Under the High Patronage of His Excellency The President of the Republic of Lebanon. General Michel AOUN

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1 Under the High Patronage of His Excellency The President of the Republic of Lebanon General Michel AOUN st The 21 Congress of Union of Arab Pediatric Societies th & The 14 Annual Congress of the Lebanese Pediatric Societies April 21-22, 2017, CME CREDITS FOR CHILDREN WE CARE

2 Welcome Letter Dear Friends and Colleagues, It gives us great pleasure and honor to welcome you to The 21 st Congress of Union of Arab Pediatric Societies & 14 th Annual Congress of the Lebanese Pediatric Societies (Beirut and North) which will be held on April 21-22, 2017 at, Beirut-Lebanon The theme of this year s congress is For Children we Care and The 1 st 1000 Days Towards Healthy Generation brining the latest updates in the Pediatric field and providing a challenging scientific program in the form of plenary lectures, scientific sessions and interactive symposia. In addition, an exhibition hall showcasing the newest technology, equipment and instrument in the market. We will have top notch speakers from Europe, Lebanon and the Arab Countries. This event will also give the opportunity to our Lebanese colleagues to present their experience and individual research. Our Aim is transforming the way we operate as Pediatricians in the hope of continuously improving our ability to perform and meet our daily challenges and update our knowledge to the newest standards of care in our field. Thank you and looking forward to seeing you in Lebanon! Dr. Bassem Abou Merhi President of the 14 th Annual Congress of the Lebanese Pediatric Societies Dr. Joseph Haddad President of the 21 st Congress of Union of Arab Pediatric Societies

3 21 st Congress of Union of Arab Pediatric Societies Joseph Haddad, MD President Mariam Rajab, MD Co-Chair 14 th Annual Congress of the Lebanese Pediatric Societies Bassem Abou Merhi, MD President Gaby Fallakha, MD Co-Chair Honorary President - Bernard Gerbaka, MD UAPS Board Members ( ) Basem Al-Zoubi, MD Ali El-Halabi, MD Joseph Haddad,MD Council Members Samir Khalil, MD Gamal Samy, MD Mohammad Dykna, MD President General Secretary Treasurer Scientific Committee of the Lebanese Pediatric Societies Congress Bassem Abou Merhi, MD Chairman Gaby Fallakha, MD Co-Chairman Members Hassan Afilal, MD - Morocco Mohamed Doagi, MD - Tunis Isselm Khalifa, MD - Mauritania Satti Abdel Raheem Satti, MD - Sudan Abdel El Latif Ben Senoucia, MD - Algeria Ali Halabi, MD - Jordan Ahmad Younes, MD - Egypt Abdul Hakim Salawi, MD - Yemen Abdul Salam Abu Libdeh, MD - Palestine Monzer Cheikh El Haddadin, MD - Syria Najla Ayoub, MD - Iraq Basem Al Zoubi, MD - Jordan Abdallah Ben Al Omayr, MD - Saudi Arabia Mohamad Dykna, MD - Libya Members Joseph Haddad, MD Lama Charafeddine, MD Juliana Saaybi, MD Maha Abou Alfa, MD Elie Choueiry, MD Ammar Assi, MD Nemr Gharzeddine, MD Siba Saade, MD Hussein Raad, MD Toni Abdel Ahad, MD Ziad Kassaa, MD

