Healthcare and Healthcare Management

Stefanie A Bughi is a Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine at the Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California Los Angeles. He attended the University of Bucharest; School of Medicine in Romania, he has completed his Internship and Residency in Internal Medicine at Hahnemann University Northeastern Pennsylvania Affi liated Hospitals and fellowship in Endocrinology at LAC+USC Medical Center in 1989. He joined the Clinical Faculty at USC Keck School of Medicine in 1989. Presently, he works as a Physician Specialist at Rancho Los Amigos National Rehabilitation Center, where he also serves as Patient Safety Offi cer, Chair of the Physician Well-Being Committee and Chair of the Graduate Medical Education. His research interests include the endocrinology of stress, the implications of stress on psychosomatic disorders, and the well-being of health-care providers. He has actively participated at Rancho’s Annual Women’s Health Conference, where in the last fi ve years he has presented topics such as: “7 Habits of Successful Aging,” “ Re-setting the Biological Clock,” “ Role of Minerals and Supplements in Healthy Aging” among others.

Endocrinology of stress, the implications of stress on psychosomatic disorders, and the well-being of health-care providers

Kimberlee D Snyder is a Professor of Operations Management at Winona State University, Minnesota. Her research and publications center on areas of process and performance improvement and technology usage in Healthcare.

process and performance improvement and technology usage in Healthcare

Susan Halimeh has completed her medical education in 1997 at the medical school of medicine in Hannover. She is the Medical director of the Gerinnungszentrum Rhein-Ruhr and the Coagulation Research Centre GmbH in Duisburg, Germany. She has published diverse articles such as: Menorrhagia and Postpartum Haemorrhage (PPH) in Women with Rare Bleeding Disorder, Thrombosis Research, 2015 Feb, Volume 135, Suppl. 1, S34-S37

Menorrhagia and Postpartum Haemorrhage (PPH) in Women with Rare Bleeding Disorder, Thrombosis Research, 2015 Feb, Volume 135, Suppl. 1, S34-S37

Todd Miller is a Professor of Medicine at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. He is the past Director of the Nuclear Cardiology Imaging Laboratory and the current Medical Director of the Sports Cardiology Clinic. He has published greater than 100 peer-reviewed manuscripts and several book chapters and editorials. He serves on the Editorial Boards of the American Running Association, American Heart Journal and Journal of Nuclear Cardiology, Circulation, Cardiovascular Imaging and Journal of the American College of Cardiology Cardiovascular Imaging.

Sports Cardiology Clinic

Huidi Liu has received her Master’s degree from Harbin Medical University (HMU), China with a major in Physiology. After her graduation in 2011, she joined the Genomic Research Center at HMU and worked on genomic research of ovarian cancer and natural anti-cancer drugs. Presently, she is a PhD Student of Professor Shu-Lin Liu in HMU and has published four papers. Besides research, she teaches a course on Bacterial Systematics. Recently, she has been appointed Project Manager for the Centre for Infection and Genomics, a joint project between HMU and the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Calgary.

genomic research of ovarian cancer, natural anti-cancer drugs.

Jawahar Jay Kalra, an educator, researcher, and quality health care advocate, is a Professor of Pathology in the University of Saskatchewan and has served as Head of the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine. He is recognized for his many contributions as a clinical scientist, academic leader, and health system administrator. He has been a pioneer in establishing guidelines for thyroid-function testing, quality assurance program and contributed nationally and internationally in the area of total quality management. He has published extensively and is the author of the book “Medical Errors and Patient Safety: Strategies to reduce and disclose medical errors and improve patience safety.”

Quality management

Andrew W. Gottschalk, M.D. trained in sports medicine at both Mayo Clinic and Cleveland Clinic. His extensive experience includes treating athletes of all levels of competition, including those in the NFL, NBA, MLB, and NCAA Division I. As the Ochsner Health System’s Director of Primary Care Sports Medicine, Dr. Gottschalk serves as Head Medical Team Physician for the NBA New Orleans Pelicans. Dr. Gottschalk is also an avid writer, his multiple publication projects include his regular newspaper column, “The Sports Medicine Doctor.” Dr. Gottschalk is the current Musculoskeletal Health Editor for the medical journal Evidence-Based Practice.

