agenda

friday

31 Oct 2025

Eating Disorders Track

Chair: Mrs. Maya Sidani

WORKSHOP 1

15:00 - 16:30

From outpatient to inpatient and back:
Building seamless transitions in the continuum
of Eating Disorders care

Speaker:

Dr. Waleed Ahmed

Speaker:

Dr. Tom Price

Neuroscience & Headache Track

Chair: Dr. Tarek Shahrour

WORKSHOP 1

15:00 - 16:30

Update on Assessment & Early Diagnosis
of Cognitive Impairment

Speaker:

Dr. Nasir Alzbeidi

16:30 - 17:00

Eating Disorders Track

Chair: Mrs. Carine El Khazen

WORKSHOP 2

17:00 - 18:30

Skills-based workshop
on CBT-E procedures

Speaker:

Dr. Rebecca Murphy

Neuroscience & Headache Track

Chair: Dr. Yahya Takriti

WORKSHOP 2

17:00 - 18:30

Neuroradiology in dementia
management

Speaker:

Dr. Mohammad Dogar

19:30

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Saturday

1 Nov 2025

08:30 - 09:00

Registration & Coffee

Speaker:

TBA

09:00 - 09:15

Welcome Note

Speaker:

TBA

Session 1: Gut-Brain axis in Adults

Chair: Dr. Yahya Takriti

09:15 - 09:40

Gut feelings: How nutritional choices influence mental health in older adults

Speaker:

Dr. Sherif Hassan

09:40 - 10:05

The link between diet & cognition

Speaker:

Prof. Farooq Khan

10:05 - 10:30

Dietary management of migraine Headache

Speaker:

Prof. Antoinette Maassen

10:30 - 10:45

10:45 - 11:10

Advancing Migraine Prevention Through Early Intentional IV Therapy

Speaker:

Dr. Chaouki Khoury

11:10 - 11:35

Satellite Symposium

Speaker:

TBA

11:35 - 12:00

Satellite Symposium

Speaker:

TBA

12:00 - 12:15

Session 2 : The era of GLP1-A

Chair: Mrs. Carine El Khazen

12:15 - 12:40

Weight reducing drugs & mental health

Speaker:

Dr. Marlene Chakhtoura

12:40 - 13:05

Understanding GLP-1 Non-Responders: Biology, Behavior & Beyond

Speaker:

Dr. Katia El Sibai

13:05 - 13:30

GLP- 1 & migraine headache: is there a link?

Speaker:

Prof. Christian Lampl

13:30 - 13:45

13:45 - 13:55

Opening Ceremony

Speaker:

Dr. Taoufik Alsaadi

13:55 - 14:55

Neuroscience & Headache Track

Chair: Dr. Nasser El Hindy

14:55 - 15:20

Year review of headache studies

Speaker:

Dr. Iyad Khoudeir

Eating Disorders Track

Chair: Mrs. Maya Sidani

14:55 - 15:20

Global Perspectives on Equity in
Eating Disorder Care

Speaker:

Prof. Phillipa Hay

15:20 - 15:45

What’s new in the field of dementia

Speaker:

Prof. Farooq Khan

15:20 - 15:45

Presentation of AEDA The Arab Eating Disorders Association

Speaker:

Mrs. Carine El Khazen

15:45 - 16:10

Update on headache management in
children/adolescent

Speaker:

Dr. Ola Safi

15:45 - 16:10

Testimony of a recovered athlete living
beyond an Eating Disorder

Speaker:

Mr. Arjun Mittal

16:10 - 16:35

The role of Botox in Headache Management

Speaker:

Dr. Caline El Jadam

16:10 - 16:35

Eating Disorders in Sport

Speaker:

Dr. Riley Nickols

16:35 - 16:45

16:20 - 16:45

Satellite Symposium

Speaker:

TBA

16:45 - 17:10

Satellite Symposium

Speaker:

TBA

19:00 - 20:00

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sUNDAY

2 Nov 2025

08:00 - 09:00

Registration & Coffee

Speaker:

TBA

Session 3: Brain-Gut Axis across the ages

Chair: Mrs. Maya Sidani

09:00 - 09:25

ARFID, Autism, & the Gut-Brain Axis: Parsing the Pathways

Speaker:

Prof. Nancy L. Zucker

09:25 - 09:50

GLP 1 and risk of dementia

Speaker:

Prof. Farooq Khan

09:50 - 10:15

Eating Disorders complications with GLP-1 A

Speaker:

Dr. Philip S. Mehler

KEYNOTE SPEAKER

10:15 - 10:40

Beyond CGRP in the world of migraine

Speaker:

Prof. Christian Lampl

10:40 - 10:55

10:55 - 11:20

Satellite Symposium

Speaker:

TBA

11:20 - 11:45

Satellite Symposium

Speaker:

TBA

11:45 - 12:00

Session 4: Physical Health Challenges in clinical Practice

Chair: Dr. Tarek Shahrour

12:00 - 12:25

Migraine & Metabolic Disorders : Choice of treatment

Speaker:

Prof. Antoinette Maassen

12:25 - 12:50

Controlling Weight & Binge-eating

Speaker:

Dr. Riccardo Dalle Grave

12:50 - 13:15

Dietary management of Parkinson

Speaker:

Dr. Shivam Om Mittal

13:15 - 13:30

13:30 - 14:30

Neuroscience & Headache Track

Chair: Dr. Nasser El Hindy

14:30 - 15:30

Psychogenic non epileptic seizures

Speaker:

Dr. Taoufik Alsaadi

Speaker:

Dr. Tarek Shahrour

Eating Disorders Track

Mrs. Carine El Khazen

14:30 - 15:00

The Future of CBT-E

Speaker:

Dr. Rebecca Murphy

15:00 - 15:30

Medical Complications of Bulimia

Speaker:

Dr. Philip S. Mehler

15:30 - 16:30

Psychogenic movement disorders

Speaker:

Dr. Shivam Om Mittal

15:30 - 16:30

Diabulimia: When Eating Disorders meet Diabetes

Speaker:

Ms. Dima Kilani

16:00 - 16:30

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