Journal of Emergency Medicine, Trauma and Acute Care

Journal of Emergency Medicine, Trauma and Acute Care

Honorary Chairman of the Editorial Board

HE H.A. Hajar Al Binali, MD, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar

Hajar A. Albinali, M.D. Senior Cardiology Consultant, Director of Medical Education in Heart Hospital. He was a former Managing Director of HMC, Chairman of Cardiology & Cardiac Surgery, Undersecretary of Health and Minister of Health.

Editor-in-Chief

Dr. Hassan Al Thani, PhD, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar

Dr. Hassan Al Thani is the Head of Trauma and Vascular Surgery Sections of Hamad General Hospital, Chairperson of the ACS (ATLS) Committee on Trauma in Qatar, a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons, as well as other institutions in the UK and Canada. He graduated from the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland and completed his surgical training in Qatar and Canada. He completed his training in General Surgery, Trauma, and Vascular Surgery at McMaster University Faculty of Health Sciences in Hamilton, Canada. He then joined Hamad General Hospital as a Senior Consultant in the Department of Surgery. In the same year, he established the Vascular Surgery Section. He has a master’s degree in Logistics Hospitals Management from the International Transport and Logistics Institute – Cairo, Egypt, and recently finished his International Executive master’s Degree in Emergency and Disaster Management at Georgetown University, Qatar.

Dr. Al Thani is the author or co-author of more than 300 publications and peer-reviewed articles and has nine book chapters. Additionally, Dr. Al Thani was involved in several administrative duties, which included Board Member of Hamad Medical Corporation from 2006-2008, Chairman of the Organ Transplant Committee from 2008-2009, Board Member of Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar from 2008 - 2012, Executive Board Member of the Gulf Vascular Society from 2007, President of the Gulf Vascular Society from 2009, and Board Member of Qatar Medical College among others. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9102-9033

Associate Editor-in-Chief

Dr. Sandro Rizoli, PhD, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar

Dr. Sandro Rizoli received his Doctor of Medicine degree and completed a General Surgery residency in Brazil. He moved to Canada in 1992 and underwent a second residency in General Surgery at the University of Toronto. Two fellowships followed the Residency in Trauma and Critical Care as well as a PhD. In 2002 he joined the University of Toronto and the Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre as Associate Professor of Surgery and Critical Care Medicine. Dr. Rizoli was promoted to Full Professor in 2012. Dr. Rizoli received two endowed chairs: The De Souza Chair and the St. Michael’s and University of Toronto Endowed Chair in Trauma Research. Dr. Rizoli was the President of the Trauma Association of Canada, the Panamerican Trauma Society, and Chair of the Region XII (East Canada) of the American College of Surgeons Committee on Trauma.

Currently, he has over 300 peer-reviewed publications, supervised numerous PhD, MSc, fellows, residents, and students. Dr. Rizoli is also the Medical Director of Trauma at the Hamad General Hospital in Doha, Qatar. Additionally, he is the Editor of 2 surgical Journals: JEMTAC and the Panamerican Journal of Trauma. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8250-7355

Deputy Editors

Innovation, Abdominal Compartment Syndrome and Abdominal Wall Reconstruction

Dr. Andrew W Kirkpatrick CD MD MSc FRCSC FACS, Foothills Medical Center, Calgary, Alberta; Professor in the Departments of Surgery and Critical Care Medicine at the University of Calgary and the former Director of Trauma Services.

Dr. Kirkpatrick graduated Magna Cum Laude from the University of Ottawa, with fellowships in Surgery and Critical Care at the University of Toronto and a Master’s degree in Epidemiology at the University of British Columbia.

He is past President of the Trauma Association of Canada and Abdominal Compartment Society. Dr. Kirkpatrick has more than 560 peer-reviewed articles and book chapters, mainly concerning telemedicine, intra-abdominal hypertension, and aerospace medicine. He is a past-President of the Trauma Association of Canada and the Abdominal Compartment Society, as well as past executive member of the Canadian Emergency Ultrasound Society and the Canadian Association of General Surgeons Evidence Based Reviews in Surgery Committees. He has consulted for the Canadian Space Agency and the National Space and Aeronautical Agencies. He retains a reserve commission in the Canadian Forces and has served overseas in both Gulf War One and in Afghanistan. He is a former Paratrooper and Flight Surgeon and currently maintains a private pilot’s license. He has completed over 500 parabolas of parabolic flight research. He is also the Global Principal Investigator for the Closed or Open after Laparotomy for Source Control or COOL Trial (https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT03163095), and the Director of the TeleMentored Ultrasound Supported Medical Interventions (TMUSMI) Research Group. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4470-7089 ; https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Andrew-Kirkpatrick-4 ; https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Andrew-Kirkpatrick-4/2

