Pediatric Pulmonology Congress 2021

February 25, 2021 - February 27, 2021

Virtual Platform

Organized by Saudi Pediatric Pulmonology Association/STS

Successfully Concluded, see you at PPC 2022

Welcome Message

Dear Friends and Colleagues, It is a great pleasure and an honor to welcome you to the Seventh Annual Saudi Pediatric Pulmonology Association (SPPA) Conference titled “Pediatric Pulmonology Congress” (PPC), which is held on February 25– 27, 2021 virtually. This exciting congress will bring together researchers, clinicians and other healthcare professionals in an international forum, enabling the exchange of the latest advances in both science and practice, within the research and clinical community. The Conference will strive to offer plenty of networking opportunities, providing you with the opportunity to meet and interact with the leading scientists and researchers, friends and colleagues as well as sponsors and exhibitors. PPC 2021 is endorsed by European Respiratory Society "ERS". We hope you will join us for a symphony of outstanding science. With best wishes,

Successfully Concluded, see you at PPC 2022

Schedule

4:30 pm - 4:50 pm Conference

Basics of Pediatric Chest X-ray Interpretation

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Dr. Saeed Nihayah Consultant, Pediatric Radiologist and Interventionist
Prince Sultan Military Medical City

4:50 pm - 5:10 pm Conference

Chest Interventional Radiology in Pediatric: An Overview

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Dr. Saeed Nihayah Consultant, Pediatric Radiologist and Interventionist
Prince Sultan Military Medical City

5:10 pm - 5:30 pm Conference

Interesting Pediatric Chest X-ray Cases

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Dr. Saeed Nihayah Consultant, Pediatric Radiologist and Interventionist
Prince Sultan Military Medical City

6:00 pm - 6:30 pm Conference

How to get your data published: Editor View

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Prof. Mohamed Al-Moamary Editor-in-Chief, Annals of Thoracic Medicine
King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Riyadh

6:30 pm - 7:00 pm Conference

Common Reasons for paper rejection

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Prof. Adel Alharbi Pediatric Pulmonologist and Sleep Physician
Prince Sultan Military Medical City

7:30 pm - 8:00 pm Conference

Pediatric Pulmonary Function Test Made Easy

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Dr. Dennis Rosen Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
Boston Children's Hospital

8:00 pm - 8:30 pm Conference

Pediatric Pulmonary Function Test Made Easy

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Dr Fiona Ringholz Consultant, Respiratory Medicine
Children’s Hospital Dublin, Ireland

1:00 pm - 1:25 pm Conference

SINA 2021; What's new?

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Dr. Sami Alhaider Pediatric Pulmonologist
King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Center

1:25 pm - 1:50 pm Conference

Childhood Asthma Management at OPD

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Dr. Abdullah Yousef Pediatric Pulmonologist
King Fahd Hospital of the University, Dammam

1:50 pm - 2:15 pm Conference

Childhood Asthma Management at ER

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Prof. Abdullah Al Mutrafy Professor of Pediatric Emergency Medicine
King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, National Guard Hospital

2:15 pm - 2:40 pm Conference

Approach to Severe Asthma in Children

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Dr. Yazan Said Pediatric Pulmonologist
King Fahad Specialist Hospital, Dammam

2:40 pm - 2:50 pm Conference

Panel Discussion

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2:50 pm - 3:15 pm Conference

Break / Exhibition Tour

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3:15 pm - 3:40 pm Conference

Bronchiolitis in the era of COVID 19; obstacles and solutions

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Prof. Adel Alharbi Pediatric Pulmonologist and Sleep Physician
Prince Sultan Military Medical City

3:40 pm - 4:05 pm Conference

COVID19 in Pediatrics "An Overview and Update"

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Dr. Abdulrahman AlOdayani Consultant, Pediatric Infectious Disease
Prince Sultan Military Medical City

4:05 pm - 4:30 pm Conference

Approach to the Management of Necrotizing and complicated Pneumonia

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Dr. Dayel Al Shahrani Consultant, Pediatric Infectious Disease
King Fahad Medical City, Riyadh

4:30 pm - 4:55 pm Conference

Pneumonia in Immunocompromised Children

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Dr. Abdulnasir Alotaibi Consultant, Pediatric Infectious Diseases
Prince Sultan Military Medical City

4:55 pm - 5:05 pm Conference

Panel Discussion

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5:05 pm - 5:30 pm Conference

Break / Exhibition Tour

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5:30 pm - 5:55 pm Conference

Chronic cough in Children (ERS guidelines)

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Dr. Ahmad Kantar Professor, Head of Department of Pediatrics, Policlinico San Pietro
Head of Pediatric Asthma and Cough Centre, Policlinico San Pietro, ITALY

5:55 pm - 6:20 pm Conference

Key Paediatric Messages from ERS 2020

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Prof Ernst Eber Professor of Pediatric Pulmonology and Allergy
Medical University of Graz, Austria

