Professor and Head of Emergency Medicine, University of Cape Town
South Africa

MBChB, MD, Dip IMC RCS Edin, Dip Sport Med, FRCS Edin, FRCP Edin, FRCEM, FCEM(SA), FEMSSA, FIFEM

Assistant Professor Cleveland Clinic Learner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University
UAE

Dr. Luis Carlos Herrera Robles, is a Consultant in the Emergency Medicine Institute at Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi.
He is an assistant Professor Cleveland Clinic Learner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University.
Prior to joining Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, Dr. Robles was an Assistant Professor at the University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He worked at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Center, a regional Cardiac, Stroke and level one Trauma center, as a Senior Attending Staff Physician in the Emergency Department for seventeen years. During this time, he was actively involved in the academic teaching of undergraduate medical students, postgraduate residents, trauma and EMS fellows.
Dr. Robles also worked as an Attending Staff Physician in the Emergency Department at St. Michael’s Hospital, Hamilton General Hospital and Toronto University Health Network in Ontario, Canada.
Dr. Robles completed the Ontario International Health Program, a postgraduate internship program at Queen’s University, Kingston, Canada. In addition, he completed a five year residency program in Emergency Medicine, as well as a fellowship in Emergency Medicine Clinical Cardiology in his final year of training as part of the Royal College Residency Program (FRCPC), at the University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Dr. Robles is a Fellow of the Division of Emergency Medicine, Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada and a Diplomate of the American Board of Emergency Medicine.
He is a Fellow of the Association of Clinical Research Professionals and holds certification for the Association of Clinical Research Professionals. Most recently, Dr. Robles has obtained a Certificate of Independent Practitioner Training with the Canadian Point of Care Ultrasound Society.
Dr. Robles has also been actively involved in many areas of Academic Emergency Medicine as a presenter and keynote speaker at numerous undergraduate and postgraduate seminars, lectures and inter-hospital and city-wide academic grand rounds in Toronto. He also has spoken internationally at conferences and conducted several formal and informal teaching seminars and simulation workshops.
Dr. Robles has been recognized as an examiner by the Emergency Medicine Examination Committee of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada since 2009. His areas of expertise are Cardiology, Critical Care, Trauma and Toxicology.
Dr. Robles has been a Qualified Principal Investigator involved in clinical research within the Pharmaceutical Industry since 2008. He safely conducted Phase One and Phase Two clinical trials of new investigational products in the areas of oncology, drug abuse and liability, psychotropic, non-alcoholic steatohepatitis and influenza vaccine.
Dr. Robles possesses a keen interest in critical care inter-hospital transfers. He is an advocate of the development of standardized medical treatment to strive towards excellence in clinical practice and the management of ongoing flow crisis within the Emergency Department.

Senior Nurse Manager,
AspenMedical,
UAE

Alfred Dahbi, RN MSN PhD completed his bachelor’s degree in Nursing at Wesleyan University Philippines. After graduating, he achieved a Master of Science in Nursing at Central Luzon Doctors Hospital Educational Institution and his Doctor of Philosophy in Nursing Science at Saint Paul University Philippines with his dissertation aimed towards Trauma Nursing education.
Dr. Dahbi is a Registered Nurse licensed under the Department of Health Abu Dhabi and Philippine Regulations Commission. He is currently a Senior Nurse Manager at Aspen Medical UAE. He has special interests in Life Support and Nursing education. He has academic interest in medical education, emergency nursing, and health policy.
Dr. Dahbi is an active instructor for the American Heart Association on BLS, ACLS and PALS, Training center coordinator for the National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians and a Faculty for Trauma Nursing Core Course by the Emergency Nurses Association. He is also heavily involved in the eLearning courses to be launched by the local health authorities in Abu Dhabi working hand in hand with Ohio State University and University of California – San Diego in the Unites States of America.

Paediatric Emergency consultant & point of care
ultrasound Lead, Al Jalila Children’s Hospital,
Dubai, UAE

Dr Imran Asad is a Pediatric emergency and Point of care ultrasound physician. Dr Imran received dual training in pediatric emergency medicine from both United Kingdom and Canada with advanced fellowship in Point of care ultrasound.

After completed his pediatric residency and pediatric emergency medicine training in UK, Dr Imran started his consultant Job as Pediatric emergency lead at one of the busy University hospital in UK and helped to develop the first pediatric emergency department providing consultant presence 7 days a week.

