Professor Anatoly Vladimirovich Pokrovsky, outstanding surgeon, teacher and person who conducted pioneer research, President of the Russian Association of Angiologists and Vascular Surgeons (RAAVS), Head of the Vascular Surgery Department of the Institute of Surgery named after A.V. Vishnevsky, Chief of the Chair of Clinical Angiology, Vascular and Roentgenovascular Surgery of the Russian Medical Academy of Postgraduate Education (RMAPE) under the RF Ministry of Public Health, laureate of the USSR State Prize (1975), Prize named after A.N. Bakulev (2001), State Prize of the Russian Federation (2002), Prize of the RF Government (2004), Honorary Member of the American Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS), President of the European Society for Vascular Surgery (ESVS). He is a prominent vascular surgeon, widely recognized as a pioneer of vascular surgery in Russia. His comprehensive text, Clinical Angiology is widely acknowledged as a definitive treatment of the discipline in Russia and CIS. Surgical activity of Academician A.V. Pokrovsky embraces the whole spectrum of interventions in vascular pathology. Specialists under the leadership of A.V. Pokrovsky also elaborated unique operations on arterialization of venous blood flow of the foot in patients with critical limb ischaemia in occlusion of all arteries of the crus, which made it possible to save the limb in hundreds of «inoperable patients». Achievements of Russian surgeons in this direction were also pointed out in the foreign press. A.V. Pokrovsky is an author of 720 scientific works and 16 monographs. An important constituent part of his pedagogical activity are monographs «Clinical Angiology», «Diseases of the Aorta and its Branches» published in 1979, two-volume manual «Clinical Angiology» (2004), the books on which generations of vascular surgeons studied and continue to study. A.V. Pokrovsky is an author of a chapter in the American manual «Vascular Surgery». He was elected Honourable Member of the American Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) and a series of European learned societies. Professional achievements of Anatoly Vladimirovich have been marked by the State Prize of the USSR (1975), Prize named after A.N. Bakulev (2001), RF State Prize (2002), Prize of the RF Government (2004), Orders «For Merits to the Motherland» degree II and IV.

Anatoly Vladimirovich Pokrovsky loves his main lifework, i.e. surgery and continues to actively work, helping a great number of people with various vascular diseases.

Dr. Jamal Abdulkarim finished his radiology training in university hospitals of Leicester UK and obtained the FRCR, Currently he is a consultant Radiologist at George Eliot Hospital, He has interest in research particularly in the field of intravenous iodinated contrast media where he had published and presented several papers over the last few years.

intravenous iodinated contrast media

Renato Moreno Gonzales is an anesthetist who works as an attending physician in the Anesthesia Department of the National Maternal and Perinatal Institute of Lima Peru, which is a highly specialized health center which takes care of maternal and neonatal patients. It is a reference hospital of all the country. After spending nearly a decade working in this environment, Renato truly believes that an optimal obstetric anesthesia management can improve both maternal and neonatal outcomes. Renato has worked with the Peruvian anesthesia society, setting up conferences and workshops about obstetric anesthesia all around the country aiming to reduce maternal mortality. Also created a structured program for the obstetric anesthesia rotation for residents and published in both national and international journals. In addition to his experience Renato is a trained instructor of the “SAFE” course in the obstetric anesthesia chapter and did the obstetric anesthesia fellowship in the “Clinica Universitaria Bolivariana” in Colombia.

Obstetric anesthesia management

Ashutosh Srivastava is a Practising Clinical Psychotherapist and Counsellor with years of hands-on experience in the sphere of Behaviour Analysis, Psychotherapy, and Counselling & Training. He is currently the President of Bharatiya Counselling Psychology Association and one of the Board Members of the International ReAttach Therapy Foundation. He is MPhil in Clinical Psychology and PhD in Psychology with specialization in Psychological Profiling of Audience. He is a very effective trainer for Behaviour Change and has trained more than 10000 professionals across India on a variety of Attitude and Behaviour change protocols. He has worked with various organizations of national & and International repute. He is the Executive Director of Psyuni Trust (India) and his organization is working meticulously to promote mental health among children, women and various deprived and marginalized groups in India.

