Palliative Care Session

“Dr. Jamshed Khan, MD, FACP, is a Staff Physician in the Medical Subspecialties Institute at Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi. Prior to joining Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, Dr. Khan worked as a Hospitalist and a Palliative Care Consultant at UNC Rex Healthcare in Raleigh, North Carolina, US. He is an American Board Certified consultant physician with extensive experience in hospital medicine. Dr. Khan received his medical degree from King Edward Medical College in Lahore, Pakistan. He completed a residency in internal medicine at Southern Illinois University School of Medicine in the US. Following this, he completed his fellowship in geriatrics at Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, US. He maintains American Board Certifications in both internal medicine and geriatrics. He previously maintained certification in palliative care from 2006 to 2013 and is a certified hospice medical director.”

Dr. Julieta Osorio Zuluaga is a Spain board-certified specialist in Clinical Hematology with working experience in four different countries (Colombia, Spain, Italy, and UAE). She received her basic medical training in the University CES in Colombia and completed her specialty training in Clinical Hematology and Hemotherapy in the University Hospital of La Fe in Valencia, Spain, one of the leading European hospitals in leukemia and bone marrow transplant treatment and research. Her working experience includes benign and malignant hematology, as well as bone marrow transplantation.

Dr. Katie completed specialist training in London and South East England to become a consultant in palliative medicine in 2009, working in both acute hospital and hospice settings. She has extensive experience of managing symptoms, concerns and expectations of patients with advanced cancer and other life-limiting illnesses. She is accredited by the Royal College of Physicians (UK) as both an educational supervisor and mentor.

Dr Kayane MHEIDLY started her medical school in 2004 at the faculty of medicine of Lille 2 in France. She acquired her medical degree and her post graduate expertise in hematology (malignant hematology and blood diseases) with a very honorable mention at the faculty of medicine of Rennes 1-France. She had a position of fellowship-PhD at department of hematology at the university hospital of Rennes 1. well known department in France in the management of Lymphoma, LGL Leukemia, multiple myeloma, acute leukemia and bone marrow transplantation (114 autologous stem cells transplantations and 58 allogenic stem cells transplantations per year). With her 10 years of experience in the management of hematological diseases from the diagnosis to the therapy, including stem cells transplantation, immunotherapy, targeted therapy, in and outpatient care, chronic and acute hematological malignancies and benign hematology. Dr Kayane Mheidly always works to adapt the treatment to the molecular and cytogenetic profile of the disease and to the patient’s tolerance and history. In addition, she is very interested in clinical research, she is member of the Lymphoma Study Association (LYSA), the French society of hematology (SFH) (Société Française d’Hématologie) and the French Intergroup of multiple myeloma (IFM).

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Dr. Mona Tareen is a Consultant in Palliative, Geriatric and Internal Medicine. She obtained her basic medical degree from Dhow Medical College, Karachi, Pakistan and completed her US Board Certification in Internal Medicine, Geriatrics Board Certification and Hospice and Palliative Medicine. She has worked as Palliative Medicine Consultant and Medical Director of Hospice and Palliative Care Program in the US and also served the Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, as Consultant Geriatrician.

Dr. Neil Arun Nijhawan is a UK-trained Consultant in Palliative Medicine at Burjeel Medical City. After medical school at Kings College London, he pursued speciality training in Palliative Medicine in London and previously worked as a Consultant in Palliative Medicine at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust in the London, where he was Clinical Lead for Palliative medicine. He has over 10 years of clinical experience in Palliative Medicine. Dr. Nijhawan is the first licensed Palliative Care physician in Abu Dhabi and is licensed to practice all aspects of Palliative Medicine. He strongly believes that for all patients, if one’s symptoms are well controlled, they will feel better, and both the patient and their family will tolerate their medical treatments better. Dr. Nijhawan’s ethos is to treat every patient like family and firmly believes that there is always something that we can do to help make people feel better. The overarching aim of Palliative Care is to improve the quality of life of patients through diligent and thorough assessment and treatment of both physical and psychological symptoms. Patients do not exist in isolation and therefore supporting the family/carers is an essential component of the palliative care approach to care. His clinical area of interest is symptom control (including pain, nausea, breathlessness, fatigue) and assistance with complex treatment decision-making at the end of life and he is often called on to provide independent second opinions. Palliative care is available for everyone – of any age, race, culture, background and religion.

Very experienced in Hospice and Palliative Medicine. Currently Medical Director of Palliative Care as St. Joseph Mercy Oakland. Served as National Medicial Director for Vanguard Health and then for Tenet Health, guiding the development of numerous hospital based palliative care programs accross the United States. Served as Hospice Director at state and local levels. Worked at Wayne State University to develop and publish hospice and palliative care healthcare research. Skilled in Directing Hospice and Palliative Medicine, and in leading Healthcare Consulting, Strong professional background, trained at University of Illinois Emergency Medicine Metro Hospital Program and a graduate of the University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine.

“Dr. Javed, diplomate American Board of Internal Medicine in Geriatric and Palliative Medicine, who expertise in elderly care and in the management of acute and chronic cancer pain as well as management of symptoms resulting from disease or its treatment. With extensive clinical experience in Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine, working in New Brunswick, Canada before joining Tawam Hospital. His areas of interest include cognitive impairment in elderly, cancer pain and psychosocial issues in terminally ill patients.”