Imran also developed special interest in healthcare management which lead him to complete executive MBA in healthcare Management from Plymouth University in UK. While working as PEM physician in UK, he developed passion for Point of care ultrasound which persuaded him to come to Sickkids Canada where he initially completed Pediatric emergency medicine fellowship before completing a fellowship in Point of care ultrasound program at Hospital for sick children, one of the biggest POCUS programs in North America. Dr Imran is one of the first few physicians in the region who received formal fellowship training in Point of care ultrasound in Pediatric emergency.

Imran’s research interest lies in integration of point of care ultrasound in clinical practice specifically in low resource settings and has been actively organizing educational talks and POCUS workshops to improve global child health. Imran has published in peer reviewed Journals including some recent publications in the field of POCUS.

Imran is currently working on research project of teaching point of care lung ultrasound to novice users for diagnosis of pneumonia in low resource settings and hoping to develop a formal POCUS training program in UAE.

President, Saudi Society of Emergency Medicine
Chairman, Department of Emergency MedicineKing Abdulaziz University, Jeddah,
Saudi Arabia

• President of the Saudi Society of Emergency Medicine (SASEM)
• Chairman of the Department of Emergency Medicine at King Abdulaziz University Hospital
• Associate Professor & Consultant, Emergency Medicine
• Deputy Supervisor of The Clinical Skills & Simulation Center for academic affairs.
• American board-certified in Emergency Medicine
• Fellow of the American College of Emergency Physicians & Fellow of the American Academy of Emergency Medicine
• Certified Healthcare Simulation Educator by the Society of Simulation in Healthcare, USA
• Fellowships in Simulation & Medical Education, and Emergency care operations, health policy and research at The George Washington University, USA
• Master Teacher, Leadership, and Development Graduate Certificate at The George Washington University, USA
• Master of Public Health in Management at The George Washington University, USA
• Medical degree (MBBS) and Internship from King Abdulaziz University

Consultant Emergency Physician
Head of Emergency Department-Dubai Hospital
UAE

Dr. Mahmood Ghanaim had completed his M.B.B.Ch from Kuwait University in 1987. Further to that he had completed MRCP from UK in 1999. Following to this, he had completed his Diploma of Health Sciences and Patient Care from the American University of Cairo in 2005.
He is very well experienced in critical care management in all its aspects and is familiar with almost all kinds of ventilators management. He also is experienced in Device Therapy including Permanent Pacemakers with ICD’s with Interrogation and Follow Up.

Clinical Director of Emergency Medicine,
Program Director Emergency Medicine Residency Program,
Al Qassimi Hospital
UAE

Emergency Medicine Consultant, Clinical Director of Emergency Medicine, and Program Director of Emergency Medicine Residency Program, InterHealth Canada - Al Qassimi Hospital and Al Qassimi Children’s Emergency Department Project
Program Director, Arab Board Residency Program, Al Qassimi Hospital
Adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Clinical Sciences, College of Medicine, University of Sharjah
I am a British-Trained Emergency Physician and I am currently responsible for the oversight of all clinical services at Al Qassimi Emergency Department and Al Qassimi Women and Children’s Emergency Departments. My previous experience was as a Consultant at Royal Stoke Emergency Department which is a major trauma centre between 2010 and 2018 where I was clinical lead between 2014 and 2018. My specialist interests are clinical leadership and service development, major trauma care, clinical informatics, quality improvement, medical education and point of care ultrasound. I trained in the Severn Deanery in the United Kingdom between 2005 and 2009.

Emergency Medicine Consultant
Sultan Qaboos Univeristy Hospital
Oman

Dr. Marwam Saud Al-Raisi is an Assistant Head of Department for The Department of Emergency Medicine at Sultan Qaboos University Hospital (SQUH) in Muscat. He is also in charge of Pediatric Emergency Medicine section with EM department at Sultan Qaboos University Hospital (SQUH) in Muscat.
He completed his BSc Health Services in 1998 and MD degree in 2001. He also got his Diploma in Tropical Medicine & Hygiene in 2003. He received certification in Emergency Medicine and Pediatric Emergency Medicine from Canadian Royal College Board in 2009 and 2010 respectively. Further to this, he is Certified Emergency Department Executive (CEDE) by International Emergency Department Leadership Institute (IEDLI)

Saudi Arabia

Staff Physician, Emergency Medicine, Emergency Medicine Institute
Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi UAE

Dr. Nada Khogali, MD, is a Staff Physician in the Emergency Medicine Institute atCleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi. Prior to joining Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, Dr. Khogali held several positions as anEmergency Physician at hospitals in the greater Detroit Michigan area. During her timeat the University of Michigan and Wyandotte Hospital, US, she also provided educationand guidance to medical residents.
Dr. Khogali is board certified by the American Board of Emergency Medicine (ABEM)and has over nine years’ experience in the field of Emergency Medicine.
Dr. Khogali earned her medical degree from Michigan State University College ofHuman Medicine, US. She completed her residency in Emergency Medicine at theUniversity of Michigan in Ann Arbor, US.
Prior to her medical career, Dr. Khogali was a Medical Technologist and owned abakery. She is passionate about community service and enjoys volunteering. Dr.Khogali has three sons and enjoys traveling.

