Honorable Editors
Giuseppe Lanza
University of Catania
Italy View Profile
Curd Bollen
University of the Pacific
USA View Profile
Halitosis; Laser therapy in Periodontology; Ceramic implants; Short Implants
Curd Bollen was born in 1969 in Belgium. He studied dentistry at the universities of Hasselt and Leuven (1987-1992). Afterwards he started his training in periodontology and implantology, as assistant at the same Catholic University in Leuven (head: Prof. dr. D. van Steenberghe). In that same period, he began his PhD-research, which he finalized in 1996 with his promotion. The title of his PhD-thesis was: “Full-mouth disinfection and hard surface smoothening reduce the subgingivalmicrobial load”. In 1997 he received his MSc-diploma in periodontology and implantology at the same university. In 2016 he obtained his MClinDent in Aesthetic and Restorative Dentistry at the University of the Pacific, Stockton, US. He has published more than 25 international scientific articles in peer reviewed dental journals. He also published 20 national articles. He is co-author of several books in the field of periodontology and halitosis. He is an Editor in Chief of the Journal of Dental Health, Oral Disorders &Therapyandeditor of 4 other online dental journals. In 1998, he started a private clinic limited to periodontology, halitosis and implantology; first in Belgium, afterwards in the Netherlands. He remained part-time lecturer at different universities (Liege, Nijmegen, Bonn and Dusseldorf). In Düsseldorf he was clinical assistant professor till 2012. Since 2016, he is consultant for the Czech implant company Lasak.
Tara Moore
Avellino Labs
USA View Profile
Corneal Dystrophy is a group of inherited eye diseases and an important cause of vision loss. The hallmark of corneal dystrophy is structural abnormality of the cornea, including cell fragility and/or the accumulation of proteinaceous aggregates, and/or corneal scarring, all of which lead to loss of transparency and varying degrees of visual impairment. Most corneal dystrophy is inherited in a dominant fashion and is currently incurable except for possible grafting of donor corneal material which is often the only option as an end stage treatment for many of the stromal corneal dystrophies. Recurrence of the pathology within the transplant or its margins and the lifelong potential for rejection all pose problems to success of long term visual rehabilitation. To date no treatment has been developed which addresses the underlying pathology. Corneal dystropy causing mutations work by dominant-negative interference which hinders the use of conventional gene replacement therapy, as the dominating mutant would impede the replacement gene. We are developing gene silencing and gene editing treatments, through siRNA and CRISPR Cas9 technologies, to treat dystrophies of the cornea and other areas of the eye.
Tara Moore, PhD and Harvard graduate with a wealth of experience of working in Universities and laboratories across UK, Europe and USA has made tremendous advances in progressing novel diagnosis and treatment for blinding eye diseases helping new research findings translate toward the clinic and patients in a personalized medicine approach. In the early days as a graduate she was awarded prizes for the best in year and top ranking student during her degree at Queen’s University of Belfast. As a young academic her work was recognised through distinguished teaching and research awards as an independent researcher in Ulster University. At a national level she received a Rising Star award and National Teaching Fellowship by the Higher Education Academy, UK, for her role in developing innovative teaching to raise educational standards for postgraduate medical education and sub specialism training in areas such as refractive surgery and forensic and legal medicine. Achievements in this area during her career resulted in nomination and election to Honorary Fellow of the Faculty of Forensic and Legal Medicine Royal College of Physicians (RCP) - the highest accolade this organisation can bestow on an individual. In addition, recently the teaching course she founded to address standards for lens and laser refractive surgery worldwide was recognised by the Royal College of Ophthalmologists (RCOphth) and is now a fully endorsed and co-badged RCOphth educational course recommended for all surgeons wishing to undertake refractive surgery.
Omar K Hallak
American Hospital Dubai
UAE View Profile
Interventional Cardiology, Cardiovascular Disease, Vascular Medicine, Endovascular Medicine, Nuclear Cardiology and Internal Medicine
Dr Hallak is currently Chief of Interventional Cardiology Department at American Hospital Dubai, President (Gulf Chapter) of International Society of Endovascular Specialists, Chairman of 4TS international conference, and previous Board Member of Emirate Cardiac Society. Dr Hallak received his post graduate training and research in the United States at University of Illinois, Chicago, North Western University and Louisiana University in New Orleans. He is Board Certified in Interventional Cardiology, Cardiovascular Disease, Vascular Medicine, Endovascular Medicine, Nuclear Cardiology and Internal Medicine. He was the Head of Cardiology Department at Saint Francis Hospital in the USA, and Assistant Professor at LSU New Orleans and the University of West Virginia. He has performed thousands of procedures including Cardiac and Peripheral Vascular Intervention in addition to Pacemaker and ICD/ CRT Implantation. He participated in many national and international research studies with many publications. He involved extensively in local, regional and international cardiology conferences as a Speaker and as a Chairman.
Roberto Menicagli
Roma Biomed Research Lab
Italy View Profile
Biochemistry; Genetic; Autoimmune diseases; Cancer Biomarkers; Autism Environmental
Roberto Menicagli has a degree, at the age of 26 years in Milan University, and the PhD with postdoctoral studies in biochemistry and molecular genetics. Subsequently, is been assigned as University Reader, with many lectures in those fields at the faculty of Biology at Milan University. After, has the role, as “ Senior Research”, in ENIRESEARCH GROUP, the most important Italian research group in the field of Chemistry and Biochemistry. With the task and the responsibility of many projects for the Environment and Public Health, in the scientific committee, of ENEA-CNR. Now, after these institutional role in above scientific Institutes ,and for by age legal limits, is retired from public work, but took the charge of the director of Roma Biomed Research Lab a Private Medical Service Organization, where is a principal specialist in the study of metabolic diseases, with particular target to the rule of the mucins in protective layer, in human biological districts, as the neck ,head ,and gastrointestinal tract. In this field, has published more than 25 manuscripts, in reputed medical magazines, also with impact factor, and an E-book. This book in this time is written only in Italian and is very important because it revolutionizes the approach to the etiology of the oral and laryngeal cancer.
Joao Carlos Araujo Carreira
Oswaldo Cruz Foundation
Brazil View Profile
Epidemiology, Leishmania, Trypanosoma, Toxoplasma gondii, vertebrate hosts
Researcher in Public Health from Fundacao Oswaldo Cruz. Has experience in Parasitology, focusing on Protozoology
Somchai Amornyotin
Mahidol University
Thailand View Profile
Anesthesia for gastrointestinal endoscopy; Total intravenous anesthesia (TIVA); Target controlled infusion (TCI); Sedation for pediatric patients; Anesthesia outside the operating room; Ambulatory anesthesia; Airway management; Acute postoperative pain management
Dr. Somchai Amornyotin graduated at the Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University in 1989. He became the staff of the Department of Anesthesiology, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand in 1996. Until 2004 he became the associate professor of the Department of Anesthesiology, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University. From 2005 until 2009 he was the chief of Anesthesiology Division of Siriraj GI Endoscopy Center, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University. His first scientific paper was published in Thailand in 1999. He has practiced anesthesia for gastrointestinal endoscopy since 2002. He was the committee of Siriraj Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Center, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital in 2005. More than 50 of his articles have been published in Thai and international medical journals. Dr. Amornyotin is a member and committee of the Royal College of Anesthesiologists of Thailand, the Gastroenterological Association of Thailand and many scientific societies. He is the reviewer and editor of many international journals.
Krishnan Chakravarthy
Massachusetts General Hospital
USA View Profile
Neuromodulation; Chronic pain; Anesthesiology; Nanotechnology; Biotechnology
Krishnan Chakravarthy founded NanoAxis in 2008. He as a Chairman and CEO of NanoAxis, he developed paradigm-shifting technology in the field of infectious diseases, orthopedics, and neurosciences. He holds a B.A. degree in Biology from the University of Chicago. He completed his joint MD, PhD program at the State University of New York at Buffalo School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences. In addition, he has served as a contractor at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) where he researched host immunity to influenza virus as a way of developing novel therapeutic and vaccine strategies. He completed his residency training in the Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine at the prestigious Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland USA. He is currently completing his clinical pain fellowship at Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School. His innovative contributions to the field of nanomedicine has been recognized at a national level with prestigious honors and awards. He continues to publish papers in leading scientific journals, is an author on numerous patents, and is a guest speaker at both national and international conferences worldwide. As Founder and CEO, he intends to guide NanoAxis to becoming a global leader in nanomedicine technologies, placing NanoAxis at the cutting edge of medicine and nanotechnology. He currently serves on the board of the Academy of Medical Ethics in Bio-Innovation and is a affiliated faculty for the Johns Hopkins Institute of NanoBioTechnology (INBT).
Patricia Grace-Farfaglia
University of Connecticut
USA View Profile
Developing and applying integrative approaches to wellness, nutrition in celiac disease, promotion of physical activity in chronic disease, web-health communications, and health informatics.
