More than 500 Healthcare Professionals to Take Part in Sheikh Khalifa Medical City's Annual Multispecialty Conference

More Than 90 Local and International Speakers Including  from Mayo Clinic, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital and Children’s National Medical Centre in Washington

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates: More than 500 healthcare professionals and residents will converge on Abu Dhabi on 28 October as part of Sheikh Khalifa Medical City’s (SKMC) Annual Multispecialty Conference: Board Reviews and Clinical Updates, 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 130 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 content will prepare medical residents in training and clinical practitioners for their board certification and recertification examinations,” 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 will take place 28 October to 1 November at the Beach Rotana Hotel in Abu Dhabi. For more information visit the dedicated congress portal on www.smc2014.ae

SKMC, managed by Cleveland Clinic, is part of the SEHA HealthSystem and owned and operated by Abu Dhabi Health Services Company PJSC (SEHA), which is responsible for the curative activities of all the public hospitals and clinics in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi.