The MEDLAB Congress will host 6 multi-disciplinary conference tracks that will provide CME Credits, unparalleled education and management solutions to help labs excel in today's competitive market. 5,000 delegates will gather to find out about the latest diagnostics developments at the six conference tracks: laboratory management, microbiology, immunology, haematology, clinical chemistry and molecular diagnosis.

1. Key topics
>> Point of Care Testing
Digital technology and communication
New gene discovery
Ebola Virus
Cytopathology – IHC guidelines
Thyroid function testing in pregnancy
Haematologic malignancies
Benefits of attending
Determine laboratory test utilisation and when
to deliver the right test for the right patient
Discuss the central role of the laboratory in eHealth
Illustrate genomic medicine and its relevance to
the UAE
Manage automation in the microbiology lab
Propose a practical approach to placental
pathology reporting
Interpret if first trimester screening of aneuploidy
is still a challenge
Analyse quality assurance and improvement
in haematology
14th
Laboratory
Management and Medicine
MEDLAB Congress
26-29 January 2015
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Accreditation statement
The Cleveland Clinic Foundation Center for Continuing Education is accredited by the
Accreditation Council of Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical
education for physicians.
The Cleveland Clinic Foundation Center for Continuing Education designates this live
activity for the maximum of 20.5 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 the activity may submit the credit hours to the
American Osteopathic Association for Category 2 credit.
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2. Dear Healthcare Professional,
We are pleased to present you with the conference programme for the 14th
Laboratory Management and Medicine - MEDLAB
Congress 2015, scheduled to take place as part of Arab Health Congress. As a crucial component of healthcare, laboratory medicine
provides vital information that can make the difference in the quality, safety and efficacy of care given to patients. Doctors across all
specialities depend on laboratory results to make critical decisions about the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of disease.
The MEDLAB Congress 2015 is split into the following six conference tracks:
TRACK A Laboratory Management Monday, 26 January 2015
TRACK B Molecular Diagnosis Tuesday, 27 January 2015
TRACK C Microbiology Wednesday, 28 January 2015
TRACK D Histopathology Wednesday, 28 January 2015
TRACK E Clinical Chemistry Thursday, 29 January 2015
TRACK F Haematology Thursday, 29 January 2015
Each track will cover topics that are of interest to the region, providing valuable insight into advancements in science, technology and
application of various laboratory techniques and clinical implementations.
As the Activity Directors for the MEDLAB Congress we are proud and honoured to bring you together for this important CME-
accredited scientific meeting and we look forward to welcoming you to this major educational event.
Regards,
WHO SHOULD ATTEND?
Heads of Laboratory
Pathologists
Haematologists
Histologists/Histopathologists
Microbiologists
Molecular Biologists
Immunologists
Biomedical Technicians
Laboratory Technicians
Heads of Diagnostics
Heads of Microbiology
Biologists
Virologists
Heredity Disease Specialists
General Managers
Chemists
Infectologists
Parasitologists
Human Geneticists
Immune Geneticists
Toxicologists
Pharmacologists
Geneticists
Blood Bank Managers
Phlebotomists
Tropical Medicine Specialists
Dr Mansour Al-Zarouni
Activity Director
MEDLAB
Arab Health Congress 2015
Dr Fadi W. Abdul-Karim
Activity Director
MEDLAB
Arab Health Congress 2015
Dr Kandice Kottke-Marchant
Activity Director