4 Day 1: Friday, April 21, :00-08:30 Registration HALL A HALL B 08:30-10:30 Neurology Session Cardiology Session Moderators Rita Khalil - Oussama Skafi Rania Bassil - Ahmad Kechtban Hassan Khalife Pierre Ghostine 08:30-08:50 Abnormal Gait in Pediatric Neurology Olfat Tourjouman 08:50-09:10 Acute Paralysis in Children Maher Lamaa 09:10-09:30 Metabolic Encephalopathies - Clinical Cases Hicham Mansour 09:30-09:50 Epilepsy in Children - Clinical Cases Ghassan Hmaimess 09:50-10:10 Headaches In Children: Could They be Life-Threatining? - Abeer Hani Bou Ghanem 10:10-10:30 Discussion Discussion 10:30-11:00 Coffee Break Update on Critical CHD Screening Using Pulse Oximetry - Simon Karam Birth Management of Infants with Prenatal Diagnosis of CHD - Linda Daou ASD, To Close or Not to Close Najib Hanna VSD, To Close or Not to Close Ghassan Chehab Pediatric Arrhythmia in Children Update Marwan Rifaat Moderators Imad Chami - Joumana Alameh - Aaref Ramadan 11:00-11:45 Mustella Symposium - Atopic Dermatitis (HALL A) Mariam Rajab 11:45-12:00 Mustella Symposium Atopic Dermatitis during Childhood. Whats New, Which Management? (HALL A) Neveen Milad 12:00-13:15 Child Vaccination Pulmonology Session Moderators Gerard Wakim - Durria Sinna Rabih Seif Eldine - Raymond Moukhayel Laudy Abou Reda Kamal Kanso 12:00-12:20 Updates in EPI Randa Hamade 12:20-12:40 Global Vaccine Market Ziad Mansour 12:40-13:00 HPV LPS Recommendations Bernard Gerbaka 13:00-13:15 Discussion Discussion New Approaches to Prevent Food Allergies Pierre Hajj Sublingual Immunotherapy in Children Edgard Asmar Long Term Sequelae of Childhood Pneumonia - Paul-Henri Torbey

5 Day 1: Friday, April 21, 2017 Moderators Alia Aaraj - Adib Moukarzel - Maha Abou Alfa 13:15-14:00 Glaxo Symposium - Conjugate Pneumococcal Vaccines: A Global Success Story (HALL A) Serdar Ozturk 14:00-14:30 Lunch Break Moderators Mona Alameh - Maroun Sokhon - Abir Baydoun 14:30-15:20 MSD Symposium-Rotavirus Gastroenteritis, The Burden and The Solution (HALL A) Hossam Al Tatari Moderators Rony Sayad - Nasser Masri - Zaher Haidar 15:20-16:00 Sanofi Pasteur Symposium-Vaccines (HALL A) TBA HALL A HALL B 16:00-17:15 Child Maltreatment - WHO and MOH Miscellaneous Moderators Robert Sasy - Abdallah Bissar Amir Zaher 16:00-16:20 INSPIRE, the WHO Child Protection Program - Pamela Mansour 16:20-16:40 Child Protection Units Against Child Maltreatment Nidal Barakat - Marie-Claude Fadous Khalife 16:40-17:00 Child Protection Programs Leila Akoury-Dirani - Bernard Gerbaka 17:00-17:15 Discussion Discussion Moderators Irina Nehme - Zahi Majdoub - Maarouf Hoteit 17:15-18:00 Sanofi Symposium (HALL A) TBA 18:00-19:00 Opening Ceremony 19:00-19:30 Reception 20:30 GALA DINNER Michel Khoury - Nemr Gharzeddine Ziad Naja Etiology of AGE in Hospitalized Southern's Children - Hadi Fakih Caustic Ingestion in Children Update Nahida Rifaii Adolescents Should be Vaccinated Too Joseph Rachkidi

