The First LAU Head & Neck Symposium
February 10, 2018 — 8 AM to 6 PM
Le Bristol Hotel, Beirut, Lebanon
Program
DATE: Saturday, February 10, 2018
LOCATION: LE BRISTOL HOTEL - BEIRUT
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8:00 – 8:30 a.m. |
Registration |
| 8:30 – 9:00 a.m. |
OPENING CEREMONY Speech Speech Speech |
| 9:00 – 10:30 a.m. | Session 1 |
| Session 1 |
Chairman: Alain Sabri Panelists: Selim Chammas, Marwan Ghosn, Joseph Makdessi, Michel Saade & Caroline Samaha |
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1. Oropharyngeal Cancer HPV, the Robot, and De-escalation Therapy Kerry Olsen, MD – Mayo Clinic, USA |
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2. The Dr. ASSEM SERHAL MEMORIAL LECTURE: Immunotherapy in Recurrent and Advanced Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma Fadlo Khuri, MD – President of the American University of Beirut |
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3. Updates and Standards of Care in Treatment of Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma Fady Geara, MD – American University of Beirut |
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4. Role of Induction Chemotherapy in HNSCC Hady Ghanem, MD – Lebanese American University |
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| 10:30 – 11:00 a.m. | Coffee Break |
| 11:00 – 12:30 p.m. | Session 2 |
| Session 2 |
Chairman: Rami Saade Panelists: Abdul Latif Hamdan, Antoine Jaklis, Maher Kasty, Clement Khoury & Fadi Nasr |
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1. Aggressive Non-Melanoma Skin Cancer Randal Weber, MD, FACS – MD Anderson Cancer Center, USA |
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2. Nuances in Management of Advanced Laryngeal Squamous Cell Carcinoma Amine Haddad, MD – Hôtel Dieu de France |
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3. Lessons Learned from 35 Years of Salivary Gland Surgery Kerry Olsen, MD – Mayo Clinic, USA |
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4. Special Topics and Recent Advances in Thyroid Tumor Surgery Alain Sabri, MD, MPH, FACS – Lebanese American University |
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| 12:30 – 1:30 p.m. | Lunch |
| 1:30 – 3:00 p.m. | Session 3 |
| Session 3 |
Chairman: Kerry Olsen Panelists: Anthony Al Hawat, Fares Azoury, Emile Brihi, Georges Chahine & Bassel El Baba |
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1. Controversies in Management of Oral Cavity Squamous Cell Carcinoma Antoine Melkane, MD – Hôtel Dieu de France |
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2. Pathology Margin Assessment in Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma Resections Selim Nasser, MD – Lebanese American University & Clemenceau Medical Center |
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3. Radiologic Considerations in Head and Neck Cancer Imaging Raghid Kikano, MD – Lebanese American University |
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4. Microvascular Free Tissue Transfer for Major Head and Neck Defects Sami Melki, MD – Lebanese American University |
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| 3:00 – 3:20 p.m. | Coffee Break |
| 3:20 – 5:00 p.m. | Session 4 |
| Session 4 |
Chairman: Randal Weber Panelists: Raja Fakhoury, Georges Farha, Nabil Moukarzel, Marc Mourad & Rabih Said |
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1. Endoscopic Management of Anterior Skull Base Neoplasia Samer Fakhri, MD – American University of Beirut |
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2. Endovascular Management of Hypervascular Lesions of the Head and Neck Michel Mawad, MD – Dean of the Lebanese American University Gilbert and Rose-Marie Chagoury School of Medicine |
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3. Head and Neck Cancer Treatments and Quality of Life Rami Saade, MD – Lebanese American University |
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4. Value Based Head and Neck Cancer Care Randal Weber, MD, FACS – MD Anderson Cancer Center, USA |
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5. Hospice and Palliative Care Hibah Osman, MD – Balsam Lebanese Center for Palliative Care |
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| 5:00 – 5:20 p.m. | Coffee Break |
| 5:20 – 6:20 p.m. |
ROUND TABLE (All Panelists, All Faculty) Session Chairmen: Kerry Olsen, Randal Weber, Alain Sabri & Rami Saade |
For any inquiries, please contact:
Ms. Lama Naim
Lead Program Administrator
Gilbert and Rose-Marie Chagoury School of Medicine
Lebanese American University
Email: lama.naim@lau.edu.lb
Phone: + 961 1 200 800 ext: 5830