Counselling, Psychotherapy, Loneliness, Happiness, Behavior Change

Dr. Sridhar Kalyanasundaram is an experienced consultant Neonatologist and is the director of Neonatology at American Hospital, Dubai. He completed his basic medical training from India in 1995, following which he qualified in MD Paediatrics (JIPMER, Pondicherry) and DM Neonatology (PGIMER, Chandigarh) in India. He completed the MRCPCH (UK) and obtained entry into the General Medical council Specialist register in UK (CCST) in 2005. He obtained his Fellowship of the Royal College of Pediatrics and Child Health (FRCPCH) (UK) in 2006. He worked as a Specialist Registrar in Neonatology at Addenbrookes NHS Trust Hospital, Cambridge, UK from 2004 to 2005. From Mid 2005 till mid 2012, Dr. Sridhar worked as a Consultant Neonatologist in a level 3 Neonatal unit at Wishaw General Hospital near Glasgow, UK. He is an examiner for MRCPCH clinical examination since 2010 and was an Instructor with Scottish Maternity Multiprofessional Development Program (SMMDP) for Neonatal life support and examination of neonates course. He is a certified NRP instructor. He has many peer reviewed publications. His special interest includes neurodevelopment and respiratory support in neonates.

noninvasive ventilation in neonates and neonatal jaundice.

Arnab Ghosh completed MD Pathology from Kasturba Medical College (under Manipal Academy of Higher Education), Manipal, India in 2001. He is working in Department of Pathology, Manipal College of Medical Sciences (under Kathmandu University), Pokhara, Nepal since then. Presently he is working as a Professor and In Charge of Histopathology as well as Coordinator of MD Pathology resident program. He attended about 15 CMEs / Conferences of national and international level held in Nepal and India and presented more than 15 papers ( oral and poster ) as first author and more than 35 papers (oral and poster) as co-author. He has also published about 40 articles in national and international indexed journals.

He has interest in Histopathology, Cytopathology, Hematology as well as in Medical Education.

Guy Hugues Fontaine has made 15 original contributions at the inception of cardiac pacemakers in the mid-60s. He has identified ARVD by serendipity in the late 70s, published 900 scientific papers including 201 book chapters. He is in the 3 books: 216 Profiles in Cardiology since the 14th century (Hurst 2003), “500 greatest Geniuses of the 21th century” (ABI) 2005 USA, the “100 Life time of Achievement” (IBC) 2005 Cambridge UK. Reviewer of 17 journals both in clinical and basic science. He has been invited to give 11 master’s lectures of 90 minutes each during three weeks in the top universities of China (2014). He has also served for 5 years as a Member of the Editorial Board of Circulation. He is also working on brain and heart protection in cardiac arrest and stroke by therapeutic hypothermia. He has recently developed new techniques of hypothermia for brain protection in OHCA and Stroke. This technique has been fortuitously used after resuscitation of his wife at home in June 2011 with absolutely no neurologic deficit despite 6 minutes of no flow. He has also invented a high-tech device which can be considered the ultimate in palliative care by preventing unexpectedly awaking after ordinary sleep. This device was mostly designed for major neurologic disorders.

Cardiovascular diseases, Antiarrhythmic Surgery, Stroke, Neurologic disorders

Dr. Minore, President and CEO of Medical Pain Management Services, has specialized in pain management since 1993. He became a Board-certified Anesthesiologist in 1988 and received a Certificate of Added Qualifications in Pain Management in September 1993. He is also President and CEO of Rockford Anesthesiologists Associated, L.L.C., and is President of and also a member of the Credentials Committee at Rockford Ambulatory Surgery Center. Dr. Minore is a member of the Anesthesia, Steering, Trauma QI, and Trauma/Burn Committees, and is currently Chairman of the Operating Room Committee at OSF Saint Anthony Medical Center. He is a member of the Anesthesia and Perioperative Committees at SwedishAmerican Hospital. He is a Clinical Assistant Professor at the University of Illinois College of Medicine, Rockford and serves on the school’s Committee on Student Affairs, Promotions, Awards & Scholarships. He has also been an Assistant Professor and instructor at the University of Nebraska Medical Center. Dr. Minore is very active in the anesthesia and business community, having served in offices and as committee chair, including President of the Illinois Society of Anesthesiologists, and as Delegate and member of the Committee on Legislative Affairs for the American Society of Anesthesiologists. He is CEO of the Illinois Society of Interventional Pain Physicians, Vice President for Financial Affairs, Chair of the Economics & Membership Committee and Director Emeritus of the American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians. Dr. Minore has researched, published, and served as course director and moderator for several professional organizations extensively and presented world-wide on numerous pain management topics. Dr. Minore serves on numerous city, state and federal committees as an advocate for patient rights as well as physician legislative issues.

