Activity director:

• Dr Moulay Meziane, Head of Radiology, Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, UAE

Co-activity director:

• Dr Eric Vens, Department Chair, Diagnostic Radiology, Imaging Institute, Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, UAE

Global chair:

• Prof Dr Michael Fuchsjaeger, Professor and Chairman of General Radiology, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria

Local chair:

• Prof Hatem Abou El Abbass Ghonim, Senior Consultant Radiologist, Al Qassimi Hospital, Sharjah Medical Director, Unison CI in PPP with Ministry of Health and Prevention, Dubai, UAE

Committee members:

• Anthony John Bedson, Manager of Radiology, Clinical Imaging Institute, Al Ain Hospital, Al Ain, UAE
• Dr Asim Khwaja, Consultant Interventional Radiologist, Sheikh Khalifa Medical City, Abu Dhabi, UAE
• Dr Jamal Alkoteesh, Consultant Interventional Radiologist; Chairman, Clinical Imaging Institute, Al Ain Hospital, Al Ain, UAE

Speakers:

• Dr Adnan Ali Kassis, Consultant, Head of Department – Radiology, Ain Alkhaleej Hospital, Al Ain, UAE
• Dr Alaa Hakim, Consultant Interventional Radiologist,Tawam Hospital, Al Ain, UAE
• Allison McGee, Lecturer, University College Dublin, School of Medicine, Dublin, Ireland
• Prof Andrea Laghi, Professor of Radiology, "Sapienza”, University of Rome, Director, Radiology Unit,Sant' Andrea University Hospital, Rome, Italy
• Prof Dr Aysenur Oktay, Breast and Musculoskeletal Radiologist, Department of Radiology, Ege University Medical School, Izmir, Turkey
• Prof Dr Carol Benson, Director of Ultrasound, Co-Director of High Risk Obstetrical Ultrasound, Radiology Director of the Non-invasive Vascular Laboratory, Professor, Radiology,Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
• Dr Christian Krautz, Senior Physician and Head of the Surgical Skills Lab, Friedrich-Alexander University of Erlandgen, Germany
• Prof Daniele Regge, Past President, European Society of Oncologic Imaging, Turin, Italy
• Denise Conroy, Radiology Manager, Bon Secours Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
• Prof Elizabeth Morris, Chief of the Breast Imaging Service, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA
• Prof Emanuele Neri, Department of Translational Research, University of Pisa , Chair, Radiodiagnostics,Pisa University Hospital, Pisa, Italy
• Prof Dr Frederica Pediconi, Chairperson of the Educational Committee, European Society of Breast Imaging - EUSOBI, Department of Radiology, Sapienza University, Rome, Italy
• Dr Gamal Mahgoub, Consultant Radiologist, Abu Dhabi Police Medical Services, Abu Dhabi Police G.H.Q., Abu Dhabi, UAE
• Prof Dr Graciano Paulo, Professor of Medical Imaging & Radiotherapy, IPC-ESTeSC, Coimbra Health School, Head, WHO Collaborative Centre for Radiation Protection and Health IPC-ESTeSC, Coimbra Health School, Past President, European Federation of Radiographer Societies, Coimbra, Portugal
• Prof Dr Guy Frija, Chair ESR EuroSafe Imaging, Professor of Radiology, Imaging Department, Hospital Europeen Geroges Pompidou, Paris, France
• Prof Hans-Ulrich Kauczor, Professor and Chairman of Radiology, German Center for Lung Research (DZL), Director, Translational Lung Research Center Heidelberg (TLRC), Executive Board, Medical Director, Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Heidelberg University Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany
• Assoc Prof Dr Jonathan McNulty , President, European Federation of Radiographer Societies, Associate Dean for Graduate Studies, Head of Subject, Radiography, School of Medicine, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
• Kaltham Abdulwahid Noor, Specialist Radiographer, Deputy Supervisor – Radiology,Rashid Hospital, Dubai, UAE
• Prof Khalid Khashoggi, President of Radiological Society of Saudi Arabia (RSSA), Assistant Professor, Head of Radiology Department, King Abdulaziz University Hospital, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, KSA
• Prof Dr Michael Kreissl, Professor and Chairman of Nuclear Medicine, Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, University Hospital Magdeburg, Magdeburg, Germany
• Dr Mohamed Abdelfatah Abuzaid, Assistant Professor, Department of Medical Diagnostic Imaging, College of Health Sciences, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, UAE
• Dr Napapong Pongnapang, ISRRT Vice-President Asia-Australasia, Faculty of Medical Technology, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
• Dr Nehad Kazim Albastaki, Specialist Breast Radiologist, Head of Breast Imaging, Mediclinic, Abu Dhabi, UAE
• Prof Olivier Clement, Professor of Radiology, Georges Pompidou European Hospital, Paris Descartes University, Paris, France
• Prof Dr Peter Doubilet, Senior Vice Chair, Department of Radiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Professor, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
• Prof Regina Beets-Tan, Chair, Department of Radiology, The Netherlands Cancer Institute, President, European Society of Oncologic Imaging, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
• Dr Reto Sutter, Deputy Head of Radiology, Orthopedic University Hospital Balgrist, Senior Lecturer, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
• Sariah Mhango, Radiographer, Al Ain Hospital, Al Ain, UAE
• Prof Dr Sophia Zackrisson, Executive Board Member, European Society of Breast Imaging - EUSOBI, Malmo, Sweden
• Prof Sudhir Vinayak, President, African Society of Radiology; Chairman of Radiology, Aga Khan University Hospital, Nairobi, Kenya
• Prof Dr Tamer Kaya, President, Turkish Society of Radiology, Eskisehir Acibadem University Medical Faculty Radiology Department, Eskisehir, Turkey
• Prof Dr Tarek El Diasty, Professor and Chairman, Department of Radiology, Urology and Nephrology Centre, Mansoura University, President, Egyptian Society of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Mansoura, Egypt
• Prof Dr Tuncay Hazirolan, Professor, Hacettepe University Medical Faculty Radiology Department, Ankara, Turkey
• Prof Dr Ulrich Bick, Chairperson of the Educational Committee, European Society of Breast Imaging - EUSOBI, Department of Radiology, Charite University, Berlin, Germany
• Dr Yasser Asseri, Transformation Administration, Radiology PSP lead, Ministry of Health, Riyadh, KSA

