It gives me a great pleasure to announce the 8th Annual Congress for the Internal Medicine Society to be held on April 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th, 2013, at Le Royal Hotel, Dbayeh, Lebanon.

The 8th congress is aiming to capture the multi diversity in our specialty bringing to each and every colleague the latest updates and advances that will contribute to promoting clinical practices and quality of care.

In this regard, the congress is offering an exciting and motivating scientific program delivered by world known speakers and eminent local and regional colleagues to share their experience and the latest technologies in our specialty.

Our congress will be directly targeting our patients and will develop their knowledge through our public sessions that will be held on daily basis.

I now invite you to mark your calendars in the month of April and be ready for our congresses.

Sincerely,

Dr. Zahi HelouPresident of the Lebanese Society for Internal Medicine

ExECuTIvE COMMITTEEZahi Helou - PresidentSouheil Karaa - vice PresidentEmile Zein - General SecretaryElissar Dagher - TreasurerSalam Aawar - Member

SCIEnTIfIC COMMITTEERanda Choueiryfady G. Haddad Zahi Helou Mouin Jammal Souheil Karaa Georges Maalouly francis MoussaToni Murr Emile Zein

ORGAnIZInG COMMITTEEPascale Abou Sleiman Souha AnoutiGerard AsmarJihad Choucair Zahi Helou Camille Hennaoui Elie Moubarak Rita nemnoum Simon Souaid

LOCAL SPEAKERSLynne Abdo, MDSouha Anouti, MDMabel Aoun, MDGérard Asmar, MDPaola Atallah, MDCecilio Azar, MDEid Azar, MDSami Azar, MDPaul Barakat, MDAbdul Rahman Bizri, MDElie Chammas,MDJacques Choucair, MDRanda Choueiry, MDElissar Dagher, MDZiad Daoud, MDAntoine farah, MDElie farah, MDJocelyne fares, MDGeorges Ghanem, MDKhalil Ghoussoub, MDfady G. Haddad, MDYoussef Haddad, MDWalid Abou Hamad, MDPierre Abi Hanna, MDTony Hayeck, MDZahi Helou, MDnathalie Hokayem, MDToni Abi El Hosn, MDRoula Husni-Samaha, MDAhmad Hussary, MD

Sélim Jambart, MD Roger Jamhoureh, MDMouin Jammal, MDElizabeth Abou Jaoudé, MDMona Jradeh, MDZeina Kanafani, MDSouheil Karaa, MD Simon Karam, MDAlain Khalaf, MDGeorges Khalil, MDnabil Khoury, MDSerge Kikano, MDGeorges Maalouly, MDHassan Mallat, MDMadonna Matar, MDJacques Mokhbat, MD Elie Moubarak, MDOlga nahas, MDGeorges nawfal, MDRita nemnoum, MDRita nemr, MDSami Richa, MDAntoine Saad, MDIbrahim Salti, MDMurielle Abou Samra, MDLina Serhal, MDSalma Sfeir, MDAlaa Sharara, MDAkram Shtay, MD

InTERnATIOnAL SPEAKERSSélim Aractingi, MD, PhDfaculté de Médecine Paris 5 DescartesService de Dermatologie, Hôpital Cochin Tarnier, ParisEquipe Cellules souches foetales, Inserm uMR S 938 et uPMC / Paris, france

Jean Cabane, MD, PhDChef de service Médecine Interne, Hôpital Saint - Antoine faculté de médecine Pierre & Marie CuriePrésident de la Société Médicale des Hôpitaux de Parisvice-président du Conseil Scientifique de l’Association des Sclérodermiques de franceCoordinateur de l’enseignement de spécialité (DES) de médecine interne d’Ile de france et de fMC / Paris, fRAnCE Eric Hachulla, MD, PhDRare Auto-immune and Systemic Diseases national CentreDepartment of Internal Medicine / Hôpital Claude-HuriezLille 2 university / Lille, france

Jean Dominique de Korwin, MD, PhDChef du Service de Médecine Interne - Médecine GénéraleCHu de nancy, université de Lorraine, france

Philippe Montravers, MD, PhDDépartement d’Anesthésie Réanimation ChirurgicaleCHu Bichat Claude Bernard / Paris, france

Luc Mouthon, MD, PhDCochin Hospital / Paris Descartes university / Paris, france

Massimo volpe, MD, fESC, fAHAHead of Chair and unit of CardiologyDirector of Department of Cardiothoracic and vascular Sciencefaculty of Medicine and Psychology, university of Rome SapienzaSant’Andrea Hospital / Rome, Italy

