Consultant, Pediatric Emergency Department
Saudi Arabia

A pediatric emergency consultant at King Fahad Medical City (KFMC)
Chairperson of undergraduate simulation at Center for Research Education and Simulation Enhanced Training (CRESENT) in KFMC
Pediatric emergency fellowship program director
Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS) instructor
A board member of SSSH Head of publicity and advertisement
An organizer of the volunteer group in the pediatric residency program (Cheerful Children Cain). I am also the simulation Pediatric emergency fellowship director since March 2018, I run simulation courses for pediatric residents, Pediatric emergency departments, and the founder of the PASS Course in CRESENT, FDSIM-Advance Debriefing course.
A graduated from the KFMC pediatric residency program then pediatric emergency fellowship, pediatric emergency Fellowship at Sickkids, Toronto, 2013. Simulation fellowship at University of Calgary, Alberta Children Hospital, KIDSIM Pediatric Simulation, 2014.
Speake in several conferences regionally and internationally, focusing in medical simulation such as in IMSH2014, IMSH2016, W21C SIMposium in Calgary 2014, simulation summit Toronto2014, 1st Saudi Health Simulation Conference workshop 2015, Princess Nourah bint Mohamed bin Saud Al Saud, Nov2017, Saudi Health Simulation Conference workshops 2018, Saudi Health Simulation Conference workshops. Board members in the scientific committee in conferences such as SASEM2018.
Examiner at the Saudi Council for Health Specialties
Faculty in Simulation courses at KFMC:
-Instructor/cofounder at workshop Basic Medical Simulation Course for Educators at KFMC
-Instructor/cofounder at workshop FDSIM (faculty development of simulation
- breaking bad news simulation workshop instructor as well cofounder
- Lumbar Puncture simulation hands on course as facilitator
- Intensive Simulation for Pedia R1 Intensive Simulation for Pedia R1
- PASS (Pediatric Advance simulation scenarios workshop (founder, facilitator)
- PASS (Pediatric Advance simulation scenarios workshop (founder, facilitator)
-FDSIM debrief like an expert (founder, facilitator)
volunteering lecturer at Virtual Medical academy (VMA) which is nonprofit organization aiming to spread the knowledge virtually. I am member at Child Support Committee nonprofit organization an organization that helps and support psychological wellbeing of children and their parents.

Chair, UAEU Human Research Ethics Committee
Head, Trauma Research Group
UAE

MD, FACS, FRCS, PhD, Dip Applied Statistics

Professor Fikri Abu-Zidan, the head of the Trauma Group at United Arab Emirates University, is an Acute Care Surgeon who graduated (MD) from Aleppo University (Syria) in 1981 and was awarded the FRCS, Glasgow, Scotland in 1987. He achieved his PhD in Trauma and Disaster Medicine from Linkoping University (Sweden) in 1995 and obtained his Postgraduate Diploma of Applied Statistics from Massey University (New Zealand) (1999). His clinical experience included treating war injured patients during the Second Gulf War (1990). He has been promoting the use of Point-of-Care Ultrasound (POCUS) for more than thirty years in which he is a World Leader. Furthermore, he is an international expert on trauma experimental methodology developing novel clinically relevant animal models. Establishing experimental surgical research in Auckland University, New Zealand, has led to a strong successful PhD Program.
He has made major contributions to trauma management, education and research in Kuwait, Sweden, New Zealand, Australia and UAE. He authored more than 400 publications, presented more than 600 invited lectures and abstracts, and received 38 national and international awards including the Emergency Surgeon Award (ORAZIO CAMPIONE PRIZE) of the World Society of Emergency Surgery (2020) and the Abu Dhabi Medical Research Distinction Award (2013). He has been honored last year and granted one of the first 20 long-term Golden visas for scientists in UAE to the winners and finalists of Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Medal for Scientific Excellence which was issued by the UAE Cabinet 2019. He is serving as the Statistics Editor of World Journal of Emergency Surgery and European Journal of Trauma and Emergency Surgery.

EM specialist
Deputy & Associate program director of Tawam EM residency program
UAE

Consultant Emergency Physician with;
Medicine Bachelor and Bachelor of Surgery from UAEU -2009
Jordanian Board of Emergency Medicine -2015
Executive Master of Healthcare Administration from ZU - 2017

Currently working as attending EM specialist, Deputy and Associate Program Director of Emergency Medicine Residency Program at Tawam Hospital.
As well as carrying responsibility for ED administrative duties. Such as member of the following committees: blood utilization committee, M & M hospital wide committee, Preparedness & business continuity committee, activity-based mandate committee, graduate medical education committee.

Also, a member of the UAE National Institute of Health Specialties – Emergency Medicine of the UAE ministry of Health & Higher Education.

Chair, Emergency Medicine Institute | Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi
UAE

Jacques W. Kobersy, MD, is Chair of the Emergency Medicine Institute at Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi.

Prior to joining Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, Dr. Kobersy worked at the Good Samaritan Hospital in Washington State, US, where he became a member of the Board of Directors for the Emergency Physicians group, as well as the Assistant Medical Director for the Emergency Department.

Previously, he was an Attending Physician at St. Joseph Mercy Hospital in Ann Arbor, Michigan, US, where he became Board Certified in Emergency Medicine. In parallel to this, Dr. Kobersy also served as the Medical Director of Canton Medical Center. He has also served as the Medical Director of several Fire and EMS Districts in Washington.

Dr. Kobersy received his medical degree in 2002 from the University of Michigan. He was then accepted into an academic Emergency Medicine Residency, also at the University of Michigan, where he served as Chief Resident. He is a Fellow of the American College of Emergency Physicians and the American Academy of Emergency Medicine.

Emergency Medicine Consultant
Head of Training& Development
Global Center for Mass Gatherings Medicine
Ministry of Health,
Saudi Arabia

Thrilled about Emergency Medicine since childhood, graduated from the Saudi Board of Emergency Medicine & Arab Board of Emergency Medicine, I have been enjoying working in the emergency field for the past few years. Recently, joined the Global Center for Mass Gatherings Medicine, Ministry of Health, Saudi Arabia to be part of a leading project in the Mass Gatherings Medicine. I had the honor to be part of the team documenting “The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s Experience in Health Preparedness and Response to COVID-19 Pandemic” which I will be delighted to share such an experience.

