Program

8:00 - 8:40 AM	Onsite registration
8:40 - 9:00 AM	Welcome Note: Vanda Abi Raad, MD, MHPE, EMBA - Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs and Development Jocelyne Azar, MD, MHM, MHPE - LAU
*Moderators:* Wael Salame, MD - LAU Toni Sawma, PhD - LAU
9:00 - 9:15 AM	Session 1: Let’s Talk Anxiety Presented by Leyla Dirani, PhD - AUB
9:15 - 9:45 AM	Session 2: Identifying Anxiety-related Psychosomatic Symptoms Presented by Myriam El Khoury Malhame, PhD - LAU Nancy Maalouf, MD - LAU
9:45 - 10:00 AM	Session 3: Connection Between Anxiety and Eating Behaviors in the Lebanese context Presented by Rami Bou Khalil, MD - HDF
10:00 - 10:30 AM	Q&A session
10:30 - 11:00 AM	Coffee Break
Parallel Workshops (onsite at the LAU Medical Center-Rizk Hospital):
11:00 AM - 13:00	Workshop 1: Decoding Anxiety’s Cardiac Echoes Presented by Jocelyne Azar, MD, MHM, MHPE - LAU Robert Fakhoury, MD - LAU Sahar Obeid, PhD - LAU Moderated by Charles Baddoura, MD - LAU
11:00 AM - 13:00	Workshop 2: Breaking Bad News with Compassion Presented by Rachid Rahme, MD - LAU Yara Said, MD - LAU Toni Sawma, PhD - LAU Moderated by Marie Anne El-Khoury, PhD - LAU
11:00 AM - 13:00	Workshop 3: Managing Anxiety in Children and their Parents Presented by Abeer Hani, MD - LAU Wael Salame, MD - LAU Pia Tohme, PhD - LAU Moderated by Wissam Kheir, PhD - LAU

The Lebanese Order of Physicians awarded 3 Continuing Medical Education (CME) credits for participating in the entire day.