Patricia Grace-Farfaglia is a Registered Dietitian, Certified Dietitian-Nutritionist in Connecticut and New York, and a Fellow of the American Dietetic Association. She is a doctoral candidate in Health Sciences, specializing in Health and Wellness Promotion at Rocky Mountain University of Health Sciences. She is currently an adjunct lecturer at the University of Connecticut teaching nutrition science, and food & culture. She has been a nutrition services director, food & consumer science teacher, nutrition support dietitian, financial systems analyst, and community nutritionist. She is an active member of Dietitians in Integrative and Functional Medicine of AND. She has served as a reviewer for the Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, andis an Associate Editor for the Journal of Nutritional Health and Food Engineering and EC Nutrition. She joined the Center for Health Intervention and Prevention (CHIP) at UCONN, a multidisciplinary research center dedicated to the study of the dynamics of health risk behavior and the processes of health behavioral change in individuals and targeted at-risk populations. She main scholarly interests involve developing and applying integrative approaches to wellness, nutrition in celiac disease, promotion of physical activity in chronic disease, web-health communications, and health informatics. She has training in biostatistics, and communicationanalytic techniques, both qualitative and quantitative. Her main goal is to develop evidence based health interventions that are grounded in the understanding of the interrelationships between biological-behavioral-social factors that promote adoptions of healthier lifestyles.
Christos Stefanou
Athens University
Greece View Profile
Henry Daniel Perry
Ophthalmic Consultants of Long Island
USA View Profile
Vision and Ophthalmology
Henry Perry, MD, is a board-certified ophthalmologist who is recognized as one of the leading corneal and refractive surgeons in the United States. He is also internationally renowned and lectures throughout the world. He is a nationally recognized expert in diseases and surgery of the cornea and corneal pathology. He has also written over 200 peer-reviewed papers and numerous chapters on corneal and refractive surgery. He is the winner of the Senior Honor Award and Honor Award from the American Academy of Ophthalmology. Most recently, Dr. Perry was awarded the Life Achievement Award from the American Academy of Ophthalmology for his contributions to ophthalmology; he is the first ophthalmologist from Long Island to win this award. He received his bachelor’s degree from Hofstra University and his medical degree with honors from the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine. After completing his residency at the Nassau County Medical Center and the University of Pennsylvania Scheie Eye Institute, Dr. Perry completed fellowships in ophthalmic pathology at the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology in Washington D.C., in cornea and external disease at the cornea service of the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Harvard University, and cornea research at Eye Research Institute of Retina Foundation. He is the Chief of the Cornea Service at Nassau University Medical Center. He has served as attending surgeon and consultant for numerous hospitals, including North Shore University Medical Center, New York Eye and Ear Infirmary, Winthrop-University Hospital, Nassau County Medical Center, Mercy Hospital, John T. Mather Memorial Hospital and Long Island Jewish Hillside Medical Center. He is Medical Director of the Lions Eye Bank for Long Island at North Shore University Medical Center. Dr. Perry is a Fellow of the American Association of Ophthalmic Pathologists and is a member of several professional societies including the American Medical Association, Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology, Nassau County Medical Society, New York State Medical Society, International Society of Refractive Keratoplasty and Eastern Ophthalmic Pathology Society. Dr. Perry is the Associate Editor for the journal Cornea. He is a founding partner at Ophthalmic Consultants of Long Island, OCLI, an eye care group consisting of over 30 eye doctors and surgeons representing a broad spectrum of specialties in ophthalmology and optometry, with 11 locations throughout Long Island.
Zhi Cheng Xiao
Monash University
Australia View Profile
To understand the molecular events that mediate communication among Neural Cells in the Nervous System during development, Myelination, Learning and Memory, Degeneration, Regeneration.
Zhi-cheng Xiao received a Doctor of Natural Science Degree from Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich. He is current Professor in Monash University. He has published more than 100 papers in reputed journals and serving as editorial board members of more than 10 journals.
Jagat R Kanwar
Deakin University
Australia View Profile
Novel and Safe Targeted Nanomedicine based Nano-Nutraceuticals for Cancers, Autoimmune disorders and Inflammatory diseases; Non-Invasive Exosomes in Blood; Inflammatory sites and Cancer Tissues; Apoptosis; Autophagy and Inflammation by targeting the Production of Cytokines; Chemokines; Oxygen Radicals and Matrix Metalloproteinase; Nanotherapeutics encapsulating Peptides; LNA modified aptamers/miRNAs/siRNA in vivo models; Ocular Drug delivery and Microfluidic and Lab-on-a-Chip devices techniques for Cancer Cells, Stem Cell capture, Disease Specific Biomarkers and Exosomes
Jagat R Kanwar is the Head and team leader of Nanomedicine-Laboratory of Immunology and Molecular Biomedical Research (NLIMBR), School of Medicine, Faculty of Health, Deakin University, Australia. He has an international reputation and expertise in investigating fundamental and applied molecular signalling aspects of pathogenesis of cancer, chronic inflammation and neurodegenerative diseases, thereby, leading to the development of treatment strategies from bench to bedside. He has more than 150 research publications in high impact factor and peer reviewed international journals, 27 book chapters and 3 edited books. His research has generated several patents/PCTs with more than five licensed patents for commercialization to BioPharma industry. His group is currently working on drug discovery and nanomedicine for oral and systemic drug delivery of a range of natural bioactive and biomacromolecules (proteins/peptides, siRNAs and aptamers) for targeting survivin, HIF-1α and other apoptotic and inflammatory cell signalling molecules in cancer, chronic inflammation and neurodegenerative disorders. His research combines Immunology with state of the art and cutting edge techniques in Molecular Biology, Biochemistry, Nanobiotechnology and visualization to investigate the pathways in which key molecules are regulated in both normal and disease states. A number of in vitro human cell/tissue based co-culture models for cancers, microbial infections; autoimmune diseases; chronic inflammatory diseases (osteoarthritis, inflammatory bowel disease), gut health, neurodegeneration and immunomodulation have been developed by his group. His main research objective is to understand and target the mechanisms involved at the molecular and sub cellular level which gives us an edge over the prevalent targeting techniques. He carries out both academic and commercial research projects and develops new approaches for the diagnosis, treatment, and nanomedicine based new generation delivery systems. His recent research focus on locked nucleic acid (LNA) LNA-modified aptamers conjugated "double targeted nano-bullet nanocapsules" with natural anti-tumour proteins which specifically target cancer cells
Ricardo Alberto Cruciani
Drexel University College of Medicine
USA View Profile
Ricardo A. Cruciani, MD PhD is Chairman of the Department of Neurology and Professor of Neurology, Adjunct Professor of Physiology and Pharmacology at Drexel University College of Medicine, and is the Director of the Center for Pain Palliative Medicine at the same Institution. Prior to this position he was Chief of Neurology and Director of the Pain Center at Capital Health, NJ. Before he was Vice-Chairman, Director of the Pain Division and Director of the Center for non-Invasive Brain Stimulation of New York in the Department of Pain Medicine and Palliative Care, Beth Israel Medical Center, NY, NY. He was also Professor of Clinical Neurology and Clinical Anesthesiology at Albert Einstein College of Medicine also in New York City. He has a PhD in pharmacology (Suma Cum Laude equivalent) and was a Visiting Fellow and later an Associate Researcher at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) where he trained in opioid pharmacology and neurophysiology. Then he trained in Neurology at Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Neurology and Psychiatry at Weill College of Medicine at Cornell University, and in Pain Management at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center all in New York. His main research interests are opioid pharmacology, neuropathic pain and brain stimulation for the management of chronic pain syndromes. He published over 150 publications including peer reviewed journals, book chapters, and editorials. He has been key note speaker and lectured at over 130 international and national meetings. He served as member of the Scientific Committee, Board of Directors and Chairman of the Clinical Domain for the American Pain Society. He was executive Director and is President, member of the Board of Directors and the Research and Educational Committee of the Eastern Pain Association. He was the Editor in Chief of APM, is co-editor of several books and special issues on pain management, and is on the Editorial Board of the JPSM. He serves as a reviewer in numerous journals, sits at NIH study sections and was a NIH grantee for several years.
Rabiul Ahasan
University of Oulu
Finland View Profile
Professor Rabiul Ahasan taught workplace health and safety courses at Manitoba University and human factors engineering courses at Concordia University. Dr. Ahasan has conducted his postdoc training and taught postural ergonomics and bio- mechanics at Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal. He has achieved several grants for his career research, and published more than 70 articles in diverse feasts of industrial engineering, workplace safety, human factors and ergonomics. His major research objectives are related to industrial technology, human factors in aviation and military ergonomics. Currently he is working as a docent position at Oulu University in Finland, and offered for a full professorship at KAUs department of industrial engineering.
Mark H Rummeli
Soochow University
China View Profile
Understanding the formation of low dimensional structures and their functionalization. Understanding the potential of nanomaterials in renewable enery systems and bio-medical applications.
Trevor M. Speight
University of Auckland
New Zealand View Profile
Clinical pharmacology
Trevor M. Speight is an experienced medical writer and editor, specialising in the fields of clinical pharmacology & therapeutics and drug information generally. His previous works includes: editing an international textbook on clinical pharmacology and therapeutics; editing international peer-reviewed journals in these disciplines; researching and compiling disease management guidelines/protocols, drug information manuals, state-of-the-art review articles, and scientific/technical reports of various types, including regulatory documents; assessment and evaluation of clinical trials and compiling and editing drug information compendia and databases. His positions previously held include Editorial Director roles at a major international medical publishing company based in the USA, UK, Australia and New Zealand, and at a smaller New Zealand-based medical publishing company.
