Symposium in Pediatric Pulmonology: Chronic Respiratory failure
 

PROGRAM AGENDA

10/16/2015
07:00 - 07:45Registration
07:45 - 08:00Opening Remarks
08:00 - 08:40 Beyond Simple Obstruction:
Sleep Disordered Breathing in the Medically-Complex Child
Dennis Rosen, Pediatric Pulmonologist and Sleep Specialist / Assistant Professor of Pediatrics , Boston Children’s Hospital / Harvard Medical School
08:45 - 09:15 Using Non-invasive Positive-pressure
Ventilation in children
Dennis Rosen, Pediatric Pulmonologist and Sleep Specialist / Assistant Professor of Pediatrics , Boston Children’s Hospital / Harvard Medical School
09:15 - 09:45Discussion/Coffee Break
09:45 - 10:15Chronic Lung Disease
10:20 - 11:00 Chronic Respiratory Failure
Causes & Challenges
Julian David Eason, Chief of Service – Neonatology, Al Corniche Hospital,Abu Dhabi, UAE
11:00 - 11:40 An introduction on
Mechanical Ventilation Indications and Management
Asma Ali Al Nuaimi MBBS, FAAP, ABP, FRC, Head of Paediatric Department , Zayed Military Hospital
11:45 - 12:15Long term Ventilation in Children: Challenges
Krishnadas Gopalan Menon, Consultant Pediatrician and Pediatric Intensivist, Amana Healthcare Hospital
12:00 - 13:30Prayers & Lunch break
13:30 - 14:10Acute Deterioration of the Ventilator Dependent Patient
Maike Schumacher MD, DEAA, Division Chief of the Pediatric Critical Care Unit, Sheikh Khalifa Medical City (SKMC), UAE
14:10 - 14:50Ventilator-associated Pneumonia (VAP)
Michael Kelley, Chief Medical Officer, ProVita
14:50 - 15:30Pulmonary rehabilitation and the care of the medically-complex patient
Dennis Rosen, Pediatric Pulmonologist and Sleep Specialist / Assistant Professor of Pediatrics , Boston Children’s Hospital / Harvard Medical School
15:30 - 16:15Multidisciplinary approach to pediatric care
Mishal A. Al-kasimi MD, CPE, FAAP, Chair of Pediatric Services / Medical Director , Ambulatory Health Services (AHS) & Abu Dhabi Health Services Company (SEHA) / Abu Dhabi Centre for Care and Rehabilitation at the Zayed Higher Organization, (ZHO)
16:15 - 16:30Discussion