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