Distinguished medical professionals from Harvard Medical School are coming to Dubai next week to hold a two-day continuing education course that will highlight relevant advances in the diagnosis and treatment of cardiovascular diseases.
The 2nd Partners International Cardiovascular Conference, entitled ‘Preventing Cardiovascular Disease: A Clinical Mandate’, will be held at the J W Marriott Hotel from 7 to 9 December 2005.
The Harvard faculty, who are all practising clinicians at the renowned Massachusetts General and Brigham and Women’s Hospitals in Boston, will be joined by medical experts from Saudi Arabia and the Gulf States, Egypt, Algeria, Turkey, Sweden and New Zealand.
The event will be chaired by eminent local specialists Dr Mohammed Saeed Ali, Senior Consultant Cardiologist and Head of Cath Lab at Mafraq Hospital, Abu Dhabi, and Dr Wael Al Mahameed, Consultant Cardiologist and Deputy Director of Sheikh Khalifa Medical Centre, Abu Dhabi.
Dubai has been chosen as the host for this unique and exclusive event, one of the largest and most prestigious gatherings of heart specialists anywhere in the world, because of its position as a centre of medical excellence in the wider region. Attendees, who are heart specialists from the Middle East, Turkey and Africa, will receive a Certificate of Attendance from Harvard Medical School through Harvard Medical International.
In addition to lectures, there will be interactive panel discussions, case-based learning and meet-the-professor sessions. Participants are being encouraged to submit difficult cases online.
The event, which is being supported by an educational grant from Pfizer, has been received enthusiastically by doctors in the region, where coronary artery disease (CAD) is a major cause of death.
“The interest of an eminent body like Harvard Medical School will put the disease under the spotlight,” said Dr Saeed. “There is as yet no programme for primary prevention of cardiovascular disease in the region. So when an international faculty like Harvard sends over its experts to share their experience, people are willing to listen. That’s very important for the development of the healthcare system in the region. Consequently, the individual patient will benefit, which is our ultimate goal.”