George Grant
International Academy of Wellness
Canada View Profile
Beta Endorphins
George Grant is known as The Caring Doctor, is considered the Canadian authority in Integrative Medicine[IM]& Functional Medicine[FM] and Canada’s Wellness Ambassador. He pioneered the research on Beta Endorphins; organized and presented at the International Pain Conference in Chicago, IL; has helped several fortune 500 companies worldwide; non-profit organizations; and top Olympic Athletes. He believes that Prevention is better than Intervention, Self Care is better than Crisis Care and Meditation is better than Medications. We care, serve and educate NOT medicate, operate, radiate and vaccinate. He worked as a Senior Consultant for Health Canada, FDA and CDC as well as in private practice. He helped clients at Sunnybrook hospital in Toronto to recover from clogged arteries. He is an Editor of several refereed scientific journals, 170 published articles, 150 conference presentations, 180 book reviews and 10 bestselling books.
Adel S Zaraa
Hamad Medical Corporation
Qatar View Profile
Psychiatry; Neurology
Adel S. Zaraa graduated from Semmelweis University, in Budapest, Hungary 1979. He was trained in Emergency /internal medicine at Notre Dame Hospital in Lebanon. Then he went to complete a residency in Psychiatry at Northeast Ohio College of medicine and is certified by the American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology. During his career that expands over three decades he specialized in C & L and Geriatric psychiatry both in his clinical practice and research undertakings. He is actively involved in teaching and curriculum development; he served as Director of the Under-Graduate Medical Education and was the Chairman of The Psychiatry Counsel, at the Northeast Ohio College of Medicine. In 2006, he granted the rank of Professor of Clinical Psychiatry at OUCOM. In 2010, he founded the first C &L service in Hamad Medical Corporation affiliated with Weill Cornell Medical College in Doha, Qatar. In 2012 he established a C&L fellowship Program that is the first in The Middle East and North Africa. Since then, the program faculty members, fellows and residents joined the APM and attended the last four conferences. He is active and Chair of the Global Psychiatry SIG. Currently he is the director of the C&L fellowship program, head of the consult Liaison service, and head of the Psychiatry Emergencyservices at Hamad General Hospital in Qatar, An ER with more than half a million visits/year. Over his career he has actively engaged in research on the Ethnic aspects of suicidality; agitation and psychosis in the demented elderly; Thyroid Function manifestations; dual diagnosis patients in the Emergency Room. He co-authored the book “Guidelines for Mental Health in Primary health Care Settings”. Published by the Department of Public Health, Ministry of Health (HQ), Dubai 2016 and was leading workshops to train the PCPs in Kuwait, Bahrain, Dubai and Qatar, He received Recognition Awards and Shields from those countries. He had received a range of prestigious academic awards over the breadth of his career. The Special Recognition Award from The APM, 2015, Master of Education Award from Weill Cornell Medical College; The Star of Excellence Award from Hamad Medical Corporation; Teacher of the Year Awards from numerous Medical Colleges in the USA (NEOUCOM, OUCOM, LECOM, ATSU-KCOM, KSU).
Itzik harosh
ObeTherapy Biotechnology
France View Profile
Expert in obesity, diabetes, lipidemia, and metabolic syndrome; In depth knowledge in drug discovery, target identification and validation; Issue business and technology products plan; set directions, milestones and priorities, identify opportunities and communicate the vision; Execute the management and coordination of multiple and diverse internal and external partners on R&D, Legal, IP, finance and accounting; Negotiate and close deals between ObeTherapy and other biotech and pharmaceutical companies
Itzik Harosh is the founder & CEO of ObeTherapy (January 2000 - present) a biotech dedicated to the discovery of new genes for obesity and diabetes treatment based on the lean phenotype and the development of molecules for the treatment of metabolic syndrome. Establish the concept to look for new genes associated to starvation phenotype based on rare genetic diseases for the treatment of obesity and type II diabetes. Prior to the creation of ObeTherapy he was a Group leader in GSK in France where he learned the art of drug discovery, targets identification and validation. He did his PhD at The Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel, working on DNA repair enzymes (1982-1987) which was followed by four years of post doctoral experience at Stanford and at Davis University, California, US (1987-1991). From there he moved to France where he worked in the CNRS at the laboratory of Miro Radman. From there moved to the Glaxo Welcome where he learned the art of drug discovery and target identification an validation. He is the author and co-author of 15 articles and 8 patents all dealing with obesity, diabetes and HTS.
Stephen M. Cohen
Hunter Holmes McGuire Veterans Administration Medical Center
USA View Profile
Bowel obstruction; Gerd; Gallbladder disease; Ulcer disease; Colon cancer; Crohns disease; Ulcerative colitis; C. Diff colitis; Fecal incontinence; Functional constipation; Anal cancer
Gamal Abdul Hamid
University of Aden
Yemen View Profile
Hematology-oncology; Leukemia -lymphoma; Gastrointestinal cancers
Gamal Abdul Hamid has received his PhD in hematology-oncology from faculty of medicine (Caral Gustav Carus), University of Dresden during the period of 1988- 1993. Currently he is working as director of Aden Oncology Center and head of hematology and clinical laboratory in Faculty of Medicine, University of Aden. He has successfully completed his administrative responsibilities as general secretary of Yemen Cancer Society and founder of Aden cancer registry. He is serving as an editorial member of several journals like Yemen Oncology newsletter, Journal of pathobiology and toxicology. He has authored or co-authored many articles in a great variety of journals and has delivered lectures at many conferences and institutions in Yemen and internationally and referee for national and international journals. He is member of ESMO, ASCO, INCTR and Panarab Oncology.
Emmanuel Jesulola
University of New England
Australia View Profile
Investigation of the neurobiology of Depression and other neuropsychological disorders and the use of neuroimaging in the investigation and treatment of mental health disorders.
Emmanuel Jesulola is a medical practitioner who graduated from Nigeria’s prestigious premier university, the University of Ibadan. He is a lecturer and researcher at the University of New England (UNE), Armidale, NSW Ausralia, where he has been involved with undergraduate medical and nursing teaching/training since 2011. As a neuroscientist, he investigated the roles of gender, severity and cerebral sites in the occurrence of frontal alpha asymmetry in depression for his PhD thesis. He also holds a Research MSc (Respiratory Physiology) from UNE and a Diploma in Science Laboratory Technology from Yaba College of Technology, Lagos. His research interests include the investigation of the neurobiology of Depression and other neuropsychological disorders and the use of neuroimaging in the investigation and treatment of mental health disorders.
Henry Hongrong Cai
University of Maryland Medical School
USA View Profile
Drug discovery; Drug development and drug safety
Henry Hongrong Cai was born in the countryside of Yancheng in the Northern Jiangsu Province of China, he is a U.S. certified MD who completed postdoctoral training at the University of Maryland Medical School, specialized in oncology/internal medicine. His research project related to transgenic mouse as a model for breast cancer oncogenesis He also completed his Masters in Immunology at the Peking Union Medical College in 1990 and Masters in Biochemistry at the University of Maryland, Baltimore in 1998. He has a long time experience working in drug development, especially the development of vaccines and therapeutic monoclonal antibodies in aclinical, academic, and pharmaceutical environment. In recent years he focuses on pharmacovigilance practice in clinical trial and post marketing setting as a medical director in pharmacovigilance and drug safety with EMD Serono and InVetiv Health Clinical. He is the first who indicated signal detection activity not only helps to maintain the safety profile of the drug, but also can be used to direct the modification of the drug, especially therapeutic antibody (molecular pharmocovigilance).
Moataz M. Bashah
Hamad Medical Corporation
Qatar View Profile
Bariatric & Metabolic surgery, Endoluminal bariatric & metabolic procedures; Medical weight management
Moataz M. Bashah is the Director of the Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Department at Hamad Medical Corporation. He completed his fellowship in metabolic and bariatric surgery in 2013 (ACGME accredited) and has been a Fellow of the European Board of General Surgery (FEBS) (EBSQ), Helsinki, since 2013. He has been a Fellow of the Egyptian Board of General Surgery (FEB-GS) since 2006. He completed his PhD in General Surgery at the Supreme Council of Universities, Egypt, in June 2005 and became a member of the Royal College of Surgeon in Ireland in 2004. He has also been a member of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeon of Glasgow since 2005. He received his Diploma of Laparoscopic Surgery from the University of Strasbourg, France, in 2006 and his Masters degree in General Surgery from the Faculty of Medicine at Ain Shams University, Egypt, in 1997. He completed his Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery at Tanta University in 1991. He is a Fellow & board member of the American Society of Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery (FASMBS), a board member of the Gulf Obesity Surgery Society (GOSS) and a member of the Pan Arab Obesity Society of Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery (PASMBS).
