Qatar Critical Care Conference QCCC on October 28-31, 2019 in Doha, Qatar

The Conference aims to provide the latest scientific information in the diagnosis and management of critically ill and injured patients through a series of lectures and comprehensive workshops. With the current technology and advancements in diagnosis and treatment, the conference will serve as a platform for an exchange of cutting-edge knowledge in the field of Critical Care and other specialties related to it.

The first 2 days, Monday and Tuesday or 28-29 October will be dedicated to Pre-Conference Workshops to be followed by the Main Conference, which starts on 30 October until 31 October.

Organizing Committee

Ibrahim Fawzy Hassan

Dr. Ibrahim Mohamed Fawzy Hassan

Chairman, QCCC 2019 & Qatar Critical Care Society

Director of Critical Care, HMC

ECMO Program Director

Deputy Medical Director of the Ambulance Service at HMC

A/Prof. Of clinical medicine at Weill Cornell Medical College in New York

Majed Hijji

Assistant Executive Director of Nursing for Critical Care

Hamad Medical Corporation

Ahmed Labib Shehatta

Senior Consultant ECMO, ICM & Anaesthesia

Assistant professor of Clinical Anaesthesiology, WCMC-Q

HMC Sepsis Lead, Aeromedical Clinic Lead

Critical Care Service

MICU, Hamad General Hospital

Faisal Malmstrom

Deputy Chair HMC Critical Care Center

Vice Chair Department of Anesthesiology, ICU & Perioperative Medicine

Director Surgical Critical Care, Senior Consultant Intensivist

Jai Udassi

Associate Professor of Pediatrics

Weill Cornell Medical College Qatar and New York

Director Pediatric Cardiac Critical Care Services (CICU)

Medical Director PICU

Physician Director Activation planning Pediatric Medicine Services

Director Pediatric Cardiology Fellowship Program

AbdulSalam Saif

Scientific Committee

Ali Ait Hssain

Scientific Committee Chair

Hamad Medical Corporation

Mamoon Yusaf

Scientific Committee Co-Chair

Hamad Medical Corporation

Prof. Guillaume Alinier

Director of Research

HMC Ambulance Service

Emad Al Momani

Corporate Educator for Critical Care

Trauma Service Hamad Medical Corporation/NMER/Medical City

Talat Chughtai

Director

Trauma Intensive Care Unit

Trauma Surgery Section

Hamad General Hospital

Ikram Ul Haque

Division Chief

Pediatric Critical Care Medicine

Department of Pediatrics

Sidra Medicine

Khalid Ellaithy

Edin Karic

Chief of Critical Care

Al Wakra Hospital

HMC

Ahmed L M Abdussalam

Assistant Professor, Weill Cornell Medical School

Senior Consultant Critical Care

Neuro Intenisvist And Neurocritical Care Lead

SRF-ECMO Consultant

Critical Care Fellowship Program Director

Hamad Medical Cooperation

Nadir Kharma

Senior Consultant, Critical Care

Hamad Medical Corporation

Marcus Lance

Associate Professor Of Anesthesiology

Weill-Cornell Medicine

Senior Consultant Anesthesia & SICU

Vice Chair

Associate Section Head Corporate SICU

Head of Research

Department of Anesthesiology, ICU & Perioperative Medicine

Hamad Medical Corporation

Ashraf Molokhia

Emad Mustafa

Director of Nursing

Critical Care Services

Hamad General Hospital

Chairman of Critical Care Nursing Network

Hamad Medical Corporation

Stefan Rohrig

Vice Chair, Department of Anesthesiology

ICU & Perioperative Medicine

Associated Section Head Corporate SICU

Hamad Medical Corporation

Abstract Reviewers

Guest Managing Editor

Guillaume Alinier

Hamad Medical Corporation Ambulance Service and Weill Cornell Medicine

Qatar/University of Hertfordshire, UK

Reviewers

(Alphabetically arranged by Surname A-Z)

