Cuomo Foundation participates in panel discussion at Health & Wellness week – Expo2020, Dubai

A live-streamed, virtual event held on 1 February bringing together health experts from around the globe. Professor Gilles Dreyfus, Medical and Scientific Director – Centre Cardio-Pédiatrique Cuomo participated in the talks.

Topics covered

• Partnerships in health systems to achieve a balance
• How the UAE is managing to host global events despite the pandemic
• Health and medical tourism
• The digital transformation of health through new technologies
• For a more accurate health: Predicting and preventing diseases, and in this theme: “how to shape the future of cardiology and cardiac surgery”

Objectives

• Measure the evolution of the medical world
• Promote high-level leadership concepts, make available the most comprehensive update of this sector and ensure that partners and stakeholders are informed of opportunities to improve global collaboration in the health field
• Provide opportunities for startups and entrepreneurs to participate in the dialogue and foster the growth of the health and wellness sector as a catalyst for future progress
• Analyze how the pandemic impacts our current and future health systems

Moderator

• Rachel McArthur: Medical journalist, founder and editor-in-chief of Digital Ink Media (UAE)

Panelists

• Dr. Peeter Padrik MD, PhD – Oncologist and entrepreneur (Estonia)
• Prof. Gilles Dreyfus MD, FRCS, FESC, Medical and scientific director – Centre Cardio-Pédiatrique Cuomo/ CHU Fann (Senegal)
• Dr. Istvan Petak, Founder & CEO – Oncompass Medicine (Hungary)

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