Session I

Workshop
Presentation of finished projects
Peer comments
Expert comments

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Session II

Session II Research agenda, opportunities and pearls  - 2.0 CME hrs
10:30AM – 12:30PM

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The Universities Research Agenda Successes, Failures, Future directions
Denise Eldemire-Shearer

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Surmounting Barriers to Health Research in The Bahamas
Morton Frankson

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Opportunities for collaboration - The Regional Centers for Research Excellence Planning Grant Program.
Camille Ragin

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The HEALinc: Creating New Knowledge and Advancing Innovation in Developing Countries
Desiree Cox

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Analysis of the 144 abstracts of 2007-2016 at The Research Day, School of Clinical Medicine and Research Bahamas
Glenn Jones

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The Submission Process
Camille Ragin

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Panel Discussions What Reviewers look for.
Chair – Morton Frankson
Panel Camille Ragin, Desire Cox

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Challenge of rejection and the threat of success
Chair- Robin Roberts
Panel Raleigh Butler, Donald Simeon, Denise Eldemire-Shearer

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Lunch
12:30 pm -1:00 pm

Session III

Session III– Obesity Epidemiology and Research - 1.5 CME hrs
1:00PM – 2:30PM

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Welcome Remarks
Robin Roberts

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Obesity,  A Growing Regional Problem
Donald Simeon

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Obesity in The Elderly
Denise Eldemire-Shearer

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Attitudes and Practices of Adult Patients with and without Chronic Diseases to Complementary and Alternative Medicine and Conventional Medicine in Nassau, New Providence
Sanita Belgrave*

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Bahamas Health Research System Assessment
Nanika Clark/Camille Nairn

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Coffee Break 2:30 pm - 3:00 pm

Session IV

Obesity and Non communicable diseases - 2.0 CME hrs
3:00PM - 500PM

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Lifestyle Medicine and Obesity Medicine – preparing for the Twenty-First Century
Robert Kushner

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The Care, Connect, Communicate (Triple C) Study: Transforming Hospitals and Healthcare Centers to Health Innovation Spaces Powered by Activated Providers
Desiree Cox

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Descriptive Epidemiology of Patients with Acute Ischemic Stroke Who Were Thrombolysed Having Met the Criteria at Princess Margaret Hospital, Nassau, Bahamas
Kandis Bannister

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Dedication To My Medication: Factors that affect medication compliance/adherence in the Adult Hypertensive and Type II Diabetic population: A Bahamian Experience
Khia King-Strachan

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Knowledge Attitudes and Practices of Primary Care Physicians in the Management of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in New Providence, The Bahamas
Gerrad Deveaux

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What can I learn from the patient by taking a weight history?
Robert Kushner

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Session V

Public Lecture - 1.0 CME  hrs
5:00PM – 6:30PM

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Remarks from The Director SCMR
Robin Roberts

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Royal Bank of Canada Representative
Nathaniel Beneby

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Minister of Health
Duane Sands

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University-based Health Research! A Decade+ Nourishing Bahamian Medicine
Morton Frankson

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The Royal Bank of Canada Lecture: Can we meet the Challenges to Curb Obesity in the Caribbean?
Fitzroy Henry

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Session VI

Obesity and Cancer 2.0 CME hours 8:00 am – 10:00 am

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Keynote lecture: Can cancer really be prevented by what you eat? Celine Heskey

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Experience with an advocate-led community-based breast cancer screening fair in Antigua and Barbuda Glenn Jones

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Hormone receptor and HER-2 status in breast cancer patients treated at the Oncology Centre of Princess Margaret Hospital, Nassau, The Bahamas Leigh-Ann Bartholomew*

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Body mass index of breast cancer patients in the Princess Margaret Hospital Oncology Unit Kristine Parker-Curling

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Inflammation polymorphisms and prostate cancer risk in Jamaican men: The role of obesity/body size Camille Ragin

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Screening for cervical cancer in females under the age of 21 years in The Bahamas: Should this practice be abolished? Nneka Ijeroma*

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A prostate cancer screening clinic in The Bahamas: A model for lower income countries Robin Roberts 

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Coffee Break -10:00 am to 10:30 am

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Session VII

Obesity and Pediatrics
10:30 am – 12:00 pm

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Keynote lecture: The role of civil society in curbing childhood obesity in the Caribbean
Maisha Hutton

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Healthy Bahamas Coalition – United for a healthier Bahamas
Phillip Swann

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Epidemiology of congenital cardiac anomalies at Princess Margaret Hospital, Nassau, The Bahamas from 2009 to 2016
Lashan McKenzie*

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A descriptive epidemiology of paediatric deaths (1–17 years old) at Princess Margaret Hospital, Nassau, The Bahamas: A retrospective chart review
Ianthe Cartwright-Bastian*

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Vasectomy concerns as a primary modality for reproductive health in New Providence, The Bahamas: A qualitative study
Deanna Delva Bain*

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Lunch 12.00 pm – 1:00 pm

Session VIII

Obesity Prevention and Treatments – 3.0 CME hour
1:00 pm – 4:00 pm

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Keynote lecture: The role of bariatric surgery in the management of chronic non-communicable diseases
Emanuele Lo Menzo

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Bariatric surgery − The Bahamas experience
Locksley Munroe

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Microfractured fat as a megavolume filler for buttocks augmentation
Gregory Neil

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The implementation and utilization of a live CME management system in The Bahamas
Darron Halliday

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Non-urgent patients’ perception of the acuity of their presenting complaints at the Accident and Emergency Department of the Princess Margaret Hospital
Robert Roper*

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Helicobacter pylori detection in non-variceal upper gastrointestinal bleeding in The Bahamas
Dia Serville*

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Epidemiologic profile of cases of tuberculosis from 2014 to 2016 at Princess Margaret Hospital, Nassau, The Bahamas
Javardo McIntosh*

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Keynote lecture: The complete approach to weight management
Lawrence J Cheskin

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Keynote lecture: The Contribution of Plant-based Dietary Patterns to Health and Disease
Celine Heskey

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