Conferences.

“Role of FD in COVID19” The international conference of Iraqi Family Medicine Society, Baghdad 11-12 Feb 2022.

Monitoring and Evaluation of Home Health Care Services. Supervision and Monitoring of Public Health Dimension. Riyadh, KSA 14-15 2021

• Role of Family Doctors and PHC in COVID-19 Pandemic’. IFM Webinar, Dubai, 11 June.
• Health economy effect of COVID-19 Pandemic’. Economic Recovery Forum, Proact International Consultancy. Bahrain 22 April.
• Digitalizing Family Medicine” IFM conference. Dubai 24-26 February
• Health of Immigrant Worker Role of Family Physician”. 3rf EFMS Emirates Family Medicine Society, Conference. Dubai 9-11 January.

• “Doctors’ characteristics as stated by ancestor doctors”. The 8th international congress of Islamic medical history and ethics. Istanbul 14-16 November.
• Chairing two sessions in the first Gulf Health Council Conference of the Gulf Cooperation Council entitled “Sustainable Health in the GCC: Challenges and Future Trends” Kuwait 9-10 April.
• Keynote speaker in the 6th IFM conference “Disturbance of Circadian Rhythm and Its effect on Health”. Dubai 25-27 February.
• Speaker in the 9th Pharmaceutical Care Conference “Challenges to the Provision of Family Medicine in EMRO”. Muscat 4-6 February.
• Chairperson in multiple sessions of the 2nd Emirate Family Medicine Congress In association with the American Academy of Family Physicians. Dubai 10-12 January.

• Keynote speaker in the 7th International Conference of Iraqi Family Physicians Society “ Universal Health Coverage via Primary Health Care”. Baghdad 16-17 November.
• Keynote speaker in the 12th  International Conference of The Jordan Society of Family Medicine,” Shortage of Family Physicians and its implication on the health of nations. Amman  7-10 November.
• “Disturbance of Circadian Rhythm and its Effect on Health” Wonca Emr, Kuwait 1-3 March.
• “Trends in aging population” Wonca Emr, Kuwait 1-3 March.
• “Bahrain experience in family medicine” Wonca Emr, Kuwait 1-3 March.
• Panelist “EFMS 1st Emirate Family Medicine Society Conference”. Dubai, 11-13 January.
• “Hands-on Training in Aestheitic Medicines” 4MS, Institute of Medical Aesthetic. Dubai 22-27 February.

• Keynote Speaker “Magnitude of Hypertension in EMRO region” Updates in Diabetes and Hypertension Management” WONCA, EMR, Dubai UAE. 19 May
• Keynote Speaker “Medical Error”. IFM Conference. Dubai, UAE. 6-9 March
• Main Speaker “Communication in Primary Health Care”. 3rd Wonca, Emro. And Workshop on “Family Medicine implementation in the Emro Region”. Abu Dhabi, UAE 2-4 March.
• Panelist speaker “Challenges to health system”. World Health & Wellness Congress & Awards, Mumbai, India 14-16 February.
• Main Speaker “Pros & Cones of Electronic Cigarette”. The Global Conference of The Anti-Smoking International Alliance. Kuwait, 1-2 February.
• Main Speaker “Challenges facing family medicine for universal health coverage”. Universal Health Coverages, WHO EMRO, Kartom Sudan 23-25 January.

• Presented “Family Medicine and Shortage of Doctors”. 21st WONCA World Conference, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil. 2-6 November.
• Main Speaker “ Dawood Alentaki, The Blind Muslim Physician”. International Congress on History of Medicine in Muslim Heritage. Fez, Morocco, 25-29 October.

• Keynote Forum ‘Effective communication and its role on patients’health” In Clinical Case Reports Conference Dubai 20th April

• Main speaker “Effect of Educators on Smoking Prevention among School Students.” The first Seminar of the Anti-Smoking International Alliance. Dubai18 April.
• Main speaker “Shortages of Family Doctors and how it affects the health of the nation” in IFM conference Dubai 17-19 April.
• Keynote speaker about “The issue of shortages of Family Doctors” in IFM conference Dubai 17-19 April.
• Presented “Research in Primary Health Care” and chaired a scientific session the third Wonca Emr Family Medicine congress, Dubai 17-19 March.

