Organizing Committee Members - Healthcare 2019
Abdulqadir Nashwan
Nurse Research Scientist
Hamad Medical Corporation
Qatar
Abdulqadir Nashwan (Biography)
Abdulqadir Nashwan is a Nurse Research Scientist (NRS) at the National Center for Cancer Care & Research (NCCCR) a member of Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC) in Qatar. He received his Bachelor Degree in Nursing (BSN) in 2007 & Master Degree in Nursing Oncology (MSN) in 2011 from the Hashemite University (HU) in Jordan. In 2012, he joined the nursing department in NCCCR as an Oncology/Hematology Charge Nurse; then he became a Head Nurse for Urgent Care Unit in 2013 and in 2014 he has been appointed as a Nurse Educator. In 2015, he has been appointed as a Senior Adjunct Instructor at the faculty of nursing at the University of Calgary in Qatar (UCQ). His current research interests include Research Utilization, Evidenced-Based Practice, Clinical Hematology, Medical Oncology, Nursing Informatics, and Cancer Immunotherapy. Mr. Nashwan has published more than 50 research articles in peer-reviewed journals such as the Blood, BMJ, Frontiers Immunology, and Journal of Pediatric Oncology Nursing. In November 2015, he has received Award of Merit for Placing HMC at the Cutting Edge of Cancer Research as a part of Stars of Excellence Program introduced by HMC. In October 2016, Mr. Nashwan has completed a Cancer Biology & Therapeutics (CBT) Program; provided by Harvard Medical School (HMS).
Abdulqadir Nashwan (Research Area)
Mr. Nashwan has been committed to mentoring and encouraging young clinical investigators throughout his career; he has formally supervised the training of more than a dozen MSc candidates and nursing fellows. His expertise is routinely sought in an advisory capacity both nationally and internationally; he has served as a member of health policy subgroup at ICN Nurse Practitioner/Advance Practice Nursing Network (APNN), also he has served a reviewer for several reputable journals.
Luciana Teixeira Lot
Registered Nurse
University of Campinas
Brazil
Luciana Teixeira Lot(Biography)
Luciana Lot, From Brazil Registered Nurse since 2003 Specialist in Intensive Care Unit MBA in Health Services Management Specialization in Public Management and Government by the Economic Institute of the University of Campinas, Master Degree candidate in Improvements in Health Care Services. Acting as a Registered Nurse in Pediatric and Oncology Intensive Care Unit, Bone Marrow Transplant, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, and currently in a Outpatient Liver Transplant Unit, with emphasis on Nursing and Public Management. Speaker and Researcher of the Health Management and Innovation Group at University of Campinas, which was voted the best university in Latin America by the British publication Times Higher Education (THE). THE is known for the evaluation of international higher education institutions. Successful work carried out in the segment of continuous improvement in public health and reduction of patient waiting time
Luciana Teixeira Lot(Research Area)
RN Luciana Teixeira Lot has been Graduated from University of Campinas, in Brazil, on 2003. With the specialties including Public Policies Management, Improvements in Health Care and Diploma in MBA Health Care Management. Later on she obtained her post-graduation from University of Campinas with subjects Implementation of Lean healthcare methodology in public health services and then started working at Liver Transplant Outpatient clinics, where she has continued her research. Presently she has been working at the at the Campinas University Hospital.
Pablo Sanchez Cassinello
Director
Health & Public Service at Accenture
Spain
Pablo Sanchez Cassinello(Biography)
Spain Health Lead, Managing Director Madrid, Spain
Pablo Sanchez Cassinello(Research Area)
Health & Public Service at Accenture.