MD, FAAP.FCCM
Professor Pediatrics
School of Medicine, St Louis University
Attending Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital
St. Louis, Missouri
United States

Nadeem Qureshi, MD, FAAP, FCCM is Professor of Pediatric Emergency Medicine at St Louis University School of Medicine in St Louis, Missouri, USA. He has been actively involved in Pediatric Emergency Medicine for nearly 25 years - He's been an educationalist, mentor and an expert in quality management in pediatric emergency medicine. He has been the founding member of the Pediatric Emergency Medicine for the European Society of Emergency Medicine, developing the curriculum of Pediatric Emergency Medicine for EUSEM and organizing research projects in REPEM. He has served as Scientific Chair for multiple International Emergency Medicine meetings and has also overseen the Emirati Society of Emergency Medicine Scientific Assembly. He has spoken at multiple international and national emergency medicine meetings. He has been working with different organizations specially Childlife Foundation in Pakistan to improve the quality of pediatric emergency medicine services in low income countries

Clinical Asistant Professor of Pediatric - KSU - Riyadh
Saudi Arabia

Dr. Osama Kentab is a Senior Consultant of Pediatric Emergency Medicine at King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz University Hospital. Currently, he is also the Chairman of Employee Rights Committee at King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz University Hospital. He was appointed as an Editor at the Saudi Journal of Emergency Medicine in January,2020.
He completed his M.B.B.S. from King Saud University in 1989.He received Board Certification in Emergency Medicine (FAAEM) in December 2010. He became a member of Pediatric Trauma Society and National association of emergency medical technicians in 2014.

Consultant Emergency Medicine- Assistant Program Director EM residency program,Sheikh Khalifa Medical City, Abu Dhabi
UAE

Sabrina Berdouk is a Consultant Emergency Medicine. She received her Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery at the Royal College of Surgeons of Ireland (RCSI). Prior to that Dr. Berdouk, earned a degree in Nursing from McGill University, Montreal, Canada and a Healthcare Management Degree from the University of Montreal, Canada. She completed her residency training, in Emergency Medicine at the University of Toronto and the University of Montreal in Canada.

She was actively involved in the Canadian Residency Matching Service (CaRMS) and had taken an active role in teaching the Medical Students and residents at the University of Toronto.

She is the Assistant Program Director of the Emergency Medicine Program at Sheikh Khalifa Medical City in Abu Dhabi.

Dr. Berdouk has given numerous international talks, has multiple publications and is active in Point of Care ultrasound and has a passion for teaching, medical and nursing education.

Lebanon

Consultant Emergency Medicine
Director, Residency Training Program
Emergency Medicine Department
BDF Hospital - Royal Medical Services
Bahrain

MD, SBEM, MSc HCM (RCSI)
Dr. Alghanem is the President of Bahrain Association of Emergency Medicine (BAEM). He is a Consultant in Emergency Medicine and deputy director of the Department of Emergency Medicine at the Bahrain Defence Force (BDF) Hospital in the Kingdom of Bahrain.
He is the Program director of the Emergency Medicine Residency Program in the BDF Hospital, which is affiliated with the Saudi Emergency Medicine Residency Program and the Saudi Commission for health specialties.
Dr. Alghanem is a board member in the Crown Prince Center for Training and Medical Education, and the chairman and member of several committees and projects, including Trauma Committee, Disaster Committee, Trauma education and research committee, ED improvement committee and National healthcare committees.

