11th International Virtual Seminar on COVID-19 Part II
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Past COVID-19 Seminar

Robert Clark Penner (Conference Chairperson)

Designation: American Mathematician University: Institut des Hautes Etudes Scientifiques Country: France More Details
Robert Clark Penner received his B.S. degree from Cornell University in 1977 and his Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1981, the latter under the direction of James Munkres and David Gabai. In his doctoral studies, he solved a 50 year old problem posed by Max Dehn on the action of the mapping class group on curves and arcs in surfaces, developed combinatorial aspects of Thurston's theory of train tracks and generalized Thurston's construction of pseudo-Anosov maps. After postdoctoral positions at Princeton University and at the Mittag-Leffler Institute, Penner spent most of the period of 1985–2003 at the University of Southern California. From 2004 until 2012, he worked at Aarhus University, where he co-founded with Jørgen Ellegaard Andersen the Center for the Quantum Geometry of Moduli Spaces. Since 2013 Penner has held the position of the Rene Thom Chair in Mathematical Biology at the Institut des Hautes Etudes Scientifiques.Throughout his career Penner held various visiting positions around the world including Harvard University, Stanford University, Max-Planck-Institut für Mathematik at Bonn, University of Tokyo, Mittag-Leffler Institute, Caltech, UCLA, Fields Institute, University of Chicago, ETH Zurich, University of Bern, University of Helsinki, University of Strasbourg, University of Grenoble, Nonlinear Institute of Nice-Sophia Antipolis.

Prof. Shawni Dutta

Designation: Full-Time Teacher University: The Bhawanipur Education Society College Country: India More Details

Prof. Shawni Dutta has been working as a Full-Time Teacher in the Computer Science department of Bhawanipur Education Society College, Kolkata since March 2019. She has completed her bachelor’s and master’s degree from the University of Calcutta in the subject of Computer Science. Her research areas are Machine Learning, Medical Data Analysis, and Recommended systems. She has published a book on COVID-19- Validation of Disease by Machine Learning Approach and the book is published by  LAP, Lambert Academic Publishing, Eastern Europe. Prof. Dutta presented Invited Speech on   “Growth of COVID-19 in the World using Machine Learning Approach,” in Virtual Summit on Saturday, July 11th, 2020, organized by Sciinov Group, Europe. Prof. Dutta has also published Book Chapters  on Artificial Intelligence Based Diagnosis of Brain Tumor Diseases by IOP Publishers. She has written book chapter Heterogeneity Aspects of Breast for Breast Cancer Patients Change due to COVID-19, Computational Intelligence for Managing Pandemics, CIMP (COVID-19) – 2020. All total, she has published 25 research papers in International Journals.

Dr. Antonio Calvo Cebrian

Designation: Family Doctor University: Galapagar Health Center Country: Spain More Details
Graduated in medicine from the Autonomous University of Madrid (1990-1996). Specialist in Family Medicine from the Segovia teaching unit (1998-2001). Family Doctor at the Galapagar Health Center (Madrid) since 2002. Tutor of Residents of Family and Community Medicine since 2006. Coordinator of the Ultrasound Working Group of the Madrid Society of Family and Community Medicine. Member of the ultrasound working group of the Spanish Society of Family and Community Medicine. Teacher in ultrasound courses for family doctors. My special interest is POCUS. My main research has been carried out in pocus, and especially in the clinical setting of community-acquired pneumonia.

Thomas Fonseka

Designation: Clinical fellow in Urology University: Royal Derby Hospital Country: UK More Details

He studied at King’s College London where he completed his medical training and gained a BSc in Anatomy, Developmental and Human Biology. He also became an Associate of King’s College London and gained a diploma in the Philosophy and Ethics of Medicine at the Society of Apothecaries (DMPSA). He did his foundation training in South Thames deanery and completed core surgical training in Derby, East Midlands, UK. He is currently a clinical fellow in Urology which is his specialty of choice and where his research interests lie.

