Public Awareness Session on August 9th will be followed
by formal inauguration by Governor of Baluchistan
QUETTA: The 5th National Preventive Cardiology conference will be held here from August 9th to 10th 2014. It is being organized under the auspicious of Cholesterol Awareness Society of Pakistan. It is after a long time that Quetta will be hosting any medical conference which is expected to attract a large number of eminent guest speakers from all over Pakistan. Prof. A. Manaf Tareen is the Patron of the conference while Dr. Haq Dad Tareen was elected as Chairman of the conference at a meeting held during the Pakistan Cardiac Society’s Biennial conference at Islamabad while Dr. Jalaluddin Achakzai was elected as the Secretary. Mr. Mohammad Khan Achakzai Governor of Baluchistan is expected to inaugurate the conference in the evening of August 9th 2014.
According to Dr. Haq Dad Tareen the organizing committee is making every effort to ensure participation of healthcare professionals from all over the province in the conference so that they benefit from the presence and presentations by various experts in the scientific sessions. Giving details of the scientific programme, Dr. Haq Dad Tareen said that a Public Awareness Session is being organized at Hotel Sarena the conference venue on the first day of the conference. He himself will be making a presentation on cardiovascular disease risk assessment in the light of recent guidelines which will be followed by a lecture by Prof. Abdus Samad on cardiovascular disease risk interventions. It will be followed by question answer session and the panel of experts will include Prof. Manaf Tareen, Prof. Abdus Samad, Maj. Gen. Azhar Mehmood Kayani, Dr. Haq Dad Tareen and Dr. Jalaluddin Achakzai. It will be followed by a Basic Life Support demonstration by Dr. Roohi Ilyas. The public awareness session will be from 4.00 PM to 6.30 PM. The formal inauguration will be at 8.15 PM. After welcome address by chairman of the organizing committee, Prof. Samad will talk about the scope of the conference followed by the Address of the Chief Guest. After vote of thanks by Dr. Jalaluddin Achakzai the conference dinner will be at 9.30 PM.
On second day of the conference i.e. August 10th, the first session will be jointly chaired by Dr. Haqdad Tareen along with Gen. Azhar Kiyani and Prof. Feroze Memon. Prof. Naeem Aslam will talk about risk evaluation for coronary heart disease while Dr. Fawad Farooq will speak on historical overview of present updates in managing hypertension. This will be followed by Dr. Shahbaz Kureshi who will discuss life style modification- Are we doing enough. Other presentations in this session and the panel of experts are Prof. Manaf Tareen, Prof. Khalida Soomro and Dr. Tariq Ashraf. The topic of Dr. Abu Bakar Sheikh’s presentation is Do preventive strategies work? Prof. Nusrat Ara will discuss prevention of CAD in women. Dr. Bilal Mohiyuddin will be speaking on obesity the forgotten risk factors.
Speakers and the topics to be discussed in the second session include One Million Heart programme- What is the lesson for Pakistan by Prof. Abdus Samad, Current hypertension guidelines in Pakistan’s perspective by Prof. Feroze Memon while obesity will be discussed by Dr. Jalaluddin. The panel of experts for this session is Prof. Abid Ameen, Dr. Abu Baker Sheikh and Dr. Fawad Farooq. Gen. Azhar Kayani will speak on prevalence of risks factors in Pakistan, Dr. Tariq Ashraf will discuss the role of Statins in primary preventon of CHD. Dr. Rehan Umer will speak on innovations in Hyperlipidemia.
Panel of experts in this session will be Prof. Manaf Tareen, Dr. Shehbaz Kureshi and Dr. Khalid Shah. In the third session Prof. Khalida Soomro will speak on guidelines for prevention of CAD, Dr. Najmul Islam will discuss prevention of CAD in diabetes mellitus, while Dr. Tahir Majid will speak on CT Angio guidelines for very early detection of CAD.. Panel of experts for this session include Prof. Abdul Samad, Prof. Nusrat Ara, Mujeebullah Tareen and Dr. Zahir Khan. In the last session Prof. Muhammad Akbar Chaudhry from Lahore will discuss role of Aspirin in prevention of CAD and other diseases while Dr. Haqdad Tareen will present Summary of congress deliberations & Take Home messages. The panel of experts in this session will consist of Prof. Naeem Aslam, Dr. Haqdad Tareen and Dr. Baqi Durrani.