Emergency MedicinePhysician/Trauma Team Leader
Canada

Dr. Nemeth started his post-graduate training in pediatric and internal medicine transitioning eventually into emergency medicine. He has been an attending physician at the McGill University Health Centre's Montreal General Hospital, Royal Victoria Hospital and Montreal Children's Hospital since 2001.

Besides adult and pediatric emergency medicine, he has a passion for trauma. He has been a trauma team leader since the inception of the TTL program at the MGH in 2005. He is also the fellowship director of the TTL fellowship.

Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine University of North Carolina
United States

Dr. Tintinalli is a professor and founding chair of the Department of Emergency Medicine at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
She was president of the American Board of Emergency Medicine (1989-1990), the founding president of the Council of Emergency Medicine Residency Directors, and past-president of the Association of Academic Chairs of Emergency Medicine (2006-2007). . She is editor in chief of Tintinalli’s Emergency Medicine and AccessEmergencyMedicine (McGraw Hill Education).
She was elected to the National Academy of Sciences, Institute of Medicine in 1997. She was elected to the Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society in April, 2017, by the University of North Carolina School of Medicine. In October 2018 the American College of Emergency Physicians named one of the society’s key leadership awards the Judith E. Tintinalli Award for Outstanding Contribution in Education. In 2019 she was named ‘Fellow of the International Federation of Emergency Medicine’ FIFEM.

SPECIALIST EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN
TOXICOLOGY CONSULTATION SERVICE
RASHID HOSPITAL AND TRAUMA CENTER ,
UAE

Dr. Lara AbuMuaileq is an Emergency Physician working in Rashid Hospital and Trauma center, graduated from Dubai Medical College and finished her training of Emergency Medicine in Rashid Hospital and Trauma Center with Arab Board in Emergency Medicine in 2015 & European Board in Emergency Medicine in 2017.

Dr. Abu-Muaileq is one of the co-founders of the toxicology consultation service at Rashid Hospital and Trauma Center since 2015, HAZMAT instructor since 2017 and a Faculty member at Emergency Residency Program in Rashid Hospital. she has a special interest in toxicology and medical education and was a speaker in multiple scientific meeting

Associate Professor
University of Toronto,
Canada
MD, MBA, M Med Ed

Dr. Rahim Valani has been practicing emergency medicine in some of Canada’s busiest emergency departments for over 18 years. He is Associate Professor at the University of Toronto and is also the Chair of the Best Evidence in Emergency Medicine program.

Dr. Valani has a strong interest in medical education, specifically in curriculum development, including inter-professional education, international medical education and development of educational plans. Dr. Valani also holds a Masters in Medical Education and an MBA from the Wharton School of Business, with specializations in operations, finance and strategic management. He is currently implementing data driven decision processes in the clinical realm to improve patient outcomes and metrics.

Associate Staff Physician | Emergency Medicine Institute | Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi
UAE

Shaza Karrar is an Arab Board Certified Emergency Medicine Physician currently at Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi and a Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine at Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University in Ohio, USA. Originally a graduate of Sharjah University Shcool of Medicine, and Zayed Military Hospital Residency program, with multiple local and regional residents Awards. She's actively Serving as the Editor-in-Cheif of the Emirates Society for Emergency Medicine (ESEM) Newsletters, and Advocates for Medical Education, as she Founded and Created one of the first regional podcast platforms supporting FOAMed and FOAMTox, with a profound interest in Toxicology and Disaster Medicine.

Chairman, Medeor Institute of Emergency Medicine, Medeor Hospitals, Delhi NCR
India

MBBS, FEM-RCGP (UK), MRCS (EDIN), FRSM (London)
Dr Tamorish Kole is the Chairman of Medeor Institute of Emergency Medicine at Medeor Hospitals, Delhi NCR & Medical Director, Medeor Hospital, Manesar, Gurgaon, India. He is the past president of the Society for Emergency Medicine, India; President of Asian Society for Emergency Medicine & Chair of Disaster Medicine Special Interest Group of International Federation for Emergency Medicine. He also serves as a Visiting Professor at University of South Wales in UK. Dr. Kole is also an alumnus of The International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP is the U.S. Department of State’s premier professional exchange program) for the year 2013 in Crisis and Disaster Management. His interest areas are emergency care system development, academic emergency medicine, Clinical governance, resuscitation Science, trauma care, mass Gathering medical Care, pandemic response and trauma care.

I am an emergency physician and currently serving as Chairman of Medeor Institute of Emergency Medicine at Medeor Hospitals, Delhi NCR, India & Medical Director, Medeor Hospital, Manesar, Gurgaon, India. I am also the past president of the Society for Emergency Medicine, India; President of Asian Society for Emergency Medicine & Chair of Disaster Medicine Special Interest Group of International Federation for Emergency Medicine. I also serve as a Visiting Professor at University of South Wales in UK. I am an alumnus of The International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP is the U.S. Department of State’s premier professional exchange program) (http://eca.state.gov/ivlp ) for the year 2013 in Crisis and Disaster Management.

My interest areas are emergency care system development, academic emergency medicine, Clinical governance, resuscitation Science, trauma care, mass Gathering medical Care, pandemic response and trauma care.

Chair of Department
ER-Trauma Center-MEERTC(Dep) - Medical Affairs
Tawam Hospital
UAE

Thiagarajan Jaiganesh is currently the Chairman & Consultant in Adult & Pediatric Emergency Medicine. He is also the Adjunct Assistant Professor of UAE University and the Director of EM Residency Program.
He is the Section Editor & Chapter Author for various books including the Oxford Handbook for Medical School. He also has published numerous peer reviewed EM related articles.
Apart from this, he is an instructor in various life support courses and is an invited speaker in numerous national and international conferences.

Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine Director, International Postdoctoral Fellowship in Medical Toxicology Emory University
United States

MD, FAAEM, FACEP, FACMT, FAACT Dr. Kazzi trained in Emergency Medicine at Emory University in Atlanta (2000-03) where he served as a chief resident before completing a subspecialty fellowship in Medical Toxicology at Emory University, Georgia Poison Center and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta. He is board certified in both Emergency Medicine and Medical Toxicology. Dr. Kazzi joined the Department of Emergency Medicine at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) between 2005 and 2008 where he served as a Medical Toxicologist for the Regional Poison Control Center in Birmingham and the Alabama Poison Center. Currently, he is an associate professor at the department of Emergency Medicine at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia as well as the director of the International Toxicology Fellowship Program at Emory University. He is also the assistant medical director of the Georgia Poison Center and a guest researcher at the National Center for Environmental Health at the CDC where he participates in emergency preparedness and response activities in radiation.

As an emergency physician and toxicologist, Dr. Kazzi specializes in the recognition, triage, and management of poisonings and holds a deep interest in the areas of Radiation and International Toxicology. He founded and chaired the American Academy of Clinical Toxicology Radiation Interest Group since 2009. He is currently serving as a board member of the American College of Medical Toxicology (ACMT) and the Medical Toxicology Foundation. He chairs the ACMT Clerkship Council and International Committees. Dr. Kazzi has extensively lectured at National and International conferences and developed several curricula and training programs in emergency preparedness and response. He is an active and founding board member of the Middle East North Africa Toxicology Association and currently serves as its President."

Associate Clinical Professor, Division of Emergency Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON
Canada

Dr. Suneel Upadhye (MD MSc FRCPC) is an Associate Professor in Emergency Medicine and Health Research Methods/Evidence/Impact at McMaster University (Hamilton, Canada). He is the inaugural Research Lead for the EM Researchers of Niagara (EMRoN), and works clinically in Niagara Regional Campus of McMaster Medical School. He is also a founding member of the Best Evidence in Emergency Medicine (BEEM) program since 2005. He has been the Chair of the Standards Committee for the Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians (CAEP) since 2009. His research interests (and numerous peer-reviewed publications) include evidence-based medicine, clinical practice guidelines, knowledge translation and EM quality improvement. He is an award-winning educator and lecturer, and has presented at EM conferences worldwide. Recreationally, he is an avid scuba diver (certified in diving medicine), and a jazz music enthusiast.

Chairman Dept. of Emergency Medicine,
Saudi Arabia

Dr. Aldawood is chair of the Emergency Medicine Department at King Saud University Medical City in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. He works as an assistant professor and consultant in the Emergency Medicine Department and works as a Critical Care Medicine consultant in the same institute. He is heavily involved in the department's administrative and educational activities.

Dr. Aldawood received his medical degree from King Saud University, then pursued his postgraduate residency training in Emergency Medicine at McGill University in 2014, followed by a fellowship in Critical Care Medicine also at McGill University in 2016. He is interested in caring for the critically ill patient, Point of Care Ultrasound, EMS, and Emergency Administration.

Consultant Pediatric Emergency
Royal Medical Services
Bahrain

Dr. Ghada Al Qassim is the First Female in the Kingdom of Bahrain Graduating with Pediatric Emergency. She is a Fellow of Saudi Council for Health Specialties (SCHS). She is also a Consultant for Pediatric Emergency at the Bahrain Defence Force of Royal Medical Services.
Further to this, she is also the Chairperson of Emergency Medicine Department – Bahrain Defence Force Hospital of Royal Medical Services. She is currently the President of Bahrain Medical Society.
She is a Senior Lecturer & Examiner in Pediatric Emergency Medicine at the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Bahrain.

Consultant Emergency Physician
Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine
Mohammed Bin Rashid University of Medicine & Health Sciences
UAE

MBBS, FACEP, ARDMS
Dr. Buhumaid is an Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine at Mohammed Bin Rashid University of Medicine & Health Sciences. She is the general secretary of the Emirates Society of Emergency Medicine. She completed her residency training in Emergency Medicine at George Washington University, Washington D.C., as well as an Emergency Ultrasound fellowship in Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, USA. Currently she is pursuing Masters of Medical Education from Dundee University. Dr. Buhumaid is active in point of care ultrasound education in the Middle East region and has taught numerous regional and international workshops.

Chair Departement of Emergency Medicine Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel and
Research Group on Emergency and Disaster Medicine Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Belgium

Ives Hubloue, MD, PhD, CEDE, FESEM.
Chair of the Department of Emergency Medicine of the Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel (UZ Brussel) and of the Research Group on Emergency and Disaster Medicine at the Medical School of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (ReGEDiM Brussels).
He graduated in Medicine at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (Belgium) in 1988 and started a residency in Internal Medicine (finished in 1993) followed by a training in emergency, intensive care and disaster medicine (finished in 1995). In 2003 he obtained his PhD in Medical Sciences. As professor at the medical school of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel he is involved in the teaching program for medical students (undergraduate and graduate). He is also the program director for the residency training in emergency medicine training (postgraduate) at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel. Besides this he is a Faculty member and Chair of the Strategic Management Board of the European Master in Disaster Medicine (EMDM, www.dismedmaster.com) course.

Consultant Emergency Medicine
Royal Commission for Jubail & Yanbu
Health Service Program
Jubail
Saudi Arabia

DR Amjad Obeid is Emergency Medicine Board Certified since 2008 with Experience in Emergency Medicine for more than 20 years . Currently working as Consultant Adult Emergency Medicine & Disaster in Royal Commission Hospital in Jubail.
Dr. Obeid is the Chief Medical officer of Bahrain Motor Federation responsible for Bahrain Grand Prix Race ( F1 ) and all the FIA car racing since 2006. He is a member of the FIA medical Commission since 2008 . Dr Obeid was nominated to be the Chief medical officer (CMO) for India Grand Prix for 2011 2012 and was nominated to train and to be the Chief Medical Officer of Baku . In addition to that Dr Obeid was also the nominated to be the CMO for Addriyah Formula E in Riyadh in 2018.
Dr. Obeid has good experience in Road Safety and Injury Prevention and worked as WHO focal point for seven years and was the National data co-ordinator for the three global reports on Road Safety published by WHO.
Dr Obeid and is a senior instructor certified by American Heart Association for BLS,ACLS , PALS & PEARS & a certified instructor by the American College of Surgeon for PHTLS & ATL S and Currently is one of the teaching faculty of the Saudi Board Residency Program ( SBEM) in the Royal Commission Hospital in Jubail. – KSA .

