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Iranian American Medical Association (IAMA)

26th ANNUAL CONFERENCE

May 24 – May 27, 2019

W CHICAGO CITY CENTER CHICAGO, ILLINOIS

Sponsored by IAMA & ICS

www.iama.org icsglobal.org

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All Physicians and Allied Health Professionals who attend IAMA’s 25th Annual Meeting in San Diego, CA, were asked to suggest topics for this year’s 26th Annual Meeting. The suggestions were discussions of preventive medicine, pain management, obstetric and gynecologic topics and transplantation.

The CME Committee conducted a survey of the membership for suggested speakers and topics. A call for abstracts for scientific presentation was made to all in our organization. A total of 44 abstracts were submitted for presentation. The CME Committee evaluated each submission very carefully and selected those that were relevant to the interests of the membership and of high scientific quality.

NEEDS ASSESSMENT

EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVES

This program is designed for the practicing physician and dentist. It is meant to provide an update in the various disciplines of medicine with application to daily practice, and to enhance the knowledge of the participant in these areas. The program is intended to meet the needs of practicing physicians, dentists and Allied Health groups in clinical practice for up to date information on the latest innovations and knowledge of medicine and to provide a means for clinicians and researchers to report the results of their research.

COURSE SPONSOR

International College of Surgeons, United States Section – an accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) accredited provider.

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The International College of Surgeons, United States Section designates this live activity for a maximum of 12 AMA PRA Category 1 credits. All participants should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation.

ACCREDITATION

DESIGNATION STATEMENT

This course is intended for all primary care providers, medical subspecialists, surgeons, dentists, and other Allied Health professionals.

The International College of Surgeons, United States Section is accredited by ACCME to sponsor continuing medical education for physicians.

TARGET AUDIENCE

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SESSION I Moderators: Jasmin Moshirpur, MD & Mehrdad Massumi, MD

8:10 am – 8:25 am Mass Shootings and Psychiatric Disorders: Is there a connection? Jamshid A. Marvasti, MD

8:25 am – 8:40 am How Can Cloud Storage Platforms Help Scientist to Work Even More Efficiently? Amir Ali Rahsepar, MD

8:40 am – 8:55 am Updated Prevalence Rate of Obesity in 2 to 19 Years Old Children in the United States – Preventative Lessons Learned: A Systematic Review

Ellie Abdi, EdD

8:55 am – 9:10 am Update on Ocular Surface Disease Ali Djalilian, MD

9:10 am – 9:25 am When to suspect the Zebra in a non-oncology practice Tannaz Armaghany, MD

9:25 am – 9:40 am Prolotherapy as the Foundation of Neuromyofascial Regenerative Medicine: Safe, Simple, Effective and Elegant

Mehrdad Michael Massumi, MD

9:40 am– 10:00 am Coffee Break

CONFERENCE DAILY SCHEDULE

FRIDAY, MAY 24, 2019

W Chicago City Center, Room 1 – 172 W Adams St., Chicago, IL 60603, Tel.: (312) 332-1200

4:00 pm – 7:00 pm Registration and Welcome Reception

SATURDAY, MAY 25, 2019

W Chicago City Center, Room 1 – 172 W Adams St., Chicago, IL 60603, Tel.: (312) 332-1200 7:00 am – 8:00 am Continental Breakfast and Registration

8:00 am – 8:05 am Welcome Opening Dr. Mohammad Shokouh-Amiri, MD, Local Organizing Committee Chair Sharon Shlimoun Kewarkis, MBA, IAMA-IL Advisor

8:05 am – 8:10 am CME Program Introduction Dr. Ali Nourbakhsh, MD, CME Committee Chair

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SESSION II Moderators: Sohrab Fallahi, MD & Freidoon Ghazi, MD

10:00 am - 10.20 am Business of Medicine / Dermatology (Invited Speaker)

Keyvan Nouri, MD 10:20 am – 10:35 am Role of Hypnosis in Stress Management

Shervin Mortazavi, MD

10:35 am – 10:50 am Using Plantar Electrical Stimulation to Improve Postural Balance and Plantar Sensation Among Patients With Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy.

Mohammad Shahbazi, MD 10:50 am – 11:05 am Autism, Definition, Symptoms, Causes and Types.

