About IFM
An opportunity for the healthcare industry to network with the largest gathering of Primary Healthcare Professionals from the GCC

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Why Exhibit?
Meet and interact with General Practitioners and Family Medicine Practitioners at IFM, the largest gathering of Primary Healthcare Professionals in the region.
IFM 2023 will host an exhibition for the primary healthcare industry to project the developments in this fast‐changing healthcare environment. Companies working closely with Primary healthcare are invited to participate and closely interact with the Healthcare Professionals.
- Engage with 2500+ Healthcare Professionals who are key decision makers for your product
- Create Audience Engagement for your brand at an exclusive healthcare gathering
- Engage with Key Opinion Leaders from Hospital/ Clinics, Distributors, Government Authorities
- Reach out to new and existing clients of UAE and GCC markets
- Showcase your latest product and services at a leading Primary Healthcare Event
- Develop and expand your brand’s regional presence by entering new territories.

It was a great opportunity meeting with all those family medicine doctors from UAE, and other countries as well. We at Synergy pharma consider ourselves a leading company offering a wide range of solutions for daily problems for the families. And that's why our participation was essential and really impactful for us.
Dr. Amr Ali Hussein
Marketing Manager, Synergy Pharma
Thanking the IFM 2022 organizers about the great program and preparation. It was a great opportunity to meet face to face with fellow family and primary care doctors after a couple of difficult years. The audience engagement and the energy were at their best in this meeting. Looking forward for the next.
TONY BOU-KHALIL
MD, Medical Director, Medical Affairs, Pierre Fabre Middle East
IFM was a great opportunity for us to introduce MindMaze technology to the Family Medicine community who is encountering more brain health cases in their daily activity. The event counted with renown institutions and speakers, and the venue and organizing team were remarkable. Thank you Dr. Ibtesam for the opportunity and we look forward to next year.
Carlos Malet
VP, Mind Maze
Thanks to IFM, your successful event has earned you this successful event, so appreciate all of it. Congrats on this splendid successful event!
Sooraj Surendran Nair
Sales Manager - Techserve (Al Futtaim Electronics)
Our Scientific Activities
Learn, Engage, Explore
Hear directly from experts at this 3 Day Scientific conference

An exhibition to get first hand review on new products & Innovation in the Market
Discuss your research with your peers
Featured Speakers
Expert Speaker lineup
Over the course of three days, the IFM conference brings the world’s most renowned, scientific speakers and inspirational business leaders.

Mr. Daniel Rodrigues
Specialist Physiotherapist, Mindmaze | Switzerland

Mr. Daniel Rodrigues
Specialist Physiotherapist, Mindmaze
Daniel Rodrigues is Physical Therapist with 15+ years of experience in Neurological Rehabilitation and over 7 year of clinical experience in the UAE. All throughout his career he was always passionate about integrating innovative technology directly into his clinical practice. With the recent expansion of Telerehabilitation, added value of new technologies and research methods, he pursued a career with MindMaze where he could create a broader impact into the current state of NeuroRehabilitation. Daniel is part of a multinational team in Switzerland and works closely with Rehabilitation sites in Southern Europe, UAE and GCC countries, with the goals of implementing Digital Therapeutics as a solution to improve the access of clinical care and quality of NeuroRehab programs in these areas of the globe.
Lectures by this speaker
Thursday, 2022-10-27
Digital Therapeutic Solutions in Neuro Rehabilitation
12:30 - 13:00

Dr. Mohamed Farghaly
Consultant CEO Office, Dubai Health Insurance Corporation | United Arab Emirates

Dr. Mohamed Farghaly
Consultant CEO Office, Dubai Health Insurance Corporation
Dr. Mohamed Farghaly is a highly experienced physician who worked in United Arab Emirates for around 30 years, he worked as a doctor in charge in al-Mankhool Center, Dubai for around 3 years, then he worked as senior community Physician in charge in the Al Safa health center, Dubai for 11 years, in 2002, he was in charge as manager of the region 4 in primary health care in the department of health and medical service in additional to his clinical duty, in 2006 was allocated to be the head of chronic care unit. In 2014 he got reallocated to be the head of insurance medical regulation, Dubai health authority
Sessions by this speaker
Tuesday, 2022-10-25
Session 3: New Possibilities for Management of T2D in Primary Healthcare
11:40 - 13:10
Lectures by this speaker
Tuesday, 2022-10-25
Value over Volume
09:00 - 09:45
Thursday, 2022-10-27
Shingles Prevention (RZV Efficacy & Safety)
09:30 - 10:00
Tuesday, 2022-10-25
Rise Above your Typical Results for Patients in Type 2 Diabetes
15:30 - 16:00

Prof. Shai Efrati
Director, Sagol Center for Hyperbaric Medicine and Research / Director, Research & Development, Shamir Medical Center / Professor, Tel Aviv University | Israel