Jinane nassar Slaba, MDSami Slaba, MDPascale Abou Sleiman, MDSimon Soueid, MDAssaad Soweid, MDGeorges Tabet, MDImad uthman, MDCharbel Yazbeck, MDCarole Youakim, MDEmile Zein, MDnelly Ziade Zoghbi, MD

Mr. nabil El Hachem Osteopathe

Rana Istambouly, IDEfrancePère Michel Khoury

Mr. Marc Kandakji

HALL APRE-COnGRESS PROGARM / WEDnESDAY APRIL 3

09H30-10H00 REGISTRATIOn Welcome note Zahi Helou

10H00-11H00 PREvEnTIOn & InfECTIOuS DISEASES10h00-10h20 Employee health Rola Husni-Samaha10h20-10h40 Isolation Mona Jradeh10h40-11h00 Surveillance Pierre Abi Hanna

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11H30-13H00 PRESSuRE uLCER (ESCARRE) AnD DIABETIC fOOT11h30-12h00 Etude Prospective sur les facteurs predictifs de survenue dans un centre hospitalier Khalil Ghoussoub12h00-12h30 Pressure ulcer management Salma Sfeir12h30-12h45 Prise en charge du Diabète et du pied diabétique Elizabeth Abou Jaoudé12h45-13h00 Prise en charge du pied diabétique Georges Tabet

13H00-14H00 SOInS PALLIATIfS: un RETOuR à L’ESSEnCE DE LA MéDECInE Session en collaboration avec l’ALSP13h00-13h20 L’art de soigner en soins palliatifs: Perspectives infirmières Mrs. Rana Istambouli13h20-13h40 Les Besoins spirituels des personnes en fin de vie Père Michel Khoury13h40-14h00 éthique et fin de vie Elie Moubarak

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13H30-14H30 REGISTRATIOn Welcome note Zahi Helou

14H30-16H00 PLEnARY SESSIOn / uPDATES In InTERnAL MEDICInE14h30-15h50 Les 10 Publications qui changent la vie d’un Interniste Souha Anouti, Gérard Asmar, Elissar Dagher, Georges Maalouly15h50-16h00 Q&A

16H00-17H00 OPEnInG CEREMOnY will be followed by a Cocktail Reception The Lebanese national Anthem •MasterofCeremonyMrs. Isabelle Matta •MarcReaidy,Tenor •PresidentoftheLebaneseSocietyforInternalMedicineDr. Zahi Helou •Latin&BallroomShowDance •PresidentoftheLebaneseOrderofPhysiciansPr. Charaf Abou-Charaf •Latin&BallroomShowDance •LebaneseMinisterofPublicHealthMr. Ali Hassan Khalil •MarcReaidy,Tenor

17H00-18H40 PLEnARY SESSIOn / ALLERGY/ InTERnAL MEDICInE17h00-17h30 Cutaneous adverse reactions to drugs Sélim Aractingi17h30-18h00 Allergic Rhinitis new updates in 2013 Walid Abou Hamad A grant from MSD18h00-18h30 A new approach for Asthma control Elie farah A grant from MSD18h30-18h40 Q&A

18h40- 19h00 Coffee Break19H00-20H10 PLEnARY SESSIOn / InTERnAL MEDICInE / OSTEOPOROSIS & PAIn19h00-19h30 Management of Osteoporosis: Clinical update Akram Shtay A grant from MSD19h30-20h00 nSAIDs in Managing Pain: Is there any difference? fady G. Haddad A grant from MSD20h00-20h10 Q&A

THuRSDAY APRIL 4 HALL A09H00-11H30 PLEnARY SESSIOnS09H00-09H30 HTAP Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension: the bête noire of systemic sclerosis Eric Hachulla09H30-10H30 IMMunODEfICIEnCY09h30-10h00 Les Déficits Immunitaires Primitifs Physiopathologie et Diagnostic Luc Mouthon10h00-10h30 Comment traiter un Déficit Immunitaire Primitif, Cas Cliniques Interactifs Luc Mouthon10H30-11H30 InTERnAL MEDICInE / DERMATOLOGY10h30-10h45 The nails as clues top Multisystem Disease Ramez Azzam10h45-11h00 The nails as clues top Multisystem Disease Olga nahas11h00-11h30 Skin signs of systemic diseases Sélim Aractingi

11h30-12h00 Coffee Break

12H00-13H15 PLEnARY SESSIOnS12H00-12H45 RADIOLOGY SESSIOn12h00-12h15 Resistant Hypertension Samy Slaba12h15-12h30 Breast Cancer: from Screening to Biopsy Jinane nassar Slaba12h30-12h45 A new perspective in radiology: DWIBS total body MRI Georges nawfal12H45-13H15 HYPERTEnSIOn In InTERnAL MEDICInE Optimizing the Management of Hypertension; Chronorisk & Chronotherapy Massimo volpe A grant from AstraZeneca