Mehran Motamed, MD 11:05 am – 11:20 am Microneedling with Simultaneous Infusion for Melasma

Martin Kassir, MD 11:20 am – 11:35 am What is new with an old disease – Update on endometriosis

Soheil Hanjani, MD 11:35 am – 12:30 pm Key Note Speaker: Dr. Ali Keshavarzian, MD,

Professor of Medicine - Rush University Medical Center “Microbiota/Host Interaction in Parkinson Disease” Introduced by Dr. Hosein Shokouh-Amiri

12:30 AM– 1:30 AM Lunch Break

SESSION III Moderators: Hosein Shokouh-Amiri, MD & Keyvan Nouri, MD

1:35 pm – 1:50 pm Comprehensive evaluation of macroscopic and microscopic myocardial fibrosis by cardiac MR: intra-individual comparison of gadobutrol versus gadoterate meglumine

Amir Ali Rahsepar, MD 1:50 pm – 2:05 pm Role of Molecular Pathology in Cancer Treatment

Mohammad Shokouh-Amiri, MD 2:05 pm – 2:20 pm A Comprehensive Review of Radiography of Patients with Implanted Cardiac Devices and Abandoned Lead

Amir Ali Rahsepar, MD

2:20 pm – 2:35 pm Clinical Characteristics of peripartum cardiomyopathy compared to preeclampsia Freidoon Ghazi, MD

2:35 pm – 2:50 pm Catheter Ablation of Atrial fibrillation using no Fluoroscope Mansour Razminia, MD

2:50 pm – 3:10 pm Securing Residency Position, and Alternatives to Residency Shervin Mortazavi, MD

3:10 pm – 4:00 pm IAMA-Javaan Assembly 6:00 pm -11:00 pm Persian Evening dinner at Reza’s Restaurant

5255 North Clark St., Chicago, IL 60640, 773-561-1898

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W Chicago City Center, Room 1 - 172 W Adams St., Chicago, IL 60603, Tel.: (312) 332-1200 7:00 am – 8:00 am Continental Breakfast and Registration 8:00 am – 8:05 am Housekeeping and CME Remarks

Dr. A. Nourbakhsh, CME Chair

SESSION IV Moderators: Nosratollah Nezakatgoo, MD & Hamid Shidban, MD

8:10 am – 8:25 am Vasa Previa: A contemporary multicenter retrospective cohort study Hadi Erfani, MD

8:25 am – 8:40 am PEX mutations Reveal the function of the Encoded protein as a pluripotent insulinotropic peptide

Sahar Esteghamat, PhD

8:40 am – 8:55 am A technique for the salvage of megafistulas allowing immediate dialysis access Nosratollah Nezakatgoo, MD

8:55 am – 9:10 am Scarless Robotic Surgery/Single Site Surgery Soheil Hanjani, MD

9:10 am – 9:25 am Risk of Surgical Site Infection and Mortality Following Lumbar Fusion Surgery in patients with Chronic Steroid Usage and Chronic MRSA infection.

Ali Nourbakhsh MD 9:25 am – 9:40 am Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome

Khosro Farhad, MD

SESSION V

Moderators: Amir Zamani, MD & Ali Nourbakhsh, MD

9:40 am – 9:55 am Safety and efficacy of a once a day extended release Tacrolimus to improve compliance in organ transplant recipients

Hosein Shokouh-Amiri, MD 9:55 am – 10:05 am Insecure attachment, information processing biases, and OC in children

Shiva Rezvan, PhD 10:05 am – 10:20 am Should we continue legalizing marijuana?

Aram Hosseinpour, MD 10:20 am – 10:35 am Chimney-Patch Arterial Graft in Kidney or Pancreas Transplantation for Recipients with Heavily Calcified Iliac Arteries

Nosratollah Nezakatgoo, MD

10:35 am – 10:50 am Is Artificial Kidneys Becoming a Reality Soon? Hamid Shidban, MD

10:50 am – 11:05 am Superior mesenteric vein occlusion due to mass effect from pancreatic fluid collection: conservative management or early intervention?