Alexandre Abramavicus
Federal University of Sao Paulo
Brazil View Profile
Sherry Arvidson
University of Regina
Canada View Profile
Her research interests include central to the promotion of student success and patient clinical outcomes. She is open to work collaboratively on research projects and scholarship activities locally and globally. She believe in fostering partnerships through networking and collaborative activities is essential in creating awareness in promoting quality health care. Instilling the importance of evidence-based guidelines into practice should be a priority in today’s health care system
Sherry Arvidson currently employed with the Faculty of Nursing at University of Regina. She recently completed a Doctor of Education program specializing in curriculum and instruction through the University of Phoenix in collaboration with University of Regina. She focused on nursing student perceptions and experiences of service-learning in nursing education using heuristic phenomenology. The four-year journey of doctoral studies led to the completion of a doctoral degree in May 2015. Her scholarship activities include: chapter book contributions, presentations at national conferences, peer review work including journal articles and textbooks, and manuscript writing for publication. During the Winter 2016, she was nominated for a teaching award of excellence with the Centre for Teaching and Learning at University of Regina. She worked for over 16 years as a Registered Nurse and focused on critical care and coronary care. Most recently her career has been that of a nurse educator. Her passion for teaching began initially in a rural community in Saskatchewan, Canada. Her current employment with the Faculty of Nursing University of Regina has resulted in the desire to complete her doctoral degree and focus on research opportunities.
Juan F Martinez Canca
John Radcliffe Hospital
UK View Profile
Neuro-Oncology and Minimally Invasive Spinal Surgery
Juan F. Martínez-Canca qualified as a Doctor in Medicine and Surgery at the University of Málaga (Spain) in 1994 and trained as Brain and Spinal Surgeon in London (UK) since 1996 where he gained a National Training Number (NTN) at the South Thames Deanery. He continued to work for the National Health Service (NHS) in The United Kingdom until 2010. He currently works in Spain and has established private practice at several locations in the Middle East, although continues to collaborate with the NHS as a regular locum Neurosurgeon at the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford since 2013. In addition to general adult and paediatric neurosurgical practice (neuro-traumatology, neuro intensive care medicine, spinal neurosurgery, neurovascular pathology and peripheral nerve pathology), his clinical and surgical experience is constantly updated through numerous international courses and workshops in operative neurosurgery. His special interest focus is brain and spinal tumours as well as management of brain and spinal injury. His skills in Spinal Surgery have produced a wide number of successful procedures using dynamic and minimally invasive techniques. During the last five years he has consolidated a Pain Management Clinic (Spain), combining Holistic approach and Electromagnetic technology applied to human physiology with amazing results in the treatment of non-surgical Sciatic pain, Trigeminal Neuralgia, and Musculo-Skeletal pain. His most recent interest is the treatment of tumours with Electromodulated Oncological Hyperthermia. Chief Consultant Neurosurgeon at NeuroKonsilia® and NeuroKnosilia Medical Research Institute®, he is currently developing along with a team of pioneer scientists an innovative research line on Autologous Stem Cell Therapy (ASCT) applied to Neurosciences. He is also Senior Advisor in Neuro-Oncological Hyperthermia and Plasma Generator therapy (PAPIMI). Foundational partner at Neurobridge Consulting®, in parallel with his professional activities, he is Consultant in Holistic Medicine and co-founder of the International Holistic Therapy Centre (formerly known as The Centre for Brain Respiration®) based in London and Marbella, entirely funded and supported by charity. This initiative is part of the extended network at The Breathing Group Corporation©®.
Francisco Javier Vera Perez
Hospital General Provincial Universitario
Cuba View Profile
Spine, Brain trauma, Tumors of the brain
Francisco Javier Vera Pérez was born on January 9, 1979 in Yaguajay Sancti Spiritus, Cuba. He cursed his first studies in local elementary school “CamiloCienfuegos”, and continuing at the juniorhigh school “Camilo Cienfuegos”, enrolling and obtaining bachelors degree in arts and sciences in 1995 at the “Martires de Yaguajay” high school. After that he compliment his military service by a year and in September of 1996 he started at the Medical Sciences School of Sancti Spiritus where after six years he obtained a degree as medical doctor in August 2002. He began his social service in rural areas as general physician in 2002 and fished it in 2003. At this year he started his family medicine residence, concluding and getting the degree as specialist in Familiar Medical Practice in December of 2005. In January 2006 contest and got by opposition the residence in neurosurgery which was conducted in the University Hospital “General Calixto Garcia” at Havana City, where he hold the as neurosurgery resident´s chief, he finished his specialty in November 2010 getting a degree as neurosurgeon. In 2011 he started as junior neurosurgeon in the department of neurosurgery of the University General Hospital of Sancti Spiritus City, where he played different roles since then until nowadays, like as the co-chairman of Neurosurgery Department, main professor of the course of Neurosurgery and currently, since August 2013 Neurosurgery Department chairman´s. In 2011 he obtained, by opposition and defense, a Master degree in medical emergencies.
Mohammed Nizar Battikhi
Battikhi Central Laboratories
Jordan View Profile
Epidemiology and public health study of infectious microorganism; Medical diagnosis of human Bacterial infections and antibiotics resistant; Numerical and chemical Taxonomy; Industrial biological Petroleum sludge treatment; Oncology, focus on prostatic-specific antigen (PSA) as tumor marker for prostate cancer, prostatitis, chronic, and benign prostatic hyperplasia (BHP)
Mohammed Nizar Battikhi has done his Doctor of Microbiology/Microbial Taxonomy (1981), M.Phil degree (1979) in Microbial genetic from Leicester UK and his BSc degree in Biological Sciences from University of Jordan. Over the past thirty years, he worked in teaching and diagnostic laboratories and industry. Currently, he is the consultant for Battikhi Central Laboratories, Jordan. He was assigned Chair of Medical Laboratory Science and Dietetics departments at Hashemite University and Professor of microbiology, Al-Israa Private University, Jordan. He worked as consultant Microbiologist in dairy industry and a Microbiologist at Ministry of Health Central Laboratories. He has pioneered studies in disease infection, public health, epidemiology, oncology and environmental biological sludge treatment. He has many technical skills in medical laboratory testing, food and water analysis and quality control and extensive teaching, research and business skills; focused on the creation and development of communication skills driven new business opportunities, developing programs, new fields of study, builds relationships based on trust and performance; a team player at ease with colleagues; with international work experience.
Elizabeth Schuler
Medical University of South Carolina
US View Profile
Digital design and laser sintering of RPD frameworks vs traditional fabrication; Nicotine effects on craniofacial development; Digital design of complete dentures, Professionalism and ethics in dentistry, among others
Schuler earned her Bachelor of Arts in Spanish from Centre College in 2008, and her D.M.D. from the University Of Kentucky College Of Dentistry in 2012. After working in pediatric and general private dental practice, she became full-time faculty at the MUSC College of Dental Medicine in the Department of Oral Rehabilitation in 2014. She serves as a prosthodontics course instructor and clinical attending in the student clinic. She enjoys working with students and being involved in academic dentistry. She is a regular volunteer at the dental clinics of East Cooper Community Outreach and Our Lady of Mercy Wellness Center. She treats patients in all areas of general dentistry in the Dental Faculty Practice of MUSC. She is particularly passionate about evidence-based dentistry and the importance of delivering ethical, high-quality care to each patient. She is a member of the ADA and the South Carolina Dental Association, and is an Academy of General Dentistry board member for the South Carolina chapter.
Lazarus Kajawu
University of Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe View Profile
Culture and Mental Health, these include establishing effectiveness of traditional healing methods of treating mental disorders including collaboration between traditional medical practitioners and biomedical therapists and establishing culturally appropriate treatments in mental health care in resource poor countries
Kajawu Lazarus was born on the 28th of July, 1961 in Chivhu, Zimbabwe. He is a lecturer in the Department of Psychiatry of the College of Health Science (CHS), University of Zimbabwe, where he has devoted 90% of his practice to teaching, research and community service for the last 15 years. He has extensive knowledge in teaching and doing research. His recent activities include research on traditional healing of mental health disorders and have published many articles on mental health work on traditional healing in Zimbabwe. He is a content reviewer of the Medical Research Council of Zimbabwe (MRCZ) as well as a member of The Mental Health Tribunal of Zimbabwe. He has presented many papers at Mental Health Conferences in Africa such as Malawi and Zimbabwe. He is currently working on studies to establish the efficacy of traditional healing in mental health disorders. In addition, he is an active therapist providing psychotherapy to mental health patients in Zimbabwe and has provided consultancy services to many organizations in Zimbabwe, too numerous to mention individual names.
Costas Karabatsas
Technological Educational Institute of Athens
Greece View Profile
Corneal diseases; Corneal transplantation; Keratoconus; Refractive Surgery; Clinical trials; Evaluation of new drugs and medical devices in glaucoma.
Dr Costas Karabatsas MD, DMed(Bristol), MRCOphth, FEBO, FRCS(Ed)Ophthis an Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology with the Department of Optics & Optometry, Technological Educational Institute of Athens, Greece. He is also a practicing Consultant Eye Surgeon, specializing in cornea, refractive and glaucoma surgery. He gained his Ophthalmology training and his clinical corneal fellowship at the Department of Ophthalmology, Bristol Eye Hospital, in the UK, where he has also served as a Clinical Lecturer. He was awarded a Doctor of Medicine degree from the University of Bristol, for his work on management of post-keratoplasty astigmatism with the use of computerized topography. He subsequently completed a refractive surgery-LASIK mini Fellowship with the University of Crete. He has served as Ass. Professor at the Department of Ophthalmology, Larissa University Hospital, Greece, acting as the Head of Anterior Surgery and Glaucoma Unit. In addition to his clinical role, he is active in research and teaching activities. He has published as a principal investigator over 60 peer-reviewed scientific papers, chapters and books. He has delivered more than 300 lectures, both nationally and internationally. He is a member of International AAO, ESCRS and EGS, and also an active member of the Executive Board of the Greek College of Ophthalmology, the Hellenic Eye Bank Demokritus, as well as the General Secretary of the Hellenic Cornea Society. He is on the editorial boards of several national and international ophthalmic journals. He is also a reviewer for several peer-reviewed journals.
