SPORTS MEDICINE & INJURY CONFERENCE - 15.75 CME

As part of the brand new Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation multi-track event, the Sports Medicine and Injuries conference will cover all aspects of the four key joints, including ankle, knee, shoulder and hip. The conference will provide a forum for the exchange of practical and technical information on the broad range of current and emerging areas in sports injury treatment and prevention.

The programme designed by a committee of esteemed experts will feature sessions highlighting new approaches, methods and prevention techniques. In particular focusing on the different approaches required for injury prevention vs. injury treatment.

Expert speakers from across the region and Europe will give attendees the opportunity to learn new techniques, methods and surgical procedures to ultimately improve patient outcomes and satisfaction, whilst enhancing the operations of the practice they are working in.

Benefits of Attending:

  • Discuss innovative medical treatments that can help prevent recurring sports injuries
  • Review new surgical treatments to optimise patient outcomes who have complex sports injuries
  • Examine the role of sports physical therapists in athletes and the impact of sports medical programmes in everyday practice
  • Debate injury prevention vs. injury recovery with the review of recent evidence based research
  • Evaluate different pain management techniques to improve patient satisfaction

Key topics:

  • Analysis of performance enhancers in sport
  • Concussion treatment & management
  • Integrating pain management
  • Injury prevention vs. Injury recovery – outline different approaches for different joints
  • What gets missed with MRI’s?
  • Treatments & successfully integrating them for long-term care

Who should attend:

  • Orthopaedic Surgeons/Consultants/Specialists
  • Head of Orthopaedic
  • Sports Medicine Physicians
  • Musculoskeletal Specialists
  • Physiotherapists

Conference Chair



Dr. Kirill Micallef Stafrace 
Vice President, European Federation of Sports Medicine Associations, Consultant, Sports and Exercise Medicine, Director, Maltese Olympic Committee, Senior Lecturer, University of Malta, Malta

Activity Director



Santhosh A. Thomas 
Associate Medical Director, Richard E. Jacobs Medical Center, Medical Director, Center for Spine Health – REJ, Co-Director, Medical Spine Fellowship, Neurological Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, USA

Scientific Organising Committee



Dr. Anna Zickerman 
Medical Director & Founder, Up and Running Integrated Wellness Centre, Dubai, UAE

DAY 1: Saturday, 18th November 2017
09:15 Welcome remarks
Dr Anna Zickerman, Medical Director and Founder, UPANDRUNNING, Dubai, UAE
SESSION 1: SEM PRACTICE
09:30 The shoulder: a comprehensive overview from a sports medicine perspective
Dr Anna Zickerman, Medical Director and Founder, UPANDRUNNING, Dubai, UAE
10:00 Setting up a sports injury rehabilitation clinic: the basics
Dr Milos Stanisavlievic, Director, Planet Health, Valletta, Malta
SESSION 2: CONCUSSION AND SPINE INJURIES
10:30

Management of a concussed patient
Dr Joanne Larkin, Consultant in Sport and Exercis, Fortius Centre, London, UK

11:00 Coffee Break
11:30

Spinal injuries discussed
Dr Walaa Elassuity, Consultant Orthopaedic Spinal Surgeon, Exeter Bone and Joint, Dubai, UAE

12:30 Lunch Break
13:30

Sports injections and therapies: the spine
Dr Santhosh A. Thomas, Associate Medical Director, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, USA

14:00

Lower limb infiltrations
Dr Ali Bajwa, Specialist Orthopaedic Surgeon, VillarBajwa Practice at Princess Grace Hospital, London, UK

SESSION 3: JOINTS IN SPORT
14:30

Wrist and hand: small but devastating
Ian Gatt, Lead Physiotherapist, GB Boxing, Sheffield, UK

15:00

The knee: what's new, what's not
Dr Karl Fredrik Almqvist, Consultant Orthopaedics, Knee Surgery and Sports Med, Mediclinic Hospital, Dubai, UAE

