8:00 AM - 8:40 AM        

Registration

8:40 AM - 8:45 AM 

Recitation from the Holy Quran
Dr Farrukh Ali Khan
Resident Haematology

8:45 AM - 8:50 AM

Welcome Address 
Dr Mohammad Khurshid
Dean, Medical College, AKU

8:50 AM - 9:00 AM

History of Haematology – Oncology CME programme
Dr Salman Naseem Adil
Associate Professor, Consultant Haematologist and Oncologist Head, Section of Haematology-Oncology, Departments of Pathology and Microbiology and Medicine, AKU

9:00 AM - 9:20 AM

National Institute of Health- A future Vision      
Gen. Masood Anwar
President, Pakistan Society of Haematology

9:20 AM - 9:40 AM

Oncology in Pakistan: Past, Present and Future
Professor Manzoor Zaidi
Director, Baqai Institute of Oncology, Baqai Medical University, Karachi

9:40 AM -10:00 AM

Thrombocytopenia in Pregnancy
Dr Khalid Zafar Hashmi
Consultant Haematologist, Sindh Institute of Urology and Transplantation (SIUT)

10:00 AM - 10:20 AM

Breast Cancer: Addressing the New Targets
Dr Nehal Masood
Assistant Professor, Consultant Haematologist and Oncologist, Section of Haematology-Oncology, Department of Medicine, AKU

10:20 AM - 10:40 AM

Panel Discussion

10:40 AM - 11:10 AM 

Tea Break

11:10 AM - 11:30 AM

Cancer prevention
Dr Asim Jamal Sheikh
Fellow Oncology, Department of Medicine, AKU

11:30 AM - 11:50 AM 

Transplant –related Lymphoma
Dr Narjis Muzzafar
Consultant Oncologist, SIUT

11:50 AM - 12:10 PM

Stereotactic Radiosurgery for Brain Metastasis and Arteriovenous Malformation
Dr Farrok Karsan
Assistant Professor and Consultant Radiation Oncologist, Chief, Section of Radiation Oncology, AKU

12:10 PM - 12:30 PM 

Nurses Knowledge and Attitude About Chemotherapy
Safia Amyn
Head Nurse, Oncology (inpatient) and BMT Unit, Aga Khan University Hospital

12:30 PM - 12:50 PM

Decision Making in the Management of Prostate Cancer
Dr Farhat Abbas
Associate Professor and Consultant Urologist, Section of Urology, Department of Surgery, AKU

12:50 PM - 1:10 PM 

Panel Discussion

1:10 PM - 2:00 PM  

Break for Lunch and Prayers

 2:00 PM - 2:20 PM 

Management of Intractable Bleeding 
Dr Bushra Moiz
Assistant Professor and Consultant Haematologist, Section of Haematology, Department of Pathology and Microbiology, AKU

2:20 PM - 2:40 PM  

Latest Trends in the Management of GVHD
Brig. Khalilullah Hashmi
Commandant, Armed Forced Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, Rawalpindi

2:40 PM - 3:00 PM 

Update on Stem Cell Transplant
Dr Salman Naseem Adil
Associate Professor, Consultant Haematologist and Oncologist, Head, Section of Haematology-Oncology, Departments of Pathology and Microbiology and Medicine, AKU

3:20 PM - 3:20 PM 

Management of Breast Cancer in Pregnancy
Dr Naila Zahid
Consultant Oncologist, Liaquat National Hospital (LNH), Karachi

3:20 PM - 3:40 PM 

Childhood Hodgkin's Disease- An Update
Dr Zehra Fadoo
Assistant Professor, Consultant Paediatric Haematologist and Oncologist, Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, AKU

3:40 PM - 4:00 PM

Panel Discussion

4:00 PM - 4:20 PM

Tea Break

4:20 PM - 4:40 PM    

Haematology of Hemorrhagic Fever
Dr Muhammad Irfan
Consultant Haematologist, Bismallah Taqee Hospital, Karachi

4:40 PM - 5:00 PM

Chronic Myeloid Leukemia
Dr Muhammad Usman Shaikh
Assistant Professor and Consultant Haematologist and Oncologist Section of Haematology-Oncology, Departments of Pathology and Microbiology and Medicine, AKU

5:00 PM - 5:20 PM 

Prevention of Thalassemia              
Dr Ghulam Nabi Kakepoto
Associate Professor, Consultant Haematologist and Oncologist, Section of Haematology-Oncology, Departments of Pathology and Microbiology and Medicine, AKU

5:20 PM - 5:30 PM

Panel Discussion