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14H00-15H30 SESSIOn A1 / InTERnAL MEDICInE / InfECTIOuS DISEASES14h00-14h30 Rash febrile Emile Zein

14h30-15h00 The role of Ertapenem in Resistance Eid Azar A grant from MSD15h00-15h30 Assuring safety in treating pneumonia Jacques Choucair A grant from Sanofi

15h30-16h00 Coffee Break

16H00-18H00 SESSIOn A2 / InTERnAL MEDICInE / InfECTIOuS DISEASES16h00-16h30 updates on Clostridium difficile Cecilio Azar16h30-17h00 updates, Prevention & Treatment for HIv patient Jacques Mokhbat17h00-17h30 fungal Infections Madonna Matar17h30-18h00 Clinical Microbiology: an added value for the Clinician Ziad Daoud

18H00-18H30 PLEnARY SESSIOn18h00-18h30 Managing the complexities of MRSA nosocomial pneumonia Philippe Montravers A grant from Pfizer

PuBLIC PROGRAM18H30-19H30 AGInG PROCESS / DERMATO18h30-19h00 Aging Process, is it treatable? Pascale Abou Sleiman19h00-19h30 Dermatology session in collaboration with noreva Laboratoires

SESSIOn B1 / InTERnAL MEDICInE / PSYCHIATRY Bipolar Disorders don’t miss the Diagnosis Simon Karam A grant from AstraZenecafrom depression to remission: state of the Art with Duloxetine Sami RichaA grant from Eli LillyWhat’s behind fibromyalgia? Jean Cabane

SESSIOn B2 / InTERnAL MEDICInE / CARDIOvASCuLAR & HYPERTEnSIOn DISEASES16h00-16h30 IImportance of Early Glycaemic Control in Type 2 Diabetes: Role of Saxagliptin fady G. Haddad A grant from AstraZeneca16h30-17h00 Clinical case discussion: from Micro to Macrovascular disease Elie ChammasA grant from Sanofi17h00-17h30 Traitement de l’hypercholestérolémie familiale par LDL Aphérèse: Lebanese experience Elie Moubarak 17h30-18h00 The Era of patient centered approach in hypertension Elie farah A grant from Boehringer Ingelheim

fRIDAY APRIL 5 HALL A09H00-11H30 PLEnARY SESSIOnS09H00-09H30 IMMunOGLOBuLInES InTRAvEInEuSES Indications des immunoglobulines intraveineuses Luc Mouthon

09H30- 11H30 InTERnAL MEDICInE / COnnECTIvITIES & vASCuLITIS09h30-10h00 Treatment of Giant Cell Arteritis: is corticosteroid sparing possible? Eric Hachulla 10h00-10h30 Place of biologic agents in systemic lupus erythematosus Eric Hachulla 10h30-11h00 Lupus Induit «Médicamenteux» Elissar Dagher11h00-11h30 Maladie De Behcet Souheil Karaa

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12H00-14H00 PLEnARY SESSIOnS12H00-13H30 InTERnAL MEDICInE/COnnECTIvITIES AnD CuTAnuOuS MAnIfESTATIOnS12h00-12h30 Maladies inflammatoires intestinales Charbel Yazbeck12h30-13h00 from Chronic Back Pain to Spondyloarthritis: How to diagnose and manage Axial SpA today? nelly Ziade Zoghbi A grant from Abbott Laboratories13h00-13h30 Evolving concepts of rheumatoid arthritis Randa Choueiry A grant from Abbott Laboratories

13H30-14H00 REfLux ORL ET POuMOn Le reflux dans la sphère ORL et le poumon Jean-Dominique de Korwin

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15H00-16H30 SESSIOn A3 / InTERnAL MEDICInE / GASTROEnTEROLOGY15h00-15h30 functional Dyspepsia: Last updates on the diagnosis & the treatment Assaad Soweid A grant from Abbott Laboratories15h30-16h00 update on H. pylori: from diagnosis to treatment Jean-Dominique de Korwin16h00-16h30 new Challenges in the treatment of H Pylori Alaa Sharara A grant from Janssen

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17H00-19H00 SESSIOn A4 / InTERnAL MEDICInE / vACCInATIOn & TRAvEL MEDICInE17h00-17h30 Human vs. Microbe: outbreaks of special significance-2012 Abdul Rahman Bizri17h30-18h00 Influenza and influenza vaccine Zeina Kanafani 18h00-18h30 HPv vaccines: Myths and facts Paul Barakat A grant from GSK18h30-19h00 vaccination updates: myths and realities Zahi Helou A grant from GSK

