

International Guest Speakers

Dr Ahmed Moustafa
Staff Specialist, The Sydney Children's Hospital Network, Australia

Prof Azad A Al Mezori
Professor of Pediatrics, Consultant
Pediatric Endocrinologist
Head Department of Pediatrics
University of Duhok, Kurdistan,
Iraq

Dr Davron Mukhamadiev
Head of Scientific Department,
Research Clinical Institute of
Childhood of Moscow Region,
Russian Federation

Prof Dlnya Asad Muhammed
Professor, Medical Genetics
Scientific Director of PharmaGen
Genetic Diagnosis Lab, Iraq

Prof Hasanein Habeeb Ghali
Consultant Pediatric Hematologist/
Oncologist
Chairman of the Scientific Council
of Pediatrics, Iraq
Iraqi Board for Medical
Specializations

Dr Lisa Paquette
Neonatologist, Kaiser Baldwin Park Medical Center, Baldwin CA
Southern California Permanente
Medical Group
Clinical Professor, Kaiser Permanente Bernard J Tyson School of Medicine
Department of Clinical Science,
Pasadena, CA

Prof Merih Cetinkaya
​Dean of Faculty of Medicine,
Istanbul Atlas University
Department of Pediatrics, Division
of Neonatology
Istanbul Atlas University Hospital,
Istanbul, Türkiye

Prof Mobeen Rathore
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

Prof Mohammad Fadhil
Professor in Pediatrics, College of
Medicine, University of Baghdad,
Iraq

Prof Nizar Bakir
Consultant Pediatrician, Hevi Pediatric Teaching Hospital
Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, University of Duhok, Kurdistan, Iraq

Dr Rehab Abdul Mutalib
Pharmacist, Iraqi Ministry of
Health, Iraq

Dr Sura Abd Alwahab
Consultant Neonatologist, Children Welfare Teaching Hospital and Nursing Home Hospital / The Medical CityLecturer, Medical College, University of Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq
President of the Iraq Pediatric Society

Prof Aida Mujkic
Professor, University of Zagreb, School of Medicine-A Stampar School of Public Health, Zagreb, Croatia
President of the Croatian Pediatric Society of the Croatian Medical Association
Former Head of the Chair for Social
Medicine and Organization of
Health Care

Prof Colleen Kraft
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 Dler Nooruldeen Chalab
Professor in Pediatrics, Consultant Pediatrician, Pediatric Gastroenterologist, Medical College, Hawler Medical University, Kurdistan, Iraq

Dr Fahad Abdulwahab Jameel
Assist Prof Hematopathology, University of Duhok, Hematopathologist, AmrLab Medical Laboratories, Duhok, Iraq

Prof Khalaf Gargary
Professor of Pediatrics, University
of Duhok
Consultant Pediatrician, Hivi
Pediatric
Teaching Hospital, Duhok, Iraq
President of Joint Iraqi-Italian

H E Dr Maryam Matar
Founder & Chairperson, UAE
Genetic Diseases Association
Sheikh Zayed Genetic Research
Center

Prof Metin Basaranoglu
Bezmialem Vakif Universitesi,
Istanbul, Türkiye

Prof Mohamad Miqdady
American Board of Ped. GI,
Hepatology & Nutrition
Chief, Ped. GI, Hepatology &
Nutrition Division.
Sheikh Khalifa Medical City
Clinical Professor, College of
Medicine & Health Sciences.
Khalifa University,
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

Dr Mohammed Alfaifi
Pediatric Emergency Consultant, Associate Professor, College of Medicine, Alfaisal University, Riyadh, KSA
President, Saudi Society of Pediatric Emergency Medicine

Prof Rasha Tarif Hamza
Professor and Head of Pediatric
Endocrinology and Obesity Unit,
Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt
President of Nile Endocrine and
Bone Society (NEBS)
Chair of European Society for
Pediatric Endocrinology (ESPE)
Leadership Academy

Dr Rozhgar A Khailany
Medical Geneticist, PhD
Hawler Medical University,
College of Medicine, Erbil, Iraq

Dr Walid Osama Mahmoud
Moussa
Head of Marketing, Bahar Holding, Iraq

Moderators

Dr Abbas A. Rabaty
Professor of Pediatrics and Pediatric Metabolic and Neonates Specialist
HMU- College of Medicine, Iraq

Prof Akrem M Atrushi
Professor of Pediatric
College of Medicine, University of
Duhok, Iraq

Dr Aws H Al-Numan
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
College of Medicine, University of
Mosul, Mosul, Iraq

Prof Colleen Kraft
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

Dr Hussein Mehbas
Chief of Scientific Department in
Alhindia Hospital
Chief of Consoling Breast Feeding
Department
Chief of Continuous Medical Education
Currently Retired

Dr Mahmood Mohammed Sadiq
Consultant Pediatrician, Lecturer
at School of Medicine, University
of Kurdistan
Hawler Director of Raparin Pediatric Teaching Hospital, Erbil, Iraq

Dr Mohammed Abdulghani AL Attabi
Head of Pediatric Department, Bint AlHuda Teaching Hospital, Iraq
Member of Iraqi Pediatric Society
Member of Arab Society of Endocrinology
Member of International Pediatric Society of Nutrition

