endoscopy
The first Saudi conference on salivary gland endoscopy, which will start on Wednesday, 24 Jumada Al-Ula 1440 AH corresponding to January 30, 2019, in the program of the Security Forces Hospital in Riyadh, will discuss 20 working papers and a live broadcast of a number of surgical operations, presented by a ion of international and local speakers, led by Dr. Francis Marshall Professor of salivary gland medicine and surgery at the University of Geneva and inventor of the salivary gland endoscopy device, at the Prince Nayef Academic Center at the hospital.
On this occasion, Dr. Muhammad Al-Shammari, Director of Academic Affairs and Health Awareness Department, and Chairman of the Organizing Committee of the Conference, said that this conference is the first to be organized in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to discuss the latest developments and techniques in salivary gland endoscopy, and one of the rare conferences at the global level that is devoted to this endoscopy. In view of its importance and the desired benefit from it, the hospital administration was keen to organize it due to its certainty of its role in raising the level of quality of medical services provided to patients and auditors. Saudi Commission for Health Specialties (22) hours of medical education.
For his part, Dr. Majid Al-Thubaiti, consultant of ear, nose, throat, head and neck and head of the scientific committee, explained the keenness of the Security Forces Hospital in Riyadh that organizing this conference came as a desire to develop the skills of doctors specialized in this field, as it is the only hospital in the Kingdom that has been performing salivary gland endoscopy since the end of the year 2015 AD, and added: We look forward to this important scientific meeting having a significant impact on the level of medical services provided in the region, and on the Saudi health sector, surgeons and specialists in the field of salivary gland surgery, as it puts in their hands the latest international technologies and specialized studies and enjoys the participation of international expertise, most notably Professor Francis Marshall is a professor of salivary gland medicine and surgery at the University of Geneva and the inventor of the salivary gland endoscopy.