Sports medicine

Marc Matthews graduated from the University of Maryland School of Medicine and completed his residency training at the Mayo Clinic. His first task at Mayo was to redesign a community health clinic around the community’s definition of health, and this work led to a deeper understanding of how the healthcare system is not very aware of what it means for a community to be healthy. He is the Associate Medical Director of the Mayo Clinic Office of Population Health Management and an Assistant Professor of Family Medicine. In these roles, he focuses on rethinking the way large healthcare organizations deliver care.

Health Management

Tochi Iroku-Malize is a Professor and Chair of Family Medicine at Northwell Health (formerly North Shore LIJ Health System). She received her medical training at the University of Nigeria, did her internship in Trinidad & Tobago, completed her Master’s in Public Health at Columbia University and her Master’s in Business Administration at the University of Massachusetts. She is board certified in both Family Medicine and Hospice & Palliative Care. She has developed a curriculum for global health and has been involved in Academic Medicine and Primary Care for two decades. She has presented and published on multiple topics internationally.

Academic Medicine and Primary Care

Dr Richards qualified in medicine at St Bartholomew’s Hospital London in 1981, he undertook a period of research looking at the effects of cyclosporine A on endothelial function at St Thomas’ Hospital London prior to being appointed as Consultant Physician and Nephrologist at The Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham in 1992. During his time in Birmingham he was actively involved in the development of an electronic patient record with associated drug prescribing system. He went into medical management as Clinical Director, Divisional Director and finally Director of Operations in Birmingham before leaving the NHS and taking up the position of Medical Director for the UK and Ireland for Fresenius Medical Care in 2004. He moved to his current position as the CEO and CMO of SEHA Dialysis Services in 2012. He remains actively interested in clinical research particularly in relation to epidemiology and prevention of chronic kidney disease. He has published more than 50 papers in peer reviewed journals.

clinical research particularly in relation to epidemiology and prevention of chronic kidney disease.

Dr.Alkherayf is an associate Professor and a neurosurgeon at University of Ottawa. He is also a neuroscientist at the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute (OHRI) with a cross appointment to the Clinical Epidemiology Program. He also directs the clinical research at the Division of Neurosurgery at the Ottawa Hospital. Additionally he directs the Spine Fellowship Program at University of Ottawa. After graduating from medical school he completed his neurosurgery training at University of Ottawa in 2010. He also completed two fellowships in complex spine surgery and minimally invasive skull base surgery. Additionally he obtained training in clinical epidemiology and biostatistics (MSc, Epidemiology and Biostatistics 2011) and he has completed the clinician investigator program by the Royall College of Physician and Surgeons of Canada (RCPSC). Dr.Alkherayf clinical practice focus on complex spine surgery, minimally invasive cranial surgery and complex cranio-cervical reconstruction. His clinical research interests lie in translational primary brain tumor research, clinical trials, and spinal cord injury. He has authored and co-authored many research papers and abstracts, and spoken at many international conferences. He has been serving as an editorial board member of many journals

Neurosurgery

Gill Hood has been involved in diabetes care since qualifying as a nurse in 1984 and from 1997 began working in diabetes research. She managed the NE London Diabetes Research Network from 2007-2013 increasing patient recruitment 5 fold during this period and conducting her own research into fasting during Ramadan for people with diabetes, how older adults manage diabetes over time, and improving the patient-doctor consultation in diabetes. Gill is also an original member of the EU funded Diamap study which aimed to project diabetes research milestones for the next ten years. She is also involved with patient and public information groups encouraging users to discuss research and be more involved. She is an honorary research fellow at Queen Mary, University of London (QMUL) and continues to manage diabetes clinical research at QMUL. Gill is the Workforce Development and Patient and Public Involvement and Engagement Lead for the North West London Clinical Research Network funded by the National Institute of Health Research. In her capacity as Workforce Lead Gill runs course in Clinical Research for nurses and allied health professionals. She also runs courses for patients and the public who want to be involved with research. Gill is a member of the Foundation of European Nurses in Diabetes (FEND) and the Novo Nordisk Research Foundation for Nurses and Allied Health Professionals. Gill’s diabetes research interests are in ethnic minorities and engaging hard to reach groups in research, diabetes and older adults, health professional education, and patient and public involvement.