Dr Mohammed Ibrahim
Consultant Paediatrician, SKMC, Abu Dhabi, UAE

Prof Muhi Kadhem Al-Janabi
Chairperson of the Supervisory
Committee of the Pediatric
Pulmonology Fellowship Board
Consultant Paediatric Pulmonologist, College of Medicine - University of
Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq

Prof Ramush Bejiqi
President of Pediatric Society
Republic of Kosovo

Prof Shatha Hussain Ali
Professor in Pediatrics
College of Medicine
Al Nahrain University, Baghdad, Iraq

Dr Yasir Ibrahim Abdulridha
Consultant Pediatrician Director of the Pediatric Scientific Committee in Arab Board for Health Specialisation, lraq
College of Medicine, University of Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq

Dr Abdullah Shamsah
Certified Canadian Board of Pediatric and American Board of Pediatric
Certified Canadian Board of Pediatric Emergency Medicine
President of Kuwait Pediatric Association, Kuwait

Dr Aso Faeq
Clinical Science Department,
Sulaimai University, Iraq

Prof Canan Seren
Professor in Pediatrics and Neonatology, Ondokuz Mayıs University,
Faculty of Medicine, Samsun, Türkiye
​

Prof Hasanein Habeeb Ghali
Consultant Pediatric Hematologist/
Oncologist
Chairman of the Scientific Council
of Pediatrics, Iraq
Iraqi Board for Medical
Specializations

Prof Khalaf Gargary
Professor of Pediatrics, University of Duhok
Consultant Pediatrician, Hivi Pediatric
Teaching Hospital, Duhok, Iraq
President of Joint Iraqi-Italian
Pediatric Association

Dr Maryam Matar
Founder & Chairperson, UAE
Genetic Diseases Association
Sheikh Zayed Genetic Research
Center

Prof Mohammed H Hakami
Consultant Pediatrician &
Neonatologist
Assistant Professor, College of
Medicine, Jazan University
Head, Department of Pediatrics &
Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
Jazan General Hospital, Saudi Arabia

Dr Mohammed Jalal Hussein
Professor & Academic Teaching Staff Pediatric Department
Al-Kindy Medical College, University of Baghdad, Iraq

Prof Qasim Dawood Yasir Altameemi
Consultant Paediatrician and Professor of Paediatrics
Department of Paediatrics, Wasit University- Faculty of Medicine, Iraq

Dr Shaheen Kamil Mohammed
Consultation Paediatrician, Kirkuk, Iraq

Dr Sura Abd Alwahab
Consultant Neonatologist, Children Welfare Teaching Hospital and Nursing Home Hospital / The Medical City
Lecturer, Medical College, University of Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq
President of the Iraq Pediatric Society

Oral Presentation Winners

Dr Basim A Al-Abdely
Head of Pediatrics Department
Fallujah Teaching Hospital for
Maternity and Childhood, Fallujah,
Iraq

Dr Jinan Nori Hasan
Assistant Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Duhok, Duhok, Iraq

Dr Khalid Hussein Haleem
Pediatrician, Hevi Pediatric Teaching Hospital, Duhok, Iraq

Dr Tareef Fadhil Raham
Consultant Pediatrician
Board Supervisor – Arab Board of
Health Specializations, Baghdad, Iraq

Dr Binar Faheem Abdullah
SHO Pediatric Surgery
Hevi Pediatric Teaching Hospital
Duhok, Iraq

Dr Kamal Ali Mohammed
Consultant and Assistant Professor,
University of Duhok
Fellow of American College of
Cardiology
Fellow of Iraqi Board for Medical
Specialization (Cardiology)
Fellow of Iraqi Board for Medical
Specialization (Pediatric)

Dr Lana Ahmed Mohammed
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics,
Hawler Medical University-College
of Medicine
Consultant Pediatrician, Pediatric
Endocrinologist, Head of Kurdistan
Rare Diseases Center-Raparine
Teaching Hospital, Erbil, Iraq

Poster Presentation Winners

Dr Amal Adnan Rasheed
Consultant Paediatrician, Azadi Teaching Hospital, Kirkuk, Iraq

Dr Husham Bayazed
Consultant Immunologist
Pediatrician & Clinical Researcher, Zakho-Kurdistan, Iraq

Dr Nadine Abdulrazzak Mahmood
Pediatric Cardiologist, Hawler Medical University / Erbil Cardiac Center, Erbil, Iraq

Prof Dr Shatha Hussain Ali
Professor in Pediatrics
College of Medicine Al Nahrain University, Baghdad, Iraq

Dr Aws H Al-Numan
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, University of Mosul, Mosul, Iraq

Dr Mohamed Hasan Saeed
Lecturer at Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, College of Health Sciences, Hawler Medical University, Erbil, Kurdistan Region, Iraq

Dr Rozhgar A Khailany
Medical Geneticist, PhD
Hawler Medical University, College of Medicine, Erbil, Iraq

Dr Sinan Y Rassam
Pediatrician, Pediatric Cardiologist, Congenital and structural cardiac interventionist
Heevi Pediatric Teaching Hospital and Azadi Cardiac Center, Duhok, Iraq
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