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Precongress Courses

Course 1: Evidence Based Medicine Course

 

Course 2: Ultrasound in Reproductive Medicine and Early pregnancy

 

Course 3: Hormonal therapy and Menopause Management

 

Course 4: Quality & risk management course (Lab Interest Group)

 

Course 5: Hysteroscopy Masterclass

 

Course 6: IMSI  (sponsored by Egyptian Import Office)

 

 

Main Program

Day 1: Thursday, November 05

Day 2: Friday, November 06

Day 3: Saturday, November 07

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Day 1- Thursday- November 5

 

08:30-10:00

Session 01

Room: Hall 1

Chair: Raafat Reyad(EGY) – Bassam El Helw (EGY)

08:30–09:00

Occult Maternal Conditions with Fetal Consequences

Sarah Berga (USA)

09:00-09:30

Single embryo transfer: a success story

Yacoub Khalaf (UK)

09:30-

10:00

Aboulghar Honorary lecture

Adjuncts for Ovarian Stimulation- growth hormone, LH, metformin, aspirin, Dex, androgens and others

David Meldrum (USA)                            

10:00 – 10:30 Coffee Break

 

10:30-12:00

Session 02

Room: Hall 1

Chair: Johnny Awwad(LEB) – Hisham Ayyoub(KSA)- Jean Marc Ayoubi (France)

10:30–10:50

The future of ovarian stimulation                          sponsored lecture

Paul Devroey (Belgium)

10:50–11:10

The new reproductive choices and the natural decrease of fecundity

PG Crosignani (Italy)

11:10–11:30

Age and IVF outcome: where do we draw the line?

Johhanes Evers (The Netherlands)

11:30–11:50

Surgical management of PCO

Fulco Van der Veen (The Netherlands)

11:30–12:00

Discussion

 

12:00-13:15

 

                      Company Symposium - IBSA

 

 

Gonadotrophin glycosylation: from PCOS to Assisted Reproduction

Room: Hall 1

Chairmen: Mohamed A. Aboulghar (Egypt), Marco Filicori (Italy)

12:00- 12:05

Welcome and introduction

12:05-12:25

The new generation of human-derived gonadotrophins: an overview

Marco Filicori (Italy)

12:25- 12:45

Efficacy and safety of FSH drug products for ART in PCOS

Mona M. Aboulghar (Egypt)

12:45-13:05

A comparative prospective multicenter study of two highly purified hMG preparations in ICSI: similarities and

differences

Carlo Alviggi (Italy)

13:05-13:15

Discussion and conclusions

13:15

End of session

 

13:15 – 14:30 Lunch

 

14:30-16:30

Session 03

Room: Hall 1

Chair: Mokhtar Toppozada (EGY), Sarwat El Ahwany(EGY) , Antoine Hannoun (LEB), Emad Darwish (EGY)

Session 04

Room: Hall 2

Chair: Khaled Rasheed (EGY), Mostafa Issa(EGY), Lamiaa Ismael(KSA), Ghina Ghazeeri (LEB)

Session 05

Room: Hall 3

Chair: Hazem Al Rumaih(KWT), Hamed Youssef(EGY), Ebtehag Shafik (EGY), A. Abel Aziz (EGY)

14:30-14:50

Use of GnRH analogs in assisted reproduction

Marco Filicori (Italy)

14:30-14:50

News, prospects in the research of endometriosic disease : genetic abnormalities, evolutivity, a new approach for diagnosis and treatment : JM.Ayoubi (France)

14:30-14:50

Reproductive Outcomes of Hysteroscopic Surgery

Amr Al Shalakany

14:50-15:10

IVF pregnancy over 40

Gamal Serour (Egypt)

14:50-15:10

Spontaneous and induced fertility of women with ovarian endometriosis.

PG Crosignani (Italy)

14:50-15:10

Endoscopic surgery and ART : Competition or collaboration?

