Laboratory Medicine Conference CME · Dr Dalia Helmy Farag, Professor of Clinical Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt ... Professor Rasha Mamdouh, Professor

The 31st Annual Conference for the Egyptian Society of Laboratory Medicine

State of the Art in Laboratory Medicine 2020

Laboratory Medicine Conference CME

7-9 April 2020 Egypt International Exhibition Centre, Cairo, Egypt

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Day one | Monday, 07 April 2020

09:15 Opening remarks

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:

Dr Sohier Hilal, Professor of Clinical Pathology, Cairo University, President, ESLM, Cairo, Egypt

Dr Gihan Kamal Ali, Professor of Clinical Pathology, Ain Shams University, Conference President, ESLM,

Cairo, Egypt

Plenary session Chairpersons:

Dr 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

Dr 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

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Hall A Hall B

Chemical challenges in chemical and

molecular pathology

Chairpersons:

Professor Arig Seif, Professor of Clinical

Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams

University, Cairo, Egypt

Professor Nahla El Attar, Professor of Clinical

Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Zagazig

University, Zagazig, Egypt

Professor Fatma ElMougy, Professor of

Clinical and Chemical Pathology, Faculty of

Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt

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


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

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


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



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



Cytogenomic analysis in haematological neoplasms

Professor Dina Adel, Professor of Clinical Pathology,

Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt

13:20 Q&A Q&A

13:30 Break



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Hall A Hall B

Microbiology: recent advances and

ongoing challenges in the diagnosis of

microbial infections

Chairpersons:

Professor Afaf Elbanna, Professor of Clinical

Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo


Professor Malaka Zakaria, Professor of



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

13:45 Antimicrobial stewardship and impact of

rapid diagnostics on patient pathways

Dr Amin Belal, Regional Manager, EMEA,

GenMark Diagnostics

Study of myeloid derived suppressor cells in lupus

associated renal diseases

Professor Mervat El Ansary, Professor of Clinical and



14:05 24/7 microbiology lab: challenges for cost

efficient implementation

Professor Hala Hafez, Professor of Clinical



Cancer immunotherapy: new insights and

opportunities

Professor Tagrid Gaafar, Professor of Clinical and



14:25

Don’t send for culture!

Dr Doaa Ghaith, Assistant Professor of

Clinical Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo


Development of home-made peptidyl arginine

deiminase ELISA assay

Professor Mohey Eldin El Shikh, Senior Lecturer of

Experimental Medicine and Rheumatology, John Vane

Science Centre, London, UK

14:45 Challenges in the Diagnosis of Life-

Threatening Infection

Dr Dalia Hosni, Assistant Professor of Clinical



MDSC as a Predictive Marker in Immune Checkpoint

Inhibition for Cancer Therapy

Dr Hend Tamim, Lecturer Clinical and Chemical


Egypt

15:05 Q&A Q&A

15:15 Close of day one – lunch break and visit exhibition



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Pathology sessions

Session 1

Chairpersons:

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 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 Coffee break and visit exhibition

Session 2

Chairpersons:

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

13:30 Overview of renal cell carcinoma through the nephron

Professor Joaquim Majo-Masferrer, Cellular Pathology, Newcastle Laboratories, Newcastle upon Tyne

Hospitals, Newcastle, UK

14:30 Overview of lung transplantation

Professor Iman Hewedi, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt

15:00 Remarks on WHO classification of bladder cancer

Professor Rehab Samaka, Shebin Elkom Monofeya University

15:30 Update on prostate cancer

Professor Mohamed Sherif, Tanta University

16:00 Discussion and closing remarks

16:10 Close of track three – lunch and visit exhibition



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Day two | Wednesday, 8 April 2020

Hall A Hall B

Immunology – New insights in

immunological behaviour II

Chairpersons:

Professor Abeer Shehab, Professor of Clinical



Professor Salwa Bakr, Professor of Clinical



Professor Shahira Fathy, Professor of Clinical



Microbiology – Healthcare-associated infections:

new initiatives and continuing challenges

Chairpersons:

Professor Amani Elkholy, Professor of Clinical


Egypt

Professor Ghada Ismail, Professor of Clinical


Cairo, Egypt

Professor Maissa Elsaid Zaki, Professor of Clinical

Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, El Mansoura

University, Mansoura, Egypt

10:00 Platelets growth factors in support of cell

cultures

Professor Hossam Fahmy, Professor of



Pitfalls of biosafety and biosecurity

Professor Amani Abo Elanin, Professor of Clinical

Pathology, Tanta University, Tanta, Egypt

10:20 Effect of conditioned and co-culture media

from the umbilical cord mesenchymal stem

cells on hepatoma cell line (Huh7)

Professor Hanaa Amer, Professor of Clinical



Customization of conflicts in infection control

practice

Professor Mona Mohiedden, Professor of Clinical


Egypt

10:40 Procollagen III amino terminal propeptide

(PIIINP): A marker of MTX induced liver

fibrosis in rheumatoid arthritis patients

Dr Neama M Lotfy, Assistant Professor of



What is beyond active surveillance culture?

