Program

The program for this conference is available via the following link.
First Day
Thursday 26th March 2009

11:00 – 11:15    Welcome Address   
Prof. Walid Omar, MD.    Congress President

Session I (PET/CT)    11:15 – 12:45 PM   
Chair Persons:
Prof. Abdel-Dayem, H., MD        (USA)
Prof. Abdel-Razzak, M., MD        (Egypt)
 
11:15 – 12:00   
PET/CT in lung cancer
Prof. Abdel-Dayem, H., MD        (USA)

12:00 – 12:45   
Added value of PET/CT in GI Cancer
Prof. Osman, M., MD            (USA)
Director of Nuclear Medicine and PET, St. Louis University School of Medicine
St. Louis VA Medical Center

12:45-13:15    Coffee Break     

Session II (PET/CT)    13:15 – 15:20
Chair Persons:
Prof. EL Gazzar, A., MD            (Kuwait)
Prof. Osman, M., MD            (USA)



13:15 – 14:15
Medical Imaging: From anatomy to function to biochemistry.
Prof. EL Gazzar, A., MD            (Kuwait)

14:15 – 14:45
Added value PET/CT in Osteo-sarcoma
Prof. Abdel-Dayem, H., MD        (USA) 
   

14:45 – 15:15    
Non- Malignant FDG
Prof. Osman, M., MD            (USA)


Workshop Training on PET/CT    15:15 – 16:30
Cyclotron and PET/CT technology.
Practical applications.
Methodology in interpretation.
                    

Second Day
FRIDAY 27th March 2009

Session III (PET/CT)    10:00 – 11:15

Chair Persons:

Prof. Omar, W., MD            (Egypt)
Prof. Wagieh, Sh., MD            (Saudi Arabia)

10:00 – 10:30   
Management of cancer thyroid.
Prof. Bader El-Din, A.                (Belgim)


10:30 – 10:50   
Radionuclide therapy in Neuro-Endocrine Tumer.
Prof. Fawzy, A.                       (Saudi Arabia)                                       


10:50 – 11:15                 
Radio immunotherapy with Y-90 in NHL.
Prof. Wagieh, Sh., MD            (Saudi Arabia)

   

11:15 – 12:30    Friday Prayer & Coffee Break &Photo Picture

Session IV    12:30 – 15:00

Chair Persons:
Prof. Ziada, G. , MD            (Kuwait)
Prof. Moustafa, H. , MD            (Egypt)
   
12:30 – 13:15   
Gated Cardiac SPECT
Prof. Ziada, G. , MD            (Kuwait)

13:15 – 13:35   
Nuclear Imagine in Acute Coronary Syndrome: the gap Between theory  and practice.
Prof. Abdel Ghany,M. , MD               (Egypt)


Free Papers

13:40 – 13:50

Role of  PET/CT in evaluation of bone metastasis.

Riad, R.,  Zaky, I.                (Egypt) 


13:50 – 14:00
 
Renal filtration reserve to detect early nephropathy in patients with systemic sclerosis: Comparison with microalbuminuria and clinical parameters.

El-Sayed, S.     Amin, A.   Taher, N.    Sedki, M.   Abdel-Samea, A.             Ahmed,I.    Shehata, M.   Nasr, H.        (Egypt)


14:00 – 14:10

The usefulness of Tc-99m MIBI parathyroid scan in dialysis patients with persistent hyperparathyroidism.

Kandeel, A.    Abo-Gabal, M.    Al-Hawary, M.   Ebaid, H.       (Egypt)


14:10- 14:20

Quantitative Comparison of Three PET/CT Scanners.

Saad, I.     Nehmeh, S.     Humm, J.



14:45-15:00     Discussion    



Third Day
Saturday 28th March 2009           

Session V (PET & Free Papers)    10:00 – 11:40
Chair Persons:
Prof. El Nahhas, A. , MD                    (UK)   
Dr. Khader,A.                                   (Egypt) 
  
10:00 – 10:30   
Update about non FDG - PET
Prof. El Nahhas, A. , MD                    (UK)

10:30 – 10:45   
4 Years Experience of IMC using PET imaging
Dr. Taalab,  Kh.                                 (Egypt)



Free papers

10:45 – 11:00
Role of F-18 FDG PET/CT in Pediatric Malignant Lymphoma (PML)
Riad, R.    Omar, W.   Kotb,M.    Sidhom, I.    Zamzam, M.    Zaky, I.    and Abdel-Dayem, H.

11:00 – 11:10
Added value of Positron Emission Tomography/ Computerized Tomography(PET/CT)in patients With cancer of unknown primary.
Mekkawy, M   Sayed, H.M.   Osman, M.    Sayed, M.    Rabie Saleh, H Oliver, D    Qubaiah,O   (Egypt)   

11:10 – 11:20    
Can quantitative 99mTc-sestamibi scintigraphy differentiate between uncontrolled Graves' disease, controlled Graves' disease and thyroiditis?
Kandeel, A.A. & El-Hawary, M   (Egypt)

11:20 – 11:30
Evolution of Iterative reconstruction algorithms in SPECT by phantom
Abdel-Gawad, H.     Abdel- Hamid, sh.     Khalil, W.      Salem, Sh. (Egypt)



11:30-11:40       Discussion




11:40
Closing  Ceremony


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