

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, Turkey

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 Pediatric Association

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

Prof Metin Basaranoglu
Bezmialem Vakif Universitesi,
Istanbul, Turkey

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

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

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

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

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

Dr Zaher Taher Gardi
Consultant Pediatrician, Arabic
Board for Medical
Specialization, 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

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

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

Prof Kawes Zangana
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Consultant
Pediatrician, College of Medicine, Hawler Medical University, Erbil, Iraq

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 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

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

Oral Presentation Winners

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

Dr Tareef Fadhil Raham
Consultant Pediatrician
Board Supervisor – Arab Board of
Health Specializations, Baghdad, 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 Mohammed Hazim Aldabbagh
Assistant Professor, Consultant Pediatric Surgeon
University of Duhok, College of Medicine, Iraq

Poster Presentation Winners

Dr Aisha Wanis Abozid Al Takroni
Doctor/ Pediatrician
Qaser Ahmed General Hospital, Misurata, Libya

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

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

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

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

Prof Hadeel Ali Ghazzawi
Professor of Human Nutrition
Nutrition and Food Technology Department
School of Agriculture, The University of Jordan, The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan

Dr Mohammed Salman Al Maliki
Pediatric Specialist, American Mission Hospital, Manama, Bahrain

Dr Pius David Muzzazzi
Paediatrician, Tumbi Regional Referal Hospital, Kibaha, Tanzania

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

Dr Vian Sadiq AL-Mosawi
Lecturer Doctor
College of Medicine University of Duhok, Duhok, Iraq
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