Speaker Faculty:

Activity director:

• Dr Mark S. Schickendantz, Professor of Surgery; Director, Center for Sports Health, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, USA

Local chair:

• Dr Ayman Fahim, Consultant Orthopaedic, Board Certified, Expert in MSK US, Abu Dhabi, UAE

Scientific committee:

• Dr In-Ho Jeon, Shoulder Elbow Surgeon, Asan Medical Centre, College of Medicine, University of Ulsan, Seoul, Korea
• Dr Lennard Funk, Professor: Orthopaedics & Sports Science, Consultant Shoulder Surgeon, Wrightington Hospital & The Arm Clinic, Manchester, UK
• Prof Dr Victor Valderrabano, President, Swiss Society for Orthopaedic Traumatology Sports Medicine (GOTS); Specialist:  Orthopaedics & Traumatology, Foot & Ankle, Arthritis and Sports Surgery; Head: Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Pain Clinic, Basel, Switzerland

Speaker faculty:

• Dr Ali Noorani, Consultant Trauma & Orthopaedic Surgeon, BMI Healthcare, OS Clinic and St Bartholomew's & The Royal London Hospital Upper Limb Service, London, UK
• Dr Cameron Anley, Orthopaedic Surgeon, Stellenbosch University, Tygerberg Academic Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa
• Dr Issam Mardini, Specialist Orthopaedic Surgeon, Emirates Hospital, Dubai, UAE
• Prof James Ficke, Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, Johns Hopkins Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
• Dr Joshua Rothenberg, Director of Regenerative Medicine/ Interventional Sports Medicine; Spine Specialist, BocaCare Orthopaedics, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA
• Dr Lucia Heras, Consultant Wrist & Hand Surgeon‎, Burjeel Hospital, Abu Dhabi, UAE
• Dr Mohamed Ibrahim, Consultant Anaesthesia & Critical Care, Burjeel Hospital, Abu Dhabi, UAE
• Dr Nick Shamie, Spine Surgeon; Chief of Orthopaedic Spine Surgery; Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery and Neurosurgery, UCLA School of Medicine, UCLA Medical Center, Santa Monica, California, USA
• Dr Nima Heidari, Consultant Foot, Ankle and Limb Reconstruction Surgeon, BMI Healthcare and St Bartholomew's & The Royal London Hospital, London, UK
• Prof Dr Nobuyuki Yamamoto, Orthopaedic Surgery, Department of Orthopaedics Surgery, Tohuku University, Sendai, Japan
• Dr Osama Attia, Specialist Orthopaedic Surgeon, Mediclinic, Dubai, UAE
• Prof Per Kjærsgaard-Andersen, President, European Federation of National Associations of Orthopaedics and Traumatology (EFORT); Head of Section for Hip and Knee Replacement, Department of Orthopaedics, Vejle Hospital, Vejle, Denmark
• Prof Dr Philip Schoettle, Medical Director, Knee and Hip Institute Munich, Munich, Germany
• Dr Robert A. Hymes, Associate Professor; Section Chief -Orthopaedic Trauma; Director of Clinical Research, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, VCU School of Medicine, Inova Fairfax Medical Campus, Fairfax, Virginia, USA
• Dr Reto Sutter, Deputy Head of Radiology, Balgrist University Hospital, Zurich, Switzerland
• Sarah Rahimi, Prosthetist & Orthotist, Department of Orthotics and Prosthetics, University of Social Welfare & RehabilitationSciences, Tehran, Iran
• Dr Syed Mohsin Ali, Consultant Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgeon, Royal Bahrain Defence Forces Hospital, Riffa, Bahrain
• Dr Takuro Wada, President, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Saiseikai Otaru Hospital, Otaru, Japan

Activity directors:

• Dr Habibeh Gitiforooz, Obstetrician-Gynecologist: Regional Obstetrics and Gynecology, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
• Dr Tommaso Falcone, Chief of Staff & Chief Academic Officer, Medical Director, Cleveland Clinic London, London, UK

Local chair:

• Dr Saad Ghazal-Aswad, Senior Consultant Gynecological Oncologist; Chair of Obstetrics and Gynecology Department, Tawam Hospital, Al Ain, UAE

Scientific committee:

• Dr Bashir Taha Salih, Consultant & Chair of Obstetric Medicine, Corniche Hospital, Abu Dhabi, UAE
• Prof Hisham Mirghani, Middle East Ambassador, International Society of Ultrasound in Obstetrics & Gynecology (ISUOG); Consultant OBGYN/Fetal Medicine, Danat Al Emarat Hospital for Women & Children, Abu Dhabi, UAE
• Dr Mohamed Elkalyoubi, Consultant - OBGYN & Reproductive Medicine, Dubai Gynaecology and Fertility Centre (DGFC), Dubai, UAE
• Dr Sadoon Sadoon, Medical Director, Danat Al Emarat Women & Children’s Hospital, Abu Dhabi, UAE
• Dr Saleema Wani, Chair of Obstetrics, Corniche Hospital, Abu Dhabi, UAE

Speakers:

• Dr Amithaba Majumder, Consultant: Department of Ob/Gyn, Corniche Hospital, Abu Dhabi, UAE
• Dr Arnaud Wattiez, Prof: Obstetrics & Gynecology, University of Strasbourg; Head: Gynecology Department, Latifa Hospital, Dubai, UAE
• Dr Asif Quadri, Consultant - Anatomical Pathology, Tawam Hospital, Al Ain, UAE
• Dr Azar Khunda, Consultant Urogynaecologist & Obstetrician, Guy's and St Thomas'​ NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
• Dr Carol Benson, Director of Ultrasound; Co-Director of High Risk Obstetrical Ultrasound Radiology; Director of the Non-invasive Vascular Laboratory, Brigham & Women’s Hospital; Professor, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
• Prof Claus Yding Andersen, Professor of Human Reproductive Physiology, The Laboratory of Reproductive Biology, the Department of Fertility, The Juliane Marie Centre, Copenhagen University Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
• Dr Colleen Feltmate, Director, Minimally Invasive Surgery in Gynecologic Oncology, Brigham and Women's Hospital; Assistant Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
• Dr Eva Wiberg-Itzel, Assistant Prof: Department of Clinical Science and Education, Karolinska Institute, South Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
• Dr Fathima Farook, Specialist: Obstetrics Medicine, Corniche Hospital, Al Ain, UAE
• Dr Faysal El Kak, Vice President, FIGO; Associate: Women’s Health Centre, Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, American University of Beirut Medical Centre, Beirut, Lebanon
• Dr Ghada Salman, Consultant: Gynaecology and early pregnancy, University College London Hospital, London, UK
• Dr Hala Abuzeid Ahmed, Critical Care Consultant, Mafraq Hospital, Abu Dhabi, UAE
• Dr Hassan Jaafar, Hemato-Oncology Consultant, Oncology Center, Sheikh Khalifa Specialty Hospital, Ras al-Khaimah, UAE
• Dr Hessa A Swaidi, O&G Resident, Obstetric Medicine Unit, Corniche Hospital, Al Ain, UAE
• Dr Ibrahim Abd Elrahman, Consultant Gynaecologist & Assistant Prof - Advanced Laparoscopic Surgery, MBRU, Dubai, UAE
• Dr Jamal Alkoteesh, Consultant Interventional Radiologist; Chairman - Clinical Imaging Institute, Al Ain, UAE
• Dr Kannamannadiar Jayaprakasan, Subspecialist and Hon. Associate Professor: Reproductive Medicine & Surgery, University of Nottingham; Consultant Gynaecologist/ Fertility Lead, Royal Derby Hospital, Derby, UK
• Prof Laura Magee, Professor of Women's Health, King’s College London, London, UK
• Dr Leanne Bricker, Consultant & Chair of Fetal Medicine, Corniche Hospital, Abu Dhabi, UAE
• Dr Michael Fakih, Chairman, Founder & Medical Director, Fakih IVF, NMC Healthcare, Dubai, UAE
• Dr Mohamed Kamal, President, Egyptian Fetal Medicine Foundation; Fetal Medicine Consultant, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt
• Dr Mohamed Sulaiman, Consultant Fetal & Paediatric Cardiologist, KidsHeart Medical Centre, Abu Dhabi, UAE
• Dr Muna Tahlak, CEO, Latifa Hospital, Dubai, UAE
• Dr Muzib Begam, Consultant: Obstetric/Fetal-Maternal Medicine, Mediclinic, Abu Dhabi, UAE
• Prof Nisreen Anfinan, Associate Professor - Gynaecology Oncology, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, KSA
• Dr Omaema Al Baghahdadi, Obs & Gyne Consultant, Tawam Hospital, Al Ain, UAE
• Dr Panayota Zarmakoupis, Consultant OBGYN & R eporuductive Endoscrinology - IVF Unit, Tawam Hospital, Al Ain, UAE
• Dr Peter Doubilet, Senior Vice Chair of Radiology, Brigham & Women’s Hospital; Professor of Radiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
• Dr Rafael Blanco, Consultant Anaesthetist, King College Hospital, Dubai, UAE
• Dr Razan Nasir, Gynaecology Specialist, Latifa Hospital, Dubai, UAE
• Dr Rebecca Stone, Assistant Prof - Obstetrics & Gynecology, Kelly Gynaecologic  Oncology Service, Johns Hopkins Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
• Dr Rohan D'Souza, Maternal-Foetal Medicine Physician, Mount Sinai Hospital; Clinician-Investigator, Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute; Assistant Prof, Obstetrics & Gynecology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
• Dr Shahad Mahmoud Hussein, Consultant OBGYN, Mafraq Hospital, Abu Dhabi, UAE
• Dr Teodora Elena Ucenic, HOD - Consultant OB-GYN, NMC Speciality Hospital, Al Ain, UAE
• Dr Thikra Hassan, OB-GYN & Female Reproductive System Tumours Specialist, Tawam Hospital, Al Ain, UAE
• Dr Werner Diehl, Consultant in Fetal Medicine, Corniche Hospital, Abu Dhabi, UAE
• Dr Zainab Shaban, Ob-Gyn, Tawam Hospital, Al Ain, UAE

