Events Calendar

Precision Medicine and Functional Genomics 2023

On behalf of Sidra Medicine, we invite you to our 8th annual flagship research conference, Precision Medicine & Functional Genomics (PMFG), scheduled for November 11-14, 2023 in Doha, Qatar.

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Pediatric Neuroscience Conference 2023

Overview

The Pediatric Neuroscience Conference will bring together regional and international neuroscience experts to share insights and best practice methodologies related to the epidemiology and mechanisms of neurological diseases and neurometabolic disorders.
The conference is a joint event between Sidra Medicine and Maarefah, and will focus on early diagnosis and novel therapies.

Sessions

The program includes a variety of sessions that will cover recent advances in diagnostic and therapeutic interventions that have helped improve the health outcomes of children living with chronic neurological, neurometabolic and neurosurgical diseases including:

• Neuromuscular disorders including updates on gene therapy
• Neurodevelopmental Co-Morbidities in Children with Epilepsy
• Infantile and Childhood Epilepsy Syndromes
• Neuroimaging in Pediatric Epilepsy
• Epilepsy Management: Genetic, Dietary, Medication
• Epilepsy Surgery
• EEG Workshop

Conference Objectives

• Review the systemic complications of neuromuscular disorders.
• Review updates in the treatment of neuromuscular disorders.
• Review the clinical presentation of seizures in children, including recognition of seizure mimickers.
• Discuss updates in the classification of childhood epilepsy syndromes.
• Describe recent advances in the medical, dietary, surgical and neuromodulatory management of pediatric epilepsy.
• Review non-invasive and invasive electroencephalographic (EEG) findings in children of all ages

Target Audience

• Paediatric Neurologists
• Neurosurgeons
• Genetic & Metabolic Consultants
• Nurses
• Neuropsychologists and Neuropsychiatrists
• Neurodisability Specialists
• Physical and Occupational Therapists
• Speech and Languages Pathologists
• Dieticians
• Allied healthcare professionals

Reward Credits CPD

• 10.5

Scientific Committee

• Dr. Husam Kayyali, Pediatric Neurologist and Epileptologist, Division Chief, Pediatric Neurology, Sidra Medicine, Qatar  
• Dr. Ruba Benini, Pediatric Neurologist and Epileptologist, Medical Director of the Neurodiagnostic Lab, Sidra Medicine, Qatar
• Dr. Ian Pople, Division Chief, Pediatric Neurosurgery, Sidra Medicine, Qatar

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Qatar Pediatric Emergency Medicine (QPEM) International Conference 2024

Overview of the conference

Now in its eighth year, QPEM’s conference goal is to provide high-quality, evidence-based updates for healthcare practitioners involved in the urgent and emergent care of children.

Conference Objectives

At the end of the conference, our multidisciplinary participants will have expanded knowledge on a variety of key topics; be able to recognize and manage common yet potentially serious conditions; will have improved critical thinking; be able to discuss research in PEM; and will incorporate quality and patient safety goals into practice.

• Recognize serious illness and injury in children presenting to the ED
• Discuss the best evidence in the management of critically ill neonates and children
• Manage a variety of medical, surgical, traumatic, behavioral, and technology-assisted presentations in children
• Review the best articles in PEM for the last year
• Analyze cases using the best evidence to critically plan management
• Evaluate clinical pathways in use in pediatric EDs
• Incorporate quality and patient safety goals into daily practice
• Evaluate academic practice in PEM
• Review the interventions needed for a variety of toxicological ingestions
• List the red flags and detail a systems approach when managing trauma

Target Audience

Physicians
Nurse Practitioners
Nurses
Pharmacists
Allied Health
EMTs
Trainees

Scientific Committee

• Prof. Khalid Al Ansari – Chair of Emergency Medicine
• Dr. Barbara Blackie  - Senior Attending Physician - ED    
• Dr Syed Haris Huda – Attending Physician, ED    
• Ms. Ruth Adeola, Clinical Nurse Facilitator             
• Ms. Laura Reid, Supervisor RT Services     
• Ms. Shazia Akram, Clinical Pharmacist
• Ms. Leena Amine , Manager –Poison Control Center
• Dr. Nasser Haidar, Senior Consultant Pediatric Emergency Center Al Saad
• Pro. Guillaume Alinier, Senior Consultant, HMC?
• Ms. Nora Senda – Director of Nursing-Pediatric Emergency Center Al Saad

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Surgical Annual Research Day (SARD) 2024

Overview

The acronym SARD in Arabic means “narrating” and is meant to represent the exchange of information.
Now in its second year, Sidra Medicine’s Surgical Annual Research Day (SARD) 2024 is a multidisciplinary effort to share knowledge in the processes and highlight the resources available to enable research in surgery at Sidra Medicine.

Conference Objective

• Describe the current status of research in pediatric surgical subspecialties locally and internationally.
• Outline available resources for clinical research and quality improvement projects.
• Explain the processes required to conduct research or a quality improvement project.
• Appraise and evaluate the selected presented research and quality projects that have been conducted.
• Create an annual gathering to allow the exchange of valuable information from research and quality projects in surgery.

Topics/Sessions

• Research overview by PMO and IRB offices
• Systematic reviews in surgery
• Sidra Medicine surgical research projects presentations
• QI 101: How to conduct a quality improvement project
• Presentations of selected Quality Improvement projects/audits
• Innovation in surgery: covering different internal research projects and from other institutions in Qatar

Target Audience

Surgeons
Surgical trainees
Surgical clinical nurses
Medical students
Allied health care workers

Reward Credits CPD

“This activity is an Accredited Group Learning Activity Category 1 as defined by the Ministry of Public Health’s Department of Healthcare Professions-Accreditation Section (DHP-AS) and is approved for a maximum of 4 hours.”