Consultant of Emergency Medicine,
EMS and Disaster Medicine
Founder and President,
Emirates Society of Emergency Medicine (ESEM)
UAE

"MD, MPH, FRCPC(EM), FAAEM, FACEP Dr. Fares is the first Canadian and American board-certified emergency physician from the United Arab Emirates. He completed his medical education at the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland in 2000. He then completed the Royal College Emergency Medicine Residency Program at McGill University in Montreal, Canada (2002-2007). In 2008, he completed a fellowship in clinical Emergency Medicine and Emergency Medical Services (EMS) at the University of Toronto in Canada followed by a Disaster Medicine Fellowship at Harvard Medical School in Boston, USA as Harvard’s first Disaster Medicine fellow and as co-founder of the program (2009). In May 2011, he obtained his Master of Public Health (MPH) from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health at which he is currently enrolled in a DrPH program in Health Care Management and Leadership. His project during the MPH/DrPH is the Emergency Medical System framework in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi. Dr. Fares is currently a Consultant and Head of the Emergency Department at Zayed Military Hospital and is the founder and chairman of the Trauma System Initiative of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi. He is also the founder and president of the Emirates Society of Emergency Medicine (ESEM) since 2012 with several community activities. Dr Fares was able to establish several Trauma initiatives in Abu Dhabi including the first official Trauma Registry in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi with over 20 thousand cases to date. He coordinated the efforts to establish Abu Dhabi STEMI network involving the different stakeholders. He was able to suggest a Good Samaritan Law draft, through the Emirates Society of Emergency Medicine, to the Ministry of Health which is moving forward now and should be announced in the near future. This will be considered the first law of its kind in an Arab Country. He led the Emirates society of Emergency Medicine Conference to be the largest Emergency Conference in the MENA region and one of the top conferences world-wide. He led the Emirates society of Emergency Medicine to win the bid on hosting the International Conference for Emergency Medicine (ICEM 2021) for the first time in the MENA region. He Introduced the idea of the Gulf Federation of Emergency Medicine which was officially announced in 2017 and is coordinating all the Emergency Medicine efforts in the Gulf Region. He is the winner of the “Founders Award” which was awarded by the American Academy of Emergency Medicine and the Mediterranean Academy of Emergency Medicine at the Xth Mediterranean Congress of Emergency Medicine, Dubrovnik, Croatia in September 2019. Dr Fares is leading important efforts to advance the Disaster Medical Preparedness in the UAE. He introduced “Hospital Incident Command System or HICS” to all SEHA Governmental Hospitals - Abu Dhabi along with other key recommendations and he is currently chairing the Ministry of Health Team on Prehospital Care development. Dr Fares has contributed to several international textbooks and peer-reviewed articles in the field of Emergency Medicine and Disaster Medicine, and has presented in several conferences regionally and internationally."

Saudi Arabia

UAE

CEO,
ChildLife Foundation,
Pakistan

Dr. Ahson Rabbani has played key roles in several of Pakistan's largest philanthropic foundations in Health and Education. Since 2014, he is the CEO of ChildLife Foundation providing emergency, primary and preventive health care to 1 million children annually across a hub & spoke network of 21 hospitals. He is a believer in leveraging local philanthropy and creating public-private partnerships for scaled impact.

Dr. Rabbani has a doctorate in business administration focusing on sustained behavior change with prior education in business and engineering from the United States. He serves on the board of Family Educational Services Foundation (FESF) and Local Lead. He advises many other nonprofits in voluntary capacity. His areas of expertise are nonprofit management, resource mobilization, and social marketing. Earlier in his career he worked for multinationals including ExxonMobil and GE as Regional Manager for South Asia.

He is an SECP Certified Director, MDGs Certified Trainer by World Bank Institute, and a visiting faculty member at the Aga Khan University. He is a frequent presenter at international nonprofit sector research conferences including European Research Network on Philanthropy (ERNOP) and International Society for Third-Sector Research (ISTR).

Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine, the American University of Beirut
Lebanon

Dr. Amin Kazzi is a Professor & Founding Former Chair of the Department of EM at the American University of Beirut (AUB). In 2010, he then served for 5 years as Deputy Chief of Staff. In 2016, he was appointed Advisor to the Lebanese Minister of Health.
Back to Lebanon in 2006 to establish the specialty, he founded with an exceptional team of faculty an academic department & an American Council of Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) accredited program at AUB.
He completed his MD at the University of California, Los Angeles (1988) then categorical EM residency training & board certification (Detroit 1991). He served as faculty & founding Vice Chair at UC Irvine & as founding editor for the California Journal of EM (currently Western Journal of EM).
Dr Kazzi is internationally renowned in EM for conceptualizing, establishing & running as Executive Chair & President the Mediterranean EM Congress, the premier multinational specialty conference & for his service in a variety of societies - such as President for the American Academy (AAEM), California Academy (CAL/AAEM) & Lebanese Society for EM (LSEM) / Author to > 40 publications / Invited international speaker (> 300) / Founding Chief Editor: “Rules of the Road for Medical Students” / Founder (2014) Mediterranean Academy (MAEM), a regional multi-national platform to advance EM.
Dr Kazzi earned key leadership awards, the most important being a recipient of the honorary designation as Master of the Academy of EM (MAAEM), the (European Society) EuSEM & AAEM Founders Award & the David Wagner Award for longstanding special impact in EM.
In 2015, the AAEM Board voted unanimously to rename its international leadership award “the Amin Kazzi International Emergency Medicine Leadership Award” in appreciation for his longstanding exceptional service & profound contribution to AAEM & to the international development of EM.