MEDLAB
Arab Health Congress 2015
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Diamond: Roche Diagnostics Middle East FZCO
Partner: Abbott Diagnostics
Platinum: Al Borg Laboratories
Gold: Beckman Coulter
Gold: Siemens Healthcare
Grantor acknowledgement
The Cleveland Clinic Foundation Center for Continuing Education acknowledges
educational grants for partial support of this activity from:

3. Laboratory Management
10:20 Opening remarks by conference Chair:
Dr Mansour Al-Zarouni, Consultant Medical
Molecular Microbiologist, Director, SRL
Diagnostics, DHCC, Dubai, UAE
SESSION 1
Moderator: Carlo Kaabar, Senior Consultant, Strategy
and Change Management Office, Ministry of Health,
Riyadh, KSA
10:30 The anatomic pathology and informatics
partnership: Current and future roles of
informatics in anatomic pathology
Dr Walid Khalbuss, Professor of Pathology,
University of Pittsburgh, Medical Director of
Cytology, National Guard Health Affair, King
Abdulaziz Medical City, Riyadh, KSA
11:00 The triangle of success for future laboratories:
The 3 Cs and I Model
Dr Nashat Nafouri, CEO, Quality Logic, Chair,
Healthcare Interest Group, Executive Officer,
Saudi Quality Council – WR, Jeddah, KSA
11:30 Improving patient outcome using Lean Six
Sigma tools in laboratory medicine
Dr Rana Nabulsi, Quality Improvement
Consultant, Proficiency HealthCare
Diagnostics, Abu Dhabi, UAE
12:00 LUNCH BREAK
SESSION 2
Moderator: Carlo Kaabar, Senior Consultant, Strategy
and Change Management Office, Ministry of Health,
Riyadh, KSA
13:30 Laboratory test utilisation: The right test for
the right patient at the right time
Dr Curtis A. Hanson, Haematopathologist,
Department of Laboratory Medicine and
Pathology, Professor, Mayo Clinic’s College of
Medicine, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
14:00 QA in anatomic pathology
Dr Aaron Han, Chief, Department of Pathology
and Laboratory Medicine, American Hospital
Dubai, UAE
Dr Nada Farhat, Pathologist, Department of
Pathology, Massachusetts General Hospital,
Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA
14:30 Principles and etiquette in digital technology
and communication
Dr Fadi W. Abdul-Karim, Professor of Pathology
and Vice Chair for Education, Robert Tomsich
Pathology and Lab Med Institute, Cleveland
Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
15:30 COFFEE BREAK
SESSION 3
Moderator: Carlo Kaabar, Senior Consultant, Strategy
and Change Management Office, Ministry of Health,
Riyadh, KSA
16:00 The central role of the laboratory in eHealth
Tarek Hakeem, Standards Specialist, Strategy
and Change Management Office, Information and
Communication Technology, Ministry of Health,
Riyadh, KSA
16:30 Best practice quality in Point Of Care Testing
Dr Gene Herbek, President, College of American
Pathologists, Northfield, Illinois, USA
17:00 TB or not TB: Laboratory design and safety
considerations
Peter Anderson, Clinical Director, Cleveland
Clinic Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, UAE
17:30 CLOSE OF TRACK A - LABORATORY
MANAGEMENT
Monday,26January2015
Track
A
Activity Directors:
Dr Mansour Al-Zarouni, Consultant Medical Molecular
Microbiologist, Director, SRL Diagnostics, DHCC, Dubai, UAE
Dr Fadi W. Abdul-Karim, Professor of Pathology and Vice
Chair for Education, Robert Tomsich Pathology and Lab Med
Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Dr Kandice Kottke-Marchant, Chair- Pathology Laboratory
Medicine Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Organising Committee:
Carlo Kaabar, Senior Consultant, Strategy and Change
Management Office, Ministry of Health, Riyadh, KSA
Speaker Faculty:
Dr Aaron Han, Chief, Department of Pathology and
Laboratory Medicine, American Hospital Dubai, UAE
Dr Curtis A. Hanson, Haematopathologist, Department of
Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Professor, Mayo Clinic’s
College of Medicine, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
Dr Gene Herbek, President, College of American
Pathologists, Northfield, Illinois, USA
Dr Nada Farhat, Pathologist, Department of Pathology,
Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School,
Boston, USA
Dr Nashat Nafouri , CEO, Quality Logic, Chair, Healthcare
Interest Group, Executive Officer, Saudi Quality Council –
WR, Jeddah, KSA
Peter Anderson, Clinical Director, Cleveland Clinic Abu
Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Dr Rana Nabulsi, Quality Improvement Consultant,
Proficiency HealthCare Diagnostics, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Tarek Hakeem, Standards Specialist, Strategy and Change
Management Office, Information and Communication
Technology, Ministry of Health, Riyadh, KSA
Dr Walid Khalbuss, Professor of Pathology, University of
Pittsburgh, Medical Director of Cytology, National Guard
Health Affair, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Riyadh, KSA
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4. Tuesday,27January2015
Track
B Molecular Diagnosis
SESSION 1
Moderator: Dr Erol Baysal, Consultant Geneticist, Head
of Molecular Genetics, Dubai Genetic Thalassemia
Center, Pathology Genetics Dept, Dubai Health
Authority, Dubai, UAE
10:00 Personalised medicine – take metabolic
diseases as an example to help your patient
Professor Arndt Rolfs, Director, Albrecht-
Kossel Institute for Neurogeneration, Centre
for Mental Health, Rostock, Germany
10:30 JAK-2 mutation
Dr Imran Mirza, Chief, Pathology and Laboratory
Medicine Institute, Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi,
Abu Dhabi, UAE
11:00 COFFEE BREAK
SESSION 2
Moderator: Dr Erol Baysal, Consultant Geneticist, Head
of Molecular Genetics, Dubai Genetic Thalassemia
Center, Pathology Genetics Department, Dubai Health
Authority, Dubai, UAE
11:30 New gene discovery
Professor Andre Megarbane, Associate
Professor, Medical Genetics, Head, Medical
Genetic Unit, St Joseph University,
Beirut, Lebanon
12:00 Diagnostics of chronic myeloid leukaemia
management
Dr David Bosler, Head, Cleveland Clinic
Laboratories, Staff, Clinical Pathology and
Molecular Pathology, Cleveland Clinic,
Cleveland, Ohio, USA
12:30 Ion channel expression in cancer: From
molecular pathology to clinical potential
Professor Mustafa B. A. Djamgoz, Professor
of Cancer Biology, Neuroscience Solutions to
Cancer Research Group, Department of Life
Sciences, Imperial College London, London, UK
13:00 LUNCH BREAK
SESSION 3
Moderator: Dr Erol Baysal, Consultant Geneticist, Head
of Molecular Genetics, Dubai Genetic Thalassemia
Center, Pathology Genetics Department, Dubai Health
Authority, Dubai, UAE
14:30 Molecular diagnostics of haemoglobinopathies
Dr Cornelis L. Harteveld, Laboratory
Geneticist, Department of Clinical Genetics,
Haemoglobinopathies Research and Diagnostics,
Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden,
The Netherlands
15:00 Molecular classification of lymphomas,
where technology is leading the way
Dr Rami Mahfouz, Associate Professor, Director,
Molecular Diagnostics Laboratory, Department
of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, American
University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut,
Lebanon
15:30 COFFEE BREAK
SESSION 4
Moderator: Dr Erol Baysal, Consultant Geneticist, Head
of Molecular Genetics, Dubai Genetic Thalassemia
Center, Pathology Genetics Department, Dubai Health
Authority, Dubai, UAE
16:00 Pharmacogenomics and the use of
antithrombotic drugs
Dr Kandice Kottke-Marchant, Chair- Pathology
Laboratory Medicine Institute, Cleveland
Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
16:30 Genomic medicine and its relevance to the UAE
Dr Bassam Ali, Professor of Molecular and
