The 31st Annual Conference of the Egyptian Society of Laboratory Medicine
Day One | Wednesday, 8 April 2020
09:30
Opening ceremony
Chairpersons:
Professor Gihan Kamal Ali, Professor of Clinical Pathology, Ain Shams University, Conference President, ESLM, Cairo,
Egypt
Professor Laila Abou Elmagd, Professor of Clinical Pathology, Ain Shams University, Vice- President, ESLM, Cairo, Egypt
Professor Sohier Hilal, Professor of Clinical Pathology, Cairo University, President, ESLM,
Cairo, Egypt
Professor Yasser Zaitoun, Professor of Clinical Pathology, Secretary General, ESLM, Cairo, Egypt
Welcome words:
Professor Sohier Hilal, Professor of Clinical Pathology, Cairo University, President, ESLM, Cairo, Egypt
Professor Gihan Kamal Ali, Professor of Clinical Pathology, Ain Shams University, Conference President, ESLM, Cairo,
Egypt
PLENARY SESSION
Chairpersons:
Professor Dalia Helmy Farag, Professor of Clinical Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt
Professor Mohamed Amin Mekawy, Professor of Clinical Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt
Professor Walaa Gad, Professor of Clinical and Chemical Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt
10:00
Diagnostic challenges of lymphoma in bone marrow specimen
Professor Ali Gabali, Assistant Professor, Director of Haematopathology Division, Wayne University, Detroit, Michigan, USA
10:20
A personal and population based Egyptian genome reference
Professor Saleh Ibrahim, Director of Genetics Division at the Institute of Experimental Dermatology, University of Lubeck, Lubeck, Germany
10:40
When the lab decodes two centuries of clinical mystery: A 15-year journey in search for follicular dendritic cell-targeted therapeutic in rheumatoid arthritis
Professor Mohey Eldin El Shikh, Senior Lecturer of Experimental Medicine and Rheumatology, John Vane Science Centre, London, UK
11:00
Antimicrobial Stewardship Program: A Cornerstone in Fighting AMR
Professor Mona Wassef, Professor of Clinical and Chemical Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt
11:20
Coffee break
Hall A
Chemical challenges in chemical and molecular pathology
Chairpersons:
Professor Arig Seif, Professor of Clinical Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt
Professor Aziza El-Sebaee, Professor of Clinical Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt
Professor Fatma ElMougy, Professor of Clinical and Chemical Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt
Hall B
Haematology: Haematological malignancies: up to date
Chairpersons:
Professor Amal Zeidan, Professor of Clinical Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Zagazig University, Zagazig, Egypt
Professor Hala Farawela, Professor of Clinical and Chemical Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt
Professor Ibrahim Youssef, Professor of Clinical Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt
12:00
1000 Egypt genome project: the path to achievement
Professor Perihan Hamdy, Professor of Clinical Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt
12:00
Hunting for MRD: the quest for ultra-sensitive detection of residual leukemia
Professor Jadee Neff, Assistant Professor of Pathology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, USA
12:20
Challenges and consideration in sequence variant interpretation
Professor Sahar Abd Elatty Sharaf, Professor of Clinical and Chemical Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt
12:20
Flow cytometric detection of minimal residual disease in multiple myeloma
Professor Paul Wallace, Professor of Oncology, Director, Department of Flow & Image Cytometry, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, New York, USA
12:40
Cell-free fetal DNA (CFFDNA) as a non-invasive prenatal screening test (NIPT)
Dr Rasha Ahmed, Assistant Lecturer of Clinical Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt
12:40
Myelodysplastic syndrome is more than a morphological diagnosis
Professor Ali Gabali, Assistant Professor, Director of Haematopathology Division, Wayne University, Detroit, Michigan, USA
13:00
Recent guidelines on management of blood cholesterol
Dr Somia Badway, Assistant Professor of Clinical Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt
13:00
The battle for perfect practice: updated European recommendations versus WHO guidelines for cytogenomic analysis in haematological neoplasms
Professor Dina Adel, Professor of Clinical Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt
13:20
Q&A
13:20
Q&A
13:30
Lunch break
Microbiology: recent advances and ongoing challenges in the diagnosis of microbial infections
Chairpersons:
Professor Afaf Elbanna, Professor of Clinical Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt
Professor Malaka Zakaria, Professor of Clinical Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt
Professor Nagwa Shawki, Professor of Clinical Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Zagazig University, Zagazig, Egypt
Immunology: new insights in immunological behaviour I
Chairpersons:
Professor Inas Raafat, Professor of Clinical Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt
Professor Mona Wagdy, Professor of Clinical Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt
Professor Noha Shaheen, Professor of Clinical Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt
15:00
Defining antibiotic resistance using the VITEK2 system: quality assessment and comparison with alternative methods
Professor Alex van Belkum, Microbiologist, Biomerieux, France
15:00
Study of myeloid derived suppressor cells in lupus associated renal diseases
Professor Mervat El Ansary, Professor of Clinical and Chemical Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt
15:20
24/7 microbiology lab: challenges for cost efficient implementation
Professor Hala Hafez, Professor of Clinical Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt
15:20
Cancer immunotherapy: new insights and opportunities
Professor Tagrid Gaafar, Professor of Clinical and Chemical Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt
16:00
Antimicrobial stewardship and impact of rapid diagnostics on patient pathways
Dr Amin Belal, Regional Manager, EMEA, GenMark Diagnostics
16:00
MDSC as a Predictive Marker in Immune Checkpoint Inhibition for Cancer Therapy
Dr Hend Tamim, Lecturer Clinical and Chemical Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt
16:30
Close of day one – track one and two
Pathology Session
Session 1
Moderators:
Professor Samira Salem, Professor of Pathology, Kasr ElAini, Cairo, Egypt
Professor Nadia Galal, Professor of Pathology, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt
Professor Saad Eissa, Professor of Pathology, NCI, Cairo, Egypt
Professor Amina Gamal Eldin, Professor of Pathology, National Research Centre, Cairo, Egypt
10:30
Daily approach to lung biopsies
Professor Joaquim Majo-Masferrer, Cellular Pathology, Newcastle Laboratories, Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals, Newcastle, UK
11:30
Molecular testing of solid tumours - emphasis on breast tumours
Professor Saad Eissa, Professor of Pathology, NCI, Cairo, Egypt
12:00
EUS FNA cytology with emphasis on pancreatic lesions
Professor Ahmed ElHabashy, NCI, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt
12:30
Discussion
12:45
Lunch break
Session 2
Moderators:
Professor Magda Murad, Professor of Pathology, NCI, Cairo, Egypt
Professor Osama Labib, Professor of Pathology, Zagazig University, Zagazig, Egypt
Professor Makram Hamam, Professor of Pathology, Suez Canal University, Suez Canal, Egypt
Professor Faten Wagdy, Professor of Pathology, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt
13:45
Overview of renal cell carcinoma through the nephron
Professor Joaquim Majo-Masferrer, Cellular Pathology, Newcastle Laboratories, Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals, Newcastle, UK
14:45
Overview of lung transplantation
Professor Iman Hewedi, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt
15:15
Remarks on WHO classification of bladder cancer
Professor Rehab Samaka, Shebin Elkom Monofeya University
15:45
Update on prostate cancer
Professor Mohamed Sherif, Tanta University
16:15
Discussion and closing remarks
16:30
Close of track three
