The 8th Middle East Anaesthesia Conference takes place on 28-29 January 2015 at Arab Health in Dubai and will focus on the discussion of anaesthesia and co-existing diseases. Advanced research from experts in the field will feature the ins and outs of a wide range of diseases, from common to rare, through detailed discussions of each disease's unique features. Leading experts provide guidance to successfully avoid or manage complications stemming from pre-existing medical conditions. The session topics will feature effective management of special patient populations, identification of “at risk patients” and adequate preoperative preparation, administration of safe anaesthetics to patients, careful selection of anaesthetic technique and drugs to reduce morbidity and mortality during the perioperative period. Key themes: Common co-existing diseases Cardiac co-morbidities Respiratory co-morbidities Endocrine co-morbidities Patients with the liver disease Patients with cognitive diseases Patients with muscloskletal diseases

1. Key topics:
• Common co-existing diseases
• Cardiac comorbidities
• Respiratory comorbidities
• Endocrine comorbidities
• Patients with liver disease
• Patients with cognitive diseases
• Patients with musculoskletal diseases
• Infectious diseases and anaesthesia
8th Middle East
Anaesthesia
Conference
28-29 January 2015
Dubai International Convention & Exhibition Centre
Benefits of attending:
• Discuss conditions of high risk patients
• Identify adequate preoperative preparation
procedures
• Review management of common co-existing
diseases
• Examine careful selection of anaesthetic
techniques
• Manage complications stemming from pre-existing
medical conditions
• Analyse anaesthetic management of patients with
infectious diseases
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2. Dear Healthcare Professional,
I am pleased to present you with the conference programme for the 8th Middle East Anaesthesia Conference, taking place on
28-29 January 2015 at the Dubai International Convention & Exhibition Centre.
Provided by the Cleveland Clinic, this conference is part of the Arab Health Congress, the world’s largest multi-track medical
congress. Furthermore, it is one of a handful of events in the region to offer Continuing Medical Education (CME) to attending
medical professionals via its scientific exchange.
In its 8th edition, the scientific discussions at this conference will focus on case studies on anaesthesia and co-existing diseases.
Advanced research from experts in this field will cover the ins and outs of a wide range of diseases, from common to rare, through
detailed discussions of the unique features of each disease. Leading experts will provide guidance to successfully avoid or manage
complications stemming from pre-existing medical conditions.
On behalf of the organising committee, I look forward to welcoming you to Dubai in January.
Yours sincerely,
Prof M. Samy Abdel Raheem,
Scientific Chair,
8th Middle East Anaesthesia Conference
P.S. Contact the Arab Health Congress registration team directly to learn more about group discounts and early bird rates.
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Who should attend
• Anaesthesiologists
• Pain Medicine Specialists
• Intensivists
• Anaesthesia Nurses
• Anaesthesia Technicians
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 11 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.
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3. DAY One: Wednesday, 28 January 2015
08:30 Opening remarks by the Chair
Prof M. Samy Abdel Raheem, Consultant
Anaesthetist, Corniche Hospital, Abu Dhabi, UAE;
Professor in Anaesthesia, Asyut University,
Asyut, Egypt
SESSION 1: CARDIAC COMORBIDITIES
Moderator: Dr Rafi Avitsian, Associate Professor of
Anaesthesiology, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine,
Section Head, Neurosurgical Anesthesiology, Program
Director, Neurosurgical Anaesthesia Fellowship, Cleveland
Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
08:40 Ischemic heart disease: Known or suspected?
Anaesthetic implications
Dr Arun Kumar, Consultant Anaesthetist, Sheikh
Khalifa Medical City, Abu Dhabi, UAE
09:00 Anaesthesia for parturients with cardiac disease
Dr Tarek Ansari, Consultant & Chief of Service,
Department of Anaesthesia, Corniche Hospital,
Abu Dhabi, UAE
09:20 Anaesthetic considerations in patients with
pacemakers/AICDs
Dr Amr Zidan, Chairman, Department of Anaesthesia
and Pain Management, Tawam Hospital; Assistant
Professor, Johns Hopkins Medicine, Al Ain, UAE
09:40 Q&A
10:00 COFFE BREAK
SESSION 2: RESPIRATORY
COMORBIDITIES
Moderator: Prof M. Samy Abdel Raheem, Consultant
Anaesthetist, Corniche Hospital, Abu Dhabi, UAE; Professor in
Anaesthesia, Asyut University, Asyut, Egypt
10:30 Preoperative optimisation, risk assessment and
management of COPD patients
Prof Yehia Khater, Professor of Anaesthesia, ICU,
Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt; Acting President, Pan
Arab Federation of Societies of Anaesthesiologists;
Chairman, Executive Committee, World Federation of
Societies of Anaesthesiologists, London, UK
10:50 Pulmonary hypertension: Perioperative
management
Dr Kalpana Krishna Reddy, Consultant Anaesthetist,
Sheikh Khalifa Medical City, Abu Dhabi, UAE
11:30 Q&A
12:00 LUNCH BREAK
SESSION 3: COGNITIVE COMORBIDITIES
AND ANAESTHESIA
Moderator: Dr Tarek Ansari, Consultant & Chief of Service,
Department of Anaesthesia, Corniche Hospital,
Abu Dhabi, UAE
13:30 Anaesthesia and dementia: What is new?
Dr Pedro Amorim, Chief of Staff, Department of
Anaesthesiology, Hospital de Santo António, Centro
Hospitalar do Porto, Porto, Portugal
14:10 Children with special needs: Anaesthetic
implications
Prof M. Samy Abdel Raheem, Consultant
Anaesthetist, Corniche Hospital, Abu Dhabi, UAE;
Professor in Anaesthesia, Asyut University,
Asyut, Egypt
14:30 Q&A
14:50 COFFE BREAK
SESSION 4: HAEMATOLOGICAL
COMORBIDITIES
Moderator: Prof Yehia Khater, Professor of Anaesthesia, ICU,
Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt; Acting President, Pan Arab
Federation of Societies of Anaesthesiologists; Chairman,
Executive Committee, World Federation of Societies of
Anaesthesiologists, London, UK
15:20 The anaemic patient: When should we give blood?
Dr Massimo Lamperti, Consultant Anesthesiologist,
Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, UAE
16:10 Anti-platelet therapy in patients with coronary
stents: Perioperative management
Prof Mohamed Abdulatif, Professor of
Anaesthesiology, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University,
Cairo, Egypt; Associate Editor, British Journal of
Anaesthesia (BJA), Oxford, UK
16:30 Q&A
17:00 CLOSE OF DAY ONE

