The 8th Middle East Paediatrics Conference is the must attend paediatrics conference of the year, featuring 12 different sessions over the course of three days. Expert doctors coming from the USA, UK and the Middle East come together to discuss the latest topics, as well as to distribute the most up-to-date information on the management of different paediatric diseases and conditions. Activity directors: Dr Jaishen Rajah, Sheikh Khalifa Medical City Dr Giovanni Piedimonte, Cleveland Clinic Who should attend: Paediatricians Paediatric Consultants/Specialists Family Medicine Physicians General Practitioners Neonatologists

1. Key topics:
• Haematology
• Infectious diseases
• Cardiology
• Nephrology
• Mental health
Benefits of attending:
• Discuss the management of airway anomalies
• Examine cases in paediatric infectious diseases
• Recommend the proper management of children
with autism
• Manage conjunctivitis in neonates, infants and
children
• Recommend how to treat paediatric nephrotic
syndrome
8th Middle East
Paediatrics
Conference
26-28 January 2015
Dubai International Convention & Exhibition Centre
26-29 January 2015
Dubai International Convention & Exhibition Centre
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2. Dr Jaishen Rajah
Conference Chair
8th Middle East Paediatrics Conference
Arab Health Congress 2015
Dr Giovanni Piedimonte
Activity Director
8th Middle East Paediatrics Conference
Arab Health Congress 2015
Dear Healthcare Professional,
We are pleased to present you with the conference programme for the 8th Middle East Paediatrics Conference, taking place on
26-28 January 2015 at the Dubai International Convention & Exhibition Centre.
The conference programme will feature a combination of state-of-the-art lectures, debate presentations, short talks and panel
discussions on a variety of topics including neurology, neonatology and infectious diseases. The expert speaker faculty will be
coming from all over the world including the USA, India and the UK. This three-day conference will be the go-to Paediatrics
Conference of the year with a combination of the latest updates and need-to-know information.
We are honoured to offer you this important CME-accredited scientific meeting and we look forward to welcoming you to this
major educational event.
Regards,
Who should attend
• Paediatricians
• Paediatric Consultants/Specialists
• Family Medicine Physicians
• General Practitioners
• Neonatologists
Accreditation statement
The Cleveland Clinic Foundation Center for Continuing Education
is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical
Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
The Cleveland Clinic Foundation Center for Continuing Education
designates this live activity for a maximum of 16 AMA PRA Category 1
CreditsTM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the
extent of their participation in the activity.
Participants claiming CME credit from this activity may submit the credit
hours to the American Osteopathic Association for Category 2 credit.
P.S. Contact the Arab Health Congress registration team directly to learn more about group discounts and early bird rates.
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3. DAY ONE: Monday, 26 January 2015
DAY TWO: Tuesday, 27 January 2015
09:50 Opening remarks by Chairs:
Dr Jaishen Rajah, Chief of General Paediatrics,
Sheikh Khalifa Medical City, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Dr Giovanni Piedimonte, Chairman, Paediatric
Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
SESSION 1: PULMONOLOGY/
OTOLARYNGOLOGY
10:00 Management of airway anomalies
Dr Reza Rahbar, Associate Otolaryngologist-in-Chief,
Director of Center for Airway Disorders, Co-Director
of Center for Head, Neck and Skullbase Tumors,
Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts,
USA
10:30 The noisy airway/evaluation of stridor in infants
and children
Dr Giovanni Piedimonte, Chairman, Paediatric
Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
11:00 Wheezing in the preschool child
Dr Salman Mroueh, Professor of Clinical Paediatrics,
Paediatric Pulmonology, American University of
Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon
11:30 COFFEE BREAK
SESSION 2: STATE-OF-THE-ART LECTURE
AND DEBATE
12:00 State-of-the-art: RSV infections
Dr Giovanni Piedimonte, Chairman, Paediatric
Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
12:45 Roundtable discussion:
Case studies in paediatric infectious diseases
Dr Richard Malley, Senior Associate Physician in
Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Boston
Children’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
13:15 LUNCH
SESSION 3: CARDIOLOGY
14:45 Delivering paediatric heart care in the face of
resource limitations: Specific challenges and
possible solutions
Dr R. Krishna Kumar, Clinical Professor, Head of
Department, Paediatric Cardiology, Amrita Institute
of Medical Sciences, Kerala, India
15:15 Advances in paediatric cardiology:
Comprehensive care of congenital heart disease
from foetal life through adulthood
Dr Aditya Kaza, Associate in Cardiac Surgery, Boston
Children’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
15:45 Approach to tachyarrhythmias in the
emergency room
Dr R. Krishna Kumar, Clinical Professor, Head of
Department, Paediatric Cardiology, Amrita Institute
of Medical Sciences, Kerala, India
16:15 COFFEE BREAK
SESSION 4: NEUROLOGY
16:45 New treatment options in paediatric epilepsy
Dr Deepak Lachhwani, Epilepsy Centre, Cleveland
Clinic Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, UAE
17:15 Fever in the child
Dr Jay Halbert, Department of Paediatrics, Lister
Hospital, Hertfordshire, UK
17:45 CLOSE OF DAY ONE
SESSION 5: MENTAL HEALTH
09:00 Update on autism
Dr Thomas Frazier, Director, Autism Center,
Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
09:30 Bullying amongst adolescents in Saudi Arabia:
How does it relate to mental health status and
academic performance?
