Meeting Agenda
The Myanmar American Medical Education Society, Inc.
19th Annual Scientific Meeting
OVERVIEW OF COMMOM MEDICAL PROBLEMS and CURRENT MANAGEMENT
July 27, 2025 (7 AM - 5 PM)
Sheraton LaGuardia East Hotel 135-20 39th Ave:, Flushing, NY 11354
Program Agenda
7 - 7:40 AM Registration and Breakfast
7:40 - 7:50 Welcome, Dr. Thant Zin, President, MAMES
7:50- 8 AM Overview, Dr. Zeyar Thet, Education Committee Chair, MAMES
Morning Session - Moderator - Dr. Htay Htay Kyi
8:00 - 8:30am New Advances in Heart Failure Therapy
Dr. Steven Hsu
Medical Director, Mechanical Circulatory Support
Associate Professor of Medicine, John Hopkins University School of Medicine
8:30 - 8:40am Q & A
8:40 - 9:10am HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis
Dr. Zeyar Thet
Program Director, Department of Internal Medicine, Wyckoff Heights Medical Center
Associate Professor, St. Georges School of Medicine & New York Institute of Technology
9:10 - 9:20 am Q & A
9:20 -9:50am Updates on evaluation and management of Breast Cancer
Dr. Olivia Cheng
Assistant Professor of Surgery, NYP Brooklyn Methodist Hospital
9:50 -10:00am Q & A
10:00 -10:10 Break
10:10-10:40am Billing opportunities in the ambulatory setting
Dr. Audrey Chun
Professor, Brookdale Department of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Vice Chair, Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine Outpatient Services
10:40 -10:50am Q & A
10:50 -11:20am Beyond the Scale: Pharmacotherapy for Obesity Management
Dr. Hanna Lee
Endocrinologist, Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Lenox Hill Hospital, Northwell Health
11:20 -11:30am Q & A
11:30 - 1:00 Lunch, Exhibit and Posters
Afternoon Session - Moderator - Dr. Kyaw Zaw Linn
1:00 – 1:30pm Neurocognitive Disorders - Updates in Diagnosis and Management
Dr. Arnabh Basu
Director, Geriatric Psychiatry Ambulatory Clinic, Associate Medical Director, Psychiatry, Deane Center for Cognitive Health
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
1:30 – 1:40pm Q & A
1:40 - 2:10pm Changing Paradigms in Evaluation and Treatment of High Risk Cardiovascular Patients
Dr. Robert Pyo
Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine, Director of Cardiac Cath Lab, NYP Brooklyn Methodist Hospital
2:10 - 2:20pm Q & A
2:20 - 2:50pm Lung cancer screening and diagnosis
Dr. Yu Maw Htwe
Director, Interventional Pulmonary
Medical Director, Lung Nodule Program, Pulmonary and Critical Care, RWJ Barnabas Health
2:50 - 3:00pm Q & A
3:00 - 3:10 Break
3:10 - 3:40pm Updates in measles
Dr. Thant Zin
Attending ER Physician, Pediatric Emergency Department, Lincoln Hospital
3:40 - 3:50 Q & A
3:50 - 4:20pm Advances in esophageal motility disorders management
Dr. Vincent Notar Francesco
Director of Endoscopy and Motility Disorders, NYP Brooklyn Methodist Hospital
4:20 - 4:30pm Q & A
4:30 - 4:40pm Closing Speech, Dr. Su Su Aung, Vice President, MAMES