Consultant of Emergency Medicine, ICU ,Trauma, EMS and Disaster Medicine .
Johns Hopkins Aramco Health Care Centre,
Saudi Arabia

Consultant of Emergency Medicine, ICU ,Trauma, EMS and Disaster Medicine .
Johns Hopkins Aramco Health Care Centre , KSA
Assistant Professor at Weill Cornell Medical College, USA
Editor in Chief of Saudi Journal Of Emergency Medicine .(SJEM).
General Secretary of Gulf Federation Of Emergency Medicine (GFEM)

Emergency Medicine Institute
Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi
UAE

Dr. Carlos Torres, MD, PhD, obtained his Medical Degree at the Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais in Brazil in 1988. He then completed a residency in Internal Medicine and Cardiology at the Universidade Fedreral do Parana, before going on to receiving his Emergency Medicine training at The Ohio State University. He subsequently completed a Research Fellowship while earning a Masters in Medical Sciences and a Masters in Public Health. During his tenure as faculty at OSU, he also obtained a PhD in Biophysics.
In 2011, Dr. Torres joined the Emergency Medicine Department at the Mayo Clinic in Florida where he was Co-director of the Chest Pain Unit and developed a focus in clinical research.
Dr. Torres has a keen interest in the international development of Emergency Medicine. He is the current ACEP Deputy Ambassador for Brazil and has been an active participant in the recognition of Emergency Medicine as a specialty in his home country.
Dr. Torres has publications in several peer-reviewed journals including BMJ and Circulation and has presented in local, national and international meetings. His main research interests are cardiovascular emergencies including arrhythmias, acute heart failure, chest pain and resuscitation.

Reliance Group-Head Emergency Medical Services
India

Dr Devendra Richhariya is practicing Emergency Physician in INDIA since last 20 years,
He is currently Reliance Group Head- Emergency Medical Services -Reliance Corporate Medical Services Navi Mumbai-INDIA
He is Trained in Emergency Medicine, Critical Care Medicine. Special interest in Academics Research, Training, ED administration and Quality improvement, Strategy development for Emergency department. He is Faculty for Basic & Advanced life support program, Simulation Lab, He is Member of Society of Emergency medicine in India, Society of critical care medicine, and International trauma care society.
His various articles are also published in various national & International journals. He has written various chapters in emergency and critical care text books.
Dr Devendra Richhariya is an Editor in Chief of “Textbook of Emergency and Trauma care” and “Signs & Symptoms of clinical practice” first edition Jaypee Medical Publishers New Delhi.

Consultant – Pediatric Emergency
Head of A/E center
Al Qassimi hospital
UAE

Saudi Arabia

Consultant Physician
Clinical Services - Medical Affairs
Sheikh Khalifa Medical City
UAE

Dr. AlKhaldi is a Consultant Emergency and Disaster Medicine and EMS physician in SEHA Abu Dhabi. Dr. AlKhaldi is a UAE Graduate from the Medical School of UAE University and board certified Emergence Medicine from Rennes University-France. Dr. AlKhaldi completed 3 fellowships in BIDMC-affiliated with HARVARD medical school USA. The Disaster Medicine and Emergency Management fellowship, International EMS and Pre-Hospital Care fellowship and Crisis leadership Fellowship. He was involved in evaluating the medical response in the Federal Capstone Exercise 2014: Alaska Shield, a federal disaster drill, and worked as a section author on the new edition of Dr. Gregory R. Ciottone's Disaster Medicine Book. Further he is an evaluator in UAE government excellence program. His particular interests within the realm of disaster medicine include Mass Gathering Medicine, International EMS, and Disaster Preparedness. Dr. AlKhaldi participated in many disaster drills. Also, he has an extensive experience in emergency and healthcare management. Demonstrated exemplary leadership credentials and organization skills whilst working for the Abu Dhabi Health Services Company (SEHA). An expert in emergency field and possess the key skills necessary for exemplary leadership in EMS and Emergency & Disaster Medicine. A dedicated individual with a proven track record in successful directing the execution of strategies and ensuring the effective delivery of safe and reliable healthcare across the SEHA entities through Health care related projects. Dr. AlKhaldi has held many leadership positions while working in Corporate SEHA (for example Executive Project Manager and Acting Deputy Chief of Total Quality Division).