6 Day 2: Saturday, April 22, :00-08:30 Registration HALL A HALL B 08:30-10:00 Endocrinology Session Infectious Diseases Session Moderators Margo Akl - Myriam Amm - Ali Zeitoun Amal Naous - Maroun Matar Mohamad Souleiman 08:30-08:50 GH Deficiency and Hypothalamic Hamartoma Clinical Case - Femia Hayek 08:50-09:10 Obesity News Ahlam Azar 09:10-09:30 Congenital Hypothyroidism Updates Wissam Fayyad 09:30-09:50 Long Term Consequences of Stunting in Early Life - Aman Pulungan 09:50-10:00 Discussion Discussion Meningo-Encephalitis Soha Ghanem Congenital Infections Iman Mahfuz Antimicrobial Stewardtship Rima Wakim Plural Effusion Update Rima Khinkarli Moderators Fatima Shaaban - Mansour Houjali - Ahmad Shatila 10:00-11:00 Abbvie Symposium - RSV Review and Updates : What do We Know in 2017 (HALL A) Elie Choueiry 11:00-11:30 Coffee Break 11:30-13:00 Miscellaneous Miscellaneous Moderators Khalil Mheidli - Chawki Hammoud Rami Mohsen - Ninette Hawat Taleb Jammal Walid Bou Reslan 11:30-11:50 Recognizing Immunodeficient Child for the Pediatrician Zeina Baz 11:50-12:10 Pediatric Vesico Ureteral Reflux In Children Update Yasser El Hout 12:10-12:30 Anxiety Disorders in Children: Global and Local Updates - Fadi Maalouf 12:30-12:40 Discussion Discussion Role of Multiplex PCR in Improving the Management of Gastroenteritis in Children - Ghaith Makhoul Prevalence of Child Obesity in a Private School in Tripoli over a 10 Years Period Samar Zawdeh A Rare Case of Neonatal Thrombosis Pierre Hanna Moderators Najwa Jawhar - Manal Dahrouj - Juliana Saaybi 12:40-13:00 The first 1000 Days a Double Opportunity for our Future Generation (HALL A) Joseph Haddad Moderators Sami Hojeij - Ammar Assi - Bassam Joudi 13:00-13:40 Sanofi Symposium (HALL A) TBA 13:40-14:30 Lunch Break

7 Day 2: Saturday, April 22, 2017 HALL A HALL B 14:30-15:30 Free Papers Session Miscellaneous Moderators Omar Karhani - Pamela Cherfane Ali Ghoul - Rima Halat - Khalil Osta Ziad Bassil 14:30-14:40 Pediatric Accidental Ingestion in Palestine, a Multicenter Study Mutaz Sultan 14:40-14:50 The Late Preterm Newborn Not Ready for Term Time" Motee Abu Awwad 14:50-15:00 The Temptation to Tinker with a Child's Height, GH Treatment Abdul Salam Abu-Libdeh 15:00-15:10 Screening of Infants with Congenital Cataract for Rubella Infection Satti Satti Roche Symposium Update in Pediatric Rheumatology Rawan Dagher Approach to the Newborn with Multiple Birth Defects Bassam Abu-Libdeh Microarray, Whole Exome, Next Generation and Shotgun Sequencing Bassam Abu-Libdeh 15:10-15:30 Discussion Discussion 15:30-17:00 Hematology-Oncology Session Neonatology Session Moderators Nabil Yassine - Alain Sayyad Nada Sbaiti Naji Doumit - Imad Khayyat Farah Hajar 15:30-15:50 Bleeding Disorders in Pediatrics Adlette Inati 15:50-16:10 Immunodeficiencies in Childhood Nabil Kabbara 16:10-16:30 Inherited Syndromes Predisposing to Cancer - Roula Farah 16:30-16:50 Hemomophagocytic Lympho- Histeocytosis - Peter Noun Difficulties of Neonatal infection Diagnosis and Antibiotherapy - Imad Chokr Breast Feeding in the NICU: Can we do Better? - Lama Charafeddine Indicators of Neonatal Sepsis Naufal Naufal Future of a Premature Baby Dany Hamod 16:50-17:00 Discussion Discussion 17:00-18:10 Intensive Care Session Community Pediatric Session Moderators Ali Cheatani - Salam Mroueh Ghassan Baasiri Dina Helou - Tarek Ismail Sami Dahrouj 17:00-17:20 Altered Level of Conciousness in Children Mariane Majdalani 17:20-17:40 Bedside Ultrasound in Pediatric Practice Ali Ismail 17:40-18:00 Management of Anemia in Newborn and Infant - Haifa Dbouk 18:00-18:10 Discussion Discussion 18:10-18:20 Closing Ceremony Pediatrician Role in Learning Disabilities Hanan Masri Catch-up Vaccination Aida Choeib Hearing Screening in Newborns, a 9 Year Experience and Results - Ziad Rafii

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