09:00 AM - 09:30 AM — Opening Remarks
Diet and Nutrition
Chairperson: Dr. Wafaa Ayesh
Head of Nutrition Department and Consultant Clinical Dietitian, Tadawi Hospital, Dubai, UAE
09:30 AM - 09:50 AM
Fueling the body: unraveling the mysteries of nutrition and metabolism
Dr. Wafaa Ayesh
Head of Nutrition Department and Consultant Clinical Dietitian, Tadawi Hospital, Dubai, UAE
09:50 AM - 10:10 AM
Effect of diet on the PCSK9
Dr. Haydar Hasan
Assistant Professor, Department of Clinical Nutrition and Dietetics, College of Health Science, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, UAE
10:10 AM - 10:30 AM
Maternal dietary patterns, obesogenicity, and inflammatory cytokines interrelationships
Dr. Mona Hashim
Lecturer, Department of Clinical Nutrition and Dietetics, College of Health Science, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, UAE
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM — Break
Obesity and Diabetes
Chairperson: Prof. Salah Abusnana
Consultant and Director, Diabetes and Endocrine Center, University Hospital Sharjah, Sharjah, UAE
11:00 AM - 11:25 AM
Management challenges of obesity and its metabolic complications
Prof. Salah Abusnana
Consultant and Director, Diabetes and Endocrine Center, University Hospital Sharjah, Sharjah, UAE
11:25 AM - 11:50 AM
Beyond weight loss: the metabolic benefits of bariatric surgery
Dr. Mohammed Al-Hadad
Department Head and Consultant Bariatric, General Surgeon, Bariatric and Weight Loss Center, Acting Medical Director, Healthpoint, Abu Dhabi, UAE
11:50 AM - 12:15 PM
Diabetes, its all in the fat?
Dr. Sara Suliman
Consultant Endocrinology, Diabetology, Bariatric Physician, Clinical Lead for Obesity and Metabolic Surgery, and Clinical Lead for the Genetics of Diabetes and Endocrinology, Imperial College London Diabetes Centre, Abu Dhabi, UAE
12:15 PM - 12:40 PM
Subtypes of type 2 diabetes
Prof. Riad Bayoumi
Professor, Basic Medical Sciences, Medicine College, Mohammed Bin Rashid University of Medicine and Health Sciences, Dubai, UAE
12:40 PM - 01:00 PM
Beckman Coulter diabetes diagnostics solutions: discover diabetes mellitus early and live healthily
Dr. Ahmed Shehata
Chemistry and Immunoassay Senior Product Manager, Beckman Coulter MEA, Dubai, UAE
01:00 PM - 02:30 PM — Lunch Break
Metabolic Liver Diseases
Chairperson: Prof. Mohamad Miqdady
Division Chief and Consultant, Pediatric Gastroenterology, Sheikh Khalifa Medical City, Abu Dhabi, UAE
02:30 PM - 02:55 PM
Progressive familial intrahepatic cholestasis (PFIC)
Prof. Mohamad Miqdady
Division Chief and Consultant, Pediatric Gastroenterology, Sheikh Khalifa Medical City, Abu Dhabi, UAE
02:55 PM - 03:15 PM
Bile acids metabolism in health and disease
Prof. M. Azzam Kayasseh
Hepatogastroenterology and Clinical Innovative Microbiomology, Dr. Kayasseh Medical Clinic, Dubai, UAE
Precision Medicine and Metabolism
Chairperson: Dr. Anwar Baban
Consultant Clinical Genetics and Genomics, Rare Diseases and Medical Genetics Units, Bambino Gesu Children's Hospital and Research Institute, Rome, Italy
03:15 PM - 03:40 PM
Precision medicine approach in the management of metabolic conditions
Dr. Anwar Baban
Consultant Clinical Genetics and Genomics, Rare Diseases and Medical Genetics Units, Bambino Gesu Children's Hospital and Research Institute, Rome, Italy
03:40 PM - 04:05 PM
Pharmacogenomics: utilizing metabolism variations in personalized prescribing
Dr. Ravi Sharma
Director, Pharmacy Services, Burjeel Holdings, Abu Dhabi, UAE
04:05 PM - 04:30 PM — Break
Neurological Disorders and Mental Health
Chairperson: Prof. Brahim Tabarki Melaiki
Consultant Pediatric Neurology, Prince Sultan Military Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
04:30 PM - 04:50 PM
How a single vitamin can save the brain and the body
Prof. Brahim Tabarki Melaiki
Consultant Pediatric Neurology, Prince Sultan Military Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
04:50 PM - 05:10 PM
Neurodegeneration with brain iron accumulation: clinical, radiological, and genetic insights, and future perspectives
Dr. Chloé Angelini
Medical Geneticist, Reference Center for Rare Neurogenetic Diseases, Medical Genetics Department, Pellegrin Hospital, Bordeaux University Hospital Center, Bordeaux, France
05:10 PM - 05:30 PM
Neurometabolic diseases presenting with movements disorders
Prof. Jean-Luc Houeto
Neurology Department, Regional Expert Center for Parkinson Disease, Limoges University Hospital, Limoges, France
05:30 PM - 05:50 PM
Novel blood based biomarkers for the diagnosis and early detection of Alzheimer disease
Prof. Laila Abdel Wareth
Chief Executive Officer, National Reference Laboratory (NRL), Abu Dhabi, UAE
05:50 PM - 06:10 PM
Understanding the interplay between metabolism and mental health
Dr. Hamid Aldeen Alhaj
Consultant Psychiatrist, University Hospital Sharjah, Sharjah, UAE