Genetic Medicine, College of Medicine and
Health Sciences, UAE University, Al Ain, UAE
17:00 CLOSE OF TRACK B - MOLECULAR
DIAGNOSIS
Activity Directors:
Dr Mansour Al-Zarouni, Consultant Medical Molecular
Microbiologist, Director, SRL Diagnostics, DHCC, Dubai, UAE
Dr Fadi W. Abdul-Karim, Professor of Pathology and Vice
Chair for Education, Robert Tomsich Pathology and Lab Med
Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Dr Kandice Kottke-Marchant, Chair- Pathology Laboratory
Medicine Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Organising Committee:
Dr Erol Baysal, Consultant Geneticist, Head of Molecular
Genetics, Dubai Genetic Thalassemia Center, Pathology
Genetics Department, Dubai Health Authority, Dubai, UAE
Speaker Faculty:
Professor Andre Megarbane, Associate Professor, Medical
Genetics, Head, Medical Genetic Unit, St Joseph University,
Beirut, Lebanon
Professor Arndt Rolfs, Director, Albrecht-Kossel Institute
for Neurogeneration, Centre for Mental Health, Rostock,
Germany
Dr Bassam Ali, Professor of Molecular and Genetic Medicine,
College of Medicine and Health Sciences, UAE University,
Al Ain, UAE
Dr Cornelis L. Harteveld, Laboratory Geneticist, Department
of Clinical Genetics, Hemoglobinopathies Research and
Diagnostics, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The
Netherlands
Dr David Bosler, Head, Cleveland Clinic Laboratories, Staff,
Clinical Pathology and Molecular Pathology, Cleveland Clinic,
Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Dr Imran Mirza, Chief, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Institute, Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Professor Mustafa B. A. Djamgoz, Professor of Cancer
Biology, Neuroscience Solutions to Cancer Research Group,
Department of Life Sciences, Imperial College London,
London, UK
Dr Rami Mahfouz, Associate Professor, Director, Molecular
Diagnostics Laboratory, Department of Pathology and
Laboratory Medicine, American University of Beirut Medical
Center, Beirut, Lebanon
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5. Wednesday,28January2015
Track
C
09:50 Opening remarks by conference Chair:
Dr Mansour Al-Zarouni, Consultant Medical
Molecular Microbiologist, Director,
SRL Diagnostics, DHCC, Dubai, UAE
SESSION 1
Moderator: Dr Mansour Al-Zarouni, Consultant Medical
Molecular Microbiologist, Director, SRL Diagnostics,
DHCC, Dubai, UAE
10:00 Guidelines on clinical use of antinuclear
antibody testing
Dr Gehad El Ghazali, Consultant Immunologist,
Sheikh Khalifa Medical City, Abu Dhabi, UAE
10:30 Algorithm of coeliac disease investigation
Dr Wolfgang Schlumberger, Executive Board
Member, EUROIMMUN, Lubeck, Germany
11:00 Ebola virus
Prof Dr Frank Hufert, Virology Department,
University Medical Center, Goettingen
University, Goettingen, Germany
11:30 COFFEE BREAK
SESSION 2
Moderator: Dr Mansour Al-Zarouni, Consultant Medical
Molecular Microbiologist, Director, SRL Diagnostics,
DHCC, Dubai, UAE
12:00 Automation in the microbiology lab
Dr Ashok Rattan, Chief Operating Officer,
Medical Director, Star Metropolis Clinical
Laboratories, Arabian Healthcare,
Dubai, UAE
12:30 Multi-drug resistant TB in the Middle East
Professor Aamir Khan, Executive Director,
Interactive Research and Development,
Karachi, Pakistan
13:00 LUNCH BREAK
SESSION 3
Moderator: Dr Mansour Al-Zarouni, Consultant Medical
Molecular Microbiologist, Director, SRL Diagnostics,
DHCC, Dubai, UAE
14:30 New emerging infectious agents (MERS-CoV
and Ebola): Laboratory preparedness and
safety measures
Dr Ali Rabaan, Head, Molecular Microbiology
Laboratory, Saudi Aramco, Dhahran, KSA
15:00 Novel markers in autoimmunity – neurologic
and kidney diseases
Dr Wolfgang Schlumberger, Executive Board
Member, EUROIMMUN, Lubeck, Germany
15:30 Using new TB diagnostic tools: What is and
what is not ready for prime?
