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The 2008 Patient Safety Congress featured the following internationally renowned speakers:
Infection Control Conference 26-28 October 2008:
Chair: Dr. Mansour Al Zarouni, BSc (USA), MSc, PhD (UK), Medical & Microbiologist, Head of Laboratories, Sharjah Medical District, Ministry of Health, UAE
Dr. Tarik Al Azraqi, FRCPC, DTM&H, Dean College of Applied Medical Science, Associate Professor, King Khalid University, Infectious Diseases Consultant, Abha, KSA
Prof. Abdulbari Bener, PhD, FFPH, FRSS, Advisor to WHO; Consultant & Head, Dept. Medical Statistics & Epidemiology; Professor, Biostatistics & Epidemiology, Hamad Medical Corporation, Hamad General Hospital, Weill Cornell Medical College, Doha, Qatar
Dr. Abdelmadjid Bensalem, Engineering Consultant, Abu Dhabi Health Services Company (SEHA), UAE
Dr. Thomas Cherukara, Consultant Gastroenterologist, Al Qassimi and Kuwait Hospitals, Sharjah, UAE
Dr. Nihar Dash, MBBS, MSc, MD, DLSHTM, MRCP(I), Department of Clinical Sciences, College of Medicine, University of Sharjah, UAE
Ms. Shimiso Fred, Manager, Infection Control, Sheikh Khalifa Medical City, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Ms. Gayle K. Gilmore, RN, MA, MIS, CIC, Infection Control Education and Consultation, Duluth, Minnesota, USA
Dr. Rayhan Hashmey, Senior Consultant, Infectious Diseases, Tawam Hospital, Al Ain, UAE
Dr. Tony Hau, Chief of Surgery, Shiekh Zayed Miltary Hospital, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Dr. Claes Henning, Advisor - Clinical Laboratory, Associate Professor, Provider Policy & Regulation, Health Authority Abu Dhabi (HAAD), UAE
Mr. Lewis Hutchison, Quality & Accreditation Director, Sheikh Khalifa Medical City, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Dr. William R. Jarvis, President, Jason and Jarvis Associates, Hilton Head, South Carolina, USA
Dr. Altaf Khawaja, Health Authority Abu Dhabi (HAAD), UAE
Mr. Brian McFarlane, Consultant Architect, Abu Dhabi Health Services Company (SEHA), UAE
Dr. Albert Nienhaus, MD, MPH, Epidemiologist & Occupation Medicine Specialist, Head, Department of Occupational Health Research, Institution for Statutory Accident Insurance & Prevention in the Health and Welfare, Hamburg, Germany
Dr. Derick P. Pasternak, MD, MBA, FACPE, Managing Director, JCI Middle East, Dubai Healthcare City, UAE
Ms. Maureen Conners Potter, Vice President, International Services, HCPro, Former Executive Director for International Accreditation at the Joint Commission International (JCI), USA
Prof. Dr. Ossama Rasslan, Director of EMRNIC, Egypt
Dr. Ashok Rattan, Director, Clinical Reference Laboratory, Gurgaon and SRL Laboratories in NCR, Super Religare Laboratories, India
Dr. Lara Emile Sawaya, DDS, CESE, Endodontist, Mafraq Dental Centre, UAE
Dr. Abiola Senok, MBBS, PhD, Assistant Professor, Microbiology, Department of Clinical. Sciences, College of Medicine, University of Sharjah, UAE
Dr. Jens Thomsen, Consultant Environmental Health, Health Authority Abu Dhabi (HAAD), UAE
Mr. George Toseland, Director, Hygienilac, UK
Ms. Gertie van Knippenberg-Gordebeke, International Consultant Infection Prevention, IFIC, the Netherlands
Ms. Yolanda Van Zyl, Infection Control Nurse, Medi-Clinic, South Africa
Decontamination & Sterilisation 26-28 October 2008:
Engr. Iyad Alamleh, General Manager, CISA Eastern Division, Rome, Italy
Ms. Susan Borden, CRCST, CHL, CSSD Manager, ASPETAR (Qatar Orthopaedic & Sports Medicine Hospital), Doha, Qatar
Ms. Susie Delgado, Nurse Manager, Endoscopy Unit, Tawam Hospital/Johns Hopkins Medicine, Al Ain, UAE
Ms. Maria De las Nieves Gene Ginesta, Marketing Director, Matacahana, Spain
Ms. Astrid Haeber, International Marketing Manager, Tristel Solutions Ltd., Cambridgeshire, UK
Mr. Chadi Hammoud, Certified Gastroenterology Technician Specialist, Endoscopy Technician, Tawam Hospital/Johns Hopkins Medicine, Al Ain, UAE
