Patient Safety & Quality Healthcare

Dr Umesh Prabhu became a Consultant Paediatrician (1992-2010), Clinical Director of Paediatrics (1992-1998), Medical Director of Bury NHS Trust (1998-2003), Board Member of UK National Patient Safety Agency (2001-2003), National Adviser to the National Clinical Assessment Service UK (2003-2015), Medical Director of Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh FT (2010-2016). He got nominated twice as the top 50 most influential Indian leader of the NHS and in 2017 he received Lifetime Achievement Award for patient safety work.

Patient Safety

Competent to bring in the focus on the use of informatics and technology to improve patient care by utilization of meaningful use and EMR -Efficient with patient-centered care, timely and equitable by interweaving evidence-based practice and technology seamlessly into practice, education and research fostering a learning healthcare system, and an excellent resource for the team as the nurse leader -Integrate nursing science, theories, and concepts with knowledge from ethics, the biophysical, psychosocial, analytical, and organizational sciences as the basis for the highest level of nursing practice. -Select appropriate organizational and systems leadership models and theories to promote quality improvement and systems thinking. -Use analytic methods to critically appraise existing literature and other evidence to determine and implement the best evidence for practice. -Design, implement, and evaluate quality improvement methodologies to promote safe, timely, effective, efficient, and equitable nursing and health care services. -Synthesize information systems/technology and patient care technology concepts to improve and transform nursing practice. -Critically analyze policy/laws/ethics to develop, evaluate, and advocate for, change that shapes financing, regulation, and delivery of nursing and health care services. -Employ effective communication and collaborative skills in the development and implementation of evidence-based nursing practice. -Analyze epidemiological, biostatistical, environmental, cultural, and other appropriate scientific data related to individual, aggregate, and population health. -Design evidence based practice that integrates nursing science with the science of other applicable disciplines to improve healthcare delivery and outcomes. -Perform, competently and effectively, all responsibilities of the chosen specialty nursing role.

Heathcare

Dr. Aboul-Enein began his nursing career in Saudi Arabia working in primary care. He held several positions, including staff nurse on a renal transplant unit, nurse practitioner in triage services, senior instructor, hospital staff development and administrative supervisor, associate director responsible for highly successful overall performance and outcomes for multiple units, organization-wide programs, performed while working within academic community hospitals and organizations. In addition, he has taught at several universities at undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral levels, both online and in the classroom. Dr. Aboul-Enein has published in numerous peer-reviewed publications including the Journal of Public Health and International Journal of Nursing Practice. He has published two books in the area of health care management and health care history. He has conducted many presentations, internationally and nationally. Dr. Aboul-Enein was a nurse practitioner reserve officer in the U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps reserve with the rank of Lieutenant Commander. He has won numerous awards such as the Spirit of Nursing award from the U.S. Army Nurse Corps and the Best Nurses award in 2006 from the Texas Nurses Association. Dr. Aboul-Enein is a Fellow of the American College of Health Care Executives and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Public Health. He is an experienced health care leader with expertise in innovative program development and health care strategy.

Nursing and Healthcare.

Fusun Terzioglu graduated in first place from Hacettepe University in 1989. She won the İhsan Dogramacı Superior Merit Award and Student Science Incentive Award. She studied about counseling on assisted reproductive techniques at Liverpool Women’s Hospital Reproductive Medicine Unit in United Kingdom. In 2007, she worked on a project named “Development of Leadership Skills in Nursing Doctoral Students” at University of Michigan Faculty of Nursing. She worked as a Research Assistant at Hacettepe University School of Nursing in the Maternity and Women's Health Nursing Division from 1990 to 1997. She was promoted to Assistant Professor in 1998, Associate Professor in 2006 and Professor in 2012. She worked as a Co-Head of Nursing Department, Erasmus Department Coordinator, Head of Strategic Planning Group and board member of Hacettepe University Women’s Research and Implementation Center (HUWRICH) between 2009 and 2011. Her interest subjects are sexuality and reproductive health and management and leadership. She is member of national and international nurse’s organizations such as INDEN and Sigma Theta Tau. She has been working as a Director of Nursing Services at Hacettepe University Hospitals since September 2012 and Founding Dean of Faculty of Nursing between 2012- 2013.

Nursing and Women's health

Nur Birgen is an expert of Clinical Forensic Medicine and dealing with medical malpractice claims since 1997. She has a long practice in the Council Of Forensic Medicine, Turkey. Since2010, she is working for the Acıbadem Healthcare Group as a consultant and dealing with patient claims and patient safety

Forensic Medicine

Stacey Stone and Prabhu S Parimi has passion in value-based health care delivery model. In contrast to numerous clinical providers with variable expertise providing care for newborn infants, both physicians are of the firm belief that if a highly specialized expert care team is assembled around a clinical condition/procedure, it will create value to all the stakeholders and improve clinical outcomes. The submitted work is of many initiatives these authors have undertaken to provide high value to patients in the neonatal ICU. Together, they have formed a High Value Care Team in the Maternal Fetal and Neonatal Institute at Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital.

