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ForwardSAMS 9th National Symposium - Raising the Standard: Defining Excellence in Modern Healthcare
Kissimmee, FL US
February 14, 2026 to February 15, 2026
From February 14-15, 2026, the Syrian American Medical Society (SAMS) will host its 9th National Symposium at the Gaylord Palms Resort & Convention Center. This pivotal event gathers physicians, allied health professionals, students, and humanitarians from across the nation to foster collaboration, innovation, and leadership in healthcare.
Centered around the theme “Raising the Standard: Defining Excellence in Modern Healthcare,” the symposium will feature dynamic presentations, panel discussions, and lectures from renowned academics, humanitarian experts, and leaders of the Syrian-American healthcare community. Participants will address crucial challenges facing modern medicine: bridging the gap between research and daily practice, overcoming fragmented systems, and driving equitable improvements to patient outcomes.
Through targeted sessions focused on quality improvement, multidisciplinary collaboration, and the translation of innovation, including the promise of digital health and artificial intelligence, this activity aims to transform excellence in healthcare from aspiration to routine reality.
Despite advances in medical knowledge and technology, many professionals lack adequate training or support for team-based care and system-wide implementation. Innovations in AI, digital health, and research are often slow to impact real-world outcomes, hindered by health inequities, resource limitations, and workforce burnout. The resulting practice gap is reflected in variable care quality and missed opportunities for improvement.
To address these gaps, learners need not only theoretical understanding but also practical strategies that reliably integrate evidence, teamwork, and technology into daily practice. This activity will provide tools for effective implementation, enhance team collaboration, and accelerate the adoption of innovation to standardize and raise the quality of care.
Join SAMS for a transformative educational experience, where learning leads directly to improved competence, performance, and measurable impact on patient outcomes.
Target Audience
The symposium is intended for physicians, allied health professionals, healthcare students, educators, administrators, humanitarians, and members of the Syrian-American medical community dedicated to advancing excellence in modern healthcare.
Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this activity, participants will be able to:
- Design actionable implementation plans that translate quality metrics and AI-generated insights into streamlined clinical workflows;
- Analyze and compare diagnostic decision-making, leveraging both enhanced critical thinking and AI-supported approaches to reduce diagnostic errors;
- Formulate multidisciplinary, team-based care strategies that effectively integrate physicians, allied health professionals, and educators for improved care quality, safety, and coordination in a variety of clinical settings;
- Critique current quality metrics and standards across different health environments and assess their applicability to settings with variable resources and constraints.
Gaylord Palms Resort & Convention Center
6000 W Osceola Pkwy
Kissimmee, FL
34746
United States
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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 [email protected].
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
Ala'a Elshaar, MD
Muhammad Alsayid, MD
Muhammad Alsayid, MD
Tarek Jazaerly, MD
Ihasan Mamoun, MD
Fayez Safadi, MD
Ruba Azzam, MD
Ihasan Mamoun, MD
Fayez Safadi, MD
Ruba Azzam, MD
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.
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 5.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Other Participant 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.
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 30 days after the activity ends. Requests to claim credit after 30 days may incur additional fees.
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Please note: The credit claiming process will close 30 days after the activity ends. Requests to claim credit after 30 days may incur additional fees.
Please note: The credit claiming process will close 30 days after the activity ends. Requests to claim credit after 30 days may incur additional fees.
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