Where Innovation Meets Patient Care is a three-day accredited conference advancing laboratory medicine, pathology and transfusion medicine, hosted by Qatif Central Hospital under the Eastern Health Cluster. It runs Monday to Wednesday, 2–4 November 2026, 7:30 AM–5:00 PM, at the Sheraton Dammam, and is accredited for 19 SCFHS CME hours (ACA-20260002951).
The conference unites professionals from haematology, biochemistry, histopathology, blood bank and microbiology. Twelve scientific sessions span laboratory leadership, automation and artificial intelligence; precision health and point-of-care testing; hematology from CBC to genetic study; hemostasis; transfusion medicine and immunohematology; industry innovation in diagnostics; smart microbiology and antimicrobial stewardship; and diagnostic pathology from morphology to molecular insight.
Learning objectives include applying laboratory safety, quality management and risk management principles; interpreting hemostatic disorders including von Willebrand disease and inherited macrothrombocytopenia; evaluating common laboratory pitfalls, panic results and diagnostic errors; applying current evidence in transfusion medicine including therapeutic plasma exchange and platelet refractoriness; and comparing conventional, digital and AI-assisted diagnostic techniques.
Confirmed speakers include Dr. Ahmed Albahrani (Transfusion Medicine, King Fahad Specialist Hospital), Dr. Ali Rabaan (Head of Laboratory, Johns Hopkins Aramco Healthcare), Dr. Ammar Alsughayir (Consultant Hematopathologist, King Fahad Medical City), Prof. Areej Al Nemer (Professor of Pathology, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University), Dr. Baha Abdalhamid (Chairman of Microbiology, KFSH Dammam), Dr. Mariam Alghazal (Medical Director, Dammam Regional Laboratory), Dr. Mona Alfaraj, Dr. Mohammed Alsharif, Dr. Hawra Alsannaa, Dr. Mawaheb Alhowaidi, Dr. Hamoud Al-Khallaf, Dr. Hana Aljulaih, Dr. Nabeel Al Besher, Dr. Tayseer Althunayan and Dr. Yaser Alshaikh, among others.
Fees (SAR): Physicians 200 (non-EHC 300); non-physicians, students, laboratory and medical technology, nursing, pharmacy and health administration 100 (non-EHC 150). Gold sponsor: Abbott. Silver sponsors: Samir, QuidelOrtho, AFMS, Beckman Coulter, Radiometer, Danaher, Sysmex. Bronze sponsor: Siemens Healthineers.