15:30

Coffee Break

15:50

The hip: when is it right to operate?
Dr Richard Villar, Orthopaedic and Hip Surgeon, VillarBajwa Practice at Princess Grace Hospital, London, UK

16:20

Causes and treatments of patellofemoral dysfunction
Dr Aly Ezzeldin Aly Elmahalawy, HOD Physiotherapy, Saudi German Hospital, Dubai, UAE

SESSION 4: SPORT IMAGING
16:50

MSK Ultrasound: how did we do without?
Dr Anna Zickerman, Medical Director and Founder, UPANDRUNNING, Dubai, UAE

17:20 Close of Day 1 Conference

DAY 2: Sunday, 19th November 2017
09:15 Welcome remarks
Dr Karl Fredrik Almqvist, Consultant Orthopaedics, Knee Surgery and Sports Med, Mediclinic Hospital, Dubai, UAE
SESSION 5: THE TEAM BEHIND SPORT
09:30 Multisport contingents: does size matter?
Dr Milos Stanisavlievic, Director, Planet Health, Valletta, Malta
10:00 Role of nutrition in performance and injury prevention
Dr Rachel Scriven, Head of Nutrition and Dietetics, Global Medical Solutions, Abu Dhabi, UAE
10:30

Occupational Health: sports injury prevention, management and treatment
Dr Tom Loney, Assistant Professor, Institute of Public Health, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Dubai, UAE

11:00 Coffee Break
11:30

The pyschobiological model of sports performance and physical activity
Dr Ramzy Ross, Head of Sports and Human Performance, Nanom Health (an Emirates Healthcare Company), Dubai, UAE

SESSION 6: MANAGING A SQUAD
12:00

Rugby: pitch side preparation from awareness to delivery
Dr Joanne Larkin, Consultant in Sport and Exercise, Fortius Centre, London, UK

12:30 Lunch Break
13:45

Boxing: from the shadows to the ring
Ian Gatt, Lead Physiotherapist, GB Boxing, Sheffield, UK

SESSION 7: SPORT PREPARTICIPATION
14:15

Pre-competition medical assessment
Dr Mourad Ghrairi, Medical Chief Officer, FIFA Medical Centre of Excellence Dubai, Dubai, UAE

14:45

MSK screening: never enough
Patrick Milton, Senior MSK Physiotherapist, Capital Health, Specialized Rehabilitation Hospital, Abu Dhabi, UAE

15:15

Panel session: implementing a pre-season medical assessment - the practical aspects
Dr Mourad Ghrairi, Medical Chief Officer, FIFA Medical Centre of Excellence Dubai, Dubai, UAE
Dr Kirill Micallef Stafrace, Vice President, European Federation of Sports Medicine Associations, Valletta, Malta
Patrick Milton, Senior MSK Physiotherapist, Capital Health, Specialized Rehabilitation Hospital, Abu Dhabi, UAE

15:45

Coffee Break

16:05

Military sports medicine
Dr Hashel Al Tunaiji, Sport and Exercise Medicine Specialist, Zayed Military Hospital, Member: National Olympic Medical Committee, Football Medicine Association, Reviewer: British Journal of Sport Medicine, Dubai, UAE

SESSION 8: THE SHOULDER
16:35

Shoulder pathologies
Dr Kirill Micallef Stafrace, Vice President, European Federation of Sports Medicine Associations, Valletta, Malta

17:05 End of Conference
Physical Medicine and Rehab Book before 22nd October Book before 14th November Onsite
Conferences AED USD AED USD AED USD
Sports Medicine & Injury (2 days)  1,750 477 1,950 531 2,250 613
Physical Medicine & Rehab (2 days) 1,750 477 1,950 531 2,250 613
Rheumatology (2 days) 1,750 477 1,950 531 2,250 613

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Accreditation Statement:

The Cleveland Clinic Foundation Center for Continuing Education is accredited by the Accreditation Council of Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The Cleveland Clinic Foundation Center for Continuing Education designates this live activity for the maximum of 15.75 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Participants claiming CME credit from this activity may submit the credit hours to the American Osteopathic Association for Category 2 credit.