Scientific Agenda
Day 1 - 14 June 2019 (Friday)
8:30 - 8:45
8:45 - 9:00
Registration
Welcome and Opening Message
9:00 - 9:30
KEYNOTE LECTURE
The Impact of Neurological Disability
Sabahat Asim Wasti
Staff Physician, Neurology - Neurological Institute
Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi
9:30 - 10:00
Reducing the Impact of Neurological Disability Through Neurorehabilitation
Abhishek Srivastava, India
Consultant Rehabilitation Medicine
Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital and Medical Research Institute
10:00 - 10:45
10:00 - 10:15
10:00 - 10:15
10:15 - 10:30
Free Paper Session
PD Psychosis : What Mental Health Professional Need to Know?
Dr. Ahmed Osama El Boraie
Consultant Psychiatrist
Sheikh Khalifa Medical City, UAE
Early Physiotherapy Intervention Results in Significant Improvement in Functional Independence Measure (FIM) in Acute Stroke - Results of a 2 Year Audit
Ms. Komathi Chandran
Physiotherapist
Al Ain Hospital, UAE
10:30 - 10:45
10:45 - 11:00
Smart Electronic Health Application (SEHA) Telehealth for Rehabilitation Service ParadigmShift for Patient's Self-Management
Dr. Hamzeh Awad
Associate Professor, Health Sciences Department
Higher College of Technology, UAE
SESSION 1 : Long Term Neurological Rehabilitation
Coffee Break
11:00 - 11:30
Rehabilitation Aspects of Managing Long-Term Paraplegia
Nazakat Hussein
Clinical Director, Rehabilitation Medicine
Cambridge Medicine and Rehabilitation Center
11:30 - 12:00
Patient Experience: Long Time Experience of Living with Spinal Cord Injury
Nazakat Hussein
Clinical Director, Rehabilitation Medicine
Cambridge Medicine and Rehabilitation Center
12:00 - 12:30
Long Term Care of an Individual with Complex Disability
Ahmad Al Khayer
Medical Director
NMC Provita International Medical Center
12:30 - 12:45
12:45 - 13:45
13:45 - 14:45
Question and Answer
Friday Prayer and Lunch Break
INDUSTRY SUPPORTED SYMPOSIUM
Spasticity Symposium
SESSION 2 : Neurodisability
14:45 - 15:05
Complications of Long Term Disability
Matilde Leornardi, Italy
Director of Neurology
Public Health, Disability Unit & Coma Research Centre - Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Neurologico Carlo Besta
15:05 - 15:20
Coffee Break
15:20 - 15:40
Management of Individual with Neuropathic Pain
Eric Francois
Staff Physician, Neurology - Neurological Insitute
Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi
15:40 - 16:00
Life Long Management of Neuropathic Bladder and Bowel
Mario Patricolo
Consultant Pediatric Surgeon and Medical Director
Mediclinic Al Noor Hospital
Adjunct Professor of Surgery
Mohammad Bin Rashid University - Dubai
16:00 - 16:30
16:30 - 17:00
KEYNOTE LECTURES
Growing Up with Disability
Mohamed Elhadi Malik
Consultant, Pediatric Neurology
Mediclinic Airport Road Hospital
William DeMayo
Director, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Specialized Rehabilitation Hospital
Understanding and Managing Behavioral Issues in TBI
17:00 - 17:15
Question and Answer
Day 2 - 15 June 2019 (Saturday)
SESSION 3 : Neurocritical Sessions
9:00 - 9:20
Emerging Trends in Neurocritical Rehabilitation
Waleed Jasim
Critical Care Physician
Sheikh Khalifa Medical City
9:20 - 9:40
Considerations in Early Mobilization of Patients
Emma Steenbergen
Senior Clinical Physiotherapist
Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi
9:40 - 10:00
Cost-Effectiveness of Neurological Rehabilitation
Prathap Raghavan
Consultant, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Tawam Hospital
10:00 - 10:15
Question and Answer
SESSION 4 : Early Stroke Rehabilitation
10:15 - 10:45
Global Assessment of a Stroke Patient for Rehabilitation
Ranjith Menon
Consultant, Neurology
Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi
10:45 - 11:05
11:05 - 11:25
Coffee Break
Swallow Assessment and Protection of Airway in a Stroke Patient
Fatema Nasser
Speech and Language Pathologist
Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi
11:25 - 11:45
Management of Perceptual Deficit in Stroke
Meqdad Hamzeh Mahmoud
Senior Occupational Therapist
Al Ain Hospital
11:45 - 12:05
Cognitive Evaluation and Management of Congnitive Deficits in Stroke
Alia Nadia Ammar
Clinical Neuropsychologist, Head of Neuropsychology
American Center for Psychiatry & Neurology
12:05 - 12:35
12:35 - 12:50
12:50 - 13:50
13:50 - 14:10
Clinical Use of Robotics and Advance Technology in NeuroRehabilitation
Sharmila Banu
Senior Physiotherapist and Clinical-In-Charge
Thumbay Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Hospital
Question and Answer
Lunch Break and Poster Presentation Session
INDUSTRY SUPPORTED SYMPOSIUM
Keeping the Person Mobile with Neurodisability
SESSION 5 : NeuroRehabilitation Session
14:10 - 14:30
14:30 - 14:50
14:50 - 15:10
15:10 - 15:30
15:30 - 15:45
15:45 - 16:00
16:00 - 17:10
Importance of Interdisciplinary Approach
Raquel Neves
Rehabilitation Unit Manager
Royal Health Rehabilitation Hospital
Role of A Rehabilitation Nurse
Laura Taylor
Nurse Manager
Specialized Rehabilitation Hospital
NeuroRehabilitation Assessment
William DeMayo
Director, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Specialized Rehabilitation Hospital
Nursing Led Interventions
Raquel Neves
Rehabilitation Unit Manager
Royal Health Rehabilitation Hospital
Question and Answer
Coffee Break
Free Paper Sessions
17:15 - 17:30
CLOSING REMARKS / END of the CONGRESS
Prediction of Osteoporosis Risk in Cerebral Palsy Children
16:00 - 16:15
Mr. Ruairi O' Broin
Senior Therapist
Amana Healthcare, UAE
16:30 - 16:45
Why Don't Stroke Patients Come Within the Window Period?
Dr. Shannaz Al Jarrah
Clinical Neuropsychologist
Al Ain Hospital, UAE
Dr. Abir Hegazy
Assistant Consultant, Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
King Fahad Specialist Hospital, KSA
Do Regular Botulinum Toxin Injections Combined with Intensive Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy Significantly Improve Spasticity? Results of Restrospective Audit
16:15 - 16:30
16:45 - 17:00
Specific Swallowing Assessment and Therapy Techniques Result in Significant Change of FOIS Score in Stroke
Ms. Reshma Raj Anoop
Senior Speech Language Pathologist
Al Ain Hospital, UAE
17:00 - 17:15
Predictive Relationship of Toxic Stress on Maternal Cognitive and Physical Health Outcomes and Health Related Quality of Life for Prenatal and Post Partum Women Living in the UAE
Dr. Lori Maria Walton
Associate Professor
University of Sharjah, UAE
