Emergency Medicine and Critical Care Agenda

09:45 | Opening remarks from the conference chair
Dr Ashraf Elhoufi, Consultant ICU, Dubai Hospital, Dubai Health Authority, Vice President, Emirates Intensive Care Society, Dubai, UAE

10:00 |    Welcome speech by the Department of Health – Abu Dhabi
Dr Saleh Saif Al Ali, Executive Director Emergency Preparedness & Response Center, Department of Health, Abu Dhabi, UAE

Session 1: Updates in sepsis management

10:15 | Panel: Updates in sepsis management
Fluid resuscitation, biomarkers, VAP (preventative strategy), optimising VAP/HAP management
Moderator: Dr Ashraf Elhoufi, Consultant ICU, Dubai Hospital, Dubai Health Authority, Vice President, Emirates Intensive Care Society, Dubai, UAE

Panellists:

• Dr Ayesha Al Memari, Consultant, Emergency Medicine and Critical Care, SSMC, Abu Dhabi, UAE
• Dr Jihad Mallat, Consultant Intensivist, Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, UAE
• Dr Sabrina Berdouk, Consultant Emergency Medicine/ Associate Program, Director Residency Program, Sheikh Khalifa Medical City, SEHA Healthcare Authority, Abu Dhabi, UAE
• Dr Mahmoud Ghanaim, Head of Emergency Medicine Department, Dubai Hospital, Dubai, UAE
• Dr Sara Kazim, Head of Emergency Department, Rashid Hospital, Dubai Health Authority, Dubai, UAE

11:30 | Digital Break

Session 2: Innovation in Emergency Medicine - II
Moderator: Ahed Al Najar, Clinical Education & EMS Research Manager, National Ambulance, Abu Dhabi, UAE

12:30 | Panel: Innovation in Emergency Medicine 
Moderator:  Prof. Ahed Al Najjar, Adjunct Instructor Program in Emergency Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Adjunct Faculty, Trisakti University, Clinical Education & Research Manager, National Ambulance, Abu Dhabi, UAE

Speakers:

• Improving the pre-hospital Management of STEMI Patients
  Ahmad Al Hajeri, CEO, National Ambulance, Abu Dhabi, UAE
• Innovation in pre-hospital management of COVID Patients
  Dr Ayman Ahmad, Chief Administration and Medical Officer, National Ambulance, Abu Dhabi, UAE

13:45 | Digital Break

Session 3: Special address

15:30 | Special address: Clinical innovation in the era of Big Data
 Dr William Brian Gormley, Director, Neurosurgical Critical Care, Director, Performance Improvement, Associate Professor, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Session 4: Mini courses on topical areas in critical care
Moderator: Dr Arun Kumar, Consultant Cardiothoracic Anesthesiologist and Director Transplant Anesthesiology, Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, UAE

16:00 | Mini course: Acute stroke care
 Dr Victor C. Urrutia, Medical Director, Stroke Service, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland, USA

17:00 | Mini course: Rehabilitation of individuals with limb loss due to trauma 
Dr David Crandell, Medical Director, Amputee Program, Medical Director Adaptive Sports Program, Spaulding Rehabilitation Network, Charlestown, Massachusetts, USA

18:00 | Mini course: Pulmonary critical care updates
Dr Ann Prestipino, Senior Vice President for Strategy and Clinical Operations, Incident Commander – COVID, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Dr Kathryn Hibbert, Acting Chief – Pulmonary Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

19:00 | Panel Q&A with afternoon session speakers

Moderator: Dr Arun Kumar
Speakers: Dr Ann Prestipino, Dr Kathryn Hibbert, Dr David Crandell, Dr William Brian Gormley

19:15 | End of day one