Dr Eiman Mokaddas, Professor, Department
of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Kuwait
University, Kuwait
16:00 CLOSE OF TRACK C - MICROBIOLOGY
Microbiology
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Activity Directors:
Dr Mansour Al-Zarouni, Consultant Medical Molecular
Microbiologist, Director, SRL Diagnostics, DHCC, Dubai, UAE
Dr Fadi W. Abdul-Karim, Professor of Pathology and Vice
Chair for Education, Robert Tomsich Pathology and Lab Med
Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Dr Kandice Kottke-Marchant, Chair- Pathology Laboratory
Medicine Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Organising Committee:
Dr Najat Rashid, Consultant, Clinical and Molecular
Biochemist, Director of Federal Medical Laboratories,
Ministry of Health, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Speaker Faculty:
Professor Aamir Khan, Executive Director, Interactive
Research and Development, Karachi, Pakistan
Dr Ali Rabaan, Head, Molecular Microbiology Laboratory,
Saudi Aramco, Dhahran, KSA
Dr Ashok Rattan, Chief Operating Officer, Medical Director,
Star Metropolis Clinical Laboratories, Arabian Healthcare,
Dubai, UAE
Dr Eiman Mokaddas, Professor, Department of Microbiology,
Faculty of Medicine, Kuwait University, Kuwait
Prof Dr Frank Hufert, Virology Department, University
Medical Center, Goettingen University, Goettingen,
Germany
Dr Gehad El Ghazali, Consultant Immunologist, Sheikh
Khalifa Medical City, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Dr Wolfgang Schlumberger, Executive Board Member,
EUROIMMUN, Lubeck, Germany
“In the past, microbiology
has lagged behind other
laboratory disciplines as far
as automation is concerned.
This MEDLAB Conference will
make you aware of what is
available in automation within
microbiology.”
Dr Ashok Rattan, Chief Operating
Officer, Medical Director,
Star Metropolis Clinical Laboratories,
Arabian Healthcare, Dubai, UAE

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Track
D Histopathology
SESSION 1
Moderator: Dr Mouza AlSharhan, Head of Laboratory,
Dubai Hospital, Dubai Health Authority, Dubai, UAE
09:30 Cytopathology - IHC Guidelines
Dr Gene Herbek, President, College of American
Pathologists, Northfield, Illinois, USA
10:00 A practical approach to placental pathology
reporting
Dr Brendan Fitzgerald, Consultant Histopathologist
with Special Interest in Perinatal Pathology,
Department of Histopathology,
Cork University Hospital, Cork, Rep. of Ireland
10:45 Fine needle aspiration of thyroid gland: Introducing
the Bethesda system in your cytology laboratory
Dr Mousa A. Al Abbadi, Professor of Pathology
and Cytopathology, Department of Pathology
and Laboratory Medicine, King Fahad Specialist
Hospital, Damman, KSA
11:15 COFFEE BREAK
SESSION 2
Moderator: Dr Mouza Al Sharhan, Head of Laboratory,
Dubai Hospital, Dubai Health Authority, Dubai, UAE
11:45 An approach to skin adnexal neoplasm
Dr Reem El Bahtimi, Medical Director and
Consultant Dermatopathologist, National Reference
Laboratory, Abu Dhabi, Dubai, UAE
12:15 The Banff classification challenges and updates
Dr Alia Albawardi, Assistant Professor, College
of Medicine and Health Sciences, Consultant
Histopathologist, Tawam Hospital, Al Ain, UAE
12:45 Am update in prognostic pathological parameters
in endometrial cancer
Dr Asif Quadri, Lead Pathologist for Anatomical
Pathology, Consultant Histopathologist,