19H00-19H30 PLEnARY SESSIOn / ASTHMA19h00-19h30 Are We Controlling The Disease? Ahmad Hussary A grant from GSK

19H30-20H15 PuBLIC PROGRAM CRAnBERRY SESSIOn Myth or reality in the prevention of urinary tract infection In collaboration with Manyfood sarl19h30-19h45 Introduction about Cranberry Mr. Marc Kandakji19h45-20h15 Panel Discussion Panel Directors: Zahi Helou, Alain Khalaf Panelists: Mabel Aoun, Hassan Mallat, Simon Soueid

SESSIOn B3 / InTERnAL MEDICInE / vACCInATIOn & TRAvEL MEDICInE15h00-15h20 Travel Associated sexually transmitted infections (STI) Antoine Saad15h20-15h40 General precautions Rita nemnoum15h40-16h00 Mise à Jour du Calendrier vaccinal Antoine farah16h00-16h20 vaccination in Immuno compromised Patients Lynne Abdo16h20-16h30 Q&A

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Dimensions of Compliance: some things we think we know...Randa ChoueiryA grant from novartis Pharma ServicesClinical Cases about Management of COPD patients Youssef HaddadTreat today with Tomorrow in mind Serge KikanoA grant from Boehringer Ingelheim

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SESSIOn B5 / COnnECTIvITIESRaynaud Primaire ou Secondaire Jean Cabane

Capillaroscopie et ulcères Digitaux Mouin Jammal

HTAP clinical cases fady G. HaddadA grant from Actelion

SESSIOn B612h30-13h00 Scoliose idiopathique: intérêt du diagnostic précoce Tony Hayek 13h00-13h30 Actualités sur les traitements ostéopathiques de l’Otite Moyenne de l’enfant nabil El Hachem13h30-14h00 Traitement des Kystes hydatiques Georges Khalil

09H00-10H30 PuBLIC SESSIOn forum Du Diabète et des facteurs de Risque Cardiovasculaire et HTA In collboration with Diabetic committee in Lions Club Moderators: Zahi Helou, Mrs. Roula Mouawad Screening for the Doctors and public, do you know your HbA1c, Cholesterol, Blood Pressure, Glycemia, BMI, and Waist Circumference? Elizabeth Abou Jaoudé, Murielle Abou Samra, Jocelyne fares, Roger Jamhoureh, Mrs. Maha Habib

10H30-12H00 SESSIOn A5 / DIABETES DPP4 SESSIOn10h30-11h00 DPP-Iv inhibitors: what more do we know? Sami Azar A grant from MSD11h00-11h30 Balancing risks and benefits - evolving concepts in the continuum of diabetes management Paola Atallah A grant from novartis Pharma Services11h30-12h00 Risk management and optimal treatment options in patients with dyslipidemia Georges Ghanem A grant from AstraZeneca

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SESSIOn A6 / InTERnAL MEDICInE / DIABETES12h30-13h15 Beyond the pancreas with GLP-1 therapy Sélim Jambart A grant from novo nordisk13h15-14h00 An update on DPP-Iv inhibitors Ibrahim Salti A grant from Boehringer Ingelheim - Eli Lilly Alliance

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HALL A HALL BSESSIOn B7 / InTERnAL MEDICInE / SYSTEMIC DISEASES & OPHTALMOLOGYInterpretation des Test Diagnostics en Immunologie Jean CabaneMycophenolate Mofetil in Scleroderma Imad uthmanA grant from union Pharmaceutique d’Orientuvéite en Médecine Interne Lina Serhal

Traitement des infections oculaires Toni Abi El Hosn

15H00-17H00 SESSIOn A7 / CARDIOvASCuLAR RISK In InTERnAL MEDICInE15h00-15h30 Latest updates for T2D treatment Sami Azar A grant from Sanofi15h30-16h00 Managing Combination therapy in Hyperlipidemia nabil Khoury A grant from MSD16h00-16h30 Stroke prevention in atrial fibrillation; What should we care most with nOAC? Souheil Karaa A grant from Boehringer Ingelheim16h30-17h00 What’s new in Osteoporosis? Rita nemr A grant from union Pharmaceutique d’Orient

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17H30-18H30 PLEnARY SESSIOn17h30-18h00 Management of stable COPD and prevention of exacerbations: The role of Immunostimulants Carole Youakim A grant from union Pharmaceutique d’Orient18h00-18h30 Latest updates on urinary Tract Infections: Prevention Zahi Helou A grant from union Pharmaceutique d’Orient

18h30-19h00 uPO Quiz draw followed by SLMI Quiz draw

19H00-20H00 KHITAMOuHA MISK

SuRPRISE… 20H00 CLOSInG REMARKS fady G. Haddad, Zahi Helou, Souheil Karaa