Husain A. Al-Awadhi (UAE)

Critical Care: The Year In Review

Day 1 - Thursday 05 March 2015

11:25 - 11:50

Al-Ameera I Hall

Amr Albanna (KSA)

Endobronchial Ultrasound (EBUS) Workshop

Prof. Stefano Aliberti (Italy)

Non-CF Bronchiectasis: A renewed Interest to Pulmonologists

Day 2 - Friday 06 March 2015

10:00 - 10:30

Baniyas II Hall

Multidrug Resistant Pathogens in Patients with CAP

Day 2 - Friday 06 March 2015

16:10 - 16:35

Baniyas II Hall

Pneumococcal Vaccinations: Comparisons & Indications

Day 3 - Saturday 07 March 2015

09:30 - 10:00

Baniyas II Hall

Khalid Aziz Ansari (KAS)

Pulmonary Function Testing: Techniques and Interpretation Workshop

Vladimir Anikin (UK)

Modern Approaches to the Management of Malignant Pleural Effusion

Day 2 - Friday 06 March 2015

14:00 - 14:25

Al-Ameera II Hall

The Role of Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery in Treatment of Empyema

Day 2 - Friday 06 March 2015

14:50 - 15:15

Al-Ameera II Hall

Modern and Evolving Modalities in Treatment of Lung Cancer

Day 2 - Friday 06 March 2015

16:10 - 16:35

Al-Ameera III Hall

Yasser Mahmoud Ajina (UAE)

Percutaneous Dilational Tracheostomy (PDT) Course Workshop

Teresa Arora (Qatar)

Metabolic Consequences of Obstructive Sleep Apnea

Day 1 - Thursday 05 March 2015

16:35 - 17:00

Al-Ameera I Hall

Mohamed Azzam (KAS)

ECMO in Managing Massive PE

Day 3 - Saturday 07 March 2015

11:50 - 12:15

Baniyas III Hall

Dr. Saba Q. Alheialy (KSA)

Role of T-Cell in Asthma

Day 1 - Thursday 05 March 2015

11:25 - 11:50

Baniyas II Hall

Prof. Ahmed S. BaHammam (KSA)

Impact of the New Hypopnea Criteria on the Severity of OSA

Day 1 - Thursday 05 March 2015

16:10 - 16:35

Al-Ameera II Hall

Prof. Peter John Barnes (UK)

New Developments in COPD

Day 2 - Friday 06 March 2015

08:30 - 09:00

Baniyas II Hall

Accelerated Ageing in COPD and its Comorbidities

Day 2 - Friday 06 March 2015

11:25 -11:50

Baniyas II Hall

Corticosteroid Resistance in COPD

Day 2 - Friday 06 March 2015

14:00 - 14:25

Baniyas II Hall

Ali M. Al-Barrak(KSA)

Emerging Viral Infections / International Threats

Day 3 - Saturday 07 March 2015

09:00 - 09:30

Baniyas II Hall

Prof. Giovanni Battista Migliori (Italy)

MDR-TB: Are New Drugs Enough?

Day 1 - Thursday 05 March 2015

16:35 - 17:00

Baniyas II Hall

The White Plague is Back

Day 2 - Friday 06 March 2015

09:00 - 09:30

Baniyas II Hall

Prof. Elisabeth Bel (Netherlands)

Definition and Diagnosis of Severe Asthma

Day 1 - Thursday 05 March 2015

11:00 - 11:25

Baniyas II Hall

Phenotype-Guided Treatment of Severe Asthma

Day 1 - Thursday 05 March 2015

11:50 - 12:15

Baniyas II Hall

Prof. Peter Cahusac (KSA)

The Do’s and Dont’s of Statistical Analysis

Day 1 - Thursday 05 March 2015

14:00 - 14:25

Al-Ameera III Hall

Abdullah AlDalaan (KSA)

The Link Between Acute PE and CTEPH

Day 1 - Thursday 05 March 2015

11:25 - 11:50

Al-Ameera II Hall

Paras Dalal (UK)

Imaging in Interstitial Lung Disease

Day 1 - Thursday 05 March 2015

14:00 - 14:25

Al-Ameera II Hall

Imaging of Aspergillus Related Lung Disease

Day 2 - Friday 06 March 2015

11:50 -12:15

Al-Ameera II Hall

Lung Cancer Imaging- Where Are We Now?

