Scientific Program - Federation of Islamic Medical Associations

Scientific Program
The Islamic Medical Association of Lebanon (IMALB)
in collaboration with
The Federation of Islamic Medical Associations (FIMA)
and in Collaboration with:
The Lebanese Pediatric Society,
The Lebanese Society of Oto Laryngology Head & Neck Surgery,
and The Lebanese Society of Neurology.
Health Care for Special Needs People
Sept 22 & 23, 2010 at Beit El Tabib
Beirut - Lebanon

Day 1
Wednesday September 22, 2010
7:30 - 8:30 Registration
Chairman:
Moderators:
Session I
Dr. Ahmad Sraj
Dr. Ashraf Jedaar, Dr. Omar Ayat
8:30 - 8:50 BIOETHICS ; Contemporary Standards and Islamic Dimentions.
Prof Aly Mishaal, Senior consultant-Endocrinology and Metabulism, EX.Chairman-IRB-and Chairman
of Residency Training Programs, Islamic Hospital Amman-Jordan, Exec Director FIMA
8:50 - 9:10
Rights of cancer patients (as a group of special needs people ) in the Arab World: between
optimality and reality
Dr. Layth Mulla Hussein, Jordanian Board Cert. in Radiology - Oncology, Radiation Oncology
Department, King Hussein Cancer Center, Amman, Jordan.
9:10 - 9:30 Atitude
Dr. Maj (Retd) Abdul Wahab Mohammad, Asst. Prof. SSC, HSC, MBBS (DU), FCPS (Psychiatry),
DPM(DU) National Institute of Mental Health, Dhaka Bangladesh
9:30 - 9:50
Overviewing on practition from July 2004 June 2010
Dr. Ashraf Abdel Rahman Mohamad Hassan AlLakany MD , Director of Elbasma Center for Special
needs and their Families. IMA Egypt
9:50 - 10:10 Panel Discussion
10:10 - 10:30 Coffee Break

Chairman:
Moderators:
10:30 - 10:50
Session II
Dr Imad Chokr
Dr Naji Doumit-Dr Khalil Osta-Dr Maha Abou Alfa
The Holistic Approach to Handicapped Children
Prof Joseph HADDAD , President Lebanese Pediatric Society
10:50 - 11:00 Cerebral Palsy
Dr Olfat Turjman , Clinical Neurophysiology,Pediatric Neurology at Al Makassed General Hospital -
Rafic Hariri University Hospital
11:10 - 11:30
The 50th Anniversary of the Discovery of Trisomy 21: The Past, Present and Future of
Research and Treatment of Down Syndrome
Andre Megarbane, MD, PhD , EX.Chairman-IRB-and Chairman of Residency Training Programs
11:30 - 11:50
Implementation of Constraint-Induced Movement Therapy for young children with
hemiplegic cerebral palsy in an novel environment
Dr. Saleh Oraibi, PhD, MSCP, MHPC,Associate professor, Physiotherapy Department,
Hashemite university-Jordan
11:50 - 12:10 Panel Discussion
12:10 - 13:30 Lunch
Chairman:
Moderators:
Session III
Dr. Ghassan Baassiri
Dr Bassem Abou Merii-Dr Lama Abiad
13:30 - 13:50: Cystic Fibrosis.
Dr. Salman Mroueh AUH, Professor of Clinical Pediatrics at AUB, American Board of Pediatrics, suboard on
Pediatric Pulmonology
13:50 - 14:10 Prematurity. Short-term Neonatal Outcome in Spontaneous Singleton, Late Preterm Deliveries
Dr. Mariam Rajab, Chairman of Pediatrics Department , Makassed General Hospital
14:10 - 14:30:
Disabilities in patients having metabolic diseases

Dr. Hicham Mansour Pediatric Neurology, Inborn errors of Metabolism,Assistant Professor of
Pediatrics - Faculty of Medicine, University of Balamand
14:30 - 14:50 Panel Discussion
Chairman:
Moderators:
14:50 - 15:10
Session IV
Dr. Aly Mishaal
Dr. Ghassan Hamade, Dr. Mohamad Tarek Birjawi
Different types of treatment, role and indication for Gastric Bundling and
balloon.BARIATRIC SURGERY
AYMAN HARAKEH M.D.F.A.C.S. ASSOCIATE PROF. LEB. UNIVERSITY , SURG.DEPARTMENT AUBMC
PRESIDENT OF LEBANESE LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY SOCIETY
15:10 - 15:30 ENDOSCOPY and OBESE PATIENT
Dr Elias MAKHOUL CHU Notre Dame De Secours Jbeil, Head of Gastro-Enterology and Hepatology unit
15:30 - 15:50 Bariatric Surgery - King Fahad Specialist Hospital Experience
Dr. Galal M. Shaban Farghaly , Al Qassim,K.S.A.Senior Consultant Surgeon M.S.,FRCSEd.,FICS
15:50 - 16:00 Panel Discussion
16:00 - 16:30 Coffee Break
Chairman:
Moderators:
Session V
Prof. Hafeez ur Rahman
Dr. Omar Itani , Dr. Bassem Sinan
16:30 - 16:50
BIOPSYCHOSOCIAL MODEL OF PAIN A major component of pain suffering For persons with
disability
Dr. Moussa Charafeddine Medical doctor Specialist in Developmental Disabilities from Johns Hopkins
University, Lecturer at AUB and LAU
16:50 - 17:10 Anesthesia for Elderly Patients
Dr. Zuhair Naja , Chairman of Anesthesia Dept Al Makassed Hospital