• Presented “Challenges facing Family Medicine” and chaired a scientific session in the First International Conference of Primary Care & Public Health, 3rd Congress of Person-Centered Medicine. Imperial College, London 29-31 October
• Presented “Challenges due to Shortage of Family Doctors”. The research day of CMMS, AGU. Bahrain 18 May.
• Key Speaker “Effective Communication Skills”. IFM International Family Medicine Conference, Dubai 25-27 March
• Presented “The Effect of Training Clinical Skills to Medical Students in The Primary Health Care Centers”. Wonca Asia Pacific Regional Conference, Taipei, Taiwan. 4-8 March.
• Main Speaker in Dubai initiative conference on Family Medicine” Family Medicine in the EMRO Region” Dubai 13 January.
• Main speaker in the Familycon-2015 of Pakistan Academy of Family Physicians “Shortage of Family Physicians. How to approach the problem?” Lahore 11 January.
• Main speaker in the Familycon-2015 of Pakistan Academy of Family Physicians “Family Medicine as a Specialty for the Future”. Lahore 10 January.

• Speaker in the Regional Consultation on Strengthening Service Provision through Family Practice Approach, By World Health Organization EMR region. “Shortage of Family Physician Specialists; How to Approach the Problem”. Cairo 18-20 November.
• Keynote speaker in the L’histoire des Bimaristans an Maroc et en Andalousie conference, the 2nd History of Medicine conference.  “The Role of Avicenna in the development of Medicine”. Fas, Morocco, 14-17 October.
• Presented a paper on “Characteristics of Physician across the ages” in the L’histoire des Bimaristans an Maroc et en Andalousie conference, the 2nd History of Medicine conference.  “Fas, Morocco, 14-19 October.
• Invited speaker in the First National Conference on Arabization, Moroccan Tawassol Society. “The Arabization of Medical Studies in the Arab World”. Rabat, Morocco, 18-19 October.
• Invited speaker in the six international congress of the International Society for the History of Islamic Medicine. “Dawood Alantaki the Blind Muslim Physician”. Van, Turkey 23-26 September.Presented a paper on the “Health of Workers; Role of Family Physicians” and served as a World Health Organization TO (Temporary Adviser). International Consultation on “Caring for all people: Interventions, Indicators and Health Delivery”. Semnan, Iran 28-30 April.
• Guest speaker IFM International Family Medicine Conference. “Diabetes Mellitus, the plague of the century”. Dubai 16-18 February.
• Invited speaker in the deeds of prophet Mohd (PBUH) in medicine conference “Religious perspectives in dealing with AIDS” Shiraz Iran 23-25 January.

• Keynote Speaker in the 12ve Arab conference on modern tools in hospital administration. Arab Administrative Development Organization: “Health of Migrant Workers”. Dubai 10-12 December.
• Speaker in the ninth GCC Medical Education Conference “Effect of clinical skill training for medical students in the PHC centers”. Bahrain 23-25 November.
• Speaker in the WONCA Prague. “Effect of clinical skill training for medical students in the PHC centers”. Prague 25-29 June.
• Speaker in the College of Medicine and Medical Sciences (CMMS) Arabian Gulf University Research Day 2013 “Proactive role of family physicians: Utilizing all resources to fight all health risks facing the population. Bahrain 15 May.
• Keynote speaker in the second GCC seminar on elderly protection “Ageism and biological changes in the GCC countries- Future prospects. Bahrain 14-15 May.

• Invited speaker in the 3 Health education conference for Sharja higher council for families, UAE “The Effect of Sex on the marital relationship”, Sharjah, UAE, 19-20 November.
• Invited speaker in the 3rd International Conference for Medical Sciences, “ Role of Family Medicine in fighting health risk factors”, Erbil, Kurdistan Iraq,23-24 October.
• Invited speaker in Abu Dhabi 2nd Family Medicine Conference “Proactive Role of Family Physicians:  Utilizing all Resources to Fight all Health Risks Facing the Population”. Abu Dhabi UAE, 14-16 October 2012.
• Speaker In the third regional Wonca conference for Iberoamericana region. Havana. Cuba. March 12 -16.
• Keynote speaker in GCC medical students’ conference “Hypertension: The Silent Killer”. Muscat Oman, January 28-31.

• Keynote speaker in Wonca EMR Family Medicine Congress “Family Medicine in the Arab World: Is it A luxury?” Dubai, UAE December 17-19.
• Invited keynote speaker to the 3rd Family Medicine Symposium, King Faisal Specialist Hospital, Jeddah, KSA. “Family Medicine in the Arab World”. November 29-30.
• Keynote speaker in Abu Dhabi Medical Congress, UAE “Challenges to Family Medicine in the EMRO region”. October 23-25.
• “Epidemiology of Hypertension”. Abu Dhabi Medical Congress, UAE. October 23-25.
• Keynote speaker to the 10th Annual Family Medicine Conference. Lebanon, October 14-16. Presented “Epidemiology of Hypertension in the EMRO Region”.
• Keynote speaker to the Eastern Mediterranean Family Medicine Symposium,, Mersin, Turkey 27 – 29 May 2011. Presented a talk on “The importance of emergence and strengthening Family Medicine in Eastern Mediterranean Countries“.
• Keynote speaker and guest of honor for the International Conclave on Unani Medicine, Aligarh, India 25-26 March. Presented a talk on Attitude as instructed by the Ancestor Physicians”.
• “Hypertension; Epidemiology in EMRO Region” Bahrain 2011 Pan Arab and European HTN Conference. Bahrain 11-13 February.
• “Development of Family Medicine” The International Congress on Reform and Development of the Health Care System in Kurdistan Region, Iraq. Erbil 2-4 February.

