Al Dhafra Hospitals Fifth Health Forum 2026
Event Agenda
Al Dhafra Region of Abu Dhabi on 4-6 November, 2026
| Time | Venue | Lecture Title | Speaker | HCF |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pre Conference Workshops - Moderator : Dr. Tarek Ibrahim Elsayed | ||||
| 08:00AM-09:00AM | Yas Auditorium | Protecting Skin, Preserving Lives: Pressure Injury Prevention Best Practices | Ms. Arliv Amethyst Jane Estrada, Mr. Mahmoud Jaber Albadawi | ADH |
| 09:00AM-10:00AM | Yas Auditorium | Advanced Airway Management and Difficult Airway | Dr. Mohamed Mostafa Wahba | ADH |
| 10:00AM-01:00PM | Yas Auditorium | Ultrasound-Guided Vascular Access: From Sonoanatomy to Successful Cannulation | Dr. Mahmoud Fawzy Eltawagny, Dr. Hossam Ahmed Abdel Dayem | UK |
| 01:00PM-01:30PM | Yas Auditorium | Break | ||
| 01:30PM-02:30PM | Yas Auditorium | Antimicrobial Stewardship: From Empiric to Exact – Antimicrobial Decision-Making Across Specialties | Dr. Manahil Hamdan Saad Hamid | ADH |
| 02:30PM-03:30PM | Yas Auditorium | Veins of Gold: Best Practices in Pediatric Vascular Access | Mrs. Tahreer Ibrahim Altal, Mrs. Nima Abdi Suleiman | ADH |
| 03:30PM-04:30PM | Yas Auditorium | Early Mobilization and Rehabilitation in Acute and ICU Patients | Dr. Aly Ezzeldin Elmahalawy | ADH |
| Time | Venue | Lecture Title | Speaker | CME Credits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day 1 Theme : Pushing the Boundaries of Clinical Excellence : Advanced Interventions, Precision Decisions and Healthcare Value | ||||
| Session 1 - Frontiers in Advanced Care: Surgical Innovation, Interventional Excellence and Integrated Practice (Moderator : Dr. Fadi Bassam Al Mahameed) | ||||
| 08:30AM-09:00AM | Main Theatre | Opening Ceremony | ||
| 09:00AM-09:20AM | Main Theatre | Video Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery (VATS) in Trauma | Dr. Mahmoud Yehia | 20 |
| 09:20AM-09:40AM | Main Theatre | Endoscopic Transnasal Resection of Pituitary | Dr. Tarafa Baghdadi | 20 |
| 09:40AM-10:00AM | Main Theatre | REBOA in Trauma | Dr. Omar Abdelrazzak Bekdache | 20 |
| 10:00AM-10:20AM | Main Theatre | Thoracic and Laparoscopic Approaches in Trauma Surgery | Dr. Nazim AlRifai | 20 |
| 10:20AM-10:40AM | Main Theatre | POCUS Beyond the Basics: The Forgotten Applications | Dr. Mahmoud Fawzy Eltawagny | 20 |
| 10:40AM-10:50AM | Main Theatre | Panel Discussion | 10 | |
| 10:50AM-11:00AM (Coffee Break) | ||||
| Session 2 - Rethinking Health : Prevention, Longevity, Wellbeing and Workforce Resilience (Moderator : Dr. Ahmed Hatem Abou Steit) | ||||
| 11:00AM-11:20AM | Main Theatre | An Integrated Approach in Primary Care Practice: From Prevention to Healthy Longevity | Dr. Uma Senthilkumar | 20 |
| 11:20AM-11:40AM | Main Theatre | Detect Early, Prevent Better, Live Healthier | Dr. Mariam Ahmed Al Wahedi | 20 |
| 11:40AM-12:00PM | Main Theatre | The Importance of Preventive Screening in Early Detection | Dr. Kawthar Salem Abdulla Al Ameri | 20 |
| 12:00PM-12:20PM | Main Theatre | Protect Your Energy Elevate Your Care | Dr. Aysha Ibrahim Al Dhaheri | 20 |
| 12:20PM-12:40PM | Main Theatre | The Family Doctor as a Longevity Doctor: What Can We Actually Do Today? | Dr. Maryam Jasim Al Aly | 20 |
| 12:40PM-01:00PM | Main Theatre | Panel Discussion | 20 | |