Head of Poison Control Section
Department of Environmental and Occupational Health
Ministry of Health
Middle East and North Africa Clinical Toxicology Association, Treasurer
Oman

Dr Al Hatali is the head of the poison control section, Environmental and Occupational Health Department, at the Ministry of Health in Oman. She also serves as the Middle East and North Africa Association of Medical Toxicology (MENATOX) Treasurer. She is an Acting consultant in the Emergency Medicine Department at Royal Hospital. She graduated from Oman Medical Specialty Board in 2012 as well as certified by the Arab Emergency Medicine Board. She finished her Post Doctoral Fellowship in medical toxicology at Emory University and the Georgia Poison Center  in Atlanta, GA USA in 2014. She has lectured in countries around the world and has numerous awards to her credit. Dr Al Hatali has a true passion for Toxicology.

Emergency Physician
Zayed Military Hospital
UAE

Dr. Omar Ghazanfar has completed his MBBS at the age of 25 years from Karachi University and subsequently spent 13 years in the UK at initially in Surgery and subsequently Emergency Medicine before moving to the U.A.E in 2015 as an Emergency Medicine Physician His sub-specialty interest is disaster medicine and he has completed the Advanced Masters in Disaster Medicine (EMDM) which is a dual Masters from the University of Del Piemonte Italy and the Vrije University in Brussles. He has also completed a fellowship from Oxford in appraisals and performance management before working for NHS England in an advisory role. He is Co-Chair of Trauma at the Zayed Military Hospital and Chief Editor of the Emirates Society of Emergency Medicine Published monthly .Dr Ghazanfar has also a keen interest in Medical Leadership and has completed the Edward Jenner Leadership degree from the NHS Leadership Academy.He is also a Fellow of the Institute of Leadership and Management.

Consultant Emergency Medicine
Sheikh Khalifa General Hospital
Umm Al Quwain
UAE

MBChB, MSc (Surgical Sciences), FRCS(Ed), FRCEM, CCT, CEDE, FFSEM(I)

I am Emergency Medicine Consultant and former HoD at Sheikh Khalifa General Hospital – Umm Al Quwain (UAE) and before that worked as Emergency Medicine Consultant in the United Kingdom from 2010 to 2014.
I completed Emergency Medicine Specialty CCT training in London Deanery's training program from 2004-2010, including pre-hospital emergency medicine via the Kent Surrey Sussex HEMS.
I am interested in medical education especially simulation and regular participate and organize regional workshops, symposia and webinars through my hospital and the Northern Emirates Emergency Club that I founded. I also regularly moderate sessions and speak at Emirate Society of Emergency Medicine Scientific conferences and have served as Chair of the Arab Health Emergency Medicine conference in 2019.
I have been an ATLS instructor since 2003 and also held instructor status in UK Resuscitation Council's ALS and APLS.
I was awarded 'Distinguished Specialist' at the Annual HEALTH MAGAZINE-DUBAI HEALTH AUTHORITY awards 2018.

MD, MedEd-PGDip, FEMAT, FIFEM

Chair, Internal Medicine, UAEU College of Medicine and Health Sciences
Core-faculty, Tawam Emergency Medicine Residency Program
Al Ain, UAE

Emergency physician and academician (United Arab Emirates University College of Medicine and Health Sciences) who interested in international emergency medicine, medical education, point of care ultrasound and trauma. Department Chair, Internal Medicine. Core-faculty in Tawam Emergency Medicine Residency program. Founder and Director of International Emergency Medicine Education Project - iem-student.org. Founding editor of acilci.net. Vice-Chair of IFEM Core Curriculum and Education Committee and board member of the Asian Society for Emergency Medicine.

EM Specialty Physician
Luton & Dunstable NHS University Hospital
United Kingdom

Dr. Sajjad Pathan has completed his MBBS from Maharashtra in 2002 and has obtained a Master’s in Health Services Administration from the Midwestern State University, Texas in 2010. He has obtained his Membership and Fellowship from the Royal College of Emergency Medicine, UK. He’s also a European Board Certified in Emergency Medicine. After gaining some EM and Trauma experience in the US, he had relocated to India to advance his career. Later, he worked at the beautiful city of Abu Dhabi at ZMH as an EM Physician for more than 2 years. Currently, he is working at the Luton & Dunstable NHS University Hospital as an EM Specialty Physician. His professional interests are Emergency Ultrasound, Difficult airway management, & medical education. Throughout his emergency medicine shifts, he cherishes the challenge to make aggressive, life-changing decisions determining the welfare of my patients during their most frightening times.

Mission Statement:
Education and Knowledge should flow freely to cherish the minds and empower the young brigade of Emergency Medicine Physicians worldwide.

Consultant in Emergency Medicine,
South Devon Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust Torbay Hospital
United Kingdom

Dr Grzegorz Waligora, is the Consultant in Emergency Medicine, currently appointed in South Devon Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust Torbay Hospital Emergency Department. He has completed his MD and PhD (Postdoctoral Degree in Clinical Cardiology) in Wroclaw Medical University, where he had been appointed as an English Division Faculty Teaching Fellow, and founded International Student Association for Emergency Medicine (EMISA). He has completed his postgraduate residency training in Internal Medicine and Emergency Medicine in Poland and USA.

He is an active member of the International Federation for Emergency Medicine (IFEM) Clinical Practice Committee, IFEM Research Committee, IFEM Core Curriculum and Educational Committee, IFEM Quality and Safety Special Interest Group, and has been appointed as a Deputy Chair of International Federation for Emergency Medicine Trauma Special Interest Group.

