

Organizing Committee

Dr. Yahya Ethawi
Professor and Consultant Neonatologist
Head of NICU,
Saudi German Hospital
Ajman, UAE

Dr. Zahreddin Abusalah
Head of NICU, Consultant Neonatologist
Mediclinic City Hospital, Dubai
Clinical Associate Professor of Neonatal Medicine, MBRU,
Dubai, UAE

Prof. Ola Didrik Saugstad
Professor Emeritus of Pediatrics,
University of Oslo
Director of Department of
Pediatric Research
Consultant in Neonatology
Rikshospitalet, University of Oslo
Oslo, Norway

Prof. Dr. Esin Koç
Professor and Head of Department
Faculty of Medicine,
Department of Internal Medicine
Gazi University Hospital,
Ankara, Turkey
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Dr. Hadi Haddad
General Director, TPNH2 Group
Pediatrician,
LAU Medical Center – Rizk Hospital
Beirut, Lebanon

Dr. Emirjeta Bajrami
Neonatologist
University clinical Centre of Kosova
Prishtinë, Kosovo

Dr. Fares Chedid
Pediatrics Neonatology Consultant
Department Head
Kanad Hospital
Al Ain, UAE

Dr. Leonid Pankratov
Consultant Neonatologist
Children’s Hospital #1
Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
Saint Petersburg, Russia

Prof. Sertaç ArslanoÄŸlu
President, European Milk Bank Association (EMBA)
Director, Division of Neonatology
School of Medicine,
İstanbul Medeniyet University
Istanbul, Turkey

Dr. Said El Deib
Consultant Pediatrics
Neonatologist
Yas Clinic Hospital
Abu Dhabi, UAE

Prof. Ilke Mungan Akin
Professor of Neonatology,
University of Health Sciences
Chief of Neonatology and Pediatrics, Ümraniye Education and
Research Hospital
Istanbul, Turkey

Dr. Ammar Saaed Abdullah
Board Certified Pediatrician & Neonatologist
Imam Sadiq Hospital
Hillah, Iraq

Prof. Omer Erdeve
​Neonatology Professor
Faculty of Medicine, Ankara University
Ankara, Turkey

Dr. Roya Arif Huseynova
Consultant Neonatologist
King Fahad Medical City,
Riyadh, KSA

Dr. Maad Bakr Saleem
Consultant Neonatologist
Moncton Hospital
New Brunswick, Canada

Dr. Sundus Jaber Khuder
Pediatric Consultant
Emirates Health Services (EHS)
Dibba Al-Fujairah Hospital,
Fujairah, UAE

Dr. Wadah M. Khriesat
Staff Neonatologist
NICU Director
King Abdulla University Hospital
Professor of Pediatrics and Neonatology
Chairman of Pediatrics Department
Jordan University of
Science and Technology
Irbid, Jordan

Arina Jenkins
Grade 2 Speciality Professional Nurse
Neonatal Intensive Care Unit,
Tygerberg Hospital
Cape Town, South Africa

Dr. Ayad Abdulateef Abbas
Iraq
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Dr. Ibtisam Al Aboosi
Assistant Professor
Al Maaref University,
Airport Bridge, Lebanon
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Dr. Rehab Mohammed Kheder
Pediatrician, NICU Department
Al Batool Teaching Hospital
Mosul, Iraq