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Program

  Thursday October 15, 2009 
   
10:00 a.m. – 12:00 noon Free communications
 
 GERIATRIC MEDICINE  
 
12:00 p.m. – 12:30 p.m. Supporting family carers and older people
  Debbie Tolson
 
12:30 p.m. – 01:00 p.m. Preventive Care in Older Ambulatory Patients: 
  Age-Specific Limitations of Primary Care and Preventive Screening
  Ramzi Hajjar
 
01:00 p.m. – 01:30 p.m. Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment: State of the Art
  Elie Stephan
 
01:30 p.m. – 02:00 p.m. Acute Care of the Older Inpatient: 
  Impact of ACE Units on Quality of Care and Functional Outcome
  Nazem Bassil
 
02:00 p.m. – 02:30 p.m. Acute Care Unit for Alzheimer’s Patients: 
  The Experience of Toulouse Center
  Bruno Vellas
 
02:30 p.m. – 03:00 p.m. Discussion
 
03:00 p.m. – 03:30 p.m. Coffee Break
 
03:30 p.m. – 04:00 p.m. Geriatric Depression: Under-Diagnosed and Under-Treated
  in the Elderly
  David Thomas
 
04:00 p.m. – 04:30 p.m. Hypogonadism and Impotence
  John Morley
 
04:30 p.m. – 05:00 p.m. Osteoporosis: Falls, and Minimum Trauma Fractures. 
  Bisphosponates, Calcium Metabolism, and Vitamin D Deficiency in the Elderly
  David Thomas
 
05:00 p.m. – 05:30 p.m. In Search of a Hormone Fountain of Youth
  John Morley
 
05:30 p.m. – 06:00 p.m. Discussion
 
6:00 p.m. Opening Ceremony
 
 
 Friday October 16, 2009
 
 ALZHEIMER  
 
08:30 a.m. – 08:55 a.m. Molecular Biology in Alzheimer’s Disease
  John Morley
 
08:55 a.m. – 09:20 a.m. Nutrition and Alzheimer’s Disease
  Bruno Vellas
 
09:20 a.m. – 09:45 a.m. Caring for those Who Care. An Individual and Public Health
  View of Caregiver Burden and Needs
  Sandrine Andrieu
 
09:45 a.m. – 10:10 a.m. Differential Diagnosis of Dementing Illness in the Older person
  David Thomas
 
10:10 a.m. – 10:20 a.m. Discussion
 
10:20 a.m. – 10:40 a.m. Coffee Break
 
10:40 a.m. – 11:05 a.m. Development of Strategy to Treat Alzheimer’s Disease:
  New Advances
  John Morley
 
11:05 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. Alternative Treatment and Prevention Modalities:
  Rationale for the Multidomain Alzheimer's Prevention Trials (MAPT)
  Sandrine Andrieu
 
11:30 a.m. – 11:55 a.m. Managing Non-Cognitive Aspects of Dementia: 
  Aggressive Behaviour and Failure to Thrive
  John Morley
 
11:55 a.m. – 12:20 p.m. Ethical Challenges in End-Stage Dementia
  Ramzi Hajjar
 
12:20 p.m. – 12:30 p.m. Discussion
 
01:00 p.m. – 06:00 p.m. Workshops for Nurses and Health Care Providers
 
 
 METABOLIC SURGERY
 
  Session I
 
02:00 p.m. – 02:15 p.m. Type of Metabolic Surgery Procedures
  Ziad El-Rassi
 
02:15 p.m. – 02:35 p.m. Results of Bariatric Surgery in Metabolic Disorders
  Jan Willem Greve
 
02:35 p.m. – 02:55 p.m. Mechanism of Maintaining the Reduced Obese State after
  Bariatric Surgery
Dimitri Pournaras
 
  Session II
 
03:00 p.m. – 03:20 p.m. Metabolic Surgery, What is the Mecanism?
  Dimitri Pournaras
 
03:20 p.m. – 03:40 p.m. How the Gut Talks to the Brain
  Jan Willem Greve
 
03:40 p.m. – 04:00 p.m. Discussion
 
04:00 p.m. – 04:15 p.m. Coffee Break
 
 
  ONCOPLASTIC SURGERY OF THE BREAST 
 
04:15 p.m. – 04:30 p.m. Early Experience with a Spectrum of Reconstructive
  Techniques in Breast Cancer at SGHUMC
  Imad P.Hajj
 
