The goal is to update surgeons with advancements in technology and innovation, surgical techniques and changes in the socioeconomic and healthcare demands in the region. Broad in its scope, the conference offers an opportunity to gain an understanding of the latest developments in the field of surgery that encompass, hepatobiliary surgery, surgical gastroenterology, bariatric and metabolic surgery, endocrine surgery, surgical oncology, trauma and surgical intensive care. Providing a vast array of educational and networking opportunities with the aim to enhance the care of surgical patients through state-of-the-art educational lectures, this three-day conference will bring attendees up-to-date on cutting-edge knowledge through sessions on key and diverse aspects of surgery. Key themes Bariatric surgery Post-bariatric surgery Metabolic surgery Robotic surgery IT advancement in OR technologies GI Surgery Colorectal Hernia Laparoscopic surgery Adrenals, pancreas and hepatobiliary surgery Endocrine surgery Ethics in surgical practice Breast diseases Trauma

1. Key topics:
• Bariatric surgery
• Metabolic surgery
• Gastrointestinal surgery
• Hernia surgery
• Endocrine surgery
• Breast reconstruction
• Pancreas and kidney transplantation
• Surgical oncology
14th Middle East
Surgery Conference
27-29 January 2015
Dubai International Convention & Exhibition Centre
Benefits of attending:
• Identify technological advancements in upper and
lower gastrointestinal surgery
• Evaluate standard current practices in surgical
oncology for the general surgeon
• Review surgical techniques for hernia
• Appraise the latest developments in bariatric and
metabolic surgery
• Identify evolving trends in endocrine surgery
• Discuss challenges in breast surgical procedures
• Examine advances in paediatric kidney transplantation
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26-29 January 2015
Dubai International Convention & Exhibition Centre
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2. Dear Healthcare Professional,
I am pleased to present you with the programme for the 14th Middle East Surgery Conference, taking place on 27-29 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.
With the goal of updating surgeons with advancements in technology and innovation, surgical techniques and changes in the
socioeconomic and healthcare demands in the region, the scientific agenda is designed to cater for the special interests of surgeons
at all levels of expertise, from consultant surgeons to surgical trainees, as well as students and surgical nurses.
The conference offers an opportunity to gain an understanding of the latest developments in bariatric surgery, metabolic surgery,
gastrointestinal surgery, hernia surgery, endocrine surgery, breast surgery, pancreas and kidney transplantations and surgical
oncology.
Providing a vast array of educational and networking opportunities and aims to enhance the care of surgical patients through
state-of-the-art educational lectures, this three-day conference will bring attendees up-to-date on cutting-edge knowledge
through sessions on key and diverse aspects of surgery.
On behalf of the organising committee, I look forward to seeing you in Dubai in January 2015.
Yours sincerely,
Dr Faruq M Badiuddin
Activity Director
14th Middle East Surgery Conference
P.S. Contact the Arab Health Congress registration team directly to learn more about group discounts and early bird rates.
Call +971 4 336 7334 or email ahcongress@informa.com.
Who should attend
• Bariatric Surgeons
• Breast Surgeons
• Endocrine Surgeons
• Gastro Intestinal Surgeons
• General Surgeons
• Oncologists
• Surgical Nurses
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 14.75 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.
Arab Health Innovation
& Achievement Awards 2015
Tuesday, 27 January 2015
Excellence in Surgery Services
This award is presented to the organisation or department that has made the greatest
contribution in the field of surgery.
Young Surgeon of the Year Award
This award aims to recognise the accomplishments of young surgeons where all surgical
residents, fellows, and surgeons up to the age of 40 are eligible to apply for the award.