| 01:00PM-02:00PM (Launch Break) | ||||
| Session 3 - Beyond the Diagnosis : Advanced Decision-Making, Precision Diagnostics and Acute Care Innovation (Moderator : Dr.Tarek Elsayed Ibrahim) | ||||
| 02:00PM-02:20PM | Main Theatre | Critical Decision Making in Emergency Medicine: Approach to Dual Theory and Diagnostic Error | Dr. Hossam Ahmed Abdel Dayem | 20 |
| 02:20PM-02:40PM | Main Theatre | Approach to Hypertensive Emergencies: An Up-to-Date Clinical Perspective | Dr. Nidal Shawish | 20 |
| 02:40PM-03:00PM | Main Theatre | Extracorporeal Liver Support: Current Evidence and Future Directions | Dr. Gautham Rajan | 20 |
| 03:00PM-03:20PM | Main Theatre | Updates on Nerve Blocks in the Emergency Department | Dr. Mahmoud Fawzy Eltawagny | 20 |
| 03:20PM-03:40PM | Main Theatre | When Guidelines Colide: Advanced Decision - Making in the Complex Multimorbid Patient | Dr. Omar Talal Khaddam | 20 |
| 03:40PM-04:00PM | Main Theatre | Panel Discussion | 20 | |
| Session 4 - Beyond Acute Care : Advancing Recovery, Function and lifelong Health (Moderator : Dr. Ahmed Khairy) | ||||
| 04:00PM-04:20PM | Main Theatre | Advanced Multidisciplinary Rehabilitation: From Critical Illness to Community Reintegration | Dr. Mohd Rami Hani Saleh Al Ahmar | 20 |
| 04:20PM-04:40PM | Main Theatre | “Contextualizing Addiction as Lying within the General Framework of Other Disorders of the Impulsive-Compulsive Spectrum, with Emphasis on Associated Behavioral and Economic Aberrations” | Dr. Yaser Al Kassar | 20 |
| 04:40PM-05:00PM | Main Theatre | Women's Midlife Health : Closing the Gap in Integrated Care | Dr. Manal Moustafa Elbadrawy | 20 |
| 05:00PM-05:10PM | Main Theatre | Panel Discussion & Closing | 15 | |
| Time | Venue | Lecture Title | Speaker | CME Credits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day 2 Theme : Transforming Care Across the Continuum: Integration, Prevention and Multidisciplinary Excellence | ||||
| Session 1 - Beyond the Consultation: Redefining Family Medicine for Complex, Preventive and Integrated Care (Moderator : Dr. Hesham Abdalla Abdalla) | ||||
| 08:30AM-08:50AM | Main Theatre | The Future Family Physician: Leading Healthcare Beyond the Consultation Room | Dr. Ahmed Hatem Abou Steit | 20 |
| 08:50AM-09:10AM | Main Theatre | From Complexity to Clinical Excellence : Managing Multimorbidity and polypharmacy in the Older patients | Dr. Abdulla Sultan Almarzooqi | 20 |
| 09:10AM-09:30AM | Main Theatre | Advanced Clinical Excellence in Family Medicine Through Integrated Care: Lessons from the NHS and the Middle East | Dr. Mudassar Habib | 20 |
| 09:30AM-09:50AM | Main Theatre | Dementia: Not Only a Memory Disorder – Special Senses Challenges and How to Cope. | Dr. Hamada Ibrahim Abdelrahman | 20 |
| 09:50AM-10:10AM | Main Theatre | Diagnostic Reasoning and the Anatomy of Excellent Family Medicine | Dr. Haider Ali | 20 |
| 10:10AM-10:20AM | Main Theatre | Panel Discussion | 10 | |
| 10:20AM-10:30AM (Coffee Break) | ||||
| Session 2 - From Knowledge to Action: Advancing Clinical Decisions, Systems and Patient Outcomes (Moderator: Dr. Hussein Ali Al Masalmeh) | ||||
| 10:30AM-10:50AM | Main Theatre | H. Pylori in 2026: Are We Treating It Right? | Dr.Mohammed Mousa Ahmed Hejazi | 20 |