17:10 - 17:30 Dental Treatment for patients with Disabilities
Dr. Jihad Dagher , Head of Community Dentistry Division - Lebanese Univresity
17:30 - 17:50 Panel Discussion
Chairman:
Moderators:
Session VI
Dr. Antoine Assaf
Dr. Nizar Salloukh, Dr. Samer Mneimneh
17:50 - 18:10 Eye and vision care: FIMA fighting for prevention of blindness
Prof. Hafeez ur Rahman , Head of Department of Ophthalmology & Vice Dean Academics Peshawar
Medical College- Pakistan
18:10 - 18:30 Prevention of Blindness
Dr. Salah El Ladki , MD Ophthalmology Occuloplastic Surgeon , Head & Chief Dept of Ophthalmology
at Al Sahel General Hospital (Academic Medical Center)
18:30 - 18:50 Panel Discussion
7:30 - 8:30 Registration
Day 2
Thursday September 23, 2010
Chairman:
Moderators:
8:30 - 8:50:
Session I
Dr. Ahmad Shatila
Dr. Ali Zeitoun & Dr Laudy Abi Rida
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
Dr. Dana Hasbini , MD Pediatric , Pediatric Neurology, Kafaat centrefor handicapped Rafic Hariri
University Hospital
8:50 - 9:10: Autism or Autism Spectrum of Disorders (ASD)
Dr. Mohamad H. Itani MBCHB IFAAP Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics General Secretary of
Lebanese Pediatric SocietyAUB-MC

9:10 - 9:30:
Developmental therapies, including occupational therapy and physical therapy. - The
Importance of Occupational Therapy Services with Early Intervention and Learning
Disabilities
Fatima Chehouri-Nasser, Occupational Therapy . President of Lebanese Occupational Therapy
Association
9:30 - 9:50: Problems Facing the Staff working with Autism Children
Amira Abd El Samih , Director of resala centers to care for people with special needs Lecturer Autism
at Mansoura University, Egypt
9:50 - 10:10 Inclusion & Education
Shahnaz Baroudy , Special Educator
10:10 - 10:30 Panel Discussion
10:30 - 11:00 Coffee Break
Chairman:
Moderators:
11:00 - 11:20
Session II
Prof Chebl Mourani
Dr. Ammar Sayrawan, Dr. Ghayath Shaar
Chronic Ambulatory Peritoneal Dialysis (CAPD
Dr. Anwar Hatoum , Chief Department of Nephrology Center Sahel General Hospital (Academic
Medical Center)
11:20 - 11:40 Adult neurogenic bladders from basic to advanced management
Dr. Georges Nassar PH.D , Chief Departement of Urology St. Thereze Hospital
11:40 - 12:00
Diabetic foot and peripheral vascular disease
Dr. Talal Kassar, Vascular surgeon. Glossary college Vascular surgery PARIS, Vice president of
Lebanese society of vascular surgery.
12:00 - 12:20 Panel Discussion
12:20 - 13:30 Lunch
Chairman:
Moderators:
Session III
Dr. Wassim Nasreddin
Dr. Elie Istfan , Dr. Nabil Ekkawi

13:30 - 13:50 Cerebellar infarcts- a clinical update
Prof Salam Koussa, Ass. Prof., Department of Neurology, Hotel-Dieu de France Hospital, St-Joseph
University, Beirut-Lebanon.
13:50 - 14:10
Brain Stroke.Gadjah Mada Stroke Algorithm-Development and validity for distinguishing
intracerebral hemorrhagic stroke with acute ischemic stroke or infartion stroke.
Prof. Rusdi Lamsudin, Indonesia, MD PhD Neurologist UGM, President of Indonesia Islamic Medical
Association
14:10 - 14:30 Clinical aspects and treatment in Alzheimer's desease,
Dr. Salim ATROUNI , Professor of Neurology Makassed General Hospital ,Founding member and
member of directors board of the Alzheimer Association in Lebanon
14:30 - 14:50
Non Pharmacological Management of Alzheimer Disease
Dr. Nabil A.B. Naja , M.D / Geriatrician , Head of geriatric department at Dar Al Ajaza Al Islamia
Hospital
14:50 - 15:10 Handicap & Sports
Khaled Chakhachiro , Physiotherapist -MPT - MDT Sports Injuries - Head of Dept Al Rahma Medical
Center, Dar AL Shifaa Hospital
15:10 - 15:30 Panel Discussion
15:30 - 16:00 Coffee Break
Session IV
Chairman: Dr. Gabriel Chami
Moderators: Dr. Fouad Fata, Dr. Wael Kabalan
16:00 - 16:15 Indication of Cochlear Implantation
Dr. Ahmad Houmani , MD ENT Neuro-otology Bahman Hospital
16:15 - 16:30 PreOp workup (before CI Sergury)
Dr. Bernard Wanna, ENT Otology,
Chairman of ENT Dept Middle East Hospital – Chief of the CI Center
16:30 - 16:45 Surgical Technique of Cochlear Implant
Dr. Charbel Rameh, MD Otolaryngology & Neuropathology

16:45 - 17:00 First Fitting of Cochlear Implantation
Dr. Maher Kasti , MD, DES, ENT Coordinator at Rafic Hariri University Hospital, DESC in Neurootology
17:00 - 17:15 Bilateral Cochlear Implantation
Dr. Foud Fata , Assistant Professor in Otolaryngology- Otology - Neuro-otology St. George Hospital,
Eye and Ear Hospital
17:15 - 17:30 Panel Discussion
17:30 - 17:45
Closing of the Conference Speech by Dr. Aly Mishaal
19:00 Gala Dinner