Activity director:

• Dr Sean Roth, Director of Education for the Emergency Services Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, USA

Chair:

• Dr Naeem Toosy, Consultant in Emergency Medicine, Acting Head of Emergency Department, Sheikh Khalifa General Hospital, Umm Al Quwain, UAE

Speakers:

• Dr Ahmad Mahmoud Wazzan, President, Saudi Society of Emergency Medicine, Assistant, Professor, Emergency Medicine, College of Medicine, King Saud bin Abdulaziz University, Consultant Trauma, Emergency Medicine, King AbdulAziz Medical City, National Guard Health Affairs, Saudi Arabia, Jeddah
• Dr Ali Nsair, Medical Director, UCLA Health, California, Los Angeles, USA
• Dr Clifford Mann, National Clinical Advisor (A&E), NHS England; GIRFT National Clinical Co-Lead (EM), Immediate Past President, Royal College of Emergency Medicine, Consultant in Emergency Medicine, Taunton & Somerset NHS Foundation Trust, Taunton, UK
• Prof Elhadi Aburawi, Professor, Department of Pediatrics, UAE University, Abu Dhabi, UAE
• Dr Hamid Aizaz Chatha, ER Trauma Consultant Physician, Tawam Hospital, Al Ain, UAE
• Dr Hayder Saleh Al-Saadi, Consultant Orthopedics and Trauma Surgeon, Rashid Hospital and Trauma Center, Dubai Health Authority, Senior Lecturer, Dubai Medical College, AOTRAUMA regional and international faculty, Faculty, Orthopedics and Trauma residency program, Dubai, UAE
• Dr Kamil Vallabh, Consultant in Emergency Medicine, Sheikh Khalifa Medical City, Ajman, UAE
• Prof Lee Wallis, Immediate Past President, International Federation for Emergency Medicine (IFEM), Professor and Head, Emergency Medicine, University of Cape Town, Professor and Head of Emergency Medicine, Stellenbosch University, Head of Emergency Medicine, Western Cape Government, Stellenbosch, South Africa
• Dr Levent Kenar, Professor of CBRN and Biochemistry, University of Health Sciences, Ankara, Turkey
• Dr Maria Fernanda Bonilla, Consultant, Physician Infectious Diseases, Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi
• Dr Mario Skugor, Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, USA 
• Dr Mauro Dalla Torre, Medical Advisor of the Weapon Contamination Unit, International Committee of the Red Cross, ICRC, Geneva, Switzerland
• Prof Dr Mohamed Yousif Baniyas, Executive Director of Higher Education, Department of Education & Knowledge, Abu Dhabi, Professor of Pharmacology & Therapeutics, Faculty of Medicine, UAE University, Consultant Clinical Toxicologist, Tawam Hospital, SEHA, Abu Dhabi, UAE
• Nazir Ahmad, Senior Charge Nurse/Unit Manager, Emergency Department, Sheikh Khalifa Medical City, Abu Dhabi, UAE
• Prakasini Marar, Senior Staff Nurse, Emergency Department, Dubai Hospital, Dubai Health Authority, Dubai, UAE 
• Dr Ralph Abraham, Consultant, Diabetes and Clinical Director, The London Diabetes Centre, London, UK
• Rennie Joshua, Nurse Educator, Dubai Hospital, Dubai Health Authority, Dubai, UAE
• Dr Robert A. Hymes, Associate Professor, Section Chief, Orthopaedic Trauma, Director of Clinical Research, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, VCU School of Medicine, Inova Fairfax Medical Campus, Fairfax, Virginia, USA
• Dr Sabine Ernst, Consultant Cardiologist, Reader in Cardiology, Royal Brompton and Harefield Hospitals, London, UK
• Dr Sabrina Berdouk, Consultant, Emergency Medicine, Al Qassimi Hospital, Sharjah, UAE
• Prof Shafi Ahmed, Consultant General, Laparoscopic and Colorectal Surgeon, Associate Dean, Barts and the London Medical School, London, UK
• Dr Tarek El-Azzabi, Consultant in Paediatric Neurology, SEHA, Clinical Assistant Professor, United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain, UAE
• Dr Tarik Al Janabi, Senior Consultant -  Resuscitation & Emergency Medicine, Rashid Hospital Trauma Centre, Associate Professor, Dubai Medical School, Dubai, UAE
• Dr Thiagarajan Jaiganesh, Consultant Physician, ER - Trauma Center - Medical Affairs, Tawam Hospital, Al Ain, UAE

Chair:

• Dr Medhat Shalabi, President, Pan Arab Middle East Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) Society; Consultant Anaesthesiologist, Head of Anaesthesiology Department, Al Zahra Hospital, Dubai, UAE

Co-chair:

• Dr Yasser Zaghloul, Consultant of Anaesthesia, Sheikh Khalifa Medical City, Abu Dhabi, UAE

Activity director:

• Dr Arun Kumar, Consultant Cardiothoracic Anaesthesiologist & Clinical Associate Professor in Anaesthesiology, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine, Medical Director, Transplant Anaesthesiology, Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, UAE

Speakers:

• Dr Ammar Salti, Consultant, Anesthesia & Pain Medicine, Sheikh Khalifa Medical City, Abu Dhabi, UAE
• Dr Ashraf El Houfi, Consultant, Head of Intensive Care Department, Dubai Hospital, Dubai, UAE
• Dr David Whitaker, Consultant Anaesthetist, Manchester Royal Infirmary, Chairman, European Board of Anaesthesiology, Past President, Association of Anaesthetists of Great Britain and Ireland, Manchester, UK
• Prof Hala Fouad, Consultant, Ministry of Health and Protection, Dubai, UAE 
• Dr Haamid Siddique, Staff Physician, Critical Care, Respiratory ＆ Critical Care Institute, Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, UAE 
• Dr Kyne Woodsford, Staff Physician, General Anesthesiology, Anesthesiology Institute, Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, UAE
• Dr Massimo Lamperti, Department Chair, General Anesthesiology, Anesthesiology Institute, Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, UAE
• Dr Michele Kigozi, Consultant in Anaesthesia and Critical Care Medicine, Sheikh Khalifa Medical City, Abu Dhabi, UAE
• Prof Mohamed Abdulatif, Associate Editor British Journal of Anaesthesia; Professor of Anaesthesiology, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt
• Prof Neslihan Alkis, Professor, Department of Anesthesiology and Reanimation, Ankara University, Ankara, Turkey
• Dr Paul Barach, Clinical Professor, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Children’s Hospital Michigan, Patient Safety Committee , American Society of Anesthesiologists, Detroit, Michigan, USA
• Prof Quirino Piacevoli, President, World Society of Total Intra Venous Anaesthesia, AAROI EMAC Foreign Office Representative, Italian Resuscitative Anesthesiologists Association, Visiting Associate Professor, University Saint Cyrill and Methonio, Rome, Italy
• Dr Yasser Karim, Clinical Associate Professor of Anaesthesia; Anaesthesia Director for ECT; Liver Transplant Member; Iowa Society of Anaesthesiologists representative at Iowa Trauma System Advisory Council, Department of Anaesthesia, University of Iowa, Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa, USA

Activity director:

• Dr Mario Skugor, Consultant Endocrinologist - Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, USA

Local chair:

• Dr Nader Lessan, Consultant Endocrinologist, Imperial College London Diabetes Centre, Abu Dhabi, UAE

Speaker faculty:

• Dr Ahmed El-Laboudi, Consultant Endocrinologist & Diabetologist, Imperial College London Diabetes Centre, Abu Dhabi, UAE
• Dr Budour AlKaf, Research Fellow, Imperial College London Diabetes Centre, Abu Dhabi, UAE
• Dr Debbie Wake, Clinical Reader, University of Edinburgh; Hon. Diabetes Consultant, NHS Lothian, Edinburgh, UK
• Dr Ebaa Al-Ozairi, Former Fulbright Scholar, Havard Medical School; Chief Medical Officer & Diabetes, Endocrine and Nutrition Consultant, Dasman Diabetes Institute, Kuwait, Kuwait
• Dr Ernesto Maddaloni, Consultant Endocrinologist, Campus Bio-Medico University of Rome, Rome, Italy
• Dr Faisal Hasan, Clinical Asociate Professor of Medicine, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine; Section Head- Vascular Medicine; Consultant Interventional Cardiologist, Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, UAE
• Dr Hamed Farooqi, Lecturer, Harvard Medical School; Director and Consultant Endocrinologist, Dubai Diabetes Centre, Dubai, UAE
• Prof Karim Meeran, Chairman – ICLDC Medical Board; Professor of Endocrinology, Imperial College London Diabetes Centre, London, UK
• Prof Maha Barakat, Research Director; Consultant Endocrinologist, Imperial College London Diabetes Centre, Abu Dhabi, UAE
• Dr Mahir Ibrahim Jallo, Senior Consultant, Internal Medicine – Diabetes & Endocrinology; Clinical Professor of Medicine, Department of Clinical Sciences, College of Medicine, Gulf Medical University, Ajman, UAE
• Dr Maura Moriarty, Division of Diabetes and Endocrinology, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London, UK
• Dr Mieke Van Haelst, Clinical Genetics Consultant, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands
• Dr Mohammed Al Hadad, Head of Bariatric & Metabolic Surgery Centre; Consultant Bariatric Surgeon, Healthpoint Hospital, Abu Dhabi, UAE
• Dr Mohamed M Hassanein, Honorary Senior Lecturer, Cardiff University; Consultant Diabetes & Endocrinology, Dubai Hospital, Dubai, UAE
• Dr Mohamed Suliman, Consultant Endocrinologist and Diabetologist, Imperial College London Diabetes Centre, Al Ain, UAE
• Dr Saf Naqvi, Consultant Physician & Endocrinologist; Executive & Medical Director, Imperial College London Diabetes Centre, Abu Dhabi, UAE
• Dr Salah Abusnana, Medical Director, Rashid Centre for Diabetes and Research, Ajman, UAE
• Dr Tarek Fiad, Consultant: Endocrinology, Sheikh Khalifa Medical City (SKMC), Abu Dhabi, UAE

