Friday, May 15, 2009

18:30

Registration and Welcome Reception

Saturday, May 16, 2009

8:30

Changiz Geula, PhD, Professor of Neuroscience, Cognitive Neurology and Alzheimer’s Disease Center, Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, USA; Marwan Sabbagh, MD, Founding director of the Cleo Roberts Center for Clinical Research, Sun Health Institute, Arizona, USA; Robert Friedland, MD, Professor, University of Louisville, KY, USA; Chris Messis, MD, President, Cyprus Mental Health Commission, Cyprus

Welcome Notes

8:45

Christos Patsalides, PhD, Minister of Health, Cyprus

Opening Remarks

9:00

Marc Wortmann, Executive Director, Alzheimer's Disease International

"Out Of The Shadows”--How Alzheimer’s and Dementia Are Entering the Global Political Agenda

9:15

Joseph El Khoury, MD, Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA

Plenary Presentation: The Immune System in Alzheimer’s Disease: An Evolving Paradigm

SESSION I:  TREATMENT OF DEMENTIA

CHAIRS: Marwan Sabbagh, MD and Marc Wortmann

9:45

Marwan Sabbagh, MD, Founding director of the Cleo Roberts Center for Clinical Research, Sun Health Institute, Arizona, USA

Current and Future Treatments of Alzheimer's Disease

10:00

Edward Zamrini, MD, Associate Professor, The University of Utah School of Medicine, USA

Strategies for the Pre-Clinical Detection of Alzheimer's Disease

10:15

Break

10:30

Ruma Raha-Chowdhury, PhD, Scientific Advisor for Molecular Neuroscience Associate Director of Board of Graduate Studies, University of Cambridge

Treatments in Tauopathy

10:45

E. B. Mukaetova-Ladinska, MD, PhD, Senior Lecturer in Old Age Psychiatry, Institute for Ageing and Health, Newcastle University, UK

Can Healthy Lifestyle Modify Factors for Dementia?  Findings from a Pilot Population Based Survey

11:00

Nasser Zawia, PhD, Professor of Pharmacology and Toxicology & Principal Investigator, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, USA

Alzheimer's Disease: Environmental Triggers and Novel Therapeutic Approaches

11:15

Q&A

SESSION II:  BEHAVIORAL/PSYCHIATRIC ISSUES

CHAIRS: Diana Paleacu, MD, and Ahmed Khalifa, MD

11:30

Magda Tsolaki, MD, PhD, Associate Professor, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece

Non Pharmacological Interventions in Patients with MCI and Mild Dementia

11:45

Bella Gross, MD, Head, Department of Neurology, Western Galilee Hospital, Nahariya, Israel

Neuropsychiatric Disturbances in Parkinson's Disease

12:00

Lunch

13:00

Diana Paleacu, MD, Director, Neurology Service and Memory Clinic, Tel Aviv University, Sackler School of Medicine, Abarbanel Mental Health Center, Israel

How Do the Leisure Activities Influence the Cognitive Function in an Elderly Nursing Home Population

13:15

Ahmed Khalifa, MD, President of Syrian Society of Neurosciences, Head, Department of Neurology, Damascus Hospital, Damascus, Syria

Cognitive Disorders as a Complication of Cardiac Surgery in Syria

13:30

Q&A

SESSION III:  MOLECULAR BASIS OF DISEASE

CHAIRS: Changiz Geula, PhD and Eliyahu Mizrahi, MD

13:45

Changiz Geula, PhD, Professor of Neuroscience, Cognitive Neurology and Alzheimer’s Disease Center, Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, USA

Calcium Dysregulation and Neuronal Vulnerability in Neurodegenerative Disorders

14:00

Robert Friedland, MD, Chair and Professor, Department of Neurology, University of Louisville, Louisville KY, USA

Immunology of Alzheimer's Disease

14:15

Spiros Efthymiopoulos, PhD, Assistant Professor, University of Athens, Athens, Greece

Molecular Basis of Familial British and Danish Dementias

14:30

Eliyahu Mizrahi, MD, Head, Department of Geriatric Rehabilitation, Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer, Israel

Diabetes Mellitus Predicts Cognitive Impairment in Elderly Ischemic Stroke Patients

14:45

Stavros J. Baloyannis, MD, PhD, Professor, Department of Neurology, Aristotelian University, Thessaloniki, Greece

The Hypothalamus in Alzheimer`S Disease: A Study with Silver Impregnation Techniques and Electron Microscope

15:00

Zdena Kristofikova et al. (Submitted Abstract Presenter)

Complex Between Amyloid Beta Peptides And Their Binding Protein Involved In Alzheimer Disease - The New Biomarker? 

