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