Diabetes research

Brian Littlechild, PhD, is Research lead in the Department of Nursing and Social Work at the University of Hertfordshire, UK. A qualified and registered social worker, he worked in hospitals and in the community with particular mental health needs before working in universities.He has published 44 books/book chapters/monographs, and 28 refereed journal articles.He has carried out 20 qualitative and mixed methods research projects, and published widely on, amongst other areas, mental health issues for young and adult offenders, mental health and risk assessment, and on violence from parents in child protection work.

Nursing and Social Work

Ingrid Schusterová is the head of the Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent medicine, Children University Hospital P.J.Š. University in Košice, Slovakia. At the same time, she is the head physician in the terciary center for valvular and congenital heart defects, Eastern Slovak Institute of cardiac and vascular diseases. She took specialization exam from adult and pediatric cardiology at National institute of cardiac and vascular diseases in Bratislava, Slovak Republic. After graduation she took part in fellowship training at Ottawa Civic Hospital, and later on performed research work in the area of cardiology at University of Ottawa in Canada. In the period from 11/1999 till 7/ 2004 she completed her training at Cardiologic department, II. Internal medicine clinic, General hospital, Vienna under supervision of Prof. Dr. Gerald Maurer. Later in 2005 she broaden her professional knowledge and skills at Cardiac surgery clinic, Kardiocentrum Universitätsklinik in Bad Oyenhausen, Germany. Her reaserch interests focus on preventive cardiology, obesity, and disorders of lipid metabolism, atherosclerosis and their prevention in the pediatric age group.

Paediatrics and Adolescent medicine

Gustavo Marin is Doctor in Medicine; Magister in Public Health; Magister in Health Economics; Magister in Political Sciences; Post-doc in Public Health Assistance, Paris, France. Former Director of Primary Health Care of Buenos Aires; Director of Scientific Research Commission, Buenos Aires, Argentina; PAHO Health International Leadership Fellowship; Head Professor of Health, National University of Central Buenos Aires, UNICEN, Argentina. Author of more than 150 papers and books in Public Health Research.

Health Economics

Brendan Mitchell completed his Bachelor of Science degree at the University in Queensland in 2010, and subsequently Doctor of Medicine degree at the University of Melbourne, graduating in 2014. He is currently working as a resident Medical Officer at Gold Coast University Hospital in Queensland, Australia.

Medicine

Naser Salihu finished his residency in Medical Faculty in Ljubljana. He has completed his PhD in Medical Faculty at University of Prishtina. His interests in ophthalmology are anterior segment surgery, oculoplastic surgery and ocular trauma. He has published a lot of papers in International Journals. He also is the president of Kosovo Association of Ophthalmologists and head of trauma department in Eye Clinic, University Clinical Center of Kosovo.

His interests in ophthalmology are anterior segment surgery, oculoplastic surgery and ocular trauma

Nasseer A Masoodi is a Senior Consultant and Vice Chair for General Internal Medicine at Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha (Qatar). Prior to his arrival in Qatar, he was a primary care physician at The Villages Health System, The Villages-FL (USA), and Vice President of Health service and Chief Medical Informatics Officer for ACV Inc. Dowling Park-FL (USA). He was a Member of Medical Informatics Committee of American College of Physicians. He also served as a Member of PMC (performance measures committee) of American College of Physicians from April 2009-April 2013. In this multifaceted role, he focused on reviewing, commenting, and voting on many different performance measures that were developed by organizations such as the AMA Physician Consortium for Performance Improvement (PCPI), the National Committee on Quality Assurance, AHRQ, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid, other specialty physician organizations, and Quality Improvement Organizations. He also served as Associate Professor of Geriatrics at FSU College of Medicine Tallahassee-FL. He is boarded in Internal Medicine, Geriatrics, Hospice and Palliative Care. He received his MBA through University of Massachusetts Amherst (USA) and his Post Baccalaureate Certificate in Clinical Informatics through Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, USA. He is an Associate Editor of British Journal of Medical Practitioners, Specialist Editor for DynaMed and reviewer for many national and international journals including McMaster University’s the McMaster Online Rating of Evidence (MORE). He has published many research and review articles in peer reviewed journals.

Primary Care, Internal Medicine, Geriatrics, Hospice and Palliative Care

Rosa Gimenez-Garcia is working as a Clinical Assistant in Hospital Universitario Rio Hortega, Valladolid, Spain and Associate Professor in the Faculty of Medicine in Valladolid Spain. She done her residency 1981-1985. Hospital Clinico UNiversitario de Valladolid, DEPARTMENT OF DERMATOLOGY. Worked as Consultant Dermatologist in Hospital Clinico Valladolid and its area of health May 1985-Novembre 1987. Post of Clinical Assistant .Hospital Virgen Blanca" de León (Obtained through public competitive examination) 04-11-87 y el 06-11-90. Post of Facultativo Especialista de Área (Clinical Assistant) (obtained through public competitive examination) "Hospital Rio Hortega" Valladolid 06-11-90- present.

Medicine

Kaye has been a registered nurse for over thirty years, practicing predominantly in rural Victoria. Her passion is aged care and the focus of her research interests for the past 6 years. She is a member of the rural health department, the University of Melbourne. She has published 20 papers in international peer reviewed journals and regularly presents her research at National and International forums.

Nursing

Lori Sanderson completed her doctoral degree in public health education and promotion. She also holds a master’s degree of social work and is currently a licensed clinical social worker. She has worked as a medical social worker for over 10 years now and specializes with children and adolescents who have been diagnosed with kidney disease and/or diabetes. She recently accepted a part-time position at at eating disorder clinic in Claremont, CA. She has developed several programs to help the children with whom she works with. She is currently working to develop a non-profit organization in eating disorders.

Public Health

Clive Tobutt is a Registered Nurse (Adult & Mental Health Nursing and Practice Educator). He completed a Post-graduate Diploma in Addiction Studies at the Institute of Psychaitry, London University and an MSc in Sociology (Health & Illness) from London South Bank University. He is currently a PhD student at the Univertsity of Winchester. He is a teaching Fellow (Mental Health Nursing) at Surrey University and a Senior Lecture at the University of Winchester. He has published 8 papers in reputed journals and has been serving as an Editorial Board Member of the Advances of Dual Diagnosis Journal.

Adult & Mental Health Nursing and Practice Educator

Dybesh Regmi is working as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Family Medicine at UAE University. He also holds a faculty membership at the Department of Family and Community Medicine at the University of Toronto. He completed his residency training in Family Medicine at McMaster University. He has been an examiner for the College of Family Physicians of Canada and was a peer assessor for the regulatory body in the province of Ontario

Family and Community Medicine

Samy Abd Elsamad Nasef is the Dean of Faculty of Physical Therapy, Pharos University, Alexandria. He is a PhD holder (1993) (channel emission between Cairo University and Indian University, USA). He is an Associate Editor of the Journal of Advanced Research, Cairo University and has published more than 30 papers in conferences and Journal of Physical Therapy, Cairo University.

Physical Therapy

Haw-Yueh Thong is Chief of the Cosmetic Center at Shin Kong Wu Ho-Su Memorial Hospital in Taipei, Taiwan ROC. After graduating from National Taiwan University College of Medicine, she completed an Internship in National Taiwan University Hospital. Her Residency was in dermatology at National Taiwan University Hospital and her Fellowship was in cosmetic dermatology at the University of California, San Francisco. She had worked closely with Professor Howard Maibach at UCSF. She is also a Graduate of Stanford University with a Master’s degree in management science and engineering, focusing on medical decision analysis. She has published numerous articles in professional journals and serves on many advisory boards and committees. Her interest in dermatology include acne vulgaris, cosmetic dermatology and filler injections

Dermatology include acne vulgaris, cosmetic dermatology and filler injections

Kwabena A Kyeiv is working in University of Venda.