Acute Care Surgery and Clinical Research

Dr. Ari Leppäniemi; PhD, Chief Emergency Surgery. Helsinki University Central Hospital, Helsinki, Finland
Dr. Leppaniemi graduated in Medicine at Helsinki University (1980), obtaining his PhD by the same university in 1995. He is attending surgeon, assistant professor of the Surgery department of Helsinki University Hospital and chief of emergency surgery and surgical Intensive Care Unit, since 1999. He is member of the Finnish Association for General Surgery (president since 2005), Scandinavian Networking Group of Trauma and Emergency Management (chairman 2004-2006), Eastern Association Surgery of Trauma, European Association Trauma & Emergency Surgery (vice president 2002-2004, president 2004-2006), International Association for Trauma Surgery and Intensive Care (secretary-treasurer 2001-2005, president 2005-2007). ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6228-2619

Research

Prof Ayman El-Menyar, PhD, Hamad Medical Corporation; Weill Cornell Medical College-Qatar, Doha, Qatar

Ayman El-Menyar is a Professor of Clinical Research in Trauma and Vascular Surgery at Hamad General Hospital and an Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine at Weill Cornell Medical College since 2007. He is a Principal Research Scientist at HMC. He also worked as a cardiologist in the field of Clinical Cardiology from 1993 until June 2011. He is a senior consultant of cardiology at the Egyptian Medical Syndicate. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2584-953X ; https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=el-menyar ; https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Ayman-El-Menyar

Pre-Hospital

Prof Guillaume Alinier, PhD, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar

Guillaume Alinier (PhD, MPhys (Hons), PGCert, NTF, SFHEA) is Director of Research at Hamad Medical Corporation Ambulance Service, Doha, Qatar, and a Visiting Professor at the University of Hertfordshire and Northumbria University in the UK, and Adjunct Professor of Education in Medicine at Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar. He has over 20 years of academic experience and serves on numerous international journal editorial boards, including as a Guest Managing Editor and regular member of conference scientific committees. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4255-4450

Trauma Intensive Care

Dr. Gustav Strandvik, MD, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar
Dr. Gustav Frans Strandvik graduated from the University of Cape Town Medical School in Cape Town, South Africa in 1997. He completed his post-graduate training in Anesthesia and Critical Care at Guy’s & St Thomas’, Royal Brompton, and University College Hospitals in London, United Kingdom. He is currently Senior Consultant in the Trauma Surgery Section of Hamad General Hospital, Doha, Qatar. He joined the Trauma Surgery Section in 2016 and is currently serving as the Director of the Trauma ICU. He is an educator and has a keen interest in organ donation and clinically-based research. He has recently completed a Postgraduate Diploma in Clinical Education at the University of Edinburgh. His main areas of expertise within the hospital are Trauma Intensive Care and Medical education. He is a Member of the Royal College of Physicians, Fellow of the Royal College of Anesthetists, UK, and a Founding Fellow of the Faculty of Intensive Care Medicine, UK. He has authored several book chapters in critical care, anesthesia and trauma, and has published articles in high-impact peer-reviewed journals. His current research interests include similarities and differences in critical illness when the primary insult is trauma. He firmly believes that physiologically based, evidence-driven, and diligently applied medical skills, knowledge and professionalism will, as a matter of course, result in sustained quality improvement for patients. Dr. Gustav worked as a Consultant in the South-East of England for several years. He served as Lead Pediatric Anesthetist, Clinical Improvement Lead, Vascular Access team member, and regularly contributed to teaching at grand rounds, audit closure days, resuscitation training, as well as national meetings. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1519-523X ; Scopus identifier: 55827637500

Trauma Resuscitation, Quality Improvement and Systematic Reviews

Dr. Luis Teodoro da Luz, MD MSc; Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
Dr. Luis da Luz has General, Trauma Surgery, and Critical Care Medicine backgrounds. He is a Staff Physician in the Division of General Surgery at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre and the Head of trauma Team Leader - Tory Trauma Program at Sunnybrook. Dr. da Luz is appointed the inaugural Co-Chair of the Trauma Team Leaders Committee at the Trauma Association of Canada. Dr. da Luz has been appointed as Surgeon-Investigator and as Associate Professor, at the Department of Surgery at the University of Toronto. He is a clinical researcher with an MSc in clinical epidemiology at U of T. and an Associate Scientist at the Sunnybrook Research Institute. His research program focuses on improving the management of severely injured, bleeding, and coagulopathic trauma patients during the initial phases of their care. This also includes improvement in trauma resuscitation enhancing team performance in the trauma bay. His methodologic expertise is in knowledge translation, systematic reviews and meta-analysis, and clinical trials in bleeding trauma patients. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0292-9676 ; https://scholar.google.ca/citations?hl=en&user=qs1dpM4AAAAJ&view_op=list_works&sortby=pubdate ; https://sunnybrook.ca/research/team/member.asp?t=10&m=745&page=527 ; https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Luis-Da-Luz-Md-Msc?editMode=1&sorting=recentlyAdded

Injury Prevention

Dr. Rafael J. Consunji, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar.