Pain Management,Anesthesia,Trauma

Dr. Jun Chen now is a professor of Surgery, Director of the Department of Lung Cancer Surgery, Deputy Director of Tianjin Lung Cancer Institute, Member of the AACR and ASCO. He got his medical bachelor degree in Clinical Medicine in 1995 at Southeast University, Medicine Doctor's degree (Ph.D.) in Thoracic Surgery in 2000 at Sichuan University, Postdoctoral Fellowships in Molecular Biology and Oncology at Memorial University of Newfoundland, Van Andel Institute and University of Miami during 2000 to 2007. Dr. Chen got the Ministry of Education for New Century Excellent Talents Award in 2010, and 16 Research Awards from “National Natural Science Foundation of China” and “ Tianjin Natural Science Foundation” during 2006 to 2016. Currently Dr. Chen’ researches focus on the biomarkers for lung cancer prognosis and early diagnosis, and also on mechanisms of the acquired drug resistance in lung cancer target therapy.

biomarkers for lung cancer prognosis and early diagnosis

Professor Nermine Ehsan has completed her PhD at the age of 31 years from McGill University, Canada and postdoctoral studies from Kings’ College Hospital, London. She has been an Honorary Research Fellow at Institute of Hepatology, UCL, UK. Prof. Ehsan is the Chairman of Pathology Department, where a premier Liver-GIT pathology service is provided. She has published more than 35 papers in reputed journals and supervised more than 30 MSc and MD thesis. She is a member of Egyptian Committee for Pathology Training, Higher Education Committee for Promotion of Pathology Professors, Egyptian Society of Pathology and European Society of Pathology.

Hepatic fibrosis; progression, regression and complications. Chronic HCV-related disease, autoimmune hepatitis and non-alcoholic fatty liver diseases all contribute to liver fibrosis. Hepatocellular carcinoma; Patho-physiology, biology and prognosis characteristics. Pediatric liver pathological conditions including; biliary atresia, congenital hepatic fibrosis, metabolic liver storage diseases and primary liver tumors in children.

As an internationally accredited surgeon, Dr. Levente has been an ENT consultant for over the past 10 years, and worked in different worldwide known hospitals, and as head of ENT department in Al Zahra Private Hospital in Dubai, running a Nose and Sinus Center. He refined his professional skills by completing ENT fellowship programs in USA. His extensive research work was nominated to receive the prestigious Spoendlin and Bekesy awards. Research is still the cornerstone of his medical practice, and his papers are published in many international scientific journals. In his profession, Dr. Levente pursues perfection, which he views in terms of short-term comfort and long-term well-being of all his patients.

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Prof. Al-Hajjaj graduated from King Saud University Medical College in 1981 and obtained The American board of Internal Medicine in 1986, Certificate of “Fellow of the Royal College of Physician and Surgeons of Canada” (FRCP (C) in 1987 and The “American Board of Respiratory Diseases” in 1988. He has been a Professor of Medicine and Pulmonology since 2002. His research interest is in the field of bronchial asthma and COPD. Professor Al-Hajjaj has published more than 65 research papers in the medical literature. Currently he is the Vice-Dean of College of Medicine, University of Sharjah, UAE, and the president of the Saudi Thoracic Society.

Asthma, COPD

Professor Badreldeen is the Director of the Feto-Maternal Medicine Centre in Doha and Professor of Obstetrics at Weill Cornell Medical College – Qatar. He previously held the position of Chairman of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Women’s Hospital, part of Hamad Medical Corporation. Professor Badreldeen was also a consultant obstetrician and gynecologist at Dorset County hospital in Dorchester, UK. His main interests are fetal medicine and high risk pregnancy. Professor Badreldeen is the founding member of the international society of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology (ISUOG), a board member of the World Association of Prenatal Medicine, founder and president of the African Association of Perinatal Medicine, founder of the fellowship program in advanced training in obstetrics and gynecology, board member of the Fetus as the Patient Society, founding member of the Academy of Medical Educators and the Regional Director of the Ian Donald School of Medical Ultrasound. Professor Badreldeen has also published over 50 papers in peer-reviewed journals and is the Editor of the ‘Basic book of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology’. He has written many chapters in several books, acts as a reviewer for many international journals.