Dr Grzegorz Waligora serves as an American Academy of Emergency Medicine Clinical Practice Committee member, peer-reviewer and author of CPC Clinical Policy Statements, American Collage of Emergency Physician - Ambassador Program - Liaison to Poland, and The Journal of Emergency Medicine Reviewer.

Dr Grzegorz Waligora recently has been appointed as an Official Speaker, abstract reviewer and sessions moderator for MEMC – GREAT 2017 Conference (Mediterranean Emergency Medicine Congress jointly organized by the American Academy of Emergency Medicine (AAEM), the Global Research on Acute Conditions Team (GREAT), and the Mediterranean Academy of Emergency Medicine (MAEM), and had an appointment as an Official Speaker of International Conference of Emergency Medicine in Mexico City ICEM 2018 organized by jointly by the International Federation of Emergency Medicine and SMME.

His main area of interest is new and advance technology application in emergency medicine care operations globally.

Professor of Emergency Medicine at the University of Ghent,
Belgium

MD, PhD, FCCM, FAAP, FACEP

CURRENT POSITION AND AFFILIATION:

• Clinic Chief of the Emergency Department at UZ Ghent, Belgium.
• Professor of Critical Care Medicine at the University of Ghent.
• Professor of Pediatrics and Critical Care Medicine at the “Vrije Universiteit Brussel” Brussels Belgium
• Chairman of the Cerebral Resuscitation Research Group, Belgium.
• Past President of the Belgian Society of Emergency and Disaster Medicine
• Executive member of center of neuroscience of the VUB, Brussels, Belgium
• Coordination of the skills lab and simulation center at the VUB and UZ Ghent.
• European “Council member of the pediatric section of the European Society of Emergency Medicine (EuSEM)°
• Member of the National Accreditation Board of Emergency Medicine
• Belgian representative at UEMS

Publisher, Reviewer of International and National Journals
Published clinical studies extensively in peer-reviewed international publications, as well as acted as reviewer for different journals of Emergency Medicine (reviewer of 6 journals).
Well established on the international lecture circuit as moderator and speaker in numerous international critical and intensive care meetings over the past two decades.

Chair, Department of Emergency Medicine Director, Emergency Medicine Critical Care. Mount Sinai Medical Center.
United States

MD, FAAEM, FCCM.
David A. Farcy, MD is the Chair of the Department of Emergency Medicine and Director of Emergency Medicine Critical Care at Mount Sinai Medical Center in Miami Beach, Florida.

Dr. Farcy\'s interest in medicine began as a medic in the US Air Force (in 1990); leading to a career in Emergency Medicine and Critical Care. After graduating from Texas Tech University (1996), Dr. Farcy attended medical school at Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara in Guadalajara, Mexico, obtaining his Medical Degree (2000). Dr. Farcy then completed his Emergency Medicine Residency at Maimonides Medical Center in Brooklyn, New York (in 2005), followed by a prestigious fellowship in Emergency Medicine/Critical Care at R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center in Baltimore, Maryland.

In 2006, Dr. Farcy joined Mount Sinai Medical Center as an attending and served as Medical Director of the Surgical Intensivist for seven years, pursuing his passion to educate the medical community, while being the voice of the sick, and always striving to improve patient care. In 2012, he was appointed Chairman of the hospital’s Department of Emergency Medicine.

Dr. Farcy is a recognized national and international speaker and author of several published medical papers and a textbook on emergency medicine critical care. His interests are in critical care medicine, cardiac arrest, ECLS, resuscitation and disaster medicine. “I have dedicated my career to medical education, process flow and departmental efficiency with the goal of improving patient outcomes,” Dr. Farcy says. “I am a strong believer that communication is integral in improving and reducing medical errors . I believe that each member of the medical team is a crucial part of the system and that a multidisciplinary approach to healthcare is the key to improve processes to maximize patient outcomes and satisfaction.”

Dr. Farcy is currently served as President of the American Academy of Emergency (2017-2020) and he is currently the Immediate Past President for the American Academy of Emergency Medicine (2020-present) and has served on that Board of Directors since 2015. He represents AAEM on various national committees and coalitions. Dr. Farcy has also held various leadership positions in the Florida Chapter of AAEM (2011-present).

Dr. Farcy is the Academic Vice Chair and Associate Professor for the Department of Emergency Medicine & Critical Care at Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine, Florida International University. In this role, Dr. Farcy is actively involved in the education of medical students and residents, medical simulation and faculty development.

Dr. Farcy is dedicated to aiding in crisis relief efforts and has responded to multiple international disasters including Hurricane Andrew (Miami, 1992), the earthquake in Querétaro (Mexico, 1996), September 11 (New York City, 2001), Hurricane Mitch (Nicaragua, 2003), the earthquake in Port au Prince (Haiti, 2010), Hurricane Matthew (Orlando, 2016), Hurricane Irma (Florida Keys, 2017) and Hurricane Maria (San Juan, 2017). Covid-19 Pandemic response March 2020 to present. Dr. Farcy has received awards for his leadership and relief efforts, including the Shock Trauma Hero Award (2007), the AAEM Joe Lex Educator of the Year Award (2015) and the Heroes of the Year Award (2018) from the City of Miami Beach honoring first responders

Director, Research Center in Emergency and Disaster Medicine and Computer Science, Università del Piemonte Orientale, Novara
Italy

Prof. Francesco Della Corte is the founder of the European Master in Disaster Medicine with 15 years life and more than 450 Alumni. He is also the director of the Residency Program of Anesthesia and Critical Care at the University of Eastern Piedmont, Novara, Italy.
Further to this, he is also founder and organizers of the Mediterranean Emergency Medicine Conference. He is also an instructor of Basic Life Support and Defibrillation (BLS - D), Advanced Life Support (ACLS) and Advanced Airway Management, AOU Maggiore Della Carita, Novara.
He completed his Degree in Medicine and Surgery from Catholic University, Faculty of Medicine, Rome in 1979.