6:20 pm - 6:45 pm Conference

Distinction between difficult Asthma, true severe Asthma & overlap

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Dr Louise Felming Clinical Senior Lecturer And Consultant Respiratory Paediatrician
Imperial College, London & Royal Brompton Hospital

6:45 pm - 7:10 pm Conference

IGRA & OTHER TB INFECTION Tests in children

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Prof. Delia Goletti Infectious Diseases specialist
University Unicamillus, Rome, Italy

7:10 pm - 7:20 pm Conference

Panel Discussion

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9:00 am - 9:25 am Conference

Update in Pediatric Sleep Medicine

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Dr. Abdullah Alkhayat Pediatric Pulmonologist & Sleep Physician
Taif University

9:25 am - 9:50 am Conference

Childhood interstitial lung disease; Year in Review

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Dr. Nasser Alharbi Consultant of pediatric Respiratory Medicine
King Saud University

9:50 am - 10:15 am Conference

Update on the Management of BPD; Year in Review

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Dr. Meshal Alhasan Pediatric Pulmonologist
King Fahd Hospital of the University

10:15 am - 10:25 am Conference

Panel Discussion

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10:25 am - 10:50 am Conference

When the Trachea is screaming for help!

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Dr. Basel Altami Pulmonary Fellow
Prince Sultan Military Medical City

10:50 am - 11:15 am Conference

Uncommon finding of common presentation

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Dr. Nawal Alqarni Pulmonary Fellow
King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Center - Jeddah

11:15 am - 11:40 am Conference

Dealing with the unkown

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Dr. Wedad Alhazmi Pulmonary Fellow
King Saud Medical City - Riyadh

11:40 am - 11:50 am Conference

Panel Discussion

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11:50 am - 1:00 pm Conference

Break / Exhibition Tour

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1:00 pm - 1:25 pm Conference

Pulmonary Care for Patients with Neuromuscular Diseases

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Prof. Andreas van Egmond-Fröhlich Pediatric Pulmonologist
SMZ Süd – Kaiser-Franz-Josef-Spital und Gottfried von Preyer'schem Kinderspital, Vienna, Austria

1:25 pm - 1:50 pm Conference

Pediatric Respiratory Home Care; Current Status and Future Plan

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Dr. Faisal Alsomali Pediatric Pulmonologist
Sulaiman Al Habib Hospital, Al Khobar, Saudi Arabia

1:50 pm - 2:15 pm Conference

Obesity related respiratory disorders

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Dr. Wadha Alotaibi Pediatric Pulmonologist and Sleep Physician
King Fahad Medical City, Riyadh

2:15 pm - 2:40 pm

What is normal Oxygen Saturation?

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Dr. Turki AlAhmadi Pediatric Pulmonologist
King Abdulaziz University Hospital, Jeddah

2:40 pm - 2:50 pm

Panel Discussion

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2:50 pm - 3:15 pm

Break / Exhibition Tour

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3:15 pm - 3:40 pm

Toward Cystic Fibrosis personalized therapy: The role of in vitro model systems

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Dr. Andras Rab Assistant Professor, Division of Pulmonology, Allergy/Immunology, Cystic Fibrosis, and Sleep
Emory University School, Atlanta, United States

3:40 pm - 4:05 pm

Lower airway infections in children with cystic fibrosis ; antibiotics choice

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Prof Sarath Ranganathan Stevenson chair and Head of Paediatrics
University of Melbourn

4:05 pm - 4:30 pm

Next step in CF care , a look into the Future!

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Prof. Peter Mogayzel Professor of Pediatric Respiratory Sciences | Director of the Cystic Fibrosis Center
Johns Hopkins Hospital

4:30 pm - 4:55 pm

Coping Strategies while caring for children with CF "Psychology Matters"

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Dr. Michèle Puckey Consultant Paediatric Clinical Psychologist Deputy Lead Clinician for Safeguarding
Children Royal Brompton Hospital London, UK

4:55 pm - 5:05 pm

Panel Discussion

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Dr. Michèle Puckey

Consultant Paediatric Clinical Psychologist Deputy Lead Clinician for Safeguarding
Children Royal Brompton Hospital London, UK

Dr. Abeer Alharbi

Pediatric Pulmonologist
King Saud Medical City

Dr. Khaled Baqais

Pediatric Pulmonologist
Prince Sultan Military Medical City

Dr. Khalid Al-Mobaireek

Pediatric Pulmonologist
King Khalid University Hospital

Dr. Mona Albalawi

Pediatric Pulmonologist
Security Forces Hospital

Dr. Mohammed Alghaihab

Pediatric Pulmonologist
National Guard Hospital

Dr. Rahma Alaamri

Pediatric Pulmonologist
East Jeddah Hospital

Dr. Ayed Alanazi

Pediatric Pulmonologist
Prince Sultan Military Medical City

Dr. Alnashmi Alanazi

Pediatric Pulmonologist
Security Forces Hospital

Dr. Mohammed Albalawi

Pediatric Pulmonologist
King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Center