Fetal medicine and High risk pregnancy

Sergey Suchkov was born in the City of Astrakhan, Russia, in a family of dynasty medical doctors. In 1980, graduated from Astrakhan State Medical University and was awarded with MD. In 1985, Suchkov maintained his PhD as a PhD student of the I.M. Sechenov Moscow Medical Academy and Institute of Medical Enzymology. In 2001, Suchkov maintained his Doctor Degree at the National Institute of Immunology, Russia. From 1989 through 1995, Dr Suchkov was being a Head of the Lab of Clinical Immunology, Helmholtz Eye Research Institute in Moscow. From 1995 through 2004 - a Chair of the Dept for Clinical Immunology, Moscow Clinical Research Institute (MONIKI). In 1993-1996, Dr Suchkov was a Secretary-in-Chief of the Editorial Board, Biomedical Science, an international journal published jointly by the USSR Academy of Sciences and the Royal Society of Chemistry, UK. At present, Dr Sergey Suchkov, MD, PhD, is: ● Professor, Chair, Dept for Personalized and Translational Medicine, I.M.Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University and Dept of Clinical Immunology, A.I.Evdokimov Moscow State Medical and Dental University; ● Secretary General, United Cultural Convention (UCC), Cambridge, UK. Dr Suchkov is an author of more than 500 publications including 10 patents and more than 10 monographs, handbooks and textbooks published in Russia and USA. Dr Suchkov is a member of the: ● New York Academy of Sciences, USA ● American Chemical Society (ACS), USA; ● American Heart Association (AHA), USA; ● European Association for Medical Education (AMEE), Dundee, UK; ● EPMA (European Association for Predictive, Preventive and Personalized Medicine), Brussels, EU; ● ARVO (American Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology); ● ISER (International Society for Eye Research); ● Personalized Medicine Coalition (PMC), Washington, DC, USA ● All-Union (from 1992 - Russian) Biochemical Society; ● All-Union (from 1992 - Russian) Immunological Society. Dr Suchkov is a member of the Editorial Boards of “Open Journal of Immunology”, EPMA J., American J. of Cardiovascular Research and “Personalized Medicine Universe.”

Personalized Medicine, immunology

Amer A. Taqa: Professor at Dental Basic Science, Mosul University, Iraq. Have PhD degree in Dental chemistry. He has published 96 researches papers in national and international academic journals and authored 22 books. His research interests include dental chemistry, medical chemistry, and inorganic chemistry. He is editorial member in more than 110 international journals.

dental chemistry, medical chemistry, and inorganic chemistry

Guy Hugues Fontaine has made 15 original contributions at the inception of cardiac pacemakers in the mid-60s. He has identified ARVD as a side work during the beginning of antiarrhythmic surgery in the late 70s. He has published more than 860 scientific papers including 197 book chapters. He was the Reviewer of 17 journals both in clinical and basic Science. He has also served for 5 years as a Member of the Editorial Board of Circulation. He has been invited to give 11 master’s lectures of 90 minutes each during three weeks in the top universities of China (2014).

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Dr. Muhammed Mustahsen Rahman was graduated as a Bachelor of Dentistry from Sindh University Pakistan. He has completed is Ph.D from Hacettepe University Ankara, Turkey in the year 1989. He is a Dean & Professor in RAKCODS Medical & Health Sciences University UAE. Worked as a clinician, teacher and administrative for dental profession. He has a total of 19 publications in national and international journals. The area of study was Correlation between periodontal diseases and other systemic disease. He was awarded from World Medical Council, MEDI BIZ TV, Life Time Achievement Awards for Services, 2014.

His research interest includes Dentistry & Peridontal diseases.

Dr. Ashraf studied medicine at the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland and awarded Lyons Memorial Medal & McDonnell’s Prize for surgery. He completed his basic surgical training in Dublin before moving to the UK to join the higher surgical training scheme. He was appointed a minimal access upper GI consultant surgeon to Dorset County Hospital before moving to his current position of a Lead Laparoscopic / Oesophago-Gastric Consultant Surgeon to Aneurin Bevan University Health Board. He holds the fellowships of the Dublin and London Royal Colleges as well as American College of Surgeons. Ashraf is an expert in the field of upper GI surgery and holds a distinguished personal chair of surgery from University of South Wales. He is a member of council of the association of the upper GI surgeons of Great Britain & Ireland (AUGIS) and an executive member of Wales Association of Gastroenterology & Endoscopy (WAGE). Ashraf’s main clinical and academic interests revolve around early detection of oesophageal cancer, improving outcome of minimal access oesophageal procedures, standardization of training in minimal access surgery and human reliability analysis to evaluate the quality of laparoscopic antireflux surgery. He runs over 10 research projects encompassing a wide spectrum of technology & basic science research including Barrett’s oesophagus, severe acute pancreatitis, surgical safety & utilization of augmented reality to improve minimal access surgical outcome. Ashraf was tasked by the royal college to design the dash board for surgical outcome indicators for anti-reflux procedures. He has also delivered many prestigious and named lectures both nationally & internationally on Oesophago-Gastric Diseases. He is a visiting professor at several institutions worldwide.

His research interest include management of Barrett’s esophagus, acute severe pancreatitis, laparoscopic surgery for GIST, prevention of injury and standardization of training in laparoscopic biliary and anti-reflux surgery.

Faisal Abdullatif Alnasir is currently Professor and Chairman of the Department of Family & Community Medicine. He was the former Vice President of the Arabian Gulf University and also the former President of the Scientific Council of Family & Community Medicine in the Arab Board for Health Specialties. He was the first and the only Bahraini Physician to obtain MRCGP and FFPH of UK, and also the first Bahraini physician to obtain PhD in Family Medicine. Currently he is a Fellow member of Royal College of General Practitioner (FRCGP) UK, fellow of the College of Public Health, UK, member of the Irish College of General Practitioner (ICGP), Ireland and is member of the American Academy of Family Physicians. He is also the General Secretary of the International Society for the History of Islamic Medicine and advisor for the EMRO WHO. With regards to his post graduate education Prof Alnasir completed his PhD in Family Medicine from Glasgow University, Scotland, in 1997, his Family Medicine specialty from AUB, Beirut in 1984, and M.B.B.ch from Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt in 1979. Alnasir received many awards and honors including life membership and appreciation of Excellence from various organizations such the Pakistan Academy of Family Physicians in March 2015 The World Organization Congress of Family doctors (WONCA) as the Global Family Doctor of the month, the Arab Council for Health Specialties and the Sudanese National Council. He recently was also honored by the Bahrain Parents Caring Society with the prize of HH Sheikh Khalifa bin Ali Alkhalifa as the most distinguished Bahraini in parent’s caring and received Gold Medal in the Education Day of Bahrain offered by H.E Amir of Bahrain. Faisal has more than 66 publications in various fields of Family medicine, medical education and history of Islamic Medicine published in local, regional and international refereed journals and his extensive work in research was acknowledged by receiving many research prizes from the Bahrain Medical Society and other institutions. His main research interests are in the field of elderly care, infant feeding, hereditary blood diseases, medical education and history of medicine. He has also published three books entitled:  "You and your child" that elaborates issues related to mother and childcare.  “Scattered Papers” In health and Culture  “Kefah wa Najah” He is editor in many national and international journals and during his carrier he has been effortlessly promoting the discipline of Family Medicine in the Arab world.

His Research Interest include Hypertension, Sleep Disturbance in Children, Properties of lactation,Biological changes in the elderly, Perception of schoolteachers about common Health Problem etc.

Dr. Awatif Juma Al Bahar is Medical Director, Senior Consultant, Obstetrics/Gynaecology, Reproductive Endocrinology at the Dubai Gynaecology & Fertility Centre, DUBAI HEALTH AUTHORITY. After completing her graduation, she specialized in Obstetrics & Gynaecology from the German Board, Koln and has a membership in Endocrine and Infertility from Academic University in Bonn. Dr. Awatif had been selected in 2002 in Dubai Excellency Programme. Her name is mentioned in the U.A.E Book of Special Personalities of All Fields (i.e. Medicine, Politics, Art etc.). She has been awarded by his highness Amro Mosa in 2004 as to be the leader in medicine and social services. She was awarded as hero of health care in 2012 by his highness ruler of Ajman. She has held multiple posts in various capacities in the OBS/GYN and is currently the director of the IVF Board of the Ministry of Health of UAE. She is the Chairperson of the Emirates Obs/Gyne & Fertility Forum (EOFF) and a regular speaker on U.A.E activities in mother and child health via media – television, radio, ladies association, universities etc. She has many publications on polycystic ovaries and infertility.

Her research interest includes Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility.

Dr. Mohamed Ibrahim MBBch, MSc, MD (PhD), FRCP (Glasgow) is a Senior Consultant Cardiologist and Head of Medical Department at Kuwait Hospital (Ministry of Health hospital ) in Sharjah .He is also an Associate Professor at College of Medicine, Sharjah University. He has been the Technical Director of Kuwait hospital since March 2006 till Nov 2009. Prior to that he was senior Consultant Cardiologist at Al-Qassimi Hospital (Ministry of Health Hospital) in Sharjah since 1999. He completed his MBBCh in Cairo, Egypt in 1980 (from Cairo University). He had his residency in Cairo University Hospitals till he got his Master degree in Cardiology in 1986. He continued to work in Cairo University Hospitals till he got his Doctorate degree (PhD) in 1992.During that period he got echocardiography training in Erasmus University in Holland. Since then he had been working as a Consultant Cardiologist and lecturer in Cairo University Hospital till he joined Al-Qassimi Hospital in 1999. He is a fellow of the Royal College of Physicians in UK (Glasgow). He is a member of multiple cardiac societies and associations. He has been participating in many national and international research studies, trials and registries in the field of cardiovascular diseases. He had co- authored many publications which have appeared in peer-reviewed journals and on PubMed (on line). He is an active member of the research and ethics committee of MOH. He is involved extensively in national and international cardiology conferences, symposiums and workshops either as a speaker or as chairman. He is well recognized from MOH and from Sharjah University for his activities in teaching and CME .He is an examiner for the final exit exam (MBBch) at College of Medicine, Sharjah University. He is a member of the cardiovascular preventive group of Emirates Cardiac Society. He has vast clinical experience in all fields of cardiology with special interest in hypertension and heart failure.

His Research Interest include Cardiology, Echocardiography training, Clinical trials, Research studies etc.

Dr. Jehad Al Sukhun is a British / Jordanian oral and maxillofacial surgeon with a Master’s degree in oral and maxillofacial surgery from the University of Manchester and a PhD from the University of London in the United Kingdom. He has gained a number of fellowships and professional memberships in the United States, United Kingdom and Australia. During his PhD studies at the University of London, he obtained in-depth knowledge and experience in maxillofacial Implantology and computer aided surgery using Finite Element Analysis. He worked at well reputed academic University Hospitals in the UK e.g. Royal Manchester University Hospital, Royal Surrey County Hospital and a UAE University College, Dubai. He has gained significant clinical experience in specialized dentistry, Implantology, oncology, trauma, Orthognathic surgery, reconstructive and cosmetic plastic surgery. He developed particular interest on the use of bioresorbable plates for reconstructing orbital fractures. During his work in the field of oral and maxillofacial surgery, Professor Al-Sukhun produced more than 45 papers published in international peer review journals. Professor Al Sukhun sits on the editorial board of a number of well recognized journals in Oral and maxillofacial surgery.

His research interest includes Oral Surgery, Maxillofacial Surgery, Orthognathic Surgery & Oncology.