Bin Yang
Washington State University
USA View Profile
Bulent Elitok
Afyon Kocatepe University
Turkey View Profile
Victor A Kiri
University of Port Harcourt
Africa View Profile
Methodological Issues in Pharmacoepidemiology and Biostatistics; Applied Epidemiology and Health Outcomes; Applied Biostatistics; Design of observational studies; Drug safety and pharmacovigilance; Design of pragmatic trials; Comparative effectiveness research
Victor has over 26 years’ experience on research in Pharmacoepidemiology and biostatistics. He holds Master degrees in both Operational Research (MSc) and Public Health (MPH), as well as a doctorate (PhD) in Statistical Epidemiology. He is a member of the International Societies of PharmacoEpidemiology (ISPE), Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research (ISPOR), the Society of Social Medicine (SSM) as well as the Royal Statistical Society (RSS) and has conducted numerous workshops on Pharmacoepidemiology at international conferences. He is a reviewer for a number of scientific journals and on the editorial boards of some. In 2005, he won the Exceptional Science award at GlaxoSmithKline Research & Development for designing and implementing an innovative method for the assessment of comorbidity profiles of chronic diseases. Until recently, he was an adjunct professor at the University of Limerick, Ireland where he was its representative at the European Network of Centres of Excellence in Pharmacoepidemiology and Pharmacovigilance. He is currently Vice President at FV&JK Consulting Ltd, UK and also a visiting professor at the University of Port Harcourt, Nigeria. He was a visiting professor at the Institute for Pharmacy Practice & Policy, the Netherlands. Until July 2011, he was director of Pharmaco Epidemiology at PAREXEL International. He is a Chartered Scientist, a Chartered Statistician and a fellow of the Royal Statistical Society. He has previously served as consultant to the UK Department of Health on health outcomes and was listed in the annual volumes of Who’s who in Medicine & Healthcare as a thought leader in Pharmaco Epidemiology and biostatistics.
Nathan James Puckeridge
Central Queensland University
Australia View Profile
Jay Seitz
Midtown East Neuropsychology
USA View Profile
Embodied cognition; Cognitive development/learning in children; The role of brain systems in cognition and thought; The impact of political, social, and cultural institutions on human thought and behavior
Jay Seitz was formerly a practicing neuropsychologist in Manhattan specializing in clinical neuropsychology with late-age adults. He has been licensed in New York for the professional practice of psychology since 1991. He has additional training in CBT (cognitive-behavioral therapy), REBT (rational-emotive behavioral therapy), the Gottman method (couples therapy), psychoanalytic therapy (Washington Square Institute), biofeedback and pain management, and neurocognitive rehabilitation for patients who have suffered damage to the brain. He was previously on the doctoral and graduate faculties of Adelphi University and the undergraduate and graduate faculties of New York University and City University of New York (CUNY, tenured 2001). He is currently writing a book on the evolution of intelligence in hominins from the perspective of cognitive neuroscience. He has published on the use and misuse of projective testing in children, the bodily basis of thought; the embodied nature of musical performance; the cognitive and educational value of modern dance and ballet; the role of the brain in spatial-temporal thinking; the political and cultural constraints on human creative behavior; as well as the neural, evolutionary, cognitive, and developmental origins of human creative thought. Dr Seitz has a longstanding and strong interest in the arts. He was vice president of the Board of Directors of the newly founded American Dance Museum (ADaM) and previously on the Board of Directors of the Dalcroze School of Music (now part of Lucy Moses School), both in New York City. He has formerly studied both music (contrabass, piano) and dance (choreography). He has a deep interest in the uses and abuses of power and has written on the uses and misuses of government propaganda during wartime.
Alessandro Lemos
University of Milan
Europe View Profile
Multi-detector CT angiography and ultrasonography in the emergency setting; Interventional radiological vascular and non-vascular procedures
Alessandro Lemos is a Consultant Radiologist at Foundation Ca Granda IRCCS, Ospedale Maggiore (1999 - Present). He specializes in multi-detector CT angiography and ultrasonography in the emergency setting, interventional radiological vascular and non-vascular procedures. He was also Professor of radiology (Consultant Radiologist) at the University of Milan, School of Medicine (2007 - 2009). He was previously a Radiologist at Policlinico Universitario Umberto I, Rome (1994 - 1999); he has been also collaborating as a visiting Fellow with the University of California- Los Angeles (1996 - 1997), department of interventional radiology. He is a Member of the Italian Society of Radiology, European Society of Gastro-intestinal Radiology (ESGAR), European Society of Radiology (ESR); he has over 20 scientific papers to his credit and has been scientific presenter at the Radiological Society of North America in 12 occasions and chairperson in 10 occasions. He was also scientific speaker in the European Congress of Radiology (ECR) in the years 2006, 2009, 2011 and 2016. In addition, given his work experience in UK at Princess Elisabeth Hospital (Guernsey, Channel Islands) in 2014 and James Paget University Hospital in 2015, he is also member of the Royal College of Radiology.
Veer Bala Gupta
Edith Cowan University
Australia View Profile
Neuroscience; Dementia; Blood Biomarkers; Imaging; Ocular Biomarkers; Alzheimer’s disease; Early stage-Diagnostics; Proteomics.
Veer Bala Gupta is currently working as a scientist at the “Centre for Excellence in Alzheimer’s disease Research and Care (CEADRC)”, Edith Cowan University with Prof. Ralph Martins. Since joining(2008). She has been involved in the development of early stage diagnostics for the detection of Alzheimer’s disease and novel therapeutic agents. A) Under the diagnostic stream, She has been involved in the development of valid and reliable biomarkers for recognizing AD in its pre-symptomatic stage. B) Under the therapeutics stream, She is involved in studying the novel amyloid neutralising peptides) that are specific in binding to human Amyloid beta 42. She is also involved in advancement of current ELISA technology to conduct multiplex measurements.
Heon-Jae Jeong
John Hopkins University
USA View Profile
Strategic planning & execution; Project and portfolio management; Safety culture analysis and improvement; Process and systems improvement; Business-integrated quality and safety improvement; Employee motivation
Jeong received an MD degree in South Korea in 2002. Four years later, he matriculated at Johns Hopkins University and received MPH, MBA and DrPH degrees as a Sommer Scholar from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and also was selected as a WHO patient safety scholar in 2007. He has been involved in developing and improving patient safety system in South Korea, Taiwan and Canada, and helping hospitals, including Johns Hopkins, design and implement safety programs for years. Dr. Jeong authored a Korea’s national bestseller, “Hospital User’s Manual: 33 Safety Rules for Patients,” which led many Korean hospitals to develop patient engagement programs for safer care; Korea’s largest patient advocate association along with the Ministry of Health and Welfare developed a national patient safety campaign, based on the contents of the book, “Smiling Patient, Safe Hospital.” (WHO’s Patients for Patient Safety Newsletter-Winter 2013 covered this whole story). Through these works, he received Korean Minister of Health and Welfare Award twice in 2005 and 2013, and Johns Hopkins University Alumni Association’s most prestigious Outstanding Graduate Award in 2014. In addition, he has been serving as an Incident Management Faculty of Canadian Patient Safety Institute, Director of International Affairs for the Korean Society for Patient Safety, Distinguished Advisor to the Korea Institute for Healthcare Accreditation, International Society for Quality in Health Care Fellow, and Editor-in-Chief for Biometrics and Biostatistics International Journal. Also, as the president of the Care Quality Research Group, he is working on various projects and researches on quality and safety of health care globally.
Mahmoud Alsuleiman
University of Aleppo
Syria View Profile
Evaluate the variety of orthodontic interventions depending on skeletal anchorage by using mini-screws in different maxillary areas (between teeth in the alveolar bone, Infrazygomatic buttress, palatal bone); Clinical or laboratory evaluation bonded variety orthodontic brackets by direct or indirect methods and by using different bonding materials; Study the enamel decalcification (white spots lesions) around orthodontic brackets and its management and prevention; Evaluation of mechanical properties of metallic and fiber reinforced orthodontic wires; Evaluation of Craniofacial complex with different types of malocclusion, and study changes after orthodontic intervention; Airway Measurements in subjects with normal occlusion and malocclusion; TMDs, prevalence, diagnosis, facial related sings and methods of management
Mahmoud Al-Suleiman received his PhD in Orthodontics from The Council of All-Union Scientific-and Industrial Association "Stomatology" - Advanced Faculty of Stomatology (Moscow, Russia), 1991. He is a Professor in Orthodontics at the Department of Orthodontics, University of Aleppo Dental School and he was Head of the Orthodontic Department at University of Aleppo, 1993-2005, 2011-2012. He is licensed as a Consultant orthodontist by Saudi commission of specialties and Evaluated as Specialist (A) orthodontics by MOH & DHA UEA. He edited 3 books in the field of orthodontics (Theoretical Principles of Orthodontics). University of Aleppo Press, 1995 (in 400 pages), Occlusion, University of Aleppo Press, 1999 (Drin 230 pages) and Orthoodntic management of the Dentition with the Preadjested Appliances. Additionally He has wide variety of publications in many journals like The World Journal of Orthoodntics, The Journal of Orthodontic science and many others currently he is working as an orthodontist consultant in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. He was Vice Dean for the Scientific Affairs at the Dental School, University of Aleppo, 1997-1999, and Vice President of the Syrian Dental Association 2001 to 2006 and Member of the Curriculum Development Committee and Dental Education Workshop for the Dental College in Syria (1993) and Lebanon (1995). He was Visitor researcher to Biomaterials and Biomechanics group, school of Dentistry, Manchester University, 2008. Scientific Elective Member of council of Arab Orthodontics society (2011- 2013) and a Member of Syrian scientific Board Orthodontics ( 2011-present).