Palli Valapila Abdulrouf, Hamad Medical Corporation, Qatar

Said Ali Masoud Al Hanshi, The Royal Hospital, Oman

Emad Almomani, Hamad Medical Corporation, Qatar

Ziad Al-Rifai, Hamad Medical Corporation, Qatar

Loua Al Shaikh, Hamad Medical Corporation Ambulance Service, Qatar

Jana Assy, American University of Beirut, Lebanon

Jon Bandola, Hamad Medical Corporation, Qatar

Grace Bichara, Sidra, Qatar

William Broughton, University of Hertfordshire, UK

Craig B Campbell, University of Tasmania, Australia

Evan Francis Gajkowski, Geisinger Health System, USA

Jean-Claude Granry, University Teaching Hospital of Angers, France

Ashwin Kalbag, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, UK

Sayed Tarique Kazi, Hamad Medical Corporation, Qatar

Nadir Kharma, Hamad Medical Corporation, Qatar

Jörg Kühne, Hamad Medical Corporation, Qatar

Marcus Lance, Hamad Medical Corporation, Qatar

Tejas Mehta, Hamad Medical Corporation, Qatar

Malaika Mendonca, Bern University Hospital, Switzerland

John Meyer, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, South Africa

Ashraf Abdulla Molokhia, Hamad Medical Corporation, Qatar

Denis Oriot, University of Poitiers, France

Kapil Rajwani, Weill Cornell Medical College, Cornell University, USA

Peter Roeleveld, Leiden University Medical Center, The Netherlands

Tasleem Raza N. Mohd, Hamad Medical Corporation, Qatar

Nabil Shallik, Hamad Medical Corporation, Qatar

Ahmed Labib Shehatta, Hamad Medical Corporation, Qatar

Ikram Ul Haque, Sidra Medicine, Qatar

Julia Wendon, Kings College Hospital, UK

Mamoon Yusaf, Hamad Medical Corporation, Qatar

Alhady Yusof, Hamad Medical Corporation, Qatar

Janice Zimmerman, Houston Methodist Hospital, USA

Speakers

Abdulaziz AlKhulaifi

Chairman

The Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery

Heart Hospital

Hamad Medical Corporation

Abdurrahman Arabi

Deputy Chair of Cardiology for Clinical Affairs

Director, Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory

Qatar Heart Hospital

Abdurrazzak Gehani

Consultant Interventional Cardiologist

Chairman of Al-Ahli Cardiac Center

Associate Professor

Medicine/Cardiology

Abdussalam Saif

Abhiram Mallick

Ahmed L M Abdussalam

Assistant Professor, Weill Cornell Medical School

Senior Consultant Critical Care

Neuro Intenisvist And Neurocritical Care Lead

SRF-ECMO Consultant Critical Care Fellowship Program Director

Hamad Medical Cooperation

Ahmed Labib Shehatta

Senior Consultant ECMO

ICM & Anaesthesia Assistant professor of Clinical Anaesthesiology, WCMC-Q HMC Sepsis Lead Aeromedical Clinic Lead Critical Care Service MICU

Hamad General Hospital

Alhady Yusof

Senior Consultant

Emergency Department

Medical Intensive Care Unit

Hamad General Hospital

Alhareth Alkhater

Ali Ait Hssain

Senior Consultant Intensivist

Medical Intensive Care Unit (MICU)/ECMO TEAM

Hamad Medical Corporation

Amr Omar

Senior Consultant

CT Surgery Department

Hamad Medical Corporation

Angela Krizan

Arshad Achanda

Arshad Hussain Chanda

Consultant IntensivistA

Surgical Intensive Care Unit

Department of Anesthesiology

ICU & Perioperative Medicine

Hamad Medical Corporation

Ashraf Gad

Senior Consultant

Neonatal Perinatal Medicine

Hamad Medical Corporation

Ashraf Molokhia

Ayman El-Menyar

Consultant of Clinical Research

Hamad General Hospital

Bahaa Eldin Juma

PFCCS Instructor (SCCM-USA)

