Chairs:

• Carlo Kaabar, Medical Director, MOHAP Laboratories, Purehealth, Sharjah, UAE
• Dr Basel Altrabulsi, Medical Director and Head of Pathology Services, National Reference Laboratory, Abu Dhabi, UAE

Activity Director:

• Dr Suzanne Bakdash, Associate Staff Member, Department of Clinical Pathology, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, USA

Speaker Faculty:

• Dr Aaron Han, Adjunct Professor, MBRU School of Medicine; Vice President, Emirates Pathology Society, Deputy International Commissioner for UAE, CAP; Consultant Pathologist, King's Hospital London, Dubai, UAE
• Dr Ashish Bhatia, Head, Department of Laboratory Medicine, NMC Royal Hospital, Khalifa City, Abu Dhabi, UAE
• Dr Eiman Ahmed Al Zaabi, Chair of Department, Physician-Laboratory Medicine Services, Sheikh Shakhbout Medical City, Abu Dhabi, UAE
• Dr Emily Volk, President, College of American Pathologists; Assistant Professor, Pathology, University of Texas-Health, San Antonio, Texas, USA
• Faisal Ibrahim, Director, Quality Assurance, National Reference Laboratory, Abu Dhabi, UAE
• Prof Khosrow Adeli, President, International Federation of Clinical Chemistry, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
• Dr Laila Abdel Wareth, Deputy Executive Director & Head of Science and Technology, National Reference Laboratory; Chair, Pathology & Laboratory Medicine Institute, Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, UAE
• Dr Leonard Valentino, President & CEO, National Hemophilia Foundation, New York City, New York, USA
• Dr Sara Al Dallal, President, Emirates Health Economics Society, Emirates Medical Association, Dubai, UAE

Chairs:

• Dr Gehad Eltayeb ElGhazali, Consultant Physician and Service Lead Immunologist, Sheikh Khalifa Medical City - Union71, Abu Dhabi, UAE
• Dr Zain Al Yafei, Chief Medical Officer, Union71/Purehealth, Abu Dhabi, UAE

Activity Director:

• Dr Suzanne Bakdash, Associate Staff Member, Department of Clinical Pathology, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, USA

Speaker Faculty:

• Dr Ahmed Al Suwaidi, Associate Professor and Chair, Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, UAEU, Al Ain, UAE
• Dr Christi Wojewoda, Director of Clinical Microbiology, The University of Vermont Medical Center, Burlington, Vermont, USA
• Prof Basel Al Ramadi, Professor and Chair, Medical Microbiology & Immunology, CMHS, United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain, UAE
• Dr Elitza S. Theel, Director, Infectious Diseases Serology Laboratory; Co-Director, Vector-Borne Diseases Laboratory Service Line; Associate Professor, Division of Clinical Microbiology, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
• HE Dr Farida Al Hosani, Official Spokesperson for Health Sector in the UAE; Executive Director of Infection Diseases Sector, Abu Dhabi Public Health Center, Abu Dhabi, UAE
• Dr Jehad Saleh Abdalla, Consultant Infectious Diseases, Rahba Hospital, Abu Dhabi, UAE
• Dr Mohammed Yousuf Karim, Division Chief of Hematopathology, Sidra Medicine, Doha, Qatar
• Dr Yusri Taha, Consultant in Virology & Infectious Diseases, Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals, Newcastle, UK

Chair:

• Dr Mouza Al Sharhan, Consultant and Head, Pathology Section, Dubai Hospital;
  President, Emirates Pathology Society, Dubai, UAE

Activity Director:

• Dr Suzanne Bakdash, Associate Staff Member, Department of Clinical Pathology, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, USA

Speaker Faculty:

• Dr Ahmed Soliman, Consultant, Anatomic Pathologist, Lab Director, Sulaiman Al Habib, Dubai, UAE
• Dr Ayoub Nahal, Consultant Anatomic Pathologist & Cytopathologist, National Reference Laboratory; Medical Director, Digital Pathology Program, Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, UAE
• Dr Emily Volk, President, College of American Pathologists; Assistant Professor, Pathology, University of Texas-Health, San Antonio, Texas, USA
• Dr Fatima AlHashimi, Consultant Histopathologist, Bahrain Ministry of Health, Manama, Bahrain
• Lisa Wandless, Senior Clinical Scientist, Histology Unit, Department of Pathology & Genetics, Dubai Hospital, Dubai, UAE
• Dr Maher Sughayer, Consultant Histopathologist/Cytopathologist, King Hussein Cancer Foundation and Center, Amman, Jordan
• Dr Mahmoud ElKaissi, Musculoskeletal Radiologist, Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, UAE
• Dr Maysa Alhussaini, Consultant Histopathologist/Cytopathologist, King Hussein Cancer Foundation and Center, Amman, Jordan
• Dr Roberto Dina, Consultant Anatomic Pathologist, National Reference Laboratory, Abu Dhabi, UAE
• Dr Santiago Ramon y Cajal Agueras, Head of Service, Vall d'Hebrón University Hospital, Barcelona, Spain
• Dr Yasin K. Ahmed, Consultant Anatomic Pathologist & Cytopathologist, American Hospital, Dubai, UAE

Chairs:

• Dr Adnan Alatoom, Consultant Clinical Pathologist and Director of Microbiology, National Reference Laboratory, Abu Dhabi, UAE
• Dr Wael Faroug Mohamed Elamin, Consultant Clinical Microbiologist and SME, G42 Healthcare, Abu Dhabi, UAE; Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer, Queen Mary University London, UK

Activity Director:

• Dr Suzanne Bakdash, Associate Staff Member, Department of Clinical Pathology, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, USA

Speaker Faculty:

• Dr Adnan Alatoom, Consultant Clinical Pathologist and Director of Microbiology, National Reference Laboratory, Abu Dhabi, UAE
• Dr Carole Ayoub Moubareck, Associate Professor, Microbiology, Zayed University, Abu Dhabi, UAE
• Dr Christi Wojewoda, Director of Clinical Microbiology, The University of Vermont Medical Center, Essex Junction, Vermont, USA
• Dr Dominic Cavuoti, Professor, Department of Pathology, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA
• Dr Elitza Theel, Director, Infectious Diseases Serology Laboratory; Co-Director, Vector-Borne Diseases Laboratory Service Line; Associate Professor, Division of Clinical Microbiology, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
• Mashael Abdullah Almogbel, Laboratory Specialist, Qassim University, Buraidah, KSA
• Dr PK Menon, HOCD Clinical Lab, Fakeeh University Hospital, Dubai, UAE
• Dr Rania El Lababidi, Co-Director, Antimicrobial Stewardship, Cleveland Clinic, Abu Dhabi, UAE
• Dr Rupa Murthy Varghese, Specialist, Virology Laboratory, Microbiology & Infection Control Unit, Latifa Hospital, Dubai, UAE
• Dr Sharon Irvine, Infectious Diseases Consultant, Sheikh Shakhbout Medical City, Abu Dhabi, UAE
• Dr Wael Faroug Mohamed Elamin, Consultant Clinical Microbiologist and SME, G42 Healthcare, Abu Dhabi, UAE; Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer, Queen Mary University London, UK
• Dr Ziad Memish, Senior Infectious Disease Consultant, Director, Research & Innovation Centre, King Saud Medical City, Riyadh, KSA
• Dr Zahir Babiker, Consultant, Infectious Diseases; Chair, Antimicrobial Stewardship Programme, Sheikh Shakhbout Medical City, Abu Dhabi, UAE

Chairs:

• Dr Fayha Ahmed, Consultant Pathologist and Head of Biochemistry, Pathology and Genetics Department, Dubai Hospital, Dubai, UAE
• Dr Laila Abdel Wareth, Deputy Executive Director & Head of Science and Technology, National Reference Laboratory, Abu Dhabi, UAE; Chair, Pathology & Laboratory Medicine Institute, Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, UAE

Activity Director:

• Dr Suzanne Bakdash, Associate Staff Member, Department of Clinical Pathology, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, USA

Speaker Faculty:

• Dr Anwar Borai, Clinical Scientist, Section Head, Clinical Biochemistry; Associate Prof, King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University-Health Sciences, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Jeddah, KSA
• Prof Damien Gruson, Head of the Medical Biochemistry Service, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Cliniques Universitaires St Luc, Brussels, Belgium
• Prof David Murray, Consultant, Division of Clinical Biochemistry & Immunology, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
• Dr Fayha Ahmed, Consultant Pathologist and Head of Biochemistry, Pathology and Genetics Department, Dubai Hospital, Dubai, UAE
• Dr James Donnelly, Technical Director, National Reference Laboratory, Abu Dhabi, UAE
• Prof Khosrow Adeli, President, International Federation of Clinical Chemistry; Head & Professor, Clinical Biochemistry, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
• Dr Manal Al Kindi, Senior Consultant, Chemical Pathologist & Clinical Lipidiologist, Royal Hospital; Program Director, Clinical Biochemistry Program, Oman Medical Speciality Board, Muscat, Oman
• Prof Riad Bayoumi, Prof - Basic Sciences, College of Medicine, MBRU, Dubai, UAE
• Dr Sushma Umrao MD, IFCAP, SSGB, Lab Director and Specialist Clinical Pathologist, LifeCore Private Clinic, Royal Group Headquarters, Abu Dhabi, UAE

Chair:

• Dr May Yassin Raouf, Head & Medical Director, Dubai Blood Donation Center, Pathology & Genetics Department, Expert Member for Transfusion Safety, WHO, Regional Director for Eastern Mediterranean Region, ISBT, Dubai, UAE

Activity Director:

• Dr Suzanne Bakdash, Associate Staff Member, Department of Clinical Pathology, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, USA

Speaker Faculty:

• Dr Abdullah Ahmed Meshi, Blood Transfusion Consultant, Head of Central Blood Bank, King Fahd Central Hospital, Jazan, KSA
• Dr Arwa Al Riyami, Senior Consultant Hematopathologist, Sultan Qaboos University Hospital, Muscat, Oman
• Gavin Evans, Executive Director, Global Blood Fund, London, England, UK
• Dr Hiba Saud AlHumaidan, Consultant Physician, Sheikh Shakhbout Medical City, Abu Dhabi, UAE
• Prof Lilian Maria de Castilho, Prof Immunohaematology, University of Campinas; Director of Molecular Immunohaematology Lab, Unicap, Campinas, Sao Paulo, Brazil
• Dr Manuel Algora, Transfusion Medicine Director, National Reference Laboratory, Abu Dhabi, UAE
• Dr Mariam Rabeh, Head of Immunology, Dubai Health Authority, Dubai, UAE
• Dr May Yassin Raouf, Head & Medical Director, Dubai Blood Donation Center, Pathology & Genetics Department, Expert Member for Transfusion Safety, WHO, Regional Director for Eastern Mediterranean Region, ISBT, Dubai, UAE
• Dr Naima Omeziane, Medical Director, Abu Dhabi Blood Donation Centre, SEHA, Abu Dhabi, UAE
• Dr Ranjita Sharma, Head of Medical Care Unit, DHA, Dubai, UAE
• Dr Ravi Mangal Patel, Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Division of Neonatology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
• Dr Saad Muhallab, Medical Director, Abu Dhabi Blood Bank Services, Al Ain, UAE
• Dr Suzanne Bakdash, Associate Staff Member, Department of Clinical Pathology, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, USA

Chair:

• Dr Ahmad Abou Tayoun, Director, The Al Jalila Children’s Genomics Centre; Associate Professor, Genetics, Mohammed Bin Rashid University of Medicine and Health Sciences, Dubai, UAE

Activity Director:

• Dr Suzanne Bakdash, Associate Staff Member, Department of Clinical Pathology, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, USA

Speaker Faculty:

• Prof Ali Hajeer, Head of Immunopathology; Lab Deputy Chairman; Founder, Saudi Stem Cell Donor Registry, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Riyadh, KSA
• Dr Bekim Sadikovic, Professor, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Western University; Program Head, Molecular Diagnostics, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, London Health Sciences Centre and St. Joseph’s Health Care London, Ontario, Canada
• Dr Fatma Rabea, PHD, Mohammed Bin Rashid University Of Medicine and Health Sciences, Dubai, UAE
• Maha El Naofal, Laboratory Supervisor, Al Jalila Genomics Center, Dubai, UAE
• Dr Noura Abul Husn, Associate Professor, Genetics and Genomic Sciences, Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York City, New York, USA
• Dr Salma Al Harasi, Laboratory Manager, National Genetic Center, Ministry of Health, Muscat, Oman
• Dr Stefan Rentas, Assistant Director, Molecular Pathology, Genetics and Genomics, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina, USA
• Dr Val Zvereff, Head, Molecular Diagnostic Department, National Reference Laboratory; Adjunct Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Pathology, College of Medicine & Health Sciences, Khalifa University, Abu Dhabi, UAE

Chair

• Dr PK Menon, HOCD Clinical Lab, Fakeeh University Hospital, Dubai, UAE

Activity Director:

• Dr Suzanne Bakdash, Associate Staff Member, Department of Clinical Pathology, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, USA

Speaker Faculty:

• Abdelkader Assad, Senior Laboratory Manager, National Reference Laboratory, Abu Dhabi, UAE
• Dr Adam McShane, Medical Director, Toxicology and Proteomics, Clinical Biochemistry Laboratory, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
• Amartya Bose, Industry Analyst - Healthcare and Life Sciences Practice, Frost & Sullivan, Dubai, UAE
• Dr Anat Globerson Levin, Director, Immunology & CAR-T lab, Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Centre Ichilov, Tel Aviv, Israel
• Prof Barry James Marshall, Nobel Laureate & Professor of Clinical Microbiology, University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia
• Dr Bernard Gouget, President, Healthcare Division Executive Committee, Cofrac; President, National Committee for the selection of Reference Laboratories, Ministry of Health, Paris, France
• Dr Gehad Eltayeb ElGhazali, Consultant Physician and Service Lead Immunologist, Sheikh Khalifa Medical City - Union71, Abu Dhabi, UAE
• Dr PK Menon, HOCD Clinical Lab, Fakeeh University Hospital, Dubai, UAE
• Dr Jason Hipp, Chair, Division of Computational Pathology & AI, DLMP, Mayo Clinic, Director, Digital Innovation, Mayo Clinic Labs, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
• Dr Joaquin Garcia, Professor, Laboratory Medicine & Pathology, Chair, Digital Pathology Practice Subcommittee, Vice Chair, Anatomic Pathology Laboratories, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
• Dr Monica E. de Baca, Governor, College of American Pathologists, Chicago, Illinois, USA
• Dr Shahar Ish Shalom, Head, Pathology Lab, Kaplan Medical Center, Rehovot, Israel
• Dr Stefan Weber, Consultant, Sheikh Khalifa Medical City, Abu Dhabi, UAE