Prof. Shai Efrati
Director, Sagol Center for Hyperbaric Medicine and Research / Director, Research & Development, Shamir Medical Center / Professor, Tel Aviv University
Dr. Shai Efrati is a professor at Sackler School of Medicine and the Sagol School of Neuroscience of Tel Aviv University and the director of the Sagol center for hyperbaric medicine and research at Shamir (Assaf- Harofeh) Medical Center in Israel. The center, under Prof. Efrati management, has become the largest hyperbaric center worldwide, currently treating more than 300 patients per day. Prof. Efrati is also the director of Research & Development at the Medical center, affiliated to Tel-Aviv University. Taking the two passions/positions together Prof. Efrati has initiated a research program focusing on the neuroplasticity (regeneration of damage brain tissue) looking at the brain as a tissue and characterizing the non-healing wounds in the brain and bottle necks that prevents their recover. In addition to diagnosis and characterizing, neuroplasticity can be induced using dedicated protocols of Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT). The newly used HBOT protocol induce brain and tissue repairment by fluctuations in oxygen and pressure that initiate regenerative biological cascade usually happens during hypoxia in hyperoxic condition- the so called Hyperoxic-Hypoxic paradox (HHP). The clinical studies proved that HHP can induce neuroplasticity in different types of brain injuries such as stroke, Traumatic Brain Injury, post- COVID, central pain syndromes and the so-called age-related cognitive/functional decline
Lectures by this speaker
Tuesday, 2022-10-25
Long covid syndrome, Pathophysiology, prevalence and treatment
11:10 - 11:40
Wednesday, 2022-10-26
New Approaches to Brain Healing
12:00 - 12:30
Tuesday, 2022-10-25
Post Covid - How Technology Affects Medical Care
10:35 - 10:50

Prof. Stephan Jacob
Endocrinologist, Diabetologist, Nutrition Expert and Clinical Hypertension Specialist / Professor, University of Tübingen | Germany

Prof. Stephan Jacob
Endocrinologist, Diabetologist, Nutrition Expert and Clinical Hypertension Specialist / Professor, University of Tübingen
Stephan Jacob is an endocrinologist, diabetologist, nutrition expert and clinical hypertension specialist in private practice. He has established a cardiometabolic institute (CMI) to coordinate the outpatient care of cardiometabolic patients, including non-pharmacological and Pharmacological therapy, and lifestyle coaching, and he aims to establish a network between family doctors and clinics in his town. He also teaches at the University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany.
Lectures by this speaker
Tuesday, 2022-10-25
Obesity Management from Adolescence to Adulthood: Role of Pharmacotherapy
14:00 - 14:30
Tuesday, 2022-10-25
Comprehensive Management of T2D: A collaborative approach for better outcomes
11:40 - 12:10
Tuesday, 2022-10-25
Integrating Oral Semaglutide in Primary Care Practice: lessons from the clinic
12:40 - 13:10

Dr. Zemer Wang
Medical Director, Aviv Clinics | United Arab Emirates

Dr. Zemer Wang
Medical Director, Aviv Clinics
Dr. Wang is the Medical Director of Aviv Clinics Dubai, is a certified family medicine and hyperbaric physician. Formerly the Director of the major primary health facility in Eilat, Israel, which cares for over 10,000 patients. Dr Wang has been practicing hyperbaric and diving medicine for fourteen years. He has also served as Medical Director of the hyperbaric chamber at the Yoseftal Hospital in Eilat, Israel. For over a decade, Dr Wang has treated patients with chronic pain and taught courses in the management of myofascial pain syndromes. He is a graduate of the Medical University of Vienna, Austria.
Sessions by this speaker
Wednesday, 2022-10-26
Session 9: Chronic Pain Management
14:30 - 15:30
Lectures by this speaker
Wednesday, 2022-10-26
Fibromyalgia Syndrome: Novel Approaches to Etiology Diagnosis and Treatment
15:00 - 15:30
Partners and Sponsors
IFM 2022
Special thanks to the support, involvement and active contribution of our Sponsors and Partners.
News and Press Releases
Dubai Conference Highlights Mental Health in Primary Care
November 22, 2022
International Family Medicine supported by Dubai Health Authority Dubai, UAE, 26 October 2022: Mental Health issues are the highlight of discussion on the second day of the ninth edition of the International Family Medicine Conference and Exhibition – IFM. The three-day event which is supported by the Dubai Health Authority […]

International Family Medicine Starts Todays
November 22, 2022
H.E. Awad Al Ketbi, Director-General of DHA Inaugurates Event Dubai, UAE, 25 October 2022: The International Family Medicine Conference and Exhibition – IFM, has kicked off today to run through the 27th of October and was officially inaugurated by H.E. Awad Saghir Al Ketbi, Director General of Dubai Health Authority […]

“إدارة مرض السكري” في ندوة ل “مؤتمرطب العائلة”
April 22, 2022
دبي في 25 يناير / وام / ينظم المؤتمر والمعرض الدولي لطب العائلة ندوة عن بعد عبر الإنترنيت بعنوان “مناهج جديدة لإدارة مرض السكري: خيارات جديدة” بعد غد الأربعاء بالتعاون مع المبادرة العالمية للتعليم عن مرض السكري بمشاركة أخصائيي الرعاية الصحية في منطقة الخليج العربي وستركز الندوة على الطرق المختلفة […]
