The 5Th PanCanadian Saudi Medical Conference in Montreal 2000

Dear brothers, Alslaam alikum

This to inform you about the Meeting we arranged on the behalf of Saudi Student house in Montreal.

Meeting will be held in Royal Victoria Hospital (RVH) at JSLBrowne Amphitheater Room M3.01

The timetable for the presentations will be announced this week. This is some of the interesting talks.

DR. Ahmed Saleh (514) 768 - 1228
McGill Reproductive Center

The Fifth Annual Meeting of Saudi Medical Trainees in Canada and USA, Montréal QC, March 18-19, 2000.

Interesting presentations

Guest Speakers

Anne-Marie MacLellan, MDCM, FRCPC

Associate Dean, Postgraduate Medical Education and

Professional Affairs, faculty of Medicine.

L. Annable

Department of Psychiatry,

McGill University, Montréal, Québec

K. M., Flegel, MD, MSc, FRCPC, FACP

Professor of Medicine and Associate Editor of CMAJ

Internal Medicine Unit

Royal Victoria Hospital,

Montréal, Québec

Sarkis H., Materissian, M.D.C.M., M.Sc., FRCS(C), FACS

Director, Surgical Oncology Program,

Royal Victoria Hospital, Department of Surgery,

Montréal, Québec

J. Christopher Perry

Department of Psychiatry, McGill University,

Montréal, Québec

Dr. Gail Myhr

Department of Psychiatry, McGill University,

Montréal, Québec

Dr. Ahmed Al-Teebi,

Professor of Pediatrics University of Toronto,

Division of Clinical and Metabolic Genetics,

Hospital for Sick Children,

SATURDAY, MARCH 18



8:00 – 9:00	Registration and Breakfast

9:00 – 9:10	Opening Remarks & Verses from Holy Quran.		Dr. Aayed Al–Qahtani

9:10 – 9:20	Opening Statement by the Saudi Arabian Cultural Attaché.		Prof. Ghazy Al-Makky

9:20 – 9: 30	A welcoming Message from McGill University.		Dr. Anne-Marie Maclellan

9:30 – 9:40	Figures and Facts.		Dr. Omar Al-Amari

9:40 – 9:55	Impact of a Regional Anesthesia Program for Outpatient Surgery.		Dr. Abdulla Halawani

9:55 – 10:30	Financing Health Systems in Saudi Arabia.		Dr. Eba Samman

10:30 – 10:45	Tea Break

10:45 – 11:00	An aggressive Approach to Surgical Management of Suspicious Thyroid Nodules.		Dr. Saleh Al-Dhahri

11:00 – 11:45	Conducting a Meta-Analyses.		Dr. J. C. Perry

11:45 – 12:00	Medical Resources on the Web		Dr. Aayed Al–Qahtani

12:00–1:00	Lunch

1:00-2:00	Poster Session (1)

2:00–2:15	Identification of Numerical Chromosomal Changes Detected By Interphase FISH in High-Grade Prostrate Intraepithelial Neoplasia as a Predictor of Carcinoma.		Dr. Jaudah AL-Maghrabi

2:15 – 3:15	Writing to Medical Journals.		Dr. K.M. Flegel

3:15–3:30		Needle Stick Injuries and HIV Infection: A surgeon's Personal Experience and Review of Post exposure Prophylaxis.		Dr. Saad Waheeb

3:30–3:45	Coffee Break

3:45–4:00	Tissue Reaction Comparison Between Cadaveric Human Fascia Lata and Polypropylene Surgical Mesh on Rabbit Urinary Bladder.		Dr. Danny M Rabah

4.00 – 5.00	Presentation Skills and Use of Multimedia.		Dr. Gail Myhr

SUNDAY, MARCH 19



7:30–8:00	Breakfast

8:00-9:00	Poster Session (2)

9:00–9:45	Critical Appraisal of Research Literature.	Dr. L. Annable

9:45-10:00	The Usefulness Of Molecular Markers in Early Breast Carcinoma.	Dr. Ayman Linjawi

10:00–10:30	Role of Genetics in Medical Practice.	Dr. Ahmed Teebi

10:30 – 10:45	Tea Break

10:45 – 11:30	Writing a grant Submission.	Dr. S. H. Meterissian

11:30–11:45	The Role of Selenium Deficiency in Dilated Cardiomyopathy.	Dr. Abdulhalim Kinsara

11:45 – 12:00	Surgery for Parkinson's Disease.	Dr. Ahmed Al-Khani

12:00–12:30	Evaluation and Award Distribution.

12:30-1:30	Lunch