• “Role of Arab Board in Developing Family Medicine” The First Scientific Conference for the Syria Association of Family Medicine in collaboration with WONCA-EMRO, Syria 25-26 November.
• “Doctor’s Attitude as instructed by the Ancestor Physicians” fifth International Congress of the International Society for the History of Islamic Medicine, Istanbul 25-26 October.

• “Family Medicine in the Arab World. Is It Luxury?” Family Medicine Updates and Clinical Reviews Alain UAE 25 October.

• “Hypertension: The Silent Killer”. Family Medicine Updates and Clinical Reviews Alain UAE 25 October.
• “Promoting of the elderly health by home visit”. 19th WONCA conference. Cancun 19-23 May.
• “Development of Family Medicine in the Arab World” 19th WONCA conference. Cancun 19-23 May.
• “Family Medicine in the Arab World? Is it a Luxury?” the 7th GCC Primary Healthcare Conference. Bahrain  3-5, May.

• “Promotion effect of the elderly health via home visit” Second Middle East Congress on Age,  Ageing & Alzheimer’s: Challenges in Geriatric Care in collaboration with Middle-East Academy for Medicine of Ageing. Lebanon, Tripoli 4 – 6, Nov.

• “Historical Perspectives of AIDS” The first International Congress of Forensic Medicine in Iran, Tehran 25-27 May.

• “Family Medicine in the Arab World” The 1st International Conference of Family Medicine. Oman 18-21 January.

• “Fighting Thalassemia, Bahrain’s Experience” The ninth International Thalassemia Conference. Cairo 7-8 May.
• “Ethical perspectives in dealing with AIDS”  2nd International Congress of Medical Ethics in Iran, Tehran 16-18 April.

• “Hypertension, the silent killer” International Family Medicine Symposium, Challenges and Changes. King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Center- Jeddah 13-14 November.

• “Religious perspectives in dealing with AIDS” First International Congress on Medical Ethics and Medical Law. Problems in Medical Ethics and Medical Law in Organ and Tissue Transplantation.  Antalya, Turkey 17-20 October.

• “Hypertension, the silent killer”.1st Middle East Conference & Course on Hypertension, National Guard Hospital. King Abdulaziz Medical City. Riyadh.KSA, 15-16 May.

• “Level of Disabilities among the Elderly under Institutionalized and Home Based Care in Bahrain”, the Arab Psychiatric Conference, Bahrain, 15-17 April.
• “Elderly: Their future impact” First International Family Medicine Conference. Abu Dhabi January.

• “The Effect of Loss in Body Weight on the Lipid Profile”, the 6th Sharjah Family Medicine Symposium. Sharjah 28-30 September.
• “WOSCE”. Fifth Primary Health Care Conference. Doha 2-4 April.
• “Teachers’ Health attitude”. Primary Health Care Conference. Doha 2-4 April.
• “Mobile Unite as a Health Service to the Elderly”. Doha International Conferences on Ageing in View of Present-Day Changes. Doha April 4-6.

• “Elderly: Their future impact” The sixth Sharjah Family Medicine Symposium. Sharjah 28-30 September.
• “Health Attitude of School Teachers”. The Third Scientific conference for Aljawhara Centre for Molecular Medicine. Bahrain, 8-9 February.
• “Comparison of Disabilities among Old People in Home-Based Care and in Homes for the Elderly in Bahrain”. Global Health through Education, Training and Service. Atlanta, Georgia 6-10 October.
• “Health attitudes of school teachers”. 17th Wonca World Conference of Family Medicine, Orlando, Florida 13-17 October.
• “students self-assessment in a community based clinical clerkship in family medicine”.  Wonca World Conference of Family Medicine, Orando, Florida 13-17 October.
• “The watched structured clinical examination (WASCE) as a tool of assessment”. Wonca World Conference of Family Medicine, Orando,Florida 13-17 October.
• “The elderly population between realities and study’ the third Arab meeting on the care of elderly” Doha 30 March- 1st April.