Dr. Jose de la Fuente

Designation: Professor University: Institute for Game and Wildlife Research Country: Spain More Details
Dr. de la Fuente is a Professor of the Higher Council of Scientific Research (CSIC) and head of the Genomics, Proteomics & Biotechnology lab at SaBio in the Institute for Game and Wildlife Research (IREC), Spain, and Adjunct Professor at the Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, Center for Veterinary Health Sciences, Oklahoma State University, U.S.A. He graduated in Physics at Moscow State University and University of Havana. He received his PhD in Molecular Biology from the University of Havana. His research career has been developed in Switzerland (Institute for Molecular Biology I, ETH, University of Zurich), Cuba (Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Havana), United States (Oklahoma State University, Stillwater) and Spain (IREC, Ciudad Real). He has over 35 years’ experience in research, education and as principal investigator in research projects. His research interests are focused on infectious diseases, systems biology of host-vector-pathogen interactions, ticks and tick-borne diseases, Alpha Gal Syndrome, vaccinology and quantum vaccinomics.

Prof. Dr. PCS Devara

Designation: Director (ASEES, ACOAST and ACESH) University: Amity University Haryana Country: India More Details
Prof. Dr. Panuganti C.S. Devara is currently Director (ASEES, ACOAST and ACESH) at Amity University Haryana (AUH), Manesar-Gurugram, India, after serving the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM), Pune, at various capacities, from December 1980 to February 2014.  He is FELLOW of Royal Meteorological Society (RMetS), UK; PRESIDENT of Indian Aerosol Science and Technology Association (IASTA), India, and FELLOW of Asian Aerosol Research Assembly (AARA), Taiwan.  He has rich experience, for more than 40 years, in the Active and Passive Optical and Radio Remote Sensing of the Atmosphere, Oceans, Environmental Health, Weather and Climate.  His areas of interest also include Pollution Monitoring, Diagnosis and Mitigation.  He is an Expert Reviewer of IPCC, UNEP, NSF, EU Funding Agencies, ISRO, DST, MoES, MoEF&CC and many leading Science National / International Journals.  He published, so far, more than 556 Research Papers in Refereed Journals, Proceedings, Textbook Chapters and Scientific Reports. He received several Awards, and Fellow & Member of several Scientific and Professional Bodies in India and abroad for his original contributions to the field of Physics, Chemistry and Dynamics.  He delivered several Invited Talks on National/International Platforms.  He organized several National/International Scientific Conferences / Symposia / Workshops / Brainstorming Sessions and Field Observation Campaigns in India and abroad.

Talar Vartanoglu Aktokmakyan

Designation: Operator Doctor University: Istanbul Bagcilar Training and Research Hospital Country: Turkey More Details
Borned in Istanbul, 1989, Turkey. Graduated in medicine from Yeditepe University (2007-13). Emergency doctor at Muradiye State Hospital in Van (2013-14). Specialist in General Surgery from the Istanbul Bagcilar Training and Research Hospital (2014-19). General surgeon at Sarikamis State Hospital in Kars (2019-20). Dr. Talar Vartanoglu Aktokmakyan is currently working as an operator doctor at the general surgery department of Bagcilar Training and Research Hospital in Istanbul. She completed the course of managent of Difficult Wound In Surgery by Turkish Surgical Association in 2014. She has certificate of Animal Use In Experimental Research by local comitee in 2015 and certificate of Advanced Breast Cancer:Biology, Managements and Outcomes by the Mediterranian University of Mastology in 2017. She awarded the Academy of Nutrition in 2016. She obtained education of Fresh Frozen Cadaver Models In Endoscopic and Laparoscopic Surgery by Bahcesehir University in 2016 and education of Cadaver Course in Breast-Endocrine Surgery by Turkish Surgical Association in 2018. She attended Istanbul Hernia School in 2018. She completed the course of Laparoscopic Bariatric Surgery by Turkish Association for Endoscopic and Laparoscopic Surgery in 2015, Hands on course on suturing and stapling techniques by International Federation for Surgery of Obesity and Metabolic Disorders in 2018, the course of Basic Education in Gastric Bypass by Turkish Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery in 2019. She had published more than 10 articles in international and national journals.