Behnam Hajihossainlou, MD, MSc 11:05 am – 11:25 am Coffee Break

SUNDAY, MAY 27, 2018

SUNDAY, MAY 27, 2018

SUNDAY, MAY 26, 2019

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11:25 am – 11:45 am Immediate Mandibular Resection & Reconstruction Using 3D Printed Surgical and Prosthetic Guides

Iradj Sooudi, DDS, DMD 11:45 am – 12:00 pm Multispectral Imaging of Enamel Demineralization

Niloufar Mohajerani, MD

12:00 pm – 12:15 pm Direct Composite Resin Fillings versus Amalgam Fillings for Posterior Teeth Pegah Ameri, DMD

12:15 pm – 12:30 pm Orthodontics Management for Patients with Baby Bottle Syndrome Bahram Ghassemi, DMD

12:30 pm - 12:45 pm Multifunctional Nanotubes for Antimicrobial Bone Implants with Enhanced Osseointegration

Tolou Shokuhfar, PhD

12:45 pm – 1:05 pm Maxillofacial Reconstruction and Rehabilitation in Cleft Lip, Palate and Craniofacial anomalies and Head and Neck Cancer Patients

Hassan Bashiri, DMD, MS 1:05 pm – 2:00 pm Cultural Speaker: Frank Lewis, Ph.D.

Professor in Persian and Middle Eastern Culture - University of Chicago “Iranian and American Encounters” Introduced by Dr. Hosein Shokouh-Amiri

Lunch boxes will be free of charge for all registered CME participants with a ticket. All others are welcome to purchase for the amount of $50/box.

2:00 pm – 2:15 pm Young Investigator Award Session 2:15 pm – 3:45 pm General Membership Meeting

ANNUAL GALA: 6:00 pm – 12:00 am Reception, Gala Dinner, Fundraising, Silent Auction, Raffling,

Music & dance Party with DJ Sultan and Cash Bar (Formal Attire & Black Tie)

at W Chicago Lakeshore 644 N. Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, IL 60611, Tel: 312-943-9200

SESSION VI Moderators: Bahram Ghassemi, DMD & Iradj Sooudi, DDS, DMD

W Chicago City Center - 172 W Adams St., Chicago, IL 60603, Tel.: (312) 332-1200 9:00 am – 12:00 pm Annual National Board Meeting and Breakfast:

Founders, Trustees, Board of Directors of All Chapters, IAMA-Javaan, Sections and Committee Chairs

MONDAY, MAY 27, 2019

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HPV as a culprit of oropharyngeal cancer in an elderly man. Maryam Movassaghian, MD

Linear Nodular Plaque of Hypertrophic and Follicular Porokeratosis Occuring on the Panniculus Mohammad Shokouh-Amiri, MD

Exhibition Hall is open every day between 8:00 am - 1:00 pm, please visit our sponsors.

POSTERS

SPONSORS

Thanks to our generous sponsors who made our 26th Annual Meeting more successful.

Platinum Sponsor: Veloxis Pharmaceutical

Silver Sponsors: Neema Bayran, MD Taher Kameli, J.D. Principal at Kameli Law Group, LLC

LOCAL CONFERENCE ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

Mohammad Shokouh-Amiri, MD Chairman

E-mail: m.shokouhamiri@iama.org & Cell phone: 949-705-8028

Katayoun Katouzian, MD Sharon Shlimoun Kewarkis, MBA

Berry Sadegi, MD Behnam Hajihossainlou, MD

Jeri Sadegi Kamran Hejazi, MD

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Ellie Abdi, EdD Montclair State University

Pegah Ameri, DMD

Saddlebrook Dental Center, Saddle Brook, NJ

Tannaz Armaghany, MD Memorial Hermann Memorial City Medical Center

Memorial Hermann Southwest Hospital

Hassan Bashiri, DMD, MS Director of the Maxillofacial Prosthetic Division of the

Department of Otolaryngology and Maxillofacial Surgery at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

Ali Djalilian, MD

Professor of Ophthalmology ~ Cornea Service Director, Stem Cell Therapy and Corneal Tissue Engineering Laboratory

University of Illinois at Chicago

Hadi Erfani, MD Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX

Sahar Esteghamat, PhD

Department of Cardiovascular Research, Internal Medicine Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT

Sohrab Fallahi, MD

Rheumatologists in Montgomery,Alabama

Khosro Farhad, MD Assistant Professor of Neurology at Massachusetts General Hospital and

Neurologist at Wentworth Douglass Hospital

Bahram Ghassemi, DMD Tufts University School of Dental Medicine, Boston, MA

Freidoon Ghazi, MD

TriHealth Heart Institute, Cincinnati, OH

Soheil Hanjani, MD, FACOG, FACS Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Good Samaritan Medical Center in Brockton

Behnam Hajihossainlou, MD, MSc

Adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor, Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, Hospitalist department medical director, Aurora Medical Center-Bay Area, Advocate Aurora health system

FACULTY

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Aram Hosseinpour, MD Essen Healthcare

Martin Kassir, MD Board Certified in Dermatology

Executive Director Worldwide Laser Institute

Ali Keshavarzian, MD Josephine M. Dyrenforth Chair of Gastroenterology

Professor of Medicine & Professor, Graduate College Director, Division of Digestive Diseases & Nutrition

Director, Institute for Advanced Study of the Gut, Chronobiology and Inflammation Rush University Medical Center

Frank Lewis, Ph.D.