04:30 p.m. – 04:45 p.m. Pre-Operative Breast MRI for Patients’ with Breast Cancer
  Nagi Atallah
 
04:45 p.m. – 05:10 p.m. Oncoplastic Techniques for Resection of Breast
  Carcinomas in Breast Conserving Surgery
Maurizio Nava
 
05:10 p.m. – 05:30 p.m. Skin and/or NAC Sparing Mastectomies Followed by
  Immediate Breast Reconstruction
  Francesca Di Lorenzi
 
05:30 p.m. – 05:50 p.m. Breast Reconstruction Using Anatomical Implants
  Maurizio Nava
 
05:50 p.m. – 06:15 p.m. Skin Sparing Mastectomies
  Francesca Di Lorenzi
 
 
Saturday October 17, 2009
 
 
  UROGYNECOLOGY  
   In collaboration with the Lebanese Society of Obstetrics & Gynecology & the Lebanese Society of Urology
 
  Session I: STRESS URINARY INCONTINENCE (SU I)
 
08:00 a.m. – 08:15 a.m. Single Incision Adjustable Sling: Concept and Advantages
  Mauro Cervigni
 
08:15 a.m. – 08:30 a.m. Mini Slings
  Christophe Courtieu
 
08:30 a.m. – 08:45 a.m. What is the Real Interest of Mini Sling in SU I?
  Eric Bautrant
 
08:45 a.m. – 09:00 a.m. Which Approaches for Sub-Urethral Sling?
  Richard Villet
 
09:00 a.m. – 09:15 a.m. Obturator V/S Retropubic Approach
  Mauro Cervigni
 
09:15 a.m. – 09:30 a.m. Cystocele and SU I: Simultaneous or Delayed Repair?
  Peter Von Theobald
 
09:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. Discussion
 
10:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. Coffee Break
 
  Session II: PELVIC ORGAN PROLAPSE & (POP) TREATMENT
 
10:30 a.m. – 10:45 a.m. Symptoms and QOL Evaluation in Prolapse
  Christophe Courtieu
 
10:45 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. The Role of Mesh in POP Surgery
  Peter Von Theobald
 
11:00 a.m. – 11:15 a.m. Why Meshes for POP?
  Richard Villet
 
11:15 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. Vaginal or Laparoscopic Approach for POP Surgery?
  Peter Von Theobald
 
11:30 a.m. – 11:45 a.m. How to Treat Prolapse with Pessaries?
  Christophe Courtieu
 
11:45 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. Discussion
 
12:30 p.m. – 01:00 p.m. Satellite Symposium by Covidien
  Principles in Prevention of Adhesions in Gynecology Surgery
  Peter Von Theobald
 
01:00 p.m. – 02:00 p.m. Lunch
 
  MESH IN POP SURGERY
 
  Session III:
 
02:00 p.m. – 02:15 p.m. Pelvic Reconstruction Anterior and Posterior Using a Mesh:
  Advantages, Future Development.
  Mauro Cervigni
 
02:15 p.m. – 02:30 p.m. Mesh or Autologous Tissue in Vaginal Surgery
  Christophe Courtieu
 
02:30 p.m. – 02:45 p.m. Surgical Treatment of Urogenital Prolapse with the Vaginal Meshes:
  How to Improve the Results and to Reduce the Erosion Rate?
  Eric Bautrant
 
02:45 p.m. – 03:00 p.m. Mesh Erosion : How to Manage?
  Peter Von Theobald
 
03:00 p.m. – 03:30 p.m. Discussion
 
03:30 p.m. – 04:00 p.m. Coffee Break
 
Session IV:  
 
04:00 p.m. – 04:15 p.m. Treatment of Rectocele
  Richard Villet
 
04:15 p.m. – 04:30 p.m. Elevate Anterior and Posterior
  Christophe Courtieu
 
04:30 p.m. – 04:45 p.m. Is Hysterectomy Necessary in POP Surgery?
  Peter Von Theobald
 
04:45 p.m. – 05:00 p.m. Pelviperineal Pain Due to Pudendal Nerve Entrapment
  How to Indicate the Surgical Decompression?
  Eric Bautrant
 
05:00 p.m. – 05:30 p.m. Discussion
 
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