Conferences

Gulf Society of Pediatric Respirology
3rd GSPR meeting
1st March 2007
8:00 am – 5:30 pm

Scientific Program

8:00 - 8:30	Registration and breakfast
8:30 - 8:45	Welcome note	Dr. Ibrahim Janahi (president, GSPR)
8:45 - 9:30	Keynote lecture Eosinophilic lung diseases in children	Dr. Ibrahim Al-Moqqarri (KFSHRC-Riyadh-KSA)
9:30- 10:00	CF Gulf Registry	Prof. Milan MACEK Jr. M.D., PhD. ECFS and EuroCareCF CFWW- Czech Republic
Research Forum
10:00 – 10:30	Non-CF bronchiectasis in Oman	Dr. Hussein Al-Kindi Dr. Qassim Al-Salmi (Muscat - Oman)
10:30– 11:00	Utility of infant PFT	Dr. Amjad Tuffaha (HMC-Qatar)
11:00 - 11:30	Bronchiolitis in Bahrain	Dr. Ali Ebrahim (SMC-Bahrain)
11:30 - 12:00	Molecular genetic epidemiology of cystic fibrosis in the North Al Batinah region in Oman. A first report	TBA Oman Medical College-Sahar, Oman
12:00 - 13:30	Prayer and lunch
Case Presentations
13:30 – 14:00	Case presentation 1 (25 day old infant with worsening cough and progressive respiratory distress “bronchiolitis”, do you agree with their diagnosis?!)	Dr. Dr. Khourshed Tewfik (KFMH-Jeddah-KSA)
14:00 – 14:30	Case presentation 2 (A full term newborn with respiratory distress)	Dr. Salman Mroueh (AUB, Lebanon)
14:30 – 15:00	Case presentation 3 (Complicated pleural diseases; 3 cases, similar presentation, different pathology?)	Dr. Ahmed Abu-Shaheen (HMC- Qatar)
15:00 – 15:30	Case presentation 4 (Unusual pulmonary involvement of a systemic disease)	Dr. Ibrahim Al-Moqqarri (KFSHRC- Riyadh, KSA)
15:30 – 16:00	Prayer and Coffee Break
16:00 – 17:30	Business meeting
17:30	Adjournment