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4TH PAN ARAB OSTEOPOROSIS SOCIETY
CONFERENCE
& 1ST EMIRATES OSTEOPOROSIS SOCIETY
CONFERENCE
2- 4 MARCH 2008
DUBAI- UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM
Day I
Sunday, 2nd March 2008
08.00-
09.30 Registration
09.30
– 11.00 Opening
Ceremony
11.00-
13.00 Plenary
Session (1)
Moderators:
Dr. AbulRahim Al
Suhaily (UAE)
Dr. Elias Saba (Palestine)
Dr. Hikmat Abou Samra (Syria)
11.00 - 11.40
Dr. Socrates
Papapoulos ( Nederland)
Excessive Suppression of Bone Turnover by
Bisphosphonates: Weighing the Evidence.
11.40- 12.20
Dr. Ghassan Maalouf (Lebanon)
Fragility fractures, the size of the problem.
12.20 – 13.00 Dr.
Ego Seeman (Australia)
Bone quality- The Material and Structural Basis
of Bone Strength.
13.00-
14.00
Satellite
Symposium – Les Laboratories Servier
14.00-
15.00 Lunch &
Posters Viewing
15.00-16.30
Plenary Session (2)
Moderators:
Dr. Gemma Adib
(Syria)
Dr. Jamal Ali Al Saleh (UAE)
Dr. Mustafa Al Izzi (UAE)
15.00 – 15.30 Dr.
Rene Rizzoli (Switzerland)
News in the Management of Osteoporosis.
15.30 – 16.00 Dr.
Ego Seeman ( Australia)
Treatment of Osteoporosis – Why, whom, when
and what drug??
16.00 – 16.30 Dr.
Mohammed Al Shaker (Saudia Arabia)
Osteoporosis: Past, Present & Future.
16.30
– 17.00 Coffee
Break & Posters Viewing
17.00- 18.00
Plenary Session (3)
Moderators:
Dr. Fadhil Al Douri
(UAE)
Dr. Jihad Ezzedine (Lebanon)
Dr. Mohamed Mohamadiyeh (UAE)
17.00 – 17.20 Dr.
Mohammed Hammoudeh (Qatar)
Is obesity a protective factor against
osteoporosis??
17.20 – 17.40 Dr.
Ghassan Maalouf ( Lebanon)
Challenges in treating fragility fractures.
17.40 – 18.00
Dr. A.W. Al Allaf ( U.K.)
A prospective study on patients with hip
fractures with special emphasis on the
osteoporosis issue.
Day 2
Monday March 3rd 2008
08.00
– 09.00 Posters
Viewing
09.00-
11.00 Plenary
Session (4
Moderators:
Dr. Khalid Al Muntasser (Libya)
Dr. Jamal Saleh (Bahrain)
Dr. Sami Salman (Iraq)
09.00 – 09.30 Dr.
Mary Bouxsein (USA)
Non- Invasive Assessment of Bone Strength and
Fracture Risk.
09.30 – 10.00 Dr.
Aliya Khan (Canada)
Bone Densitometry, Advances in Research.
10.00 – 10.30 Dr.
Serge Ferrari (Switzerland)
Genetics of Osteoporosis.
10.30 – 11.00 Dr.
Samir Elbadawy (Egypt)
Osteoporosis in the Arab Countries
11.00 – 11.30 Coffee Break & Posters Viewing
11.30-
13.00 Plenary
Session (5)
Moderators:
Dr. Basel Masri (Jordan)
Dr. Bagher Larijani (Iran)
Dr. Riad Sulimani (KSA)
11.30
– 12.00 Dr. John
Kanis (United Kingdom)
Epidemiology of Osteoporosis.
12.00 – 12.30 Dr.
Hussein Saadi (UAE)
Osteoporosis and Vitamin D deficiency in Arab
Women
12.30 – 13.00 Dr.
Rene Rizzoli (Switzerland)
Bone health Throughout Puberty.
13.00 – 14.00 Satellite Symposium – GE Healthcare
14.00 – 15.00 Lunch & Posters Viewing
15.00-
16.30 Plenary
Session (6)
Moderators:
Dr. Abdalnasser Al
Othman (Kuwait)
Dr. Ziad Al Rawi (Iraq)
Dr. Humeira Badsha (UAE)
15.00 – 15.30 Dr.
Prakash Pispati (India)
Inter Relationship of Osteoporosis and
Arthritis.
15.30 – 16.00 Dr.
John Kanis (U.K.)
Fracture Risk Assessment.
16.00 – 16.30 Dr.
Socrates Papapoulos (Nederland)
Identification of Molecular Defects of Rare Bone
Diseases Provides Targets for Development of
Novel Osteoporosis Therapies.
16.30 – 17.00
Coffee Break & Posters Viewing
17.00-
18.00 Plenary
Session (7)
Moderators
Dr. Efteem Azar (Jordan)
Dr. Hazem Abd Al Azim (Egypt)
17.00 – 17.30 Dr.
Aliya Khan (Canada)
Osteonecrosis of the Jaw and its Relationship to
Bisphosphonates. Prevention and Management
Guidelines.
17.30 – 18.00 Dr.
Serge Ferrari (Switzerland)
Challenges in Male Osteoporosis.
Day 3
Tuesday March 4th 2008
08.00
– 09.00 Posters
Viewing
09.00- 11.00
Plenary Session (8)
Moderators:
Dr. Haider Al Attia (UAE)
Dr. Haytham Rahhal (Lebanon)
Dr. Leith Baker (UAE)
09.00 – 09.30
Dr. Kazuo Yodoh (Japan)
Pro-inflammatory substance IL-18 directly
stimulates T-cell mediated osteoclastogenesis
through the up-regulation of RANKL and soluble
RANKL in T cells
09.30 – 10.00 Dr.
Mary Bouxsein (USA)
Effect of Osteoporosis Therapies on Bone
Strength.
10.00 – 10.30 Dr.
Leith Zakraoui (Tunisia)
Osteoporosis in the elderly.
10.30 – 11.00 Dr.
Prakash Pispati (India)
Chronobiology of Osteoporosis: Right Time for
Right Treatment.
11.00 – 11.30
Coffee Break & Posters Viewing
11.30- 13.30
Plenary Session (9)
Moderators:
Dr. AbdulRahim Al Suhaili (UAE)
Dr. Jamal Ali Al Saleh (UAE)
Dr. Mustafa Al Izzi (UAE)
11.30
– 11.50 Dr.
Kinsuke Kume (Japan)
Changes in bone mineral density of osteoporotic
post menopausal women older than 85 years of age
treated with Bisphosphonoates.
11.50
– 12.10 Dr. Haider
Al Attia ( UAE)
Androgen levels and low bone mineral density
disease in elderly Arab males: A pilot study.
12.10 – 12.30 Dr.
Hassan El Shahaly (Egypt)
Osteopenia: Whom we decide to treat?
12.30
– 12.50 Dr. Samar
Al Emady (Qatar)
Vitamin D status in health care professionals in
Qatar
12.50 – 13.10 Dr.
Mansour Salesi (Iran)
Definition of a population specific dual energy
X-ray absorptiometry reference standard in
Esfahani women.
13.10
– 13.30 Dr. Dr.
Ayman Askari ( Jordan)
Is osteoporosis an inflammatory disorder?
13.30 – 14.00
CLOSING REMARKS
14.00
– 15.00 LUNCH
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