Program

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8:30 AM - 9:00 AM	Onsite registration
9:00 AM - 9:20 AM	Welcome and Opening Remarks: Master of Ceremonies: Why is it so Important to Recognize Hereditary and Familial Cancer? Roula Farah, MD, FAAP - LAU Department of Pediatrics Welcome Note: Sola Aoun Bahous, MD, PhD, MHPE - Dean of the LAU Gilbert and Rose-Marie Chagoury School of Medicine Speech: His Excellency Firass Abiad, MD, MBA - Minister of Public Health
Module I Moderators: Jean El Cheikh, MD - AUB Andre Megarbane, MD, PhD - LAU Paul Henri Torbey, MD - HDF
9:20 AM - 9:30 AM	Introduction: The Impact of Cancer Genetics in Research and Clinic Roland Kuiper, PhD - Princess Máxima Center Netherlands
9:30 AM - 9:50 AM	Session 1: When to Suspect a Familial or Hereditary Cancer Syndrome and How to Test for it? Presented by Eliane Chouery, PhD - LAU Department of Human Genetics Cybel Mehawej, PhD - LAU Department of Human Genetics
9:50 AM - 10:10 AM	Session 2: Diagnosis and Counseling of Families with Cancer Predisposition Syndromes Presented by Marjolijn Jongmans, MD, PhD - Princess Máxima Center Netherlands
10:10 AM - 10:30 AM	Session 3: Therapeutic Implications of Genetics and Hereditary Cancers Presented by Hady Ghanem, MD - LAU Department of Internal Medicine/Division of Hematology-Oncology
10:30 AM - 10:50 AM	Session 4: Germline Predisposition to Pediatric Cancer: Variant Interpretation Presented by Esme Waanders, PhD - Princess Máxima Center Netherlands
10:50 AM - 11:00 AM	Q&A
11:00 AM - 11:20 AM	Coffee Break
Module II *Moderators:* Nizar Bitar, MD - Sahel General Hospital Gilbert Karayakoupoglou, MD - Albert Haykel Hospital Selim Nasser, MD - LAU
11:20 - 11:50 AM	Session 5: Cancer Predisposition: What can we Learn from the Tumor? Presented by Roland Kuiper, PhD - Princess Máxima Center Netherlands
11:50 - 12:10 AM	Session 6: Lebanese Cancer Families: Key Challenges, Case Presentations and Future Perspectives Presented by Roula Farah, MD, FAAP - LAU Department of Pediatrics
Moderators: Hassan El Solh, MD - AUB Roula Farah, MD, FAAP - LAU
12:10 - 13:00	Onsite session: Round Table Discussion and Debate: Ethical, Economic and Psychologic Considerations in Hereditary and Familial Cancers in Adults and Children All Speakers and Moderators Advisor to the Minister of Public Health: Dr. Pierre Anhoury President of Lebanese Society of Pediatrics: Dr. Marianne Majdalani President of Lebanese Society of Medical Oncology: Dr. Roger Khater President of the Lebanese Society of Pathology: Dr. Hala Kassouf President of the Lebanese Society for General Surgery: Dr. Joseph Maroun Clinical Psychologist - Psychotherapist: Dr. Rima Gemayel CHANCE Association Committee Member: Dr. Naim Bejjani SAID NGO Founder & Managing Director: Mrs. Hana Nimer
13:00 - 13:10	Closing Remarks Roula Farah, MD, FAAP - LAU