Senior Lecturer
College of Medicine, Sultan Qaboos University
Program Director of the EM Program
Oman

Immediate past President - Emergency Medicine Society of South Africa
Vice-President - International Federation for Emergency Medicine
South Africa

Dr Melanie Stander is the Emergency Medicine Manager for Mediclinic Southern Africa , one of the largest private hospital groups in South Africa. She is an Emergency Medicine Physician based in Cape Town, South Africa. She is passionate about system development and improvement in emergency medical care, international emergency medicine and driving engagement around issues of gender equity for professionals in healthcare.

President of Oman Society of Emergency Medicine
Oman

Dr Mustafa Y Alhinai is the Head of Emergency Department at Al Nahdah Hospital, Muscat , Sultanate of Oman. He was appointed to this role in July 2014. Before that , he served in different locations including Khawla Hospital in Muscat and Grace Hospital in Manitoba -Canada .
Dr Alhinai is also in-charge of Oman Society of Emergency Medicine since establishment in 2013. He is also active clinical instructor in the emergency medicine program in the Oman Medical Specialty Board.
Dr Alhinai is involved in several national committees related to the development of emergency medicine in the Sultanate of Oman.
Dr Alhinai completed his medical degree in 1996 from Arabian Gulf University in Kingdom of Bahrain . In 2008, he completed 5 years residency training in emergency medicine at university of Manitoba- Canada.
His main interest is emergency medicine administration, clinical emergency medicine, and clinical simulation.

Trauma Program Officer
Medical-Staff Administration(Dep) - Medical Division
Al Rahba Hospital
UAE

• With over (25) years of experience as a registered nurse in various health institutions in the Philippines and abroad.
• Certified RN from the Philippines, Abu Dhabi, USA (Vermont) and currently is a Certified Emergency Nursing (CEN) from the Board of Certification for Emergency Nurses (BCEN) USA.
• Experience in the following areas: 15 years in the field of Emergency & Trauma Nursing; Combined 5 years in Critical Care Nursing, Surgical Nursing, Pediatrics, Orthopedics and Nursing Education. Currently with vast experience on Trauma System development/ Disaster Preparedness Program/Trauma Program & Trauma Registries
• Currently stands as the coordinator to the Abu Dhabi Trauma System Initiative (ADTSI) and chairs the Trauma Registry Sub-Committee of the ADTSI.
• Has been involved in the training and education of nurses in various institutions. Holds a Faculty and Instructor status of the disciplines from the AHA.
• UAE Trauma Nursing Core Curriculum (TNCC) Faculty – 7th Edition trauma nursing course by the Emergency Nurses Association USA.

College Representative - Royal College of Emergency Medicine
Member of Council
ROYAL COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY MEDICINE
United Kingdom

Dr Taj Hassan is a consultant in Emergency Medicine at the Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust and Past President of the Royal College of Emergency Medicine (2016 - 2019). He is the present Chair of the Leeds Emergency Medicine Research Group. He was Director of eLearning at the College (2005-2012) leading on the design and development of its eLearning platform, ENLIGHTENme ( which started life in Leeds in 2001) and that is now RCEMLearning.
His major interests include EM system design, creating workforce resilience & sustainability and developing leadership skills for emergency physicians. He chaired the College’s landmark strategy in 2013 – Creating successful, satisfying and sustainable careers in Emergency Medicine. He also devised and is Co-Lead of the EMLeaders prog for RCEM (2017-2020), the first such tailored programme for trainees run by any College.
Internationally, he has been involved in running leadership training programmes for the International Federation of EM (IFEM) and was Chair of the IFEM group that developed the position paper on Sustainable working Practices for the Emergency Physician in 2014. He is especially interested in and involved in global health work in Pakistan. He is Chair of the International Faculty of the Pakistan Society of EM.
His research interests include the role of technology in decision support and training of emergency physicians. He is presently the Director and Lead in the development of the Centre for AI Learning and Technological Integration in Emergency Care ( CAILTEC) in Leeds.

