nasser Al-Shekaili (Oman)Zahir Alshehri (KSA) Hajed Alotaibi (KSA)

Adel Al Harbi (KSA)Majed Alghamdi (KSA)

15:45 - 16:10

Biomarkers and Biologics for Severe Asthma: Navigating the MazeParam Nair (Canada)

Smoking Cessation; The Japanese Experience Tohru Tsuda (Japan)

Common Reasons for Manuscript Rejection Adel Al Harbi (KSA)

16:10: Electronic Cigarette Smoking among Health Sciences Students in Saudi University - Adil Alsulami (KSA)

16:10 - 16:35ICS Induced Tracheobronchopathy Atul C. Mehta (USA)

Tobacco Control in SaudiArabia; An OverviewMohammad Al Yamani (KSA)

16:20: Complete Transection and Healing of The Right main Bronchus: An Unreported Complication of Chest Tube InsertionMomen Mukhtar Abdalla (Sudan)

16:30: The Effect of Change in Posture on Spirometry in Obstructive Sleep Apnea Patients - Redha Al Lawati (Oman)

16:35 - 17:00

Prevalence and Risk Factors of Bronchial Asthma- Regional Data Badr Al-Ghamdi (KSA)

Is there a Reduced Risk on eCigarette & Heated Tobacco?Assem Elessawy (Egypt)

16:40: The Predictive Values of Different Bronchodilator Reversibility Indicators in Asthmatic Patients Presenting with Non-Obstructive Patterns on SpirometryTarig Merghani (UAE)

16:50: Comparative Study to Detect the Efficacy, Safety and Re-Occurence of Talc and Pyodine Pleurodesis in Pneumothorax and HydropneumothoraxMateen Ahmed Khan (Pakistan)

17:00: Alternative Treatment of Patients with Stage I NSCLC at High Risk for Lobectomy - Nizar Asadi (UK)

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Friday, 16 March 2018 | Morning Session (08:30 - 13:00)

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Al Ras II & III - Update in Pulmonary Medicine II Al Baraha II08:30 - 17:00

Al Baraha III08:30 - 17:00

Chairs Mohamed S. Almoamary (KSA) | Mina Gaga (Greece)Thoracic Surgery Forum

(TSF2018) Medical Students Forum

(MSF2018)

08:30 - 09:00 Are the ICS in COPD on The Way Out?? - Feisal Al Kassimi (KSA)

09:00 - 09:30 ICU Management of COPD Patients - Ronald Olivenstein (Canada)

09:30 - 10:00 Diagnostic and Prognostic Accuracy of Clinical and Laboratory Parameters in CAP - Daiana Stolz (Switzerland)

10:00 - 10:30 Approach to Solitary Pulmonary Nodule in a Patient at High Risk for Lung Cancer - Mina Gaga (Greece)

10:30 - 10:40 PRESENTATION OF THE ANNALS OF THORACIC MEDICINE BEST THREE ABSTRACTS AWARD


Hall Al Ras II Al Ras III Al Baraha I Al Baraha II Al Baraha III

Session COPD I Critical Care Pediatric Pulmonology Thoracic Surgery Forum Medical Students Forum

Chairs Sulaiman Al Majed (KSA)Sana Al Mutairi (Kuwait)

Abdullah Al-Shimemeri (KSA) Abdulaziz Al Zeer (KSA)

Abdullah Al Shamrani(KSA)Asma Al Nuaimi (UAE)

10:50 - 11:15 Systemic Manifestations of COPDJason Turowski (USA)

Ventilator Dyssynchrony in Mechanically Ventilated Patients - Marc Moss (USA)

Updates on Child TB Wadha Al Otaibi (KSA)

11:15 - 11:40 Eosinophilic COPD, Is it a Real Phenotype? Ronald Olivenstein (Canada)

Management of Vicious Viruses in the ICU: Influenza and MERSCoV Yaseen Arabi (KSA)

CF Transmembrane Conductance Regulator Correction; An Update Larry Lands (Canada)

11:40 - 12:05Causes of COPD Exacerbations and Impact on TherapyMina Gaga (Greece)

