8:30 AM -9:30 AM    Opening ceremony

9:30 AM -10:00 AM  Coffee Break – Poster Session

Moderators: Dr. Samir Amr, Dr. Ghazi Zaatari

10:00 AM-11:00 AM
“The Legacy of Dr. Kamal Ishak and the Future of Pathology”

By: Prof. Florabel G. Mullick, President, IAP, Director, AFIP-USA

Moderators:  Dr. Ali Satir, Dr. Ismail Matalka

11:00 AM-12:00 Noon
Chronic Hepatitis: A practical approach to biopsy interpretation, grading and staging
By: Prof. Hala Makhlouf -USA

12:00 PM-1:00 PM
From cirrhosis to cancer: preneoplastic lesions and early hepatocellular carcinoma
By: Prof. Pierre Bedossa- France

Moderators:  Dr. Mohammad Shawarbi, Dr. Khaira Bouzaid Bendesari

11:00 AM-12:00 Noon
Pulmonary pathology
The impact of recent advances in lung cancer classification on the diagnostic pathologist – from EGFR to TNM
By: Prof. Andrew G. Nicholson, UK

12:00 Noon-1:00 PM
Paediatric pathology
Hirschsprung disease and the pathologist
By: Prof. Raja Rabah, USA

1:00 PM-2:00 PM                  LUNCH

Moderators: Dr. Nidal Almasri, Dr. Samir Boubaker

2:00 PM -3:00 PM
 Dendritic Cell Tumors
 By: Prof. Kristin Henry, UK

3:00 PM-4:00 PM
Update on Lymphomas: New entities and subtypes
By: Dr. Nayef Aqel, UK

Moderators: Dr Salwa Sheikh, Dr. Roopa Arora,

2:00 PM -3:00 PM
An overview of the diagnosis of soft tissue sarcomas
By: Prof. Mary Leader- Ireland

3:00 PM-4:00 PM     
Practical approach to soft tissue tumor diagnosis
By Dr. Awatif Al-Nafussi-UK

4:00pm- 4:30 pm       Coffee Break & Poster Session

Moderators: Dr. Saida Sqalli, Dr. Maysa Al Hussaini

4:30 PM-6:30 PM

By: Prof. Raja Rabah, USA 4 cases, Dr. Rola Rabah, KSA 1 case, Dr. Alia Muhtaseb, Jordan 1 case, Dr. Mai Diab, Jordan 1 case and Dr Tariq Aladily, Jordan 1 case

 

Moderators: Dr. Sherif El-Salim, Dr. Ghazi Zaatari

4:30 PM-6:30 PM

 By: Prof. Kristin Henry, UK 4 cases, Dr. Nayef  Aqel, UK 2 cases, Dr. Nidal Almasri, KSA 2 cases and Dr. Maher Sughayer, Jordan 2 cases

8:30 PMDINNER (venue to be announced)