Communication Skill Instructor, HMC

PICU Consultant

Dana Bakdach

Clinical Pharmacy

Critical Care

Edin Karic

Chief of Critical Care

Al Wakra Hospital

HMC

Emad Al Momani

Corporate Critical Care Educator

Hamad Medial Corporation

Emad Mustafa

Director of Nursing

Critical Care Services

Hamad General Hospital

Chairman of Critical Care Nursing Network

Hamad Medical Corporation

Fernando Ruiz

Senior Consultant

Department of Anesthesiology

SICU & Perioperative Medicine

Hamad Medical Corporation

Gustav Strandvik

Sr. Consultant, Trauma Surgery

Hamad General Hospital

Hani Jaouni

Helmut Hummler

Chief Division of Neonatology

Department of Pediatrics

Professor of Pediatrics

Weill Cornell Medicine

Hisham Ziglam

Senior Consultant,

Hamad General Hospital

Husain Shabbir Ali

Consultant

Medical ICU

Hamad General Hospital

Hussam Salama

Senior Consultant, Neonatologist

Department of Pediatrics

Hamad Medical Coportation

Ibrahim Fawzy Hassan

Chairman, QCCC 2019 & Qatar Critical Care Society

Director of Critical Care, HMC

ECMO Program Director

Deputy Medical Director of the Ambulance Service at HMC

A/Prof. Of clinical medicine at Weill Cornell Medical College in New York

Ikram Ul Haque

Division Chief

Pediatric Critical Care Medicine

Department of Pediatrics

Sidra Medicine

Imran Ibrahim

Faculty Consultant

Hamad General Hospital

Jai Udassi

Associate Professor, Pediatrics

Weill Cornel Medical College

Kobra Mohammad Zarei

Intern Clinical Nurse Specialist

Surgical Intensive Care Unit (SICU)

Hamad General Hospital

Majid Hijjeh

Assistant Executive Director of Nursing for Critical Care

Hamad Medical Corporation

Mamoon Yusaf

Consultant MICU

Hamad Medical Corporation

Manu Somasundaram Sundaram

Attending Physician

Paediatric Critical Care

Sidra Medicine

Marcus Lance

Head, Research and Vice Chair

Department of Anesthesiology

Perioperative Medicine

Megha Kamble

Nurse Educator

Critical Care (MICU), HGH, HMC

Mohamed Abdelaty

Intensivist

Medical-Neurology & SRF (ECMO) ICU

Hamad General Hospital

Mohammad Gaffari

Neonatal Consultant Women’s Wellness and Research Centre

Mohammed Al Jonidi

Mohammed Elkhwad

Senior Attending Physician

Neonatology, and Medical Director-ECMO

Sidra Medicine

Mohammed Ghaly

Professor of Islam and Biomedical Ethics

Research Center for Islamic Legislation & Ethics (CILE)

Hamad Bin Khalifa University

Muhammad Shakeel Riaz

Consultant and Assosciate Section Head & Lead

Transformation for Surgical ICU

Hamad General Hospital & Women’s Wellness & Research Centre

Nadir Kharma

Senior Consultant, Critical Care

Hamad Medical Corporation

Nick Castle

Head, Professions

Hamad Medical Corporation

Nicola Robertson

Professor

Perinatal Neuroscience UCL

Sidra Medicine and Research Centre

Olfa Kaboor

Consultant Neonatologist

HMC

Omar Fituri

Patricia Abboud

Senior Consultant

Pediatric Critical Care

Sidra Medical and Research Center

Prabhakar Nayak

Senior Attending Physician, PCICU

Sidra Medicine & Research Institute

Riadh Fadhil

Professor of Urology

Transplant Surgery

Director of Qatar Organ Donation Center

Samir Gupta

Lead for Neonatal Haemodynamics

Transitional Physiology Program

Senior Attending Physician - Neonatology

Sidra Medicine

Saumya Boby

Clinical Nurse Specialist –Critical Care

Sayed Tarique

Sayed Tarique Kazi

Senior Consultant Medical Intensive Care Unit

Hamad General Hospital

Somaya Ibrahim

Somayah Mohammad Ibrahim

Head Nurse of Surgical Intensive Care Unit (SICU)