Tawam Hospital, Al Ain, UAE
13:15 LUNCH BREAK
SESSION 3
Moderator: Dr Mouza Al Sharhan, Head of Laboratory,
Dubai Hospital, Dubai Health Authority, Dubai, UAE
14:45 The many faces of large cell lymphoma
Dr Azzam Hammad, Consultant Pathologist,
Pathology Laboratory Medicine Services, Sheikh
Khalifa Medical City, Abu Dhabi, UAE
15:15 Gynaecologic cytologic-histologic correlations and
updates on the Bathesda system
Dr Fadi W. Abdul-Karim, Professor of Pathology and
Vice Chair for Education, Robert Tomsich Pathology
and Lab Med Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland,
Ohio, USA
15:45 Papillary lesions of the breast
Dr Manal Abdul Rahim, Consultant Pathologist,
Dubai Hospital, Dubai Health Authority,
Dubai, UAE
16:15 CLOSE OF TRACK D - HISTOPATHOLOGY
Activity Directors:
Dr Mansour Al-Zarouni, Consultant Medical Molecular
Microbiologist, Director, SRL Diagnostics, DHCC, Dubai, UAE
Dr Fadi W. Abdul-Karim, Professor of Pathology and Vice
Chair for Education, Robert Tomsich Pathology and Lab Med
Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Dr Kandice Kottke-Marchant, Chair- Pathology Laboratory
Medicine Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Organising Committee:
Dr Mouza Al Sharhan, Head of Laboratory, Dubai Hospital,
DHA, Dubai, UAE
Speaker Faculty:
Dr Alia Albawardi, Assistant Professor, College of Medicine
and Health Sciences, Consultant Histopathologist, Tawam
Hospital, Al Ain, UAE
Dr Asif Quadri, Lead Pathologist for Anatomical Pathology,
Consultant Histopathologist, Tawam Hospital, Al Ain, UAE
Dr Azzam Hammad, Consultant Pathologist, Pathology
Laboratory Medicine Services, Sheikh Khalifa Medical City,
Abu Dhabi, UAE
Dr Brendan Fitzgerald, Consultant Histopathologist with
Special Interest in Perinatal Pathology, Department of
Histopathology, Cork University Hospital, Cork,
Rep. of Ireland
Dr Gene Herbek, President, College of American
Pathologists, Northfield, Illinois, USA
Dr Manal Abdul Rahim, Consultant Pathologist, Dubai
Hospital, Dubai Health Authority, Dubai, UAE
Dr Mousa A. Al Abbadi, Professor of Pathology and
Cytopathology, Department of Pathology and Laboratory
Medicine, King Fahad Specialist Hospital, Damman, KSA
Dr Reem El Bahtimi, Medical Director and Consultant
Dermatopathologist, National Reference Laboratory,
Abu Dhabi, Dubai, UAE
“MEDLAB, without a doubt, is
the region’s premier pathology
conference and attracts global
attention. Every year I look
forward to this event as key
pathology constituents gather
in Dubai.”
Aaron Han, MD, PhD, FCAP, Chief,
Department of Pathology, American
Hospital Dubai, UAE

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Thursday,29January2015
Track
E
SESSION 1
Moderator: Dr Mansour Al-Zarouni, Consultant Medical
Molecular Microbiologist, Director, SRL Diagnostics,
DHCC, Dubai, UAE
10:00 Accurate monoclonal protein quantification is
a significant challenge to the laboratory
Dr Stephen Harding, Research and Development
Director, The Binding Site, Birmingham, UK
10:30 Thyroid function testing in pregnancy
Dr Aw Tar Choon, Professor and Chemical
Pathologist, Department of Laboratory Medicine,
Changi Hospital, Singapore
11:00 COFFEE BREAK
SESSION 2
Moderator: Dr Mansour Al-Zarouni, Consultant Medical
Molecular Microbiologist, Director, SRL Diagnostics,
DHCC, Dubai, UAE
11:30 First trimester screening of aneuploidy: Still a
challenge?