Day 2 - Friday 06 March 2015

16:35 - 17:00

Al-Ameera III Hall

Hasan M Al-Dorzi (KSA)

DVT Diagnosis: Saudi Clinical Practice Guidelines

Day 3 - Saturday 07 March 2015

11:25 - 11:50

Baniyas III Hall

Bashair AlFozan (KSA)

Patient-Ventilator Synchrony: Current Update

Day 3 - Saturday 07 March 2015

14:25 - 14:50

Baniyas I Hall

Prof. Thomas Ferkol (USA)

Cystic Fibrosis: State of the Art

Day 1 - Thursday 05 March 2015

09:00 - 09:30

Baniyas II Hall

Viral Origins of Childhood Asthma

Day 2 - Friday 06 March 2015

11:00 -11:25

Al-Ameera III Hall

Preventing Infectious Complications of Cystic Fibrosis

Day 2 - Friday 06 March 2015

11:50 -12:15

Al-Ameera III Hall

Prof. Qutayba Hamid (Canada)

Asthma- COPD Overlap Syndrome

Day 1 - Thursday 05 March 2015

08:30 - 09:00

Baniyas II Hall

The Role of Steroid Resistance in Refractory Asthma

Day 1 - Thursday 05 March 2015

14:00 - 14:25

Baniyas II Hall

Fahad Al Hameed (KSA)

VTE Management, New Era

Day 3 - Saturday 07 March 2015

11:00 - 11:25

Baniyas III Hall

Nasser Al Harbi (KSA)

Bronchiolitis; An Update

Day 2 - Friday 06 March 2015

11:25 -11:50

Al-Ameera III Hall

Prof. R. Duncan Hite (USA)

Critical Care Delivery – Current & Future Care Models

Day 1 - Thursday 05 March 2015

11:00 - 11:25

Al-Ameera I Hall

SEPSIS- Approach to Treatment and Care

Day 1 - Thursday 05 March 2015

11:50 - 12:15

Al-Ameera I Hall

ARDS- All Aspects

Day 1 - Thursday 05 March 2015

14:00 - 14:25

Al-Ameera I Hall

Sarah El Homsi (Canada)

The Logic Path for Lung Protection!

Day 1 - Thursday 05 March 2015

11:25 - 11:50

Al-Ameera III Hall

Mohammed Al-Houqani (UAE)

Sleep Apnea

Day 2 - Friday 06 March 2015

15:45 - 16:10

Al-Ameera II Hall

Fatma AL Hurish (Kuwait)

Pulmonary Embolism

Day 2 - Friday 06 March 2015

16:10 - 16:35

Al-Ameera II Hall

Majdy M. Idrees (KSA)

Thrombotic Lung Diseases: What is New?

DAY 1 - THURSDAY 05 MARCH 2015

10:00 - 10:30

Baniyas II Hall

Waleed Jasim (UAE)

Cortical Spreading Depolarization: Novel Mechanism in Neuro-ICU

DAY 1 - THURSDAY 05 MARCH 2015

16:35-17:00

Al-Ameera I Hall

Jung-Gi Im (South Korea)

Pulmonary Tuberculosis Imaging: An Update

Day 2 - Friday 06 March 2015

11:25 -11:50

Al-Ameera II Hall

Ahmed Aljabbary (KSA)

Traumatic Brain Injury: Update on Management 2015

Day 1 - THURSDAY 05 MARCH 2015

15:45 - 16:10

Al-Ameera I Hall

Hassan Jaafar (UAE)

Precision Therapy in Lung Cancer

Day 2 - Friday 06 March 2015

14:00 - 14:25

Al-Ameera III Hall

Prof. Abdul Rahman Jazieh (KSA)

Challenges in Multidisciplinary Care of Lung Tumors

DAY 2 - FRIDAY 06 MARCH 2015

14:50 - 15:15

Al-Ameera III Hall

Jimbo Varnum (USA)

Transpulmonary Pressure Monitoring: Is ARDSnet Good Enough?