Organizing Committee

Dr. Noora Alshahwani, clinical lead of research in surgery, attending in General and Thoracic Surgery  
Dr. Mansour Ali, Chair of Surgery
Nour Ghreiz, Senior Administrative Assistant

Sponsors

Sliver Sponsor

Medtech Corporation

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Bronze Sponsor

Trioscare

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Gastroenterology Study Day

Overview

From 2016 and now on its 7th year, Sidra Medicine’s Gastroenterology Division allocates one day each year to discuss gastrointestinal problems that are commonly seen in the primary care and secondary care facility in Qatar with physicians, nurses, pharmacists and allied health professionals to raise the awareness of these problems and provide a discussion about best practice in approaching patients suspected to have any of these gastrointestinal problems.

Since its initial offering in 2016 this event is well attended by healthcare professionals. For the October 13, 2022 blended session (live at the Sidra Auditorium and live streamed via MS teams) around 100 participants registered and attended. Four side-by-side practical sessions were also offered were participants got to see and make hands-on experience on various procedures and services offered by the Gastroenterology team.

Conference Objectives

Discuss gastrointestinal problems that are commonly seen in the primary care and secondary care facility in Qatar with physicians, nurses, pharmacists and allied health professionals to raise the awareness of these problems and provide a discussion about best practice in approaching patients suspected to have any of these gastrointestinal problems.

Facilitate the referral process from the primary and secondary care to Sidra services by giving guidance on referral criteria.

Raise the awareness of available evidence-based management approach of commonly seen gastrointestinal problems among health care providers in Qatar which will ensure a better patient care and outcomes.

Target Audience  

• Doctors
• Nurses
• Pharmacists
• Allied Health Practitioners

Scientific Committee

• Chair:  Dr. Wesam Almasri
• Facilitators: Dr. Wesam Al-Masri, Dr. Fatma Al-Mudahka and Dr. Mamoun Elawad

Sponsor

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Recent Advances in Primary Immunodysregulation Disorders (RAPID)

Overview Scientific Committee Program Speakers Abstract Submission Sponsors Visit Qatar

Overview

The in-person conference explores the topic of primary/genetic immune dysregulation from a multidisciplinary perspective, in collaboration with the MENAT-NIAID initiative. This marks the inaugural primary Immune Dysregulation conference to be hosted by Sidra Medicine in the State of Qatar. The lineup of invited speakers and the scientific committee comprises global authorities in the field, specifically featuring experts from the MENA region and the National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID).

Physicians and scientists who are interested in this area are warmly welcomed to register.  Registration is free but will be limited, so be sure to register as soon as possible to reserve a seat.  This conference is most suited to basic/clinical researchers who are active in the field, and clinicians who take care of patients with inborn errors of immunity (IEI), also known as primary immunodeficiencies (PID). The event will also be of interest to physicians from a range of specialties who provide clinical care for these patients, including Gastroenterology, Hematology/Oncology, Pathology, Pulmonology, and Rheumatology. The conference will provide the latest updates for all those who wish to stay abreast of clinical and research developments in the field.

Topics/Sessions

• Primary Immunodeficiency spectrum: What is new 
• Diagnostic challenges in Inborn Errors of Immunity (IEI)
• Genetic screening for IEI in the MENAT region 
• Clinical Presentations of Organ-based Immune Dysregulation 
• Immune Dysregulation Disorders: Emerging Therapeutic Strategies and Modalities 
• Recent Advances in Corrective Therapies for Inborn Errors of Immunity (IEI) 
• Pro & Con Discussions: Curative therapies vs pharmacotherapy in inborn errors of immunity

Conference Objectives

• To improve early recognition and diagnosis of genetic Immune Dysregulation/Immune Deficiency disorders in the MENAT region
• To illustrate the contribution of a range of clinical/pathology specialties and research to the diagnosis and management of Immune Dysregulation
• To provide an update on advances in cutting-edge and translational research in Immune Dysregulation
• To showcase contributions from MENAT researchers to the investigation and management of Immune Dysregulation disorders

Target Audience

• Clinicians and scientists who treat or study patients with primary/genetic immune dysregulation disorders.

Reward Credits CPD

• Not available

If you have any questions about the conference, email rhamada@sidra.org

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Shining a Light on Perinatal Mental Health: Understanding, Support and Resilience

The first session of our Mental Health and Wellbeing Series will discuss the significance of mental & emotional health during the perinatal period (pregnancy, birth and after delivery up to 1 year) and its impact on the mother and the child.

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5 Ways to Wellbeing: Practical Steps to Maintaining our Emotional Health

This 2nd session of our Mental Health and Wellbeing Series will introduce us to the ways in which women and their families can maintain their mental health and emotional wellbeing.

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Common Mental Health Disorders, Treatments and Stigma

The 3rd session of our Mental Health & Wellbeing Series will discuss the common mental health issues such as depression, anxiety, OCD, and psychosis.

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Psychological (Talking) Therapies: What it is and What it isn’t?

This last session of our Mental Health and Wellbeing Series will focus on the “talking” therapies: the different forms of talking therapies and the available evidence for their effectiveness in the treatment of mental illness.

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