Healthcare

Prof. Imran Ali, PhD, FRSC, C Chem, London (UK) is a world recognized academician and researcher. He completed his Ph.D. from Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Roorkee, India. Prof. Ali is known globally due to his great contribution in anti-cancer and chiral drugs development and water treatment. He has published 350 papers in reputed journals including papers in Nature and Chemical Reviews. He has also five books published by Marcel Dekker, Inc., USA; Taylor & Francis, USA; John Wiley & Sons, USA; John Wiley & Sons, UK; Elsevier, The Netherlands. His citation is 11,000 with H index 44.

Anti-cancer and chiral drugs development and water treatment

A San Antonio Native, Ms Hoel has over 20 years of service at the UTHSCSA. She has been a Registered Nurse for 35 years and a Nurse Practitioner for 18 years. Ms Hoel brings a wide variety of Practice experience to the Department of Urology having worked in Family Practice, Pediatric HIV Research and Clinical Care, Cardiology, Allergy and Immunology, Nephrology and joining the Urology Department in May of 2014. She is a mother of 7 and Grandmother of 14. She has been a volunteer for the National Alliance on Mental Illness for 3 years, teaching the Family to Family course with her husband. In December Mr. and Mrs. Hoel make many appearances as Santa and Mrs. Clause as members of the International Brotherhood of Real Bearded Santas

Family Practice, Pediatric HIV Research and Clinical Care, Cardiology, Allergy and Immunology, Nephrology

Shirley Gutkowski, RDH, BSDH practiced clinical dental hygienist from 1986 to 2003 when she focused her energy on product research, writing and speaking. Shirley is the 2008 Alumna of the Year Marquette University School of Health Science in Dental Hygiene, a recipient of the Leadership Award from the World Congress of Minimally Invasive Dentistry, and 2006 – 2007 president of the Wisconsin Dental Hygienists’ Association. Her podcast Cross Link Presentations highlights notables such as Patrick McGowan (author of The Oxygen Advantage and premier Buteyko instructor), Dr. Kevin Boyd (Darwinian Dentist), Gill Rapley (author of Baby Led Weaning), Dr. Allison Hazelbaker, Dr. Mike Nelson (metabolic flexibility) and others. As the science continues to point to correlations between oral and systemic health, the function of the nasal airway is also under scrutiny. Ms. Gutkowski has published extensively on these topics. She is a featured speaker on the upcoming The Functional Oral Health Summit

Dental Hygiene

Cris Renata Grou Volpe is currently teaching at the University of Brasilia -UNB, Master of Health Sciences University of Sao Paulo and a PhD in Nursing at the Graduate Nursing Program (UNB). It has experience in nursing, with emphasis on fundamental nursing, medical and gerontology acting on the following topics: nursing in adult health and elderly, medicine, nursing in public health, semiotics and nursing process

Fundamental nursing, medical and gerontology

Dr. Natsuki Nakayama graduated Nagoya University, Nagoya Japan, in 2013. She is a resistered nurse who currently works as an associate professer in the Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine. Her research interest includes preventions of diseases such as cardiovascular disease, gastrointestinal motility, and autonomic nervous activity.

Prevention of diseases such as cardiovascular disease, gastrointestinal motility, and autonomic nervous activity.

Sachiko Deguchi has her expertise in mental health and psychiatric nursing . She has Ph,D in psychiatric nursing and is currently teaching at Kitasato University. For the past 20years, she has conducted the hearing on the Japanese people concerning their war-time experiences on how their experiences affected their lives after the war. Now she and her colleague are working research activities to form the effective support system for nursing staff of continuing education of psychiatric hospitals.

Mental health and psychiatric nursing

Dr. Davidson is a Professor of Medicine at Charles R. Drew University and the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. He has been caring for diabetic patients for 50 years. He was the Past President of the American Diabetes Association (1997-1998) and the Editor-in-Chief of Diabetes Care (2002-2006). He received the Outstanding Physician-Clinician in Diabetes Award from the American Diabetes in June, 2016. Dr. Davidson is also the Chief Medical Officer of Insulin Algorithms, Inc.