Dr. Rafael Consunji is the Director of the Hamad Injury Prevention Program and a Consultant of Trauma and Critical Care Surgery at the Hamad Trauma Center, Hamad Medical Corporation in Doha, Qatar. He is a graduate of the College of Medicine and the General Surgery Program of the University of the Philippines, Manila, Philippines. He completed the Fellowship Program in Trauma & Surgical Critical Care at Johns Hopkins Hospital, and the Master of Public Health program, with an additional Certificate in Injury Prevention and Control, of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in Baltimore, Maryland, USA. Dr. Consunji has more than 2 decades of experience in Academic Surgery, Critical Care, Public Health and Health Policy at the College of Medicine, University of the Philippines in Manila, the Department of Surgery, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and the Hamad Trauma Center, Hamad Medical Corporation in Qatar. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9854-3585 ; https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=U_HglocAAAAJ&view_op=list_works&sortby=pubdate ; https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=8249201800 ; https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=consunji+rafael&sort=pubdate&size=100

Trauma Surgery

Prof Ruben R. Peralta, MD, FACS, FCCM, FCCP, MAMSE, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar, Pedro Henríquez Urena National University, Santo Domingo, D.R., Co-Founder Casa Rubén Foundation

Professor Ruben Peralta is the Deputy Trauma Medical Director, Senior Consultant, and Director of the Trauma Critical Care Fellowship Program. He is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons, the American College of Critical Care Medicine, and the American College of Chest Physicians.

Dr. Peralta has authored or co-authored over 360 publications, abstracts, and book chapters. As an Academic and Surgeon Educator, he has been awarded multi-million dollars in competitive research grants in various medicine and surgical disciplines. He has led the Trauma, Emergency and Surgical Critical Care Fellowship Program advanced medical education and training program at HMC. He is a member of prestigious medical and surgical scientific societies. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2817-0194

Orthopedic Surgery

Dr. Syed Imran Ghouri, PhD, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar

Dr Syed is an Associate Consultant Orthopedics, at the Hamad Medical Corporation, he completed his residency training and Orthopedic trauma fellowship in Hamad General Hospital.
Besides publishing regularly in peer-reviewed journals, Dr Imran also serves on the reviewing panel of multiple PubMed indexed journals. His clinical and research interests multiple traumas, upper limb injuries, epidemiology and the global burden of trauma. Dr Imran is passionate about research and continues to advocate for research in the developing world, sound research methodology, simulation in surgery and resident research and education. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2100-6906

Emergency Medicine

Dr. Sanjeev Bhoi, MBBS, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India

MBBS (Gold Medalist), Residency trained, MD (Medicine), Fellow of Academic College of Emergency Experts, Fellowships- FRCP (UK), Michael Moles
Affiliations: Director, WHO CCET, Director, INCUS; Technical Expert to Govt of India on Emergency care system
Founding member: The World Academic Council of Emergency Medicine (WACEM)
Areas of Expertise: Point of care ultrasound, Emergency care system research
Academic Summary: Authorship, & Citations for 100+ Peer–Reviewed Publications which include books, Research Articles, Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analytics
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5192-7637

Dr. Sagar Galwankar, MD, The Florida State University, Sarasota, USA

Dr. Sagar C. Galwankar , is residency trained and board certified in internal medicine and emergency medicine in India and the United States, respectively. He holds prestigious Fellowships of the Royal College of Physicians, UK, The American College of Academic International Medicine and The Academic College of Emergency Experts of India. He holds double Masters in Public Health and Business Administration. His pioneering leadership in establishing academic emergency medicine in India is historic. Currently he is the Director for Research in Emergency Medicine at Florida State University (FSU) and serves as a core faculty for the FSU Emergency Medicine Residency Program, at Sarasota Memorial Hospital in Florida. His academic career is decorated with defining initiatives have led to the creation of organizations, publication of landmark papers, and commendations with prestigious citations and honors for his works that have impacted academic medicine globally. He has played a championing role in founding and building internationally recognized PubMed indexed. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0007-4530-9107

Neurological Trauma and Critical Care

Dr. Vishiwajit Verma, MD, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar.

Dr. Vishi Verma graduated from India and pursued extensive training in Intensive Care Medicine at various teaching hospitals across the UK. He completed a Neuro Critical Care Fellowship at Cambridge University Hospital. Before moving to Doha, he worked as a Consultant in Intensive Care Medicine at St Bartholomew’s and Royal London Hospital and was a Senior Lecturer at Queen Mary University of London (QMUL). He is currently employed as a Senior Consultant in the Department of Trauma Surgery at Hamad General Hospital, where his main responsibilities include evaluating, planning, and advising treatment for patients with traumatic brain injury.