Dr Bernard Nasr, Foeto-maternal Specialist,
Haykal Hospital, Clemenceau Medical Center,
Notre Dame University Hospital, Tripoli,
Lebanon
12:00 A promising separation method for HbA1c
quantification by capillary electrophoresis
Dr Youssef Maakaroun, Medical Management,
Export Manager Asia – Middle East, Sebia,
Paris, France
12:30 Non-invasive prenatal diagnosis from cell free
DNA is finally available in clinical practice after
20 years of research
Professor Wolfgang Holzgreve, Director,
University of Bonn, Bonn, Switzerland
13:00 LUNCH BREAK
SESSION 3
Moderator: Dr Mansour Al-Zarouni, Consultant Medical
Molecular Microbiologist, Director, SRL Diagnostics,
DHCC, Dubai, UAE
14:30 Six Sigma calculation in clinical chemistry
Sten Westgard, Director, Client Services and
Technology, Westgard QC, Madison,
Wisconsin, USA
15:00 Colon cancer screening: Is it time for a patient
friendly approach?
Dr Kasinathan Muralidharan, Senior Director,
Molecular Genetics, Quest Diagnostics Nichols
Institute, Chantilly, Virginia, USA
15:30 Preferred sample type for clinical chemistry:
Serum or plasma
Dr Aparna Jha Ahuja, PG Hospital Management,
IF CAP, Head of Medical Affairs – PAS East
Europe, Middle East and Africa, BD Diagnostics,
Dubai, UAE
16:00 CLOSE OF TRACK E - CLINICAL CHEMISTRY
Activity Directors:
Dr Mansour Al-Zarouni, Consultant Medical Molecular
Microbiologist, Director, SRL Diagnostics, DHCC, Dubai, UAE
Dr Fadi W. Abdul-Karim, Professor of Pathology and Vice
Chair for Education, Robert Tomsich Pathology and Lab Med
Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Dr Kandice Kottke-Marchant, Chair- Pathology Laboratory
Medicine Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Organising Committee:
Dr Najat Rashid, Consultant A, Clinical Molecular
Biochemist, Director of Federal, Medical Laboratories,
Ministry of Health, UAE
Speaker Faculty:
Dr Aparna Jha Ahuja, PG Hospital Management, IF CAP,
Head of Medical Affairs – PAS East Europe, Middle East
and Africa, BD Diagnostics, Dubai, UAE
Dr Aw Tar Choon, Professor and Chemical Pathologist,
Department of Laboratory Medicine, Changi Hospital,
Singapore
Dr Bernard Nasr, Foeto-maternal Specialist, Haykal Hospital,
Clemenceau Medical Center, Notre Dame University
Hospital, Tripoli, Lebanon
Dr Kasinathan Muralidharan, Senior Director, Molecular
Genetics, Quest Diagnostics Nichols Institute, Chantilly,
Virginia, USA
Sten Westgard, Director, Client Services and Technology,
Westgard QC, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
Dr Stephen Harding, Research and Development Director,
The Binding Site, Birmingham, UK
Professor Wolfgang Holzgreve, Director, University of Bonn,
Bonn, Switzerland
Dr Youssef Maakaroun, Medical Management, Export
Manager Asia – Middle East, Sebia, France
Clinical Chemistry
“The MEDLAB Congress is a
must-attend for all laboratory
specialists. The programme has a
strong focus on disseminating and
updating knowledge, as well as
empowering laboratory professionals
with the latest information to diagnose,
forecast, treat and follow patients in
the most effective way possible.”
