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Conference Chairperson


Dr. Hany  Alhendawy

Specialist Pediatrics, Burjeel Medical City

Conference Committee


Dr. Kesava Ananth Ramakrishnan

Consultant, Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Pediatric Division Chair, Burjeel Medical City

Dr. Zainul Aabideen

Consultant Pediatric Haematology, Oncology and BMT

Dr. Iviano Rudolph Ossuetta

Consultant & Director of Neonatology at Burjeel Medical

Dr. Shaik Irfan Bashar

Specialist General Pediatrics, Burjeel Medical City

Dr. Nashwa Bahaa El Din

Consultant General Pediatrics

Dr. Sahla Kallada

Consultant General Pediatrics, Head of Pediatric Department, Burjeel Medical City

Honorary Lecturers


Dr. Eslam El-Baroudy

Prof & Consultant Pediatrics

Dr. Muawia Aloliwi

Consultant Pediatrics

Speakers and Moderators


Dr. Ahmed Mahmoud Attia

Consultant Pediatrics (Pediatric Critical Care) Burjeel Hospital

Dr. Al-Halwaji Al-Tantawi

Consultant Pediatrics

Dr. Ayman W. El-Hattab

Consultant Clinical Genetics & Director of Genetics and Rare Disease Center

Dr. Ahmed Taher Elsheikh

Specialist Pediatrics

Dr. Essam Elgamal

Consultant & HOD Neurosurgery

Dr. Fouzia Nambiatheyil Aboobacker

Consultant Pediatric, Hematology

Dr. Farhan Rasool

Consultant Dermatology, Burjeel Medical City

Dr. Federica Vagnarelli

Specialist Pediatrics, Burjeel Alzeina Centre

Dr. Farah Osamah AlSheikh Bakrou

Specialist Pediatrics

Dr. Fatma Mohamed Mahmoud Ibrahim

Specialist Pediatrics

Dr. Ghulam Mujtaba

Consultant Pediatric Pulmonology

Dr. Hussein Nasser Matlik

Consultant Pediatrics, Burjeel Hospital

Dr. Huda Alghefli

Consultant Pediatric Gastroenterology

Dr. Hussein Hamed

Specialist Pediatrics

Dr. Isam Taha

Consultant Pediatric Surgery, Burjeel Medical City

Dr. Krish Venkatesh

Consultant Pediatric Gastroenterology,Burjeel Medical City

Dr. Lamya Naser Ali Alsubaihi

Consultant Pediatric Neurology, Burjeel Medical City

Dr. Mohamed Elsayed Abdelhadi Elkafaf

Consultant Pediatric Intensive Care

Dr. Marelize Bosman

Dr. Marelize Bosman Consultant Pediatric Cardiology, Burjeel Medical City

Dr. Mohamed Abdulga ar Elbaz

Consultant Orthopedic Surgeon, Burjeel Medical City

Dr. Maha Abdulhafeez Feda

Consultant Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation

Dr. Mohamed Amin El-Gohary

HOD, Consultant Pediatric Surgeon, Burjeel Hospital

Dr. Musaddaq Inayat

Consultant Neonatology

Dr. Mohamed Hassan Nouh Abdelsamad

Consultant Pediatric Intensive Care

Dr. Mayada Raya

Specialist General Pediatrics, Burjeel Medical Cit

Dr. Nahed Mohamed Abdelgabaar

Specialist PediatricsConsultant Orthopedic Surgeon, Burjeel Medical City

Dr. Qais Al-khafaji

Consultant General Pediatrics, Burjeel Hospital

Dr. Qaiser Zaman

Specialist Pediatrics NICU

Dr. Rehna K Rahman

Specialist Pediatric Nephrology

Dr. Rawia Mubarak Mohamed

Head of Department, Consultant Anatomic Pathology

Dr. Rajesh Phatak

Consultant Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Head of PICU, Burjeel Hospital Abu Dhabi

Sanaa Tayseer Al Kurdi

Senior Clinical Dietitian, Burjeel Medical City

Dr. Sathya Kakade

Consultant, Ophthalmology and Vitreoretinal Surgeon, Burjeel Medical

Dr. Sushil Kumar Murali

Consultant Pediatrics NICU

Dr. Vijay Acharya

Consultant Pediatrician, Burjeel Medical City

Dr. Yaser Abdalla Mohamed Ali

Consultant Pediatric ICU

Dr. Yasmeen Nisa Ganie

Consultant Pediatric Endocrinology, Burjeel Medical City