8:30 AM -9:30 AM    Opening ceremony

9:30 AM -10:00 AM  Coffee Break – Poster Session

Moderators: Dr. Samir Amr, Dr. Ghazi Zaatari

10:00 AM-11:00 AM

“The Legacy of Dr. Kamal Ishak and the Future of Pathology”

By Dr Florabel G. Mullick, President, IAP, Director, AFIP-USA

Moderators:  Dr. Ali Satir, Dr. Ismail Matalka

11:00 AM-12:00 Noon

Chronic Hepatitis: A practical approach to biopsy interpretation, grading and staging

By: Dr Hala Makhlouf -USA

12:00 PM-1:00 PM

From cirrhosis to cancer: preneoplastic lesions and early hepatocellular carcinoma

By: Dr. Pierre Bedossa- France

Moderators:  Dr. Mohammad Shawarbi, Dr. Khaira Bouzaid Bendesari

11:00 AM-12:00 Noon

Pulmonary pathology

The impact of recent advances in lung cancer classification on the diagnostic pathologist – from EGFR to TNM

By: Dr. Andrew Nicholson, UK

12:00 Noon-1:00 PM

Paediatric pathology

Hirschsprung disease and the pathologist

By: Dr. Raja Rabah, USA

1:00 PM-2:00 PM                  LUNCH

Moderators: Dr. Nidal Almasri, Dr. Samir Boubaker

2:00 PM -3:00 PM

 Dendritic Cell Tumors

 By Dr. Kristin Henry, UK

3:00 PM-4:00 PM

Update on Lymphomas: New entities and subtypes

By Dr. Nayef Aqel, UK

Moderators: Dr Salwa Sheikh, Dr. Roopa Arora,

2:00 PM -3:00 PM

An overview of the diagnosis of soft tissue sarcomas

By Dr. Mary Leader- Ireland

3:00 PM-4:00 PM     

Practical approach to soft tissue tumor diagnosis

By Dr. Awatif Al-Nafussi-UK

4:00pm- 4:30 pm       Coffee Break & Poster Session

Moderators: Dr. Saida Sqalli, Dr. Maysa Al Hussaini

4:30 PM-6:30 PM

By: Dr. Raja Rabah, USA 4 cases, Dr. Rola Rabah, KSA 1 case, Dr. Alia Muhtaseb, Jordan 1 case, Dr. Mai Diab, Jordan 1 case

Moderators: Dr. Sherif El-Salim, Dr. Ghazi Zaatari

4:30 PM-6:30 PM

 By: Dr. Kristin Henry, UK 4 cases, Dr. Nayef  Aqel, UK 3 cases and Dr. Nidal Almasri, KSA 3 cases

8:30 PM                      DINNER (venue to be announced)

Moderators:  Dr. M Fawwaz Dawamneh, Dr. Huda Jamsheer

8:00 AM-9:00 AM

Glandular Lesions in Cervicovaginal Cytology with Histologic and HPV correlations

By: Dr. Dina Mody, USA

9:00 AM-10:00 AM  

Fine Needle Aspiration of Salivary Gland Lesions as an Initial Diagnostic Approach: Recent Update

By: Dr. Mousa Al-Abaddi, USA

Moderators:  Dr. Awatif Al-Nafussi, Dr. Abdulmohsen Alkushi

8:00 AM-9:00 AM

Endometrial Hyperplasia – When Will We Get Our Act Together?

By: Dr. Dean Daya, Canada

9:00 AM- 9:30 AM

Familial ovarian tumors

By: Dr. Rouba Ali, USA

9:30 AM- 10:00 AM

Invasiveness in Borderline Ovarian Tumors 

By: Dr. Rouba Ali, USA

10:00am -10:30am     Coffee Break & Poster Session

Moderators: Dr. Abdulrazzaq. Haider, Dr. Issam Abdulsamad

10:30 AM-11:30 AM

Neuropathology

Neuropathology for The Surgical Pathologist - What do I need to know

 By: Dr. Michael Farrell, Ireland

11:30 AM- 12:30 PM

GI Pathology

Recent Entities and New Roles for the Pathologist in Colorectal Cancer

By: Dr. Jean-François FLEJOU, France

Moderators: Dr. Ibrahim Al-Zahrani, Dr. Rouba Ali

10:30 AM-11:30 AM

Discriminating primary from metastatic carcinoma on fine needle aspiration of liver masses. An approach with utility of new immunohistochemical markers