Dr. Verma’s primary research interests focus on traumatic brain injury (TBI), particularly in multimodality monitoring and prognostication. He has played a key role in advancing neuro-monitoring techniques, such as brain tissue oxygen monitoring and continuous EEG monitoring. He has written national guidelines for therapeutic temperature management in intracerebral hemorrhage, stroke, and subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH). He was also part of the National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE) Quality Standards Committee, where he authored national quality standards on head injury.

Recently, Dr. Verma contributed to the 11th edition of the Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS) manual, set to be released next year, as one of the authors of the disability section. He also authored the new skill station for the ATLS manual. He has published numerous papers in peer-reviewed journals and has been the Principal Investigator for several multinational randomized controlled trials, including studies on the use of progesterone in traumatic brain injury.

ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2428-2391

Senior Editors

Dr. Ashok Parchani, MD, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar

Associate Director Trauma ICU, HMC. Associate Professor of Surgery - College of Medicine at Qatar University. Asstistant Professor, Weill-Cornell Medical School Qatar

Dr Ashok Parchani, is Senior Consultant and Ass Director of Trauma Intensive Care Unit. Dr Parchani has been working in a critical area at HMC for more than 25 years. He has vast experience in treating Multi trauma patients who get admitted to the intensive care unit. Dr Parchani is also Associate Professor of Surgery, in the Department of Clinical Academic Sciences, College of Medicine at Qatar University, and Asst. Professor, Weill-Cornell Medical School Qatar and is actively involved in teaching and sharing his vast medical experience with medical students fellows, residents. Dr Parchani is a recipient of many Star of Excellence Awards from Hamad Medical Corporation in various categories. He has been always interested in research and paper writing and reviewing papers from many journals. He is the author and co-author of numerous papers which have been published in many peer-reviewed journals. Dr Parchani's area of interest besides many include Infection control in the ICU and organ donation. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8766-8721

Dr. Fernando Spencer Netto, MD PhD FRCSC, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar
Dr. Fernando graduated and completed residency training in General Surgery at Universidade Federal de Pernambuco – UFPE, Recife – Brazil. Following, he completed Master and PhD degrees in Surgery at the same institution, in association with University of Toronto – Canada. Few years later, Dr. Fernando moved to Toronto, Canada for his post-doc studies and Trauma and Acute Care Fellowship. During his career, he has been committed to medical education and research, with more than 80 book chapters and articles published in peer-review journals. His areas of interest are trauma and acute care surgery, abdominal wall reconstruction and medical education. Dr. Fernando joined the HMC Trauma Surgery Team in Dec/2023 as senior consultant. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8440-8753; https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=Sf1XbUcAAAAJ

Dr. Husham Abdelrahman, MD, FRCSI, CABS, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar

Senior Consultant Trauma Surgery, Director of Trauma Resuscitation Unit, Hamad General Hospital, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar;

Dr. Husham Abdelrahman is the Director of the Trauma Resuscitation Unit at Hamad General Hospital. He is a professor of clinical surgery at Qatar University Medical College and an assistant professor of clinical Surgery at Weill Cornell Medical School Qatar. He is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons and a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ireland. He chairs the trauma education office. Dr. Abdelrahman's medical journey began at Mansoura Medical Faculty, Mansoura University, Egypt. He honed his skills through an internship at Mansoura University Hospital, Egypt, and a General Surgery residency at Hamad General Hospital, Qatar. A Hamad General Hospital, Qatar fellowship further enhanced his Trauma and Surgical Critical Care specialization. He also holds a master's degree in medical education from the Joint Master of Professional Health Education in Suez Canal and Maastricht Universities, Egypt, and a Quality Improvement Fellowship from the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI). Dr. Abdelrahman is the author or co-author of over one hundred publications and peer-reviewed articles on trauma and general surgery and has also written two book chapters. Dr. Abdelrahman's areas of specialization include trauma, general, acute care surgery, and surgical critical care. He is a senior consultant in the Department of Surgery at Hamad Trauma Center. His professional interests extend to medical education, quality, and disaster medicine. He is a recognized course director/instructor in international courses, demonstrating his commitment to sharing his knowledge and expertise. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5844-6644 ; https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=YLPQx9IAAAAJ&hl=en

Dr. Khalid Bashir, PhD, Weill Cornell Medical College-Qatar; College of Medicine, Qatar University, Doha, Qatar

Department Head of Clinical Academic Sciences, Qatar University

Dr Bashir worked as an emergency consultant since 2001, initially in the UK for twelve years before coming to Qatar in 2012. As well as completing the American College of Emergency Physicians Teaching Fellowship, he is also a fellow of the Royal College of Emergency Medicine and the Royal College of Surgeons – of both Edinburgh and Glasgow. In the UK, he was involved in teaching undergraduate medical students from Cardiff and Swansea universities and also served as an examiner for the Royal College of Surgeons Edinburgh. His special interests include point of care ultrasound, sports medicine, ENT and pre-hospital care. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4213-4667 ; https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=tM71legAAAAJ ; https://www.qu.edu.qa/en-us/Colleges/medicine/faculty/Pages/bios.aspx

Dr. Talat Chughtai, MD MSc FRCSC, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar

Dr Talat Chughtai MD, MSc, FRCSC, is a Cardio-Thoracic Surgeon, with Fellowships in Critical Care Medicine and Trauma, who is presently a Senior Consultant in the Dept. of Surgery (Trauma), at Hamad General Hospital, in Doha, Qatar. He was born in Montreal, Canada, where he completed his entire education, including graduating from McGill Medical School, and completing a Masters in Science in Epidemiology. He completed his training in both Montreal (McGill University Health Centre) and Toronto (Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre). He worked at both the Montreal General Hospital as well as Sunnybrook Hospital, before moving to Doha. He has over 40 peer-reviewed publications and textbook chapters, and is actively involved in education, including being co-Program Director for Trauma medical students and residents, and co-Director of the Trauma fellowship. He is an Associate Professor of Surgery at Qatar University College of Medicine. Dr Talat is the lead for the Thoracic Trauma Focus Group and has developed the Surgical Stabilizing of Rib Fractures program at Hamad Trauma Center.

Associate Editors

Dr. Abdulaziz Hammo, MD, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar

Dr. Hammo is an Associate Consultant in Trauma Surgery department of Hamad General Hospital. He graduated from the University of Medicine and Pharmacy in Craiova and completed his training in Qatar. He accomplished over 20 years’ experience including emergency department, and trauma surgery in Hamad Medical Corporation. He also completed the Jordan Board of Emergency Medicine (JBEM) and the Fellowship in Trauma and Surgical Critical Care. Dr. Hammo has contributed in research projects that resulted in peer-reviewed publications, research posters and presentations. In addition, Dr. Hammo is involved in several quality initiatives committees. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5305-5246

Dr. Ahmad Kloub, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar

Dr. Ahmad graduated from the University of Jordan, School of Medicine in 1989. He was trained in New York Medical College/ Bronx program (1991-1998) in general surgery and surgical critical care and holds both the American Board in Surgery and the American Board in Surgical Critical Care. He is a fellow of the American College of Surgeons.ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9286-5639

Dr. Ahmed Faidh Abdulaziz, MD, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar

Dr. Ahmed Faidh Ramzee is a general surgeon at Hamad Medical Corporation. Originally from Sri Lanka, he earned his undergraduate medical degree from Manipal University, India, and completed his residency in General Surgery at HMC followed by a fellowship in Trauma critical care. His main area of interest is in trauma surgery and is currently pursuing a second fellowship in trauma surgery at the John Hunter Hospital, Newcastle, Australia. Dr. Ramzee is actively engaged in scholarly activities with over 20 peer review publications revolving around trauma and critical care and has presented at numerous international trauma conferences. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7049-6115 ; https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Ahmed-Faidh-Ramzee-Abdul-Aziz-2 ; https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?sort=date&term=Ramzee%20AF&cauthor_id=36586312&page=2; https://scholar.google.com.au/citations?user=1DC_KY4AAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao

Dr. Ahmed Bahey Elbari, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar

Dr. Ahmed Aziz Bahi Abdelbari is a graduate of the faculty of pharmacy in Zagazig University in 2006 . He started working in HGH since 2008 and has been a clinical pharmacist specializing in trauma critically ill patients for 15 years already. He obtained his Masters Degree in Clinical Pharmacy from QUEEN’S University ,Belfast in 2012 , an American Board Certified in Pharmacotherapy Specialty ( BCPS ) , certified patient safety officer ( AIHQ )as well PEBC holder . He encourages a culture of patient safety through safe and effective use of medications. Dr. Ahmed has published six papers in peer review journals and has delivered talks about developing pharmacotherapeutic plans to various patient populations in many conferences. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3361-6608

Dr. Ahmed Faramawy, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar.

Dr. Ahmed Elfaramawy is a consultant in trauma and critical care surgery. A 1981 graduate of the Faculty of Medicine at Cairo University, he began his medical journey with foundational surgical training at Cairo University Hospitals. I further advanced my expertise by earning a Master’s degree in General Surgery in 1986. He became a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland in 2000 and a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons. In 2010, he completed a specialized Trauma and Critical Care Fellowship, emphasizing the focus on trauma and emergency surgery. He has extensive experience in general and pediatric surgery, as well as emergency and trauma surgery with multiple publications in the field of trauma and critical care surgery. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6518-753X

Dr. Ammar Hassani, MD, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar.

Dr. Ammar Al Hassani is Senior Consultant in Trauma Surgery at HMC Doha, Qatar. He is a graduate of Baghdad University Medical School, Iraq. He completed his Surgical Residency in General Surgery at Baghdad University Medical City Teaching Centre, Iraq, and is certified in general surgery by both the Iraqi Board and Arab Board. Dr. Al Hassani completed a Trauma Critical Care Fellowship at Hamad General Hospital and a Trauma and Surgical Critical Care Fellowship at Shock Trauma Center, University of Maryland Medical Center, USA. He also holds a European Diploma in Critical Care (EDIC). Dr. Al Hassani specializes in trauma, general surgery and surgical critical care. He is interested in research on trauma and resuscitation and has authored several research papers. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2907-9248

Dr. Ammar Madani, MD, FACS, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar

Consultant Trauma Surgeon in the Trauma Level I center in Hamad Medical Corporation-Qatar. Dr. Ammar is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons, Member of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ireland. Graduated from Baghdad College of Medicine on 1993, completed 5 years General Surgery residency training program in Medical City tertiary Hospital in Baghdad-Iraq, and awarded board degree in General Surgery in January 2001. Also, Completed a fellowship training in Trauma Surgery at Foothills Medical Center- University of Calgary in July 2015. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4121-9079

Dr. Amor Kilani, MD, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar

Bachelor's degree in medicine and surgery from Jordan University of Science and Technology, Jordan. Residency training in emergency medicine and Trauma and critical care fellowship training, HMC. Arab board and European board in emergency medicine. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0000-1648-874X

Bahaa Daud, MSc, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar

Head Nurse, Trauma Resuscitation Unit (TRU), Hamad Medical Corporation-HGH-TEC

2002 Graduated from Jordan University for Science and Technology (JUST) with a Bachelor’s degree in nursing.
2021 Graduated from Leicester university - the UK with a Master’s degree in (Human Resource Management and Training MSc).
Has vast experience (More than 21years) in Trauma and Emergency nursing fields in leadership skills combined with clinical knowledge and practice.
Has 11 years’ experience in Trauma and Emergency Hamad General hospital (HGH). -HMC
Participated as speaker in various national and international activities for HMC (WACEM 2018, IHI-ME forum 2018, Trauma nursing Grand round 2018 & 2019, HGH -ED educational forum 2018) ,Facilitator in Qatar health 2021 ,and Chair leader for the nursing scientific committee for Qatar health 2023 preparedness.
Active Member in the scientific committee for various Trauma service activities, symposiums, conferences, and Grand rounds. Also, regular presenter in Trauma Nursing Foundation Program.
Chair leader for the nursing scientific committee for Qatar health conference 2023 preparedness.
Link leader in trauma service unit researches, co-investigator for research’s, and a reviewer in JEMTAC.
Has GIC license, Instructor for ATCN, HMIMMS, Trauma foundation program, and MIMS courses.
Received Many Awards, Recognition, and appreciation for his achievement and dedication to teamwork with a high level of leadership performance.

Dr. Basil Yunis, MD, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar

Basil Younis, General Surgery specialist, MD. Trauma surgeon and Trauma critical care fellow at Hamad General Hospital. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6560-2083

Dr. Fabio Caetano Soares de Figueiredo, MD, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar

Dr. Fabio completed his medical school, orthopedic residency, and a fellowship in reconstructive microsurgery at the University of São Paulo (Brazil). After a few years in leadership positions he decided to further enhance his skills and completed two more fellowships (orthopedic trauma and hand/wrist/microvascular surgery) - this time in the United States, where he practiced for 10 years. Dr. Fabio joined Hamad Medical Corporation, in Qatar, shortly before the FIFA world cup - as a Senior Consultant, to be one of the leaders of the orthopedic surgery team that provided care to athletes and public during the event. His main interests in Medicine are severe/complex extremity trauma reconstruction, hand/wrist surgery, and medical education.

Dr. Fuad Mustafa, MBChB, MRCS, FACS, EDIC - Associate consultant, Trauma Surgery, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar

Dr Fuad Mustafa has graduated from Al-Mustansiriya University in Bagdad/Iraq in 2003, and completed his surgical training in Amman/Jordan, he is holding the Jordanian board of general surgery since 2011, and membership of Royal College of Surgeon in Ireland (MRCS-I) since 2012. He joined Hamad Medical Corporation in 2014 where he completed the Trauma critical care fellowship program (TCCFP) training in Hamad Trauma Center in 2019 and holding the European Diploma in Critical Care (EDIC) since 2024. He has many participations in research and quality projects in trauma and critical care fields. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-1533-7564

Dr. Hisham Al Jogol, MD, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar

Consultant Surgeon and Trauma Team leader at Hamad Medical Corporation, FACS, ATLS instructor. He completed his Trauma and Critical Care fellowship and is involved in many researches published in international journals

Dr. Ibrahim Afifi, MBBCH, MS, MD, FRCSEd, FACS, PhD, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar

Trauma surgery consultant, Trauma critical care fellow, Hamad General Hospital, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar, Assistant professor of WCMCQ

Dr. Ibrahim Afifi has master and doctor degree in general surgery from Ain-Shams university, Cairo-Egypt. He is fellow of the Royal College of Surgeon of Edinburgh and of the American College of Surgeons, assistant professor of Weill-Cornell Medicine University - Qatar, instructor of ATLS and DSTC. Dr. Afifi started work in HMC from 2006 in general surgery then Trauma surgery since its launch in November 2007. Currently he is a consultant for trauma surgery and a fellow of trauma critical care section. Dr. Afifi interested in research with more than 40 publications as author and coauthor, editor in two journals and wrote 2 book chapters. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6689-1035

Dr. Ibrahim Taha, MBBS, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar

Dr. Ibrahim Taha is a Consultant in Trauma Surgery and Critical Care, Hamad Medical Corporation. He obtained his MBBS degree in medicine and surgery from Jordan University of Science and Technology (2006) and started postgraduate residency training in general surgery in Hamad Medical Corporation in 2007. He became a member of the Royal College of Surgeons of Ireland in 2011 and was awarded the Arab Board Specialization in General Surgery in 2013. Dr.Taha completed a fellowship in trauma critical care from Hamad General Hospital (2015) and obtained the European Diploma in Intensive Care (EDIC) in 2018. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7770-7993 ; PubMed: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/myncbi/ibrahim.taha.2/bibliography/public/ ; Dr.Ibrahim Taha - Google Scholar‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬

Dr. Ismail Yousif Mahmood Alomar, MD, Consultant, Trauma Surgery, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar; Assistant Professor, Weill Cornell Medicine -Qatar

I am a consultant, trauma and critical care surgeon at Hamad general hospital and fellow of Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland. I completed my surgical training at University of Mosul, College of Medicine in Iraq. I joined the trauma surgery section at HMC in 2008 as trauma surgeon and completed my fellowship program in trauma critical care in Doha, Qatar 2011. I have led several research projects in chest and abdominal trauma, which were presented at international conferences and published in many peer review journals. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0007-2416-3399 ; Scopus: 51261354500

Dr. Khalid Ahmed, MBBS, CABS, MRCSEd, FACS - Associate Consultant, Trauma Surgery and critical care, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar

Dr. Khalid Ahmed is team member of trauma surgery and critical care department in Hamad General Hospital (HGH) Qatar, a member of the Royal College of Surgeon, Edinburgh and fellow of American college of surgeons. He graduated from Pakistan, completed his residency training program in General surgery at Hamad general hospital, earned his certification at Arab board in General surgery in 2016 followed by initial fellowship in trauma and critical care at HGH in 2018, and then advanced fellowship in Adult Critical care from Sunnybrook Health Science Centre, Canada in 2022. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3576-0555 ; Google Scholar: [email protected]

Dr. Lara Miranda, MD, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar.

Dr. Miranda graduated from Weill Cornell Medical School in Qatar with an award for Excellence in Area of Concentration- Research in May 2023. She is currently an Emergency Medicine Resident at Hamad Medical Corporation. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0382-1715

Dr. Mohammad Asim, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar.

Dr. Asim is a Research Specialist at the Trauma Surgery Section, Hamad General Hospital, with a Ph.D. in Biosciences and a postgraduate degree in Biotechnology from India. He previously served as a Research Scientist at Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi. Since 2012, he has been involved in research protocol development for Randomized Controlled Trials, data analysis, manuscript writing, and systematic reviews. His work focuses on ensuring study compliance and the integrity of research findings while contributing to various clinical trials and prospective studies. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5312-9113 ; https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=E5aI3RgAAAAJ&hl=en

Dr. Mushreq Alani, MD, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar.

Graduated from Mosul university school of medicine in 1988. Worked in Iraq and Yemen till 2000. General surgery residency program in Jordan, Gordan board general surgery 2003
MRCS 2007, Trauma critical care fellowship 2011 Qatar.
Work in Hamad surgical emergency from 2003 till 2007. Joined trauma surgery 2007 till now
Published several trauma related articles in peer reviewed Journals.
Involved in corporate sepsis project campaign. Lead of TSDU.

Dr. Saji Mathradikkal Atique, MBBS MS(GEN SURGERY)FRCS, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar.

Dr. Sajid completed his training in General Surgery, MGM college and MY hospital in India and Senior Registrar in Batra Hospital Delhi. Prior to Joining Hamad General Hospital worked as specialist General surgery in Buraidah General Hospital KSA In 2007, he joined Hamad General Hospital. Dr. Sajid is Trauma Surgeon at Trauma service of Hamad General Hospital, Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ireland, Fellow of Trauma and critical care in Qatar, Fellow of the American College of Surgeons and Assistant Professor of Qatar university. He has multiple publications in peer-reviewed journals and he is a reviewer of journals. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2244-4943

Dr. Sherwan Khoschnau, MD, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar.

M.B.Ch.B University of Baghdad 1987. F.I, C.M. S, C.A.B.S Iraqi & Arab Board in General surgery 2001.
Ex lecturer at Hawler Medical University, Erbil, Iraq, 2001-2202. Specialist Surgeon at ED- HMC, Qatar 2002-2005. Consultant Trauma Surgeon at Hamad Trauma Center-present

Dr. Suhail Hakim, MD, Consultant Trauma Surgeon, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar

From Kashmir India. Medical school & Residency in General surgery from GMC Srinagar Kashmir, India. Completed Fellowship in Trauma from National Board of Exams, India. Subsequently completed Fellowship in Trauma & Intensive Care at HMC (Hamad Medical Corporation, Qatar).
Fellow of ACS (American College of Surgeons) and Fellow ACT (Asian Collaboration for Trauma)
Course Director: “TRUST” (Traume USG Techniques) Ultrasound Course, Department of Trauma, HMC Instructor: Mass Casualty Management, HITC, ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0819-7229

Dr. Suresh Kumar Arumugam, MBBS, MD, PDCCA (Cardiac Anesth), MSc (Crit Care, Cardiff University UK), EDIC, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar

Dip in Reg Anesthesia (University of Montpellier, France/DUBAI UAE), Consultant Trauma Intensive Care Unit (TICU) DPT of Trauma Surgery, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha – Qatar. Clinical Instructor in Anesthesiology at Weill Cornell Medical College (WCMC)- Qatar

Dr Suresh Arumugam is a consultant in Trauma Intensive Care Unit (TICU), Department of Trauma Surgery at Hamad Medical Corporation. He graduated from Bangalore University, India and completed his residency training in Anesthesia from Kuvempu University, India. Upon graduation, he joined the prestigious Manipal Hospital Bangalore to do a fellowship in cardiac anesthesia, and he received fellowship and post- doctoral Course (PDCCA) in Cardiac Anesthesia from Manipal Academy of Higher education (MAHE), Deemed University India.

He joined Hamad Medical Corporation in the year 2001 as a specialist. He worked both in Anesthesia, Surgical and Trauma Intensive Care and he is presently the consultant in Trauma Intensive Care Unit. He has a master’s degree (MSc) in Critical Care from Cardiff University, Wales, UK, and he was also awarded The European Diploma in Intensive Care medicine (EDIC) by the European Society of Intensive Care Medicine. He was also awarded the Diploma in Regional Anesthesia from the University of Montpellier, France/Dubai UAE.

Dr Arumugam is involved in education of medical students, residents and fellows and he is currently a clinical instructor in anesthesiology at Weill Cornell Medical College (WCMC) Qatar. He is the lead for the multidisciplinary trauma simulation program which is being conducted at the state of art – ITQAN Clinical Simulation and Innovation Centre – Qatar. He is one of the leads in the implementation of thromboelastographic in TICU. He is also instructor for various courses being conducted by HITC (Hamad International Training Center). ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7230-5821

Dr. Tariq Siddiqui, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar

Graduated in Medicine from Allama Iqbal Medical College Lahore. He is FRCS Ireland in general surgery. Currently work at Hamad General Hospital and have interest in research. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2440-163X

Dr. Yassir Abdulrahman, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar

Yasir Al Zubaidi, graduated from the medical school in Iraq from Al Mustansiryia University 1994. He did my residency program in 2 parts, Iraq and Yemen. He finished his FRCSI(Dublin) in general surgery 2001. He worked as a specialist general surgeon in Salalah, Oman (2001-2002), He joined HMC in June 2002 as an Emergence Department Surgeon. He joined Trauma Surgery at Hamad 2007, finished his TICU fellowship training (HMC) 2010. McMaster Trauma fellowship from Canada 2015-2017. Rejoined Hamad 2017 up to now. Currently I am a consultant Trauma and critical care surgeon. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6173-9464

Dr. Yousef Ibrahim, MD, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar

Graduated from the National Ribat University December 2014, followed by Emergency residency and Trauma and Critical Care fellowship. Dr. Yousif is member of Arab and European Boards of Emergency Medicine. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0005-3596-3258 ; Pubmed: yibrahim10@orcid ; Google scholar: [email protected]

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