Local co-chairs:

• Dr Ahmed Mandil, Coordinator: Research Development & Innovation, Information, Evidence & Research Department, WHO/EMRO, Cairo, Egypt
• Dr Tom Loney, Associate Professor, Public Health and Epidemiology, College of Medicine, Mohammad Bin Rashid University (MBRU), Dubai, UAE

Speakers:

• Dr Ammar Albanna, Consultant Child & Adolescent Psychiatrist; Head, Child and Adolescent Mental Health Centre, Al Jalila Children’s Specialty Hospital, Dubai, UAE
• Dr Dalia Samhouri, Program Area Manager - Country Health Emergency Preparedness and International Health regulations, WHO Health Emergency Program, WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean, Cairo, Egypt
• Dr Fadi T. Maalouf, Founding Chief: Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry; Interim Chairperson: Department of Psychiatry; Associate Professor, American University of Beirut Medical Center (AUBMC), Beirut, Lebanon
• Dr Firas Jaafar Kareem AlNajjar, Consultant of Emergency Medicin, Rashid Hospital Trauma Center; Program Director-Emergency Medicine Residency Program, Dubai Health Authority; Adjunct Associate Professor, Dubai Medical College, Dubai, UAE
• Dr Haifa Madi, Former Director of Health Protection & Promotion, WHO/EMRO; Public Health Expert and Advisor, Ministry of Health, Dubai, UAE
• Prof Janvier Gasana, Associate Prof. and Chairperson, Department of Environmental & Occupational Health, Kuwait University Faculty of Public Health, Hawally, Kuwait
• Dr Javaid A. Khan, Pulmonologist, Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan
• Prof Levent Kenar, Head - Medical CBRN (Chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear) Defence, Gulhane Military Medical Academy, Istanbul, Turkey
• Dr Mohamad Alameddine, Senior Director: Strategy & Institutional Excellence, MBRU, Dubai, UAE
• Dr Muhammad Abid, Visiting Professor, Institute of Public Health, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, UAE University, Al Ain, UAE
• Prof Nabil Al-Kurashi, Prof of Family & Community Medicine, Imam AbdulRahman bin Faisal University, Dammam, KSA
• Dr Nabil M Kronfol, President, Lebanese HealthCare Management Association; Professor: Health Policy and Management; American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon
• Prof Norbert Nowotny, Professor – Microbiology Department, College of Medicine, Mohammad Bin Rashid University (MBRU), Dubai, UAE
• Dr Renato Oliveira Souza, Regional Mental health & Psychosocial Support Specialist, International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), Beirut, Lebanon
• Richard Ormonde, Simulation Educator, Khalaf Ahmad Al Habtoor Medical Simulation Centre, Mohammed Bin Rashid University (MBRU) Dubai, UAE
• Dr Ziad A Memish, Adjunct Professor, Hubert Department of Public Health, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University; Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Epidemiology and Global Health; Professor, Public Health Department, College of Medicine, Al-Faisal University, Riyadh, KSA

Activity director:

• Dr Rita M. Pappas, Chair - Paediatric Institute; Physician-in-Chief, Cleveland Clinic Children’s; President, Cleveland Clinic Children’s Hospital for Rehabilitation Staff, Paediatric Hospital Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio, USA

Local chair:

• Dr Mohamed Hamdan, Assistant Professor - Paediatrics, Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons, New York, New York, USA; Consultant - Paediatric Cardiologist & Co-Director, KidsHeart: American Children's Medical Centre, Dubai, UAE

Scientific committee:

• Dr Abeer Khayat, Chief - Paediatrics, American Hospital Dubai, Dubai, UAE
• Dr Jalal Abu-Shaweesh, Associate Professor - Department of Neonatology, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
• Dr Ruba Rizk, Consultant - Paediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, Al Jalila Children's Specialty Hospital, Dubai, UAE

Speakers:

• Dr Ahmed T. Abdelmoity, Professor of Paediatric Neurology; Director - Division of Neurology; Chief - Section of Epilepsy and Neurophysiology, Children’s Mercy Hospital, Kansas City, Missouri, USA
• Dr Arif Khan, Founding CEO & Consultant Paediatric Neurologist, Neuropedia Children’s Neuroscience Center, Dubai, UAE
• Dr Benjamin Roye, Assistant Professor - Orthopaedic Surgery, Paediatric Orthopaedics and Spinal Deformity, Columbia University & New York Presbyterian Hospital, Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital of New York, New York City, New York, USA
• Dr Carlo di Lorenzo, Robert F and Edgar T. Wolfe Foundation Endowed Chair in Paediatric Gastroenterology, Chief - Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology & Nutrition, Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Columbus, Ohio, USA
• Dr David Rosenthal, Professor - Paediatric Cardiology, Stanford Children's Health, Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford, Stanford, California, USA
• Dr Eyad Almidani, Associate Prof - Paediatrics, AlFaisal University; Consultant - Neonatal Critical Care; Deputy, Editor in Chief, International Journal of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine; Director -Neonatal Resuscitation Program, Department of Paediatrics, King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Center, Riyadh, KSA
• Dr George Jallo, Clinical Practice Director - Paediatric Neurosurgery, Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital; Professor - Neurosurgery, Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital, St Petersburg, Florida, USA
• Dr George W. Holcomb III, Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Paediatric Surgery; Director -Minimally Invasive Surgery; Senior Vice-President, Katharine Berry Richardson Professor of Paediatric Surgery, Medical Director - International Services, Children’s Mercy Hospital, Kansas City, Missouri, USA
• Dr Hatem El Shanti, Professor - Paediatrics and Medical Genetics, University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan
• Dr Jehan Suleiman, Consultant - Paediatric Neurologist, Tawam Hospital, Al Ain, UAE
• Dr Jennifer Katzenstein, Director - Psychology & Neuropsychology, Johns Hopkins Children’s Hospital, St Petersburg, Florida, USA
• Dr John Cunningham, Chair - Department of Paediatrics, Physician-in-Chief, The University of Chicago Medicine Comer Children's Hospital, Director - Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation, University of Chicago Hospitals, Chicago, Illinois, USA
• Dr Jonathan Ellen, Professor - Paediatrics, President & Vice Dean, Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital, St Petersburg, Florida, USA
• Dr Masakazu Nakao, Head - Heart Center of Excellence, Al Jalila Children's Specialty Hospital, Dubai, UAE
• Dr Mohamad Miqdady, Chief - Paediatric Gastroenterology Hepatology & Nutrition, Sheikh Khalifa Medical City, Abu Dhabi, UAE
• Dr Paul Danielson, Chief - Division of Paediatric Surgery, Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital, St Petersburg, Florida, USA
• Dr Rabi Hanna, Chairman - Department of Paediatric Haematology-Oncology & BMT, Cleveland Clinic Children's Hospital, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
• Dr Rima Munla, Director - Neonatal Services, Al Zahra Hospital, Dubai, UAE
• Dr Ruba Azzam, Associate Professor - Paediatrics; Director - Paediatric Hepatology; Medical Director - Paediatric Liver Transplant Program, University of Chicago Hospitals, Chicago, Illinois, USA
• Dr Seth Hollander, Clinical Associate Professor: Paediatric Cardiology & Medical Director, Cardiac Transplant Program, Stanford Children's Health, Lucille Packard Children's Hospital, Stanford, California, USA
• Dr Timothy Cripe, Gordon Teter Endowed Chair in Paediatric Cancer, Chief - Division of Haematology and Oncology, Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, Ohio, USA
• Dr Zainab Malik, Consultant - Paediatric Infectious Diseases, Mediclinic City Hospital, Dubai, UAE
• Dr Zeinab Alloub, Consultant - Neurodevelopmental Paediatrician, Al Jalila Children's Specialty Hospital, Dubai, UAE

Chairperson:

• Dr Samer Ellahham, Regional Chair, Middle East, Patient Safety Movement Foundation, Cleveland Clinic Care Giver, Senior Cardiovascular Consultant, Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, UAE 

Activity director:

• Dr Cynthia Deyling, Chief Quality Officer, Cleveland Clinic Health System - ‎Department: Quality and Patient Safety Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Ohio, USA

Speaker faculty:

• Dr Adeline Saliba, Chief of Staff to the CEO, SEHA Abu Dhabi Health Services, Abu Dhabi, UAE 
• Dr Ahmed Alamry, Secretary General, Saudi Health Council, Director, Vision Realization Office, Ministry of Health Saudi Arabia, Consultant, Saudi Commission for Health Specialties, Board Member, Saudi Patient Safety Center, Board Member, Saudi Central Board for Accreditation of Health Care Institutions, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
• Dr Brigitta Mueller, Vice President for Medical Affairs and Chief Safety Officer, Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital, Professor of Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Maryland, USA
• Craig DeGarmo, Chief Administrative Officer and Vice Chair of Administration, Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Board of Directors, Alliance for Academic Internal Medicine (AAIM), Texas, USA
• Mr Damien Berg, President, International Association of Healthcare Central Service Materiel Management (IAHCSMM), Manager Sterile Processing, St Anthony Hospital, Lakewood, Colorado, USA
• Dennis Joseph, Quality Director, Royale Hayat Hospital, Jabriya, Kuwait
• Eric Lee G. Escobedo-Wu, RN Director of Clinical Advice Services, Care Navigation and Second Opinion, Stanford Health Care, California, USA
• Fouzel Dhebar, Administrative Director, Health Navigation Services, Stanford Health Care, California, USA
• Helen King, Senior Vice President – Quality & Corporate Group Nursing Director, NMC Healthcare, Abu Dhabi, UAE
• Leslee J. Thompson, CEO, Accreditation Canada, Ontario, Canada
• Martin Egerth, Senior Product Manager, Human Factors and Leadership Trainer, Lufthansa Aviation Training, Munich, Germany
• Dr Muhannad Al-Hasan, Telemedicine Services Implementer and Coordinator, Doctors Without Borders (MSF), Amman, Jordan
• Dr Nashat Nafouri, Chair, Healthcare Interest Group, Executive Officer, Saudi Quality Council, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
• Dr Nirav Vakharia, Vice Chairman, Population Management, Cleveland Clinic Ohio, Ohio, USA
• Dr Omar Najim, Senior Advisor, Undersecretary Office, Department of Health, Abu Dhabi, UAE
• Dr Osama Tabbara, Executive Director, Department of Pharmacy Services, Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, UAE
• Paula Wilson, President and Chief Executive Officer, Joint Commission International, Illinois, USA
• Dr Rouba Rassi El-Khoury, President, Lebanese Society for Quality and Safety in Healthcare, Beirut, Lebanon
• Salma Jaouni Araj, CEO, Health Care Accreditation Council, Amman, Jordan
• Dr Suhail Chughta, Orthopaedic Surgeon, Clinical Director & Medico-Legal Examiner, Medico Legal Professionals Ltd, Founder and Director, Medic City Online, London, UK
• Prof Tariq Aldowaisan, General Manager & Senior Consultant, Global Lead Consultants, Kuwait City, Kuwait