Osama Shawki (Egypt)

15:10-15:30

Ovulation induction in older women

Ioannis E. Messinis (Greece)

15:10-15:30

The farewell speech of preimplantation genetic aneuploidy screening

Paul Devroey (Belgium)

15:10-15:25

Blastocyst vitrification: 3 years and 300 cycles

Erin Fischer (USA)

15:30- 15:50

Is Natural cycle IVF effective & cost-effective?

Geeta Nargund (UK)

15:30-15:50

Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis : What is needed in Egypt

Ragaa Mansour (Egypt)

15:25-15:40

Poor responder and dehydroepiandrosterone DHEA, when, how and success

Imad Abou Jaoudeh (Leb)

15:50-16:10

Aromataze Inhibitors In Assisted Reproduction

Bassam El Helw (Egypt)

15:50-16:10

Mild stimulation for low responders: less can be better

Suheil Muasher (USA)

15:40-15:55

Sr D0 AMH predicts ovarian response to COH better than D3 AMH

Meena Chimote(India)

16:10-16:30

Discussion

16:10-16:30

Discussion

 

Discussion

 

16:30 – 17:00  Coffee Break

 

17:00

18:30

Session 06

Room: Hall 1

Chair: Mahmoud El Shorbagy(EGY), Michel Fakih(UAE), Mehany Sattar(EGY), Toufic Nakad(LEB)

Session 07

Room: Hall 2

Chair: Khaled Gaber(EGY), Ibrahim Fahmy(EGY), Nashat Assaf(KSA), Walid Ghutmi(LEB)

Session 08

Room: Hall 3

Chair: Mostafa El Sadek (EGY), Mohamed El Sherbiny (EGY), Sherif Khattab (EGY), Edgar Haddad(LEB)

17:00-17:20

Management of the menopause in survivors of gynecological malignancies

Farouk Al- Azzawi

17:00-17:20

Hysteroscopic management of endometrial pathologies

Cihat Unlu (Turkey)

17:00-17:20

A simplified ICSI protocol with improved outcome

Hassan Ali (Egypt)

17:20- 17:40

Characteristic Features of Hypothalamic Amenorrhea

Robert  Rebar (USA)

17:20- 17:40

IVF for Fertile Couples

Hesham Al Inany (Egypt)

17:20- 17:40

Follicular vascularity & oocyte quality

Geeta Nargund (UK)

17:40- 18:00

IVF?  Yes, but when?  (how to determine how promptly should people be referred to IVF?)

Dominique De Ziegler (Switzerland)

17:40- 18:00

Endocrine factors of Reccurent Miscarriages.

Antonis Makrigiannakis (Greece)

17:40- 17:55

Endometriosis and infertility

Katrin M. Kandah (Jordan)

18:00- 18:20

Is it possible to be patient friendly in IUI treatment cycles ?

Timur Gurgan (Turkey)

18:00- 18:20

Role of endoscopic surgery of hydrosalpnix prior to IVF/ICSI in modern practice

Atef Darwish (Egypt)

17:55-18:10

Assisted reproductive technology in the kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Hassan Abduljabbar (KSA)

18:20-18:30

Discussion

18:20-18:30

Discussion

18:10-18:25

Hysteroscopy after failure of IVF cycles toles and benefits

Nadia Kabli (KSA)

18:25-18:35

Discussion

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Day 2 -Friday- November 6

 

 

 

 

08:30-09:45

Session 9

Room: Hall 1

Chair : Nabil Abdel Hakim(EGY), Omaima Edris(EGY), Abdel Aziz Al Shaarani(KSA)

08:30-09:00

Therapeutic potential of cord blood stem cells

Robert Casper (Canada)

09:00-09:30

Genetics of PCOS; new tools - new opportunities

Bart Fauser (The Netherlands)

09:30-09:45

Discussion

 

09:45-10:00 Coffee Break

 

10:00-11:40

Session 10

Room: Hall 1

Chair: Ezzeldin Osman(EGY) , Mohamed Al Bugnah(KSA), Mohamed Yahia(EGY)

Session 11

Room: Hall 2

Chair: Hany Abdel Aleem(EGY), David Robertson(UAE), Karim Hassanien

10:00-10:20

Endometriosis and infertility: of surgery and ART, which should come first?