Professor in Persian and Middle Eastern culture University of Chicago

Jamshid Marvasti, MD

Assistant Clinical Professor at UNECOM University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine,

Staff member of Prospect Manchester Hospital, Manchester, CT

Mehrdad Michael Massumi, MD Physiatrist (PM&R), Massumi Associates, Rockville, MD

Fellow, American Academy of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation

Niloufar Mohajerani, DDS D.D.S. Candidate Class of 2021

University of California, San Francisco, School of Dentistry

Shervin Mortazavi, MD Mount Sinai School of Medicine, NY

Jasmin Moshirpur, MD

Dean for Elmhurst/Queens Programs, Professor of Obstetrics/Gynecology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Chief Medical Officer, NYC Health + Hospitals/Elmhurst/Queens

Mehran Motamed, MD St. Francis Behavioral Health Group

Maryam Movassaghian, MD

Board-certified Internal Medicine Physician, University of Maryland Medical Center

Nosratollah Nezakatgoo, MD Transplantation

Associate Professor, Surgery, University of Tennessee, Memphis, College of Medicine

FACULTY

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Ali Nourbakhsh, MD Spine Surgeon, Atlanta Medical Center, Atlanta, GA

Keyvan Nouri, MD

Professor of Dermatology, Ophthalmology & Otolaryngology, University of Miami, School of Medicine

Amir Ali Rahsepar, MD

Radiologist – Bridgeport, CT

Mansour Razminia, MD Director of the cardiac electrophysiology Lab

AMITA Health St. Joseph Hospital in Chicago, Illinois

Shiva Rezvan, PhD Psychologist/Assistant Professor, Essen Health Care

Hamid Shidban, MD

Department of Surgery, USC School of Medicine Clinical Associate Professor of USC Keck School of Medicine

Mohammad Shahbazi, MD

Surgery/Core Research Baylor College of Medicine

Hosein Shokouh-Amiri, MD, FACS, FICS

President, IAMA Professor of Surgery, LSU, Co-Director John C. McDonald Regional Transplant Center

Willis-Knighton Health System, Shreveport, LA

Mohammad Shokouh-Amiri, MD Surgical Pathology Fellow, Department of Pathology,

University of Illinois at Chicago- Illinois

Tolou Shokuhfar, PhD Associate Professor

University of Illinois at Chicago- Bioengineering

Iradj Sooudi, DDS, DMD Associate Professor, University of Alabama School of Dentistry

Amir Zamani, MD

Associate Professor of Radiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA

FACULTY

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ANNUAL MEETING COMMITTEE

CME COMMITTEE MEMBERS

Conference: W Chicago City Center, 172 West Adams Street, Chicago, IL. 60603 Gala Dinner: W Chicago Lakeshore, 644 N. Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, IL

Please secure your room reservation by calling (312) 332-1200 and ask for Iranian American Medical Association (IAMA) group discounted rate. If you have any questions or concerns,

please call or email IAMA.

Iranian American Medical Association PO Box 8218

Haledon, NJ 07538-0218 Phone: 973-595-8888 - Fax: 973-790-7755

Email: iama@iama.org - Website: www.iama.org

Ali Nourbakhsh, MD, Chair CME Committee Spine Surgeon, Atlanta Medical Center, Atlanta, GA

Keyvan Nouri, MD

Professor of Dermatology, Ophthalmology & Otolaryngology, University of Miami, School of Medicine

Jasmin Moshirpur, MD

Dean/Director, Mount Sinai Services, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, Elmhurst, NY

Hosein Shokouh-Amiri, MD, FACS, FICS President, IAMA

Professor of Surgery, LSU, Co-Director John C. McDonald Regional Transplant Center Willis-Knighton Health System, Shreveport, LA

Amir Zamani, MD

Associate Professor of Radiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA

HOTEL/CONFERENCE INFORMATION

ENJOY THE CONFERENCE!

CME COMMITTEE MEMBERS