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Saturday, February 17, 2024
Lifestyle Medicine - Redefining Healthcare to Promote Wellbeing
Symposium | Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar | In-person | Online
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Welcome
Speakers:
Dr. Sohaila Cheema
Dr. Ravinder Mamtani
Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar’s (WCM-Q’s) transformative journey
Outline WCM-Q’s transformative journey
Speaker:
Dr. Javaid I. Sheikh
Advancing global wellbeing
TBC
Lifestyle Medicine: Shaping the healthcare landscape for enhanced wellbeing
Examine the current healthcare landscape
Explore the impact of lifestyle health in addressing the chronic disease paradigm
Speaker:
Dr. Ravinder Mamtani
Advancing the global and regional health and wellbeing agenda
Discuss the role of lifestyle medicine in translating the global and regional health and wellbeing agenda into action
Speaker:
Dr. Samar ElFeky
Lifestyle Medicine: Past, present & future
Discuss briefly the historical foundations of lifestyle medicine
Review the recent past growth of lifestyle medicine
Summarize the current status of organized lifestyle medicine
Discuss and challenge ourselves to cast the vision for the future of lifestyle medicine to ensure the greatest collective impact
Speaker:
Dr. Amy Mechley
Enhancing Lifestyle Medicine: A focus on clinical and economic advancement
Examine the lifestyle medicine philosophy and how that creates new clinical care approaches.
Evaluate clinical care approaches that have been shown to achieve triple aim results.
Apply specific examples of how a lifestyle medicine practice looks different from a typical practice.
Speaker:
Dr. Wayne Dysinger
Coffee break
The role of Lifestyle Medicine in revitalizing healthcare’s future
Describe core challenges of healthcare worldwide
Discuss how to curb the non-communicable disease tsunami
Recognize lifestyle medicine as the foundation of healthcare
Speaker:
Dr. Sivaneswaran Poobalasingam
EnGendering Lifestyle Medicine: A public health imperative
Describe social and biological factors that intersect with lifestyle
Discuss the role of lifestyle medicine in the life cycle approach to health
Examine the potential for lifestyle medicine to promote health and well-being of women and girls
Speaker:
Dr. Sathyanarayanan Doraiswamy
Panel discussion - Transforming healthcare: A Lifestyle Medicine perspective
Examine challenges for moving forward in implementing lifestyle globally
Discuss community-specific lifestyle medicine opportunities
Moderator:
Dr. Sohaila Cheema
Speakers:
Dr. Amy Mechley
Dr. Mohamed Bin Hamad Al Thani
Dr. Moyosore Makinde
Dr. Ravinder Mamtani
Dr. Samar ElFeky
Dr. Sathyanarayanan Doraiswamy
Dr. Silvia Lagrotta
Dr. Sivaneswaran Poobalasingam
Dr. Wayne Dysinger
Lunch and prayer break
Advancing the lifestyle movement worldwide
Summarize the current representation and maturity of the national lifestyle medicine societies globally.
Review challenges for integrating lifestyle medicine in the state health care systems.
Discuss opportunities for global collaboration in the field of lifestyle medicine.
Speaker:
Ms. Agnese Lapsa-Lešinske
Exploring the latest evidence-based updates in clinical Lifestyle Medicine
Outline the current global burden of cardiovascular disease.
Summarize the fundamental tenets of lifestyle medicine, as they relate to cardiovascular disease.
Discuss a new model of care delivery to bring about a paradigm shift in cardiovascular health promotion and disease prevention
Speaker:
Dr. Padmaja Patel
Fostering workplace wellness through Lifestyle Medicine
Examine the significance of holistic workplace wellness for human development
Identify the global agenda of lifestyle medicine organizations to prioritize workplace wellness
Recognize the evolving landscape of workplace wellness
Speaker:
Mr. Victor Saadia
Catalyzing Lifestyle Medicine education in low- and middle-income countries
Discuss lifestyle medicine education and awareness in regions with limited resources
Illustrate how to develop & implement socioeconomic and culturally unique Lifestyle Medicine interventions
Outline the redefinition of healthcare to promote wellbeing
Speaker:
Dr. Shagufta Feroz
Rethinking Lifestyle Medicine competencies: A global perspective
Identify the domains of global competence
Discuss the cross-cultural lifestyle medicine competency framework
Speaker:
Dr. Mechelle Palma
Coffee break
Panel discussion - Promoting the Lifestyle Medicine agenda: Education, research, clinical care and community outreach
Examine opportunities available in professional health curricula
Explore collaborative research opportunities in lifestyle medicine
Discuss lessons learnt on how to successfully integrate lifestyle medicine in clinical practice and in community programs
Moderator:
Dr. Sohaila Cheema
Speakers:
Ms. Agnese Lapsa-Lešinske
Dr. Daniel Śliż
Dr. Jenny Lee
Dr. Mechelle Palma
Dr. Padmaja Patel
Dr. Rabbanie Tariq Wani
Dr. Shagufta Feroz
Mr. Stephan Herzog
Mr. Victor Saadia
Wrap up
Summarize learning from the symposium
Speaker:
Dr. Sohaila Cheema