CONFERENCES
First Pleural & Obstructive Pulmonary Diseases Conference in Iraq 2024
Venue: Coral Palace Hotel, Baghdad - Iraq
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Steven Walker
PhD, MbChB, BSc Clinical Lecturer in Respiratory Medicine, Bristol Medical
School (THS)
Mudher Z.H. Al-Khairalla
MBChB MRCP (UK) CCT Resp & GIM FRCP, Consultant in Respiratory and Internal
Medicine, CEO ThiQar Lung Diseases Institute
Najib M. Rahman
Director, Oxford Respiratory Trials Unit (ORTU), NIHR Clinical Research
Network Co-Chair, British Thoracic Society
Eihab O. Bedawi
Consultant Respiratory & Pleural Physician at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals.
Ex pleural Research Fellow Oxford.
First Day - 25th June 2024
08:00 - 08:30 am
Registration
08:40 - 09:10 am
Pleural Physiology
Najib M. Rahman (UK)
09:10 - 09:40 am
Imaging in Pleural Diseases
Eihab O. Bedawi (UK)
09:40 - 10:10 am
Pneumothorax
Steven Walker (UK)
10:10 - 10:25 am
Coffee Break
10:25 - 10:55 am
Undiagnosed Pleural Effusion
Mudher Al-Khairallah (Iraq)
10:55 - 11:25 am
Malignant Pleural Effusion
Najib M. Rahman (UK)
11:25 - 11:50 am
COPD Exacerbations: The Hidden Drivers
Mudher Al-Khairallah (Iraq)
11:50 - 12:15 pm
GOLD 2024: Changes in COPD Strategy
Abdul Hameed Al-Qaseer (Iraq)
12:15 - 12:45 pm
COPD Unmasked: Cardiopulmonary Complications
Bernardino Alcazar (Spain)
12:45 - 01:10 pm
Updated Management of COPD
Hanaa Jabbar (Iraq)
01:40 - 02:40 pm
Lunch
Second Day - 26th June 2024
08:30 - 09:00 am
Benign Effusion
Steven Walker (UK)
09:30 - 10:00 am
Pleural Infection
Eihab O. Bedawi (UK)
10:00 - 10:30 am
Pleural Fluid Analysis in Adults
Mustafa Abdul Fattah
10:30 - 11:00 am
Panel Discussion: Trainees Ask the Experts
Rahman, Bedawi, Walker, Al-Khairallah
11:15 am - 01:15 pm
Pleural Ultrasound (USS) Workshop
Instructors: Eihab O. Bedawi, Steven Walker, Alaa Kareem, Ahmed Yousif
11:15 - 11:45 am
Severe Eosinophilic Asthma Patients
Mohammed Waheeb (Iraq)
11:45 - 12:15 pm
Severe Asthma: Clinical Cases
Gaith Hamid (Iraq)
01:45 - 02:45 pm
Lunch