NAAMA’S 34TH NATIONAL MEDICAL CONVENTION
AUGUST 31 – SEPTEMBER 3, 2012
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM GRID
DAY/DATE
FRIDAY, AUGUST 31
TIME
7:30 - 10:00 pm
ACTIVITY
RECEPTION
SPEAKER
SATURDAY,
SEPTEMBER 1
Scientific Session I
Dr. Meriden /
Dr. Fakhouri
8:00 - 8:15 am
OPENING
REMARKS
Terry Meriden, MD
Hareth Raddawi, MD
SCIENTIFIC
SESSION
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SESSION
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SESSION
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SESSION
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Anton J. Fakhouri, MD
8:15 - 8:45 am
8:45 - 9:15 am
9:15 - 9:45 am
9:45-10:15 am
10:15 - 10:45 am
COFFEE
BREAK
Scientific Session II
10:45 - 11:15 am
Dr. Meriden /
Dr. Fakhouri
11:15 - 11:45 am
SCIENTIFIC
SESSION
w/Q&A
SCIENTIFIC
SESSION
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SCIENTIFIC
SESSION
w/Q&A
11:45 am - 12:15
pm
4-11-12
TITLE
tmeriden@aol.com
hraddawimd@aol.com
Hand and Wrist Trauma
anton33@gmail.com
Back Pain: An Update in
Approach & Management
amekhail@yahoo.com
Rolla Sweis, PharmD
Antiplatelets & Anticoagulants:
The Rock and The Hard Place?
rolla.sweis@advocatehealt
h.com
Aziz Shaibani, MD
The Power of Placebo in
Medicine
ataher@aol.com
Terry Meriden, MD
Obesity: Controlling the
Uncontrollable?
tmeriden@aol.com
Rami Lutfi, MD
Is Bariatric Surgery the Answer?
rami.lutfi@gmail.com
Laurence Hirsch, MD
Insulin Delivery: What Do We
Need to Know?
Laurence_Hirsch@bd.com
Anis Mekhail, MD
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NAAMA’S 34TH NATIONAL MEDICAL CONVENTION
AUGUST 31 – SEPTEMBER 3, 2012
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM GRID
12:15 – 12:45
pm
12:45 - 1:45 pm
SCIENTIFIC
SESSION
w/Q&A
ONSITE
LUNCH
SCIENTIFIC
SESSION
w/Q&A
Scientific Session III
1:45 - 2:15 pm
Dr. Dia /
Dr. Alturjuman
2:15 - 2:45 pm
SCIENTIFIC
SESSION
w/Q&A
2:45 - 3:15 pm
COFFEE
BREAK
Scientific Session IV
3:15 - 3:45 pm
Dr. Dia /
Dr. Alturjuman
3:45 - 4:15 pm
SCIENTIFIC
SESSION
w/Q&A
SCIENTIFIC
SESSION
w/Q&A
ALHAMBRA
DINNER
ACTIVITY
SCIENTIFIC
SESSION
w/Q&A
SCIENTIFIC
SESSION
7:30 - 11:30 pm
DAY/DATE
SUNDAY,
SEPTEMBER 2
Scientific Session V
Dr. Dubaybo/
Dr. Yaghmour
4-11-12
TIME
8:00 - 8:30 am
8:30 - 9:00 am
Hussam Mihtar, MD
Psychiatric Disorders
Commonly Missed in Medical
Practice
hmihtaroffice@gmail.com
Ahmad Alturjuman, MD
Guidelines for the Secondary
Prevention of Cardiovascular
Diseases
alturjuman@me.com
Muhyaldeen Dia, MD
Heart Ventricular Assist Devices:
Overview/Update
muhyaldeen@gmail.com
Nouri Al-Khaled, MD
Carotid Artery Stenting
nalkhaled@aol.com
Tarek Kteleh, MD
Vasculitis: Simplifying a Difficult
Clinical Syndrome
tarek_ktela@hotmail.com
SPEAKER
Mouhanad Hammami, MD
TITLE
Electronic Medical Records:
Towards “Meaningful Use”
Moustafa Aouthmany, MD
Neonatal Hypoxic
Ischemic Encephalopathy: New
Developments in Management
mhammami@naama.com
mmaouthmany@pol.net
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NAAMA’S 34TH NATIONAL MEDICAL CONVENTION