Dr Fadia S. Albuhairan, Vice President, Saudi Society
for Adolescent Health and Arab Coalition for
Adolescent Health, Assistant Professor, Department
of Paediatrics, King Abdulaziz Medical City & King
Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences,
Riyadh, KSA
10:00 Mental health implications for children trapped in
a cycle of trauma and tragedy
Professor Olayinka Omigbodun, Professor of
Psychiatry, College of Medicine, University of Ibadan,
Immediate Past-President, International Association
for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Allied
Professions, Ibadan, Nigeria
10:30 COFFEE BREAK
SESSION 6: STATE-OF-THE ART LECTURE
AND DEBATE
11:00 WHO’s comprehensive Mental Health Action
Plan (2013-2020): Unifying psyche and soma for
child health?
Professor Olayinka Omigbodun, Professor of
Psychiatry, College of Medicine, University of Ibadan,
Immediate Past-President, International Association
for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Allied
Professions, Ibadan, Nigeria
11:45 Management of hepatitis C
Dr Naim Alkhouri, Staff, Digestive Disease Institute,
Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
12:15 LUNCH

4. SESSION 9: HAEMATOLOGY/
ONCOLOGY
09:00 BMT update
Dr Rabi Hanna, Paediatrics Haematology Oncology
and Blood and Marrow Transplantation, Cleveland
Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
09:30 Abdominal masses
Dr Michael Grimley, Associate Professor of Clinical
Paediatrics, Division of Bone Marrow Transplant
and Immune Deficiency, Cancer and Blood Disease
Institute, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical
Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
10:00 Update of sickle cell
Dr Miguel Abboud, Paediatric Haematology
Oncology, American University of Beirut, Beirut,
Lebanon
10:30 COFFEE BREAK
SESSION 10: STATE-OF-THE-ART
LECTURE AND DEBATE
11:00 Current management of the nephrotic syndrome
Dr RN Srivastava, Consultant Paediatric
Nephrologist, Apollo Indraprastha Hospitals, New
Delhi, India
11:45 Debate:
ADHD: What is all the fuss about?
Dr Brendan Belsham, Child and Adolescent
Psychiatrist, Author, Private Practice,
Johannesburg, South Africa
12:15 LUNCH
SESSION 11: NEPHROLOGY
13:45 Update on paediatric atypical haemolytic uremic
syndromes
Dr Bradley Dixon, Paediatric Nephrologist,
Cincinnati Children’s Hospital, Cincinnati, Ohio,
USA
14:15 Paediatric kidney transplantation: The role of
kidney paired donation
Dr Mikel Prieto, Surgical Director, Kidney and
Pancreas Transplant Programme and Paediatric
Kidney Transplantation, Medical Director,
International Practice Operations, Mayo Clinic,
Rochester, Minnesota, USA
14:45 Management of urinary tract infection
Dr RN Srivastava, Consultant Paediatric
Nephrologist, Apollo Indraprastha Hospitals, New
Delhi, India
15:15 COFFEE BREAK
SESSION 12: INFECTIOUS DISEASES/
IMMUNOLOGY
15:45 Ebola virus update
Dr Robert Colebunders, Institute of Tropical
Medicine, Department of Clinical Sciences,
University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium
16:15 Healthcare-associated infections
Dr Hanan Balkhy, Team Leader, Research
Laboratory for Infectious Diseases, King Abdullah
International Medical Research Center, Riyadh,
KSA
16:45 CLOSE OF CONFERENCE
DAY THREE: Wednesday, 28 January 2015
SESSION 7: NEONATOLOGY
13:45 Foetal surgery including new procedures for
myelomeningocele and diaphragmatic hernia
Dr Jose Peiro, Endoscopic Foetal Surgery Director,
Cincinnati Fetal Center; Paediatric Surgeon,
Division of General and Thoracic Surgery, Cincinnati
Children’s Hospital, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
14:15 Screening for congenital heart disease in the
newborn
Dr R. Krishna Kumar, Clinical Professor, Head of
Department, Paediatric Cardiology, Amrita Institute
of Medical Sciences, Kerala, India
14:45 Cleft lip
Dr Ananth S. Murthy, Director, Plastic and
Reconstructive Surgery, Akron Children’s Hospital,
Akron, Ohio, USA
15:15 COFFEE BREAK
SESSION 8: OPHTHALMOLOGY
15:45 Modern diagnosis and management of visual
systems in neonates, infants and children
Dr Richard Hertle, Director, Paediatric
Ophthalmology, Akron Children’s Hospital, Akron,
Ohio, USA
16:15 Management of conjunctivitis in neonates,
infants and children
Dr Paul Rychwalski, Consultant Ophthalmologist,
Paediatric Eye Surgeon, Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi,