| 10:50AM-11:10AM | Main Theatre | Mastering the Chaos : Taking Control of Trauma Day | Dr. Hamid Aizaz Chatha | 20 |
| 11:10AM-11:30AM | Main Theatre | Entrusting Excellence: EPA's and The Making of a Physician | Dr. Mansoor Masarrat Husain | 20 |
| 11:30AM-11:50AM | Main Theatre | The Prevention Prescription - Tackling Dyslipidaemia in Family Medicine | Dr. Shamaila Masood-Husain | 20 |
| 11:50AM-12:10PM | Main Theatre | Premartital Genetic Counselling and The New Emirati Genome Program (EGP Report) : The Future of Preventive and Personalized Care | Dr. Noora Ali Al Blooshi | 20 |
| 12:10PM-12:20PM | Main Theatre | Panel Discussion | 10 | |
| Session 3 - Redefining Healthcare Value: Balancing Quality, Outcomes and Cost (Moderator: Dr.Ahmed Khairy) | ||||
| 12:20PM-01:00PM | Main Theatre | The Value Wars : Quality Vs Cost : An Executive Therapy Session | Dr.Mariam Rashed Al Mehairbi Mr.Mohammed Abdulla Al Shamsi Dr.Shaik Mohiuddin Moinuddin Dr.Mishal Tarek Raouf | 20 |
| 01:00PM-02:00PM (Launch Break) | ||||
| Session 4 - Restoring Health and Function: Procedural Innovation, Specialized Care and Rehabilitation (Moderator: Dr. Maher Fahd Hejazi ) | ||||
| 02:00PM-02:20PM | Main Theatre | Laparoscopic management of liver Hydatid cyst | Dr. Fadi Bassam Almahameed | 20 |
| 02:20PM-02:40PM | Main Theatre | Tumor Embolization: Current Applications, Techniques, and Clinical Outcomes | Dr. Hazem Almasarei | 20 |
| 02:40PM-03:00PM | Main Theatre | Surviving Sepsis Campaign | Dr. David M Michael | 20 |
| 03:00PM-03:20PM | Main Theatre | The role of endovascular surgery in the peripheral limb trauma. | Dr. Mohamed Amir Alnashawati | 20 |
| 03:20PM-03:40PM | Main Theatre | Dr. Fatma Hussain Kamyabi | 20 | |
| 03:40PM-04:00PM | Main Theatre | The Role of the Rehabilitation Team in Transforming the Lives of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder | Dr. Aly Ezzeldin Elmahalawy | 20 |
| 04:00PM-04:30PM | Main Theatre | Panel Discussion & Closing | 10 | |
| Time | Venue | Lecture Title | Speaker | CME Credits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day 3 Theme : Building Safer Healthcare: Clinical Vigilance, Preparedness and System Resilience | ||||
| Session 1 - From Risk to Resilience : Advancing Patient Safety, Clinical Vigilance and Emergency Preparedness (Moderator : Dr. Mohamed Moheb) | ||||
| 08:00AM-08:20AM | Main Theatre | Building Healthcare Resilience During Emergencies and Disasters | Mr. Hassan Elsir Ibrahim | 20 |
| 08:20AM-08:40AM | Main Theatre | CBRNE Preparedness and Response in Al Dhafra Hospitals | Mr. Oumar Essakili | 20 |
| 08:40AM-09:00AM | Main Theatre | Human Factors as a Foundation for Safer, Efficient, and More Humane Healthcare: Insights from a Guest Edited Journal Series | Dr. Shaik Mohiuddin Moinuddin | 20 |
| 09:00AM-09:20AM | Main Theatre | Hepatitis B in 2026: Earlier treatment, smarter management and the road to functional cure | Dr.Mahmoud Mohamed Abdelshakour | 20 |
| 09:20AM-09:40AM | Main Theatre | Detecting the Undetected: Approaches in Pharmacovigilance | Dr. Yazan Emad Ayaad | 20 |
| 09:40AM-10:00AM | Main Theatre | Sleep Medicine in Al Dhafra : Meeting a Growing Clinical Need | Dr. Yaser Al Kassar | 20 |
| 10:00AM-10:20AM | Main Theatre | Panel Discussion & Closing | 10 | |