Bronwen de Klerk
Health & Wellness Specialist
Bronwen De Klerk
United Kingdom
Bronwen de Klerk(Biography)
I love sharing my passion for health and wellness. I’m patient and flexible in my approach, drawing on my extensive experience and training in assessing the unique requirements of each individual or situation. I bring calm to stressful situations and always strive to instil confidence and ease in those I meet. Over the years, I have guided many clients to a healthier lifestyle - in both private and group sessions. I'm qualified as a Yoga (RYT) and Pilates (BASI) teacher, Shiatsu Practitioner (Shiatsu Society UK) and Mindful Eating Teacher (MB-EAT). I'm also trained in Nutritional Therapy, Personal Fitness Training, Reiki and Clinical Weight Control.
Bronwen de Klerk(Research Area)
I love teaching different people and meeting them where they are at with their bodies – I enjoy witnessing how their health and wellbeing improves by incorporating these simple practices.
Joseph Tan
Chair Person
McMaster University
canada
Joseph Tan(Biography)
Joseph Tan, PhD, formerly Wayne C Fox Chair of eBusiness Innovation, and currently, Professor of eHealth Informatics, DeGroote School of Business, McMaster University, is the founding and ongoing Editor-in-Chief, International Journal of Healthcare Information Systems & Informatics with a professional background that spans a broad spectrum of interdisciplinary and trans-disciplinary research area. A lead investigator in redefining the frontiers of multidisciplinary Business and Health IT knowledge development, management and expansion, including active involvement in collaborative research and multidisciplinary joint-grant submissions, Dr. Tan has demonstrated skills and ability to serve in both academia and industry. He has achieved recognized scholarship in teaching and learning with students’ nominations for teaching excellence awards.
Joseph Tan(Research Area)
Promotion in e-Health informatics through cross-disciplinary thinking/project partnering with diverse practitioners, clinicians, researchers, and a variety of user communities. Promotion in e-Health informatics through cross-disciplinary thinking/project partnering with diverse practitioners, clinicians, researchers, and a variety of user communities. Promotion in e-Health informatics through cross-disciplinary thinking/project partnering with diverse practitioners, clinicians, researchers, and a variety of user communities. Promotion in e-Health informatics through cross-disciplinary thinking/project partnering with diverse practitioners, clinicians, researchers, and a variety of user communities.
Hamdard Naqibullah
Director
Ministry of Public Health
Gremany
Hamdard Naqibullah(Biography)
Dr. Hamadard is currently the director of National Program on Control AIDS, Hepatitis and STI in Ministry of Public Health. He is a medical doctor and obtained his Master of Science in International Health from Heidelberg University in Germany. He is field epidemioilogist and completed his fellowship in epidemiology from CDC Atalanta. He is certified in harm reduction among key population (prevention of HIV and AIDS) by Global Harm Reduction Academy. He has also completed two other fellowships in Nutrition of People Living with HIV and AIDS from Wageningen Universit in Neitherlands and in Health Research from Civil Research and Development Foundation (CRDF) in USA. He is an established reviewer from Athen’s Peer Reviewed Journal of Public Health and Journal of Gobal Health Care Systems. His academic background includes teachning in Medical Universities and Public Health Institutes. He has lead many researches on HIV, health system and reproductive health at national and global level.
Hamdard Naqibullah(Research Area)
He has 16 years of professional experience in health system strengthening, technical advisory, health leadership, international consulting and control of epidemics i. e Polio, HIV, Hepatitis and STI.
Yann de Cambourg
Manager
Business Intelligence consulting firm
France
Yann de Cambourg(Biography)
Yann de Cambourg is co-founder of Synodis, an innovative player in the healthcare sector based in Paris, France. Yann has developped expertise as a facilitator and accelerator in business transformation projects with a focus on Interoperability and Data sharing ; helping healthcare actors enter the patient data centric ecosystem.
Yann de Cambourg(Research Area)
Healthshare Information Exchange and Patient Index Integrator Intersystems Iknow and Caché Integrator : Semantic Data Lake & Big Data Integration, Machine Learning Specialties: Health Industry : EAI specialist (HL7, HPRIM, HPRIM XML), MaaS and SaaS solutions around Interoperability and Analytics applications
Begona Nafria Escalera
Research Coordinator
Hospital Sant Joan de Déu
Spain
Begona Nafria Escalera(Biography)
Pedagogue with over 18 years of experience in the field of application of new technologies in different fields (education, marketing, work, health, etc..). Community manager of a health social network site (www.redsocialaptic.org) of patients, associations and professionals about disabilities and rare diseases. SOCIAL SKILLS: • Team spirit and team work. • Good communicative skills. • Emotional intelligence. • Leadership skills. • Knowlegde about different techniques and tools for team work with people in other local positions (teleworking with different professionals). ORGANISATIONAL SKILLS: • High capability of organization and planning. • Ability to organise workshops and training events (experience FOR more than 12 years). • High level of initiative. • Project management by virtual and non-virtual system.
Begona Nafria Escalera(Research Area)
OTHER SKILLS: • Professional experience in teleworking. • Self-taught skills for learning.
Begona Barragan Garcia
President
Spanish Group of Patients with Cancer
Spain
Begona Barragan Garcia(Biography)
The Spanish Group of Patients with Cancer was formally constituted on June 17, 2010 with the intention of being the voice of patients with cancer in Spain and presented to the public opinion on October 6, 2010 Mission: Represent the interests of those affected by cancer and their families at the state and international level. Vision: Achieve the social normalization of cancer. AEAL, Spanish Association of Affected by Lymphomas, Myelomas and Leukemias, was constituted by patients, on October 8, 2002 and since December 2006 is an association declared of Public Utility by the Ministry of the Interior. The objectives of AEAL are training, information and support for those affected by oncohematological diseases.
Begona Barragan Garcia(Research Area)
Myeloma Euronet provides information on the diagnosis, treatment and care of persons living with multiple myeloma and supports its member organisations in the fulfilment of their missions. Myeloma Euronet also advocates, both independently and in collaboration with organisations with similar objectives, on behalf of those affected by multiple myeloma.
Yulisa Dominguez
Chief Medical Officer
SegarCaixa Adeslas
Spain
Yulisa Dominguez(Biography)
Entrepreneurial Health Care Management professional with a strong track record in audit delivery, Health & Safety management, project management, performance reporting, product management and leadership with extensive international experience. Proficient in developing targeted auditing programs; guiding product development in alignment with business strategy; and coordinating multi-cultural & cross-functional projects across audit delivery, performance reporting, technology onboarding, compliance and customer service. Driven by a passion for innovation and emerging technologies that bring a positive change. Commited to translating training and global experience in Health Care and Business Management into tangible, sustainable impact for organiations involved in game-changing ideas. Licensed physician in Spain (No. 282876807) and Chartered member of IOSH UK.
Yulisa Dominguez(Research Area)
Healthcare Management | Healthcare Business Strategy | Project Management | Product Management | Business Development | Public Health | eHealth | Innovation | Medical Audit | Entrepreneur
Samer Ellahham
Chair
Sheikh Khalifa Medical City (Managed by Cleveland Clinic)
United Arab Emirates
Samer Ellahham(Biography)
Physician healthcare executive with a proven ability to transform healthcare systems achieving significant and sustainable results. Chief Quality Officer for SKMC since 2009 and Cleveland Clinic Care Giver. Board-certified practicing Internist, Cardiologist and Vascular medicine Senior Consultant and First- Class Clinical Skills. Fellow of the American College of Cardiology, American College of Chest Physicians, American College of Physicians, and American Heart Association. Led the development of a quality and safety program that has been highly successful and visible and has been recognized internationally by a number of awards. Recognized leader in quality, safety, and the use of robust performance improvement in improving healthcare delivery. Certified Professional in Healthcare Quality (CPHQ) and in Medical Quality (CMQ) by The American Board of Medical Quality (ABMQ). Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belted. Recipient of the Quality Leadership Award from the World Quality Congress and Awards and the Business Leadership Excellence Award from World Leadership Congress in 2015. The Middle East Representative of the JCI Standards Subcommittee.. Certified as EFQM Model assessor and is leading EFQM Excellence Model at SKMC with great success including winning the prestigious Sheikh Khalifa Excellence Award in 2014, Dubai Quality Award in 2015 and Sheikh Khalifa Excellence Golden Award in 2015.
