AIMA cardiac symposium in South Australia

Noreen Khan session on atrial fibrillation and supraventricular tachycardia management.

Centred around the topic of the ‘heart’ the Australian Islamic Medical Association of South Australia (AIMA-SA) held its first symposium at the Hilton hotel in Adelaide on 5 November 2022 featuring discussions on a variety of fascinating topics from prominent and emerging cardiologists.

General practitioners, junior doctors and medical students were amongst a range of health and medical professionals attending the symposium.

Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP) approved the event for continuing professional development (CPD) points.

The symposium had its own Islamic touch as it began with a recitation from the holy Quran by Dr Muhammad Shakibur Rahman.

The aim of the event was to achieve the core objectives of AIMA, which are to unite, inspire and to serve.

Dr Asif Ashraf, the President of AIMA-SA, stated that the event was part of the organization’s efforts to contribute to the welfare of Muslims and the broader Australian community.

AIMA has undertaken initiatives to improve the health and wellbeing of the Australian community for many years. Some of these efforts include the nationwide blood donation drive and cardio-pulmonary resuscitation (CPR) education programs in Mosques.

The program Kicking off the day’s talks was cardiologist Dr Kashif Khokhar with an interactive

Next, Dr Mohammad Umair, an advanced cardiology trainee from Lyell McEwin hospital followed up with a talk on heart failure.

Following tea break, interventional cardiologist Dr Abdul Rauf Sheikh, discussed chest pain in the absence of obstructive coronary disease.

Dr Dian Andina Munawar covered the complex topic of premature ventricular complexes.

After lunch and afternoon prayer Dr Ehsan Khan, an interventional cardiology fellow from Flinders Medical Centre discussed the new research in the emerging management of dyslipidaemia.

Dr Shahid Hafeez brought everyone up to date with the recent advances and changes in cardiology.

Finally, Dr Usman Mushtaq finished off the talks with a discussion on perioperative care in the elderly.

Reception

The symposium was well received by the audience who eagerly participated and proposed challenging queries to the guest speakers.

The MC for the night Dr Samia Al Haque, a general practitioner, and a member of AIMA SA’s leadership team, commented, “The event was a great success for AIMA SA, this is the first time we have put a symposium on for the medical community, and it went very well.”

Following the success of the cardiac symposium, AIMA SA will be hosting a renal/ diabetes symposium in July of 2023.

Noreen Khan is a medical student from South Australia and a member of the Australia Islamic Medical Association (AIMA)