Scientific Program « Armenian Medical World Congress

Scientific Program

WEDNESDAY, JULY 3, 2013

Dolby Ballroom
9:00	Registration Opens
Plenary Session 1	Innovations in Medicine: Breakthroughs and Promises of Novel Therapies in the Management of Heart Disease and Stroke Co-Chairs: Harry Balian, MD, FACC, FSCAI, Manual Momjian, MD, Kevork Kazanjian, MD
13:00	Opening Statements
13:30 – 14:10	Advances in Cardiac Stem Cell Therapies Yerem Yeghiazarians, MD
14:10 – 14:50	Gene Therapy for the Treatment of Heart Failure Roger J. Hajjar, MD
14:50 – 15:20	Reducing the Global Burden of Stroke: Recent Advances and Future Directions Nerses Sanossian, MD
15:20 – 15:40	Discussion
15:40 – 16:00	Coffee Break
Plenary Session 2	Innovations in Medicine: Novel Approaches in the Management of Cancer Co-Chairs: Armen Kassabian, MD, Simon Keushkerian, MD
16:00 – 16:40	Cancer Treatment News 2013 N. Simon Tchekmedyian, MD, FACP
16:40 – 17:10	Radiation Therapy for Cancer: Innovations for Better, Faster, and More Cost Effective Care Patrick Kupelian, MD
17:10 – 17:30	Discussion
18:00 – 22:00	Welcome Reception at the Egyptian Theatre Courtyard

THURSDAY, JULY 4, 2013

Dolby Ballroom
Plenary Session 3	Innovations in Science Co-Chairs: Vicken Sepilian, MD, FACOG, Raffi Tachdjian, MD, MPH, Serineh V. Melidonian, MD
7:30 – 8:00	Breakfast
8:00 – 8:10	Introduction
8:10 – 8:50	“Armenian Disease”: Diagnosis, Management, and Politics of Familial Mediterranean Fever Wayne Grody, MD, PhD
8:50 – 9:30	Identification of Novel Probiotic Therapies for Disease From Human Gut Bacteria Sarkis K. Mazmanian, PhD
9:30 – 10:10	Amanda Knox: From DNA Error to DNA Exoneration Greg Hampikian, PhD
10:10 – 10:30	Discussion
10:30 – 10:50	Coffee Break
Plenary Session 4	Mini-Symposium on the Global Burden of Infectious Diseases Co-Chairs: Vicken Sepilian, MD, FACOG, Kevork Kazanjian, MD
10:50 – 11:30	New Facts in the Prevention and Treatment of Adulthood Infectious Diseases Daniel Stamboulian, MD
11:30 – 12:10	Global Health Equity in Infectious Diseases: the Case of Malaria Claire Panosian Dunavan, MD, FIDSA, DTM&H
12:10 – 12:30	Discussion
12:30 – 13:30	Networking Lunch
13:30 – 17:00	Concurrent Multispecialty Breakout Sessions

FRIDAY, JULY 5, 2013

Dolby Ballroom
Plenary Session 5	Challenges Facing Healthcare in Armenia Co-Chairs: Ara Babloyan, MD, PhD, DSc, Jerry L. Manoukian, MD, Vicken Sepilian, MD, FACOG
7:30 – 8:00	Breakfast
8:00 – 8:05	Introduction
8:05 – 8:40	Healthcare Policy in Armenia Derenik Dumanyan, MD, PhD, DSc
8:40 – 8:55	Health Policy in NKR Zoya Lazaryan Minister of Health, NKR
8:55 – 9:30	Healthcare in Armenia: Identifying Needs, Measuring Success, and Defining the Role of the Diaspora Shant Shekherdimian, MD, MPH
9:30 – 10:10	From M-Health to Cognitive Health; The Role of Mobile Health for Improving Medical Care of Armenians Robert S. H. Istepanian, PhD
10:10 – 10:40	Discussion / Coffee Break
Plenary Session 6	Challenges Facing Medical Education in Armenia Co-Chairs: Jerry L. Manoukian, MD, Armen J. Cherik, MD, MBA, Ara Babloyan, MD, PhD, DSc
10:40 – 11:10	Postgraduate Education at YSMU Mikayel Narimanyan, MD, PhD
11:10 – 11:30	BU/YSMU Collaborations in Medical Education Aram V. Chobanian, MD
11:30 – 12:10	Educating the Next Generation of Health Professionals in the Context of Patient Safety: Implications for Armenia Ara Tekian, PhD, MHPE
12:10 – 12:30	Discussion
12:30 – 13:30	Networking Lunch
13:30 – 17:00	Concurrent Multispecialty Breakout Sessions

SATURDAY, JULY 6, 2013

Dolby Ballroom
Plenary Session 7	Working Towards Solving the Global Paradox of Overconsumption and Undernutrition Co-Chairs: John P. Bilezikian, MD, Mariam Avakian Manoukian, MD, Vicken Sepilian, MD, FACOG
7:30 – 8:00	Breakfast
8:00 – 8:10	Introduction
8:10 – 8:50	Trials and Tribulations in Treating Childhood Type 2 Diabetes Silva A. Arslanian, MD
8:50 – 9:30	Bridging the Gap in the Management of Obesity: Diet, Exercise, Medical and Surgical Approaches Caroline M. Apovian, MD, FACP, FACN
9:30 – 10:10	Nutrition as a Key Towards Economic Development: The Case for Armenia Richard J. Deckelbaum, MD, CM, FRCP(C)
10:10 – 10:30	Discussion
10:30 – 10:50	Coffee Break
Plenary Session 8	Mini-Symposium on Pharmacology Co-Chairs: Alex Jawharjian, PharmD, MPH, Armond Kotikian, DDS, MD
10:50 – 11:30	Sugar, Fat and Bone, Exploring New Frontiers John P. Bilezikian, MD
11:30 – 12:00	Targeted Therapies, New Frontiers in Pharmacology Sarkis Anac, MD
12:00 – 12:30	Discussion
12:30 – 13:00	Uniting for a Healthy Future, the 11th Armenian Medical World Congress Closing Remarks