Sepsis Management 2018, What are the New Goals? Husain Al Awadhi (UAE)

Sickle Cell Lung Disease Turki Alahmadi (KSA)

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Friday, 16 March 2018 | Afternoon Session (14:00 - 17:00)

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Session COPD II PVD/PAH Thromboembolic Respiratory Tract Allergy

Thoracic Surgery Forum (TSF2018)

Medical Students Forum (MSF2018)

Meakins-Christie International Symposium

Chairs Maher Bazarbashi (KSA)Arzu Mirici (Turkey)

Abdulghafour Gari (KSA)Mohammad B. Al Saiari (UAE)

Rabea Khouqeer (KSA)Maha Al Dabbagh (KSA)

14:00 - 14:25Endobronchial Volume Reduction: What’s the Best Approach? Atul C. Mehta (USA)

Update on PAH Treatment; Insight from the 6th World PH Symposium Abdullah Aldalaan (KSA)

Immunotherapy in Allergic Rhinitis and Asthma Harissios Vliagoftis (Canada)

14:25 - 14:50 New Drugs Treatment For COPDTBA

PH Due to Lung Diseases, Where Do We Stand? Bader Alghamdi (KSA)

Sand Storms and Acute Asthma Abdullah Alangari (KSA)

14:50 - 15:15Mucolytics, Bacterial Extracts and Prophylactic Antibiotics in COPD; Where Do We Stand? Daiana Stolz (Switzerland)

Does Target Therapy Have a Role in PH Due to Left Heart DiseaseNawal Al Gubaisi (KSA)

Frequent Respiratory Infections and HypogammaglobulinemiaHarissios Vliagoftis (Canada)



Session Lung InfectionThoracic Surgery Forum (TSF2018)

Medical Students Forum (MSF2018)

Meakins-Christie International Symposium

Chairs Abdulaziz Al Saif (KSA)Saleh Alazemi (Kuwait)

15:45 - 16:10Updated Guidelines for Diagnosis and Treatment of Pneumonia James Beck (USA)

16:10 - 16:35What is New in the Management of Non CF Bronchiectasis?Jason Turowski (USA)

16:35 - 17:00 Management of MDR/XDR TuberculosisArto Y Soeroto (Indonesia)

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Saturday, 17 March 2018 | Morning Session (08:30 - 12:05)

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Al Ras II & III - Update in Pulmonary Medicine III

Chairs Abdullah Aldalaan (KSA) | Hussain Al Matar (KSA)

08:30 - 09:00 Is Spirometry Still Mandatory in Diagnosis of Obstructive Airway Disease? - James Martin (Canada)

09:00 - 09:30 Newer Entities in Interstitial Lung Disease - Brian Southern (USA)

09:30 - 10:00 Top 10 Diagnoses Not to Miss on Chest X-Ray - Amr Ajlan (KSA)

10:00 - 10:30 Shifting Paradigm, From “No Code” and “Do-Not- Resuscitate” to Goals of Care! - Yaseen Arabi (KSA)


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Session Selected Topics in Pulmonary Medicine Challenging Clinical Cases

Chairs Hadil Al Otair (KSA) Fatma Al Jassim (UAE) Mohamed Zeitouni (KSA) | Ahmed Aljohaney (KSA)

10:50 - 11:15 Phenotypes of Asthma; A Regional Experience Zaid Zoumot (UAE)

A Case of Pulmonary Meliodosis with Pleural and Skin InvolvementMuhannad Hawari (KSA)

Master Radiologist: Amr Ajlan (KSA)

Master Pathologist: Aaron Han (UAE)

11:15 - 11:40 Pulmonary Medicine; The Era of Digital Health!! Bassam Mahboub (UAE)

Idiopathic Pulmonary Hemosiderosis: Case ReportMuhammad Arif (UAE)

Master Radiologist: Donya Al-Hassan (KSA)


11:40 - 12:05 Artificial Intelligence: An Established Diagnostic Test for CancerRifat Hamoudi (UAE)

Mediastinal Lymph Node Metastasis of Renal Cell Carcinoma Mimicking SarcoidosisYakup Arslan (Turkey)

Master Radiologist: Donya Al-Hassan (KSA)


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