UAE

Adjunct Professor in Emergency Medicine
Affiliate Faculty, University of Maryland SOM Institute for Global Health
University of Maryland School of Medicine
Department of Emergency Medicine
United States

Terrence M. Mulligan DO, MPH, FIFEM, FACEP, FAAEM, FACOEP, FNVSHA, FFSEM, HPF is an Adjunct Professor at the University of Maryland School of Medicine, and was the Director of the University of Maryland International EM Program for 10 years. Prof Mulligan is also a Visiting Professor in China, South Africa, India and Ireland. He is a Board Member of the American Academy of Emergency Medicine (AAEM), and the Vice President of the International Federation for Emergency Medicine (IFEM). Prof Mulligan is double-board certified / double-residency trained, with a Masters in Public Health, 4 subspecialty fellowships, and graduate work towards a Masters in Health Economics, Policy and Law. Dr Mulligan has lived and worked in over 50 countries in the last 20 years, working on multiple levels of emergency medicine, trauma and acute care systems development in low, middle and high income countries. He is the recipient of multiple awards for excellence in EM and in EM education, and has delivered over 1000 lectures at conferences, symposia, courses and workshops in over 50 countries.

Emergency Medicine Residency Program Director | Consultant Physician, Emergency Medicine, Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi
UAE

Waqaas Ahmad, MD, is a Staff Physician in the Emergency Medicine Institute at Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi. Prior to joining Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, Dr. Ahmad practiced in the Minneapolis–St. Paul area in Minnesota with the Emergency Physicians Professional Association. Dr. Ahmad completed his post-graduate training in Emergency Medicine at the William Beaumont Hospital, Michigan, in 2009, where he was a Chief Resident in his final year. He is board certified in Emergency Medicine and has specific interests in Emergency Medicine education, critical care, ultrasound and acute care delivery in developing countries.

UAE

Fellow of the International Federation for Emergency Medicine (Order of the IFEM), of the American Academy of Emergency Medicine (FAAEM), andof the American College of Emergency Physicians (FACEP)
United States

Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine
St. Marianna University School of Medicine Hospital
Japan

Dr.Kenji Numata, MD, MPH
Graduated from Hiroshima University (School of Medicine) in 2009 and passed training at Onomichi general hospital in Hiroshima city during residency years.
Completed a fellowship at Fukui University Hospital in Fukui prefecture as an emergency physician.
Dr.Numata studied public health at St. Luke’s University (Tokyo) in 2018 with focus on clinical research and environmental science. He published an article in PLOS ONE on “Comparison of acute vertigo diagnosis and treatment practices between otolaryngologists and non-otolaryngologists: A multicenter scenario-based survey”.
Though Dr.Numata mainly serves as an emergency physician, he has also worked as internal medicine doctor in Mito Kyodo hospital and holds certificates of Japanese Board of Internal medicine.
Dr.Numata is a provider of basic life support, pediatric life support in accordance with Japan Advanced Trauma Evaluation and Care guidelines. He is also an authorized instructor of T&A minor emergency course conducted domestically for the hospitals of Japan.
Currently, Dr. Numata holds certifications from Japanese Board of Emergency medicine and Internal medicine.
He presented his clinical researches during International Conference on Emergency Medicine in 2019, Annual Meeting of the Japanese Association for Acute Medicine and ACEP Scientific Assembly in 2020, and Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society of Internal Medicine in 2020.

Emergency Physician, USACS South

Staff ER Consultant Department of Emergency Medicine,
Canada

Dr. Ahmed Mian is an accomplished emergency medicine physician and medical educator. He is a staff physician at University Health Network (UHN) as well as Humber River Hospital (HRH) in Toronto. He has received many clinical teaching awards over the years recognizing his distinguished accomplishments as a respected mentor and supervisor. At HRH he is the Medical Director of both Undergraduate and Postgraduate Emergency Medicine education as well as the Chair of the Hospital Education Committee. He has delivered lectures extensively in North America on emergency medicine care while also leading procedural workshops in the field. He also works as an investigating Coroner for the Province of Ontario and is regularly relied upon to opine as a medical expert in the field of emergency medicine. As an Assistant Professor, he is a Faculty at both the University of Toronto and Queens’ University.

Consultant, Emergency Medicine / Medical Simulation.
Prince Mohammad Bin AbdulAziz Hospital, Riyadh
Saudi Arabia

Mohammad Zaher is a consultant of emergency medicine and medical simulation, and the director of academic and training affairs at Prince Mohammad Bin AbdulAziz Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. He is a working member of the “Daem” provider support initiative of the Saudi Commission of Health Specialties. His academic interests include the residency training environment and low-cost simulation.

