Conference Chairman
Head of NICU, Consultant Neonatologist
Mediclinic City Hospital
Adjunct Associate Professor,
Mohammed Bin Rashid University of
Medicine & Health Sciences,
Dubai, UAE
Dr. Abdelazim Abdalla
Consultant Neonatologist,
Mediclinic City Hospital,
Dubai, UAE
Dr. Alok Sharma
Director of MPROvE Academy
Consultant Neonatologist
Al Corniche Hospital,
Abu Dhabi, UAE
Prof. Charles C. Roehr
Clinical Director - Clinical Trials Unit
National Perinatal Epidemiology Unit (NPEU), University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
Professor of Neonatology and Perinatal Research, Bristol Southmead, UK
Immediate Past-President of the European Society for Paediatric Research (ESPR)
Prof. Christa Einspieler
Professor of Neurophysiology
University of Graz, Austria
Secretary of the General
Movements Trust,
Prechtl General Movement Assessment Trust(GM Trust).
Senior Prechtl GMA Tutor, Austria
Dr. Hamda Abulhoul
Consultant Pediatrician in Inborn Errors of Metabolism
Al Jalila Children’s Specialty Hospital,
Dubai, UAE
Dr. Nadya Yousef
Consultant Neonatologist
Deputy Head of Division
Pediatrics and Neonatal Critical Care
University Hospitals,
Paris-Saclay, France
Dr. Nicholas Hoque
Consultant Neonatologist
Kanad Hospital, Al Ain, UAE
Consultant Neonatologist, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
Honorary Senior Lecturer,
Imperial College London
Dr Osama Hamud
Consultant Neonatologist,
American Hospital, Dubai, UAE
Prof. Patrick McNamara
Neonatology Division Director,
Regan Giesinger Professor of Neonatology
Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine,
Vice Chair for Inpatient Acute Care
Department of Pediatrics,
University of Iowa Stead Family Children Hospital, USA
Dr. Rudaina Banihani
Neonatologist & Developmental Behavioural Pediatrician
Assistant Professor in Paediatrics
University of Toronto,
Toronto, Canada
Ms. Salma Abdelmagid
Lactation Consultant
Mediclinic City Hospital,
Dubai, UAE
Prof. Sam Oddie
Consultant Neonatologist
Bradford Royal Infirmary, UK
Clinical Lead for UK National Neonatal
Audit Programme (NNAP)
Honorary Chair, Hull York Medical School, UK
Dr. Shailendra Magdum
Senior Consultant Paediatric Neurosurgeon,
John Radcliffe University Hospitals NHS Trust,
Oxford, United Kingdom
Prof. Sunny Philip
Consultant Paediatric Neurologist
Mediclinic City Hospital,
Mediclinic Parkview Hospital,
Adjunct Professor, Mohammed Bin Rashid University of Medicine & Health Sciences, Dubai, UAE