More than 700 Healthcare Professionals Attend Sheikh Khalifa Medical City's Second Annual Multispecialty Conference

More than 90 Local and International Speakers Including  from Harvard Medical School in Boston, Children’s National Medical Centre in Washington, Boston Children’s Hospital

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates: More than 700 healthcare professionals and residents have converged on Abu Dhabi yesterday as part of Sheikh Khalifa Medical City’s (SKMC) second Annual Multispecialty Conference which is sponsored by Abu Dhabi Health Services Company PJSC (SEHA) and endorsed by the American College of Physicians (ACP).

The conference program holds more than 140 sessions and includes a faculty of more than 90 national and international speakers, and provides an extensive program designed to provide the latest updates and information on clinical issues for every day practice in Internal Medicine and Paediatrics.

“The program will present high-level scientific content with major updates and state-of-the-art presentations delivered by international and regional keynote speakers,” said Dr. Abdulmajeed Al Zubaidi, Conference President and Chief Medical Officer at SKMC, certified with the American Board of Internal Medicine.

“Topics included in our annual conference are: Adult and Pediatric Cardiovascular Diseases, Diabetes and Endocrinology, Infectious Diseases, Emergency Medicine, Allergy, Nephrology, Gastroenterology, Hematology, Oncology, Respirology, Rheumatology, Psychiatry, Surgery and Neurology, and so the conference is geared towards healthcare professionals in all medical fields.”

Aiming at teaching healthcare professionals and residents how to apply clinical reasoning to uncommon manifestations and common problems while making recommendations for optimal management of the disease, the conference is designed for pediatricians, general practitioners, family physicians, medical residents and fellows, clinical and community pharmacists and healthcare professionals in all sub-specialties.

The SKMC Multispecialty Conference runs 13 - 17 October at the Rosewood Hotel in Abu Dhabi. For more information visit the dedicated congress portal on www.smc2015.ae 

SKMC, managed by Cleveland Clinic, is part of the SEHA Health System.