AWARDS 2015
For more information about the Arab Health Awards 2015, visit www.arabhealthonline.com/awards

3. DAY One: Tuesday, 27 January 2015
08:50 Opening remarks by the Chair
Dr Faruq M Badiuddin, Specialist General Surgeon, General,
Laparoscopic & Obesity Surgery, Mediclinic Dubai Mall, Dubai,
UAE; President, Emirates Obesity and Metabolic Surgery
Interest Group, Dubai, UAE
Session 1: UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL SURGERY
Moderator: Dr Matthew Walsh, General Surgeon, Department of
General Surgery, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
09:00 Patient with achalasia, laparoscopic Heller vs Peroral
Esophageal Myotomy (POEM)
Dr Matthew Kroh, Director of Surgical Endoscopy in the
Digestive Disease Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland,
Ohio, USA
09:15 Patient with normal duct chronic pancreatitis: Drainage
procedure vs total pancreatectomy and auto islets
Dr Matthew Walsh, Chair, Department of General Surgery,
Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
09:30 Hiatal Hernia: Endoscopic treatment vs laparoscopic surgery
Dr Frank Branicki, Chairman, Surgical Institute, Al Ain Hospital,
Al Ain, UAE
09:45 Interactive panel discussion: Surgical vs conservative
management of pancreatic cysts
Led by: Dr Matthew Walsh, Chair, Department of General
Surgery, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Dr Frank Branicki, Chairman, Surgical Institute, Al Ain Hospital,
Al Ain, UAE
Dr Matthew Kroh, Director of Surgical Endoscopy in the Digestive
Disease Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
10:05 Keynote lecture: Impact of diabetes in the society and
possible solutions
Dr Paul Stoffels, Chief Scientific Officer; Worldwide Chairman,
Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies, Johnson & Johnson,
New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA
10:30 COFFEE BREAK
Session 2: LOWER GASTROINTESTINAL SURGERY
Moderator: Dr Katalin Kalmar, Specialist General Surgeon, European
Board Certified Colorectal Surgeon, Mediclinic Dubai Mall, Dubai, UAE
11:00 What is new in the surgical management of inflammatory
bowel disease?
Speaker to be confirmed
11:15 Colorectal stromal tumours: How common are they and how
should they be managed?
Dr Faisel Ikram, Consultant General Surgeon and Surgical
Gastroenterologist, Mediclinic City Hospital, Dubai, UAE
11:30 Advances in anorectal fistula treatment
Dr Katharina Kessler, Consultant, General Surgery, Visceral
Surgery and Proctology, ESBQ Coloproctology, Al Ain Hospital,
Al Ain, UAE
11:45 Dynamic MRI proctography: Adding precision to the diagnosis
of pelvic floor disorders
Dr Katalin Kalmar, Specialist General Surgeon, European Board
Certified Colorectal Surgeon, Mediclinic Dubai Mall,
Dubai, UAE
12:00 Interactive panel discussion: Minimally invasive approaches
in rectal cancer management
Led by: Dr Joep Knol, Surgeon, Department of Colon and Rectal
Surgery, Jessa Hospital, Hasselt, Belgium
Dr Faisel Ikram, Consultant General Surgeon and Surgical
Gastroenterologist, Mediclinic City Hospital, Dubai, UAE
Dr Katharina Kessler, Consultant, General Surgery, Visceral
Surgery and Proctology, ESBQ Coloproctology, Al Ain Hospital,
Al Ain, UAE
Dr Katalin Kalmar, Specialist General Surgeon, European Board
Certified Colorectal Surgeon, Mediclinic Dubai Mall,
Dubai, UAE
12:30 LUNCH BREAK
Session 3: ENDOCRINE SURGERY
Moderator: Dr Rolf Ulrich Hartung, Consultant General Surgeon,
BR Medical Suites, Dubai Healthcare City, Dubai UAE
14:00 Thyroid cancer: When is radical neck dissection required?
Dr Sadir Al Arawi, Interim Chair, Department of Surgery,
Tawam Hospital, Al Ain, UAE
14:15 Continuous monitoring of nerves during thyroid and
parathyroid surgery: Does it improve outcome?
Prof Dr Dietmar Simon, Medical Director and Head of General
Surgery, Bethesda Hospital, Duisburg, Germany
14:30 Minimally invasive adrenal surgery
Dr Rolf Ulrich Hartung, Consultant General Surgeon,
BR Medical Suites, Dubai Healthcare City, Dubai UAE
15:00 Interactive panel discussion: Is endoscopic surgery for
endocrine diseases the future?
Led by: Dr Rolf Ulrich Hartung, Consultant General Surgeon,
BR Medical Suites, Dubai Healthcare City, Dubai UAE
Dr Sadir Al Arawi, Interim Chair, Department of Surgery,
Tawam Hospital, Al Ain, UAE
Prof Dr Dietmar Simon, Medical Director and Head of General
Surgery, Bethesda Hospital, Duisburg, Germany
15:30 COFFEE BREAK
Session 4: HERNIA SURGERY
Moderator: Dr Basim Al Khafaji, Consultant Surgeon, Canadian
Specialist Hospital, Dubai, UAE
16:00 Complex abdominal wall reconstruction techniques
Dr Matthew Kroh, Director of Surgical Endoscopy in the
Digestive Disease Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland,
Ohio, USA
16:15 Incisional hernia repair: Prevention and management of
accidental enterotomies
Prof Pradeep Chowbey, Immediate Past President,
International Federation for Surgery of Obesity and
Metabolic Disorders (IFSO); Chief of Surgery and Director of
Institute of Minimal Access, Metabolic & Bariatric Surgery,
Max Healthcare, Saket, New Delhi, India
16:30 Meshes and fixation in laparoscopic ventral
hernia repair
Dr Tim Tollens, Head of General Surgery Department,
Imelda Hospital, Bonheiden, Belgium
16:45 Interactive panel discussion: Irreducible and sliding inguinal
hernias: Is laparoscopic treatment feasible?
