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The 2nd MENA-NCCN Regional Meeting
Summary Report
This conference held on Emirates Palace, Abu-Dhabi, UAE on November 14 – 16, 2013.
The theme of our conference is Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology (NCCN
Guidelines)
This conference successfully meets our Objectives, which are:
Educate participants on US NCCN Guidelines updates in non-small cell lung and
breast cancers.
Present adaptations of NCCN Guidelines for the Middle East and North Africa
(MENA) region.
Train participants on guidelines development process.
Share information about research results and ongoing projects relevant to MENA
Region.
Our aim is to gather all Hematology and Oncology Physicians of all Subspecialties
(Medical, Radiation, Surgical, Gynecological Oncology, Palliative Care and others) in one
place (the attendees were over 800) to achieve our Goals, which are:
1. To help regional oncology health care professionals develop an evidence‐based
practice through the adaptation of NCCN Guidelines
2. To help build regional capacity in the evidence based medicine
3. To encourage collaborative activities among oncology health care professionals to
disseminate knowledge and exchange expertise.
This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the Essential Areas and
policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education.
Organizers
The event was collaboratively organized by MENA Regional Center for NCCN and Tawam
Hospital & Johns Hopkins Medicine entered.
For more details about our Event please fallow this link
http://www.ngha.med.sa/English/MENA_NCCN/Pages/ActivitiesMeetings.aspx
Our statistic of evaluation & feedback show that
The attendees submitted Meeting Evaluation, using 1- 5 (1 is weakest - 5 is strongest).
The results are:
80 % from our audience suggested that to keep the conference annually in other countries
within our region (Middle East & North Africa) as a rotation schedule.
20 % suggested having more case presentations, more interactive discussions & applying
workshop.
10 % suggested to add NCCN Guidelines book & CD to meeting materials & to get the
presentations on USB or CD.
Publicity
Almost all major press and newspapers in the country covered the event.
Future Directions
MENA Regional Center for NCCN Collaborations is planning to conduct similar meeting
annually in the futures including different countries within our region.
Acknowledgement
We appreciate the endorsement of NCCN (National Comprehensive Cancer Network) and
Tawam Hospital in this important meeting, which added credibility to this activity and
reflected on the collaboration to help the region in capacity building through high quality
educational event.
Leadership
Hamdy A. Azim MD, PhD
Chairperson, Scientific, MENA/NCCN Guidelines Committees
Chairperson of Cairo Oncology Center, Cairo Cure, Egypt
Abdul Rahman Jazieh MD, MPH
Director, MENA Coordinating Center for NCCN Collaboration
National Guard Health Affairs, Riyadh
Robert W. Carlson, MD
Chief Executive Officer National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN)
Mohammed Jaloudi, MD,
Chair of Medical Oncology, Tawam Hospital in Affiliation with Johns Hopkins, UAE
Chairperson, Organizing Committee
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