ICEM21 | Local Organizing Committee

Thiagarajan Jaiganesh

MBBS; MS; DNB; DCH; FRCS(Surg); FRCS (A/E) Ed; FRCEM; PGCHCL; CEDE; CMQ; FInstLM
Chairman & Consultant in Adult & Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Adjunct Assistant Professor, UAE University
Director EM Residency Program
Emergency Department, Tawam Hospital
United Arab Emirates

Dr. Jaiganesh’s accomplishments are:
- Published numerous peer reviewed EM related articles
- Section Editor & Chapter Author for various books including the Oxford Handbook for Medical School
- Invited speaker in numerous national and international conferences
- Instructor in various life support courses.
- Medico-legal & Clinical Negligence Expert

Amani Azizalrehman

Consultant, Pediatric Emergency Department
Chairperson
Undergraduate Simulation at CRESENT
ATLS Instructors
Pediatric Emergency
Emergency Medicine Administration
King Fahad Medical City
Saudi Arabia

Dr. Amani Azizalrahman is a pediatric emergency consultant at King Fahad Medical City (KFMC);
Chairperson of Undergraduate Simulation at Center for Research Education and Simulation Enhanced Training (CRESENT) at King Fahad Medical City and Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS) instructor. Dr. Amani is a board member of SSSH Head of publicity and advertisement, an organizer of the volunteer group in the pediatric residency program (Cheerful Children Cain). She has been the Simulation Pediatric Emergency Fellowship Director since March 2018, running the simulation courses for pediatric residents and pediatric emergency departments. She is also the founder of the PASS Course in CRESENT, FDSIM-Advance Debriefing Course.

Dr. Amani graduated from the KFMC pediatric residency program progressing to the Pediatric Emergency Fellowship at Sickkids, Toronto in 2013. She gained Simulation Fellowship at University of Calgary, Alberta Children Hospital, KIDSIM Pediatric Simulation in 2014.

Dr. Amani has been a speaker at several conferences regionally and internationally primarily on Medical Simulation. A few of the conferences she has been a part of includes IMSH 2014, IMSH 2016, W21C SIMposium at Calgary in 2014, Simulation Summit at Toronto in 2014, 1st Saudi Health Simulation Conference Workshop 2015, Princess Nourah bint Mohamed bin Saud Al Saud - November 2017, Saudi Health Simulation Conference Workshops in 2018. She has also been appointed as the board member in the scientific committee for conferences like SASEM 2018 & SASEM 2021.

Dr. Amani is the examiner at the Saudi Council for Health Specialties and Faculty in Simulation courses at KFMC with expertise as below:

Instructor & co-founder at Workshop Basic Medical Simulation Course for Educators at KFMC

Instructor & co-founder at workshop FDSIM (Faculty Development of Simulation)

Instructor & co-founder for breaking bad news simulation workshop

Facilitator for Lumbar Puncture Simulation hands-on-course

Intensive Simulation for Pedia R1

Found and facilitator of PASS (Pediatric Advance simulation scenarios workshop

Founder and facilitator of FDSIM Debrief like an Expert

Dr. Amani is also the volunteering lecturer at Virtual Medical academy (VMA), a non-profit organization aiming to spread the knowledge virtually. She is also a member at Child Support Committee, a non-profit organization that helps and support psychological wellbeing of children and their parents.

Rasha Buhumaid

Consultant Emergency Physician
Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine
Mohammed Bin Rashid University of Medicine & Health Sciences
United Arab Emirates

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. Dr. Buhumaid is interested in undergraduate and postgraduate medical education and is active in point of care ultrasound education in the Middle East region and has taught numerous regional and international workshops.

Fikri Abu-Zidan

Fikri M. Abu-Zidan, MD, FACS, FRCS, PhD, Dip Applied Statistics
Professor, Head, Trauma Group
Acute Care Surgeon, Point-of-Care Sonographer, and Statistical Consultant
Department of Surgery, College of Medicine and Health Sciences,
UAE University, Al-Ain
United Arab Emirates

Hind Al dhaheri

EM specialist
Deputy & Associate program director of Tawam EM residency program
United Arab Emirates

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.

Jacques Kobersy

MD FACEP FAAEM
Chairman, Emergency Medicine Institute
Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi
United Arab Emirates

Dr. Kobersy received his medical degree 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. After completing training, Dr. Kobersy worked in Ann Arbor and also served as the Medical Director of Canton Medical Center.

Subsequent to this he relocated to Seattle where he continued in leadership roles, including as Medical Director of several Fire and EMS Districts in Washington state.

He is a Fellow of the American College of Emergency Physicians and the American Academy of Emergency Medicine. He currently resides in the United Arab Emirates, where he serves as Chairman of the Emergency Medicine Institute at Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi.

Jacques Malan

MBChB(UP) DipPEC(SA) FCEM(SA)
Head of Department
Consultant Emergency Medicine Physician
Mediclinic City Hospital
Adjunct Clinical Professor at MBRU
United Arab Emirates

Dr Jacques Malan is a consultant in emergency medicine for more than 10yrs, he trained in Cape Town South Africa and was the HOD of Large District Hospital. He has a keen interest in Emergency Cardiology with focus in ECG interpretation on the front line as well as focused emergence cardiac ultrasound. Integral part in setting up integrated echo clinic at the hospital in resource limited setting. Appointed as HOD of Mediclinic City Hospital in UAE since April 2019. Education

Dr. Malan graduated in 2000 from the University of Pretoria, did his diploma in emergency Medicine in 2003 and finished his post grad FCEM degree in 2010. He was Joint Staff at UCT and part of a robust point of care ultrasound Faculty. Adjunct Clinical Professor at MBRU.

His main interests include:
Teaching: Registrars, medical officers, and junior staff to hone their clinical skills, not to be too reliant on special investigations and not to forget that medicine should be practiced as an art with a focus on getting the basics right.
Clinical: I pride myself being a dedicated clinician and focus on improving flow through units by making the right decisions early and making the clients stay in the Emergency Centre as short but beneficial as possible.

Dr. Malan’s goal is to take lead role in promoting Emergency Medicine in not only Mediclinic but also to improve the access to emergency care across the UAE.

Omar Ghazanfar

Emergency Physician
Zayed Military Hospital
United Arab Emirates

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.

Ebrahim Al Nuaimi

United Arab Emirates

Consultant Emergency Medicine, DESC
Head of emergency department-ZMH- B

Jasem Obaid Alshamsi

Specialist Emergency Medicine
Emergency Department – Rashid Hospital
Dubai Health Authority
United Arab Emirates

Dr. Jasem Alshamsi is a Specialist Emergency Medicine physician working in Rashid Hospital- Trauma center, Dubai. He did his Emergency Medicine Training in Rashid hospital and earned Arab board of Emergency Medicine in 2015. He Completed a Fellowship in Health informatics from DHA in 2019 and completed his Master’s degree in Healthcare Management from Royal College of Surgeon – Ireland on 2019
Currently, aside from his clinical Duties he is also appointed as head of Smart health section under the Health Informatics and Smart Health Department – DHA.

Lara Sulaiman

SPECIALIST EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN
TOXICOLOGY CONSULTATION SERVICE
RASHID HOSPITAL AND TRAUMA CENTER ,
United Arab Emirates

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.
s 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

Mahmood Ghanaim

Consultant & Head of Emergency Department
Dubai Hospital, Dubai Health Authority
United Arab Emirates

Dr. Mahmoud Ghanaim is Consultant and Head of the Emergency Department, Dubai Hospital- Dubai-UAE. He completed his undergraduate and initial postgraduate training at Kuwait University, Kuwait, training in general medicine and cardiology, followed by further training in the United Kingdom. He then joined the Cardiology Department of Dubai Hospital in 1990 in addition to his post as Senior Physician in the Intensive Care Unit. He was appointed as head of emergency Department October 2010.

Maryam Abdulla Al Aghbari

United Arab Emirates

Neha Hudlikar

EM Resident Physician,
Zayed Military Hospital
United Arab Emirates

Neha Hudlikar is currently in her final year of Emergency Medicine residency training at Zayed Military Hospital, UAE. 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.

Sabrina Berdouk

Consultant Emergency Medicine
Program Director EM residency program
Sheikh Khalifa Medical City, Abu Dhabi
United Arab Emirates

Dr. 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 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.

Saleh Fares

Chair of Local Organizing Committee – ICEM 2021
President, Emirates Society of Emergency Medicine
United Arab Emirates

Dr. Fares is the first Canadian and American board-certified emergency physician from the UAE. 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 soon. 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 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.

Ives Hubloue

MD, PhD, CEDE, FESEM
Chair, Department of Emergency Medicine
Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel (UZ Brussel)
Research Group on Emergency & Disaster Medicine
Medical School of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel
(ReGEDiM Brussels)
Belgium

Dr. Hubloue 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.

Badr Al Dawood

Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine & Critical Care Medicine
Consultant Emergency Medicine Consultant Critical Care Medicine
Chairman Dept. of Emergency Medicine
King Saud University Medical city
Riyadh, 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.

Nadeem Qureshi

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

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

Naeem Toosy

MBChB, MSc (Surgical Sciences), FRCS(Ed), FRCEM, CCT(UK), CEDE, FFSEM(I)
Consultant and Former HoD ED
Sheikh Khalifa General Hospital – Umm Al Quwain
Adj Assistant Professor Clinical Sciences
University of Sharjah
United Arab Emirates

Having trained in Emergency Medicine in London, Dr. Toosy has been a Consultant (and HoD) of Emergency Department in the UAE. His interests are in resuscitation and management of injuries, Quality, and patient safety as well as education. He assisted in introducing many innovations to the department ensuring a high standard of clinical service provision. He developed the hospital’s trauma response and is also member of the STEMI taskforce for the Northern Emirates. Other achievements include:

Current and past Life support instruction (ATLS, ALS, APLS)

Organized many regional workshops, symposia and webinars

Founded Northern Emirates Emergency Club

‘Distinguished Specialist’ – 2018 - HEALTH MAGAZINE-DUBAI HEALTH AUTHORITY awards

In 2019 Chaired of the ARAB HEALTH EM conference

On Scientific committee of the Emirate Society of Emergency Medicine and active in the organization of International Conference of Emergency medicine (Dubai, 2021)

Ziad Kazzi

MD, FAAEM, FACEP, FACMT, FAACT
Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine
Director, International Fellowship in Medical Toxicology
Emory University
Assistant Medical Director, The Georgia Poison Center
President, MENATOX
United States

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.

Sajjad Pathan

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.

Norman Avila

BSN, RN, CEN, TCRN
Trauma Program Manager
Medical Administration Services Department
Sheikh Shakhbout Medical City (SSMC)
United Arab Emirates

With over (28) years of experience as a registered nurse in various health institutions in the Philippines and abroad. Experience in the following areas in field of Emergency & Trauma Nursing, Critical Care Nursing, Surgical Nursing, Paediatrics, and Orthopaedics in Nursing administration and management

Carries with him an extensive experience on Trauma System Development & Trauma Program, Trauma Registries implementation and is currently active in leading SSMC towards achieving a Level 1 Trauma Center accreditation & verification from the ACS-COT.

He is an active member of the Emergency Nurses Association (ENA) and the Society of Trauma Nursing (STN)

Danish Sami

MBBS, MRCS (Glasgow), FRCEM (UK)
Consultant Emergency Medicine
Emergency Department
Sheikh Shakhbout Medical City
Mayo Clinic, Abu Dhabi
United Arab Emirates

Dr. Sami is a full-time consultant in emergency medicine at Sheikh Shakhbout Medical City, Mayo Clinic, Abu Dhabi, UAE. He also works as a locum consultant at Medway Maritime Hospital, Kent, UK. He is a medical appraiser for MEDSU (an independent medical appraisal company) in UK. He is an examiner for the Royal College of Emergency Medicine UK. He is a member of scientific committee for Emirates Society of Emergency Medicine. He is a speaker at many international conferences.

He completed his medical school at King Edward Medical College, Lahore, Pakistan in 1999. He moved to United Kingdom in 2002. He spent five years working in different hospitals across England and Scotland as a junior doctor. In 2007 he became a registrar in Emergency Medicine in North London. He passed his fellowship in emergency medicine whilst working in London and became a consultant in 2011 in UK. He worked as a consultant at Medway Maritime Hospital in Kent, UK for 3 years. He was the governance lead for emergency department at Medway. He moved to Abu Dhabi in 2014 and since he has been working at SSMC.

He is a core faculty member of the emergency medicine residency program at SSMC. He is also lead for quality improvement program and the audit lead in the emergency department. He is an Instructor for Advanced Trauma Life Support Course and Advanced Life Support Course UK. His areas of interest are trauma, emergency ultrasound, emergency radiology quality and safety in emergency department. Currently he is working on MBA in healthcare management from John Hopkins University.

Komal Thara

(PG Edu)-MEAFPE(Dep)
Medical Resident Academic Affairs
Tawam Hospital
United Arab Emirates

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

Khalifa Alqaydi

Emergency Consultant
Emergency Department
Zayed Military Hospital
United Arab Emirates

Dr. Alqaydi received his medical degree from Manchester University (UK) and worked in the UK for the first part of his medical training. Then he pursued his postgraduate residency training in Emergency Medicine at McGill University (Canada) in 2019, followed by a fellowship in Trauma Team Leadership also at McGill University in 2020. Dr Alqaydi also hold a fellowship in Resuscitation Leadership from the Resus Leadership Academy (USA) . Dr Alqaydi is interested in caring for the critically ill patient in ED and trauma system improvement.

Khaldoon Alkhaldi

Consultant Physician
Clinical Services - Medical Affairs
Sheikh Khalifa Medical City
United Arab Emirates

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).

Hamad Ibrahim

United Arab Emirates

Ahmed Hasan Al Zaabi

Emergency Physician Consultant
Zayed Military Hospital
Sheikh Shakbout Medical City
United Arab Emirates

Dr. Ahmed Hasan Al Zaabi is a Specialist in Emergency medicine at Zayed Military Hospital – Abu Dhabi. He graduated from United Arab Emirates University in 2019 and completed his residency in Tawam Hospital - Al Ain. Dr. Al Zaabi is Jordanian Board Certified with a license to work at Zayed Military Hospital and Sheikh Shakbout Medical City at Abu Dhabi. Dr. Al Zaabi has authored a few publications that were published in multiple journals both nationally and internationally. He has been a speaker for both residents and senior physician for many years. His latest talk was in 2019 April at Al Ain - A TED Rhapsody under the title “Burnout Among Physician”. Dr Al Zaabi is also a PALS instructor and his hobbies include Soccer, Running and swimming.

Arif Alper Cevik

MD, MedEd-PGDip, FEMAT, FIFEM
Chair, Internal Medicine
UAEU College of Medicine and Health Sciences
Core-faculty, Tawam Emergency Medicine Residency Program
United Arab Emirates

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

Ahmed Humaid

MBBCH, CCFP (EM), EMHCA
Emergency Physician Consultant
Zayed Military Hospital - Abu Dhabi
School of Health Affairs Commander
Joint Logistic Command
UAE Armed Forces
United Arab Emirates

Dr. Ahmed Humaid is a UAE Emergency Physician Consultant, graduated from Ottawa, ON, Canada. He is currently the commanding officer for School of Health Affairs where he is leading the medical military training requirements for UAE Armed Forces. He has initiated the project of Tactical Medical Simulation capabilities for the Joint Logistic Command. He used to be an Emergency Department chairman and Field Hospital Commander from 2007 till 2013. He has been actively involved in many emergency medicine academic events including National and International Emergency Medicine Conferences, as a speaker, and he is a member of ESEM. His main interest is in tactical and military emergency medicine topics and research.

Basmah Saeed Al Zahmi

Emergency Resident
Zayed Military Hospital
Abu Dhabi
United Arab Emirates

Dr. Basmah Saeed Al Zahmi is a senior resident at Zayed Military Hospital Emergency Medicine program. Dr. Basmah is currently working at ED department of Zayed Military Hospital in Abu Dhabi and has been an integral part of ESEM Conferences since 2015 till 2020. She has contributed to the and had been an active team member for the organization of ESEM conferences throughout the years while she was also the chair of quality team

Essam Howayyer Al Zarooni

Consultant Pediatric Emergency and Consultant
and Head of Emergency Department,
Al Qassimi Hospital,
United Arab Emirates

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.

Shaza Karrar

Specialist Emergency Medicine Physician
Emergency Medicine Institute
Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi
United Arab Emirates

Dr. 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 titles EMSpaceCast, with a profound interest in Toxicology and Disaster Medicine.

Muna Mohammad Aljallaf

Emergency Medicine Specialist
Rashid Hospital Emergency and Trauma Center
Dubai Health Authority
United Arab Emirates

Dr. Muna Aljallaf has completed her MD from Dubai Medical College in Emirates. She is board certified in Emergency Medicine by the Jordanian Board and the Arab Board of Health Specializations. She is currently working as a specialist at Rashid Hospital Emergency, which is the busiest trauma center attending to the citizens of Dubai as well as the North-Eastern region of Emirates. She is leading the monthly specialists’ educational team meetings at her workplace. She completed an Introduction to Clinical Research Training (ICRT) and Safety, Quality, Informatics, and Leadership (SQIL) program at Harvard Medical School and has a humble research field experience.

Salma Mosbeh

United Arab Emirates

Abdulla Al Hammoudi

Emergency Medicine Consultant at Zayed Military Hospital and Sheikh Shakhbout Medical City
United Arab Emirates

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.

Abdullah Ali Baksh

United Arab Emirates

Anzal Rehman

PGY-4 Resident - Emergency Department
Zayed Military Hospital, Abu Dhabi
United Arab Emirates

Dr. Rehman is currently a final year Emergency Medicine Resident at Zayed Military Hospital in Abu Dhabi, UAE. He has a vested interest in sharing updated knowledge and developing teaching tools. As a healthcare professional, he continually strives to incorporate the newest clinical research into practice and am an active advocate for the use of Point of Care Ultrasonography (POCUS) in the ED. He is currently also the Founder/President of the Emirates Collaboration of Residents in Emergency Medicine (ECREM) as well as Editor-in-Chief for the Emirates Society of Emergency Medicine (ESEM) Monthly Newsletter.

Doug Sinclair

Chair of Oversight Committee – ICEM 2021
Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians
Canada

Dr Doug Sinclair was the founding Chair of the Department of Emergency Medicine at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Canada in 1999. He was the president of the Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians from 1999-2001, and Chair of the ICEM in Halifax in 2006. He has been a past chair and member of the CPD committee of the IFEM since its inception. He currently is the VP of Medicine/Quality/Safety at IWK health in Halifax, and has an interest in health system quality and safety, and leadership mentorship and coaching.

Melanie Stander

Emergency Medicine Society of South Africa
South Africa

Dr Melanie Stander is an Emergency Medicine physician based in Cape Town, South Africa. She is currently the Emergency Medicine Manager for Mediclinic Southern Africa, one of the largest private hospital groups in the country. She is a past President of the Emergency Medicine Society of South Africa, the immediate past vice-President of IFEM and one of the founders of the Gender Specific Issues SIG for IFEM.

Her interest and expertise are in point of care ultrasound, emergency medicine systems development and design, leadership and medicine gender advocacy.

Paul Hiu-fia Ho

Ex-President, Hong Kong College of Emergency Medicine
Hong Kong

Dr Ho Hiu Fai graduated from University of Hong Kong in 1986. He trained in general surgery during his early days. He was the consultant in Accident and Emergency Department of Queen Elizabeth Hospital Hong Kong since 1996 and chief of the department during the period of 1999 – 2013 and 2019 till now. He was deputized hospital chief executive of the hospital from 2013 – 19. He also carries honorary clinical lecturer and associate professor posts at the 2 medical schools in HK. Dr. Ho was also the President of Hong Kong College of Emergency Medicine (HKCEM) from 2011 – 2017.

Hamda Adel Taymour Ali

Emergency Resident
Rashid Hospital- Dubai Health Authority
UAE

Amal Rais Ali

Emergency Resident
Rashid Hospital- Dubai Health Authority
UAE

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The 20th International Conference on Emergency Medicine (ICEM21) has been comprehensively organized to capture the excellent innovations in Emergency Medicine, primarily in the areas of: Trauma, Emergency Nursing, Career Development, Military Medicine, Fundamentals of EM, Wellness, Administration, ED Operations, Disaster Medicine, Simulation, Sepsis, Cardiovascular, Pediatrics, Imaging, Abdominal, Neurovascular, Psych and other sub branches related to the field of Emergency Medicine.

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