Day 1 - Thursday 05 March 2015

11:00 - 11:25

Al-Ameera III Hall

HFOV in ARDS: Is There a Role in 2015?

Day 1 - Thursday 05 March 2015

14:25 - 14:50

Al-Ameera I Hall

Ahmed Abdulaziz Aljohaney, MBBS, DABIM, FRCPC

Endobronchial Ultrasound (EBUS) Worshop

Prof. Cihangir Kaymaz (Turkey)

Role of Prostanoids in the Treatment of Pulmonary Hypertension

Day 1 - Thursday 05 March 2015

11:50 - 12:15

Al-Ameera II Hall

Javed Khan (KSA)

The Saudi Guidelines on COPD at a Glance

Day 2 - Friday 06 March 2015

14:50 - 15:15

Baniyas II Hall

Prof. Emad A. Koshak (KSA)

Primary Prevention of Allergy and Asthma Through Nutrition

Day 3 - Saturday 07 March 2015

10:00 - 10:30

Baniyas II Hall

Prof. Robert Kotloff (USA)

ILD: A Case-Based Overview

Day 1 - Thursday 05 March 2015

14:50 - 15:15

Al-Ameera II Hall

Therapeutic Options for Advanced COPD

Day 2 - Friday 06 March 2015

11:50 - 12:15

Baniyas II Hall

Pulmonary Infections in the Solid Organ Transplant Recipient

Day 2 - Friday 06 March 2015

15:45 - 16:10

Baniyas II Hall

Ayse E. Küpeli (Turkey)

Endobronchial Ultrasound (EBUS) Workshop

Prof. Kook-Hyun LEE (South Korea)

Preoperative Respiratory Assessment and Care

Day 2 - Friday 06 March 2015

16:10 - 16:35

Al-Ameera I Hall

Bassam Mahboub (UAE)

Anti-IgE Therapy for Asthma Gulf Experience

Day 1 - Thursday 05 March 2015

14:25 - 14:50

Baniyas II Hall

Saeeda Almarzooqi (UAE)

Pathology Workup of Lung Cancer

Day 2 - Friday 06 March 2015

14:25 - 14:50

Al-Ameera III Hall

Prof. Atul C. Mehta (USA)

Lung Transplantation: What a Pulmonologist Should Know?

Day 3 - Saturday 07 March 2015

08:30 - 09:00

Baniyas II Hall

Endobronchial Ultrasound (EBUS) Workshop

Prof. Mohamed S. Al Moamary (KSA)

How to Get Your Paper Published? Workshop

Abdullah Al Mohammadi (KSA)

Early Intervention of Noninvasive Ventilation in ER

Day 2 - Friday 06 March 2015

15:45 - 16:10

Al-Ameera I Hall

Ahmed Al Muhaideb (KSA)

PET-CT Pulmonary Imaging

Day 2 - Friday 06 March 2015

11:00 -11:25

Al-Ameera II Hall

Mohammed Alabdrab Alnabi (KSA)

Bedside Thoracic Ultrasound

Prof. Paolo Navalesi (Italy)

Secretion Management In Intensive Care Patients

Day 2 - Friday 06 March 2015

11:25 -11:50

Al-Ameera I Hall

Noninvasive Ventilation in Acute Respiratory Failure

Day 2 - Friday 06 March 2015

14:00 - 14:25

Al-Ameera I Hall

Jose Rex Navarrosa (KSA)

Pulmonary Function Testing: Techniques and Interpretation Worshop

Prof. Anton Vonk Noordegraaf (Netherlands)