15:15

Q&A

15:30

Break

SESSION IV:  GENETICS

CHAIRS: Robert P. Friedland, MD and Aida Al-Aqeel, MD, DCH, FRCP

15:45

Doaa Hamed Moustafa Hewedi, MD, Ain-Shams University - Institute of Psychiatry, Cairo, Egypt

Profile of Dementia in an Egyptian Sample: Person, Family and Environment

16:00

Hakan Gurvit, MD, Assoc. Professor, Istanbul Univ., Istanbul, Turkey

Turkish Alzheimer's Prevalence Study

16:15

Q&A

16:30

End of Day 1

19:30

GALA DINNER

Sunday, May 17, 2009

9:00

Claudia Kawas, MD, Professor, University of California Irvine, USA

Plenary Presentation

SESSION V:  DIAGNOSIS AND CLINICAL FEATURES

CHAIRS: Marwan Ramadan, MD and Eman Al-Khateeb, MD

9:30

Marwan Ramadan, MD, Chief of Geriatrics, Hamad Medical Center, Doha, Qatar

Home Caregivers for Alzheimer's Patients in Qatar

9:45

Eman Al-Khateeb, PhD, Professor, Faculty of Medicine, University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan

A Study of Dementia in Jordan

10:00

Jim Andrikopoulos, PhD, ABPP, Ruan Neurology Clinic, Des Moines, Iowa, USA

The Mild Cognitive Impairment Myth

10:15

Q&A

10:30

Break

SESSION VI:  CAREGIVING AND PUBLIC POLICY

CHAIRS: Chris Messis, MD and Paraskevi Sakka, MD

10:45

Waleed Fawzi, MD, King's College London, London, UK

Developing Policies for Dementia Care in Egypt

11:00

Leda Koursoumba, Law Commissioner, Nicosia, Cyprus

Safeguarding and Protection of the Patients' Rights Law - 2004

11:15

Chris Messis, MD, President, Cyprus Mental Health Commission, Limassol, Cyprus

The Mental Health Commission and the Rights of the Patients with Dementia

11:30

Yiannis Kalakoutas, MD, Chairman, Cyprus Alzheimer National Committee, Director, Mental Health Services

The National Committee for Alzheimer's Disease and its Role in Cyprus

11:45

Antigoni Diakou, President, Cyprus Alzheimer's Association

The Cyprus Alzheimer's Association: Present Initiatives and Future Prospects

12:00

Lunch

13:00

DIALOGUE: What, How and Where to Next?  - Open Forum about Opportunities, Challenges and Future for the Conference

SESSION VI:  CAREGIVING AND PUBLIC POLICY (cont.)

14:00

Hovhannes M. Manvelyan et. al. (Submitted Abstract Presentation)

Alzheimer's Disease  and Related Disorders Network In Armenia

14:15

Evridiki Papastavrou, PhD, Lecturer, Cyprus University of Technology, School of Health Studies, Limassol, Cyprus

Family Caregivers of Patients with Alzheimer's and Related Dementias: the Cyprus Experience

14:30

Riadh Gouider, MD, President of Pan Arab Union of Neurological Societies, Head of Neurology Dept, Razi Hospital, Tunis, Tunisia

An Alzheimer Center in an Emerging Country: Concept and Usefulness

14:45

Ruth Goldberg, Chair, Alzheimer’s Association of Israel, Holon, Israel 

Support Groups for People with Early-Stage AD

15:00

Break

15:15

Paraskevi Sakka, MD, President, Athens Alzheimer’s Association Athens, Greece

Population-based Survey in Greece: Cognitive Performance vs Demographic, Medical History and Memory Complaints

15:30

Nicos Michaelides, MD,PhD, Director Petrakis Nursing Home, Cyprus

First PanCyprian's Alzheimer's Study

15:45

Nasser Loza, MD, Medical Director, Behman Hospital, Cairo, Egypt

The Burden of Dementia in an Extended Family Social Network - a Historical Perspective

16:00

Nitsa Kakoyannis, Psychologist/Neuropsychologist, Greece

Sexuality in Old Age Including Dementia - Social Interventions

16:15

Abd El Moneim Mahmoud Ashour (P) et al.

Intervention in Dementia in Egypt

16:30

Q&A

17:00

CONVENERS

DISCUSSION