Samer Ellahham(Research Area)
The Executive SKMC sponsor of the American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (ACS NSQIP®) the leading US validated, risk-adjusted, outcomes-based program to measure and improve the quality of surgical care. SKMC is the first multispecialty ACS NSQIP center outside the US. Led the First AHA GWTG Heart Failure Initiative outside US. Clinical passion and expertise is in the field of heart failure management.
Michaelene Holder-March
Manager
Chartered Institute of Management
United Kingdom
Michaelene Holder-March(Biography)
Mrs Holder-March, is a goal driven healthcare executive with over 31 years of leadership and training experience. She is also well known and respected in the UK and USA for her professionalism, her vast experience and portfolio of managing Corporate & Clinical Governance, Information Governance, Risk Management, Operations, System Resilience, Claims, Audit and Health and Safety in both the public and private healthcare sector. Drawing on her experience working with a wide range of companies of all sizes, from all sectors, Michaelene is an enthusiastic and inspirational coach, also a strategic advisor in the reorganising companies and advising CEOs and senior management, specialises in revitalising companies, ensuring that business objectives are achieved through having the right people in the right roles. This can involve developing a new vision and mission for a company, coaching and developing senior managers, creating or restoring focus on wealth creation and managing organisational culture as well as identifying and developing key people and high performance teams.
Michaelene Holder-March(Research Area)
Michaelene Gail Holder-March is a qualified teacher, nurse & midwife with registrations both in the UK & USA; she also holds a LLB and MBA in Management. Michaelene Holder-March is a strong advocate of hands-on, inquiry based learning, she actively involves herself in a variety of charitable community service, mentoring /coaching others to follow her lead. Today Michaelene Gail Holder-March is an executive director of Operations, System Resilience and Nursing at one the UK biggest NHS providers. Additionally she has 3 established UK companies MHM Health Consultancy Ltd www.mhmhealthconsultancy.com,
Jailan Gabr
Director
KCCC, Kuwait
Kuwait
Jailan Gabr(Biography)
Jailan has been Graduated from Faculty of science , Biochemistry. of Kuwait university as Medical Lab Technologist., with the specialties including Microbiology, Diploma in Biochemistry from Alexandria university.. Later on she obtained her Master degree from Alexandria university, Egypt. Started working at Kuwait university as a project assistant. Presently he has been working at Kuwait Cancer Control Center, KCCC at Ministry Of Health as quality and safety officer in Cytology Laboratory. Where she worked for College Of American Pathologist , CAP and Canada Accreditation with UHN University Health of Network.
Jailan Gabr(Research Area)
Cytology Lab, Fine Needla Aspiration, Patient Satisfaction, Pathology Information System, Turn Around Time, safety, quality assurance, etc.
Graham Wilfred Ewing
Director
Mimex Montague Healthcare Limited
United Kingdom
Graham Wilfred Ewing (Biography)
Mr Ewing graduated from Northumbria University with B.Sc.Chemistry. In 2003 he started working with the Strannik technology. Over the period 2003-2018 he has authored ca 80 peer-reviewed medical papers and conference presentations in his efforts to illustrate the scientific and medical significance and value of the Strannik technology which was developed by Dr Igor Grakov. Mr Ewing is currently CEO Mimex Montague Healthcare Limited.
Graham Wilfred Ewing (Research Area)
Strannik, mathematical model, autonomic nervous system, physiological systems.
