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Program
9:00-9:30 ...........Registration
9:30-9:35............Opening:
Nisrine Bissar,
..........................PhD - Director,
Faculty of Health Sciences-Beirut Arab University
9:35-
10:05.........Keynote Speech 1:
........................ Challenges of
Geriatrics and Gerontology in
.........................the MENA Region
.........................AbdulRazzak Abyad
, MD - Chairman,
.........................Middle-East Academy
for Medicine of Ageing
10:05-10:35........Keynote
Speech 2:
........................ Ageing and Older
People, a Major Social and
........................ Medical Transformation
that ought to be addressed
.........................Nabil Kronfol, MD,
DrPH - President, Lebanese Healthcare
.........................Management Association,
Center for Studies on Ageing
10:35 - 11:00 .....Coffee
Break
Session
1, Update in Geriatric Medicine
Moderators: Dr. Lina Rafei, Dr. Elias Bitar
11:00-11:15........Management
of Metabolic Syndrome in the Elderly
.........................Marwan Krayem, MD
- Specialist Endocrinologist
11:15-11:30........Highlights
on Geriatric Care and Bone Health
.........................Mazen Sakr, MD -
Consultant Orthopedic Surgeon,
........................ Albert Haykel Hospital
11:30-11:45........Depression
in Older Adults: Clinical Presentation and
........................ Management
.........................Abbas Alameddine,
MD - Specialist Phsychiatrist,Hotel Dieu de
.........................France University
Hospital
11:45-12:00.......Medication and
Adverse Effects in the Elderly
........................Deema Rahme, Pharm
D - Lecturer, Beirut Arab University,
....................... Faculty of Pharmacy
12:00-12:15
......Update on the Management of Parkinson's
Disease
........................Nabil Mohsen,MD -
Head of the Department of Neurology,
....................... Albert Haykel Hospital
12:15-12:30
......Infections in Elderly: Prevention and Control
........................Jihad Falou, MD-
Specialist in Infect ious Diseases,
....................... Mazloum Hospital
12:30-
12:35 .....Q&A
Session
2, Dementia
Moderators: Dr. Jamil Halabi, Dr. Fouad Ziadeh
12:35-12:50...... Update on the Diagnosis
and Management of Dementia
........................AbdulRazzak Abyad
, MD - Chairman, Middle-East Academy for
....................... Medicine of Ageing
12:50-13:05....... Genetic Markers of
Alzheimer's Disease
........................ Nisrine Bissar,
PhD - Director , Faculty of Health Sciences,
........................ Beirut Arab University
13:05-13:20.......Geriatrics
Nursing Care: Delirium Screening Tools
........................Dareen Sleiman, MSN,
RN - Senior Nursing Professional
....................... Development Specialist,
Medical Surgical Adult Care and Critical
....................... Care, AUBMC
13:20-13:25.......Q&A
13:25-14:30.......Lunch
Break
Session
3, Pillars of Healthy Ageing
Moderators: Dr. Alissa,Yassin, Dr. Hiba el Deek
14:30-14:45......Pressure Ulcer Prevention
and State-of-the-Art Treatment
.......................Jamil Halabi MD -
General Surgeon and Chronic Wounds Expert,
...................... Chairman of the MENA
Region in Diabeteic Foot International
14:45-15:00......Geriatric
Nursing Care: A Simplified Protocol for Assessment
...................... and Management of
Pressure Injuries
...................... Dareen Sleiman, MSN,
RN - Senior Nursing Professional
...................... Development Specialist,
Medical Surgical Adult Care and Critical
...................... Care, AUBMC
15:00-15:15
..... Eating Patterns Effect on Frailty and Cognitive
Decline:
........................A Lebanese National
Study
....................... Nathalie Yaghi, LO,
PhD - Assistant Professor,
........................Nutrition Department,
Faculty of Pharmacy,
........................Saint Joseph University
15:15-
15:30 .....Unmasking
Frailty: A Call to Action in the Third Age
........................Rami Abbas, PT, PhD
- Associate Professor, Faculty of Health
........................Sciences, Beirut
Arab University
15:30-15:45
.......From Successful Ageing to Healthy Ageing: Bridging Social
........................ and Physical Wellbeing
.........................Marvin Formosa,
PhD - Associate Professor, Head of the
........................ Department of Gerontology,
Faculty for Social Wellbeing,
........................ University of Malta;
Director, International Institute on Ageing,
.........................United Nations,
Malta
15:45-15:50
.......Q&A
Closing
Session
Moderators: Dr. Nisrine Bissar, Dr. Abdul Razzak Abyad
15:50-16:20........WHO Guidelines of Integrated
Care for Older People "ICOPE"
.........................Samar El Feky, MBBCh,
MPH - Regional Advisor, Health
........................ Promotion and Social
Determinants of Health, WHO-EMRO
16:20-16:35........Elderly
Care Policy and Programs in Lebanon
.........................Saadallah Sabouneh,
MD - Director of Health Administration in
.........................North Lebanon.
16:35-
16:50 .......A word from the Order of Physicians-Tripoli
..........................Mahmmad Safi, MD
- President of the Order of Physicians-Tripoli
16:50-17:05
........Challenges of Nursing Care for the
Elderly in Lebanon
..........................Rima Sassine Kazan,
RN, PhD - President of the Order of Nurses
..........................in Lebanon
17:05
-17:20 ........A word from the Order of Pharmacists
Lebanon
...........................Abdulrahman Merkbawi,
BS - Vice President of the Order of
...........................Pharmacists in
Lebanon
17:20-17:35
.........Closing remarks
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