Neonatology

Dr. Stone specializes in neonatology in the Johns Hopkins All Children’s Maternal, Fetal & Neonatal Institute. She joined the hospital staff in 2002 and won the Johns Hopkins All Children's Excellence in Service & Professionalism Award in the 2017 Johns Hopkins Medicine Clinical Excellence Awards. Among her clinical interests is congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH), working with Dr. David Kays in one of the nation’s top CDH programs. She also maintains an interest in infection prevention and leads the neonatal vascular access program. Dr. Stone earned her medical degree and completed the pediatric residency program at the Mount Sinai Medical School in New York. She completed a fellowship in neonatology at the University of California at San Francisco.

Neonatology

Dr. Aboul-Enein began his nursing career in Saudi Arabia working in primary care. He held several positions, including staff nurse on a renal transplant unit, nurse practitioner in triage services, senior instructor, hospital staff development and administrative supervisor, associate director responsible for highly successful overall performance and outcomes for multiple units, organization-wide programs, performed while working within academic community hospitals and organizations. In addition, he has taught at several universities at undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral levels, both online and in the classroom. Dr. Aboul-Enein has published in numerous peer-reviewed publications including the Journal of Public Health and International Journal of Nursing Practice. He has published two books in the area of health care management and health care history. He has conducted many presentations, internationally and nationally. Dr. Aboul-Enein was a nurse practitioner reserve officer in the U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps reserve with the rank of Lieutenant Commander. He has won numerous awards such as the Spirit of Nursing award from the U.S. Army Nurse Corps and the Best Nurses award in 2006 from the Texas Nurses Association. Dr. Aboul-Enein is a Fellow of the American College of Health Care Executives and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Public Health. He is an experienced health care leader with expertise in innovative program development and health care strategy.

Nursing and Healthcare.

Damien Byas is the President, North American Scientific Committee on Cardiovascular Health, USA as well as an Epidemiologist and Professor of Public Health, American Public Health Association, International Public Health Delegate, USA.

Cardiology, Cardiovascular Diseases, Epidemiology

Dr Matthias Muenzberg is a senior consultant in trauma surgery at one Germany’s largest trauma centres. As an emergency physician, he is also the head of medicine for the air rescue centre. He is an assistant professor of trauma surgery at the Univerity of Heidelberg. He teaches about managing severely injured patients pre-hospital and at the clinic, trauma education from personal experience and human factors. As an executive committee member of the German Society of Orthopedic and Trauma Surgery (DGOU), Matthias was part of the task force to implement a “safety culture in medicine” and was responsible with developing the new course concept of IC (Interpersonel Competence). Dr. Muenzberg is the national director of the Pre-hospital Trauma Life Support (PHTLS) programme as well as the director of several other international trauma programmes. Matthias has authored a number of highly regarded publications about the standardisation in trauma and burn care. Additionally, he is a frequent speaker at international conferences in the field of trauma, education and emergency medicine.

Orthopedic and Trauma Surgery

Maj Gen S M Motahar Hossain, Director General Medical Services, Bangladesh Armed Forces, has 34 years of experience in research, evaluation and teaching. He became Director General Medical Services on 18 August 2016. He has expertise in Internal Medicine especially in Gastroenterology. He held important appointments in his long career including Personal Physician to Honorable Prime Minister (2000 -2001), Personal Physician to Honorable President (2012-2016) of Peoples Republic of Bangladesh and Instructor of Medicine in Armed Forces Medical College, Bangladesh (2003-2004). He has number of publications in National and international Medical journals. He is a widely travelled person and visited more than fifty countries around the globe including USA, UK, Italy, Belgium, Germany, Switzerland, Singapore, China and Netherlands. He also participated in UN Peace Keeping Mission in Rwanda (UNAMIR) and Bosnia & Herzegovina.

Infections

Nur Birgen is an expert of Clinical Forensic Medicine and dealing with medical malpractice claims since 1997. She has a long practice in the Council Of Forensic Medicine, Turkey. Since2010, she is working for the Acıbadem Healthcare Group as a consultant and dealing with patient claims and patient safety

Forensic Medicine

Dr. Subashnie Devkaran is a leader in quality, accreditation and patient experience in the Middle East Africa region and currently holds this position at Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi. She serves on various regulatory committees and leadership societies in the Middle East including President Elect of the American College of Healthcare Executives, MENA. Subashnie has a PhD from Edinburgh Business School (Scotland). With a Masters in Healthcare Management from the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, she also serves as an associate lecturer with the University. Subashnie received recognition as Certified Professional in Healthcare Quality (CPHQ) from the Healthcare Quality Certification Board based in Washington D.C. She is a Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives (FACHE) and a Fellow of the International Society for Quality in Healthcare(FISQua).In addition to her full time role at Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi she is also an International Consultant with Joint Commission International. Subashnie regularly speaks at international conferences and has published research papers on healthcare quality and patient safety. With a passion to reduce the knowledge gap in healthcare quality and patient safety internationally, Dr. Devkaran continues to pursue research in these areas.

She continues to serve on various regulatory committees and leadership societies in the Middle East.