Yasser Elborai
Cairo University
Egypt View Profile
Pediatric hematology oncology; Stem cell transplant
Yasser Elborai is an associate professor of Pediatric Hematology Oncology & Stem Cell Transplant at National Cancer Institute, Cairo University. He was graduated from Cairo University in 1999 and finished my residency of pediatrics in 2003. He did his fellowship of Pediatric Hematology Oncology at National Cancer Institute, Cairo University in 2009. He finished one Myear clinical fellowship of Pediatric Stem Cell Transplant at Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard University, Boston, USA in 2012. He was a consultant of Pediatric Hematology Oncology & stem cell transplant in Children’s Cancer Hospital Egypt M 57357. And currently he is a consultant of Pediatric Hematology Oncology & stem cell transplant in Prince Sultan Military Medical City (PSMMC) Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. He have authored/coauthored in more than 30 scientific publications including full articles, review articles and books.
Ping Yang
University of Western Victoria Hospital
Canada View Profile
Gene and Chromosome abnormalities that cause human diseases. Identification theses abnormalities are critical for Clinical diagnosis; Treatment; Prognostic monitoring
He is a ABMGG certified medical molecular geneticist and cytogeneticist. Currently he is the Laboratory Director of the Cytogenetics Laboratory at the London Health Science Centre, London, Canada. He has been practiced both molecular genetics and cytogenetics almost 10 years. He is very much enjoying his practice that directly contributes to patients care.
Abby Grammer Horton
University of Alabama
USA View Profile
Nursing practice include health policy reform,;Orthopedic care; Pain management; Holistic care; Access to care; Spirituality; Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) Practices
Abby Grammer Horton is a full-time clinical instructor at the Capstone College of Nursing (CCN). She earned her Bachelors of Science in Political Science in 2006 from The University of Alabama. She later graduated from CCN with her BSN in 2010 and then a MSN in Rural Case Management in 2011. She is currently enrolled in the Nurse Educator Doctoral Program in the College of Education at The University of Alabama. Mrs. Horton currently teaches in the Undergraduate Nursing Program in the Fundamentals of Nursing Course. She began her nursing career working as a staff nurse on a Med-Surg Unit, specializing in caring for orthopedic, neurology, urology, and plastic surgery patients. After earning her MSN, she went on to teach for 3.5 years in a community college nursing program before joining CCN as a part-time clinical instructor in the fall of 2014. Her interests in nursing practice include health policy reform, particularly those issues concerning orthopedic care, pain management, holistic care, access to care, spirituality, and Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) Practices. She also has extensive experience teaching NCLEX preparatory classes and nursing leadership. Additionally, she is active in the Alabama State Nurses Association at both the state and district level. She currently serves as the District II vice-president and is the immediate past president of the district. She is also the 2013 recipient of the ASNA New Member Excellence Award. She serves on the Committee on Inclusiveness and the Planning Committee for the Innovative Online Summit at the Capstone and currently participates as a mentor for the Blackburn Summer Mentorship Experience and will be serving as a Greek Rise Mentor in the fall 2016. She has commitment to serve is also evidenced by her extensive community volunteer work. She serves in many capacities including as a Meals on Wheels (Tuscaloosa) driver and Co-Chair of the Holt Elementary Adopt-A-School Partnership via Junior League of Tuscaloosa, among other service initiatives.
Md. Masudur Rahman
Sylhet Agricultural University
Bangladesh View Profile
Host-pathogen interactions in farm animals; Immunity to viruses and bacteria of farm animals; Salmonella vaccine
Md. Masudur Rahman is currently a Professor of Pathology at the Faculty of Veterinary and Animal Science, Sylhet Agricultural University, Bangladesh. He received PhD in Veterinary Medicine from the College of Veterinary Medicine, Chonbuk National University, Republic of Korea. His doctoral research was focused on the cloning and expression of chicken cytokines using Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium (χ8501) expression system and evaluating their antiviral and immunomodulatory properties against two important poultry viruses: Avian Influenza Virus (AIV) and Newcastle Disease Virus (NDV). He contributed as a Postdoctoral Researcher in the project: Meta-immunobiological study and therapeutic implication of CD4+CD25+Foxp3+ regulatory T cells expanded by acute infection with zoonotic flaviviruses” at the College of Veterinary Medicine, Chonbuk National University, Republic of Korea. He worked as a Senior Research Scientist in Salmonella research team at the Veterinary Research Institute, Czech Republic for developing Salmonella vaccines. He authored or co-authored more than 40 peer-reviewed publications and written 02 book chapters and 01 book on Salmonella vaccine. He presented his research achievements in many National and International Scientific Conferences. He holds a number of professional and affiliate memberships in home and abroad.
Naif Abdullah AlEnazi
Prince Mohammed bin Abdulaziz Hospital
Saudi Arabia View Profile
Kamal Ayyat
Zagazig & Cleveland Clinic University
Egypt View Profile
Cardiothoracic Surgery; Ex-Vivo Lung Perfusion; Ex-Vivo Heart Perfusion; Heart and Lung Transplant.
Rajeev Shrivastava
Aditya Birla Memorial Hospital
India View Profile
Carcinoma lung; Carcinoma breast; Carcinoma cervix; Cancer prevention
Rajeev Shrivastava received his Doctor of medicine (MD) in Radiation Oncology from prestigious “Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India. He has held various faculty positions including Dy Director Research in University and Executive Editor of indexed journal. He is practicing for last 11 years as “Consultant Radiation Oncologist” and currently is working as Consultant & Coordinator at Aditya Birla Memorial Hospital, Pune, Maharashtra, India. He has designed & developed indigenous hospital based cancer registry for rural hospital. He has authored various papers along with compendium on research methodologies for research scholars & students. He has done various multricentric global trials as principle investigator.
Kaiser Jamil
Jawaharlal Nehru Institute of Advanced Studies
India View Profile
Cancer biology; Bioinformatics projects using pharmacogenomics
Kaiser Jamil, presently, Dean- School of Life Sciences at Jawaharlal Nehru Institute of Advanced Studies- Hyderabad-India and also Head of Genetics Department, Bhagwan Mahavir Medical Research Centre, Hyderabad, Telangana, India, has contributed significantly in the area of cancer biology and Bioinformatics and impact on QOL/ affecting human health. Her research combines unusual versatility in adopting different areas like Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics and Pharmacogenomics for demonstrating the effect of some xenobiotics that cause various malignancies in at least 2% of the population. Her work on SNPs in apoptotic genes (XRCC1, XPD BCL2, COX2) and drug metabolizing genes like CYPs and GSTs in various cancers (breast cancer, lung cancer and head and neck cancer) showed how DNA damage leads to disease progression, further her work on the polymorphisms of these genes determines the genotypes which could be categorized as poor, medium and fast metabolizers. This has made a significant impact in the scientific world as pharmacogenomics. Her group has succeeded in developing Models using bioinformatic tools for evaluating these polymorphisms for drug targeting as evidenced in her most recent publications on EGFR, MTHFR, eNOS, and PON1 genes. Her work in the area of Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia was acclaimed as the best paper and their invention was filed as a patent along with her group where they use a statistical approach CHAID & DFA to have a holistic approach to evaluate the problem of childhood leukemia. She has published over 250 papers in peer reviewed journals, and presented her work in international conferences. She is guiding PhD students in Cancer biology and bioinformatics projects using pharmacogenomics as the main area of research. She is on the editorial board of some prestigious journals and is a peer reviewer of several journals.
Milena Georgieva
Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
Bulgaria View Profile
Epigenetics and epigenomics; Cancer Epigenetics: epigenetic differences between cells in norm and pathology; Apoptosis, cell death - mechanisms and pathways; Neuroscience: Epigenetics of psychiatric disorders; Biology and epigenetics of stem cells; Biology of ageing and age-associated diseases
Milena Georgieva has received her PhD in Molecular Biology at the Institute of Molecular Biology, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (BAS) in 2009. She is now a research fellow at the Laboratory of Yeast Molecular Genetics, BAS. The center of her scientific interest is set on chromatin structure and dynamics and their role in organismal lifespan. She is involved in several projects which aim at studying chromatin as a powerful epigenetic phenomenon that actively guides and regulates cellular and organismal fate. Recent projects involve investigation of the interplay between chromatin remodelling complexes and linker histones during normal development, at optimal and stress conditions, during ageing and age-associated diseases. She is very often engaged in science communication. Her interests spread even further and target biological and socioeconomic problems like environmental pollution, the lack of adequate attitude toward food additives and genetically modified organisms brought by the sparse and often laic information in media. She is actively involved in discussing contemporary problems referring to recently increasing public concerns about human infertility and public awareness about recent advances in modern technologies for genome editing and its applications in practice.