Medicine, Diabetes Care

Dr. Davidson is a Professor of Medicine at Charles R. Drew University and the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. He has been caring for diabetic patients for 50 years. He was the Past President of the American Diabetes Association (1997-1998) and the Editor-in-Chief of Diabetes Care (2002-2006). He received the Outstanding Physician-Clinician in Diabetes Award from the American Diabetes in June, 2016. Dr. Davidson is also the Chief Medical Officer of Insulin Algorithms, Inc.

Medicine, Diabetes Care

Walter Eichendorf has studied Physics and Mathematics. He was the Head of Statistical Department from 1983, Director of Public Relations from 1989, Deputy Director General since 1998. Since 2007, he is Deputy Director General of the German Social Accident Insurance (DGUV) and Director of DGUV’s prevention division. In addition, he is President of the German Road Safety Council (DVR). In the International Social Security Association (ISSA) he is Vice President of both the Research Section and the Prevention Culture Section.

Safety

Dr. Davidson is a Professor of Medicine at Charles R. Drew University and the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. He has been caring for diabetic patients for 50 years. He was the Past President of the American Diabetes Association (1997-1998) and the Editor-in-Chief of Diabetes Care (2002-2006). He received the Outstanding Physician-Clinician in Diabetes Award from the American Diabetes in June, 2016. Dr. Davidson is also the Chief Medical Officer of Insulin Algorithms, Inc.

Medicine, Diabetes Care

Ann M Mitchell is a Professor of Nursing and Psychiatry at the University of Pittsburgh School of Nursing. She has served as Project Director (PI) on three HRSA- funded projects related to screening, brief intervention, and referral to treatment (SBIRT) for alcohol and other drug use and is currently funded by SAMHSA to integrate SBIRT education into the Nurse Practitioner curriculum, addressing substance use across the lifespan. Lastly, she is working with the CDC on two projects to incorporate Alcohol Screening and Brief Intervention (Alcohol SBI) into nursing practice with the ultimate goal of preventing Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD).

Nursing

Muhammad Ajmal Zahid is a Professor of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Kuwait University. He obtained his basic Medical degree from the King Edward Medical College, Lahore, Pakistan in 1975 and membership from the Royal College of Psychiatrists, UK in 1985. His areas of interest include psychosocial correlates of severe mental illness, workplace violence among the health care professionals, and psychiatric morbidity in general hospital medical outpatient and primary health care settings. In addition, he has been involved in development of the Undergraduate Psychiatric Curriculum. His achievements include development of (A) a somatic inventory to identify psychiatric morbidity in the physically ill patienets and (B) a violence scale to estimate the prevalence and the degree of violence among the medical health professionals. He has authored 35 publications and is recepient of numerous research and academic awards.

Psychiatry

DDS - 2007 (School of Dentistry of Araçatuba, São Paulo State University), Specialist in Pediatric Dentistry - 2010 (Hospital for Rehabilitation of Craniofacial Anomalies, University of São Paulo), Specialist in Syndromes and Craniofacial Anomalies - 2013 (Hospital for Rehabilitation of Craniofacial Anomalies, University of São Paulo), MSc in Orofacial Clefts and Related Anomalies - 2014 (Hospital for Rehabilitation of Craniofacial Anomalies, University of São Paulo), Specialist in Health Management - 2016 (Federal University of São Paulo), PhD in Experimental Pathology (in degree) – Department of Pathology and Legal Medicine, Ribeirão Preto Medical School, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil.

Cleft lip and palate, Pediatric dentistry, Pediatrics, Pathology, Public health Pediatric dentistry Cleft lip and palate Pathology Public health

Chair, Department for Translational Medicine, Moscow Engineering Physical Institute (MEPhI), Professor, Dept for Immunology, A.I.Evdokimov Moscow State University of Medicine & Dentistry, Moscow, Russia

Medicine

Dr. Uqbah Iqbal is a Socioeconomic Researcher at Research for Social Advancement. Winning Second Place in Malaysian Historical Essay Writing Competition 2013, he was the recipient of Research University Fellowship Scheme, Graduate on Time Award and Outstanding Student Award from Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities as well as the Youngest Ph.D. in History Holder

Management and Administrative Sciences Review, Social and Basic Sciences Research Review