Dr. Maria Fernanda Martinez Garcia

Designation: Hematology Specialist University: Vall d Hebron Hospital Country: Spain More Details
Dr. Martínez is a graduate of Universidad Científica del Sur in Lima-Peru with a degree in Medicine and Surgery. She completed her fellowship of Hematology and Hemotherapy at Hospital Universitari i Politècnic La Fe in Valencia, Spain. Since 2017 she has been working in the Hemostasis and Hemophilia Unit of Vall d´Hebron Hospital in Barcelona, Spain as an hematology specialist working with patients with congenital and acquired bleeding disorders and has conducted multiple clinical trials in these areas. She also has a Master in Bone Marrow Transplant from the University of Valencia, Spain and a Master in Congenital and Acquired Bleeding Disorders from the University of Alcalá, Spain. She has recently published a letter to the editor in Haemophilia Journal entitled “Organization of a reference haemophilia unit and its change of activity during the COVID‐19 pandemic", among other articles.

Dr. Payal Gulati

Designation: Assistant Professor University: J.C. Bose University of Science and Technology, YMCA Country: India More Details

Payal Gulati received the B.E. degree in Information Technology from Lingaya’s Institute of Management and Technology, M.D.U, Rohtak, in 2006, and the MTech. and Ph.D. degrees in Computer Engineering from M.D.U, Rohtak in 2008 and 2013, respectively. She is currently working as Assistant Professor in Computer Engineering, YMCA University of Science & Technology, Faridabad, Haryana. Her work experience is twelve years. She has published more than 30 papers in national and international journals and conferences. Her research interests include Web Technologies, Web Search Engines, Machine Learning, and Electricity Load Forecasting.

Dr. Tanisha Bharara

Designation: Assistant Professor University: Shree Guru Gobind Singh Tricentenary University Country: India More Details
Dr. Tanisha Bharara is presently working as Assistant Professor, Department of Microbiology, FMHS, SGTU.  She did her MBBS from Lady Hardinge Medical College and MD Microbiology from Maulana Azad Medical College. She has over nine years of Teaching and Diagnostic experience in the field of Medical Microbiology. She is involved in the teaching programme for undergraduate, post-graduate, post-doctoral, dental, nursing and MLT students. Research and Administrative Experience in the related field more than eight years. She did her thesis on “A study of gonococcal and chlamydial urethritis” under Dr. P. Bhalla and Dr. A. Chakravarti. At the beginning of her career she was involved in planning and setting up and of Microbiology laboratory at Sanjeevan Hospital, New Delhi. She has been actively involved in NABH accreditation of Sanjeevan Hospital and National Heart Institute, New Delhi; as well as NABL accreditation of HIV laboratory at Maulana Azad Medical College. Her research interest is in virology, bacteriology, antimicrobial resistance and hospital infection control. More than 20 research papers have been published in International and National cited Journals by her. She has been invited at various International / National Conferences and has participated and presented research papers at various International Conferences like International Congress on Infectious Diseases, STD and AIDS World Congress etc. both abroad and in India. She has Authored/Co-authored more than 30 presentations made at National and International Conferences. She is a Member of various prestigious Microbiology Societies like American Society for Microbiology, Indian Association of Medical Microbiology to name a few.

Dr. Mark Maguire MB BCh BAO FRCA

Designation: Senior Anaesthetic Fellow University: Royal Victoria Hospital Country: UK More Details
Dr. Mark Maguire MB BCh BAO FRCA, is a senior anaesthetic fellow working at the Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast. He is currently completing his final year of training with advanced training fellowships in regional anaesthesia, and trauma and resuscitation. His academic publications include hip fracture outcomes and fast track hip arthroplasty pathways. Mark’s other interests include clinical leadership and quality improvement. He is also an active member of the Northern Ireland Medical and Dental Training Agency’s trainee mentoring programme. 
 
Mark currently resides in Belfast, Northern Ireland.  When he isn’t in the operating theatre, he spends much of his time on two wheels as a keen amateur road cyclist. 