Rajdeep Chowdhury
Birla Institute of Technology and Science- Pilani
India View Profile
Molecular aspects of drug-resistance with special emphasis on role of Autophagy; Developmentally Active Signaling Pathways; Pro-inflammatory cytokines in human hepatocellular carcinoma model
Rajdeep Chowdhury has made significant contributions in the field of cancer biology which is supported by various publications in highly reputed peer reviewed scientific journals. He has more than 20 publications to his name with a h-index of 11 (Google scholar). His major area of interest lies in understanding the molecular alterations associated with anti-cancer drug exposure and evaluating their role in drug-resistance. He earned his Bachelors and Masters degrees from Calcutta University, India. He did his PhD (CSIR-NET) from Indian Institute of Chemical Biology, Molecular & Human Genetics Department, Kolkata, India. He has made significant contributions in the field of Cancer Biology and Toxicology during his PhD with special emphasis on arsenic-induced carcinogenesis and its remediation. He has been awarded DBT Post Doctoral Research Fellowship in 2008. His post doctoral research has been from Department of Bioengineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), USA. There he studied the myriad set of genetic events following nitric oxide exposure to cancer cells- its role in cisplatin resistance and how it co-operates with autophagic signaling in inducing apoptotic cell death. In Oct 2012 he joined Dept of Bio-Sciences, BITS-Pilani as an Assistant Professor. He is currently working on various aspects of cancer drug resistance, extending from role of autophagy, developmentally active signaling pathways and in deciphering the role of non-coding RNAs (e.g., lncRNAs) in drug resistance. Apart from his interest in cell signaling and autophagy regulation in cancer cells, of late, he has been involved in multiple projects analyzing the efficacy of innovative / novel nanoparticulate drugs or drug loaded vehicular system in sensitizing the tumor cells, especially the drug resistant types.
Rajendra Nath
King George s Medical University
India View Profile
Neurocardiovascular Pharmacology; Drug development/ethnopharmacology; Developing alternative therapy (by using medicinal plants) for life style diseases; Neurotoxicity studies related to environmental pollutants; In-Silico drug development; Basic pharmacology & Molecular biology
Rajendra Nath completed his M.B.B.S. from Lucknow University, King George s Medical University in 1985, M. D. (Pharmacology & Therapeutics) in 1989. He is working as Professor in Dept. of Pharmacology & Therapeutics, K.G.M.U., Lucknow since 15th October 2010. He started his career as Demonstrator/Resident in 1987 and became Research Associate (CSIR, from May 1997 to Dec 2000), on 14th March 2002; he had joined as Faculty in KGMC. My Research specialization is in Neurocardiovascular Pharmacology, Ethnopharmacology, Drug development (specially, for Life style diseases e.g. Hypertension, Hyperlipidemia, Diabetes mellitus etc.) & Clinical Pharmacology. He had Guided/Co-guided many M.D. and PhD (M.Phil) thesis. He is a Co-Author of the book entitled “MCQs in Pharmacology” and Published 96 Research papers in various National/International peer reviewed indexed/non indexed journals of high repute. He is a recipient of Bharat Jyoti and Indira Gandhi Shiromani award.
Gaurang Joshi
Panchakarma And Skin Care Hospital
India View Profile
Dermatology; Oncology; Arthritis; Stress management
Gaurang Joshi, International Ayurveda Physician, Expert Ayurveda Skin Specialist, Exeprt in Ayurveda Oncology, Director-Atharva Multispecialty Ayurveda Hospital, Panchakarma And Skin Care Hospital, Rajkot, President-International Psoriasis Foundation, Practicing since last 21 years. Chairman-Atharva Life Science Academic and Research Foundation(Atharva Foundation), Adjunct Faculty-Hindu University of America, USA, Editor-Journal of Cancer Prevention and Research, USA, Editor-International Journal of Experimental and Clinical Dermatology, USA He Has Published More Than 25 Papers In National And International Conferences On Dermatology And Oncology Research, Was Been Invited By University Of Indonesia, Dept. of Pharmaceuticals Sciences as a Guset Speaker in International Symposium September 2011. Also Invited by University of Telaviv, Israel to conduct the courses of Ayurveda. Visited USA, Germany, Israel and more than 8 countries as a Speaker, Academician and Consultant of Ayurveda for the propagation of Ayurveda, Felicitated by the Mayor of Jersey City, New Jercey, he was been felicitated with various awards for his contribution in Ayurveda Research. Doing Extensive Research on the management of Side effect of Radio Therapy and Chemotherapy with Ayurveda (Herbal) Medicine and also doing extensive Research with renowned Dermatology Research Institute at USA on Psoriasis and Vitiligo. Providing on line consultation to the patients Globally. He is an international Blog writer for many international Websites including his own websites. Patients across the globe visiting his hospital for the treatment of various chronic disease like Psoriasis, Cancer, Arthritis etc. Visiting USA every year to conduct Seminars and workshops on Ayurveda. Also invited by various Universities as adjunct faculty across the globe to deliver Ayurveda.
Akhilanand Chaurasia
King George Medical University
India View Profile
Temporomandibular Joints; Orofacial pain; New technology related to Dentistry; Cyst and tumors of Oral Cavity; Dental Immunology; Oral Diseases; Dental Treatments and Strategies; Oral precancer and cancer
Akhilanand Chaurasia, Assistant professor and consultant at King George Medical University, Lucknow has dedicated meticulous efforts and supreme services pertaining to oral medicine, oral biology and community health. He has remarkable credit of contributing to academics for publishing 49 research papers, peer reviewer of more than 150 international journals with high impact factors, one of top 10 author in subject of Head and neck Radiology of Europe and member of several international organization related to field of Oral Medicine, Oral biology and community health. He is a fellow of Pierre Fauchard Academy (PFA,USA), fellow of International college of continuing dental education (FICCDE, singapore), fellow of international college of dentists (FICD,USA) fellow of Academy of General Education(FAGE), Fellow of International academy of Medical sciences (FIMSA) and International Travel Fellow from Indian Council of Medical Research (New Delhi). He is member of editorial board of 14 international journals, editor in chief of 2 national journals, Editor of 9 international journals and associate editor of 1 international journal. He was scientific committee chairman and treasurer of 25th national conference of Indian Academy of Oral Medicine and Radiology. He has completed 7 intramural projects. Procuring many academic honors, attending many national and international conferences delivering many talks on All India Radio and Delhi Doordarshan, He has contributed in a commendable way to strengthen the nation’s competence in Oral Medicine, Oral biology and Community health. Currently he is perusing PhD in chronobiology of head and neck cancer.
Vishal Pooniya
King Georges Medical University
India View Profile
Rhythm Bains
King Georges Medical University
India View Profile
Restorative dentistry, Endodontic therapy and Cosmetic dentistry
Rhythm Bains completed her Bachelor of Dental Sciences (BDS) from Government Dental College, Patiala Punjab in 2001 and Master of Dental Surgery (MDS) in Conservative Dentistry & Endodontics from King George’s Medical College, Lucknow. She worked as Senior Lecturer in Career Dental College, Lucknow till 2010 and Saraswati Dental College till 2013. Presently she is working as Assistant Professor in the department of Conservative Dentistry & Endodontics in King George’s Medical University. Her area of work includes Restorative Dentistry, Endodontic Therapy and Cosmetic Dentistry. Apart from clinical work, she has an aptitude towards research and has many national and international papers to her credit.
Sheetal Verma
King Georges Medical University
India View Profile
Hospital Infection Control; Virology; Tuberculosis
Sheetal Verma, Assitt. Professor, Deptt. Microbiology, King Georges’ Medical University (KGMU), Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh. She completed her M.B.B.S. in 2006 from KGMU with distinction of Hewett Gold Medal and several Gold Medals for obtaining highest marks in MBBS. She completed her M.D in 2011 in Microbiology from KGMU and she was awarded best thesis Gold Medal. She started her career as Senior Resident at Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences (S.G.P.G.I.M.S), Lucknow, for three years. In 2014, she joined WHO sponsored project entitled “Molecular Studies in Epidemic Transmission of Poliovirus in States of U.P. and Bihar at S.G.P.G.I.M.S. In 2015, she became Project¬ Coordinator in CDC, Atlanta, USA funded project for “Providing Laboratory support for Surveillance of Japanese encephalitis in India” run by Department of Neurovirology, NIMHANS, Bangalore. Her main area of interest is Public Health Infections, Hospital Infection Control, Antibiotic Drug Resistance, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, HIV, Dengue, Chikungunya and Japanese Encephalitis.