 By: Dr. Husain Saleh, USA

11:30 AM- 12:30 PM

Breast Cytology: Selected Cases with histologic correlations

By: Dr. M Fawwaz Dawamneh, KSA

Main Hall

12:30 PM - 1:00 PM

General Assembly IAP- Arab Division

1:00pm-2:00pm                     LUNCH

Moderators: Dr. Mohammad Nour Nazek, Dr. Ashok Malik

2:00 PM-4:00 PM

By: Dr. Michael Farrell, Ireland 4 cases, Dr. Abdul-Razzaq Haider, KSA 3 cases, Maysa Al-Hussaini, Jordan 2 cases and 1 case ….TBA

Moderators: Dr. Dalal Nemenqani, Dr Fadwa Altaf

2:00 PM-4:00 PM

By: Dr. Mousa Al-Abaddi, USA 4 cases, Dr. Dina Mody, USA 4 cases and Dr. Nadia Al-Hawashim- KSA 2 cases

4:00pm-4:30pm         Coffee Break & Poster Session

Moderators: Dr. Mousa Al-Abbadi, Dr Maha Akel

4:30 PM-6:30 PM

By: Dr Hala Makhlouf, USA 4 cases, Pr Pierre Bedossa, France 4 cases, Dr Rola Salama, Gaza, Palestine 1 case, Dr. Dalal Nemenqani, KSA 1 case 

Moderators: Dr. Najat Mourra, Dr. Samir S Amr

4:30 PM-6:30 PM

By: Dr. Mary Leader- Ireland 4 cases, Dr. Awatif Al-Nafussi-UK 4 cases and 2 cases ….TBA

8:00 pm                      GALA DINNER (venue to be announced)

Moderators:  Dr. Ali Abalkhail, Dr. Ali El-Hindawi

8:00 AM-9:00 AM

Pitfalls in the diagnosis of carcinoma of the prostate; including the use of immunohistochemistry

By: Dr. Suhail Baithun, UK

9:00 AM-10:00 AM

Update in Urologic Pathology:

A) Emerging Entities in Renal Carcinomas

B) Current Concepts in Germ Cell Tumors of the Testis

By: Dr Philippe Camparo, France

Moderators:  Dr. Dalal Tamimi, Dr. Raja Al-Yusuf

8:00 AM-9:00 AM    

Exact title…………………………………TBA

By: Dr. Clive Wells-UK

9:00 AM-10:00 AM  

Papillary lesions of the breast

By: Dr. Hiam Ali-UK

10:00am -10:30am     Coffee Break & Poster Session

10:30am-12:30pm

Moderators: Dr. Mouza Al-Sharhan, Dr. Salwa Mekki

By: Dr. Jean-François FLEJOU –France 4 cases, Dr. Najat Mourra, France 4 cases, Dr Husain Saleh, USA 2 case

Moderators: Dr. R. Al-Yusuf, Dr. Motez Alizzi

10:30 AM-12:30 PM

By: Dr. Clive Wells, UK 4 cases, Dr. Hiam Ali, UK 4 cases, Dr. Lama Zakarneh, Palestine 1 case and 1 case ….TBA

12:30-1:30pm             LUNCH

Moderators: Dr Hala Makhlouf, Dr. Sara George

1:30 PM-3:30 PM

Molecular Techniques for the Surgical Pathologist

By: Dr. Fouad Al-Dayel- KSA & Team

Moderators: Dr. Salwa El-Haddad, Dr. Zahi Chawwaf

1:30 PM-3:30 PM

By: Dr. S. Baithun-UK 4 cases, Dr Philippe Camparo, France 4 cases, Dr Samir S Amr, KSA 1 case and 1 case ….TBA.

3:30 PM-4:00 PM      Coffee Break & Poster Session

 Moderators: Dr. Assia Slimani, Dr. Hassan Annab

4:00 PM-6:00 PM

By: Dr. Dean Daya, Canada 4 cases, Dr. Rouba Ali, USA 3 cases, Dr. Amani Joudeh, KSA 1 case, Dr. Barakat Sharabati, Palestine 1 case, Dr. Laila Muharam, Yemen 1 case.

 Moderators Dr. Raja Rabah, Dr. Jaudah Al- Maghrabi

4:00 PM-6:00 PM

Molecular Diagnostics in Paediatric Solid Tumors

By: Dr. Fouad Al-Dayel- KSA & Team

6:00pm                       Closing Ceremony