Meeting Agenda

 

The Myanmar American Medical Education Society, Inc.

20th Annual Scientific Meeting

OVERVIEW OF COMMON MEDICAL PROBLEMS and CURRENT MANAGEMENT

July 19, 2026 (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. Thida Aye, Education Committee, MAMES

 

Morning Session - Moderator - Dr. Thida Aye

 

8:00 - 8:30am   Screening and Management of Mental Health Issues in Primary Care 

  Dr. Raymond Chiong

  Director of consultation liaison, Department of Psychiatry, Montefiore Wakefield Hospital

8:30 - 8:40am   Q & A

 

8:40 - 9:10am   Common Encounter in Hypo and Hypernatremia

  Dr. Lin Lwin-Mynn

  Assistant Professor of Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Montefiore Wakefield Hospital

:10 - 9:20 am   Q & A

 

9:20 -9:50am   Third space Endoscopy : ESD and POEM. 

  Dr. Steven Shamah

  Assistant Professor, Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell. 

9:50 -10:00am   Q & A

 

10:00 -10:10  Break

 

10:10-10:40am    Diagnostic Imaging Modalities in the Evaluation of Chest Pain

    Dr. Thinzar Shwe

    Cardiologist, Rendr

10:40 -10:50am   Q & A

 

10:50 -11:20am   The Evolution of Cancer Immunotherapy and Its Side Effects

    Dr. Nyein Nyein Thaw Dar

    Assistant Professor, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai 

11:20 -11:30am   Q & A

 

11:30 - 1:00 Lunch, Exhibit and Posters

 

Afternoon Session - Moderator - Dr. Nyan Lin Htet

 

1:00 – 1:30pm   Cervical Myelopathy

  Dr. Aye Mon Win

  Medical Director, Inpatient Rehabilitation, Montefiore Medical Center

  Assistant Professor, Albert Einstein College of Medicine

1:30 – 1:40pm   Q & A

 

1:40 - 2:10pm   Interstitial Lung Disease Red Flag for Primary Care

  Dr. Abigail Chua

  Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine

  Renaissance School of Medicine at the State University of New York at Stony Brook.

2:10 - 2:20pm   Q & A

 

2:20 - 2:50pm  Lupus and Autoimmune Testing: Pearls and Pitfalls for the Frontline Clinician

Dr. Htay Htay Kyi

Rheumatologist, Richmond Health Network

2:50 - 3:00pm   Q & A

 

3:00 - 3:10 Break

 

3:10 - 3:40pm  Approach to Peripheral Neuropathy

Dr. Kenneth Chao

Assistant Professor, Department of Neurology, NYU Langone Health Long Island

3:40 - 3:50        Q & A

 

3:50 - 4:20pm   Emergency management of foreign body ingestion in children 

  Dr. Thant Zin

  Attending Physician, Pediatric Emergency Department, Lincoln Hospital

:20 - 4:30pm   Q & A

 

4:30 - 4:40pm   Closing Speech, Dr. Su Su Aung, Vice President, MAMES