Dr. Maria del Pino Calderin Morales

Designation: Family Doctor University: Las Ciudades Health Care Center, Country: Spain More Details
She Graduated in medicine from the Complutense University of Madrid (1990-1996). Specialist in Family Medicine from the Guadalajara teaching unit (1997-2000) General Practitioner with 23 years of experience in family medicine working at health center C.S. Las Ciudades, Getafe, Madrid, since 2011. Tutor of Residents of Family and Community Medicine since 2006. -Asociated profesor of European University (2014-2018) and actually Asociated profesor of Alfonso X el Sabio University since 2019, Member of the Ultrasound Working Group of the Madrid Society of Family and Community Medicine. Teacher in ultrasound courses for family doctors. I am interested in clínical Ultrasound, especialtly in POCUS and lung ultrasound

Dr. Sean Shevlin MB BCH BAO (hons) FRCA PgDip(Med Ed) PgCert(RA).

Designation: Senior Anaesthetic Registrar University: The Royal Victoria Hospital Country: UK More Details
Dr. Sean Shevlin is a senior Anaesthetic registrar currently working in The Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom. He has keen interests in Medical Education, Regional Anaesthesia and Trauma/Orthopaedic Anaesthesia having completed an advanced fellowship . He has completed a post graduate diploma of medical education through Queens University Belfast and is currently studying the Masters of regional anaesthesia through the University of East Anglia. His academic publications including hip fracture outcomes and an educational article on the sciatic nerve.

Nida Rizvi

Designation: Trainee Physiotherapist University: Liaquat National Hospital Country: Pakistan More Details

She started her journey as a trainee physiotherapist at Liaquat National Hospital. She knew, she had to face hardships and she knew she had to  experience losing patients but she did not know that her new phase of life would include going through a Pandemic. She worked mostly in ICU setups, which already wasn't an easy task as patients were always at high risks, but due to COVID-19 the level of difficulty has undoubtedly increased. Even while making the patient do breathing exercises she glued her eyes to the monitor to notice even minor drops in Oxygen saturation. It has been extremely challenging and hectic uptill now, but her paramedical staff and her fellow physiotherapists have been very encouraging throughout this endeavor of mine.

Dr. Milan Stehlik

Designation: Professor University: Johannes Kepler University Linz Country: Austria More Details
Milan Stehlík  obtained his PhD in 2003 at Comenius University,   Slovakia. He was Associate Professor at Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María, Chile in 2014-2015. In 2015 he received Full Professorship at University of Valparaiso,   Chile. In 2018 he was visiting Full Professor at   Arizona State University,   USA and in 2019-2020 he was visiting Full Professor at University of Iowa,   USA.   Currently he is working at Johannes Kepler University in Linz, Austria.  He does research in Covid19 modelling,  Extremes, Optimal design, Statistical Modelling, Neural Computing, Cancer discrimination. He servers as Associate Editor for   Neural Computing and Applications,   Journal of Applied Statistics, Revstat.  He has been involved in several international projects and collaborations in Austria, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Chile,  Spain, Russia, Canada, Germany, USA among others. He published   190 papers and gave more than 190 talks. He is co-editor of Journal of Applied Statistics Special Issue   “Statistical Perspectives on Analytics for COVID-19 Data.” 

Rabia Merve Palalioglu

Designation: Medical Doctor University: University of Health Sciences Umraniye Training and Research Hospital Country: Turkey More Details
Specialist doctor, gynecologist and obstetrician. She was born in Istanbul in 1987 and graduated from Yeditepe University Faculty of Medicine in 2013. She continued her compulsory service obligation for three months at Dargecit State Hospital in Mardin (2013). Specialist in Obstetrics and Gynecology from the Istanbul Kanuni Sultan Suleyman Training and Research Hospital (2013-18). She worked in Agri for two months after graduation. Dr. Palalioglu is currently working as an operator doctor at University of Health Sciences Umraniye Training and Research Hospital Obstetrics and Gynecology Department in Istanbul. She had published several articles in international and national journals. Trained on hypnotherapy in obstetrics. She is a Turkish Classical Music singer and plays violin and piano instruments.

Dr. Farima Zakaryaei

Designation: Medical Doctor University: Kurdistan University of Medical Science Country: Iran More Details
She is a medical doctor. She was born in Sanandaj,IRAN, in 1994. She studied medicine at Kurdistan University of medical science from 2013 until 2020, and graduated in March 2020. She started to research while she was a medical student. Now she is working as a researcher and a medical doctor at COVID-19 emergency center at kurdistan university of medical science. She had published articles in international and national journals.

Evgenia Stergiou

Designation: Researcher University: University of Ioannina Country: Greece More Details
Evgenia Stergiou was born in Ioannina, Greece. She is currently working towards her Bachelor of Science degree in the Department of Nursing of the University of Ioannina, Greece. Evgenia has also worked as a sales manager for 5 years. Her interests include Nursing theory and practice. In her spare time, she is reading books and writing reviews about them in her blog.

Narendra Singh

Designation: Consultant Physician University: UP Health System Country: India More Details
His father,s name is late sri Suraj Prasad ,was a primary teacher and his Mother,s name is Smt Gayatri Devi. He was born on 15 February 1976 ,in village Takeli ,Block Laharpur ,District Sitapur place in Uttar Pradesh in India . He was married in 2000 with Miss Kaminee Singh,He has two children one daughter Vanshika Singh and one son Vansh Pratap Singh. His first school is primary school Takeli and Ibraheem pur for prematric and then passed high school in 1990 from Janata higher secondary school Kalyanpur Sitapur. He did intermediate from Jubilee Inter College Lucknow U.P. in 1992 and Bsc in 1995 from BSNL Degree college Lucknow U.P. He passed MBBS in 2003 and M.D.in 2019 medicine from G.S.V.M. Medical College Kanpur U.P. India He appeared in many CME and Work shop and got certificate and also published 11 reasarch paper.

Ash Malhotra

Designation: Lecturer University: Nelson Marlborough Institute of Technology Country: New Zealand More Details
Ash Malhotra is a Lecturer at Nelson Marlborough Institute of Technology, New Zealand. He worked for around twenty years in managing Accounting, Finance, and Corporate Law functions at managerial level. Developed One Page Integrative and Collaborative Management reporting system. He  managed his own investment column for a financial newspaper. He is Keen to develop newer subjects such as “disruptive leadership and managerial skills and capabilities” and “cosmic management”. Published and presented research papers in International forum on Disruptions and Artificial Intelligence from managerial viewpoint. Ash Malhotra is a author of a fiction book "Beyond the boundaries". His Key achievements were winning a landmark case under Company Law.

Dr. Hadya Abboud, RN, PhD.

Designation: Senior Lecturer University: Fatima College of Health Sciences Country: UAE More Details
Hadya Abboud, RN, M.Ed, PhD degree in science education, from the British University in Dubai (UAE).International Board of Certified Lactation Consultants Course (IBCLC). B.Sc. Degree in Nursing from the University of Jordan (Amman).UAE Board of Registered Nursing Exam (MOH). Saudi Board of Nursing Council Exam. Jordan Board of Nurses and Midwives Council. Registered in the Jordanian Nurses and Midwives Council. Registered Nurse (RN) in the Jordanian MOH. Hadya is a highly experienced nurse and nurse educator with a broad range of experience and interests honed over 22 years working in the GCC. She previously worked as an “Operation and Recovery room Manager” in Saudi Arabia (1995-2003) and thereafter, has worked in the UAE in nurse education since 2003.She has worked at FCHS since its inception in 2007. Currently a Senior Lecturer at FCHS, Hadya has broad interests in critical thinking, health promotion and a specific research interests in UAE cultural beliefs and values; contextualizing the curriculum. Hadya is passionate about nursing and nurse education.

Dr. Valeria Selvi

Designation: Researcher University: USL Toscana Centro Country: Italy More Details
Valeria Selvi graduated in Medicine and Surgery in Florence in 2009, with full marks. In the beginning, she worked in the field of general medicine, earning the title of general practitioner. She also obtained the PhD in Biomedical Sciences, Experimental and Clinical Oncology curriculum, in 2014. In those same years she obtained other qualifications in the field of territorial emergency and clinical ultrasound. From the end of 2014 she moved into the field of Radiodiagnostics, obtaining the title of specialist in April 2020. Her ideal is to approach the disease according to an Integrated Medicine approach, and in this context she obtained the Acupuncture Diploma in 2018.
She loves nature, animals and photography. She is married and she is mother of 3 children (of these three, unfortunately the first daughter died at the 38th week of pregnancy).
 

Prof. Samir Kumar Bandyopadhyay

Designation: Distinguished Professor University: The Bhawanipur Education Society College Country: India More Details

Prof. Samir Kumar Bandyopadhyay is a Distinguished Professor in the Department of Computer Engineering &  Applications, GLA University, Mathura, Uttar Pradesh, India. He did his Bachelor’s and Master's Degree in Engineering Degree and Medical Science from the University of Calcutta. Prof. Bandyopadhyay did three Ph.D. in Medical Science. First, he did his Ph.D. in Cardiology at the University of Calcutta. Prof. Bandyopadhyay also did his second Ph.D. on Breast Cancer from Bristol University, UK. Finally, he obtained his Ph.D. degree in Brain Tumor from MIT, USA. He served as Registrar of the University of Calcutta and Vice-Chancellor of the West Bengal University of Technology in West Bengal, India.

Benjamin Fombonne

Designation: Medical Resident University: Stony Brook University Hospital Country: USA More Details
Dr. Fombonne is a 2nd year medical resident in Emergency Medicine at Stony Brook University Hospital. He obtained his B.A. in Political Science from McGill University and his M.D. from Stony Brook University School of Medicine. His interests include global health, health disparities, healthcare access, and medical education.

Prof. Shawni Dutta

Designation: Full-Time Teacher University: The Bhawanipur Education Society College Country: India More Details

Prof. Shawni Dutta has been working as a Full-Time Teacher in the Computer Science department of Bhawanipur Education Society College, Kolkata since March 2019. She has completed her bachelor’s and master’s degree from the University of Calcutta in the subject of Computer Science. Her research areas are Machine Learning, Medical Data Analysis, and Recommended systems. She has published a book on COVID-19- Validation of Disease by Machine Learning Approach and the book is published by  LAP, Lambert Academic Publishing, Eastern Europe. Prof. Dutta presented Invited Speech on   “Growth of COVID-19 in the World using Machine Learning Approach,” in Virtual Summit on Saturday, July 11th, 2020, organized by Sciinov Group, Europe. Prof. Dutta has also published Book Chapters  on Artificial Intelligence Based Diagnosis of Brain Tumor Diseases by IOP Publishers. She has written book chapter Heterogeneity Aspects of Breast for Breast Cancer Patients Change due to COVID-19, Computational Intelligence for Managing Pandemics, CIMP (COVID-19) – 2020. All total, she has published 25 research papers in International Journals.

Dr. Nandhini Ravintharan

Designation: Surgical Resident University: Alfred Health Country: Australia More Details
Dr Ravintharan is a second year surgical resident, at Alfred Hospital in Melbourne, Australia. She obtained her MD from the University of Melbourne and began working at Alfred Hospital, a centre renowned for its trauma service. She has worked closely with the trauma unit, general surgical and vascular units. Her interests include trauma and general surgery.

MC Sacchi

Designation: Researcher University: SS Antonio e Biagio e Cesare Arrigo Hospital Country: Italy More Details
Dr. Maria Cristina Sacchi is a specialist in Clinical Pathology, Microbiology and Virology, holding a PhD in Molecular and Experimental Pathology and author of numerous national and international publications. Currently Dr. Sacchi is Head of the Laboratory of Autoimmunology of the Hospital of Alessandria. Dr.Sacchi carried out research activities, first at the Department of Medicine and Oncology of the University of Turin, then participating in the "Genome" Project under the guidance of Prof. Renato Dulbecco at the CNR of Milan and then dealt with cell cultures, in particular stem cells and bioengineering studies (tissue regeneration). He was Scientific Director of the multi-specialist group on Platelet Gel a new biotechnology (International Patent N. WO 01/43787 A2, Applicant and Inventor: Dr. Sacchi Maria Cristina) which is used in the treatment of surgical wounds and chronic ulcers (diabetic, vascular, decubitus and burns) and in oral, implant and maxillofacial surgery.

