

Executive Board Members

Prof Khalaf Gargary
Conference President
Professor of Pediatrics, University of Duhok
Consultant Pediatrician, Hivi Pediatric Teaching Hospital, Duhok, Iraq
President of Joint Iraqi-Italian Pediatric Association
President of Pediatricians Across Continents Education Academy

Dr Asma Ali Alnuaimi
Chair of Institutional Collaboration
Deputy Chief Medical Officer,
SKMC, Abu Dhabi, UAE

Prof Colleen Kraft
Scientific Committee Chair
Professor of Pediatrics, Keck School of Medicine at the University of Southern California
2018 President, American Academy of Pediatrics
Division of General Pediatrics, Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, USA

Prof Mobeen Rathore
Vice-President-External Affairs
Professor & Associate chair, Department of Pediatrics;
Chief, Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases and Immunology; Director, UF Center for HIV/AIDS Research, Education and Service (UF Cares), Jacksonville, USA

Dr Jihad Almistarihi
Conference Co-President
Chairman of Pediatrics Department, SKMC
Adjunct Clinical Assisstant Professor,
Department of Pediatrics, CMHS,
Khalifa University, Abu Dhabi, UAE

Prof Azad A Al.Mezori
Secretary General
Head of Pediatrics Department, University of Duhok, Kurdistan, Iraq
Head of Rare Disease Unit and Endocrine Unit, Hevi Hospital,Duhok, Iraq
Vice President of Kurdistan Pediatric Society

Dr Maysam Yousif Abed
Strategic Network Liaison
Interventional Congenital and Pediatric Cardiologist
Ibn Al-bitar Tertiary Centre for Cardiac Surgery

Dr Mohammed Ibrahim
Organizing Committee Chair
Consultant Paediatrician,
SKMC, Abu Dhabi, UAE

Dr Nizar Bakir
Vice-President-Internal Affairs
Consultant Pediatrician,
Hevi Pediatric Teaching Hospital
Department of Pediatrics, College
of Medicine, University of Duhok,
Kurdistan, Iraq
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