Key topics:

• Placental markers for preeclampsia & IUGR
• Fetal cardiovascular changes during labour
• Global paradigm shift in cervical cancer screening
• Complications in laparoscopic surgery: Can we avoid them?
• Debate: Management of unexplained infertility

Benefits of attending:

• Classify vaccines which are indicated in pregnancy for high risk conditions
• Identify and explain the latest trends in research, methods, and technology in the treatment of gynaecologic cancers
• Debate the impact of maternal factors on egg competence for maintenance of early pregnancy
• Discuss the indications, techniques, management and prevention of complications of Urogynaecology surgery

Activity directors:

• Dr Habibeh Gitiforooz, Obstetrician-Gynecologist: Regional Obstetrics and Gynecology, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
• Dr Tommaso Falcone, Chief of Staff & Chief Academic Officer, Medical Director, Cleveland Clinic London, London, UK

Local chair:

• Dr Saad Ghazal-Aswad, Senior Consultant Gynecological Oncologist; Chair of Obstetrics and Gynecology Department, Tawam Hospital, Al Ain, UAE

Scientific committee:

• Dr Bashir Taha Salih, Consultant & Chair of Obstetric Medicine, Corniche Hospital, Abu Dhabi, UAE
• Prof Hisham Mirghani, Middle East Ambassador, International Society of Ultrasound in Obstetrics & Gynecology (ISUOG); Consultant OBGYN/Fetal Medicine, Danat Al Emarat Hospital for Women & Children, Abu Dhabi, UAE
• Dr Mohamed Elkalyoubi, Consultant - OBGYN & Reproductive Medicine, Dubai Gynaecology and Fertility Centre (DGFC), Dubai, UAE
• Dr Sadoon Sadoon, Medical Director, Danat Al Emarat Women & Children’s Hospital, Abu Dhabi, UAE
• Dr Saleema Wani, Chair of Obstetrics, Corniche Hospital, Abu Dhabi, UAE

Speakers:

• Dr Amithaba Majumder, Consultant: Department of Ob/Gyn, Corniche Hospital, Abu Dhabi, UAE
• Dr Arnaud Wattiez, Prof: Obstetrics & Gynecology, University of Strasbourg; Head: Gynecology Department, Latifa Hospital, Dubai, UAE
• Dr Asif Quadri, Consultant - Anatomical Pathology, Tawam Hospital, Al Ain, UAE
• Dr Azar Khunda, Consultant Urogynaecologist & Obstetrician, Guy's and St Thomas'​ NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
• Dr Carol Benson, Director of Ultrasound; Co-Director of High Risk Obstetrical Ultrasound Radiology; Director of the Non-invasive Vascular Laboratory, Brigham & Women’s Hospital; Professor, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
• Prof Claus Yding Andersen, Professor of Human Reproductive Physiology, The Laboratory of Reproductive Biology, the Department of Fertility, The Juliane Marie Centre, Copenhagen University Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
• Dr Colleen Feltmate, Director, Minimally Invasive Surgery in Gynecologic Oncology, Brigham and Women's Hospital; Assistant Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
• Dr Eva Wiberg-Itzel, Assistant Prof: Department of Clinical Science and Education, Karolinska Institute, South Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
• Dr Fathima Farook, Specialist: Obstetrics Medicine, Corniche Hospital, Al Ain, UAE
• Dr Faysal El Kak, Vice President, FIGO; Associate: Women’s Health Centre, Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, American University of Beirut Medical Centre, Beirut, Lebanon
• Dr Ghada Salman, Consultant: Gynaecology and early pregnancy, University College London Hospital, London, UK
• Dr Hala Abuzeid Ahmed, Critical Care Consultant, Mafraq Hospital, Abu Dhabi, UAE
• Dr Hassan Jaafar, Hemato-Oncology Consultant, Oncology Center, Sheikh Khalifa Specialty Hospital, Ras al-Khaimah, UAE
• Dr Hessa A Swaidi, O&G Resident, Obstetric Medicine Unit, Corniche Hospital, Al Ain, UAE
• Dr Ibrahim Abd Elrahman, Consultant Gynaecologist & Assistant Prof - Advanced Laparoscopic Surgery, MBRU, Dubai, UAE
• Dr Jamal Alkoteesh, Consultant Interventional Radiologist; Chairman - Clinical Imaging Institute, Al Ain, UAE
• Dr Kannamannadiar Jayaprakasan, Subspecialist and Hon. Associate Professor: Reproductive Medicine & Surgery, University of Nottingham; Consultant Gynaecologist/ Fertility Lead, Royal Derby Hospital, Derby, UK
• Prof Laura Magee, Professor of Women's Health, King’s College London, London, UK
• Dr Leanne Bricker, Consultant & Chair of Fetal Medicine, Corniche Hospital, Abu Dhabi, UAE
• Dr Michael Fakih, Chairman, Founder & Medical Director, Fakih IVF, NMC Healthcare, Dubai, UAE
• Dr Mohamed Kamal, President, Egyptian Fetal Medicine Foundation; Fetal Medicine Consultant, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt
• Dr Mohamed Sulaiman, Consultant Fetal & Paediatric Cardiologist, KidsHeart Medical Centre, Abu Dhabi, UAE
• Dr Muna Tahlak, CEO, Latifa Hospital, Dubai, UAE
• Dr Muzib Begam, Consultant: Obstetric/Fetal-Maternal Medicine, Mediclinic, Abu Dhabi, UAE
• Prof Nisreen Anfinan, Associate Professor - Gynaecology Oncology, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, KSA
• Dr Omaema Al Baghahdadi, Obs & Gyne Consultant, Tawam Hospital, Al Ain, UAE
• Dr Panayota Zarmakoupis, Consultant OBGYN & R eporuductive Endoscrinology - IVF Unit, Tawam Hospital, Al Ain, UAE
• Dr Peter Doubilet, Senior Vice Chair of Radiology, Brigham & Women’s Hospital; Professor of Radiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
• Dr Rafael Blanco, Consultant Anaesthetist, King College Hospital, Dubai, UAE
• Dr Razan Nasir, Gynaecology Specialist, Latifa Hospital, Dubai, UAE
• Dr Rebecca Stone, Assistant Prof - Obstetrics & Gynecology, Kelly Gynaecologic  Oncology Service, Johns Hopkins Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
• Dr Rohan D'Souza, Maternal-Foetal Medicine Physician, Mount Sinai Hospital; Clinician-Investigator, Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute; Assistant Prof, Obstetrics & Gynecology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
• Dr Shahad Mahmoud Hussein, Consultant OBGYN, Mafraq Hospital, Abu Dhabi, UAE
• Dr Teodora Elena Ucenic, HOD - Consultant OB-GYN, NMC Speciality Hospital, Al Ain, UAE
• Dr Thikra Hassan, OB-GYN & Female Reproductive System Tumours Specialist, Tawam Hospital, Al Ain, UAE
• Dr Werner Diehl, Consultant in Fetal Medicine, Corniche Hospital, Abu Dhabi, UAE
• Dr Zainab Shaban, Ob-Gyn, Tawam Hospital, Al Ain, UAE

Faculty disclosure

The Cleveland Clinic Foundation Center for Continuing Education has implemented a policy to comply with the current Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education Standards for Commercial Support requiring resolution of all faculty conflicts of interest. Faculty declaring a relevant commercial interest will be identified in the activity syllabus.