Medical Board
Organizing Committee
Dr. Ahmed Adel
Consultant Pediatric Cardiologist at Al Jalila Children’s Specialty Hospital, MRCPCH, Arab board of Pediatrics, European certification diploma in EACVI/AEPC Congenital Heart Disease
Dr. Madiha M. Fathi
Consultant Pediatrician Al Qassimi Women & Children Hospital AQWCH Assistant Professor Sharjah University, UAE
Dr. Maysa Saleh
Senior Specialist Pediatrician, Latifa Women & Children Hospital, Dubai, UAE.
Dr. Mhd Bilal Mhd Al Khawam
Specialist Pediatric Cardiology Arab Board in Pediatrics MSc in Pediatric Cardiology, Hatta governmental Hospital, UAE
Dr. Mohamed Farah
Specialist Pediatric Neonatology Fellow, Perinatal Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Tawam Hospital in Affiliation with Johns Hopkins Medicine, Al Ain, UAE.
Prof. Rania Alfarrash
Professor of Pediatrics and Neonatology in Cairo University, Egypt.
Scientific Committee
Dr. Abdullatif Amneenah
Head of Pediatrics and Neonatal Department, Alwahda Hospital, President of PLNA, Derna, Libya.
Dr. Adel Reyad
Benha University, Former Head of Pediatrics and Neonatology Department, Pediatric Liver Transplant Unit and Infection Control Unit at Wadi-El-Neel Hospital. National Defense Council, Egypt
Dr. Ahmed Soufi
Consultant Pediatrician Medical Cure Center, Lattakia, Syria, Vice President of Syrian Society for Neonatology and Nutrition, Syria.
Dr. Eslam El Baroudy
Prof. of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Egypt Consultant Pediatrician at Department of Health UAE CMO “KHMC” affiliated New York-Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children Hospital/Columbia University
Dr. Faiaz Ahleis
Pediatric Specialist and lecturer at the Faculty of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, University of Benghazi, Libya
Dr. Fares Chedid
Chief of Neonatology Kanad Hospital Adjunct Clinical Professor, UAE University Tawam University Hospital in Affiliation to Johns Hopkins Medicine Al Ain, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Dr. Gamal Samy
President of the Egyptian Society for Neonatal and Preterm Care, President of 6 October University, Institute of Postgraduate Childhood studies, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt.
Dr. Hisham Awad
Professor of Pediatrics and Neonatology, Pediatric Department, Ain Shams University, Head of Neonatology Unit, Ain Shams Specialized Hospital, Cairo, Egypt
Dr. Jubara Alallah
Consultant of Neonatology, <> Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, and Director of Saudi Neonatal Resuscitation Program and Perinatal Neonatal Fellowship Program, King Saud bin Abdulaziz University, KSA.
Dr. Julian Eason
Consultant Neonatologist and Senior Lecturer in Aviation and Transport Medicine University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust and University of Otago, New Zealand.
Dr. Kenneth Alexander
Chief Divisions of Allergy, Immunology, Rheumatology and Infectious Diseases, Nemours Childrens Hospital, Orlando, FL Professor of Pediatrics, University of Central Florida, Orlando, USA.
Dr. Khaled El-Atawi
ANCC 2025 President Consultant Neonatologist NICU, Latifa Hospital Clinical Quality Specialist, Latifa Hospital Asst. Professor Paediatrics, Dubai Medical College, Dubai, UAE.
Dr. Laila Matar Al Muhairi
Consultant Neonatologist Al Garhoud Private Hospital, Dubai, UAE.
Dr. Morten Breindahl
President of the European Society for Neonatology, Denmark.
Prof. Mourad Elalfy
Professor of Pediatrics, Military Medical College. Director of Specialized Children and Women Hospital, El Galaa Military Medical Complex, Egypt.
Dr. Shereen Hamadneh
Assistant Professor, Department of Maternal Child Health, Princess Salma Faculty of Nursing, Al albayt University, Mafraq, Jordan.
Dr. Stefan Johansson
Consultant Neonatologist, Department of Neonatal Medicine, Sachs Children and Youth Hospital, Sweden
Dr. Wafaa Ayesh
Director of the Clinical Nutrition Department in Clinical Support Services Sector for the Dubai Health Authority, UAE.
Prof. Yasser El Sayed
Professor of Pediatric Department of Pediatrics and Child Health, University of Manitoba, Canada Staff Neonatologist, Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine Shared Health- Manitoba, St. Boniface Hospital-Canada
Dr. Zahra Marrakchi
Professor of Neonatology, El-Manar University, Head of NICU, Charles Nicolle Hospital. President of Tunisian Society of Neonatology, Tunisia.
Dr. Zakariya Al Salam