Continuing medical education event to discuss respiratory medicine

The two-day program, which will take place from March 2-3 at the Fairmont Dubai Hotel in Dubai, has been organized by HMI and DHCC. The program will review the major areas of pulmonary and critical care medicine with an emphasis on basic pathophysiological mechanisms, clinical presentations, diagnostic approaches, and therapies important in the new age of cellular and molecular biology in clinical medicine. Homayoun Kazemi, MD, Professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School and Chief-Emeritus of the Pulmonary and Critical Care Unit at the Massachusetts General Hospital will direct the course. In addition to lectures and breakout discussions led by Harvard-affiliated faculty, Gulf Region physicians will lead a series of case discussions.

"This program will present an up-to-date review of all aspects of pulmonary medicine by faculty who are at the forefront of clinical and basic research with particular emphasis on problems common to the Gulf Region," said Dr. Kazemi

"'Specialty Practi-Med: Respiratory Medicine' is the latest in a series of lifelong learning programs resulting from the partnership between HMI and Dubai Healthcare City, and the third event to focus on a specialty area of health care delivery. In May of last year, HMI and DHCC collaborated to deliver a program focused on diabetes, and in September gathered practitioners in the field of musculoskeletal health and sports medicine," said Omar Moawiyah Al Shunnar, Chief Sales and Marketing Officer of DHCC.

This program is intended for pulmonologists; pediatricians; primary care physicians who treat respiratory diseases in their practice; allergists, immunologists, and infectious disease specialists; and nurses and pulmonary and respiratory therapists.

The program is designed to help participants enhance their ability to differentiate and describe the pathophysiology of the most common respiratory diseases, including chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, interstitial lung disease, asthma, and pneumonia. The lectures will also focus on the proper diagnosis and management of these diseases, explore the role of diagnostic tests in the management of dyspnea and sleep apnea, and highlight the role of surgery in the management of respiratory illness.