The Right Ventricle in Lung Disease

Day 1 - Thursday 05 March 2015

11:00 - 11:25

Al-Ameera I Hall

Update on Management of Pulmonary Hypertension

Day 2 - Friday 06 March 2015

09:30 - 10:00

Baniyas II Hall

Ghazi Alotaibi (KSA)

Pulmonary Function Testing: Techniques and Interpretation Workshop

Hajed Alotaibi (KSA)

Pulmonary Function Testing: Techniques and Interpretation Workshop

Prof. Michael Polkey (UK)

New Developments in OSA

Day 1 - Thursday 05 March 2015

15:45 - 16:10

Al-Ameera II Hall

Skeletal Muscle Dysfunction in COPD

Day 2 - Friday 06 March 2015

11:00 -11:25

Baniyas II Hall

Weaning from Mechanical Ventilation: Protocols, Difficulties & Challenges

Day 2 - Friday 06 March 2015

14:50 - 15:15

Al-Ameera I Hall

Abdullah S. ALQarni (KSA)

Pulmonary Function Testing: Techniques and Interpretation Workshop

Maher Mubark AlQuaimi (KSA)

Compatibility in Aerosolized Medications

Day 2 - Friday 06 March 2015

16:35 - 17:00

Al-Ameera I Hall

Abdulrahman A Alrajhi (KSA)

Tuberculosis in Transplantation

Day 1 - Thursday 05 March 2015

16:10 - 16:35

Baniyas II Hall

Prof. Omar A. Al Rawas (Oman)

Pulmonary Function Testing: Techniques and Interpretation Workshop

Prof. Luca Richeldi (UK)

Treatment of IPF: The Start of a New Era

Day 1 - Thursday 05 March 2015

09:30 - 10:00

Baniyas II Hall

Smoking Related ILD: Diagnosis and Management

Day 1 - Thursday 05 March 2015

14:25 - 14:50

Al-Ameera II Hall

Tuberculosis Management in the Immunosuppressed Patients

Day 1 - Thursday 05 March 2015

15:45 - 16:10

Baniyas II Hall

Michael Rodgers (UAE)

ECMO for Acute Respiratory Failure

Day 1 - Thursday 05 March 2015

14:50 - 15:15

Al-Ameera I Hall

Ultrasound of the Lung in Acute Respiratory Failure

Day 2 - Friday 06 March 2015

11:50 -12:15

Al-Ameera I Hall

Alawi S. Alsaeedi (KSA)

Percutaneous Dilational Tracheostomy (PDT) Course Workshop

Sam Sara (UAE)

Delirium and Encephalopathy in the ICU

Day 1 - Thursday 05 March 2015

16:10 - 16:35

Al-Ameera I Hall

Considerations in Caring for The Critically Ill Geriatric Patients

Day 2 - Friday 06 March 2015

11:00 -11:25

Al-Ameera I Hall

Yaser Abu El Sameed (UAE)

Medical Pleuroscopy: Diagnosis and Management

Day 2 - Friday 06 March 2015

14:25 - 14:50

Al-Ameera II Hall

Nasser A. Al Shekeili (Oman)

Pneumonia

Day 2 - Friday 06 March 2015

16:35 - 17:00

Al-Ameera II Hall

Abdullah A. Al Shimemeri (KSA)

Non-CF Bronchiectasis, a Multidisciplinary Approach

Day 2 - Friday 06 March 2015

16:35 - 17:00

Baniyas II Hall

Ali H. Altalag (KSA)

Bedside Thoracic Ultrasound Workshop

Haytham Tlayjeh (KSA)

Percutaneous Dilational Tracheostomy (PDT) Course Workshop

Prof Dr. med. J. Christian Virchow (Germany)

Understanding the Risk of Pneumonia from ICS in COPD Patients

Day 2 - Friday 06 March 2015

14:25 - 14:50

Baniyas II Hall

Marwah Wakkas (KSA)

Pulmonary Function Testing: Techniques and Interpretation Workshop

Kheder Al Zahrani (KSA)

Severe Asthma: Regional Practice

Day 1 - Thursday 05 March 2015

14:50 - 15:15

Baniyas II Hall