Hamad General Hospital

Stefan Rohrig

Vice Chair, Department of Anesthesiology

ICU & Perioperative Medicine

Associated Section Head Corporate SICU

Hamad Medical Corporation

Talat Chughtai

Talat Saeed Chughtai

Thoracic Surgeon, Senior Consultant

Director – TICU (Trauma Intensive Care Unit)

Hamad Medical Corporation

Tasleem Raza

Tejas Mehta

Tejas Girishkumar Mehta

Senior Consultant

Pediatric Intensive Care Unit

Hamad General Hospital

Vishw Ajit Verma

Senior Consultant

Trauma Critical Care

Hamad General Hospital

Speakers

Abdul Hakeem Al Hashim

Senior Consultant

Internal Medicine & Critical Care Sultan Qaboos University Hospital

Muscat, Oman

Bruce Davidson

Pulmonary Disease Specialist

Providence St Mary Medical Center

USA

Corey Scurlock

Medical Director

WMCHealth eHealth Center

USA

David A Berlin

Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine

Weill Cornell Medicine

USA

Eric Hoste

Full Professor

Ghent University

Belgium

Giorgio Iotti

Professor of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care

University of Pavia

Italy

Greg Martin

Professor, Executive Associate Division Director

Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine

Emory University School of Medicine

USA

Huda Alfoudri

Head

Department of Anesthesia, Critical Care, & Pain Management

Al-Adan Hospital

Kuwait

Jana Assy

Director

Extracorporeal Life Support Program

American University of Beirut Medical Center

Lebanon

Janice Zimmerman

Head

Division of Critical Care Medicine for the Department of Medicine

Houston Methodist Hospital

USA

Jean-Louis Vincent

Professor

Intensive Care Medicine

Université Libre de Bruxelles

Belgium

Jo Ellen Wilson

Department of Psychiatry

Vanderbilt University Medical Center

USA

Kapil Rajwani

Assistant Attending Physician

NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital

USA

Mark Ogino

President of ELSO, USA

Nemours Alfred I duPont Hosptial for Children Chief Partnership Officer Chief, Nemours Neonatology Network

USA

Mervyn Singer

Professor, Intensive Care Medicine

University College London

UK

Mohammed Shamsah

General Secretary

Kuwait Medical Association

Kuwait

Mujahid Al Busaidi

Consultant Internist, Intensivist & Neurointensivist

Sultan Qaboos University Hospital

Oman

Nicholas Barrett

Consultant

Critical Care Medicine

Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust

UK

Richard Beale

Consultant Intensivist

Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust

UK

Said Ali Masoud Al Hanshi

Senior Consultant

Pediatric Intensive Care

The Royal hospital

Oman

Sights and Attractions

Al-Zubarah

Desert Sentinel

The Al-Zubarah Fort was originally built by Sheikh Abdullah bin Jassim Al Thani in 1938 to serve as a Coast Guard station, it was later renovated into a museum. Located on Qatar’s north-west coast and comprising the immaculately restored Al-Zubarah Fort and surrounding 60-hectare archaeological works, this UNESCO World Heritage site is one of the most extensive and best preserved examples of an 18th–19th century settlement in the region. It covers the remains of a walled coastal town that once ranked as one of the Gulf’s most important pearl diving and trading centers with links extending to the Indian Ocean. The fort houses a visitor’s center. The Al-Zubarah Fort is situated in the antique yet chronological town of Zubarah, which in turn is located on the northwestern coast of the Qatar peninsula in the Madinat ash Shamal municipality, and is about 105 km from the Capital of Qatar.