Chair:

• Dr Maryam Al Khatry, President, Emirates Gastroenterology and Hepatology Society, Specialist and Head of Department – Gastroenterology, RAK Hospital, Ras Al Khaimah, UAE

Activity Director:

• Dr Shiva Kumar, Chair, Gastroenterology & Hepatology, Digestive Disease Institute, Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, UAE

Speakers:

• Dr Abdulrahman Alfadda, Chairman, GI and Hepatology Exam Board Committee. Endoscopy Director, Advanced Therapeutic Endoscopist, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, Riyadh, KSA
• Dr Ali Tavakkoli, Associate Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School, Minimally Invasive and Bariatric Surgeon, Director of Minimally Invasive Surgery Fellowship, Co-director of the Center for Weight Management and Metabolic Surgery, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA 
• Dr Amer AlKhatib, Staff Physician, Gastroenterology & Hepatology, Digestive Disease Institute, Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, UAE
• Dr Antonio Pinna, Director, Liver Transplant and Hepatobiliary Surgery, Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, UAE
• Dr Aydamir Alrakawi, Director of Endoscopy, Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, UAE
• Dr Carlo Di Lorenzo, Chief of the Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Nationwide Children's Hospital, Colombus, Ohio, USA
• Prof Dr Gregory B. Haber, Chief of Endoscopy and Director of Advanced Therapeutics and Innovation in the Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, New York University, New York City, New York, USA
• Dr Ian Jenkins, Lead Consultant Colorectal Surgeon, BMI Healthcare, St Marks Hospital, London, UK
• Dr Javed Ahmed Raza, Staff Physician, General Surgery, Digestive Disease Institute, Director, Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery, Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, UAE
• Dr John Magaña Morton, Chief, Bariatric and Minimally Invasive Surgery (Bariatric Endoscopy), Past-President, American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery, Stanford School of Medicine, Stanford, California, USA
• Dr Jose Such, Staff Physician, Digestive Disease Institute, Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, UAE
• Dr Khalid Bamakhrama, Consultant Gastroenterologist and Hepatologist, Rashid Hospital, Dubai, UAE
• Dr Maarouf A. Hoteit, Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine, Department of Gastroenterology, Penn Medicine, Philadelphia, USA
• Dr Matthew Kroh, Chairman, Digestive Disease Institute, Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, Associate Professor of Surgery, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine, Abu Dhabi, UAE
• Dr Mazen Taha, Senior Consultant in Gastroenterology, Hepatology, Chief of the Gastroenterology Department, Chairman of the Internal Medicine Department, Tawam Hospital, Al Ain, UAE 
• Dr Mohamed Al Zaabi, Consultant Transplant Hepatologist and Gastroenterologist, Zayed Military Hospital, Abu Dhabi, UAE
• Professor Mousa Khoursheed, Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Kuwait University, Kuwait City, Kuwait
• Dr Muhamad Zaman, Division Chief Transplantation and Hepatobiliary-Pancreatic Surgery, Sheikh Khalifa Medical City, Abu Dhabi, UAE
• Professor Mustafa Sabri, Professor of Medicine, Chair of Academic Department of Medicine, Dubai Medical College, Consultant Gastroenterologist, Rashid Hospital, General Secretary, Emirates Gastroenterology Society, Dubai, UAE 
• Dr Nelya Melnitchouk, Instructor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School, Associate Surgeon, Division of General and GI Surgery, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
• Prof Dr Oliver Pech, Professor of Medicine, Head of Gastroenterology and Interventional Endoscopy St. John of God Hospital, Regensburg, Germany
• Dr Rehan Haidry, Consultant Gastroenterologist, Clinical lead for GI medicine & Director of Endoscopy, University College Hospital, Honorary Senior Lecturer, University College London, London, UK
• Dr Ricard Corcelles, Consultant, Bariatric Surgery, Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, UAE
• Dr Shafik Sidani, Staff Physician, Colorectal Surgery, Digestive Disease Institute, Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, UAE
• Dr Shaw Somers, Consultant Specialist: Upper GI and Bariatric Surgeon, BMI Clementine Churchill Hospital London and Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust, Portsmouth, UK
• Dr Zaher Koutoubi, Consultant, Gastroenterology & Hepatology, Clinical Assistant, Professor of Medicine, Digestive Disease Institute, Department of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, UAE