Dominique de Ziegler (France)

Is there a place for PGD

Yacoub Khalaf (UK)

10:20-10:40

Fertility Preservation Techniques and Strategies before and after Cancer treatments

Timur Gurgan (Turkey)

Effects of exogenous gonadotropin composition on controlled ovarian stimulation outcome

Marco Filicori (Italy)

10:40-11:00

Repeated Implantation Failure. Two Evidence and novel approaches

Antonis Makrigiannakis(Greece)

Dopamine agonists in endometriosis

Antonio Pellicer (Spain)

11:00-11:20

New biomarkers in ovulation induction

Demitris Loutradis (Greece)

Impact of fibroids in pregnancy with IVF programs

Thinus Kruger (South Africa)

11:20-11:40

Discussion

Discussion

 

11:40-13:30 Lunch

 

13:30-15:30

Session 12: ASRM Session

Room: Hall 1

Chair: Robert Rebar(USA), Suheil Muasher(USA)

Session 13

Room: Hall 2

Chair: Khaled El Hodaiby(EGY), Huseyin Gorkemli (Turkey), Philippe Saroufim(LEB), Ghassan Azar(LEB)

Session 14

Room: Hall 3

Chair: Ahmed Aboul Nasr (EGY), Abdel Hamid Wafik (EGY), Walaa El Deeb(EGY), Joseph Stambouli (LEB)

13:30-13:50

Mitochondrial nutrients to improve reproductive outcome associated  with aging

Robert Casper (Canada)

13:30-13:50

the interest of radiofrequency to change the morphology of endometriosic cells: a new approach to treat this disease

Bouquet de la Jolinière (France)

13:30-13:50

Current Evidence On Environmental & Occupational Hazards & The Reproductive Function

Abdel Hamid Attia

13:50-14:10

Weight and Fertility

Sarah Berga (USA)

13:50-14:10

Hysteroscopic treatment of submucous myomas

Cihat Unlu (Turkey)

13:50-14:05

In Vitro Maturation in Standard Embryo Culture Medium of Immature Oocytes Recovered During Stimulated Cycles

Jaffar Ali (KSA)

14:10-14:30

Lifestyle, acupuncture, stress management, erectile function and supplements in the management of infertility

David Meldrum (USA)

14:10-14:30

Sexual abuse experienced by married Egyptian women

Abou Bakr El Nashar (Egypt)

14:05-14:20

Letrozole with gonadotropin versus clomiphene – citrate with gonadotropin for induction ovulation in polycystic ovary syndrome patients resistant to clomiphene citrate

Sedigheh Ghandi (Iran)

14:30-14:50

Stimulation of the high responders and strategies to prevent OHSS

Suheil Muasher (USA)

14:30-14:50

Clinical perspectives in the management of poor responders

Renato Fanchin (France)

14:20-14:35

ICSI outcome for fresh VS thawed cryopreserved surgically retrieved sperms in Azozoospermic men

N Ben Halim (Libya)

14:50-15:10

Diagnosis and Management of Hypothalamic Amenorrhea

Robert Rebar (USA)

14:50-15:10

Cervical factor and IUI

Fulco van der Veen (The Netherlands)

14:35-14:50

Pronuclear allignment:a novel approach for the embryo selection increases the implantation rate of transferred embryos

Eman El Shawa (KSA)

15:10-15:30

Discussion

15:10-15:30

Discussion

14:50-15:05

Epigenetic Remodelling in Early Interspecies Mouse ICSI Embryos

Walid Maalouf (UK)

