ICLDC is hosting The Advanced Diabetes Conference on 20th/21st Sept 2013. This conference is for Generalists who want to know about advances in treating patients with diabetes and will also be useful for specialists who need an update in Diabetes. The speakers have been carefully chosen as experts in their fields. 

For details and to book and pay online click here and click here for more details About Advanced Diabetes 2013.

Day One: Friday, 20 September 2013- Diagnostics.

08:15     Registration and coffee

08:45     Opening Remarks:

Dr. Maha Taysir Barakat, CEO, Health Autrhority of Abu Dhabi (HAAD) & Research Director, Imperial College London Diabetes Centre, Abu Dhabi, UAE

Session 1: Introduction

Moderator: Dr. Nader Lessan, Consultant Endocrinologist, Imperial College London Diabetes Centre, Abu Dhabi

09:00     Review of Diabetes Guidelines

Dr. Maha Barakat, CEO, Health Autrhority of Abu Dhabi (HAAD) & Research Director, Imperial College London Diabetes Centre, Abu Dhabi, UAE

09:30     Diabetes in the GCC region

                Dr. Salem Beshyah,  Consultant Endocrinologist, Sheikh Khalifa Medical City, Abu DhabiUAE

10:00     Diabetes Management: an overview

Dr. Hussein Saadi, Consultant Endocinologist and Medical Director, Cleveland Hospital Abu Dhabi, UAE 

10:30     Lifestyle Management and Challenges

Professor Karim Meeran, Professor of Endocrinology, Imperial College London Faculty of Medicine, London, UK

 11:00     COFFEE BREAK

Session 2: Acute Glycaemic Complications

 Moderator: Dr. Tarig Abdalla, Consultant Endocrinologist, Imperial College London Diabetes Center, Abu Dhabi. 

11:15:    Acute Complications: Hypoglycaemia

Dr. Nader Lessan, Consultant Endocrinologist, Imperial College London Diabetes Centre, Abu Dhabi, UAE

11:45   Acute Hyperglycaemic Complications

Dr. Amir Sam, Clinical Lecturer in Medicine, Imperial College London Faculty of Medicine, London, UK

12:15   Questions and Answers

12:30     LUNCH BREAK DAY 1 and Prayer time.

Session 3: Macrovascular Complications

Moderator: Dr. Ali Bakir,  Consultant Endocrinologist, Imperial College London Diabetes Centre, Abu Dhabi, UAE

14:00     Role of Diabetes in Vascular Ischaemia

Dr. Amrit Kumar, Consultant Vascular Surgeon, Dubai Healthcare City 

14:30     Reducing Cardiovascular Risk

Dr. John Chambers, Reader in Cardiovascular Medicine, Imperial College London Faculty of Medicine, London, UK

15:00    Practical Applications for Treatment of Diabetic Foot Disease

Dr. Sami Tabib, Podiatric  Surgeon, Chiropody Centre, Dubai, Consultant Podiatrist, Imperial College London Diabetes Centre, Abu Dhabi, UAE

  

15:30     COFFEE BREAK

Session 4:  Microvascular Complications

Moderator: Dr. Saf Naqvi, Consultant Endocrinologist, Imperial College London Diabetes Centre, Abu Dhabi, UAE

16:00     Diabetic Retinopathy

Dr. Andrea Sciscio, Consultant Ophthalmologist, Moorfields Eye Hospital, Dubai Healthcare City,  Dubai.

16:30     Diabetic Nephropathy

Dr. Mustafa Ahmed, Consultant Nephrologist, City Hospital, Dubai, UAE 

17:00     CLOSE OF DAY ONE

 

Day Two: Saturday, 21 September 2013 - Treatment

08:15 Registration and coffee

Session 5: Treatments in Diabetes

Moderator: Dr. Ali Bakir, Consultant Endocrinologist, Imperial College London Diabetes Centre, Abu Dhabi.

09:15    Oral Agents

Dr. Sara Suliman, Consultant Endocrinologist, Imperial College London Diabetes Centre, Abu Dhabi, UAE

09:45    Insulin

Dr. Saf Naqvi, Consultant Endocrinologist, Imperial College London Diabetes Centre, Abu Dhabi, UAE

10.15     Bariatric Surgery

Professor Karim Meeran, Professor of Endocrinology, Imperial College London Faculty of Medicine, London, UK  

10:45     Q and A

11:00     COFFEE BREAK

Session 6: Other Challenges 

Moderator: Dr. Sara Suliman, Consultant Endocrinologist, Imperial College London Diabetes Centre, Abu Dhabi, UAE

11:30     Addressing Psychological Issues in Diabetes

Dr. Yousef Abuallaban, Consultant Psychiatrist, American Center for Psychiatry and Neurology, Abu Dhabi, UAE

12:00    Diabetes in Paediatric Populations

Dr. Amani Taha Osman, Consultant Paediatric  Diabetologist,  Imperial College London Diabetes Centre, Al Ain, UAE

12:30     Diabetes in Pregnancy

Dr. Tarig Abdullah, Consultant Endocrinologist, Imperial College London Diabetes Centre, Abu Dhabi, UAE

13:00     LUNCH BREAK DAY 2 

Session 7: Genetics of Obesity and Diabetes

Moderator: Dr. Nader Lessan, Consultant Endocrinologist, Imperial College London Diabetes Centre, Abu Dhabi.

14:00    Genetics and obesity

Dr. Sara Suliman &  Dr Nader Lessan, Consultant Endocrinologist, Imperial College London Diabetes Centre, Abu Dhabi, UAE        

14:30     Genetics and Diabetes

Dr. John Chambers, Reader in Cardiovascular Medicine, Imperial College London Faculty of Medicine, London, UK               

15:00     COFFEE BREAK and opportunity to network

Session 8: Controversy and New Technology

Moderator: Dr. Saf Naqvi, Consultant Endocrinologist, Imperial College London Diabetes Centre, Abu Dhabi, UAE

15:30     Continuous Glucose Monitoring and Insulin Pump Treatment

Dr. Nader Lessan, Consultant Endocrinologist, Imperial College London Diabetes Centre, Abu Dhabi, UAE

16:00     The Reality and Myths of new treatments for diabetes        

Professor Karim Meeran, Professor of Endocrinology, Imperial College London

Dr. Nader Lessan, Consultant Endocrinologist, Imperial College London Diabetes Centre, Abu Dhabi, UAE

 16:30     CLOSE and wrap up OF CONFERENCE

                Dr. Maha Taysir Barakat, CEO, Health Authority of Abu Dhabi (HAAD) & Research Director

                Imperial College London Diabetes Centre, Abu Dhabi, UAE