The Qatar 8th National Sepsis Symposium
Date: September 13, 2021
The Qatar 8th National Sepsis Symposium is a favorable moment to increase healthcare provider and public awareness about Sepsis. It is a great opportunity to remind the public, media, national healthcare authorities, healthcare providers, and healthcare workers that there is an urgent need to increase and improve Sepsis education within healthcare facilities across Qatar.
The event will bring together national and international healthcare professionals to discuss all aspects of sepsis and its wide-ranging consequences and aspects, including prevention of Sepsis through vaccines, evidence-based correlation between COVID-19 and Sepsis, biomarkers of Sepsis, best practices for treatment, and much more
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Target Audience
Doctors, Nurses, Midwives, Pharmacists and Allied Health Practitioners
Brief Points
- Sepsis prevention implementation strategies to decrease the incidence of sepsis nationally and internationally
- Impact of CoVid-19 vaccination on incidence of sepsis in adults and children
- Focus on Sepsis Biomarkers
- Awareness campaign on:
- Qatar sepsis national program
- Quality Improvement Projects and Research in Sepsis in Qatar
Welcome Remarks
- Dr. Ziyad M. Hijazi (Chief Medical Officer, Sidra Medicine)
- Judy Dawson- Jones (Acting Chief Nursing Officer, Sidra Medicine)
International Speakers
- Dr. John Bradley (Rady Children’s Hospital San Diego, California, USA)
- Dr. Abdulelah Alhawsawi (EMSA–Eastern Mediterranean Sepsis Alliance)
Qatar Specialty Speakers
- Dr. Nahla Hassan Sharaf Ministry of Public Health - Qatar
- Dr. Muna Al-Maslamani Communicable Disease Center
- Dr. Eman Al-Maslamani Infectious Diseases, Sidra Medicine
- Dr. Abdulsalam Saif Ibrahim Hamad Medical Center Corporation
- Dr. Khalid Al Ansari Emergency Medicine, Sidra Medicine
- Dr. Wael Ezzeldin Saeed Primary Health Care Corporation
- Dr. Ahmed Labib Qatar Sepsis Expert
Panel Speakers
- Dr. Khalid Alyafei Medical Informatics – Sidra Medicine
- Sachin Sharma IT/Cerner – Sidra Medicine
- Lin Zaghmout Quality – Sidra Medicine
- Jawad Ahamed Data Analytics - Sidra Medicine
Sidra Medicine Moderators
- Dr. Mohammad Al Janahi Division Chief -Infectious Disease, Chair – Sidra Sepsis Program
- Dr. Rasha Ashour Senior attending physician – Pediatrics, Lead – National Pediatric Sepsis Program & Sidra Medicine Sepsis Program
- Joy Kiat-Floro Co-Lead – Sidra Medicine Sepsis Program
- Dr. Khawla Ismail Physician Lead – Sidra Medicine Women’s Sepsis Program
- Dr. Phani Kiran Physician Lead – Sidra Medicine Neonatal Sepsis Program
- Dr. Patricia Abboud, Medical Director - Pediatric ICU
Q8NSS Sidra Medicine Scientific Planning Committee
- Chair – Dr. Rasha Ashour - Senior attending physician – Pediatrics, Lead – National Pediatric Sepsis Program & Sidra Medicine Sepsis Program
- Co-Chair – Joy Kiat-Floro, MBA, MSN, RN - Nurse Educator - Professional Practice
- Sepsis Quality Lead – Lin Zaghmout, PMP, MBA - Data Manager - Quality