Consultant of Emergency Medicine-Rashid Hospital Trauma Center
UAE

PRESIDENT-ELECT: AMERICAN ACADEMY OF EMERGENCY MEDICINE
Director- Division of Research, Division of Diversity
United States

Dr. Lisa Moreno is Professor of Emergency Medicine, Director of Research, Diversity, and the Latino Scholars Program at Louisiana State University- New Orleans. She is President-elect of the American Academy of Emergency Medicine and an NIH Research Scholar. Her multiple awards include the SAEM Martin Leadership Award, Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Professionalism Award, CORD Distinguished Educator Award, ADIEM Outstanding Academician Award, AAMC Healthcare Executive Diversity & Inclusion Certificate, and the Order of the IFEM.The recipient of many research grants, Prof. Moreno has over 500 academic presentations, 45 publications, 6 book chapters, and two authored textbooks. Her research interests include HIV, violence prevention and treatment, diversity and healthcare disparities. She has mentored over 300 students, residents and junior faculty around the world. A global health consultant and educator, she has served in over 20 countries, focusing on the development of research and elimination of healthcare disparities for women, underrepresented minorities, and the under-resourced.

Consultant Emergency Physician Head of Department at Sheikh Khalifa Medical City Ajman (SKMCA)
UAE

Emergency Medicine Consultant and HoD at Sheikh Khalifa Medical City Ajman. South African trained and previously worked as a Consultant Emergency Physician in Cape Town, South Africa from 2011-2017
Clinical interests include emergency cardiology, point of care ultrasound and everything critical care Absolutely love ECGs. Co-founder and director of the EMECG course
Passionate about teaching and education with a keen interest in simulation based learning

Director-General of the Global Center for Mass Gatherings Medicine (GCMGM), Ministry of Health
Saudi Arabia

Dr. Khan is currently the Director-General of the Global Center for Mass Gatherings Medicine (GCMGM), Ministry of Health, Saudi Arabia, a WHO Collaborative Center. In addition, he is an Associate Professor and Attending of Emergency and Disaster Medicine at King Saud University (KSU). He earned his MBBS from the College of Medicine and his Master of Health Administration (MHA) from the College of Business, at KSU. He got his residency training in Emergency Medicine in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, and became Saudi and Arab Boards certified. After that, he went to pursue his fellowship in Disaster Medicine at Harvard and became an active member of the Harvard Arab Alumni (HAA), and Saudi Harvard Alumni Club. Moreover, he got certified as a Project Management and Healthcare Quality.
Dr. Khan participated in many national committees. He has published more than 50 articles in peer-reviewed journals, and the founding Chairman of MENA Chapter of World Association for Disaster and Emergency Medicine (WADEM), . In addition, he lectured at many international conferences and universities in Saudi Arabia and the United States. Lastly, he is the founding fellowship program director of EMS/Disaster Medicine at KSU.

UAE

UAE

Neha Hudlikar is currently in her final year of Emergency Medicine residency training at Zayed Military Hospital, United Arab Emirates. She is the member of organizing committee of Emirates Society of Emergency Medicine (ESEM). Her interests in EM include trauma, disaster medicine, point-of-care ultrasound and development of EM in resource limited settings. She also serves as the associate editor for the ESEM Newsletter and is a blog author in the Internal Emergency Medicine Education Project.

Further to this, she is an anticipated author in the second edition of the e-book : Emergency Medicine Clerkship by iEM. She has volunteered with the United Nations Online Volunteering Program.

She is also the member of the Organizing Committee for National Campaigns in the UAE including Cervical Cancer Awareness, Polio Campaigns, Autism Awareness Drive , & Zero Hour Project for HIV/AIDS Awareness.

She completed her Bachelor in Medicine and Bachelor in Surgery (M.B.B.S.) from RAK Medical University, UAE. Outside of medicine, she is an avid reader, political enthusiast, eco-activist, and an advocate of gender equality.

UAE

UAE

UAE

UAE

Consultant Emergency Physician
UAE

Dr. Ken Dittrich is a Canadian, Consultant ER physician with over 35 years post residency experience. He has been working at the Sheikh Khalifa Medical City in Abu Dhabi since 2003. Prior to that he worked 16 years at the King Abdulaziz Medical City in Riyahd, Saudi Arabia.

He completed his residency training in Emergency Medicine , at the Oregon Health Science University, USA in 1984. He has his American Boards in Emergency Medicine, and as well is a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians ( Specialty in Emergency Medicine ) of Canada. He has a special interest in Trauma care and in education.