Prof. Sanaa Youssef Shaaban

Professor of Pediatrics and Clinical Nutrition, Faculty of Medicine, Ain-Shams University (Egypt) | Egypt

University professor, clinician and researcher in the field of Pediatric nutrition with more than 30 years of exceptional record, experience and contributions in teaching nutrition knowledge and skills to medical students and health care professionals as well as applying such expertise for the welfare of patients. Awarded Ain Shams University award for distinguished papers published in international journals in the year 2008 Founder and Head of the Nutrition Rehabilitation Unit Children’s Hospital, 1997 till 2010, and Collaboration with various specialized clinics in the children’s hospital Ain Shams University to provide specific nutritional rehabilitation protocols.Teaching nutrition and clinical nutrition courses diploma and master degree in pediatric department faculty of medicine and Institute of childhood studies Ain Shams University. Supervision of more than 300 master degree and PHD thesis in Pediatrics; mainly in the field of clinical nutrition and nutritional disorders, with 25 international publications. Instructor of medical nutrition therapy diploma in AUC. Founder of clinical nutrition rehabilitation unit , EL GALAA Military Hospital. Board member in Middle East allergy guidelines. Board member in Egyptian complementary feeding guidelines. Project in collaboration with 57357 hospitals, NAMRU-3

Prof. Amr Mattar

Head of the EgSPEN (Egyptian Society of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition) | Egypt

Professor Of Anaesthesia , SICU, And Pain Management Cairo University. Head Of The Clinical Nutrition Unit, French Teaching Hospital Cairo University. Head Of The EGSPEN (Egyptian Society Of Parenteral And Enteral Nutrition). Vice President Of The EMASO (Egyptian Society For The Study Of Obesity) . Clinical Nutrition Consultant. Pain Management Consultant. Head Of The European Egyptian Diploma Of Clinical Nutrition and Metabolism (ESPEN Diploma) In Egypt ESPEN Council Member. ESPEN Faculty Staff Member.

Dr. Ahmed Abo-Bakr

R.Ph., M.Sc., PGDip, ESPEN Dip, BCNSP, BCSCP | Kuwait

Ahmed is a specialist pharmacist at Kuwait Cancer Control Center, the reference Cancer hospital in Kuwait. Previously, he was the head of TPN unit at Maternity Hospital in Kuwait for 11 years. The TPN Unit of Maternity Hospital is the first USP<797> compliant sterile compounding center in Kuwait, and it has an industrial scale like-production of PN bags; more than 150 bags per day, in addition to the IV preparations, as well it serves as a training center for Pharmacy students and fresh graduates, and TPN outsourcing center as well. Ahmed Holds B.Sc. Pharmacy from Cairo university in Egypt. He obtained ESPEN Diploma of Clinical Nutrition. He is Board Certified Nutrition Support Pharmacist (BCNSP), and Board Certified Sterile Compounding Pharmacist (BCSCP). Ahmed is a guest speaker in various local and regional events, ESPEN speaker, and an adjunct lecturer at the Faculty of Pharmacy, Kuwait University. As well, he is an item writer for the Board of Pharmacy Specialties, and one of the founding members of IVPN-Network since 2012. He recently joined the advisory board of IVPN-Network.

Dr. Osama Tabbara

R.Ph., BCNSP, EMBA; Pharmacy Consultant; President, IVPN-Network | United Arab Emirates

Osama Tabbara has joined the Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi (CCAD) in 2010; He is now the Executive Director of Pharmacy. Prior to joining CCAD, Osama served as Director of Pharmacy Services Administration at King Fahad Medical City for 4 years. Osama also served at King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Center, Riyadh for 11 years as Clinical Pharmacist and Supervisor of the TPN Team and IV Room; he also served as Director of Pharmacies in Abu Dhabi Middle Region hospitals for 3 years. Osama Tabbara is a graduate of King Saud University in 1984, completed his EMBA in 2014 and is Board Certified in Nutrition Support in 1997. He was a guest speaker at more than 100 symposia & seminars in topics related to Clinical Nutrition, IV Therapy, IT, and Quality Management. Osama had given more than 1000 presentations and has many publications in the field of TPN, Leadership and Quality Management.

Dr. Wafaa Ayesh

Consultant Clinical Dietitian, RD, MsN, ESPEN Diploma, founder of Sweet Kids Group, Vice President ASPCN | United Arab Emirates

Mrs. Wafaa Helmi Ayesh is the Previous Director of Clinical Nutrition Department for Dubai Health Authority-Dubai. She graduated from the medical Allied Sciences Yarmouk University, Jordan, before gaining an M.Sc in Food Science and Nutrition from Clayton University in the USA. Her other qualifications include Diploma in Nutrition from the American Association of Continuing Medical Education, the European ESPEN Diploma in Nutrition & Metabolism and Diploma in Therapeutic Nutrition. She has also set the Accredited Curriculum in the Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, and is Adjunct and Advisory Board Member as well as part-time lecturer for College of Health Science in University of Sharjah.

