Obesity Challenges: Do We Have All The Answers
Chairperson: Prof. Salah Abusnana
Consultant and Director of Diabetes and Endocrine Center, University Hospital Sharjah, Sharjah, UAE
08:30 AM - 09:00 AM
Expanding the boundaries of therapeutics: game changing evidence. The role of Semaglutide and Tirzepatide in OSA, OA and MASH
Prof. Salah Abusnana
Consultant and Director of Diabetes and Endocrine Center, University Hospital Sharjah, Sharjah, UAE
09:00 AM - 09:30 AM
Navigating liver challenges in cardiometabolic health: integrating modern therapies
Dr. Rahila Bhatti
Consultant Endocrinology, Genesis Healthcare Center, Dubai, UAE
09:30 AM - 10:00 AM
Bariatric surgery metabolic outcome
Prof. Tarek Mahdi
Consultant General Surgery, University Hospital Sharjah, Sharjah, UAE
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Panel Discussion
Prof. Salah Abusnana
Consultant and Director of Diabetes and Endocrine Center, University Hospital Sharjah, Sharjah, UAE
Dr. Rahila Bhatti
Consultant Endocrinology, Genesis Healthcare Center, Dubai, UAE
Prof. Tarek Mahdi
Consultant General Surgery, University Hospital Sharjah, Sharjah, UAE
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM — Coffee Break
Cardiovascular and Endocrine Diseases
Chairperson: Prof. Hassan El-Tamimi
Department Head and Consultant Cardiology, Mediclinic Parkview Hospital, Dubai, UAE
11:00 AM - 11:20 AM
Obesity and cardiovascular disease
Prof. Hassan El-Tamimi
Department Head and Consultant Cardiology, Mediclinic Parkview Hospital, Dubai, UAE
11:25 AM - 11:45 AM
Pathogenesis and diagnostic advances in cardiometabolic syndrome
11:50 AM - 12:10 PM
Cardiometabolic new UAE guidelines
Prof. Mohamed Farghaly
Consultant Family Medicine and Diabetes Management, Dubai Health Authority and Scientific Chairman, Emirates Family Medicine Society, Dubai, UAE
12:15 PM - 12:35 PM
Metabolic heterogeneity of type 2 diabetes
Prof. Riad Bayoumi
Professor, Basic Medical Sciences, College of Medicine, Mohammed Bin Rashid University of Medicine and Health Sciences, Dubai, UAE
12:40 PM - 01:00 PM
Enhancing pediatric bone metabolism: focus on chronic illness
Dr. Ala Shaikhkhalil
Consultant Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, Danat Al Emarat Hospital, Abu Dhabi, UAE
01:00 PM - 02:00 PM — Lunch Break
Renal and Hepatic diseases
Chairperson: Prof. Ramzi Ayache
Consultant Nephrology, Mediclinic City Hospital, Dubai, UAE
02:00 PM - 02:20 PM
Cardiovascular and metabolic risk in the renal transplant population
Prof. Ramzi Ayache
Consultant Nephrology, Mediclinic City Hospital, Dubai, UAE
02:20 PM - 02:40 PM
The metabolic effects of diabetes on renal diseases
Dr. Eliane Younes
Specialist in Nephrology, Mediclinic City Hospital, Dubai, UAE
02:40 PM - 03:00 PM
Bile acid transport defects
Prof. Mohamad Miqdady
Division Chief and Consultant, Pediatric Gastroenterology, Sheikh Khalifa Medical City, Abu Dhabi, UAE
03:00 PM - 03:20 PM
Novel metabolic pathways and therapeutic targets in MASLD (metabolic dysfunction associated steatotic liver disease)
Dr. Usama Warshow
Consultant Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Mediclinic City Hospital, Dubai, UAE
Inborn Errors of Metabolism
Chairperson: Prof. Ayman El-Hattab
Director and Consultant Clinical Genetics, Genetics and Rare Disease Center, Burjeel Medical City, Abu Dhabi, UAE
03:20 PM - 03:40 PM
Carnitine deficiency
Prof. Ayman El-Hattab
Director and Consultant Clinical Genetics, Genetics and Rare Disease Center, Burjeel Medical City, Abu Dhabi, UAE
03:40 PM - 04:00 PM
Update on genomic newborn screening for treatable inherited metabolic disorders
Prof. Tawfeg Ben-Omran
Division Chief and Senior Consultant, Medical Genetic Department, Hamad Medical Corporation and Sidra Medicine, Doha, Qatar
04:00 PM - 04:30 PM — Coffee Break
Neurometabolic Diseases
Chairperson: Prof. Brahim Tabarki Melaiki
Consultant Pediatric Neurology, Prince Sultan Military Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
04:30 PM - 04:50 PM
Congenital disorders of autophagy: an emerging class of inborn errors of neuro-metabolism
Prof. Brahim Tabarki Melaiki
Consultant Pediatric Neurology, Prince Sultan Military Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
04:50 PM - 05:10 PM
Advanced approach to diagnosis and treatment of inborn neurometabolic disorders
Prof. Tawfeg Ben-Omran
Division Chief and Senior Consultant, Medical Genetic Department, Hamad Medical Corporation and Sidra Medicine, Doha, Qatar
05:10 PM - 05:30 PM
TBA