ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates - Friday, September 27th 2013 [ME NewsWire]
Under the patronage of His Excellency Sheikh Nahayan Mabarak Al Nahayan, Minister of Culture, Youth and Community Development, the 3rd Biennial Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Update in collaboration with SEHA Pathology & Laboratory Medicine Services & Cleveland Clinic was inaugurated at the Jumeirah Etihad Towers, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates early this morning.
The two-day conference promises an exceptionally stimulating and informative scientific event with a scientific program specially designed to reveal several new developments within the field. The conference will run from the 27th until 28th September 2013 and will focus on the areas of Laboratory Management, Quality, Efficiency, Hematology, Microbiology, Immunology, Transfusion Medicine, Clinical Chemistry, and Molecular Diagnostics. The Robert J. Tomsich Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Institute - Cleveland Clinic USA will be collaborating with SEHA Pathology & Laboratory Medicine Services speakers on this important conference.
Dr. Laila Osama Abdel Wareth, the Chair of the Conference and the Chief Medical Officer of SEHA Pathology & Laboratory Medicine Services, said, “We are looking forward to learning, exchanging ideas and knowledge with our esteemed colleagues from Cleveland Clinic about consolidating laboratory services and improving operational efficiency and quality. A half-day workshop will be devoted to this topic. In addition, the conference will highlight important updates in the field of laboratory medicine including hematological malignancies, tandem mass applications, X-Gene sequencing, the novel MERS- Corona virus, diabetes and autoimmune disorders diagnosis among many other topics.”
“I am very pleased to co-chair this conference with Dr. Kandice Kottke-Marchant, Chair of the Robert J. Tomsich Pathology and laboratory Medicine Institute - Cleveland Clinic, USA, as well as my colleague Dr. Imran Mirza, Chief of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine Institute at Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi. We have a selection of esteemed speakers from both institutes as well as locally from SEHA and the UAE who will bring to the participants a world-class laboratory medicine conference” she added.
Mr. Nicholas Paul Champness, the CEO of SEHA Pathology & Laboratory Medicine Services, added that he is pleased with the huge efforts that went into organizing this important conference combining both laboratory sciences and administration together. SEHA is committed to improving health care delivery to this community - education and research are important aspects of this effort.
“This update is more than a conference, it is a symbol of international institutions working together to improve the quality of laboratory medicine throughout the world,” said Kandice Kottke-Marchant, M.D., Ph.D., Chair of The R. Tomsich Pathology & Laboratory Medicine Institute. “It’s also a wonderful opportunity for us to share Cleveland Clinic’s commitment to world-class laboratory testing with those in Abu Dhabi and beyond.”
Abstracts for Poster Presentations will be displayed to the pathologists, medical technologists, clinical scientists, general practitioners, laboratory managers and directors, infection control practitioners and allied healthcare professionals attending the conference.
Delegates will be offered information and demonstrations of new technologies and products at an exhibition set to take place during the conference.
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About the SEHA Health System and the Abu Dhabi Health Services Company PJSC (SEHA):
SEHA is health in Arabic. The Abu Dhabi Health Services Company PJSC– whose marketing identity is SEHA – is an independent, public joint stock company created to develop the curative activities of the public healthcare system in Abu Dhabi. The company owns and operates all the public hospitals and clinics of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi which together make up the SEHA Health System. SEHA is committed to continuous improvement of customer care to recognized international standards and providing our customers and communities served world-class healthcare. SEHA has partnered with internationally recognized hospital managers to achieve these goals. These include Johns Hopkins Medicine International, Cleveland Clinic Foundation and Fresenius Medical Care. SEHA owns and operates 12 hospitals with 2,644 beds, more than 60 ambulatory care, family care and urgent care centres and 2 blood banks. SEHA is one of the largest integrated healthcare providers in the Middle East with more than 17,000 doctors, nurses, ancillary care and administrative personnel in its employ. Visit our website at www.seha.ae .
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Kavitha Prabhu
Manager – External Communications
MCI Middle East
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