Dr. Alka Ahuja is working as a Professor of Pharmaceutics at the Deptt. of Pharmacy, Oman Medical College, Muscat, Sultanate of Oman since 2005. She has about 30 years of rich experience in teaching and research. She is a recipient of several Awards and Honors including University Gold Medals for securing top position at undergraduate and postgraduate levels, Indian Drugs Manufacturers Association - G.P.Nair Award and “Career Award for young teachers” by All India Council for Technical Education. She has won several awards for best scientific research publications and presentations. Besides publishing 11 books in the fields of Pharmacokinetics, Pharmaceutical management and drug regulatory affairs she has contributed five chapters on drug delivery in internationally acclaimed books. She has more than 160 research publications in peer reviewed journals. Besides supervising 15 Ph. D Thesis, she has guided more than 35 Postgraduate students. She has worked on 10 projects funded by national and international agencies. She also worked on Consultancy projects financed by a Scottish company. She has 6 patents to her credit. Besides being an Invited speaker at several National and International conferences held in India, Oman, US, UK, Holland, Turkey and Dubai etc., she has chaired scientific sessions in several national and international conferences. She established a school of research on Mucoadhesive drug delivery systems and her work has been presented in various international conferences held in India, Paris, SanDiego, Utah, The Netherlands, Scotland, Sydney, Boston, Hawaii, Miami etc. Besides being a member of several editorial boards, she is a reviewer for number of national/international professional journals. She has chaired a number of professional committees including Research committee.

Her Research Interest include Pharmaceutics, Mucoadhesive drug delivery systems, Pharmacokinetics, Pharmaceutical Management and Drug Regulatory Affairs

Dr. Iqbal Bukhari is a highly motivated professor and consultant dermatologist with more than 25 years of good experience in many dermatological diseases and their management. Her Special interests include laser therapy, phototherapy, Dermatopathology, cosmetic dermatology and study of genetic diseases. She has many publications in various international medical journals.

Her special interests include General dermatology, lecturing Primary health care physicians, Dermatology Specialty etc.

Prof. Mayyada Wazaify is currently working as a professor of Pharmacy Practice at The University of Jordan. She has worked as a visiting lecturer at The University of Bath, UK (2012-2015). She has completed her PhD from Queen's University of Belfast, UK in 2003. She has published more than 35 papers and has been serving as an editorial board member in reputed international journals and conducted and supervised more than 50 research projects in Jordan and abroad in the field of clinical and pharmacy practice, particularly prescription and OTC drug misuse and abuse.

Her research interest includes Pharmacy Practice, Clinical Pharmacy, OTC drug misuse and abuse.

Dr. Maged El-Setouhy is a professor of Public Health at Ain Shams University (Cairo – Egypt) and the previous Vice Chair of the REC of the Ain Shams School of Medicine. In addition he is the Scientific Director of the Substance Abuse Research Center (SARC) at Jazan University (Jazan – Kingdom of Saudi Arabia). 2001 – 2011 He was the chair of the regional program reviewing group of the WHO-EMRO for the Regional program for Elimination of Lymphatic filariasis and a member of the Global Alliance team for the its Global program. Professor El-Setouhy has worked in man y scientific projects funded by the NIH since 1981. He was also able to get two Bell & Melinda Gates foundation projects. 2004 – 2008 -He was the Egyptian coordinator of the Research Ethics training program (HRETIE). He has many international publications and he is a reviewer of many Journals especially in the area of Substance Abuse and Research Ethics.

His research interest includes Public Health & Epidemiology.

Dr. Rahmani graduated with an MD from Damascus University Medical School in 1987. He completed his pediatric residency at UMDNJ- Robert Wood Johnson medical School in New Jersey, USA, and a Fellowship in Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine at Temple University Children Hospital In Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He is certified by the American Board of Pediatrics and Neonatology. Dr. Rahmani joined Tawam Hospital in UAE in 2004 He became the Chairman of Pediatric department in 2010. Dr. Rahmani is the Program Director of the Neonatology Fellowship. In 2012, Dr. Rahmani became the Medical Director of SEHA Pediatric Service Line Council organizing the pediatric services in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi. He is a regional trainer in Neonatal Resuscitation Program of AAP, and an instructor in PALS. Dr. Rahmani is a Clinical Professor in Pediatrics at the College of Medicine and Health Sciences at UAE University.

His research interest includes Neonatal Intensive Care.

Dr. AB Rani Samsudin completed Bachelor of Dental Surgery from University of Baghdad in the year 1983. He is a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England 1992. His professional activities include conducting Continuing Education Programs for Dental Practitioners, Surgeons, Charity medical missions for developing countries. He is a Member of the Emirate Medical Association. He is a Fellow of the International Associations of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgeons His Awards Recognitions- Fellow of International College of Dentist USA 2005 Fellow of the French Academy of Dental Sciences 2012 Services

His research interest includes Dentistry, Orthopedic Surgery & Plastic Surgery.