1st kuwait

Neuromuscular

Congress

Prof. Jasem Al Hashel

Conference Chairperson
Professor of Neurology
Head of Kuwait Neurological Society

Who should attend:
Neurologists
Internal Medicine
Family Medicine
Pharmacists
GPs
Nurses

Our Speakers

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Prof. Jasem Al Hashel

Prof. Jasem Al-Hashel Consultant Neurologist and Headache Specialist Professor of Neurology at Kuwait University

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James F. Howard, Jr. MD, FAAN

Professor of Neurology, Medicine and Allied Health, The University of North Carolina Chapel Hill School of Medicine

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Dr. Dalal Alyouha

Neuromuscular Neurologist at Ibn Sina Hospital, MOH, Kuwait

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Dr. Abeer Alobaidan

Neurology senior specialist at farwaniya Hospital, and Tutor at internal medicine & Neurology Board

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Dr. Mohammed Alhatou

Dr. Mohammed Alhatou Director of the Neuromuscular Division/Neurophysiology at Hamad Medical Corporation

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Dr. Ayat H Alduwaikhi

Graduate of the college of Medicine, Kuwait University,Fourth yeat neurology resident in the Kuwait Neurology Board (KNB)

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Dr. Taraf Alotaibi

Graduate of the college of Medicine, Kuwait University, Second year neurology resident in the Kuwait Neurology Board (KNB).

Biographies Of Our Speakers

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Prof. Jasem Al-Hashel

Consultant Neurologist and Headache Specialist Professor of Neurology

Faculty of Medicine in Kuwait Board certified by the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada (FRCPC)

- and had also American fellowship in Headache Medicine (FAHS)

- and a Canadian fellowship in Headache Medicine from McGill University Chair of the faculty of Neurology in Kuwait

- and the President of the Kuwait Neurological Society and the Vice President of the Pan Arab Union of Neuroscience (PAUNS) Has more than 70 publications in the field of Neurology and author of a chapter on chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) in an International Neurology book, Second edition.

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Professor James F. Howard

Jr. MD, FAAN

-Professor of Neurology, Medicine and Allied Health Department of Neurology The University of North Carolina Chapel Hill School of Medicine .

- Professor of Neurology, Medicine and Allied Health Department of Neurology The University of North Carolina Chapel Hill School of Medicine

- He received his medical degree from the Larner School of Medicine at the University of Vermont in 1974 and his neurological training at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville (1976-1979) before joining the faculty at UNC in 1979. Dr. Howard is a practicing neurologist for over 45 years with a focus on myasthenia gravis and EMG

- He currently directs the Myasthenia Gravis Clinical Trials and Translational Research Unit at UNC where he has been the global lead investigator for several of the only approved therapeutics for MG.

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Dr. Mohammed Alhatou

- Director of the Neuromuscular Division .

- Neurophysiology at Hamad Medical Corporation

- A special interest and fellowship training in neuromuscular diseases. He chaired the Department of Neurology at the Regional Medical Center of Orangeburg and Calhoun Counties from 2002 to 2015, Currently he is the Director of the Neuromuscular Division/Neurophysiology at Hamad Medical Corporation, Director of neurology service at AAH and Al-Khor hospital.

Dr. Alhatou is American board-certified in Neurology, Clinical Neurophysiology, Electromyography, Neuromuscular Disorders, Neuroimaging and Sleep Medicine. He completed his residency in Neurology at the University of Virginia and his fellowship in Neuromuscular Disease and Electromyography at Emory University.

He is a primary investigator in multiple drug studies in neuropathy, dementia, stroke and epilepsy. He has more than 50 publications with more than 1000 citations. Qatar representative and head of examination committee of the Arab Board of Neurology. Chairman of Qatari Board of Neurology.

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Dr. Abeer Bader Alobaidan

- Neurology senior specialist, Farwaniya hospital

-Kuwait Neurology Board 2017

- MRCP SCE, neurology 2018

- Neuromuscular specialization, UK 2021

- Neurology program assistant director, 2018-2020

- Site coordinator for neurology program at Farwaniya hospital 2017-until now Tutor at neurology and internal medicine residency programs

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Dr. Dalal Alyouha

-Board certified neurologist-Kuwaiti Board of Neurology.

-Completed a Neuromuscular and Electromyography fellowship at the University of Western Ontario, Canada.

-Certified electromyographer by the Canadian Society of Clinical Neurophysiologists.

-Currently working as a Neuromuscular Neurologist at Ibn Sina Hospital, MOH.

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Dr Taraf Alotaibi

-Graduate of the college of Medicine, Kuwait University .

-Second year neurology resident in the Kuwait Neurology Board (KNB).

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Dr. Ayat H Alduwaikhi

Graduate of the college of Medicine, Kuwait University

-Fourth yeat neurology resident in the Kuwait Neurology Board (KNB).

Scientific Program

  • 12:00 PM - 12:05 PM

    Opening

    Prof. Jasem Al Hashel

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  • 12:05 PM - 12:30 PM

    Neuromuscular Disorders: disorders of neuromuscular junction, motor neuron, and muscles

    Prof. Jasem Al Hashel Kuwait

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  • 12:30 PM - 12:55 PM

    Approach to a patient with Neuropathy

    Dr. Dalal Alyouha Kuwait

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  • 12:55 PM - 1:20 PM

    Approach to a patient with Myopathy

    Dr. Abeer Alobaidan Kuwait

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  • 1:20 PM - 1:40 PM

    Clinical Management of Myasthenia Gravis

    Prof. James Howard Kuwait

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  • 1:45 PM - 2:05 PM

    Complement Inhibition in generalise Myasthenia Gravis: From RWE to clinical practice (Sponsored by AstraZeneca)

    Prof. James Howard Kuwait Kuwait

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  • 2:05 PM - 2:30 PM

    Pharmacological Treatment of ALS: Where We Are?

    Dr. Abeer Alobaidan Kuwait

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  • 2:30 PM - 2:45 PM

    Panel Discussion

    All Speakers

  • Lunch Break and Booths Tour 60 minutes

  • 3.45 PM - 4:05 PM

    Refractory Patient with Myasthenia Gravis: What to do?

    Prof. James Howard Kuwait

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  • 4.05 PM - 4:25 PM

    Generalised myasthenia gravis from Clinical development to real world Practice (Sponsored by Genpharm)

    Dr. Mohamed Al Hatou Kuwait Kuwait

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  • 4:25 PM - 4:40 PM

    Novel Treatments of Myasthenia Gravis

    Prof. James Howard Kuwait

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  • 4:40 PM - 5:05 PM

    Treatment of CIDP Patient

    Dr. Dalal Alyouha Kuwait

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  • 5:05 PM - 5:20 PM

    Panel Discussion

    All Speakers

  • Break and Booths Tour 20 minutes

  • 5:40 PM - 6:05 PM

    Unusual Cases of Neuromuscular Disorders

    Dr. Ayat H Alduwaikhi

    Dr. Taraf Alotaibi

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  • 6:05 PM - 6:20 PM

    Panel Discussion

    All Speakers

  • Closing 10 minutes

Our Sponsors

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