08.00      Registration  

08.25      Introduction: Dr Aly Khalil, Dr Sam Amir   

      Session 1:  

      Moderator: Dr Saf Naqvi & Prof Karim Meeran   

08.30      What is adequate surgical Rx for differentiated thyroid cancer?  

                Prof Neil Tolley

                Professor and senior Consultant ENT-Thyroid Surgeon, Imperial College NHS Healthcare Trust (UK)

9.00        Update on Thyroid Ultrasound     

                Dr Aly Bernard  Khalil

                Consultant Thyroidologist & Endocrinologist, Imperial College London Diabetes Centre (UAE)

9.30        How to approach to Challenging Thyroid Function Tests  and Interactive Cases

                Prof Mark Gurnell 

                Clinical Lead for Endocrinology, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UK)

10.45      Coffee Break

      Session 2:  

      Moderator: Dr Ali Bakir & Dr Emad George  

11.00      Thyroid Antibodies : Preconception and during Pregnancy  

                Prof Karim Meeran

                Professor of Endocrinology, Imperial College London Faculty of Medicine (UK)

11.30      Hypercalcaemia in Pregnancy  

                Prof Fausto Palazzo

                Consultant Endocrine Surgeon, Hammersmith & Charing Cross Hospitals, Imperial College NHS Healthcare Trust (UK)

12.15       Friday prayer and Lunch

      Session 3:  

      Moderator: Dr Amir Sam & Dr Samer El-Kaissi  

13.45       How to approach the patient with Subclinical Hypothyroidism   

                Prof Mark Gurnell    

                Clinical Lead for Endocrinology, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UK)

14.15       How to approach challenging surgical cases:  Retrosternal  goitre                    

                 Prof Neil Tolley

                 Professor and senior Consultant ENT-Thyroid Surgeon, Imperial College NHS Healthcare Trust (UK)

 14.35      Thyroid rests                 

                 Dr Luaay Aziz

                Consultant Surgeon, Ear, Nose & Throat, Healthpoint (UAE)

14.55       Management of parathyroid carcinoma   

                 Prof Fausto Palazzo    

                 Consultant Endocrine Surgeon, Hammersmith & Charing Cross Hospitals, Imperial College NHS Healthcare Trust (UK)

15.15      Coffee break

      Session 4:  

      Moderator : Dr Aly Khalil & Dr Naveed Ahmed   

15.30      Non invasive follicular thyroid neoplasm with papillary like nuclear features  

                Dr Basel Altrabulsi    

                 Medical Director, National Reference Laboratory, Abu Dhabi (UAE)

15.50      Interesting Thyroid cancer cases  

                Dr Omayma El Shafie    

                 Senior Consultant Endocrinologist, Sultan Qaboos University Hospital, Oman

16.45     Close