Led by: Dr Basim Al Khafaji, Consultant Surgeon, Canadian
Specialist Hospital, Dubai UAE
Dr Tim Tollens, Head of General Surgery Department,
Imelda Hospital, Bonheiden, Belgium
Prof Pradeep Chowbey, Immediate Past President,
International Federation for Surgery of Obesity and
Metabolic Disorders (IFSO); Chief of Surgery and Director of
Institute of Minimal Access, Metabolic & Bariatric Surgery, Max
Healthcare, Saket, New Delhi, India
Dr Matthew Kroh, Director of Surgical Endoscopy in the
Digestive Disease Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland,
Ohio, USA
17:15 END OF CONFERENCE DAY ONE

4. DAY two: Wednesday, 28 January 2015
Session 5: BARIATRIC/ METABOLIC SURGERY
Moderator: Dr Faruq M Badiuddin, Specialist General Surgeon,
General, Laparoscopic & Obesity Surgery, Mediclinic Dubai Mall,
Dubai, UAE; President, Emirates Obesity and Metabolic Surgery
Interest Group, Dubai, UAE
09:00 Do we need new metabolic procedures?
Dr Alfons Pomp, Leon C. Hirsch Professor of Surgery, Vice
Chairman, Department of Surgery; Chief, GI Metabolic and
Bariatric Surgery, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York
Presbyterian Hospital, New York, New York, USA
09:20 Defining success and failure in bariatric and metabolic surgery
Dr Martin Fried, Professor of Surgery, 1st Faculty of Medicine,
Charles University, ISCARE - Centre for Minimally, Invasive
and Bariatric Surgery, Prague, Czech Republic
09:40 Metabolic surgery for non-obese diabetics
Dr Mufazzal Ladkawala, Founder of the Centre for Obesity
and Digestive Surgery; Head of the Department of Minimal
Access and Bariatric Surgery, Saifee Hospital, Mumbai, India
10:00 The role of endoluminal therapy in metabolic surgery
Dr Matthew Kroh, Director of Surgical Endoscopy in the
Digestive Disease Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland,
Ohio, USA
10:20 Different techniques and results in the management of post
sleeve gastrectomy leaks
Dr Waleed Bukhari, Advanced Laparoscopy, Bariatric and
General Surgery Consultant, International Medical Center,
Jeddah, KSA
10:40 COFFEE BREAK
Session 6: BARIATRIC / METABOLIC SURGERY
Moderator: Dr Abdelrahman Nimeri, Head, Division of General,
Thoracic, & Vascular Surgery, Director, Bariatric & Metabolic Institute
(BMI), Sheikh Khalifa Medical City, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Dr Girish Juneja, Director, Bariatric Center, International Modern
Hospital, Dubai, UAE
11:10 Interactive panel discussion: Abdominal pain in a
patient with previous bariatric surgery - Emergency
room management
Led by: Dr Fawaz Chikh Torab, Associate Professor, Faculty
of Medicine and Health Sciences, UAE University; Senior
Consultant General, Trauma and Bariatric Surgery, Tawam
Hospital, Al Ain, UAE
Dr Martin Fried, Professor of Surgery, 1st Faculty of Medicine,
Charles University, ISCARE - Centre for Minimally, Invasive
and Bariatric Surgery, Prague, Czech Republic
Dr Matthew Kroh, Director of Surgical Endoscopy in the
Digestive Disease Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland,
Ohio, USA
11:30 Interactive panel discussion: The most ‘effective’ metabolic
procedure
Led by: Dr Sultan Al Temyatt, President, Saudi Arabia Society
of Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery; Consultant Laparoscopic
General Surgeon & Bariatric Surgeon, Al Mowasat Hospital,
Dammam, KSA
Prof Pradeep Chowbey, Immediate Past President,
International Federation for Surgery of Obesity and
Metabolic Disorders (IFSO); Chief of Surgery and Director of
Institute of Minimal Access, Metabolic & Bariatric Surgery,
Max Healthcare, Saket, New Delhi, India
Dr Sung Soo Park, Associate Professor, Korea University
College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea
11:50 Interactive panel discussion: Roux n Y gastric bypass vs
Omega loop gastric bypass (Mini gastric bypass): What is
the current evidence?