Professor Shereen Elmasry, Professor of Clinical


Cairo, Egypt

11:00 Lactoferrin versus ferrous sulphate in

management of iron deficiency anemia

among female medical Ain Shams University

students

Dr Noha Hegazy, Clinical Nutrition Specialist,

Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt

Inducing behavioral changes as a strategy for

improving hospital infection prevention and control

Professor Sally Saber, Professor of Clinical Pathology,

Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt



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11:20 Development of prediction score for iron

deficiency anaemia among female medical

students of Ain Shams University

Dr Nadine Effat, Clinical Nutrition Specialist,


11:40 Coffee break and visit exhibition

Alexandria session: laboratory aspect of precision medicine

Chairpersons:

Professor Magdy El Bordeny, Professor of Clinical Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Alexandria University, Alexandria,

Egypt

Professor Ola Sharaki, Professor of Clinical Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt

Professor Rasha Mamdouh, Professor of Clinical Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Alexandria University, Alexandria,

Egypt

12:10 Precision medicine in haematological malignancies

Dr Reeham Abdel Halim, Assistant Professor of Clinical Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Alexandria University,

Alexandria, Egypt

12:30 Next generation sequencing as a tool for cancer precision medicine

Dr Marwa Hanafy, Assistant Professor of Clinical Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Alexandria University,

Alexandria, Egypt

12:50 Proteomics and systems biology: towards the future of precision medicine

Professor Pacint Moez, Professor of Clinical Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Alexandria University,

Alexandria, Egypt

13:10 Game of thrones: trial and error vs. personalised medicine

Dr Mohamed El Sawy, Assistant Professor of Clinical Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Alexandria University,

Alexandria, Egypt

13:30 Break

Mansoura session: current initiatives in laboratory practice

Chairpersons:

Professor Ashraf Mohamed Osman, Professor of Clinical Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, El Minia University, Minya,

Egypt

Professor Riham Al Farahaty, Professor of Clinical Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Mansoura University, Mansoura,

Egypt

Professor Mona Wahba, Professor of Clinical Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt

13:45 Emerging nosocomial non-candida albicans infections

Professor Noha El-Mashad, Professor of Clinical Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Mansoura University,

Mansoura, Egypt

14:05 Towards implementation of precision medicine in cancer: lesson from CLL

Professor Salah Aref, Professor of Clinical Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Mansoura University, Mansoura,

Egypt

14:25 Pitfalls in interpretation of thyroid function tests



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Professor Aza Bayiomy, Professor of Clinical Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Mansoura University, Mansoura,

Egypt

14:45 Cell-free DNA and its variants in early diagnosis and monitoring of cancer

Dr Rasha Rezik, Assistant Professor of Clinical Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Mansoura University,

Mansoura, Egypt

15:05 Q&A

15:15 Close of day two – lunch and visit exhibition



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Day three | Thursday, 9 April 2020

Hall A Hall B

Haematology - Insights into different

aspects of blood disorders

Chairpersons:

Professor Aza Hashem, Professor of Clinical



Professor Manal Elmasry, Professor of



Professor Nesrine Elgharbawy, Professor of



Chemistry – Medical toxicology lab 2020 state of

the art

Chairpersons:

Professor Fadia Mostafa, Professor of Clinical

Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Suez Canal University,

Suez Canal, Egypt

Professor Hasem Abu Youssef, Professor of Clinical


Egypt

Professor Osama Bakr, Professor of Clinical Pathology,

Faculty of Medicine, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt

10:00 Paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria (PNH)

a rare life-threatening disease easily

detected by flow cytometry

Professor Paul Wallace, Professor of

Oncology, Director, Department of Flow &

Image Cytometry, Roswell Park Cancer

Institute, Buffalo, New York, USA

Fair and effective drug testing for 2020

Dr Omayma Elgamal, Consultant of Clinical and

Chemical Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams


10:20 Individualized medicine in routine clinical

practice: case studies of advanced molecular

and cytogenetic studies that drastically alter

patient prognosis and management

Professor Jadee Neff, Assistant Professor of

Pathology, Duke University Medical Center,

Durham, North Carolina, USA

Challenges in analytical toxicology

Professor El Masry Mohy K, Professor of Forensic

Medicine and Clinical Toxicology, Faculty of Medicine,


10:40 DOAC management plan

Professor Manal Fawzy, Professor of Clinical



Accreditation challenges in toxicology laboratories

Professor Adel. A. Elazab Elged, Professor of Clinical


Cairo, Egypt

11:00

Q&A

Current toxicology testing in Egypt: GAP analysis

Professor Mahmoud Nomier, Professor of Clinical

Toxicology, Faculty of Medicine, Zagazig University,

Zagazig, Egypt



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11:20 Q&A

11:30 Coffee break

Case presentations

Chairpersons:

Professor Hala Gabr, Professor of Clinical and Chemical Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt

Professor Manal Abd El Alim, Professor of Clinical Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt

Professor Rania Abo Shady, Professor of Clinical Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt

12:00 Chitotriosidase as a novel biomarker for therapeutic monitoring of nephropathic cystinosis

Dr Mohamed Abd-Elsalam Elmadbouly, Assistant Professor of Clinical and Chemical Pathology, Faculty of


12:20 Eye related infections: What should you know? Dr Asmaa Abd-Elsalam Elmadbouly, Assistant Professor, Clinical Pathology, Faculty of Medicine for Girls, Al-

Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt

12:40 A challenging case of lymphoproliferative disorder

Dr Rania Soliman, Lecturer of Clinical and Chemical Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo,

Egypt

13:00 Systematic approach in the diagnosis of meningitis

Dr Yasmin Mohamed, Lecturer of Clinical Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt

13:20 Cannabinoids testing challenges

Dr Safia Hamdy, Lecturer of Clinical Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt

Quality and point-of-care testing

Chairpersons:

Professor Abd ElRahman Abd ElHamid ElSaid, Professor of Clinical Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Qena University,

Qena, Egypt

Professor Mariam Onsy, Professor of Clinical and Chemical Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo,

Egypt

Professor Soheir Abd El Rahman, Professor of Clinical Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Banha University, Banha, Egypt

13:45 The importance of standardization of creatinine measurement in Africa: Implications for CKD management

Prof Rajiv Erasmus, President, African Federation of Clinical Chemistry (AFCC), Emeritus Professor, Division of

Chemical Pathology, Tygerberg Hospital, University of Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch, Director, Quality First

Training Academy, Bellville, Cape Town, South Africa

14:05 Quality control failure investigations: a step by step process for success

Dr Marwa ElAshry, Assistant Professor of Clinical Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University, Cairo,

Egypt

14:25 Point of care of lab INR: which to believe?

Dr Nesma Safwat, Assistant Professor of Clinical Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University, Cairo,

Egypt

14:45 Closing ceremony

Chairpersons:



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Professor Gihan Kamal Hasan Ali

Professor Soheir Helal

Professor Yasser Zeitoun

15:15 Close of conference



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ESLM Supreme Members

• Prof Soheir Helal, President, ESLM, Cairo Egypt

• Prof Laila Abou El Magd, Vice-President, ESLM, Cairo Egypt

• Prof Yasser Zeitoun, Secretary General, ESLM, Cairo Egypt

• Prof Mervat El Ansary, Treasurer, ESLM, Cairo Egypt

• Prof Gihan Kamal Hasan Ali, Conference President, ESLM, Cairo Egypt

• Prof Mona Mohamed Zaki, Conference Vice-president, ESLM, Cairo Egypt

• Dr Dalia Diaa ElDine Salem, Secretary of the conference, ESLM, Cairo Egypt

ESLM Board Members

• Prof Ahmed Abdelsamei, ESLM, Cairo Egypt

• Prof Amira Soliman, ESLM, Cairo Egypt

• Prof Ekbal Abou Hashem, ESLM, Cairo Egypt

• Prof Gihan Kamal Hasan Ali, ESLM, Cairo Egypt

• Prof Hazem Abou-Youssef, ESLM, Cairo Egypt

• Prof Hoda El-gendi, ESLM, Cairo Egypt

• Prof Moustafa Rizk, ESLM, Cairo Egypt

• Prof Mona Mohamed Zaki, ESLM, Cairo Egypt

• Prof Mona Wassef, ESLM, Cairo Egypt

• Prof Naguib Zoheir, ESLM, Cairo Egypt

• Prof Saad Eissa, ESLM, Cairo Egypt

ESLM Scientific Committee

• Prof Adel Azab, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt

• Prof Karim Shaheen, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt

• Prof Lamia Mansour, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt

• Prof Mona Fathi, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt

• Prof Hoda Elgendi, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt

• Prof Iman Mansour, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt

• Prof Mona Wasef, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt

• Prof Sherine El-masry, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt

• Prof Sally Saber, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt

• Prof Nahla Zakareya, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt

• Prof Shahira Fathy, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt

• Prof Sherine Shawki, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt

• Prof Amina Gamal, National Research Center, Cairo, Egypt

• Prof Soliman Saba, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt

ESLM Organizing Committee

• Prof Ekbal Abo Hashem

• Prof Faten Wagdi Ragheb

• Prof Hala Abdel Al

• Prof Moustafa Rizk

• Prof Nermine Tayseer

• Prof Rania Zayed

• Prof Saad Eissa

• Associate Prof Doaa Ghaith

• Associate Prof Engy El Khateeb

• Dr Dalia Diaa ElDine Salem

• Dr Mai Hamed


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