Baniyas II
Thursday, 05 March 2015 | Morning Session (08:30 - 12:15)
Baniyas II
Plenary Session: American Thoracic Society (ATS) - Update in Pulmonary Medicine
Chairing:
Mohamed S. Al Hajjaj (KSA) – Thomas Ferkol (USA)
Time: 08:30 - 09:00
Asthma- COPD Overlap Syndrome
Qutayba Hamid (Canada)
Time: 09:00 - 09:30
Cystic Fibrosis: State of the Art
Thomas Ferkol (USA)
Time: 09:30 - 10:00
Treatment of IPF: The Start of a New Era
Luca Richeldi (UK)
Time: 10:00 - 10:30
Thrombotic Lung Diseases: What is New?
Majdy Idrees (KSA)
10:30 - 11:00 COFFEE BREAK
Hall: Baniyas II
Session: 11:00 - 12:15
Severe Asthma - I
Chairing:
TBA
Time: 11:00 -11:25
Definition and Diagnosis of Severe Asthma
Elisabeth Bel (Netherlands)
Time: 11:25 - 11:50
Role of T-Cell in Asthma
Saba AlHeialy (KSA)
Time: 11:50 -12:15
Phenotype-Guided Treatment of Severe Asthma
Elisabeth Bel (Netherlands)
12:45 - 14:00 LUNCH BREAK
Thursday, 05 March 2015 | Afternoon Session (14:00 - 15:15)
Hall: Baniyas II
Severe Asthma II
Chairing:
TBA
Time: 14:00 - 14:25
The Role of Steroid Resistance in Refractory Asthma
Qutayba Hamid (Canada)
Time: 14:25 - 14:50
Anti-IgE Therapy for Asthma Gulf Experience
Bassam Mahboub (UAE)
Time: 14:50 - 15:15
Severe Asthma: Regional Practice
Kheder Al Zahrani (KSA)
15:15 - 15:45 COFFEE BREAK
Hall: Baniyas II
Session:15:45 - 17:00
Tuberculosis
Chairing:
TBA
Time: 15:45 - 16:10
Tuberculosis Management in the Immunosuppressed Patiens
Luca Richeldi (UK)
Time: 16:10 - 16:35
Tuberculosis in Transplantation
Abdulrahman Alrajhi (KSA)
Time: 16:35 - 17:00
MDR-TB: Are New Drugs Enough?
Giovanni Battista Migliori (Italy)
15:15 - 15:45 COFFEE BREAK
Friday, 06 March 2015 | Morning Session (08:30 - 12:15)
Baniyas II
Plenary Session: European Respiratory Society (ERS) - Update in Pulmonary Medicine
Chairing:
Muslim Al Saadi (KSA) – Elisabeth Bel (Netherlands)
Time: 08:30 - 09:00
New Developments in COPD
Peter Barnes (UK)
Time: 09:00 - 09:30
The White Plague is Back
Giovanni Battista Migliori (Italy)
Time: 09:30 - 10:00
Update on Management of Pulmonary Hypertension
Anton Vonk Noordegraaf (Netherlands)
Time: 10:00 - 10:30
Non-CF Bronchiectasis: A renewed Interest to Pulmonologists
Stefano Aliberti (Italy)
Time: 10:00 - 10:30
PRESENTATION OF THE ANNALS OF THORACIC MEDICINE BEST THREE ABSTRACTS AWARD Mohamed Al Moamary, MBBS, ABIM, FRCP(Edin), FCCP Editor-in-Chief, Annals of Thoracic Medicine
10:30 - 11:00 COFFEE BREAK
Hall: Baniyas II
Session: 11:00 - 12:15
COPD - I
Chairing:
TBA
Time: 11:00 -11:25
Skeletal Muscle Dysfunction in COPD
Michael Polkey (UK)
Time: 11:25 - 11:50
Accelerated Ageing in COPD and its Comorbidities
Peter Barnes (UK)
Time: 11:50 -12:15
Therapeutic Options for Advanced COPD
Robert M. Kotloff (USA)
12:15 - 14:00 LUNCH BREAK
Friday, 06 March 2015 | Afternoon Session (14:00 - 15:15)
Hall: Baniyas II
COPD- II
Chairing:
TBA
Time: 14:00 - 14:25
Corticosteroid Resistance in COPD
Peter Barnes (UK)
Time: 14:25 - 14:50
Understanding the Risk of Pneumonia from ICS in COPD Patients
J. Christian Virchow (Germany
Time: 14:50 - 15:15
The Saudi Guidelines on COPD at a Glance
Javed Khan (KSA)
15:15 - 15:45 COFFEE BREAK
Hall: Baniyas II
Session:15:45 - 17:00
Lung Infections
Chairing:
TBA
Time: 15:45 - 16:10
Pulmonary Infections in the Solid Organ Transplant Recipient
Robert Kotloff (USA)
Time: 16:10 - 16:35
Multidrug Resistant Pathogens in Patients with CAP
Stefano Aliberti (Italy)
Time: 16:35 - 17:00
Non-CF Bronchiectasis, a Multidisciplinary Approach
Abdullah Alshimemeri (KSA)
END OF DAY 2
Saturday, 07 March 2015 | Morning Session (08:30 - 12:15)
Baniyas II
Plenary Session: Saudi Thoracic Society (STS) - Update in Pulmonary Medicine
Chairing:
TBA
Time: 08:30 - 09:00
Lung Transplantation: What a Pulmonologist Should Know?
Atul C. Mehta (USA)
Time: 09:00 - 09:30
Emerging Viral Infections/ International Threats
Ali Al Barrak (KSA)
Time: 09:30 - 10:00
Pneumococcal Vaccinations: Comparisons & Indications
Stefano Aliberti (Italy)
Time: 10:00 - 10:30
Primary Prevention of Allergy and Asthma Through Nutrition
Emad Koshak (KSA)
10:30 - 11:00 COFFEE BREAK
Hall: Baniyas II
Session: 11:00 - 12:15
Challenging Clinical Cases
Chairing:
Moderator: Mohamed Zeitouni (KSA)
Time: 11:00 -11:25
IgG4 Disease: Rare Case Presenter
Ranjit Singh (India)
Master Radiologist: Jung-Gi Im (S. Korea)
Master Pathologist: Aaron Han (UAE)
Clinician:
Time: 11:25 - 11:50
A Case of Hemothorax Presenter:
Adil Al Sulami (KSA)
Master Radiologist: Abdullah Al Jebreen (KSA)
Clinician:
Time: 11:50 -12:15
The Great Masquerade! Presenter:
Joseph Hope Cal (KSA)
Master Radiologist: Abdullah Al Jebreen (KSA)
Master Pathologistt: Aaron Han (UAE)
Clinician:
12:15 - 12:30 CLOSING REMARKS
END OF DAY 3