Clinical Assistant Professor Medical Director King Khalid University Hospital Head of Saudi Counsil for Emergency Medicine Head of Arab Board for Emergency Medicicne
Saudi Arabia

Dr. Abdullah Al Sakka is the clinical assistant professor and Medical Director at King Khalid University Hospital. He was also the Head of Saudi Council and Head of Arab Board for Emergency Medicine. He has completed his M.B.B.S from College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, SA, in 1997.
He has received an award for Best Resident - 2001-2002 by the Saudi Board of Emergency Medicine. He is accredited by the Saudi Board of Emergency Medicine, Arab Board of Emergency Medicine and Jordanian Board of Emergency Medicine.

President of MASTEM & Head of Dept,
Emergency Medicine Dept,
Hospital Kuala Lumpur Malaysia

Prof. Dato’ Sri Dr. Abu Hassan Asaari Bin Abdullah is the Founder and Father of Emergency Medical & Trauma Service for Malaysia. He is also the Founder and Past President of College of Emergency Medicine.
Prof. Dato’ Sri Dr. Abu Hassan Asaari Bin Abdullah completed his M.B.B.S from University Malaya in 1983. Further to this, he also did Diploma of Sports Medicine from the University of London in 1991.He did his certification of Instructorship in Advance Trauma Life Course in 1992. He became a member of American College of Emergency Physician in 2008.

Lebanon

UK
President of RCEM

Consultant Physician
Medical Division
Sheikh Shakhbout Medical City
UAE

Dr. Danish Muhammad Sami is a Consultant for Emergency Medicine at Sheikh Shakhbout Medical City, Abu Dhabi. With 16 years of experience, he specializes in Trauma Care as well as Adult and Pediatric Resuscitation.
He completed MRCS in 2007 from Royal College of Surgeons in Glassgow, UK. Further to this, he completed MRCEM and FRCEM from Royal College of Emergency Medicine, UK in 2007 and 2011, respectively. He is a certified Medical Appraiser, an ATLS Instructor and Speaker at International Conferences.

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

Consultant Physician,
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.

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 University 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)

Emergency and Medical Toxicology Consultant
Emergency Medicine Program Director, Military Hospital,
Southern Region
Saudi Arabia

MUSA S. ALFAIFI, MBBS, FELLOWSHIP IN MEDICAL TOXICOLOGY
PROGRAM DIRECTOR OF EMERGENCY MEDICINE RESIDENCY, ARMED FORCES HOSPITAL SOUTHERN REGION(AFHSR)
FACULTY OF EMERGENCY AND MEDICAL TOXICOLOGY, ASIR CENTRAL HOSPITAL AND AFHSR

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.

Professor Pediatrics
School of Medicine. St Louis University
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.

Assistant Professor of Clinical Specialty - Emergency Medicine,
American University of Beirut
Lebanon

Experienced emergency physician, trained in Detroit and Houston. Skilled in Point of care Ultrasound, Medical Education, Critical Care, and Emergency Medicine. I am currently the EM residency program director at the American University of Beirut. Strong interest in developing Emergency Medicine and POCUS in the Middle East

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

Emergency Medicine Consultant at Zayed Military Hospital and Sheikh Shakhbout Medical City
UAE

Dr. Abdulla Alhmoudi is an American Board certified Emergency Medicine Consultant at Zayed Military Hospital and Sheikh Shakhbout Medical City. A Fellow of Extreme Environmental Medicine with a special interest mountain medicine, diving medicine and military medicine. 

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)

Consultant Physician,
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 and Consultant
and Head of Emergency Department,
Al Qassimi Hospital,
UAE

He obtained the Canadian Board in 2010 and a fellowship in Pediatric Emergency in 2012. He has more than 17 years’ experience and his daily work requires urgent intervention to save children who encounter a sudden stop in the circulatory and respiratory systems or severe injuries by immediate resuscitation and some simple operations.

Emergency Medicine Physician,
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

Dr.Jufaili works at Sultan Qaboos University Hospital & College of Medicine as Senior consultant Emergency Physicians and the current HOD of the emergency department. I completed Med school at SQU in 1997, Residency and Fellowship in sports medicine from McGill University 2008. Enrolled in the Master program of Med education at Maastricht University. Previous program director of EM program at Oman Medical Specialty Board , Director of Education department. The former HOD of Royal Hospital Emergency Department. I'm the chairman of the Sports medicine committee of Oman Olympic committee & the team physician for the Oman national football team. I'm a FFSEM at the Faculty of Sports and Exercise Medicine, RCPI & RCSI.I had several publications in local and international journals and worked as a reviewer for several journals. Presented at a number of local and international conferences.

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.

Nurse Educator – NMC Ruwais Hospital,
UAE

Ahmad Al Younes, RN completed his bachelor’s degree in nursing at Jordan university of science and technology – Jordan. With newly started pursual of his master degree in health professional education in Glasgow university - UK.
Ahmad Al Younes works as a Nurse Manger - Training & Development Unit in Ruwais Hospital, with being an active member of Ruwais hospital - Emergency response management team as a member and an instructor. An active instructor & site administrator of American heart association life support courses, Trauma and emergency, and ambulance trainings.
His clinical interests include CBRNE response, resuscitation, critical care, trauma management and medical education.

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.

Clinical Nurse, Nursing Division - Sheikh Shakhbout Medical City
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
United States

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.

Chair, Emergency Department, Al Ain Hospital
UAE

Dr Zia Danesh Jummani is working as the Chair of Emergency Department, Al Ain Hospital, UAE since July 2017. His previous assignment was working as Emergency Medicine Consultant in Queen’s hospital for BHRUT NHS Trust, UK after completing his Emergency Residency Programme and Fellowship (FRCEM) from The Royal College of Emergency Medicine, UK.
He recently completed his Master’s in Business Administration for Strategic Health and Social Care (MBA SHSC) through The Manchester Metropolitan University in May 2020.
His clinical interests include resuscitation, critical care, trauma management and medical education. As Emergency Medicine Consultant Physician, he relishes the challenge to manage acute undifferentiated presentations and lead a diverse team with professionalism to deliver high quality and evidence based treatment. He has a keen interest in International Hospital Management and Healthcare Quality Management.