4. DAY two: Thursday, 29 January 2015
SESSION 5: ENDOCRINE
COMORBIDITIES
Moderator: Dr Amr Zidan, Chairman, Department of
Anaesthesia and Pain Management, Tawam Hospital; Assistant
Professor, Johns Hopkins Medicine, Al Ain, UAE
09:00 Super anaesthesia for super obese patients
Prof Mohamed Abdulatif, Professor of
Anaesthesiology, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo
University, Cairo, Egypt; Associate Editor, British
Journal of Anaesthesia (BJA), Oxford, UK
09:40 Perioperative glycaemic control
Speaker to be confirmed
10:00 Q&A
10:30 COFFE BREAK
SESSION 6: PATIENTS WITH
NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASES
Moderator: Prof Mohamed Abdulatif, Professor of
Anaesthesiology, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo,
Egypt; Associate Editor, British Journal of Anaesthesia (BJA),
Oxford, UK
11:00 Anaesthesia for patients with spine deformity
Speaker to be confirmed
11:20 Anaesthetic considerations in acute ischemic
stroke
Dr Rafi Avitsian, Associate Professor of
Anaesthesiology, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College
of Medicine, Section Head, Neurosurgical
Anaesthesiology; Programme Director,
Neurosurgical Anaesthesia Fellowship, Cleveland
Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
12:00 Q&A
12:30 LUNCH BREAK
SESSION 7: PATIENTS WITH LIVER/
KIDNEY DISEASES
Moderator: Dr Massimo Lamperti, Consultant
Anesthesiologist, Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi,
UAE
14:00 Anaesthetic considerations in liver disease
Dr Tony Cartwright, Consultant Anaesthesiologist,
Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, UAE
14:20 Anaesthetic management of patients with acute
kidney injury
Dr Antonio Ramirez, Staff Anaesthesiologist, General
Anaesthesiology, Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi,
Abu Dhabi, UAE
14:40 Q&A
15:00 COFFE BREAK
SESSION 8: ANAESTHESIA AND
MISCELLANEOUS CO-EXISTING
DISEASES
Moderator: Prof M. Samy Abdel Raheem, Consultant
Anaesthetist, Corniche Hospital, Abu Dhabi, UAE; Professor
in Anaesthesia, Asyut University, Asyut, Egypt
15:30 Adult patient with congenital heart disease
Speaker to be confirmed
15:50 Infectious disease and anaesthesia
Dr D. John Doyle, Chief, Department of General
Anaesthesia, Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi,
Abu Dhabi, UAE
16:10 Q&A
16:30 CLOSE OF CONFERENCE

5. Activity Directors
Prof M. Samy Abdel Raheem, Consultant
Anaesthetist, Corniche Hospital, Abu Dhabi, UAE;
Professor in Anaesthesia, Asyut University, Asyut,
Egypt
Dr Rafi Avitsian, Associate Professor of
Anaesthesiology, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College
of Medicine, Section Head, Neurosurgical
Anaesthesiology; Programme Director,
Neurosurgical Anaesthesia Fellowship,
Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Speaker faculty
Dr Amr Zidan, Chairman, Department of Anaesthesia and
Pain Management, Tawam Hospital; Assistant Professor,
Johns Hopkins Medicine, Al Ain, UAE
Dr Antonio Ramirez, Staff Anaesthesiologist, General
Anaesthesiology, Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Dr Arun Kumar, Consultant Anaesthetist, Sheikh Khalifa
Medical City, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Dr D. John Doyle, Chief, Department of General Anaesthesia,
Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Dr Kalpana Krishna Reddy, Consultant Anaesthetist,
Sheikh Khalifa Medical City, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Dr Massimo Lamperti, Consultant Anaesthesiologist, Cleveland
Clinic Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Prof Mohamed Abdulatif, Professor of Anaesthesiology, Faculty
of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt; Associate Editor,
British Journal of Anaesthesia (BJA), Oxford, UK
Dr Pedro Amorim, Chief of Staff, Department of Anaesthesiology,
Hospital de Santo António, Centro Hospitalar do Porto,
Porto, Portugal
Dr Tarek Ansari, Consultant & Chief of Service, Department of
Anaesthesia, Corniche Hospital, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Dr Tony Cartwright, Consultant Anaesthesiologist, Cleveland
Clinic Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Prof Yehia Khater, Professor of Anaesthesia, ICU, Cairo
University, Cairo, Egypt; Acting President, Pan Arab
Federation of Societies of Anaesthesiologists; Chairman,
Executive Committee, World Federation of Societies of
Anaesthesiologists, London, UK
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 resolution for all faculty conflicts of interest.
Faculty declaring a relevant interest will be identified in the activity syllabus.
Grantor acknowledgement
The Cleveland Clinic Foundation Center for Continuing Education
acknowledges educational grants for partial support of this activity from:
Gold
Dräger

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