AUGUST 31 – SEPTEMBER 3, 2012
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM GRID
9:00 - 9:30 am
9:30 - 10:00 am
10:00 - 10:30 am
w/Q&A
SCIENTIFIC
SESSION
w/Q&A
SCIENTIFIC
SESSION
w/Q&A
SCIENTIFIC
SESSION
w/Q&A
10:30 - 11:00 am
COFFEE
BREAK
Scientific Session VI
11:00 - 11:45 am
Dr. Raddawi /
Dr. Dubaybo
11:45 am - 12:30
pm
SCIENTIFIC
SESSION
w/Q&A
SCIENTIFIC
SESSION
w/Q&A
12:30 – 1:00 pm
1:00 - 2:00 pm
2:00 - 5:00 pm
7:00 - 11:30 pm
4-11-12
SCIENTIFIC
SESSION
w/Q&A
ONSITE
LUNCH
ANNUAL
DELEGATES
MEETING
GALA
Nasser Zakieh, MD
George Salti, MD
Sammy Nawas, MD
Ibn Al-Nafees/Debakey
Surgery Keynote Lecture:
Mamdouh Bakhos, MD
Ibn Rushd/Danny Thomas
Humanitarian Keynote
Lecture:
Robert Simon, MD
Heitham T. Hassoun, MD
Keynote Speaker:
AMA President-Elect
Ardis Hoven, MD
Medical Ethics and End of Life
Issues: Old Principles & New
Concepts
New Surgical Techniques in the
Management of Advanced
Abdominal Malignancies
Update in Thoracic Surgery
nzakieh@hotmail.com
An Update in Cardiac Surgery
MBAKHOS@lumc.edu
Emergency Medical Relief in War
Zones & Natural Disasters
robertrsimon@gmail.com
Globalization of Healthcare
hhassou1@jhmi.edu
geosalti@gmail.com
snawas1@gmail.com
Year Three: Shaping the Future of
American Health Care
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NAAMA’S 34TH NATIONAL MEDICAL CONVENTION
AUGUST 31 – SEPTEMBER 3, 2012
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM GRID
DAY/DATE
MONDAY,
SEPTEMBER 3
Scientific Session VII
Dr. Al-Khaled /
Dr. Sweis
TIME
8:00 - 8:30 am
8:30 - 9:00 am
9:00 - 9:30 am
9:30 - 10:00 am
10:00 - 10:30 am
10:30 - 11:00 am
Scientific Session VIII
11:00 – 11:30
am
Dr. Al-Khaled /
Dr. Sweis
11:30 am -12:00
pm
12:00 - 12:30 pm
4-11-12
ACTIVITY
SCIENTIFIC
SESSION
w/Q&A
SCIENTIFIC
SESSION
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SCIENTIFIC
SESSION
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SCIENTIFIC
SESSION
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SCIENTIFIC
SESSION
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COFFEE
BREAK
SCIENTIFIC
SESSION
w/Q&A
SCIENTIFIC
SESSION
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SCIENTIFIC
SESSION
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SPEAKER
Kristen A. Harris, Esq.
TITLE
US Immigration Trends &
International Medical Graduates
Rana Raddawi, MD
Emotional Intelligence (EQ): Who
Needs It More, Doctors or
Patients?
Physician Activism
rraddawi@hotmail.com
Mazen Asbahi, Esq.
Hot Topics in Healthcare Reform:
A Legal Perspective
masbahi@asbahilaw.com
Assaf F. Al-Assaf, MD
Accountable Care Organizations:
A Medical Perspective
ala@ou.edu
Mazen M. Dimachkie,
MD
Treatment of Auto-Immune
Neuromuscular Disorders
mdimachkie@kumc.edu
Rasheed Hamadeh,
MD
What is New in the Pathology
Department?
rhammadeh@mdpmail.com
Hareth Raddaawi, MD
Mediterranean Diet: A Scientific
and Historical Perspective
hraddawimd@aol.com
Ted Yaghmour, MD
kristen@rubmanlaw.com
yagted@yahoo.com
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