15:05-15:30

Discussion

 

15:30 – 16:00 Coffee Break

 

16:00-18:15

Session 15

Room: Hall 1

Chair: Sameh Zaki (EGY), Osama El Shenoufy (EGY), Mostafa Shafik (EGY)

Session 16

Room: Hall 2

Chair: Abdel Maguid Ramzy (EGY), Mohamed Mostafa El Shafie(EGY), Omar Al Omari (JOR)

Session 17

Room: Hall 3

Chair: Faisal Faqeera (KSA), Ismaiel Aboulfotouh (EGY), Omar Abu Zeinab (Qatar)

16:00-16:20

 

Mild IVF; is it going to be accepted?

Bart Fauser (The Netherlands)

16:00-16:20

 

Doppler and 3D sonography in the assessment of female infertility – state of the art

Asem Kurjak (Coratia)

16:00-16:15

 

Quinagolide reduces OHSS in high risk ICSI patients

Marwan Al-Halabi (Syria)

16:20-16:40

 

Fertility preservation in Breast cancer patients

Antonio Pellicer (Spain)

16:20-16:40

 

Embryo splitting

Karl Illmensee (Austria)

16:15-16:30

 

Reproductive outcome after Versapoint hysteroscopic metroplasty

Hossam Shawki (Egypt)

16:40-17:10

 

Is there a place for PGD/PGS in practice?

Yacoub Khalaf (UK)

16:40-17:10

 

Which is the best sperm retrieval technique for obstructive azoospermia? A systematic review

Ahmed Kamal (UK)

16:30-16:45

 

Androgen co-treatment in ovulation induction: Appraising the available evidence

Omar Shaaban (Egypt)

17:10-17:30

 

The role of ghrelin in reproduction

Ioannis E. Messinis (Greece)

17:10-17:30

 

Sperm morphology and its impact on pregnancy outcome in ICSI programmes

Thinus Kruger (South Africa)

16:45-17:00

 

DMPA use and bone mineral density in low socioeconomic classes. A call for attention Mostafa Hussein (Egypt)

17:30-17:50

 

AMH: regulation & implications in PCOS

Renato Fanchin (France)

17:30-17:50

 

Advanced IVF lab technology

David Mortimer (Canada)

17:00-17:15

 

N-ACETYL CYSTEINE : could it be an effective adjuvant therapy in ICSI cycles?

Eman Elgindy (Egypt)

17:50-18:05

Ultrasound-guided hydrosalpinx aspiration during egg collection improves pregnancy outcome in in-vitro fertilization: a randomized controlled trial

Nahed Hammadieh (UK)

17:50-18:05

Is it important to screen for hepatitis B, C, and HIV in infertile couples in Saudi Arabia?

Aisha Mansour (KSA)

17:15-17:30

 

Artificial insemination outcome  following washing the cervix and uterus with pentoxifylline

Saad Al-Dujaily (Iraq)

18:05-18:15

Discussion

18:05-18:15

Discussion

17:30-17:45

 

Rosiglitazone Vs Metformin in the management 0f PCOS patients.

Mohamed Abdel-Aleem (Egypt)

        17:45-18:00

Prostatic specific antigen in seminal plasma in male with idiopathic, Infertility compared with normal fertile male

Bassam Abdel Hamid (Iraq)

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Day 3- Saturday- November 7

 

09:30-11:30

Session 18

Advanced Ultrasonography

Room: Hall 1

Chair: Mohamed Momtaz(EGY)

Session 19

Advanced IVF lab techniques

Room: Hall 2

Chair: Mariam Ghuloom(BAH)

09:30-11:30

Mohamed Momtaz (Egypt)

David Mortimer (Canada)

Asim Kurjak (Coratia)

Mariam Ghuloom (Bahrain)

Alaa El Ebrashi (Egypt)

Abdel Hamid Wafik (Egypt)

 

12:00 Closing