Dr. Adegbenga B Ademolu

Designation: Researcher University: Lagos State University Teaching Hospital Country: Nigeria More Details

Dr. Adegbenga B. Ademolu is a Fellow-in-Training  of the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologist. He works in the Department of Medicine of Lagos State University Teaching Hospital Ikeja, Lagos Nigeria. He is an Editorial Board member of The Journal of the Endocrine Society (JES) and also functions as a reviewer for the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism (JCEM).He also serve as a reviewer for many other journals. He is also in the editorial board of open access journal of endocrinology among others. His work on hypoglycemia amongst others is opening new path of scientific knowledge and research in Endocrinology and related field. He has presented papers locally in Nigeria and internationally at conferences and has published papers locally in Nigeria and internationally in American, European and Asian journals.He has authored two books One on healthcare management.The second book on hypoglycemia is titled Ademolus Classification of Hypoglycemia in Diabetes Management.

Dr. Luigi Urciuoli

Designation: Radiologist University: G. Criscuoli Hospital, S Angelo dei Lombardi, Avellino Country: Italy More Details
Graduated in medicine from the University of Rome “La Sapienza”(2003-2009). Specialist in Radiology from the Second University of Naples (SUN) (2010-2015). He attended, as Radiology Resident, the Radiology Department at Santa Corona Hospital in Pietra Ligure, Savona, in 2013 and the Radiology Department at University of Pavia (Policlinico S. Matteo). Radiologist at G. Criscuoli Hospital, S’ Angelo dei Lombardi, Avellino, Italy, since 2015. He had a Master in Clinical Ultrasound from the Italian Society of Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology (SIUMB). Member of the Italian Society of Medical and Interventional Radiology (SIRM). His interests include Thoracic Imaging, Emergency Radiology, Musculoskeletal Imaging, Doppler Ultrasound. He had published more than 20 articles in international and national reputable journals.

Mousa Suhail Abu Ghoush

Designation: Resident University: Zayed Military Hospital Country: UAE More Details
Dr.Abughoush , a graduate from university of sharjah medical school , is a PGY4 resident in internal medicine at zayed military hospital in the united arab emirates. Actively participated in various fields of research in relation to cancer therapeutics and epigenetics during medical college. Has special interest in the field of medical education with various papers published about problem based learning and peer advising along with published case studies in the fields of neurology such as hereditary neuropathy , gastroenterology which includes eosinophilic colitis and nonobstructive myocardial injury in the field of cardiology. He is a respectful member of the editorial board of International Journal of Medical Science and Health Research. Had participated in numerous international conferences for poster presentations.

Dr. Clarissa Carmelita Mariano-Ligon

Designation: Assistant Professor University: Miriam College Country: Philippines More Details
Dr. Clarissa Carmelita Mariano-Ligon is a faculty of the College of Education in Miriam College, specializing in the field of early childhood education, special education and family studies.  Just this year, she assumed the administrative position of Student Affairs Officer under the Office for Student Affairs in the same institution. Dr. Ligon graduated from Miriam College, cum laude, with a degree in BS Child Development and Education.  She earned her Masters in Special Education, with high distinction, at De La Salle University. A few years ago, she earned her degree in Doctor of Philosophy in Family Studies in Miriam College. Last 2013, she received the Outstanding Junior Faculty Award for President's Award for Teaching Excellence from Miriam College and the Teacher of the Year Award from Step-Up International. 

Dr. Bennouar Salam

Designation: Assistant Lecturer University: Saad Dahlab Blida 1 University Country: Algeria More Details

Graduated in pharmacy from Badji Mokhtar university of Annaba (2001-2006). Specialized medical studies in Clinical Biochemistry: within the biochemistry laboratory. Annaba University Hospital Center (2006-2010). Specialized medical studies awarded in December (2010). Specialist practitioner and head of the central laboratory of biological analysis. EPH Souk Ahras (2011-2015). Assistant lecturer in Biochemistry at the central laboratory of the University Hospital Center Blida (from June 2015). 

Ms. Karishma Jassal (MBBS, FRACS)

Designation: General Surgeon University: Alfred Hospital Country: Australia More Details
Ms. Karishma Jassal (MBBS, FRACS) is a General Surgeon who trained at St Vincent’s Hospital, Melbourne, Australia. She completed a fellowship in Breast & Endocrine Surgery  and is currently the Zaparas Lawyers’ Trauma Research Fellow at The National Trauma Research Institute and Alfred Hospital Trauma Service, Australia.

Maher Assaf

Designation: Instructor University: Arab American University at Palestine (AAUP) Country: Palestine More Details

Maher Assaf, a graduate from United States of America.  He holds a bachelor's degree from the University of Governors State University, in psychology in 2004.  He completed my education at the same university and obtained a master's degree in occupational therapy in 2007.  He taught a period of time in the field of occupational therapy in several areas, including children, youth and the elderly. In 2011, he joined the Arab American University in Palestine as an instructor in the occupational therapy department while obtaining a doctorate degree in Occupational Therapy in 2020 from Saint Augustine University in America. Currently, he is still working as an instructor at the Arab American University.

Dr. Francisco Javier Rodriguez-Contreras

Designation: Primary Care Pediatrician University: Galapagar Health Center (Madrid) Country: Spain More Details
Graduated in medicine from the Autonomous University of Madrid (2003-2009). Specialist in Pediatrics from La Paz University Hospital in Madrid (2010-2014). Doctor in medicine from the Autonomous University of Madrid (2014-2019). Pediatric Endocrinologist at La Paz University Hospital (2014-2015). Primary Care Pediatrician at the Galapagar Health Center (Madrid) since 2015. Collaborator member of the Ultrasound Working Group of the Spanish Association of Primary Care Pediatrics (AEPap). My previous research focused on the study of genetic etiology of neuroendocrine congenital disorders. My current main research is focused on lung ultrasound utility in Primary Care.

Dr. Nieves Rodriguez Pascual

Designation: Family Doctor University: Las Ciudades Health Care Center, Country: Spain More Details
Education: PhD in Medicine (Complutense University, Madrid), Bachelor of Family Medicine (Medicine University, Salamanca) Professional summary: General Practitioner with 21 years of experience in family medicine working at health center C.S. Las Ciudades, Getafe, Madrid, since 2011. Coach for medical residents since 2013. Associate professor in the family medicine unit at Alfonso X el Sabio University. Member of the Ultrasound Working Group at Family Medicine Society, Madrid. Professor of post-graduate courses in ultrasound diagnostics for physicians. Skills: Ultrasound examination for medical diagnosis, provided interpretation of POCUS and lung ultrasound tests

Dr. Rafael Alonso Roca

Designation: Family Doctor University: Mar Baltico Primary Care Center Country: Spain More Details
He Graduated in Medicine from the Autonmous University of Madrid (1979-1985). Specialist in Family Medicine from the Madrid teaching unit (1987-1990). Family Physician at the “Mar Báltico” Primary Care Center, Madrid, Spain, since 2015. Previously, from 1996 to 2015, rural doctor at Griñón Primary Care Center. Coordinator of the Family MedicineTeaching Unit of Area 10 in Madrid from 1991 to 1996. Tutor of Residents of Fzmily and Community Medicine since 1991 to 1996, and from 2015. Member of the Ultrasound Working Group of Madrid and Spanish Society of Family and Community Medicine (semFYC and SoMaMFyC). Teacher in ultrasound courses for family and emergency doctors, and oral anticoagulation control courses for family doctors. His mean research has been carried out in ultrasound and oral anticoagulation in primary care.

Donald Houston

Designation: Professor University: University of Portsmouth Country: UK More Details
Donald Houston, Professor of Economic Geography, University of Portsmouth (UK). Professor Houston's research relates to economic and social inequalities within and between urban and regional labour markets. He works across disciplines, including economics, social policy, public health and town planning. Geographical patterns often hold important clues as to the drivers and consequences of economic and labour market change. Professor Houston was Head of the Department of Geography at the University of Portsmouth (2016-19). Before that, he held a Senior Research Fellowship awarded by the Urban Studies Foundation at the University of Glasgow (2014-16). He has held lecturing positions in Human Geography at the University of St Andrews (2010-14) and the University of Dundee (2002-10), as well as visiting positions at the University of Illinois and the University of Vaxjo, Sweden. He was Director of the Scottish Cities Knowledge Centre (2013-16), a multi-disciplinary and cross-institution knowledge exchange initiative focussed on urban economic development.