07:30
Registration and Refreshments
Registration and Refreshments
08:30
Welcome and Opening Remarks by the Conference Chair
Speaker
Dr. Marc Sinclair
Chairman, MEPOS; Lead Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgeon, Kings College Hospital, UAE
Session: Upper Extremity
Session: Upper Extremity
Moderators:
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Dr. Christiana Savvidou
General Secretary, MEPOS; Hand and Upper Extremity Surgery - Microsurgery, Specialist Orthopaedic Surgery, The Children's Medical Center, UAE |
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Dr. Benjamin Joseph
Consultant Paediatric Orthopaedic Surgeon, Aster Medcity, Kochi, India |
09:00
Hand, Wrist and Elbow Reconstruction in Arthrogryposis
Speaker
Dr. Gillian Smith
Consultant, Hand Surgery, Great Ormond Street Hospital, UK
09:15
Pearl and Pitfalls of Pollicization
Speaker
Dr. Roderick Dunn
Consultant Plastic Reconstructive and Hand Surgeon, Sheikh Khalifa Medical City Hospital, Abu Dhabi, UAE
09:30
Concepts of Reconstruction in Thumb Hypoplasia
Speaker
Dr. Gillian Smith
Consultant, Hand Surgery, Great Ormond Street Hospital, UK
09:45
Surgical Treatement of Madelung Deformity
Speaker
Dr. Christiana Savvidou
General Secretary, MEPOS; Hand and Upper Extremity Surgery - Microsurgery, Specialist Orthopaedic Surgery, The Children's Medical Center, UAE
10:00
Surgical Indications on Central Ray Deficiencies – Cleft Hand Radial Club Hand
Speaker
Dr. Gillian Smith
Consultant, Hand Surgery, Great Ormond Street Hospital, UK
10:15
Q&A and Discussions
Q&A and Discussions
10:30
Coffee and Networking Break
Coffee and Networking Break
10:50
Keynote Speaker: Hip Preservation in Perthes' Disease - The Timing of Intervention is the Key to Success
Speaker
Dr. Benjamin Joseph
Consultant Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgeon, Aster Medcity, Kochi, India
11:30
Roundtable: Idiopathic Scoliosis
MEPOS and PT/OT Joint Session
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Dr. Marc Sinclair
Chairman, MEPOS; Lead Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgeon, Kings College Hospital, UAE |
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Eva Zakopcanova
Pediatric Physiotherapist, The Children's Medical Centre, UAE |
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Makram Tebbi
General Managing Director and Clinical Orthotist Prosthetist, Mobilis Medical Manufacturing, UAE |
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Dr. Ashok Johari
Director and Chief Pediatric Orthopaedic and Spine Surgeon, Children’s Orthopaedic Centre, Mumbai, India |
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Amy Bailey
Psychologist, kidsFIRST, UAE |
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Dr. Zaid Al-Aubaidi
Pediatric Orthopedic and Pediatric Spine Surgeon, Head of Pediatric Orthopedic Unit, Al Zahra Hospital, Dubai |
12:00
Prayer and Lunch Break
Prayer and Lunch Break
Session: Hip Session 1
Moderators:
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Dr. Talal Ibrahim
Consultant Pediatric Orthopedic Surgeon, Sidra Medicine, Qatar |
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Dr. Sattar Alshryda
Trauma and Pediatric Orthopedic Consultant, Al Jalila Children's Specialty Hospital, UAE |
14:00
Slipped Capital Femoral Epiphysis (SCFE) - From Simple to Complex
Speaker
Dr. Anand Gorva
Pediatric Orthopedics Specialist, Medcare Hospital, UAE
14:15
Treating Hip Dislocaton in Arthogryposis
Speaker
Dr. Javed Iqbal
Orthopedic Surgeon, Children Orthopedic Clinic, Pakistan
14:30
Hip Arthoscopy in Pediatric Orthopaedics
Speaker
Prof. Thomas Nau
Orthopedic Surgeon, Beijing United Family Hospital in China and Professor, Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Experimental and Clinical Traumatology, Vienna, Austria
14:45
The Hip in Spina Bifida
Speaker
Dr. Vladimir Kenis
Pediatric Orthopedic Surgeon, Turner Institute for Children's Orthopedics, St. Petersburg, Russia
15:00
Hip Dislocation in Cerebral Palsy
Speaker
Dr. Walter Strobl
Pediatric Orthopedic Surgeon, MOTIO Pediatric Orthopedic Institute, Austria
15:15
Q&A and Discussions
Q&A and Discussions
15:35
Coffee and Networking Break
Coffee and Networking Break
Session: Free Papers
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Dr. Las Hwaizi
Assistant Professor and Consultant in Surgery and Orthopedics, Ira |
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Dr. Maurizio de Pellegrin
Head of Pediatric Orthopaedics and Trauma Unit, San Raffaele Hospital, Italy |
16:10
Free Paper Presentations
Free Paper Presentations
Session: Pediatric Orthopaedics in a Larger Context
Moderator
Dr. Iftikhar Mukhtar
Pediatric Orthopedic Surgeon, Military Hospital, Bahrain
16:50
Differential Diagnosis of Arthritis in Children
Speaker
Dr. Betina Rogalski
Pediatric Rheumatologist, Mediclinic City Hospital, UAE
17:20
Managing Short Stature
Speaker
Dr. Sarah Ehtisham
Consultant Pediatric Endocrinologist, Mediclinic City Hospital, UAE
17:35
Concepts in Post Operative Pain Management in Children
Speaker
Dr. Tibor Serduelt
Anesthetist, Valiant Clinic, UAE
17:50
Finding the Perfect Fit – Advances in Orthotic Management
Speaker
Sofyan Tebbi
Pediatric Orthopedic, Mobilis, UAE
18:05
Interpreting MRI in Pediatric Orthopedics
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Dr. Ajay Dsouza
Radiologist, Al Jalila Children’s Specialty Hospital, UAE
18:20
Q&A and Discussions
Q&A and Discussions
18:40
End of Main Conference Day 1
End of Main Conference Day 1
19:00
MEPOS General Assembly
For MEPOS Members Only