Dr Aparna Jha Ahuja, PG Hospital Management,
IF CAP, Head of Medical Affairs – PAS East Europe,
Middle East and Africa, BD Diagnostics,
Dubai, UAE

8. Track
F
Thursday,29January2015
Haematology
SESSION 1
Moderator: Dr Rania Medhat Seliem, Consultant
Haematopathologist, Head of Pathology Laboratory,
Rashid Hospital, Dubai, UAE
10:00 Monocyte subpopulations: Biological and clinical
significance in different pathologies
Elena Sukhacheva, Senior Manager Scientific Affairs
Global, Haematology, Beckman Coulter Eurocenter,
Nyon, Switzerland
10:30 Coagulation inhibitors and acquired haemophilia talk
Dr Kandice Kottke-Marchant, Chair- Pathology
Laboratory Medicine Institute, Cleveland Clinic,
Cleveland, Ohio, USA
11:00 Heparin-induced thrombocytopenia: From diagnosis
to laboratory management
Dr Jovan Antovic, Associate Professor, Coagulation
Research, Karolinska University Hospital,
Stockholm, Sweden
11:30 COFFEE BREAK
SESSION 2
Moderator: Dr Rania Medhat Seliem, Consultant
Haematopathologist, Head of Pathology Laboratory,
Rashid Hospital, Dubai, UAE
12:00 Myeloproliferative neoplasms: A 2015 update
Dr Curtis A. Hanson, Haematopathologist,
Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology,
Professor, Mayo Clinic’s College of Medicine,
Rochester, Minnesota, USA
12:30 Childhood MDS: Unlocking the old mystery
Dr Hisham Shams, Director of Al-Borg
Academic Affairs, Chief Medical Officer,
Al-Borg Medical Laboratories, Jeddah, KSA
13:00 Safety measures in blood banks
Dr Reem Al Radwan, Medical Director,
Kuwait Central Blood Bank, Kuwait, Kuwait
13:30 LUNCH BREAK
SESSION 3
Moderator: Dr Rania Medhat Seliem, Consultant
Haematopathologist, Head of Pathology Laboratory,
Rashid Hospital, Dubai, UAE
15:00 Bone marrow synoptic reporting guidelines
Dr Cordelia Sever, Vice-President and Director
of Clinical Pathology, CAP, Pathology Associates,
Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA
15:30 Best practices in transfusion medicine
Dr Reem Al Radwan, Medical Director, Kuwait Central
Blood Bank, Kuwait, Kuwait
16:00 Quality assurance and improvement in haematology
Dr Cordelia Sever, Vice-President and Director
of Clinical Pathology, CAP, Pathology Associates,
Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA
16:30 CLOSE OF TRACK F - HAEMATOLOGY
Activity Directors:
Dr Mansour Al-Zarouni, Consultant Medical Molecular
Microbiologist, Director, SRL Diagnostics, DHCC, Dubai, UAE
Dr Fadi W. Abdul-Karim, Professor of Pathology and Vice
Chair for Education, Robert Tomsich Pathology and Lab Med
Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Dr Kandice Kottke-Marchant, Chair- Pathology Laboratory
Medicine Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Organising Committee:
Dr Rania Medhat Seliem, Consultant Haematopathologist,
Head of Pathology Laboratory, Rashid Hospital, Dubai, UAE
Speaker Faculty:
Dr Cordelia Sever, Vice-President and Director of Clinical
Pathology, CAP, Pathology Associates, Albuquerque, New
Mexico, USA
Dr Curtis A. Hanson, Haematopathologist, Department of
Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Professor, Mayo Clinic’s
College of Medicine, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
Elena Sukhacheva, Senior Manager Scientific Affairs
Global, Haematology, Beckman Coulter Eurocenter, Nyon,
Switzerland
Dr Hisham Shams, Director of Al-Borg Academic Affairs, Chief
Medical Officer, Al-Borg Medical Laboratories, Jeddah, KSA
Dr Jovan Antovic, Associate Professor, Coagulation Research,
Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
Dr Reem Al Radwan, Medical Director, Kuwait Central
Blood Bank, Kuwait, Kuwait
“Every year the MEDLAB conference
and exhibition grows bigger and the
scientific programme gets stronger.
With several tracks spanning all the
disciplines of the clinical laboratory
and its world-class speakers; MEDLAB
is the conference of choice for lab
professionals in the Middle East”
Dr Rania Medhat Seliem, Consultant
Haematopathologist, Head of Pathology
Laboratory, Rashid Hospital, Dubai, UAE
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