HIMSS Middle East UAE eHealth Week 2016
 
Date: 1 November 2016
Time: 8:30am - 3:30pm
Venue: Mohammed Bin Rashid University Of Medicine and Health Sciences, Dubai Healthcare City (View map here)

  

 

Tuesday 01/11/2016
08:30 - 09:00Registration and Coffee
08:30 - 15:30Exhibition Hall Opens
09:00 - 09:10Introductory Talks [More Info]
Dr. Amer Ahmad Sharif, Chief Executive Officer, Dubai Healthcare City Authority – Education Sector, UAE
Dr. Homero Rivas MD, MBA, FACS, FASMBS, Assistant Professor of Surgery, Director of Innovative Surgery, Standford School of Medicine, USA
09:10 - 09:30How Wearables Will be the Game-Changer for Future Healthcare [More Info]
Dr. Masood Ahmed, Global Medical Director, Dell Services, UK
09:30 - 10:00Keynote Session: Opportunities and Challenges of Wearables in Healthcare [More Info]
Dr. Homero Rivas MD, MBA, FACS, FASMBS, Assistant Professor of Surgery, Director of Innovative Surgery, Standford School of Medicine, USA
10:00 - 10:30Keynote Session: Chronic Disease, Wearables, Social Media & ICT in Healthcare [More Info]
Dr. Carlo V. Caballero MD, Associate Professor of Medicine and Rheumatology, Universidad del Norte, Barranquilla, Colombia
10:30 - 11:00Keynote Session: Fitness, Prehab and Transplantation: Can Wearable Devices Make a Difference? [More Info]
Dr. Marc Melcher, Associate Professor of Surgery, Transplant Surgeon and Director of Surgeon Residency Program, Standford University, USA
11:00 - 11:15Coffee Break
11:15 - 12:00Panel Discussion: Implementing Digital Health in Medical Education [More Info]
Dr. Marc Melcher, Associate Professor of Surgery, Transplant Surgeon and Director of Surgeon Residency Program, Standford University, USA
Dr. Ibrahim Inuwa, Professor and Coordinator of Basic Sciences, Mohammed Bin Rashid University of Medicine and Health Sciences (MBRU), UAE
Dr. Carlo V. Caballero MD, Associate Professor of Medicine and Rheumatology, Universidad del Norte, Barranquilla, Colombia
Dr. Bassam Mahboub, Consultant and Head of Pulmonary Medicine Unit, Rashid Hospital, UAE
Chairperson: Dr. Alawi Alsheikh-Ali, Founding Dean, Mohammed Bin Rashid University of Medicine and Health Sciences, UAE
12:00 - 12:20Use of Robotic Assistive Devices in Rehabilitation - Endless Oppotunities [More Info]
Dr. Jan Hermansson, Medical & Clinical Research Director, Bioservo Technologies AB, Sweden
12:20 - 12:40Role of Automation and Data Insights in Healthcare [More Info]
Dr. Khalid AlNasser, Chief Executive Officer & Founder, Practech Inc., USA
12:40 - 13:00Patient Centric Strategies in Digital Health, From Personalized Wearables to Patient EMR Portals [More Info]
Dr. Carlo V. Caballero MD, Associate Professor of Medicine and Rheumatology, Universidad del Norte, Barranquilla, Colombia
13:00 - 14:00Networking Lunch
14:00 - 14:15Present Landscape and Future Predictions of Wearables and Digital Health in UAE [More Info]
Dr. Farhad Janahi, Assistant Professor, Mohammed Bin Rashid University of Medicine and Health Sciences, Consultant Urological and Transplant Surgeon Mediclinic City Hospital, Dubai, UAE
14:15 - 14:30An Update on Augmented and Virtual Reality and Wearables in Healthcare [More Info]
Dr. Homero Rivas MD, MBA, FACS, FASMBS, Assistant Professor of Surgery, Director of Innovative Surgery, Standford School of Medicine, USA
14:30 - 14:45Lessons of Using Wearables in Clinical Research: Is This a True Opportunity? [More Info]
Dr. Marc Melcher, Associate Professor of Surgery, Transplant Surgeon and Director of Surgeon Residency Program, Standford University, USA
14:45 - 15:30Panel Discussion: Creating Value in Digital Health and Wearables: Entrepreneurs, Investors and Regulators [More Info]
Roland Daher, Head of Dubai 100, Falcon & Associates, UAE
Dr. Jan Hermansson, Medical & Clinical Research Director, Bioservo Technologies AB, Sweden
Dr. Hanan Al Suwaidi, Head of Government, Health Insurance Programs, Dubai Health Authority, UAE
Dr. Khalid AlNasser, Chief Executive Officer & Founder, Practech Inc., USA
Chairperson: Dr. Homero Rivas MD, MBA, FACS, FASMBS, Assistant Professor of Surgery, Director of Innovative Surgery, Standford School of Medicine, USA