Led by: Dr Alfons Pomp, Leon C. Hirsch Professor of Surgery,
Vice Chairman, Department of Surgery; Chief, GI Metabolic
and Bariatric Surgery, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York
Presbyterian Hospital, New York, New York, USA
Prof Dr Rudolf Weiner, President, International Federation
for the Surgery of Obesity and Metabolic Disorders,
Frankfurt, Germany
Dr Abdul Wahid Al Wahidi, Consultant General Surgeon,
Head of the General Surgery Department and Deputy Technical
Director, Al Qassimi Hospital, Sharjah, UAE
12:10 Interactive panel discussion: Mechanisms of weight regain
and management algorithm
Led by: Dr Abdelrahman Nimeri, Head, Division of General,
Thoracic & Vascular Surgery, Director, Bariatric & Metabolic
Institute (BMI), Sheikh Khalifa Medical City, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Dr Mohammed Al Jarallah, President, Gulf Obesity Surgery
Society, Kuwait, Kuwait
Dr Ali Khammas, Consultant General Surgeon, Rashid
Hospital, Dubai, UAE
12:30 LUNCH BREAK
Session 7: SURGICAL ONCOLOGY FOR THE
GENERAL SURGEON
Moderator: Dr Haytham El Salhat, Chief of Surgical Oncology and
General Surgery, Tawam Hospital, Al Ain, UAE
14:00 Heated chemo perfusion in peritoneal surface malignancy
Dr Tarek Amin, Senior Distinguished Consultant, Surgery,
Oncology Centre, King Faisal Specialist Hospital, Riyadh, KSA
14:20 Staging of gastric cancers: Methods and value in
long-term survival
Dr Sung Soo Park, Associate Professor, Korea University
College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea
14:40 Managing metastatic disease in colorectal cancer
Dr Haytham El Salhat, Chief of Surgical Oncology and General
Surgery, Tawam Hospital, Al Ain, UAE
15:00 Interactive panel discussion: How low is low for
abdominoperineal resection?
Led by: Dr Haytham El Salhat, Chief of Surgical Oncology and
General Surgery, Tawam Hospital, Al Ain, UAE
Dr Sung Soo Park, Associate Professor, Korea University
College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea
15:30 COFFEE BREAK
Session 8: ADVANCES IN BREAST SURGERY
Moderator: Dr Annett Al Hamadi, Consultant General Surgeon,
Mediclinic City Hospital , Dubai , UAE
16:00 Immediate reconstruction using implants
Dr Tina Schoenau, Surgeon, Wilhelminen Spital Wien,
Vienna, Austria
16:20 Oncoplastic breast surgery
Dr Christoph Tausch, Surgeon, Breast Center, Zurich,
Switzerland
16:40 Breast Care Centre: Benefits and structure; European
guidelines
Dr Christoph Tausch, Surgeon, Breast Center, Zurich,
Switzerland
17:00 Sentinel lymphnode biopsy in adjuvant and
neoadjuvant setting
Dr Stefan Paepke, Breast Surgeon, Women’s Clinic and
Polyclinic of the Technical University of Munich, Munich,
Germany
17:20 Intra-operative radio therapy
Dr Christian Kolberg, Surgeon, Gynecologist, St. Mary’s
Hospital, Bottrop, Germany
17:40 END OF CONFERENCE DAY TWO

5. DAY THRE: Thursday, 29 January 2015
Session 9: RECENT ADVANCES IN SURGERY
Moderator: Dr Faruq M Badiuddin, Specialist General Surgeon,
General, Laparoscopic & Obesity Surgery, Mediclinic Dubai Mall, Dubai,
UAE; President, Emirates Obesity and Metabolic Surgery Interest
Group, UAE
09:00 Robotic surgery: Where are we today?
Dr Brian Gill, Consultant Surgeon, UAE University, Al Ain, UAE
09:15 Surgeons and flexible endoscopy: How, why, and what’s next?