Al-Zubarah

Katara Cultural Village

Culture and Recreation

An innovative interpretation of the region’s architectural heritage, this purpose-built development’s impressive theatres, galleries and performance venues stage a lively year-round programme of concerts, shows and exhibitions. Among Katara’s recreational attractions are a wide choice of dining options, including top class restaurants offering a variety of cuisines, and a spacious, well-maintained public beach with water sports.

For more information, please visit http://www.katara.net/en

Katara Cultural Village

Khor Al Adaid

Qatar’s ‘Inland Sea’

Some 60 km from Doha in the south-eastern corner of the country lies one of Qatar’s most impressive natural wonders, the ‘Inland Sea’ or Khor Al Adaid. A UNESCO recognized natural reserve with its own ecosystem, this is one of the few places in the world where the sea encroaches deep into the heart of the desert. Inaccessible by road, this tranquil expanse of water can only be reached by across the rolling dunes.

Khor Al Adaid

Al Maha Sanctuary

The Arabian Oryx Sanctuary, also known as Al-Maha Sanctuary, is the only breeding place in Qatar for the Oryx, a small antelope considered country’s national emblem – such as the symbol of the national airline, Qatar Airways, and as the mascot of the 2006 Asian Games. These creatures were once on the verge of extinction, but now the sanctuary breeds the Arabian Oryx in captivity, producing 75-100 calves each year. A visit to this sanctuary will let you appreciate these elegant, milky-white antelopes, with their curved horns, large hooves for treading across the desert, and their short, sparse fur. At this sanctuary you can also see small gazelles. The sanctuary is located on the Dukhan Highway, about a half-hour drive west of Doha. Visitors are welcome at the center if they just want to see the Oryx’s, but must make arrangements to visit through a tour company should they wish to explore the grounds.

Al Maha Sanctuary

Museum of Islamic Art

Celebration of Culture

Experience 14 centuries of great art in a few hours. The Museum of Islamic Art’s magnificent and imaginatively presented displays of the finest art and artefacts from across the Islamic world have earned it recognition among the world’s top cultural institutions. No visitor can fail to be impressed by the quality and diversity the collections, housed in a modern architectural masterpiece designed by IM Pei. The museum ensures fresh interest through its constantly changing program of special exhibitions. A fee may be charged for these temporary shows, but admission to the permanent galleries is free.

For more information, please visit http://www.mia.org.qa/en/

Museum of Islamic Art

Souq Waqif

Lively Street Life

If you are looking for a wonderful place to shop, to dine, to explore or simply sitting at one of the many attractive outdoor cafe to watch the world pass by, look nowhere but Souq Waqif in Doha. For centuries, this location has been a souq for Bedouin (nomads who have historically inhabited the Arabian and Syrian Deserts.) to take the wool and animals to trade for daily necessities. It’s probably the only traditional souq left in the Gulf. A stroll down the bustling alleys of Souq Waqif provides an authentic taste of traditional commerce, architecture and culture the maze of small shops offer a dazzling array of Middle Eastern merchandise from spices and seasonal delicacies to perfumes, jewellery, clothing, handicrafts and a treasure trove of souvenir bargains. Traditional music, art and cultural shows add to the ambience of this special place. Most of the shops close around noon till 4 p.m. Relax and soak up the vitality and atmosphere at one of its eclectic mix of great restaurants and cafes. They do open all day.

For more information, please visit http://www.souq-waqif-doha.com/

Souq Waqif

The Pearl Qatar

The Ultimate in Style

The Pearl-Qatar is a man-made island off the West Bay coast featuring Mediterranean-style yacht-lined marinas, residential towers, villas and hotels, as well as luxury shopping at top brand name boutiques and showrooms. A popular dining spot, its waterfront promenades are lined with cafes and restaurants serving every taste – from a refreshing ice cream to a five-star dining experience. The Pearl is a popular visitor attraction by virtue of its chic elegance, inviting description as the ‘Arabian Riviera’.

For more information, please visit http://www.thepearlqatar.com/EN/Pages/default.aspx