WCM-Q webinar series sees experts discuss contemporary population health issues
Left to right - Dr. Ravinder Mamtani, Dr. James Lewis, Dr. Ali Hallal, Dr. Rajiv Narula, and Dr. Amy Mechley
Organized by the Institute for Population Health (IPH) at Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar (WCM-Q), the Population Health and Well-being series focuses on topics relevant to healthcare, medicine, and population health; evidence-based practices germane to public health and patient care; and opportunities and challenges in the evolving face of healthcare and population health.
The series is aimed at physicians, dentists, nurses, pharmacists, allied health practitioners, students, researchers, educators, and administrators.
This year, the series covered topics such as lifestyle medicine, nutrition as therapy, global surgery, travel medicine, and women’s health.
In a webinar titled ‘Lifestyle Medicine: A Breath of Fresh Air in Healthcare,’ Dr. Ravinder Mamtani, professor of population health sciences, vice dean for population health and lifestyle medicine at WCM-Q, and professor of medicine at the Centre for Global Health, discussed the current healthcare paradigm, lifestyle medicine in the management of chronic diseases, and strategies to integrate lifestyle medicine in healthcare.
As part of a session titled ‘Nutrition as therapy: Perspectives of a gastroenterologist and epidemiologist,’ Dr. James D. Lewis, professor of medicine, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, focused on the role of nutritional supplementation in hospitalized patients, nutrition as a therapy for patients with chronic gastrointestinal diseases, and the potential impact and mechanisms of ultra-processed foods on inflammatory bowel disease.
In a webinar titled ‘Global Surgery: Surgery inequity in Low and Middle Income Countries (LMICs) of the Middle East,’ Dr. Ali Hallal, director of the surgery clerkship at WCM-Q, highlighted the burden of surgical conditions in LMICs of the region, the surgical needs of the population involved, and evolving aspects of medical education as relevant in a region ridden by endemic conflicts.
Dr. Rajiv Narula, assistant professor at New York Medical College and medical director at International Travel Health Consultants, led a session titled ‘Traveler’s Health: Risks, Recommendations and High-Altitude Considerations.’ The webinar discussed travel medicine, the risks associated with international travel, and recommendations for travel to high-altitude destinations.
In a session titled ‘Lifestyle Medicine: Focus on Women’s Health,’ Dr. Amy Mechley, chair of the Board of Directors of the American and International Boards of Lifestyle Medicine, discussed women’s health topics such as osteoporosis, breast cancer, and menopause.
The webinars were accredited locally by the Ministry of Public Health’s Department of Healthcare Professions – Accreditation Section and internationally by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME).