Thursday, September 27, 2018
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8:00 – 9:00 |
Registration & Breakfast
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9:00 – 9:40 |
Session 1: Chairs: Kamal Badr and Ramzi Sabra
Introduction to the Conference:
Medical Education: From Galen to Google
Ramzi Sabra, Assistant Dean for Undergraduate Medical Education & Chairperson of Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, American University of Beirut
Meeting Objectives
Kamal Badr, Professor of Medicine & Associate Dean for Medical Education, American University of Beirut
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Medical Humanities and the New Curriculum |
9:40 – 10:00 |
Session 2: Chairs: Zeinat Hijazi and Rico Franses
PLENARY 1: Medicine Is a Narrative Act
Rita Charon, Professor and Chair of the Department of Medical Humanities and Ethics and Professor of Medicine, Columbia University
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PANEL 1: Pre-medical Requirements in Medical Humanities
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10:00 – 10:15 |
Longitudinal Humanities in Premedical and Medical Education Curricula: Humane Doctors from Cradle to Grave
Alan Weber, Professor of English, Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar
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10:15 – 10:30 |
Elizabeth Gaufberg, Associate Professor of Medicine and Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Director, Arnold P. Gold Foundation Research Institute & Cambridge Health Alliance Center for Professional Development
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10:30 – 10:45 |
Why Writers, Artists, and Musicians want to be Doctors, and why we Welcome them into Medicine
Rita Charon, Professor and Chair of the Department of Medical Humanities and Ethics and Professor of Medicine, Columbia University
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10:45 – 11:15 |
Discussion
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11:15 – 11:30 |
Coffee Break |
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Session 3: Chairs: Roseanne Khalaf and Thalia Arawi
PANEL 2: Teaching the Principles and Practice of Narrative Medicine
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11:30 – 11:50 |
Elizabeth Gaufberg, Associate Professor of Medicine and Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Director, Arnold P. Gold Foundation Research Institute & Cambridge Health Alliance Center for Professional Development
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11:50 - 12:10 |
Teaching the Conceptual Foundations of Narrative Medicine Rita Charon, Professor and Chair of the Department of Medical Humanities and Ethics & Professor of Medicine, Columbia University
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12:10 – 12:30 |
Nancy Chedid, Assistant Professor of Anatomy, Gilbert and Rose-Marie Chagoury School of Medicine, Lebanese American University
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12:30 – 13:00 |
Discussion
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13:00– 14:00 |
Lunch & Poster Viewing |
14:00 – 15:00 |
Opening Ceremony and Reception:
AAHCI MENA Regional Conference 2018
Chair: Noha Hachach
KEYNOTE SPEECH:
Albert Sherpbier, Dean of the Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences, Maastricht University & Vice Chairman, Maastricht University Medical Center
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AI and the New Medical Curriculum
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15:00 – 15:20 |
Session 4: Chairs: Bill Eley and Mode Ojaimi
PLENARY 2: The Role of Artificial Intelligence in Personalized Medicine
Ahmad Tarhini, Professor of Medicine, Lerner School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University & Abbas Tarhini, Assistant Professor of Information Technology and Operations Management, Lebanese American University |
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PANEL 3: Pre- clinical Years: Required Skills in The Era of AI
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15:20 - 15:35 |
Preparing Future Doctors for AI: What New Skills are Needed?
Manoj Ramachandran, Co-founder of Viz.ai, an artificial intelligence start-up in medical imaging
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15:35 - 15:50 |
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15:50 - 16:20
16:30 - 18:45 |
Discussion
Oral Presentations (Non-CME)
Chairs: N. Lynn Eckhert and Khaled Tabbara
Akl Fahed, MD, MPH, Division of Cardiology and Center of Human Genomics, Massachusetts General Hospital
Location: Hisham Jaroudi Auditorium, Hariri School of Nursing |
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Friday, September 28, 2018
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Session 5: Chairs: Rana Sharara and Mary Choukair
PANEL 4: AI, Simulation, Technology and Clinical Training
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9:00 – 9:15 |
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9:15 – 9:30 |
Albert Sherpbier, Dean of the Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences of Maastricht University and Vice Chairman, Maastricht University Medical Center
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9:30 – 9:45 |
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9:45 – 10:15
10:15 - 10:30
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Discussion
Coffee Break
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Transformation of Medical Practice in the AI Environment
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10:30 – 10:50 |
Session 6: Chairs: Ghassan Hamadeh and Mariette Awad
PLENARY 3: The Future of Medicine: Convergence of Engineering and Data Science with Clinical and Biomedical Research
Dimitri Azar. Senior Director, Verily Life Science & Distinguished Professor & BA Field Chair/Ophthalmology; Former Dean of Medicine, University of Illinois |
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PANEL 5: Advancing Care Through Decentralization
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10:50 – 11:05 |
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11:05 – 11:20 |
Artificial Intelligence in Medical Imaging; from Concept to Coalface
Manoj Ramachandran, Co-founder of Viz.ai, an artificial intelligence start-up in medical imaging
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11:20 – 11:50
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Discussion |
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Session 7: Chairs: Ramzi Alami and Ghassan Abu Sittah
PANEL 6: Devices, Robotics, and the Future of Surgery
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11:50 – 12:05 |
Healthcare, Augmented
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12:05 – 12:20 |
Smart Accommodating Lenses and AI in Ophthalmology Dimitri Azar, Senior Director, Verily Life Science & Distinguished Professor & BA Field
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12:20 – 12:35 |
Ghassan Abu Sittah, Head, Division of Plastic Surgery, American University of Beirut Medical Center
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12:35 - 13:00 |
Discussion
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13:00 – 14:00 |
Lunch & Poster Viewing |
14:00 – 14:15
14:15 - 14:25
14:25 - 14:35
14:35 - 14:45
14:45 - 15:00
15:00 - 15:30
15:30 - 17:00
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Round Table and Open Forum: Towards a symbiotic synthesis of humanism
and technology in shaping the future of medicine.
Chairs: Kamal Badr and Rita Charon
Why AI/technology needs the humanities and humanistic values for personalized medicine, ethical medicine, and health equity
Rita Charon
Paul Atie
Imad Elhajj
Lina Daouk-Oyry
Coffee Break
Student and Residents' presentations
Malak El Sabeh, Dana Nabulsi, Basil Karam, Khalil Baddour
Round Table and Open Forum:
Kamal Badr
Round Table Scholars: Elizabeth Gaufberg, Nancy Chedid, Thalia Arawi, Alan Weber and N. Lynn Eckhert
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Saturday, September 29, 2018
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9:00 – 9:30 |
SPECIAL SESSION:
Chairs: Faek Jamali and Nadine Hachach Haram
The Future of Surgery: Report from the UK Commission
Richard Kerr, Council Member, Royal College of Surgeons and Chair of the “Commission on the Future of Surgery in the United Kingdom”
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Session 8: Chairs: Abdullatif Al Khal and Zeina Kanafani
Regional Challenges in Medical Education
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9:30 – 9:50 |
N. Lynn Eckhert, Director Academic Programs Partner’s HealthCare International (PHI)
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9:50 – 10:05 |
What does the UK offer International Medical Graduates?
Ali Jawad, Hans Sloane Fellow and Medical Director of the Global Office, Royal College of Physicians, London
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10:05 – 10:20 |
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10:20 – 10:35 |
Egon Toft, Vice President for Medical and Health Sciences & Dean of the College of Medicine, Qatar University
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10:35 – 11:00 |
Discussion
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