EM Resident Physician,
Zayed Military Hospital
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.

Medical Resident Academic Affairs(PG Edu)-MEAFPE(Dep) - Medical Affairs Tawam Hospital
UAE

Emergency Resident Physician PGY2 training from Tawam Hospital Al Ain-UAE. Graduated from Liaquat National Medical College, Karachi-Pakistan, and worked in Aga Khan University Hospital during internship. Worked in various social services programs named Helping Hands and HOPES Foundation. Ambitious to complete critical care training as a fellowship in the future.

Medical Resident Medical Education - Medical Affairs Sheikh Khalifa Medical City
UAE

Medical Resident at Sheikh Khalifa Medical City
UAE

PGY-II Emergency Medicine Zayed Military Hospital- Abu Dhabi 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.

Emergency Medicine Consultant,
Chairperson of the Emergency & Disaster Preparedness Unit,
King Fahd University Hospital,
Al-Khobar / KSA
Saudi Arabia

Dr. Nisreen Hamza Maghraby graduated from the Royal College of Physicians and
Surgeons of Canada as an Emergency Medicine Specialist. Completed a two-year
fellowship in Trauma & Disaster Management at McGill University.
Currently, an Assistant Professor in EM/Trauma & Disaster Management, IAU. Full time Emergency Medicine Consultant, Chairperson of the Emergency & Disaster Preparedness Unit, King Fahd University Hospital, Al-Khobar / KSA & the Chairperson for the EM Saudi Board Exam Committee at SCFHS.
Dr. Nisreen holds two master’s degrees from McGill University. A Master of Arts (Education Psychology / Health Profession stream) & a Master’s in Management (International Masters for Health Leadership).
She is the Founder of the ED ECMO Team the 1st to our knowledge in the kingdom in addition to the EM Sim Team at KFHU/Alkhobar, which is an active team that provides education sessions via simulation for undergrad, postgrad & faculty members.
Her academic interests are Trauma, Health care facilities Disaster Preparedness, Medical Education/Simulation, Faculty Development & Research.

AF/SG Consultant,
Critical Care Medicine,
United States Air Force
United States

Terence Lonergan, M.D. is the Executive Director for Prehospital And Emergency Care for the Trauma Burns and Rehabilitation Medicine Program, a cooperative program between the militaries of the US and United Arab Emirates to improve interoperability and readiness. He received his medical degree in the US from the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey. He has completed residencies in Family Medicine, Emergency Medicine and is fellowship trained in Critical Care, and holds board certification in the latter two. A colonel in the US Air Force, he has served in a wide variety of academic, clinical and operational positions.

Cardiology Consultant,
Head of Department of Medicine,
Sheikh Khalifa Medical City of Ajman,
UAE

Consultant & Clinical governance lead
emergency department
Tawam Hospital Al Ain UAE

MB BS(Pak), MRCS(UK), FFSEM(Ire), FRCEM(UK)
Experienced consultant emergency physician with a demonstrated history of working in various leadership and clinical roles in the hospital and healthcare industry , I am passionate about patient care and quality improvement science .
As recognition for my passion towards quality improvement, I was awarded the UK national WOW award ' supporting frontline category' 2016 and was nominated for UK kent Surrey , Sussex ' leadership and innovation Award' 2017.
I graduated from Pakistan and completed my Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT) in emergency medicine from UK . After completing my training and fellowship exams from Royal College of emergency medicine I joined Ashford and St Peter's NHS trust surrey and worked as 'specialty lead' of the emergency department.
Since Aug 2017 working in Tawam Hospital Al Ain UAE as faculty consultant & clinical governance lead emergency medicine , I am also attached with the Department of internal medicine ( college of medicine & Health sciences Al Ain) as adjunct assistant professor . I teach in Advanced Cardiac Life Support Course and Advanced Trauma Life support course .currently living in the ' Garden city of UAE ' AL Ain with my wife and three adorable kids.

Senior Charge Nurse
Emergency Department - NURSING
Sheikh Khalifa Medical City
UAE

Asma Al Mesmari, BSc, RN Unit Manager at SKMC Emergency Department.   She obtained her bachelor in Science and Nursing from the University of Sharjah and MSc on Healthcare Management at RCSI.

Head of scientific council for Emergency Medicine in SCFHS
Associate professor Emergency medicine
Saudi Arabia

Graduate of the Canadian Board of Emergency medicine from The university of Ottawa in 2004.
Currently an associate professor at King saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences

He is the current Head of scientific council for Emergency Medicine in SCFHS.
He is also the current Dean of the College of public health and health informatics in KSAU-HS.

Physician | Emergency Medicine, International (EMS) & Disaster Medicine
Global & Public Health
Kuwait

Dr.Anwar Al-Awadhi is an attending staff physician at the department of emergency medicine at MKH-State of Kuwait. Anwar holds a strong interest in global health, emergency medicine and international disaster medical sciences mitigation, preparedness, mass casualty response, management and recovery, quality improvement, medical education, training, certification and credentialing, and health care access inequalities. He was involved in the Large Scale Emergency Readiness (LaSER) Project at the NYU Center for Catastrophe, Preparedness, and Response. Through his work at the Center for Disaster Medical Sciences at the University of California Irvine Medical Center (UCIMC), he collaborated with his supervisors to establish a standardized global disaster, emergency medicine & public health education, training, deployment and response to disaster events at the global arena. He also devotes time to establish and develop emergency medicine, disaster medical sciences, emergency medical services (EMS), global & public health training, education, credentialing and certification in the State of Kuwait. He has a passion for cost-effective, cost-benefit & cost-utility health system information technologies (HIT), such as the adoption of international standards in electronic health records (EHR) applications, virtual reality (VR), augmented intelligence (AI), telehealth, and among many other solutions & services, of which, has assisted to adopt and incorporate into the health system at the State of Kuwait.
Anwar obtained his medical degree from the Royal College of Surgeons (RCSI) in Ireland. He then moved to the United States to pursue clinical training in emergency medicine. Anwar completed his training at the New York University (NYU) / Bellevue Residency Program in Emergency Medicine, and is presently a diplomat of the American Board of Emergency Medicine (ABEM). He then pursued subspecialty training in International Disaster Medical Sciences / Emergency Medicine Services (EMS) at the University of California Irvine Medical Center (UCIMC) where he served as a Fellow. During his time in California, he also obtained a Master Degree in Public and Global Health at the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA).
He holds memberships at various professional organizations, including the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP). He is also the international emergency medicine ambassador of (ACEP) to the State of Kuwait. Anwar has helped to establish the Kuwait Board of Emergency Medicine (KBEM) & Telehealth System (Tele-medicine / Tele-trauma). His long term project, vision & mission is to establish the Unfired Command System in Disaster Management (UCSDM) at the State of Kuwait
He currently lives Kuwait, enjoys various water sports and other outdoor activities.

