SAMS 20th International Conference: Closing the Equity Gap in the Pandemic Era and Beyond Through Innovation

Taksim, IST TR
June 25, 2022 to June 26, 2022
This year's conference focuses on "Closing the Equity Gap in the Pandemic Era and Beyond Through Innovation" and will bring together physicians, allied health professionals, students, and humanitarians from around the world. Conference lectures will cover topics ranging from health system recovery and inequality, cancer gaps and inequity, innovative advances in medical screening, and mental health breakthroughs in underserved populations.

Target Audience

This activity has been designed for clinicians and other healthcare professionals interested in heathcare recovery post-conflict and in a pandemic era through innovation.

Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this activity, participants will be able to:

  • Assess the current status of the healthcare system post-conflict and address these inequalities;
  • Creating virtual education platforms that can improve healthcare delivery across all fields of medicine and science;
  • Critiquing current health screening models and universalizing access to screening;
  • Assessing the challenges and burdens of providing mental health care to children in conflict areas;
  • Formulating digital and innovative tools to train the next generation of medical providers.
Additional information
ACGME/ABMS Core Competencies: 
Patient Care and Procedural Skills
Medical Knowledge
Practice-based Learning and Improvement
For more information, please contact:
CME Coordinator Contact Name: 
Michael Knudsen
CME Coordinator Contact Email: 
mknudsen@sams-usa.net
Summary
Available credit: 
  • 8.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
  • 8.50 Participation
Event starts: 
06/25/2022 - 8:45am
Event ends: 
06/26/2022 - 11:45am
Activity opens: 
06/17/2022
Activity expires: 
09/01/2023
Add to calendar: 
InterContinental Istanbul
Asker Ocagi Caddesi No. 1
Taksim, IST 34435
Turkey
WANT TO KNOW MORE?
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Questions?
Contact Michael Knudsen via e-mail.
 
ACCESSIBILITY The University of Chicago is committed to providing equal access appropriate to need and circumstances and complies fully with legal requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act. If you are in need of special accommodation, please contact our office at mknudsen@sams-usa.net.


The University of Chicago reserves the right to cancel or postpone this conference due to unforeseen circumstances. In the unlikely event this activity must be cancelled or postponed, the registration fee will be refunded; however, The University of Chicago is not responsible for any related costs, charges, or expenses to participants, including fees assessed by airline/travel/lodging agencies.

FACULTY
M Mufaddal Hamadeh, MD
Conference Chair
Syrian American Medical Society
Hematologist/Oncologist
Advocate Christ Medical Center
 
Aref Al-Kali, MD
Scientific Co-Chair
Syrian American Medical Society
Hematologist/Oncologist
Mayo Clinic
 
Bassel Atassi, MD
Scientific Co-Chair
Syrian American Medical Society
Hematologist/Oncologist
OSF Medical Group – Evergreen Park, IL
 
Aula Abbara, MD
Scientific Committee Member
Syrian American Medical Society
Consultant in Infectious Diseases and Acute Medicine
Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer
Imperial College, London
Infectious Diseases Advisor to MSF OCA
 
Nila Alsheikh, MD
Scientific Committee Member
Section Chief, Division Breast Imaging.
Co-Medical Director, Advocate Caldwell Breast Center, Advocate Lutheran General Hospital
Chair, Advocate Breast Imaging Medical Directors Committee
Chair, AAHC Imaging Research Council
 
Ruba Azzam, MD, MPH
Scientific Committee Member
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Director, Pediatric Hepatology
Medical Director, Pediatric Liver Transplant Program
University of Chicago
 
Ala’a Elshaar, MS
Scientific Conference Coordinator
Syrian American Medical Society
 

Disclosure Declarations
As a provider accredited by the ACCME, The University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine asks everyone in a position to control the content of an education activity to disclose all financial relationships with any ineligible companies. This includes any entity whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients. Financial relationships are relevant if a financial relationship, in any amount, exists between the person in control of content and an ineligible company during the past 24 months, and the content of the education is related to the products of an ineligible company with whom the person has a financial relationship. Mechanisms are in place to identify and mitigate any relevant financial relationships prior to the start of the activity.

Additionally, The University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine requires Authors to identify investigational products or off-label uses of products regulated by the US Food and Drug Administration at first mention and where appropriate in the content.

Physician Credit
This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of The University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine and The Syrian American Medical Society. The University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The University of Chicago Pritzker School Of Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 8.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
 
Other Healthcare Professions Credit
Nurses and other healthcare professionals will receive a Certificate of Participation. For information on the applicability and acceptance of certificates of participation for educational activities certified for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ from organizations accredited by the ACCME, please consult your professional licensing board.
 
Please Note: The credit claiming process will close three months after the conference end date. Requests to claim credit after three months will be subject to additional fees.
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