RURAL MEDICINE CONFERENCE

Join the rural health leaders from across the country to help raise the standard for rural health with innovative, practical, and interesting sessions. The conference is organized for anyone with an interest in rural health care, including rural health practitioners, hospital administrators, clinic directors & lay health workers, social workers, state & federal health employees, academics, community members, etc.

9 December 2022

Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre, UAE

Multidisciplinary

Improving Rural Health Services

Health Technologies in Rural Areas

Learn from Rural Healthcare Initiatives

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Dr. Adel Ayad

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Consultant Emergency Medicine and Deputy CMO Madinat Zayed Hospital/ AL DHAFRA region

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Dr. Adel Ayad

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Dr. Adel has wide experience of over 30 years in the field of emergency medicine. He chaired emergency departments in various SEHA hospitals. He began his medical journey after graduating from Alexandria University school of Medicine. He received his diploma in Pediatric diseases from Alexandria University. He then obtained his membership in the Royal College of Physicians in the UK as well as associate fellow of the college of emergency medicine in London. He is certified in Medical quality and point of care ultrasound in which he is an instructor. He is also a director of the life support program.

Dr. Amnah Almesmari

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Specialist Psychiatrist in Aldhafra Hospitals with 6 Years Experience

Dr. Fadi Bassam Almahameed

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consultant general and laparoscopic surgeon ,chair of surgery, AL-Dhafra hospitals

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Dr. Fadi Bassam Almahameed

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I was born in Syria –Damascus
Graduated from medical school on 2000
Finished my surgical training in Damascus university hospitals in 2005
Passed final exam of Arab Board in surgery on 2006
Worked as associate professor in Al-Baath university –Syria 2006-2007
Joined Dhafra Hospitals –Madinat Zayed hospital –in 2007, working as consultant general and laparoscopic surgeon till date
My area of interest: laparoscopic surgery (GI ,abdominal hernias, biliary tract ,anti-reflux surgery )
Endocrine surgery and trauma surgery

Dr. Haifa salem

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Dr. Haifa salem

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Dr. Haifa Salem Ahmed Alnahdi, Chief Medical Officer of Al Dhafra Hospitals, has broad experience in healthcare management as CMO in Al Rahba Hospital, cluster clinic manager & project manager in SEHA AHS.

Dr. Haifa holds: Arab Board of Family Medicine, M.B.B.S Degree, Diploma of Cardi–Vascular in General Practice, Master of Executive Healthcare Administration and Certified Medical Quality.

Dr. Haifa has remarkable achievements & awards:

Shaikh Rashid Award for Scientific Excellency.
Shaikha Fathima Bint Mubarak.
1st place for Best Performing Clinic under SEHA Facilities.
Managing Al Rahba Hospital & Al Mafraq Hospital during the COVID-19 pandemic 1st wave, and Al Dhafra Hospitals in the 2nd and 3rd waves, as Incident Commander

Dr. Mariam Rashed Al Mehairbi

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Dr. Mariam Rashed Al Mehairbi

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Dr Mariam Rashed Al Mehairbi has an extensive healthcare leadership management experience as a Medical Officer from DFMC Clinic and Madinat Zayed Hospital

She had MBBS from UAE University in 2002 In 2008 she got the Arab Board of Medical Specializations in Family Medicine MRCGP with merits.

In 2015 she earned her Masters Degree in Healthcare Management from the Institute of Leadership Royal College of Surgeon in Ireland And a CPHQ holder in 2013 Currently she is working as a family medicine consultant and deputy CMO of Al Dhafra Hospitals since 2020.

Dr. Mariam has a remarkable achievements & recognition through the years:

2019 Excellence Awardee as an ADH Distinguished Leader.
2019 Excellence Awardee for the 1 st Implementation of Cardiac Catheterization Service in the Region.
2018 Employee Awardee of SEHA’s Best 1000 Employees.

Dr. Nazmi Hussein Alsawalhi

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Dr. Nazmi Hussein Alsawalhi

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Dr.Nazmi Alsawalhi is the current family medicine consultant and physician lead in AlDhafra Family Medicine Center, ADH- SEHA. He is board certified in the specialty of family medicine, Diploma in healthcare management. Served as a trainer and member of the family medicine specialty committee of the ministry of health in Jordan. He has conducted over 200 lectures and workshops on different medical subjects. He has a special interest in innovative medical technology to improve the quality of medical care and build integrated and strong primary care services.

Dr. Ruqya rashid matar Al zaabi

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Dr. Ruqya rashid matar Al zaabi

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Dr.Ruqya alzaabi, is a Consultant in Emergency Medicine and the Simulation Lead at Sheikh Khalifa Medical City, Abu Dhabi. She attained her MBBS degree in 2011 from University of Sharjah,UAE. Since then, she worked in military Hospital for her internship. She joined Arab Board Emergency Medicine Residency Program in 2012 and became a Specialist of Emergency Medicine. During residency, Ruqya developed passion in medical simulation and joined a Harvard affiliated clinical simulation fellowship at STRATUS center for medical simulation, Boston USA, where she worked closely with Harvard Faculty and Harvard Medical Students and postgraduates’ physicians. She is also a Faculty of Emergency Medicine Residency Program where she and her colleague’s introduced simulation as a core curriculum and robust tool in medical education. Dr. Ruqya is also interested in disaster Medicine and volunteered as part of the medical team at international events such as Formula one Grand Prix.Ruqya is currently leading hospital wide simulation projects such as Interprofessional team training, procedural skills sessions, instructor training courses in simulation and Life support training.

Dr. Zuhair Afaneh

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Dr. Zuhair Afaneh

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Dr. Zuhair is a consultant Endocrinologist and Chief Medical Officer for Sheikh Khalifa General Hospital in Umm Al Quwain.

He completed his medical residency at Cornell Medical Center in New York and Master of Medical Management degree at Tulane University in Louisiana.

He is certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine, the American Board of Medical Quality, the American College of Physician Executives; and earned specialty certificate in Endocrinology and Diabetes from UK.

Dr. Zuhair has academic experience, currently serves as adjunct clinical professor at University in Sharjah and served previously in the USA as an Assistant Professor of Medicine at Wright State University in Ohio