Sr Consultant- Emergency Department - Armed Forces Hispital ,
Muscat, Oman | Chairman Emergency Medicine
Residency Training Program - Oman Medical Specialty Board
Oman

MD :College of Medicine- Sultan Qaboos U
Residency : FRCPC - EM. U of Ottawa - Canada

Fellowship: FRCPC (PEM) Pediatric Emergency Medicine- U of Ottawa Canada

Main interest : Medical Education and POCUS

Consultant Allergist and Immunologist, Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi,
UAE

Dr. Nasir is a consultant allergist and immunologist at the Cleveland Clinic in Abu Dhabi, UAE. Dr. Nasir graduated from New York Medical College, USA; completed his internal medicine training at Barnes-Jewish Hospital and Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri, USA and his allergy and immunology fellowship at the University of Texas Galveston Branch, Texas, USA. During this time, he was actively involved in clinical trials involving patients with severe asthma, hereditary angiodema and primary immune deficiencies. Dr. Nasir is a Fellow of both the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology and the American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology.

Chief Medical Officer at GE Healthcare,
United States

Dr Jeff Hersh, MD, PhD is the Chief Medical Officer at GE Healthcare. He has an extensive background in engineering, science and medicine which includes a BS in Mechanical Engineering, an MS in Electrical Engineering, a PhD in Theoretical Physics as well as an MD. He is a board certified Internal Medicine, Pediatrics and Emergency Medicine physician with over 20 years of clinical experience.

Education Manager, Medical Europe, The Middle East & Africa Paramedic
United Kingdom

23 years experience as a UK Paramedic. Richard has a specialist interest in Resuscitation, Emergency ECGs and the debriefing of cardiac arrests. He is a faculty member of the elite ALS Boot Camp with Advanced Paramedic and Consultant Paramedic colleagues from the London Ambulance Service.
He is responsible for Pre-Hospital Medical Education across EMEA. This involves writing and delivering numerous internal and external education platforms for onboarding, tenured reps, distributors, agents and healthcare professionals. He is also the link between Stryker a number of European Key Opinion Leaders.

Chairman of King Abdulaziz University,
Emergency Medicine Department
Saudi Arabia

Imad Khojah, MD MBA CMQ,
American Board of Emergency Medicine,
American Board of Medical Quality Improvement,
Master of Business Administration,
Hospital Leadership and Operation Fellowship,

Chairman of King Abdulaziz University, Emergency Medicine Department.
Deputy Director of Quality and Accreditation Unit of King Abdulaziz University, Medical School.
Assistant Professor & Consultant of Emergency Medicine
King Abdulaziz University.
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

Consultant Emergency Medicine
Ad. Assistant Professor at UAE University
UAE

Hamid Chatha is a Consultant in Emergency Medicine at the Tawam Hospital and also holds Adjunct Assistant Professor position at UAE University, Al Ain, UAE. He graduated in 2002 and completed his CCT in Emergency Medicine, in Manchester, United Kingdom.
Dr Chatha has been consultant in EM since 2015. During his training he worked in three Major Trauma centers in Manchester. He also completed MRCS from Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh and MSc in Musculoskeletal Sciences from the university college London, UK.
Dr Chatha has special interest in Trauma, sports injuries & education. He has regularly presented at international conferences in last few years. He is a fellowship examiner for the Royal College of Emergency Medicine and EM Specialty Exam for Department of Heath Abu Dhabi. He is an ATLS, ACLS, PALS Instructor. Dr Chatha is a keen educator and is part of core faculty for Tawam ER Residency program.

Consultant Physician
ER-Trauma Center-MEERTC(Dep) - Medical Affairs
Tawam Hospital
UAE

I finished my training in Emergency Medicine in 1999, Then I worked in Damascus Hospital for 1 year.
From 2000 to 2006 , I worked in Saudi Arabia in Red Crescent Society as CMO of Riyadh Branch and as a faculty member in the training programme for paramedics.
From 2006 to 2010, I worked in International Medical Center in Jeddah as Consultant Assistant in Emergency Department.
In October 2010, I joined Tawam Hospital in UAE, where I currently work as a Consultant in Emergency Medicine.
I am also a core faculty member in Emergency Medicine Residency program at Tawam Hospital.

PD Residency Program |Consultant Physician ED,
Medical Affairs, Sheikh Khalifa Medical City
UAE

Specialist emergency physician at Tawam Hospital-Alain
UAE

Graduated from UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY COLLAGE OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SINCES
GRADUATED FROM TAWAM HOSPITAL RESIDENCY PROGRAM
ARAB BOARD CERTIFIED IN EMERGNEY PHYSICIAN
FACULTY IN EMERGENCY RESIDENCY PROGRAM TAWAM HOSPITAL

Emergency Medicine specialist working at Tawam Hospital, Al-Ain, Abu-Dhabi
UAE

I am Maryam Darwish Abdulhamid an Emergency Medicine specialist working at Tawam Hospital, Al-Ain, Abu-Dhabi.
I have graduated from UAEU, I did my four years residency at Tawam hospital, I am Arab Board certified.
I am a faculty at Tawam Hospital residency programme, I have participated in teaching students at UAEU
I am PALS instructor.