Abu Dhabi, UAE
16:45 CLOSE OF DAY TWO

5. Activity Directors:
Dr Giovanni Piedimonte, Chairman, Paediatric Institute,
Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Dr Jaishen Rajah, Chief of General Paediatrics, Sheikh Khalifa Medical City, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Faculty:
Dr Aditya Kaza, Associate in Cardiac Surgery, Boston Children’s
Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Dr Ananth S. Murthy, Director, Plastic and Reconstructive
Surgery, Akron Children’s Hospital, Akron, Ohio, USA
Dr Bradley Dixon, Paediatric Nephrologist, Cincinnati
Children’s Hospital, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
Dr Brendan Belsham, Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist, Author,
Private Practice, Johannesburg, South Africa
Dr Deepak Lachhwani, Epilepsy Centre, Cleveland Clinic Abu
Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Dr Fadia S. Albuhairan, Vice President, Saudi Society for
Adolescent Health and Arab Coalition for Adolescent Health,
Assistant Professor, Department of Paediatrics, King Abdulaziz
Medical City & King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health
Sciences, Riyadh, KSA
Dr Hanan Balkhy, Team Leader, Research Laboratory for
Infectious Diseases, King Abdullah International Medical
Research Center, Riyadh, KSA
Dr Jay Halbert, Department of Paediatrics, Lister Hospital,
Hertfordshire, UK
Dr Jose Peiro, Endoscopic Foetal Surgery Director, Cincinnati
Fetal Center; Paediatric Surgeon, Division of General and
Thoracic Surgery, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital, Cincinnati,
Ohio, USA
Dr Michael Grimley, Associate Professor of Clinical Paediatrics,
Cancer and Blood Disease Institute, Cincinnati Children’s
Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
Dr Miguel Abboud, Paediatric Haematology Oncology,
American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon
Dr Mikel Prieto, Surgical Director, Kidney and Pancreas
Transplant Programme and Paediatric Kidney Transplantation,
Medical Director, International Practice Operations, Mayo
Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
Dr Naim Alkhouri, Staff, Digestive Disease Institute, Cleveland
Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Professor Olayinka Omigbodun, Professor of Psychiatry,
College of Medicine, University of Ibadan, Immediate Past-
President, International Association for Child and Adolescent
Psychiatry and Allied Professions, Ibadan, Nigeria
Dr Paul Rychwalski, Consultant Ophthalmologist, Paediatric
Eye Surgeon, Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Dr R. Krishna Kumar, Clinical Professor, Head of Department,
Paediatric Cardiology, Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences,
Kerala, India
Dr Rabi Hanna, Paediatrics Haematology Oncology and Blood
and Marrow Transplantation, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Dr Reza Rahbar, Associate Otolaryngologist-in-Chief, Director
of Center for Airway Disorders, Co-Director of Center for Head,
Neck and Skullbase Tumors, Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston,
Massachusetts, USA
Dr Richard Hertle, Director, Paediatric Ophthalmology, Akron
Children’s Hospital, Akron, Ohio, USA
Dr Richard Malley, Senior Associate Physician in Medicine,
Division of Infectious Diseases, Boston Children’s Hospital,
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Dr Robert Colebunders, Institute of Tropical Medicine,
Department of Clinical Sciences, University of Antwerp,
Antwerp, Belgium
Dr RN Srivastava, Consultant Paediatric Nephrologist, Apollo
Indraprastha Hospitals, New Delhi, India
Dr Salman Mroueh, Professor of Clinical Paediatrics, Paediatric
Pulmonology, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon
Dr Thomas Frazier, Director, Autism Center, Cleveland Clinic,
Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Faculty disclosure statement
The Cleveland Clinic Foundation Center for Continuing Education has implemented a policy to comply with the current Accreditation
Council for Continuing Medical Education Standards for Commercial Support requiring resolut
Grantor acknowledgement
The Cleveland Clinic Foundation Center for Continuing Education acknowledges educational grants for partial support of this activity from:
Boston Children’s Hospital
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