Preparing for the Unpredictable - Lessons from the Beirut Explosion

Program & Registration

Earn CME Credits | Free Registration

Program 

Time zone (UTC+02:00)
The webinar has been awarded 2.5 CME credits from the Lebanese Order of Physicians (LOP)
 
10:00 AM - 10:10 AM     Welcome and Introduction
 Elie Abi Nader, M.D. (LAU)
10:10 AM - 10:30 AM  The Role of Anesthesiologists in Mass Casualty Incidents:
 Personal Reflections

 Presented by
 Wayne Morriss, M.D. - WFSA President Elect

 Moderated by
 Patricia Yazbeck, M.D. - PAFSA President
10:30 AM - 10:50 AM  Anesthesia Triage Systems for Mass Casualties 
 
Presented by
 Marzia Corini, M.D. - CRIMEDIM, Italy
 Collaborating Centre for Training and Research in Emergency and
 Disaster Medicine
 
 Moderated by
 Lise Abi Rafeh, M.D. (Hospital Albert Haykel)
10:50 AM - 11:00 AM  Q & A
Musical Break “Song of Hope for Beirut”
Performed by the LAU Anesthesia Department 
11:00 AM - 11:45 AM

 Anesthetic Management of Patients During the Beirut Explosion
 Presented by
 - Carine Zeeni, M.D. (AUB)
 - Freda Richa, M.D. (HDF)
 - Nabil Mansour, M.D. (SGHUMC)
 - Dany Ziade, M.D. (Aboujaoudé Hospital)
 - Diala Harfouche, M.D. (Najjar Hospital)

 Moderated by
 Hanane Barakat, M.D., MHM (LAU)

11:45 AM - 12:00 PM  Q & A
 Break: Highlights on the LAU Clinical Simulation Center
12:00 PM - 12:20 PM  Anesthesia Department Emergency Preparedness
 Presented by
 David Marrache, M.D. - Hôpital Européen Georges-Pompidou,
 France 
 
 Moderated by
 Souheil Chamandi, M.D. - LSA President
12:20 PM - 12:40 PM  Preparing Teams for Disaster Management Using Simulation
 Presented by 
 Marc Lazarovici, MD - SESAM President
 
 Moderated by
 Maroun Ghabach, M.D. (LU)
12:40 PM - 12:50 PM  Q & A
12:50 PM - 13:00 PM  Closing Remarks
 Vanda Abi Raad, M.D., MHPE (LAU)

 

For more inquiries, please contact:

Lama Naim
Senior Program Officer
Office of Continuing Medical Education & Professional Development
Gilbert and Rose-Marie Chagoury School of Medicine
Lebanese American University
Email: cmeoffice@lau.edu.lb
Telephone: + (961) 1 200 800, Ext.: 5830