Critical Care Mastery: Evidence, Innovation and Practice

Program

Earn CME Credits

An application has been made to the Lebanese Order of Physicians to grant CME credits. 

Free Registration


Friday, October 3, 2025 
Location: LAU Medical Center-Rizk Hospital, Auditorium D, 5th floor 

Time Details
3:00-3:30 p.m.

Onsite Registration

3:30-3:45 p.m.

Welcome and Opening Remarks:

Fayez Abillama, MD - Head of the Division of Critical Care Medicine, LAU Gilbert and Rose-Marie Chagoury School of Medicine

Session 1
Moderators: 
  • Prof. Pierre Bou Khalil, MD - American University of Beirut Medical Center 
  • Toufic Chaaban, MD - LAU Gilbert and Rose-Marie Chagoury School of Medicine
  • Prof. Rajaa Chatila, MD - LAU Gilbert and Rose-Marie Chagoury School of Medicine 
3:45-4:45 p.m.
 

Lecture 1: Management of Acute Liver Failure + Q&A

Presented by
Prof. Pierre-Francois Laterre, MD - Head of Intensive Care Unit at Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire Mons-Hainaut, Belgium

Session 2
Moderators: 
  • Prof. Eddie Abdalla, MD - LAU Gilbert and Rose-Marie Chagoury School of Medicine
  • Dany Gaspard, MD - LAU Gilbert and Rose-Marie Chagoury School of Medicine
4:45-5:30 p.m.

Lecture 2: Pancreas: The State of the Art + Q&A

Presented by
Prof. Pierre-Francois Laterre
, MD - Head of Intensive Care Unit at Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire Mons-Hainaut, Belgium

5:30- 5:45 p.m.

Coffee Break 

Session 3
Moderator: 

Fayez Abillama, MD - Head of the Division of Critical Care Medicine, LAU Gilbert and Rose-Marie Chagoury School of Medicine

5:45-8:00 p.m.

Cardio-Vascular Hemodynamics

Panelists:

  • Zouheir Bitar, MD - Senior Consultant, General Medical & Critical Care Unit, Ahmadi Hospital, Kuwait 
  • Prof. Pierre-Francois Laterre, MD - Head of Intensive Care Unit at Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire Mons-Hainaut, Belgium
  • b - Therapy Development Manager, Critical Care, Getinge, United Arab Emirates

Hands-on:

  • Badih Geha, RN - Clinical Instructor, LAU Medical Center-Rizk Hospital 
  • Mrs. Linda Veale - Therapy Development Manager, Critical Care, Getinge, United Arab Emirates

 

Saturday, October 4, 2025 
Location: LAU Medical Center-Rizk Hospital, Auditorium D, 5th floor 

Time Details
8:30-9:00 a.m.

Onsite Registration

Session 3
Moderator: 

Fayez Abillama, MD - Head of the Division of Critical Care Medicine, LAU Gilbert and Rose-Marie Chagoury School of Medicine

9:00-10:00 a.m.

How can I feed my Critical Patient?

Panelists:

  • Prof. Pierre-Francois Laterre, MD - Head of Intensive Care Unit at Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire Mons-Hainaut, Belgium
  • Hady Ghanem, MD -  Division Head of Hematology Oncology, LAU Gilbert and Rose-Marie Chagoury School of Medicine
  • Krystel Ouaijan, RD, CNSC, PhD Global Health - American University of Beirut
Session 5
Moderators: 
  • Prof. Jacques Mokhbat, MD - Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, LAU Gilbert and Rose-Marie Chagoury School of Medicine
  • Dany Gaspard, MD -  Division Head of Pulmonary Diseases, LAU Gilbert and Rose-Marie Chagoury School of Medicine
  • Jamil Barhoun, MD - Division of Infectious Diseases, LAU Gilbert and Rose-Marie Chagoury School of Medicine
10:00-11:00 a.m.

Lecture 3:  Antibiotics, Golden hours PK/PD and Tissue Penetration + Q&A

Presented by
Prof. Pierre-Francois Laterre, MD - Head of Intensive Care Unit at Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire Mons-Hainaut, Belgium

11:00-11:30 a.m.

Coffee Break 

11:30 a.m. -1:00 p.m.

Hands-on (by invitation):

  • Cardiac Ultrasound

    • ​Ms. Samia Hanna - Non-Invasive Cardiology Supervisor Advanced Cardiovascular, LAU Medical Center-Rizk Hospital 

  • Point-of-Care Ultrasound 

    • Zouheir Bitar, MD - Senior Consultant, General Medical & Critical Care Unit, Ahmadi Hospital, Kuwait
    • Ramzi Nakhle, MD - Division of Emergency Medicine, LAU Gilbert and Rose-Marie Chagoury School of Medicine
  • Transcranial Doppler

    • ​Chady Kallasy, MD - Division of Vascular Medicine,  LAU Gilbert and Rose-Marie Chagoury School of Medicine


For more inquiries, please contact:
Office of Faculty Affairs & Development
LAU Gilbert and Rose-Marie Chagoury School of Medicine
Emailcmeoffice@lau.edu.lb
Phone: + 961 1 200800, Extensions: 5830 or 1831