Prof. Basil Elnazir

Consultant in Respiratory& General Paediatric Medicine
Children’s Health Ireland (CHI) at Tallaght

Dr. Essa Alrashidi

Pediatric Pulmonologist
King Saud University

Dr. AbdelHai Hammo

Pediatric Gastroenterologist
King Fahad Specialist Hospital, Dammam

Dr. Talal Almaghamsi

Pediatric Pulmonologist
King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Center - Jeddah

Dr. Ahmed Alanazi

CEO & Consultant Pediatric Pulmonologist
King Saud Medical City

Dr. Mansour Al-Qwaiee

Pediatric Pulmonologist
Prince Sultan Military Medical City

Dr. Saleh Alharbi

Consultant Pediatric Pulmonologist
Dr. Soliman Faggeh Hospital, JEDDAH

Dr. Abdullah Alshamrani

Pediatric Pulmonologist and Sleep Physician
Prince Sultan Military Medical City

Prof Sarath Ranganathan

Stevenson chair and Head of Paediatrics
University of Melbourn

Prof. Peter Mogayzel

Professor of Pediatric Respiratory Sciences | Director of the Cystic Fibrosis Center
Johns Hopkins Hospital

Dr. Andras Rab

Assistant Professor, Division of Pulmonology, Allergy/Immunology, Cystic Fibrosis, and Sleep
Emory University School, Atlanta, United States

Dr. Turki AlAhmadi

Pediatric Pulmonologist
King Abdulaziz University Hospital, Jeddah

Dr. Wadha Alotaibi

Pediatric Pulmonologist and Sleep Physician
King Fahad Medical City, Riyadh

Dr. Faisal Alsomali

Pediatric Pulmonologist
Sulaiman Al Habib Hospital, Al Khobar, Saudi Arabia

Prof. Andreas van Egmond-Fröhlich

Pediatric Pulmonologist
SMZ Süd – Kaiser-Franz-Josef-Spital und Gottfried von Preyer'schem Kinderspital, Vienna, Austria

Dr. Wedad Alhazmi

Pulmonary Fellow
King Saud Medical City - Riyadh

Dr. Nawal Alqarni

Pulmonary Fellow
King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Center - Jeddah

Dr. Basel Altami

Pulmonary Fellow
Prince Sultan Military Medical City

Dr. Meshal Alhasan

Pediatric Pulmonologist
King Fahd Hospital of the University

Dr. Nasser Alharbi

Consultant of pediatric Respiratory Medicine
King Saud University

Dr. Abdullah Alkhayat

Pediatric Pulmonologist & Sleep Physician
Taif University

Prof. Delia Goletti

Infectious Diseases specialist
University Unicamillus, Rome, Italy

Dr Louise Felming

Clinical Senior Lecturer And Consultant Respiratory Paediatrician
Imperial College, London & Royal Brompton Hospital

Prof Ernst Eber

Professor of Pediatric Pulmonology and Allergy
Medical University of Graz, Austria

Dr. Ahmad Kantar

Professor, Head of Department of Pediatrics, Policlinico San Pietro
Head of Pediatric Asthma and Cough Centre, Policlinico San Pietro, ITALY

Dr. Abdulnasir Alotaibi

Consultant, Pediatric Infectious Diseases
Prince Sultan Military Medical City

Dr. Dayel Al Shahrani

Consultant, Pediatric Infectious Disease
King Fahad Medical City, Riyadh

Dr. Abdulrahman AlOdayani

Consultant, Pediatric Infectious Disease
Prince Sultan Military Medical City

Prof. Mohamed Al-Moamary

Editor-in-Chief, Annals of Thoracic Medicine
King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Riyadh

Dr. Saeed Nihayah

Consultant, Pediatric Radiologist and Interventionist
Prince Sultan Military Medical City

Prof. Adel Alharbi

Pediatric Pulmonologist and Sleep Physician
Prince Sultan Military Medical City

Dr. Dennis Rosen

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
Boston Children's Hospital

Dr Fiona Ringholz

Consultant, Respiratory Medicine
Children’s Hospital Dublin, Ireland

Dr. Sami Alhaider

Pediatric Pulmonologist
King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Center

Dr. Abdullah Yousef

Pediatric Pulmonologist
King Fahd Hospital of the University, Dammam

Prof. Abdullah Al Mutrafy

Professor of Pediatric Emergency Medicine
King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, National Guard Hospital

Dr. Yazan Said

Pediatric Pulmonologist
King Fahad Specialist Hospital, Dammam

About SPPA

The Saudi Pediatric Pulmonology Association (SPPA) is a subsidiary group of the Saudi Thoracic Society (STS). The SPPA aims to increase the awareness of pediatric pulmonary disorders, facilitate advances in treatment, and promote research in the field of pediatric pulmonology.