• “Can Students’ selection process predict their achievements in the Premedical Year”. The first scientific conference on the march of medical education in Saudi Arabia, Riyadh 23-24 March.

• “Can Students’ selection process predicts their achievements in the Premedical Year”. Arabian Gulf University Research Day, 7-8 February.

• “The watched structured clinical examination (WASCE) as a tool of assessment”.  Arabian Gulf University Research Day, 7-8 February.

• “The watched structured clinical examination (WASCE) as a tool of assessment”. Conference of the Lebanese Society of Family Medicine, Beirut 26-28 September.
• “Effect of Ramadan Fasting on Hypertension and Diabetes Mellitus”. The First Arabic Primary Health Care Conference, Bahrain 25-27 February.
• “AGU experience in the First Scientific Conference for Medical Students in the GCC Countries”. The 16th meeting of the students’ affairs deans of the GCC universities, Riyadh 20-21 May.

• “Effect of Ramadan Fasting on Hypertension and Diabetes Mellitus”.  The first Arab Conference on Nutrition, Bahrain 25-27 September.

• “Can selection Assessments Predict Students Achievements in the Premedical Year 2.  A study at Arabian Gulf University”. NAPCRAG, Amelia Island, USA
• “Admission Score; to what extent it predicts success”.  North American Primary Care Research Group, Amelia Island, USA 4-7th November.

• “Health System in Bahrain”. The network conference; community partnership for health through Innovative Education, Science and Research, Bahrain October 21-26.
• “Admission Score; to what extent it predicts success”.  The network conference; community partnership for health through Innovative Education Science and Research, Bahrain, 21-26 October.

• “Biological Change in the elderly”. Symposium on Elderly problems between the needs and the community responsibilities. GCC Ministries of Social Affairs, Kuwait, 23-27 October.

• “Level of Disabilities among the Elderly under Institutionalized and Home Based Care in Bahrain”, the First Arabian Gulf Medical Association Conference, Bahrain.

• “General Services for the Elderly in Bahrain”, The Arab African meeting for the care of elderly and generation alliances, Tunisia, 23-26 April.
• “Comparison of Disabilities among Old People in Home-Based Care and in Homes for the Elderly in Bahrain”, the Second International Conference of the Jordan Society of Family Medicine. Amman, Jordan, May.
• “Sickle Cell Disease: Patients’ Awareness and Management”, the Second International Conference of the Jordan Society of Family Medicine. Amman, Jordan, May.
• “Student Self-Assessment in a Community Based Clinical Clerkship in Family Medicine”, the International Conference for the Network of the Community Oriented Educational Institutions, Albuquerque, USA.

• “Biological changes in the elderly”, Training Course for the Arab planning and supervising personnel working with elderly, Arab League, Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs, Bahrain.
• “Sickle Cell disease, patients’ awareness and mode of management”, Sixth International Congress of the Arab Association of Pediatrics Surgeons, Bahrain.
• “Biological changes in the elderly”, Second GCC seminar of Gerontology, Abu Dhabi, UAE.

• “Ramadan fasting and its effect on chronic illnesses”, Regional conference: Chronic Non-Communicable diseases and the Role of Nutrition, Bahrain.

• “Effect of Ramadan fasting on patients with Chronic disorder from Bahrain”, First Jordan Society Conference for Family Medicine, Amman, Jordan.

• “Problem based learning in College of Medicine, AGU”, Faculty meeting, College of Medicine, Brown University, USA.
• “The Health Knowledge of Bahraini School Teachers”, Second GCC Primary Health Care Conference, Muscat, Oman

• “Drug usage Pattern among the Geriatrics in Bahrain”, WONCA International Conference, Vancouver, Canada.
• “Infant Feeding, Historical Perspectives”, International Congress of the History of Medicine in Islam and Iran, Tehran, Iran.

• “Drug usage pattern among Geriatric Patients in Bahrain”, overseas meeting, the Royal College of Psychiatrist, Bahrain.
• “Drug usage pattern among the Geriatric Patients in Bahrain”, Elderly Conference, Bahrain.

• “School girls’ attitude to infant feeding” and “Infant feeding in Bahrain”, WONCA European Conference on Family Medicine in Barcelona, Spain

• “Knowledge and attitude of schoolgirls towards infant feeding in Glasgow and Bahrain”, Primary Health Care Conference, Bahrain.
• “Family Practice Teaching in Bahrain”, Australian Family Practice Conference, ARCGP, Black Mountain, Sydney, Australia

• “Infant Feeding in Bahrain”, WONCA Conference (1-6 June) (World Organization of National Colleges Academies, and Academic Associations of General Practitioners, Family Physicians, London, UK.