Ms. Lisa Huber, CRCST, FCS, ACE, President-Elect, IAHCSMM, Sterile Processing Director, Anderson Hospital, Maryville, Illinois, USA
Mr. John Mills, European Marketing Manager, International Health Care Division, STERIS Limited
Mr. Peter Newson, European Marketing Manager, Steris, Dubai, UAE
Dr. Lionel Pineau, Laboratory Director, BIOTECH-GERMANDE, Marseille, France
Ms. Oonagh Ryan, CSSD Manager, St. Vincent’s Private Hospital, Ireland
Mr. Azad Saadalla, Mercer Middle East Manager, Dubai, UAE
Mr. Richard Schule, BS, MBA, CST, CRCST, FCS, IAHCSMM President; Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
Mrs. Dorothy Siemensma, State-wide Reprocessing & Sterilising Coordinator, Department of Health, Adelaide, South Australia
Ms. Gillian A Sills, Director of Education, Institute of Decontamination Sciences, UK
Mr. Bengt Ternström, Training Director, Getinge Academy, Getinge Infection Control AB, Sweden
Ms. Myrna Tanedo Tuya, RMT, BSMT, CSPDT, ASHCSP, Section Head, CSSD, Sheikh Khalifa Medical City, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Mr. Joost van Doornmalen, Senior Technical Service Specialist Sterilisation, 3M Technical Services, Medical Markets Laboratory, Neuss, Germany
Mr. Christian Winther, General Sales Manager, Getinge IT Solutions, Copenhagen, Denmark
Patient Safety 26-27 October 2008:
Chair: Mr. David Bunting, Clinical Innovation Coordinator, Tawam Hospital, Al Ain, UAE
Co-Chair: Dr. Seema Syed, PharmD, CGP, CPHQ, Assistant Head of Pharmacy, Clinical Pharmacy Coordinator, Director, Drug Information Centre, Cardiovascular Clinical Pharmacist, King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre, Jeddah, KSA
Dr. Riad Z. Abdelkarim, Deputy Medical Director, Senior Consultant Internist & Division Head, General Internal Medicine Diplomate, ABIM, Tawam Hospital, Al Ain, UAE
Dr. Laila Abdel-Wareth, MBBCh, FACP, FRCPC, Chair, Laboratory Management Department, Sheikh Khalifa Medical City, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Dr. Mohamed Agamy, MBBCh, MS, PhD, Network Director, National Health Insurance Company - Daman, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Dr. Sajid Ahmed, International Accounts Manager, Accreditation Canada, Ottawa, Canada
Mr. Saeed Al Kuwaiti, Chief Financial Officer, Tawam Hospital, Al Ain, UAE
Dr. Jack Borders, Chief Medical Officer, Chief of Otolaryngology, Head& Neck Surgery, Tawam Hospital, Johns Hopkins Medicine International, Al Ain UAE
Ms. Sheila Douthwright, Manager, Occupational Health & Safety, Sheikh Khalifa Medical City, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Ms. Jennifer Fulmer Groves, RPh, MPH, Director of Pharmacy, Sheikh Khalifa Medical City, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Dr. John Mansfield, Chair, Dept. of Anaesthesiology, Sheikh Khalifa Medical City, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Dr. Steve Matarelli, PhD, RN, Chief Clinical Officer, Tawam Hospital, Johns Hopkins Medicine International, Al Ain, UAE
Ms. Lisa Little Matthews, International Accounts Consultant, Accreditation Canada, Dubai, UAE
Mr. Teg Matthews, Senior Advisor, BST, Dubai, UAE
Dr. Derick P. Pasternak, MD, MBA, Managing Director Middle East Office, JCI, Dubai, UAE
Prof. William (Bill) Runciman, BSc(Med), MBBCh, FFARACS, FANZCA, FFARACS, FFICANZCA, FJFICM, FHKCA, FRCA, PhD, Director, Australian Patient Safety Foundation; Director CTEP; Professor, Patient Safety & Healthcare Human Factors, University of South Australia, Joanna Briggs Institute & Royal Adelaide Hospital, Australia
Ms. Deirdre Stewart, Practice Manager, Cerner Middle East, Dubai, UAE
Dr. Sarper Tanli, MD, PhD, MHA, Executive Director, Europe-Middle East-Africa, Methodist International, Houston, Texas, USA
Ms. Gertie van Knippenberg-Gordebeke, International Consultant Infection Control, International Federation of Infection Control (IFIC), the Netherlands
Ms. Wendy Wong, PharmD, University of California, Irvine, USA
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