Dr. Tariq AlMusawi

Consultant Internal Medicine, Infectious Disease and Critical Care Medicine | Bahrain

Dr. Tariq AlMusawi is an American trained and American Board certified consultant physician in internal medicine, infectious disease and critical care medicine at Dr Sulaiman AlHabib Hospital, Al-Khobar, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Dr. AlMusawi is an Associate Professor in Medicine at the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland-Medical University of Bahrain (RCSI-MUB) in the Kingdom of Bahrain. He had been a speaker in many local, regional and international conferences in his areas of interest which are multi-drug resistant Gram negative bacteria, fungal infections and antimicrobial stewardship in intensive care units, as well as an instructor to many critical care courses. He had received several awards and published widely in the field of infectious disease and critical care medicine.

Dr. Mohammad Alsharhan

Pharm.D., BCNSP, BCSCP, CNSC | Saudi Arabia

Dr. Mohammad Alsharhan is a clinical pharmacy specialist in nutrition support at king Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, Riyadh Saudi Arabia. He graduated with a doctor of pharmacy from MCPHS University in Boston, MA and completed his pharmacy residencies at University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, NC and Emory University Hospital in Atlanta Georgia. In addition to his role, Dr. Alsharhan is a residency program director and pharmacy manager. His interests are home PN and long-term nutrition support practice.

Dr. Alessandro Laviano

MD, Associate Professor of Internal Medicine | Italy

Prof. Laviano currently works at department of clinical medicine Sapienza University, in Rome, Italy. He is a member of many associations and societies, such as, a member of ESPEN, AAAS (AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE), a member New York Academy of sciences and a member of South African of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition, Member, Editorial Advisory Board of Nutrition, Abstract reviewer of the European Society for Clinical Nutrition and Metabolism (ESPEN) and many others. Dr. Laviano’s main research interests are: regulation of food intake under physiological and pathological conditions, disease-associated anorexia and cachexia, hyperphagia and obesity, impact and treatment of hospital malnutrition. Prof. Laviano has over 140 publications in peer-reviewed journals and has authored more than 50 book chapters and more than 200 abstracts presented at National & International congresses. Prof. Laviano has delivered more than 200 invited lectures in both National and International events. He is also one of the authors of the most recent 2016 ESPEN guidelines on Nutrition in Cancer patients, as well as the 2017 ESPEN expert group recommendations for action against cancer related malnutrition.

Dr. Carla Prado

PhD, RD, Professor; Dietician | Canada

Dr. Carla Prado is a Professor at the University of Alberta in Canada and a Campus Alberta Innovates (CAIP) Chair in Nutrition, Food and Health. She is the Director of the Human Nutrition Research Unit, a state-of-the-art research and training facility. Dr. Prado is an expert in assessing nutritional status through the precise measurement of body composition and energy metabolism. Her research has shown for the first time the prevalence and clinical implications of sarcopenic obesity (concurrent appearance of low muscle and high fat) in cancer, and has provided evidence of the independent effect of body composition on cancer recurrence, treatment and survival. The focus of her current research program is to develop targeted nutrition interventions for the prevention and treatment of low muscle mass in patients with cancer. She is currently the Principal Investigator of three randomized controlled trials investigating the impact of nutrition intervention on body composition and health. Dr. Prado holds a dietitian title from both Canada and Brazil. She received her Ph.D. from the University of Alberta, Canada, and has completed further training at the Cross Cancer Institute (Canada), the National Institutes of Health (USA) and Newcastle University (UK). She is currently a member of the GLIM Body Composition Working Group, and the Sarcopenic Obesity Consensus Group (ESPEN/EASO). She is an Associate Editor of Clinical Nutrition and the Journal of Cachexia, Sarcopenia and Muscle. Dr. Prado is a recipient of Canada’s Top 40 Under 40, a prestigious award that celebrates exceptional young Canadian leaders of all sectors.

Dr. Moez Al Islam Ezzat Faris

Associate professor Department of Clinical Nutrition and Dietetics, College of Health Sciences, University of Sharjah, Sharjah/UAE | United Arab Emirates

Dr. Mo’ez –Al-Islam Faris was born in Kuwait, and holds Jordanian citizenship. Dr. Faris got his three higher university degrees from the University of Jordan in the field of human nutrition. Recently, Dr. Faris has been completed Harvard Medical School/ Global Clinical Scholar Research Training (GCSRT) Program. Dr. Faris works now as an associate professor at the Department of Clinical Nutrition and Dietetics/the University of Sharjah, with eighteen years’ experience in the academic field in four Arabian universities. Dr. Faris published more than 120 original research, review, and meta-analysis articles in scientific peer-reviewed journals, in addition to book chapters, and conference proceedings, and abstracts. Dr. Faris provided the community with public articles in popular magazines in different Arab countries. He is an author and co-author in a list of scientific and academic refereed books and participated in editing and reviewing several important Arabic books in nutrition. Recently, he had published his refereed scientific books on Nutrition and Cancer and Foods of the Holy Quran from a Modern Nutritional perspective. Dr. Faris holds the research Award of the University of Sharjah for the academic year 2021, the State Award for the Excellent Ph.D. Student from Jordan 2010, and The Best Ph.D. Dissertation Award at the University of Jordan in 2009. Dr. Faris presented in more than thirty local, regional and international conferences and workshops in the areas of human nutrition and dietetics, in addition to providing dozens of lectures in cultural and scientific societies, as well as attending different mass media. Dr. Faris is a member and a founder of several associations and professional societies and specialized committees, and a reviewer for many international journals.