Emergency and Trauma Nursing

Dr Liamunga Mwiya Imasiku is an Associate Victims Expert at International criminal court in the Hague where he carry out psychosocial assessments and brief trauma interventions / enhancement of wellbeing on victims of crime against humanity. Liamunga’s previous Job was Clinical Psychology Consultant/Medical lecturer in the department of psychiatry and behavioral Sciences at the University Teaching Hospital. From 2007 to 2012 he was the Chairperson of the Psychology Department and Senior Lecturer, Local Principle Research Investigator. His research has been supported by several local and international grants, and has been published in Zambian and international journals. In addition, I have worked as a consultant in several Non-Governmental Organizations in and outside Zambia including the Dream Runners Orphanage, Catholic Relief Services, Serenity Harm Reduction Programme Zambia, Freedom Foundation, International Justice Commission, and the Regional Aids Training Network I have expertise in training of trainers in TFCBT components requiring knowledge and skills in psychological assessments, management plans and psychological services to maximize the overall wellbeing of victims and of vulnerable clients who are traumatized by negative vices such as gender-based violence.

Medical psychology, military psychology, Trauma victims, Psychological Trauma

Madeleine Kerkhof, former RN, Clinical Aromatherapist; global expert, speaker and educator on integrative and complementary therapies in clinical nursing; author of Complementary Nursing in End of Life Care (2015) and CO2 extracts in Clinical Aromatherapy (2018); Director of Kicozo, Knowledge Institute for Integrative & Complementary (Nursing) Care

Nursing Care

Sureeporn Thanasilp completed her D.N.S. (Nursing) from Mahidol University, Thailand. Her Ongoing research is death acceptance between Thai and Vietnamese persons with cancer. She has published more than 20 papers.

Symptom Management in Chronic Illness

Yi-Chuan Chang has completed her PhD in National Taipei University of Nursing and Health Sciences, Taiwan. She published the papers Translation and validation of the Nurses Self-Concept Instrument for college-level nursing students in Taiwan

Nursing Education, Critical thinking, Professional self-concept, Simulation-based Teaching, Postoperative care.

Melissa Kimble completed her B.S. in Nursing in 1994 at Houston Baptist University in Houston, Texas, USA. She is the Director of Program Development for a large Home Health agency in the United States. She holds several specialty certifications related to community and public health. She has over two decades working with many organizations including Fortune 100 companies. Mrs. Kimble is a member of the Texas Nurse Association, the American Nurse’s Association and Sigma Theta Tau.

Nursing Care

Hongwei Wan has completed her PhD from ChiangMai University, School of Nursing. She is the director of Department of nursing, shanghai proton and heavy ion center, as well as a professor of Fudan University, China. She has published more than 60 papers in reputed journals.

Cancer nursing

Nezar Ahmed Salim is the In-Service Educator and Nurse Researcher in Dubai Hospital, Dubai United Arab Emirates. He obtained his Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing from Hashemite University in 2012 and proceeded to Master’s Degree, Major in Oncology in 2014 with an exemplary GPA of 3.39 in the same university. He started as a staff nurse in the Medical-Surgical Oncology Unit, King Hussain Cancer Center in Amman, Jordan from 2012-2015. With commitment for excellence and career growth, he established the Journal Club at King Hussein Cancer Center and was awarded as a “Champion Nurse” of Research in the Magnet Program. From 2015-2018, He worked as an Oncology Nurse in Dubai Hospital. Through hard work and tenacity, he was eventually promoted to Nurse Researcher and Educator. Throughout his career, Mr. Salim has published 20 researches and articles in different international nursing journals. The Al-Jalila Foundation approved his study entitled “Knowledge and Attitude of Oncology Nurses’ towards Cancer Pain Management in United Arab Emirates, 2017” a study grant to support the cause of the research. He is also a distinguished speaker and organizer of Nursing Conferences. In 2017, he is awarded by the Government of Dubai for “You’re our Pride”, Research Category. The Dubai Health Authority acknowledge him as a “Recognized Staff” for his dedication and initiative in the practice of Nursing. Currently, he is a Board Editorial member of 2 Medical Journals, The Medical Science Journal and Dubai Medical Journal. As a nurse researcher, he has a Good clinical Practice Certificate (GCP) which upholds the scientific quality standards of clinical trials.

Nurse Researcher

Mahesh Borhade MC, CHCQM-PHYADV is an American Board of Internal Medicine certified and certfiied by American Board of Qaulity Assuarance & Utilization Review Physicians in Healthcare Quality & Management. Dr. Borhade serves as a Medical Director at Person Memorial Hospital, Medical Director at Extended Care Unit a Nursing Home and as a Director for Utilization Review for Person Memorial Hospital, Roxboro NC, USA. He has extensive experience in acute inpatient and outpatient medical care for geriatric population with chronic medical comorbidities. He has been actively working in academics and research activities. He serves as a scientific reviewer , editorial member, expert panel for population studies projects. He has worked as an Organizing Committee for international conferences before.

Endocrinology, Hypertension, Dibetes, Cardiovascular Disease, Public Health and Healthcare Quality and Management.

Paul completed his nurse training at Queens University Belfast (QUB) in 1999. Initially working in Theatres, Recovery and High Dependency he later specialized in Anaesthetic Nursing, completing a Post Reg qualification at Manchester University. On his return to Belfast Paul completed a BSc (Hons) in Health Studies Management at QUB and worked as a Charge Nurse at the Mater Hospital Belfast.

Patient safety and Nursing Care

Murad has completed his PhD in nursing studies in September 2017 from Hull University. His PhD study employed a qualitative approach to understand the factors that influencing compliance with standard precautions among paediatric nurses. Dr. Sawalha is currently works as assistant professor at Hashemite University in Jordan. Dr. Sawalha is a registered nurse in Jordan since 2002. He holds a Bachelor of nursing science and master of clinical nursing from the University of Jordan. He worked in different clinical and academic settings (Four years in paediatric intensive care unit, one year in clinical research, and five years in academic lecturing).

Nursing Care

Petcharat Kerdonfag is Assistant Proffessor of Nursing at Community Health Nursing, Faculty of Medicine Ramathidodi Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand.She has completed her MNS (Community Health Nursing) from Mahidol university. She has published many papers related to community health nursing in peer-reviewed journals.

Community Health Nursing

Uranchimeg BSN, works as the supervisor of nurses at SOS Medica Mongolia UB International Clinic of Mongolia. She has 22 years of experience in emergency and intensive care medicine and is a member of the Mongolian Nursing Association. She earned her Bachelor of Science in Nursing at the National Medical University of Mongolia and will complete her Master of Science in nursing at the Etugen Medical University end of this year. She completed life support programmes which are provided American Hearth Assosiotion, including Basic Life Support for Healthcare Provider, Pediatric Advanced Life Support, Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support, Advanced Provider Course, International Trauma Life Support. Uranchimeg has received numerous awards including the Top employee of Healthcare from the Ministry of Health Mongolia.

Basic Life Support for Healthcare Provider, Pediatric Advanced Life Support, Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support, Advanced Provider Course, International Trauma Life Support.

Porntip Wachiradilok is a researcher in the National Institute for Emergency Medicine Thailand. She is the manager of Research and Development Unit. She completed her master degree at Science in Psychology and Mental Health, Khon Kaen University, 2006. Her research interests lie in the area of emergency medicine service system and psychology on research and development method. She has collaborated actively with researchers in several other disciplines. Porntip is a 54 years old woman, lives with her family, She enjoyed playing (poorly) and watching basketball, (road) bicycling, and enjoying good food, beer, and live theatre. Now she usually manages to read one book a month.

emergency medicine service system and psychology on research and development method

Bradley J. Phillips is a Chief Surgeon in the CHS International, Cape Canaveral, FL. He also worked as Vice Chairman of Surgery in Creighton University School of Medicine,(2016-2017), USA and also Founding Member & President Trauma Response and Transfer, LLC. His research interests lie in the area of Trauma-Burn-Critical Care & Emergency Surgery. He published various research papers in several disciplines and also had his share of chapters in various monographs. Bradley J. Phillips is 48 years old, lives in Cape Canaveral, FL.

Burnt Trauma,Laryngomalacia & asthma, Clinical Mangement, Human Medicine

Md Yunus is an Emergency Physician from Emergency PhysicianS, Shillong. He is the Head of Department of Emergency Medicine & Traumatology. He has put forward all the efforts to initiate, develop and establish the Department of Emergency Medicine in this part of the Country. His goal in life is to make available the emergency patient-care services to all the citizens of this country and that emergency care should be equal without delay, efficient and reasonably cost effective. He has keen interest in Bio-Medical Research & Academic in Medical Sciences. He is a renowned Trainer & Researcher being as Dean (Research) & Coordinator of Department of Medical Education at centre of Excellence which is also known as AIIMS of North-East which is designated as Autonomous Tertiary care Super specialty Medical Institute known as North Eastern Indira Gandhi Regional Institute of Health & Medical Sciences (NEIGRIHMS), Shillong, Meghalaya under the Government of India (Ministry of Health & Family Welfare).

Emergency Medicine, Bio-Medical research, Medical Sciences

Dr Sandeep”s modest beginnings are certainly what makes his carrier success, full amazing and almost unfathomable. Born on 7 may 1978 and raised in inner city of Maharashtra, India. He is now a leading neurosurgeon in Maharashtra, India. His widely acclaimed mission is to bring healthcare of international standards within the reach of individual. He committed to give quality & excellence in reach of humanity". Dr Sandeep Inchanalkar is a M.B.B.S.; M.S.; D.N.B.; M.ch. ;( Neurosurgery) from Bombay hospital. He has done fellowship in minimal invasive brain and spine surgery. He is trained under Dr K. E. Turel, Dr C. E. Deopujari, and Dr Anil Karapurkar. He is a member of neurological Society of India, and presented paper in several national conferences. He was organizing secretary- Maharashtra chapter of neurological surgeon’s conference (MCNS CON) 2015. & Joint secretary - Maharashtra chapter of neurological surgeon’s conference (MCNS CON) 2016.

Trauma Care, Brain and Spine Surgery

Dr. Dimitrios Karakitsos is an Associate Professor in Medicine (University of South Carolina, School of Medicine) and an Adjunct Associate Professor in Critical Care (Keck Medical School, University of Southern California). He is an international, well-published expert and researcher in critical care ultrasound and crisis resource management in trauma. Currently, he is also affiliated to the Trauma Center of King Saud Medical City (KSMC) in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

Trauma, Critical Care, Ultrasound, Crisis resource management.

Leslie S. Zun, M.D., M.B.A. is the System Chair of the Department of Emergency Medicine in the Sinai Health System in Chicago, Illinois and Chairman & Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine and a secondary appointment in the Department of Psychiatry at the Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science/Chicago Medical School in North Chicago, Illinois. His background includes a medical degree (M.D.) from Rush Medical College and a business degree (M.B.A.) from Northwestern University's JL Kellogg School of Management. He is board certified in Emergency Medicine by the American Board of Emergency Medicine. Dr. Zun was a chief operating officer and acting chief executive officer for a 200 bed hospital in Chicago.He has presented his research and lectured on these topics both nationally and internationally. He is President of the American Association for Emergency Psychiatry and a board member of American Academy of Emergency Medicine and the. He is the chief editor of the Behavioral Emergencies for Emergency Physicians textbook and course director for the past six years for the National Update on Behavioral Emergencies conference.

Healthcare administration, violence prevention and behavioral emergencies.

Mélanie Bérubé is a PhD candidate at McGill University. She completed an acute care post-master’s nurse practitioner diploma at the University of Toronto and a master’s degree at the Université de Montréal. Ms. Bérubé has work as an advanced practice nurse in orthopaedics and trauma for 5 years and a clinical nurse specialist in the fields of trauma and critical care for 10 years. She currently holds the positions of trauma coordinator and research coordinator for the Department of Nursing at the Hôpital du Sacré-Coeur de Montreal, a level one trauma center. Her research interest is the prevention of adverse events in trauma including the acute to chronic pain transition.

Chronic Pain,Trauma and Critical Care,Nursing.

Alessandra Falco has completed her PhD in Social and Personality Psychology from Padua University. She is now Researcher and Adjunct Professor of Work and Organizational Psychology at Padua University.

Her research areas are: (a) work-related stress risk assessment, with particular reference to the development of “integrated” tools, based on subjective, objective, and physiological indicators; (b) the role of specific individual and behavioral dimensions (workaholism, negative affectivity, mindfulness, PsyCap resources, perfectionism, presenteeism) in the etiology of organizational well-being/disease; (c) social marketing, communication and change, with particular reference to traffic psychology.

Calvin Mak is a Neurosurgeon specialist, working as an Associate Consultant at Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Hong Kong. After completing his graduation at University of Hong Kong, he worked at several neurosurgery centers in Hong Kong during Neurosurgical training, and completed the fellowship of FRCSEd (SN) in 2014. His current clinical and research interest includes “Traumatic brain injury, skull base surgery, neuro-endoscopy, and minimal access brain and spine operations”. He is also interested in implementing information technology in postgraduate training and medical practice.

Brain, Spine, Neurology.

Dr.Tran received his B.S. degree in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology in 2003, from the University of California, Davis (UC Davis).In 2008, he completed his Ph.D.in Comparative Pathology from UC Davis. He served as a postdoctoral scholar at the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB) UC Davis Point-of-Care Technologies Center from 2009 – 2011. During this time he also completed a M.S. in Pharmacology and Toxicology. In 2011, he was recognized for his contributions to the field of clinical chemistry and was voted into the membership of National Academy of Clinical Biochemistry. In the same year, he was also accepted to the National Center for Advancing Translational Science (NCATS) funded Clinical and Translational Science Center’s (CTSC) K30 Mentored Clinical Research Training Program (MCRTP) to further his research training in burn critical care and focus on the clinical impact of accurate blood glucose monitoring system (BGMS) accuracy on tight glycemic control. This data precipitated significant changes in United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) guidelines involving BGMS approval, and recent Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) requirements for glycemic monitoring in critically ill patients. Currently, Dr. Tran serves as Assistant Clinical Professor for the Clinical Chemistry and Point-of-Care Testing Sections through the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at UC Davis School of Medicine. He serves as Principal Investigator for a $1.87 million United States Army Medical Research and Material Command (USAMRMC) Sepsis Trial [multicenter, randomized, controlled trial] evaluating the clinical impact of rapid, quantitative, molecular determination of Staphylococcus aureus in burn sepsis patients. He is also a National Heart Blood and Lung Institute (NHLBI) Emergency Medicine K12 Career Award Scholar focusing on physiologically based pharmacokinetics for antimicrobial therapy in patients with sepsis.

Clinical Chemistry; Emergency Medicine. novel molecular pathogen detection methods. clinical outcomes-based research in burn,trauma.

Dr. Dave P.Milzman is an Professor of Emergency Medicine and currently serves in multiple roles at the Georgetown University School of Medicine. He is an Assistant Dean for Student Research, Research Director in the Department of Emergency Medicine at the Washington Hospital Centre of Georgetown University,Associate Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine, and Medical Student Senior Advisor Director of Brain Trauma Research .He is also an Adjunct Professor of Biology at Georgetown University. He served in various teaching, research, and practice roles with several schools and hospitals in the metropolitan area. He received his Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Maryland, obtained his Doctor of Medicine from Georgetown University, and completed his residency training in Emergency and Internal Medicine at Eastern Virginia Graduate School of Medicine. Dr. Milzman is one of two non-lawyer members of the Commission. On June 3, 2014, the City Council confirmed the appointment of Dr. David P. Milzman as a member of the Commission on Judicial Disabilities and Tenure for a term to expire May 5, 2017.

Mass gathering, Trauma/Critical care

Zaza Demetrashvili was born in 1963, in Tbilisi. He got his MD status when he was 25 years old and completed his PhD at the age of 32 from a postdoctoral study in Tbilisi State Medical University. He is Associate Professor of Surgery, of Tbilisi State Medical University and Senior General Surgeon of Kipshidze Central University Hospital (Tbilisi, Georgia). He has published more than 80 scientific articles in international peer reviewed journals. He also is serving as an editorial board member and a reviewer of various international medical journals. He is member of several international surgical associates.

Abdominal Surgery, Apendicitis

Dr. Tony Joseph is the Director of Trauma (Emergency) and an Emergency Physician at Royal North Shore Hospital, Sydney. He was the chairperson of the Steering Committee for the formation of the Australasian Trauma Society in 1997 and is a Past President and Treasurer of the Society. He is the Clinical Associate Professor-Emergency Medicine, Northern Clinical School. He has been the Chairperson of the Australasian College for Emergency Medicine (ACEM) Ultrasound Subcommittee and is the current Chair of the NSW Faculty of the ACEM as well as a member of the ACEM Council and the current chair of the ACEM Standards Committee. He is an author on 19 publications, three book chapters and has given over 30 presentations at national and international Emergency and Trauma meetings. He is a section editor for Trauma for Emergency Medicine Australasia (EMA) as well as a reviewer for Injury and the Lancet. He is also involved in teaching emergency ultrasound to other doctors and emergency medicine trainees and medical students. He has also been a supervisor for medical students doing honours year. He is currently an EMST Instructor and Course Director. He is also an Instructor on the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons\' Care of the Critically Ill Surgical Patient (CRISP) Course.

Disaster preparedness, Post-Traumatic stress disorder and the Emergency Department, Ultrasound in the Emergency Department, the use of Ultrasound in Trauma and Trauma Radiology. Venous Thrombo-Embolic disease, Development of Trauma systems, Trauma Resuscitation and Trauma Service Verification.

Akram Fayed, has completed his training in Egypt and USA and earned his Doctorate Degree in Critical Care Medicine as well as the ABIM in 2005. Since then he contributed by giving talks and presenting research activities in many national and international conferences. He is a founder and member of the Egyptian Society of Critical Care and Emergency. He is also a member of SCCM, ESICM and others. He has a number of publications in CCM in elite journals. He is currently an Associate Professor of Critical Care Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Alexandria, Egypt.

Gravid Uterus

Amal Roshdi Ahmed has completed her PhD at the age of 33 years from Benha University on Maternal & Neonatal Health Nursing. she is the manager of Information Technology unit and quality management unit at the faculty of nursing –Beni-Suef University.

Maternal & Neonatal Health Nursing.

Dr. Claudia M. Elsig has over more than 20 years experience in the area of psychiatric and psychotherapeutic medicine. She studied at the medical faculty of the Zurich University and after this completed an extensive and deepened training in various evidence-based psychotherapeutic methods. She specialised on psycho-traumatology. Out of a deep interest for the effects of psychological and physical traumas like post-traumatic stress disorder, depression, eating disorders, the whish in her grew to help those people individually, holistic and sustaining. On the way to a multi-specialist she looked for the best mentors in Europe for behavioural therapy, hypnosis and EMDR. She passed through training in genetics and genetic consultation with the focus on addiction, depression and anxiety disorders and discovered the fascination of epigenetics. For years she managed the special consultation for clinical hypnosis at a private clinic in Zurich. During the past years as a medical director and manager of the psychiatry department in an international practice she deepened her knowledge on multiple types of addiction and their effects. In 2004 she founded the Calda AG and developed an individual integrative treatment concept for psychological diseases. Today, she is the manager of the Calda Clinic for in-patient clients at Lake Zurich and an outpatient, psychiatric-psychotherapeutic practice in Zollikon. Furthermore, she is a demanded referee and trainer.

Domestic Violence,Psychological and physical traumas, Post-traumatic stress disorder.

Dr.Aisha Dr. Aisha Yacoub Y. S. Larem is a ORL-HNS COnsultant at Qatari nationalty. she Graduated from Gulf University Otology subspecialty.she is an Associate program director and worked as a Fellowship program director and is an Clinical instructor weill corneal at Qatar.

Oropharyngeal trauma and Surgery.

Doctor Charles E. Wiles III, M.D. received his undergraduate degree from Boston College in Massachusetts, and his medical degree from the University at Buffalo School of Medicine in 1973. His post graduate training included a surgical residency at the Erie County Medical Center as well as a Senior Fellowship at the R Adams Shock Trauma Center in Maryland. Currently, Doctor Wiles is an attending surgeon with University at Buffalo Surgeons, Inc. at the Erie County Medical Center in Buffalo, NY. He holds a faculty position with the University at Buffalo as Associate Program Director for the Department of Surgery as well as Clinical Professor of Surgery.

General Surgery: Trauma Surgery & Surgical Critical Care.

Doctor Charles E. Wiles III, M.D. received his undergraduate degree from Boston College in Massachusetts, and his medical degree from the University at Buffalo School of Medicine in 1973. His post graduate training included a surgical residency at the Erie County Medical Center as well as a Senior Fellowship at the R Adams Shock Trauma Center in Maryland. Currently, Doctor Wiles is an attending surgeon with University at Buffalo Surgeons, Inc. at the Erie County Medical Center in Buffalo, NY. He holds a faculty position with the University at Buffalo as Associate Program Director for the Department of Surgery as well as Clinical Professor of Surgery.

General Surgery: Trauma Surgery & Surgical Critical Care.

Dr.Tran received his B.S. degree in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology in 2003, from the University of California, Davis (UC Davis).In 2008, he completed his Ph.D.in Comparative Pathology from UC Davis. He served as a postdoctoral scholar at the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB) UC Davis Point-of-Care Technologies Center from 2009 – 2011. During this time he also completed a M.S. in Pharmacology and Toxicology. In 2011, he was recognized for his contributions to the field of clinical chemistry and was voted into the membership of National Academy of Clinical Biochemistry. In the same year, he was also accepted to the National Center for Advancing Translational Science (NCATS) funded Clinical and Translational Science Center’s (CTSC) K30 Mentored Clinical Research Training Program (MCRTP) to further his research training in burn critical care and focus on the clinical impact of accurate blood glucose monitoring system (BGMS) accuracy on tight glycemic control. This data precipitated significant changes in United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) guidelines involving BGMS approval, and recent Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) requirements for glycemic monitoring in critically ill patients. Currently, Dr. Tran serves as Assistant Clinical Professor for the Clinical Chemistry and Point-of-Care Testing Sections through the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at UC Davis School of Medicine. He serves as Principal Investigator for a $1.87 million United States Army Medical Research and Material Command (USAMRMC) Sepsis Trial [multicenter, randomized, controlled trial] evaluating the clinical impact of rapid, quantitative, molecular determination of Staphylococcus aureus in burn sepsis patients. He is also a National Heart Blood and Lung Institute (NHLBI) Emergency Medicine K12 Career Award Scholar focusing on physiologically based pharmacokinetics for antimicrobial therapy in patients with sepsis.

Clinical Chemistry; Emergency Medicine. novel molecular pathogen detection methods. clinical outcomes-based research in burn,trauma.

Dr. Dave P.Milzman is an Professor of Emergency Medicine and currently serves in multiple roles at the Georgetown University School of Medicine. He is an Assistant Dean for Student Research, Research Director in the Department of Emergency Medicine at the Washington Hospital Centre of Georgetown University,Associate Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine, and Medical Student Senior Advisor Director of Brain Trauma Research .He is also an Adjunct Professor of Biology at Georgetown University. He served in various teaching, research, and practice roles with several schools and hospitals in the metropolitan area. He received his Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Maryland, obtained his Doctor of Medicine from Georgetown University, and completed his residency training in Emergency and Internal Medicine at Eastern Virginia Graduate School of Medicine. Dr. Milzman is one of two non-lawyer members of the Commission. On June 3, 2014, the City Council confirmed the appointment of Dr. David P. Milzman as a member of the Commission on Judicial Disabilities and Tenure for a term to expire May 5, 2017.

Mass gathering, Trauma/Critical care

Dr. Ruby A.Skinner is the Chief of the Trauma Division and Director of the Surgical Critical Care Unit. She joined the surgical faculty at Kern Medical Center in 2009. Prior to her recruitment to KMC, she was in private practice in Los Angeles where she specialized in trauma, surgical critical care and acute care general surgery. She also served on the surgical faculty at Northwestern University, Chicago. She is fellowship trained in trauma and surgical critical care and leads an active trauma research program at KMC. She serves on a number of regional and national trauma and critical care society committees. She specializes in all aspects of general surgery.

Surgical strategies for complex abdominal hernia and Wound management, Surgical nutrition in critical illness and Cost containment in critical care practices.

Dr. Juan Carlos Puyana, MD is an Associate Professor of Surgery, Critical Care Medicine and Clinical Translational Science at the University of Pittsburgh. He is the Past-President of the Pan-American Trauma Society, and Director of Global Health for the Dept. of Surgery at Pittsburgh. He was originally born in Colombia. Over the past 10 years he has participated in several International Research and Training Collaborations in Latin America. He was honoured with Outstanding Public Service Award by The Independent Insurance Agents of Pittsburgh. He is currently the PI of the Fogarty International centre (FIC) D43 Informatics Training for Global Health (ITGH) in Colombia (1D43TW008443-01.He is Trauma Surgeon, Director of the Surgical Critical Care Program at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Centre at Presbyterian Hospital. He received his M.D. from Javeriana University in Bogota Columbia. He is an Editorial Board Member of the Adult Multi-Disciplinary Critical Care Knowledge Assessment Program.

Informatics Training for Global Health (ITGH),Capacity Building for Decompressive Craniotomy in austere environments, Respiratory Distress Syndrome, Metabolic-Inflammatory Systems in Irreversible Shock.

Dr.Willy is Born in 1955. Specialist in internal medicine and nephrology. Leader of section of Nephrology (medical department), Akershus University Hospital, Norway. A few scientific articles about alcohol intoxication, deaths in police cells and some nephrological topics including transplantation.

Internal Medicine, Nephrology,Alcohol intoxicatio, Police cells.

Prof. Andreas Engelbrecht is the head of Emergency medicine at the University of Pretoria / Steve Biko Academic Hospital. He completed the MBChB degree at the age of 24 years from University of Pretoria. His other qualifications include FCEM, MMed (Fam Med), Dip PEC, DA, DTM&H and MMed in Pharmacology. He is the director of Emergency Medicine at the University of Pretoria. He has published more than 13 papers in reputed journals and chapters in emergency medicine textbooks. He developed the VAPP course (venomous animals poisonous plants) and the Pearls and Pitfalls in Emergency Medicine.

Tricyclic antidepressants, Emergency Medicine

Zaza Demetrashvili was born in 1963, in Tbilisi. He got his MD status when he was 25 years old and completed his PhD at the age of 32 from a postdoctoral study in Tbilisi State Medical University. He is Associate Professor of Surgery, of Tbilisi State Medical University and Senior General Surgeon of Kipshidze Central University Hospital (Tbilisi, Georgia). He has published more than 80 scientific articles in international peer reviewed journals. He also is serving as an editorial board member and a reviewer of various international medical journals. He is member of several international surgical associates.

Abdominal Surgery, Apendicitis

Dr. Tony Joseph is the Director of Trauma (Emergency) and an Emergency Physician at Royal North Shore Hospital, Sydney. He was the chairperson of the Steering Committee for the formation of the Australasian Trauma Society in 1997 and is a Past President and Treasurer of the Society. He is the Clinical Associate Professor-Emergency Medicine, Northern Clinical School. He has been the Chairperson of the Australasian College for Emergency Medicine (ACEM) Ultrasound Subcommittee and is the current Chair of the NSW Faculty of the ACEM as well as a member of the ACEM Council and the current chair of the ACEM Standards Committee. He is an author on 19 publications, three book chapters and has given over 30 presentations at national and international Emergency and Trauma meetings. He is a section editor for Trauma for Emergency Medicine Australasia (EMA) as well as a reviewer for Injury and the Lancet. He is also involved in teaching emergency ultrasound to other doctors and emergency medicine trainees and medical students. He has also been a supervisor for medical students doing honours year. He is currently an EMST Instructor and Course Director. He is also an Instructor on the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons\' Care of the Critically Ill Surgical Patient (CRISP) Course.

Disaster preparedness, Post-Traumatic stress disorder and the Emergency Department, Ultrasound in the Emergency Department, the use of Ultrasound in Trauma and Trauma Radiology. Venous Thrombo-Embolic disease, Development of Trauma systems, Trauma Resuscitation and Trauma Service Verification.

Dr André Denault completed medical school at the University de Montréal in 1987. This was followed by training in Internal Medicine at McGill University in Montreal in 1991, a Critical Care fellowship at Pittsburg University in 1993 and then Anesthesia residency at the University de Montréal in 1996. He completed his PhD in biomedical Science at the University de Montréal in 2010. He works at the Montreal Heart Institute as a cardiac anesthesiologist and critical care physician and at the Centre Hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal as a general critical care physician.

Ultrasound, Transesophageal echocardiography, Hemodynamic instability, Right ventricular failure and Near-infrared oximetry.

Dr.Aisha Dr. Aisha Yacoub Y. S. Larem is a ORL-HNS COnsultant at Qatari nationalty. she Graduated from Gulf University Otology subspecialty.she is an Associate program director and worked as a Fellowship program director and is an Clinical instructor weill corneal at Qatar.

Oropharyngeal trauma and Surgery.

Amal Roshdi Ahmed has completed her PhD at the age of 33 years from Benha University on Maternal & Neonatal Health Nursing. she is the manager of Information Technology unit and quality management unit at the faculty of nursing –Beni-Suef University.

Maternal & Neonatal Health Nursing.

He has PhD in Sport Psychology from Helwan U niversity , lecturer of Psychology at pharmacy & Nursing faculties. He is the manager of quality management unit of Faculty of Physical Education,Beni-suef University.

Urinary Incontinence, Kagel exercise, Self- care Guidelines.

Akram Fayed, has completed his training in Egypt and USA and earned his Doctorate Degree in Critical Care Medicine as well as the ABIM in 2005. Since then he contributed by giving talks and presenting research activities in many national and international conferences. He is a founder and member of the Egyptian Society of Critical Care and Emergency. He is also a member of SCCM, ESICM and others. He has a number of publications in CCM in elite journals. He is currently an Associate Professor of Critical Care Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Alexandria, Egypt.

Trauma to the Gravid Uterus

Tony Taylor retired officially in 1991 from a career that included clinical practice, research and teaching different aspects of human behavior in places and times of adversity. The former led him to work in prisons, mental hospitals, and the Courts of Justice. The latter had him involved in the aftermath of a variety of different disasters, several aspects of which he has already published, and some of which he proposes to mention today. But, he insists, his vision is not enshrouded in doom and gloom.

Human Behaviour, Adversity, Diasters.

Dr. Alain Brunet is a clinical psychologist and researcher at Montreal’s Douglas Mental Health University Institute and Associate Professor at the Department of Psychiatry at McGill University. He has dedicated his career to study the impact of trauma on mental health. Originally known as “shell shock”, is one of the most common disorders among soldiers. He has been investigating the impact of trauma exposure on individuals for over 15 years, with a special focus on characterizing the risk factors and developing effective treatments for PTSD (Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder), Dr. Brunet developed the Peritraumatic Distress Inventory (PDI) in 2001 and currently being utilized by more than 30 teams across the world and has been translated into eleven languages. In 2006 he was named to the Maclean’s annual Honour roll as one of the 39 Canadians. In 2008, he founded a web site called info-trauma, intended for victims and professionals of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorders. He is also Editor in Chief of The International Journal of Victimology and President of the Traumatic Stress section of the Canadian Psychological Association.Since 2011, Alain Brunet is vice-president of the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder,Peritraumatic responses,early interventions,Neurobiological correlates,Neuroimaging,Psychophysiology,reconsolidation blockage.

Dr.Rajiv Mahendru possessed Post-Graduate Degree in Obstetrics and Gynaecology from Himachal Pradesh University at the age of 29 years and became one of the youngest Professors. Presently, Head of the Department in the only second medical college for women in India. He has 32 Publications in reputed journal and is the recipient of a prestigious Award for excellence in Medical field. Appointed as the Chief-editor of the Special issue of an international journal of repute and has numerous presentations to his credit at international arena as an invited Guest Speaker. He is the member of Academic Board of many universities, member of recruitment for medical teachers, and assessor for establishing Medical colleges. He has chaired numerous sessions in the National and International conferences.

Gynecology and Obstetrics

Dr. Aleksandar Karamarković currently works as a Professor in General Surgery, Faculty of Medicine University of Belgrade and Director, Clinic for Emergency Surgery, University Clinical Center of Serbia Belgrade/SERBIA. He completed his medical education as a faculty and Ph.D. at University of Belgrade.He was Elected as a Assistant Professor of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine University of Belgrade /SERBIA (1996-2004) and Associate Professor of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine University in (2004-2010). He was invited as an International speaker for 14th International and 15th and 16th International Postgraduate course of the International Association of Surgeons, Gastroenterologists and Oncologists at Greece, 7th Congress of Croatian Society of Digestive Surgery, Opatija, Croatia in 2007 and 18th World Congress of the International Association at Istanbul, Turkey, 2008. From 2007-2014 he attended many world congress meetings.

Liver trauma, Acute respiratory distress syndrome, Damage control surgery (DCS), Exsanguinating trauma patients, Mortality etc.

Wei Gu has completed her PhD at the age of 28 years from the Third Military Medical University. She is now an asoociated professor of State Key Laboratory of Trauma, Burns and Combined Injury, Research Institute of Surgery of the Third Military Medical University, China. Her research is focuse on the genetic mechanisms and early diagnosis of complicaitons after severe trauma, especially sepsis and MODS. She has published more than 32 papers in reputed journals.

Genetic mechanisms and early diagnosis of complicaitons after severe trauma, especially sepsis and MODS.

Professor Nguyen Huu Tu graduated from Hanoi Medical University (1984-1990). He obtained PhD (2000-2003) and became an Associate Professor of Hanoi Medical University in 2007 and Professor in 2014. Professor Nguyen Huu Tu held Academic Positions of increasing importance: Vice President of Hanoi Medical University (2009-present), Primary Trauma Care Instructor and Local Coordinator (2004-present); Chairman, Anesthesia and Critical Care, Hanoi Medical University (2009-present). Professor Nguyen Huu Tu has following hospital appointments: Anesthesist-Intensivist, Viet Duc University Hospital (1994-2008); Attaché Associé, Hotel Dieu Hospital, Lyon, France (1994-1995); Henri-Mondor University Hospital, France (1997-1998); Chef de clinique, Chercheur, Centre Nationale de Recherche Scientifique de Paris (CNRS), University Paris XII, Henri-Mondor University Hospital, France (2001-2002); Visiting Anesthetist, North-West Tasmania Hospital and Adelaide Royal Hospital, Australia (2006); Anesthetist-intensivist in Chief, Hanoi Medical University Hospital (2008-present).Nguyen Huu Tu is author and co-author of 109 scientific publications published in the local and international journals including Anesthesiology, Anesthesia&Analgesia journals.

Trauma anesthesia and resuscitation, Regional anesthesia, Postoperative pain management, Airway complications during anesthesia and Pharmacology of neuromuscular relaxants.

Dr.Cuong Tran Chi is a current Director of Stroke International Services System (S.I.S), Vietnam, Vice President of Vietnamese Interventional Radiology Society, President of Interventional Neuroradiology Society of HCM city, and Consultant of Interventional Neuroradiology of Vietnam. Professionally he is a Neurosurgeon – Neurointerventionalist. From May 2002 - April 2004: he had trained for Neurosurgeon specialist level 1 (Master Degree) in Ho Chi Minh Medical University and had worked in Neurosurgery Department in Cho Ray Hospital Ho Chi Minh. He is the member of WFITN (The World Federation of Interventional and Therapeutic Neuroradiology) and AAFITN (Asian-Australasian Federation of Interventional and Therapeutic Neuroradiology) in 2007. He studied advanced procedures for Stroke Management at USA. From 2006 - 2015: he has performed more than 1500 neurointerventional procedures including: carotid cavernous fistula, intracranial and spinal dural fistula, treatment aneurysm by coiling, treatment AVM, carotid stenting and intracranial stenting, flow-diverter stenting, percutaneous vertebroplasty.

Endovascular treatment of Cerebral Aneurysm, Spinal arteriovenous malformations, Angiographic Clascification and Treatment Stratergies, Interventional Neuroradiology.

Dr. Mamdouh Koraitim is an Professor, Department of Urology, College of Medicine, University of Alexandria, Egypt. Koraitim, Mamdouh Mohamed was born on December 5, 1936 in Beheira, Egypt. He did his Bachelor of Medicine, BChir, in 1959; Diploma urology in 1962, Diploma surgery in 1963, Doctor of Medicine in Urology in 1966 all at University of Alexandria, Egypt.he worked as an demonstrator Faculty of Medicine in the same University in 1962-1967, lecturer in 1967-1972, Associate professor 1972-1977, Professor since 1977, Chairman of urology department in 1985-1992 and Dean faculty of medicine at Beirut Arab University, Lebanon in 1998-2000. The main objectives of his one of the published articles is to develop a plan that would optimise the outcome after an anastomotic repair of a pelvic fracture urethral injury (PFUI). Others may include effect of early realignment of posterior urethral injury on the length and delayed repair of ensuing urethral defect, Assessment and management of an open bladder neck at posterior urethroplasty. He won recipient National award in Medicine. He was an expertise in Andrology,Traumatology and Urology.

Identification of bio-markers for prostate, Kidney and bladder, Injury, Surgery, Neck, Research, Patients, Report and Risk.

Dr. Can Ince is a physiologist who heads the Department of Translational Physiology at the Academic Medical Centre (AMC) of the University of Amsterdam (since 2002). He is a part-time staff member (40%) at the Department of Intensive Care, Erasmus Medical Center Rotterdam (head Prof Jan Bakker) (since 2007). He was Professor of Experimental Anaesthesiology and Cell Physiology at the AMC (from 1993 to 2002). He had worked at the Dept. of Infectious Diseases for some ten years on immunological research. He has a PhD degree in Immunology/Cell Physiology and degrees in electrical and electronic engineering (BSc University of Birmingham (UK), MSc Information Theory Technical University of Delft (NL). He is past-president of the Dutch Physiological Society, former chairman of the Scientific Committee of the Netherlands and past-president of the International Society of Oxygen Transport to Tissue. He is on the editorial boards of several journals and has authored close to 300 scientific peer reviewed papers.

Microcirculation research related to oxygenation, Perfusion and inflammation of organs in intensive care, Cardiothoracic surgery and Anaesthesiology, Fluid resuscitation, Blood transfusion and Inflammatory modulation.

Dr.Manoj Joshi has completed his Postdocotoral degree MCh in paediatric surgery from SMS medical college Jaipur, State of rajasthan, India in 2004 and is presently working in capacity of Professor and Head in department of Paediatric surgery at Pondicherry Institute of Medical sciences (PIMS) Pondicherry, which is a well known tourist destination and educational hub located in south eastern coast of india.He has about 15 publications and is a principle investigator of at least 5 ongoing research studies in department. He is a fellow of Indian association of paediatric surgeons and an executive member of its research section. He is also on editorial board and reviewer of many prestigious national and international journals.

Pediatric minimal accses surgery , Padiatric Urology and Pediatric Trauma.