Prof. Phil Fischer of Mayo Clinic, speaking in a Panel Discussion, during the Symposium.
Other doctors from AMH (from left to right) : Dr Sana Anwar, Head of Pediatrics (Manama, Amwaj, Saar and Riffa hospitals), Dr. Bhramara Madduri, Head of Pediatrics (KHAMH - A'Ali), Dr Mohammed Salman, Head of Orgn. Committee of Symposium , and Dr Emtithal Al Jishi, Senior Consultant - Pediatric Genetic and Metabolic Diseases.

Pediatrics Symposium 3.0 held by American Mission Hospital

'Focussing on Adolescents is also a part of the role of Pediatricians', says Prof. Phil Fischcer of Mayo Clinic

“Adolescence is a very trying time, and pediatricians can help adolescents to develop identity, independence, and importance, by the questions the physicians first ask, even before the diagnosis, or treatment, of the ailments the adolescents come with,” said Prof. Phil Fischer, at the one-day Pediatrics Symposium 3.0 held on Saturday, 14 September, by the American Mission Hospital, in their auditorium in A’Ali.

Prof. Fischer, a Senior Consultant and Professor of Pediatrics at Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA, who is a global expert on adolescent medicine, also talked about nutritional deficiencies in adolescents, and how physicians can address eating disorders in this particular age-group.

About 200 participants, mostly doctors and nurses from various hospitals in the country attended the symposium held under the theme - “Promoting Best Practices in Pediatrics: Newborns to Adolescents.”

Other Speakers included Dr Fayza Haider from Salmaniya Hospital, Dr. Marcela Espinola, from Al Malaki Specialist Hospital, and Dr. Emtithal Al Jishi, Dr. Mohammed Salman, Dr. Farah Al Shaikh, Dr. Vanitha A. Jagannath, Dr. Athar Abdulmujeeb, and Dr. Jemila James, from the American Mission Hospital.

“Our objective in conducting these symposia is to encourage and facilitate opportunities for pediatricians to keep themselves abreast with the new developments in the field of pediatrics, and in this symposium on Saturday, the speakers focused on areas across the many physical changes a child experiences, from being a neonate to becoming an adolescent,” said Dr George Cheriyan, the hospital’s Corporate CEO and Chief Medical Officer.

A post-symposium event, 'Point of Care Ultra Sound (POCUS) Hands-on Workshop', was also held in the evening, by the doctors of AMH, Dr Vanitha Jagannath and Dr Gaylan Katter, for a group of  25 pediatricians, nursing professionals and students.