Dr Matthew Kroh, Director of Surgical Endoscopy in the
Digestive Disease Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland,
Ohio, USA
09:30 Endoscopic intra uterine foetal surgery
Dr Jose Peiro, Endoscopic Foetal Surgery Director, Cincinnati
Fetal Center Paediatric Surgeon, Division of General and
Thoracic Surgery, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital, Cincinnati,
Ohio, USA
09:45 Transplant options for the diabetic patient: The role of
pancreas transplantation
Dr Mikel Prieto, Surgical Director, Kidney and Pancreas
Transplant Program and Paediatric Kidney Transplantation,
Medical Director, International Practice Operations,
Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
10:00 Reducing surgical site infections
Dr Maged Rizk, Director, Chronic Abdominal Pain Center,
Digestive Disease Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland,
Ohio, USA
10:20 COFFEE BREAK
Session 10: ‘How I do it’ surgical videos
Moderator: Dr Ali Reza Egthedari, Specialist Senior Registrar,
General Surgery, Canadian Hospital, Dubai, UAE
Video presenters are to be confirmed
11:00 Approaching the rectum from below: Transanal
Endoscopic TME
11:15 Incisional hernia repair
11:30 Peroral Esophageal Myotomy (POEM)
11:45 Omega loop gastric bypass
12:00 Endoscopic duodenal sleeve
12:15 LUNCH AND CLOSE OF CONFERENCE
Grantor acknowledgement
The Cleveland Clinic Foundation Center for Continuing Education
acknowledges educational grants for partial support of this activity from:
Gold:
KARL STORZ GmbH & Co KG
Richard Wolf Endoscopes Middle East
Siemens AG Healthcare

6. Activity Directors:
Dr Faruq M Badiuddin, Specialist General Surgeon, General,
Laparoscopic & Obesity Surgery, Mediclinic Dubai Mall, Dubai,
UAE; President, Emirates Obesity and Metabolic Surgery
Interest Group, UAE
Dr Matthew Walsh, Chair, Department of General Surgery,
Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Scientific Committee:
Dr Annett Al Hamadi, Consultant General Surgeon, Mediclinic City Hospital ,
Dubai, UAE
Dr Haytham El Salhat, Chief of Surgical Oncology and General Surgery,
Tawam Hospital, Al Ain, UAE
Speaker faculty:
Dr Abdul Wahid Al Wahidi, Consultant General Surgeon, Head of the General Surgery
Department and Deputy Technical Director, Al Qassimi Hospital, Sharjah, UAE
Dr Abdelrahman Nimeri, Head, Division of General, Thoracic & Vascular Surgery,
Director, Bariatric & Metabolic Institute (BMI), Sheikh Khalifa Medical City, Abu
Dhabi, UAE
Dr Alfons Pomp, Leon C. Hirsch Professor of Surgery, Vice Chairman, Department of
Surgery; Chief, GI Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery, Weill Cornell Medical College, New
York Presbyterian Hospital, New York, New York, USA
Dr Ali Khammas, Consultant General Surgeon, Rashid Hospital, Dubai, UAE
Dr Ali Reza Egthedari, Specialist Senior Registrar, General Surgery, Canadian Hospital,
Dubai, UAE
Dr Basim Al Khafaji, Consultant Surgeon, Canadian Specialist Hospital, Dubai UAE
Dr Brian Gill, Consultant Surgeon, UAE University, Al Ain, UAE
Dr Christian Kolberg, Surgeon, Gynecologist, St. Mary’s Hospital, Bottrop, Germany
Dr Christoph Tausch, Surgeon, Breast Center, Zurich, Switzerland
Prof Dr Dietmar Simon, Medical Director and Head of General Surgery, Bethesda
Hospital, Duisburg, Germany
Dr Faisel Ikram, Consultant General Surgeon and Surgical Gastroenterologist,
Mediclinic City Hospital, Dubai, UAE
Dr Fawaz Chikh Torab, Associate Professor, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences,
UAE University; Senior Consultant General, Trauma and Bariatric Surgery,
Tawam Hospital, Al Ain, UAE
Dr Frank Branicki, Chairman, Surgical Institute, Al Ain Hospital, Al Ain, UAE
Dr Girish Juneja, Director, Bariatric Center, International Modern Hospital, Dubai, UAE
Dr Joep Knol, Surgeon, Department of Colon and Rectal Surgery, Jessa Hospital,
Hasselt, Belgium
Dr Jose Peiro, Endoscopic Foetal Surgery Director, Cincinnati Foetal Center Paediatric
Surgeon, Division of General and Thoracic Surgery, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital,
Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
Dr Katharina Kessler, Consultant, General Surgery, Visceral Surgery and Proctology,
ESBQ Coloproctology, Al Ain Hospital, Al Ain, UAE
Dr Maged Rizk, Director, Chronic Abdominal Pain Center, Digestive Disease Institute,
Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Dr Katalin Kalmar, Specialist General Surgeon, European Board Certified Colorectal
Surgeon, Mediclinic Dubai Mall, Dubai, UAE
Dr Rolf Ulrich Hartung, Consultant General Surgeon, BR Medical Suites,
Dubai Healthcare City, Dubai UAE
Dr Martin Fried, Professor of Surgery, 1st Faculty of Medicine, Charles University,
ISCARE - Centre for Minimally, Invasive and Bariatric Surgery, Prague,
Czech Republic
Dr Matthew Kroh, Director of Surgical Endoscopy in the Digestive Disease Institute,
Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Dr Mikel Prieto, Surgical Director, Kidney and Pancreas Transplant Program and
Paediatric Kidney Transplantation, Medical Director, International Practice Operations,
Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
Dr Mohammed Al Jarallah, President, Gulf Obesity Surgery Society, Kuwait, Kuwait
Dr Mufazzal Ladkawala, Founder of the Centre for Obesity and Digestive Surgery; Head
of the Department of Minimal Access and Bariatric Surgery, Saifee Hospital,
Mumbai, India
Dr Paul Stoffels, Chief Scientific Officer; Worldwide Chairman, Janssen Pharmaceutical
Companies, Johnson & Johnson, New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA
Prof Pradeep Chowbey, Immediate Past President, International Federation for
Surgery of Obesity and Metabolic Disorders (IFSO); Chief of Surgery and Director of
Institute of Minimal Access, Metabolic & Bariatric Surgery, Max Healthcare, Saket, New
Delhi, India
Prof Dr Rudolf Weiner, President, International Federation for the Surgery of Obesity
and Metabolic Disorders, Frankfurt, Germany
Dr Sadir Al Arawi, Interim Chair, Department of Surgery, Tawam Hospital, Al Ain, UAE
Dr Stefan Paepke, Breast Surgeon, Women’s Clinic and Polyclinic of the Technical
University of Munich, Munich, Germany
Dr Sultan Al Temyatt, President, Saudi Arabia Society of Metabolic and Bariatric
Surgery; Consultant Laparoscopic General Surgreon & Bariatric Surgeon, Al Mowasat
Hospital, Dammam, KSA
Dr Sung Soo Park, Associate Professor, Korea University College of Medicine,
Seoul, South Korea
Dr Tarek Amin, Senior Distinguished Consultant ,Surgery, Oncology Centre, King Faisal
Specialist Hospital, Riyadh , KSA
Dr Tim Tollens, Head of General Surgery Department, Imelda Hospital,
Bonheiden, Belgium
Dr Tina Schoenau, Surgeon, Wilhelminen Spital Wien, Vienna, Austria
Dr Waleed Bukhari, Advanced Laparoscopy, Bariatric and General Surgery Consultant,
International Medical Center, Jeddah, KSA
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Standards for Commercial Support requiring resolution for all faculty conflicts of interest. Faculty declaring a relevant interest will be identified in the activity syllabus.

7. 26-27 January 2015
Dubai International Convention & Exhibition Centre
This year, Arab Health Congress is bringing you 18 conferences across four days.
All conferences are specifically researched and designed to help you obtain information on the latest
medical practices and technologies to improve patient outcomes and experience.
Regional and international speakers will present scientific updates through thought-provoking and
challenging sessions and stimulating debate, both within the conference programmes and during
informal networking opportunities.
The conferences held during the Arab Health Congress 2015 are:
Monday
26 January 2015
Tuesday
27 January 2015
Wednesday
28 January 2015
Thursday
29 January 2015
MEDLAB
Diabetes
Orthopaedics
Total Radiology
Paediatrics
Update in Urology
Quality Management in Healthcare
Public Health
Hypertension
Gastroenterology
Cardiovascular Disease and Intervention
Surgery
Biomedical
Engineering*
Respiratory, Critical Care and Sleep Disorders
Complementary,
Alternative and
Integrative Medicine*
Leaders in Healthcare*
Anaesthesia
Big Data*
NEW
For more information about the conferences, call +971 4 336 7334,
email ahcongress@informa.com or visit www.ahcongress.com.
* These conferences are non-CME accredited

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