Ayyappan Jayavel
SRM University
India View Profile
Musculoskeletal physiotherapy; Tele rehabilitation; Podiatry; Fitness and obesity control
Ayyappan Jayavel Assistant Professor, SRM University Chennai, His Primary area of expertise is Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy. He has completed his Under graduation and Post-graduation at The Tamilnadu Dr. MGR Medical University, Chennai and his post-graduation dissertation has been awarded as LAKSHMI PARAMASIVAN Best Project award by KMCH College of Physiotherapy. He has been working as assistant professor in the distinguished SRM University for the past 8 years. During his tenure he involved in various research activity notably, Selective Excellence funded project, REU ( SRM University student project funding), Research day celebration ( an intra-university research work presentation and proceedings), presented 12 research paper in various international and national level conferences during this period. He has joined as reviewer of international journal of neurological physical therapy from 2015. His primary research areas are Tele Rehabilitation, Podiatry, Fitness and obesity control. So far he has published 5 research articles in international journals with Scopus indexed.
Shashank Kumar
Central University of Punjab
India View Profile
Cancer Biology; Diabetes, Prostate cancer; Inflammation
Shashank Kumar is working as Assistant Professor at Center for Biochemistry and Microbial Sciences, Central University of Punjab, Bathinda, India. He did his B.Sc. M.Sc. and PhD Biochemistry (2005-2014) from Department of Biochemistry, University of Allahabad, Allahabad, India. He worked as Post Doctoral Fellow at Department of Biochemistry, King George’s Medical University, Lucknow, India. He has about 30 published scientific papers/reviews/editorial articles in various National/International peer reviewed Journals of repute. He has expertise in areas of Free radical biology, Cancer biology, Characterization of plant products, Xenobiotic metabolism, and Microbiology. He is familiar with many biochemical techniques such as Spectrophotometry, ELISA, Electrophoresis, PCR, RT-PCR, Flow Cytometry, TLC, HPLC, LC-MS, Cell culture and Microbiological techniques. He has presented his research findings in more than 25 National/International Conferences and attended about 30 Workshop at the majority of major Universities and Medical Colleges throughout the India. Recent publications include the first time reporting of hepatoprotective and oxidative stress mitigative (in vitro and in vivo) effects of E. crassipes leaf extracts. He is life time member of Italo-Latin American Society of Ethnomedicine, Indian Sciences Congress Association, India, and member of Asian Council of Science Editors, Dubai, UAE and Publication Integrity & Ethics, London. He has been awarded Indian Council of Medical Research, UGC-Junior/Senior Research Fellowships formulated and funded by, ICMR and Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment and Ministry of Tribal Affairs India respectively.
Dilip Kumar Deka
Anand Agricultural University
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Smooth muscle pharmacology
Dilip Kumar Deka, born in 1962, is a Pharmacologist. He was a member of the Oxford Continent Group during his Postdoctoral Research from 2001 to 2003 under a Travelling Research Fellowship of the Wellcome Trust, London. He published around 20 articles in both peer-reviewed national and international journals. He has also authored a chapter in a Veterinary Textbook. He is currently working as a Principal Scientist at the Goat Research Station of the Assam Agricultural University and is also a member of the Editorial Board of both national and international peer-reviewed journal.
Madhuri Sawai
Jamia Millia Islamia
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Periodontology; Laser periodontal therapies; Etiopathogenensis of periodontal diseases; Surgical and Non-surgical periodontal therapy; Implantology
Madhuri Sawai was the topper in the Final Professional BDS examination. Thereafter, she did postgraduation [MDS] in Periodontology from Govt. Dental College and Hospital, Nagpur. She also holds two Postgraduate Diplomas in Medicolegal systems and Medical Tourism from Symbiosis International University, Pune and Medavarsity, Hyderabad, India, respectively. She worked at Govt. Dental College and Hospital, Nagpur and then at the prestigious Nair Hospital Dental College, Mumbai. For a short while she worked at Lady Hardinge Medical College and ESIC Dental College and Hospital, New Delhi. She is currently working as Associate Professor at Faculty of Dentistry, Jamia Millia Islamia. She authored and co-authored to various articles in peer reviewed journals and have a keen interest in academics and clinical peridontology.
Shamimul Hasan
Jamia Millia Islamia
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Oral Mucosal Lesions and the recent treatment modalities; Oral Health considerations of Systemic diseases; Emerging Infectious Diseases and role of Oral Health physicians; Potentially Premalignant Conditions; Oral Cancers; Trigeminal Neuralgia and the treatment modalities
Shamimul Hasan has completed Bachelor of Dental Surgery (B.D.S) from Ziauddin Ahmed Dental college and Hospital, Aligarh Muslim University in 2005 and then persued Masters of Dental Surgery (M.D.S) (Oral Medicine and Radiology) from Saveetha Dental college and Hospital, Saveetha University, Chennai in 2010. He is presently working as Assistant professor at faculty of dentistry, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi since June 2011. Additionally, he has served as a Senior Lecturer atSharda University, Greater Noida, from May 2010- August 2010, and as an Assistant Professor at Ziauddin Ahmed Dental College, Aligarh muslim University, Aligarh from August 2010- june 2011. The author has more than 50 International and National publications to his credit. The author has presented more than 20 papers and has also chaired scientific sessions at various International and National conferences. The author has won several accolades at various International and National conferences. He has also authored a book titled “Desquamative gingivitis - A clinico-pathologic study: Erythematous Gingiva, Incisional biopsy, Histopathology of Muco-cutaneous disorders” published by LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishers in December 2011. The author specializes with Oral mucosal lesions, their diagnosis and emerging treatment modalities, along with the role of oral physicians in the diagnosis of systemic diseases.
Panchali Batra
Jamia Millia Islamia
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Functional Appliances; Micro Implants; Nano Particles; Treatment of Impacted Canines
Panchali Batra is a graduate of Subharti university dental college, U.P. She joined Maulana Azad Institute of Dental sciences for her internship and completed the same in 2003. After that she joined as a junior resident in Maxillofacial Department in V.M.M.C & Safdarjung hospital. She is trained in Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopaedics form JSS university Mysore, Karnataka in 2008 from she scored the best outgoing PG award. Immediately after her post graduation she joined as a senior resident in Department of Orthodontics in Maulana Azad Institute of Dental sciences. She cleared her Indian board of orthodontics board eligible exam in 2009 and also cleared the M. Orth exam from the prestigious Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh in 2010. She is currently working as Assistant Professor in Department of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopaedics, Faculty of Dentistry, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, India since 2011. She worked in major tertiary care Government Institutes of Delhi so is skilled in managing huge OPD’s and has served the institutes as an academician, clinician and researcher. Apart from this she organized various courses and conferences and has many national and international publications to her credit. Her mission is also to mould students into not only good academicians and clinicians but also world class researchers with high moral and ethical values in all spheres of life.
Abhishek Mehta
Jamia Millia Islamia
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Oral epidemiology especially caries research; Bio-statistics
Abhishek Mehta has done his BDS and MDS in Public Health Dentistry from Manipal University, India. He has more than Ten years of teaching experience in his field. He is currently working as Associate Professor and Incharge of Department of Public Health Dentistry, Faculty of Dentistry, Jamia Millia Islamia (a Central Government University). He has to his credit more than 20 research articles, published in various reputed journals. He is a reviewer member of 17 dental journals including International Dental Journal and International Journal of Paediatric Dentistry. He is examiner to various Universities in India and Nepal and member of various expert and selection committees for Government of India.
Aman Chowdhry
Jamia Millia Islamia
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Forensic Odontology, Dental Photography, Orofacial Genetics, Etiopathogenesis& basis of disease mechanism, scientific writing& research methodology
Aman Chowdhry is masters in subject of Oral Pathology and Microbiology from Bharati Vidyapeeth Dental College & Hospital, Pune and is an Associate Professor at Department of Oral Pathology, Faculty of Dentistry, Jamia Millia Islamia (Central Govt), New Delhi. He has areas of interest in Forensic Odontology, Dental Photography, Orofacial Genetics, Etiopathogenesis& basis of disease mechanism, scientific writing& research methodology. He has been in full time teaching and research since 2005 and has been an external and internal examiner for dental students in various universities. He is having fellowship / membership of various national and international academic bodies and has authored/co-authored many papers in peer reviewed international and national journals in his specialization. 2 of his oral presentations recently have received best scientific papers at national conferences.
Vivek Mehta
Jamia Millia Islamia
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Kuo-Chu Lai
Tzu Chi University
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Carlo Canepa Raggio
James Paget University Hospital
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Lead for stroke research, Principal Investigator for ESUS trial, Principal Investigator for GW-trial for focal seizures
Setu K Patolia
Saint Louis University
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Kuo Chu Lai
Tzu Chi University
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Stephen Tarnoczy
Multicare Health System
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Farid Menaa
International Consulting Health Expert
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Sapienza University of Rome
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Jagiellonian University Medical College
Poland
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Romania
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University of Western Ontario
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Federal University of Rio de Janeiro
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Weill Cornell Medical College
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Federal University of Ceara
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Evelina London Childrens Hospital
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Universiti Sains Malaysia
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Maimonides Medical Center
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University of Graz
Austria
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University of Liverpool
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Abington Hospital - Jefferson Health
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Chulalongkorn University
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Lady Hardinge Medical College
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