The Lebanese Pulmonary Society is pleased to announce a 48 hours continuous educational program – NEWS in Pulmonary Medicine – to be held in Dubai on 14 and 15 november 2012. It will allow participants from different Middle Eastern countries to attend conferences focusing on pulmonary topics, given by Lebanese, Jordanian and American pulmonologists.
La Société Libanaise de Pneumologie est heureuse d’annoncer la tenue d’un programme de formation médicale continue de 48 heures – Nouvelles en Pneumologie – , qui se tiendra à Dubai les 14 et15 novembre 2012. Il permettra à des participants de different pays du Moyen-Orient d’assister à des conférences de mise au point sur divers sujets pneumologiques, données par des pneumologues libanais, jordaniens et américains.
Agenda
DAY ONE (14 November)
10:00 – 18:30
| 10:00 – 10:30 | COPD:Year in Review | Sanjay SETHI, USA |
| 10:30 – 11:00 | What is New in Diagnosing & Treating COPD | Sanjay SETHI, USA |
| 11:00 – 11:30 | AECB Diagnosis & Treatment | Sanjay SETHI, USA |
| 11:30 – 12:00 | Coffee Break | |
| 12:00 – 12:30 | Pathophysiology of Asthma | Wajdi ABISALEH, Lebanon |
| 12:30 – 13:00 | Phenotypes of Asthma | Wajdi ABISALEH, Lebanon |
| 13:00 – 13:30 | Update on Management of Bronchial Asthma | Mustafa ABDULHADI, Jordan |
| 13:30 – 15:00 | Lunch | |
| 15:00 – 16:00 | Guidelines for Management of Community Acquired Pneumonia | Georges KHAYAT, Lebanon |
| 16:00 – 16:30 | Health-Care Associated Pneumonia | Youssef NAWAS, Jordan |
| 16:30 – 17:00 | Coffee Break | |
| 17:00 – 17:30 | Overview of Obstructive Sleep Apnea | Mustafa ABDULHADI, Jordan |
| 17:30 – 18:00 | Sleep Apnea & Cardiovascuoar Diseases | Pierre BOUKHALIL, Lebanon |
| 18:00 – 18:30 | COPD & OSA, the Overlap | Pierre BOUKHALIL, Lebanon |
DAY TWO (15 November)
10:00 – 13:00
| 10:00 – 10:30 | Tobacco: From Leaves to Ashes | Youssef NAWAS, Jordan |
| 10:30 – 11:00 | Narghile, Cotinine, CO and Dependance | Zeina AOUNBACHA, Lebanon |
| 11:00 – 11:30 | Effective Interventions in Smoking Dependance | Zeina AOUNBACHA, Lebanon |
| 11:30 – 12:00 | Coffee Break | |
| 12:00 – 13:00 | Guidelines for Management of Pulmonary Hypertension | Georges KHAYAT, Lebanon |