David Muriana
Senior Nurse
Basque Health Service
Spain
David Muriana(Biography)
David Muriana is a health professional born in San Sebastian, Spain. He has developed most of his work on international environments, both hands on and management positions. He is currently working as Senior Nurse for the Basque Public Health Service, and as freelance, collaborating on training programs and projects on digital health. In 2008 he completed his BSc in Nursing Sciences, besides he achieves a PGDip in Pre-Hospital Medical Emergencies, PGDip in Critical Care Nursing, MSc in Emergency and International Cooperation, Dip in Project management, and currently developing MSc in Health Management. United Kingdom, Spain, United States and Ireland are the countries where he has worked on public and private sides, even off-shore on a cruise ship around the world as a Nursing Officer. During the Irish stage, office based as Medical Advisor for an important insurance company, being in charge of Latin America region, managing and auditing medical cases and collaborating on air medevacs worlwide.
David Muriana(Research Area)
On 2015 he obtained the PPL -private pilot license-. On 2017 collaborated on the book ‘Angeles con palas’, from which the benefits are for the Oncologic Children Association.
Yolima Cossio Gil
Clinical Data & Innovation Lead
Hospital Universitari Vall d Hebron
Spain
Yolima Cossio Gil(Biography)
Clinical Medical Doctor specialist in Preventive Medicine and Public Health and Masters in Public Health. Research background in epidemiology, vaccines, quality and patient safety. Experience working in health management and policies both in hospitals and primary care, clinical research and epidemiology in Colombia, UK, Spain, South Africa and Southeast-Asia. Currently subdirector of the Data and Innovation Department of the Vall d’Hebron hospital (Catalan Institue of Health).
Yolima Cossio Gil(Research Area)
Clinical Data & Innovation Lead
Prof. Dr. Prabhu Britto Albert
Founding Editor
IJBST Journal Group
Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India
Prof. Dr. Prabhu Britto Albert(Biography)
Prof. Dr. A. Prabhu Britto is Founding Editor, IJBST Journal Group http://www.ijbst.org His PhD work was done at the Center for Medical Electronics, College of Engineering Guindy, Anna University Chennai INDIA. His PhD Thesis title is “Investigations and Identification of a Novel Application for Discrete Cosine Transform based Gradient Vector Flow Active Contours; Extended as DCT based NGVF Active Contoursâ€. His PhD degree was awarded by the Anna University Chennai in the Faculty of Information and Communication Engineering in the year 2009. The thesis is accessible at http://hdl.handle.net/10603/44193 His Masters Degree was done in Electronics & Communication Engineering specializing in Medical Electronics at the College of Engineering, Guindy, Anna University Chennai, INDIA and his Masters Thesis was titled “Microcalcification Detection of Breast Carcinoma in Mammograms†which was Funded by the Tamil Nadu State Council for Science and Technology. His Masters Degree in Engineering was awarded by Anna University Chennai in the Faculty of Information and Communication Engineering in the year 2000. His Undergraduate Degree was done in Electronics & Communication Engineering at the VLBJ College of Engineering, Bharatiyar University, Coimbatore INDIA. His undergraduate thesis was titled “Image Restoration using Hopfield Neural Networksâ€. His undergraduate degree “Bachelor of Engineering in Electronics and Communication Engineering†was awarded by Bharatiyar University Coimbatore in the year 1998.He is the co-author for The Scientific Model of God and the Universe Ref. S. No. 26-53 at http://www.prabhubritto.org/home/research-contribution-as-international-journal-publications-papers He has also voluntarily served a Constitutional Head of State under article 51A of the Constitution of INDIA, by performing Live Review of a high-profile 18 year old court case and bringing out how the case was wrongly framed (using scientific methods) on the defendant (who is also a Head of State). The Live Review can be accessed at link http://goo.gl/adxYd6 Prabhu Britto Albert's website: http://www.prabhubritto.org
Prof. Dr. Prabhu Britto Albert(Research Area)
His areas of interest include Cytogenetics, Medical Imaging, Automated methods for Diagnosis, Treatment Planning and Therapy, Cancer Diagnosis & Treatment, Public Health, Healthcare and related areas of BioMedical Engineering, BioPhotons, BioPhotonic Communication and Consciousness Fields.