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Dr. Abderrazak Hajjioui
MD, MPM, PhD, Faculty of Medicine and
Pharmacy, Abdelmalek Essaâdi University,
Co-Chair of the World Rehabilitation
Alliance Workforce Workstream, Morocco

Dr. Abdulfattah Alqahtani
Consultant of Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation, Associate Professor, Department of Health Rehabilitation Sciences, College of Applied Medical Sciences, King Saud University, President of Saudi Physical Therapy Association, Saudi Arabia

Dr. Adel Al-Shahrani
Consultant Spinal Injuries & Rehabilitation,
Sultan Bin Abdulaziz Humanitarian City
(SBAHC), Saudi Arabia

Dr. Adnan Wshah
Head and Assistant Professor of Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation, Department of Physiotherapy,
The Hashemite University, Jordan

Dr. Aheed Osman
Spinal Injuries, Consultant Lead Clinician,
Midland Centre for Spinal Injuries, Robert
Jones & Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital (RJAH), UK

Dr. Ahmed Saad Hassen
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Specialist, Sheikh Khalifa Hospital, Fujairah, UAE

Dr. Ajimsha MS
Director of Rehabilitation, Qatar
Rehabilitation Institute, Hamad Medical
Corporation, Qatar

Dr. Alaeldin Elmalik
Director of Rehabilitation, The Bayside
Rehabilitation Centre, Masada Hospital - Ramsay Health, Melbourne, Australia

Dr. Ali H. Otom
Senior Consultant in Spinal Injuries &
Musculoskeletal Medicine, CEO, Royal
Specialty Center for Spine & M-Skeletal
Disorders, Jordan

Dr. Amar Salti
Consultant Anesthesia & Interventional
Pain Medicine, Abu Dhabi Stem Cell
Center - Yas Clinic, Abu Dhabi, UAE,
President of the World Society of Pain
Clinicians (WSPC)

Dr. Amra Saric
Associate Professor, Department of
Medicine, Dalhousie University,
Head/Chief, Division of PM&R, Nova
Scotia Rehabilitation Center, Canada

Dr. Ashokan Arumugam
Associate Professor of Physiotherapy,
College of Health Sciences, University of Sharjah, UAE

Dr. Aziz Alfeeli
Consultant Physiatrist, MD, PM&R (Canadian Board), MSK/Chronic Pain Fellowship (Canada), Amiri Hospital, Kuwait

Prof. Catherine Dziri
Head of the department of PRM A, Institute of Orthopaedy M.Kassab, Faculty of Medicine of Tunis, University Tunis El Manar, Tunisia

Dr. Christine El Yahchouchi
Consultant, Anesthesiology and Pain
Medicine, Sheikh Shakhbout Medical
City, Abu Dhabi, UAE

Ms. Cori Pace
Associate Vice President Business
Development and Patient Solutions,
TIRR Memorial Hermann, Memorial
Hermann Rehabilitation Network, USA

Ms. Diana Cavico
Registered Nurse/Certified Rehabilitation Nurse Manager, NMC Provita International Medical Center, Abu Dhabi , UAE

Dr. Esraa Alawadi
MD, PMR Kuwaiti Board, Chronic Pain
Medicine and Spinal Cord Injury Specialist,
Kuwait

Ms. Fatema Mohammad AlBlooshi
Senior Physiotherapist, Sheikh Shakhbout
Medical City, Abu Dhabi, UAE

Ms. Fiona Stephenson
Health Care Capacity Building Advisor, United Kingdom

Dr. Florian Roser
Chief Medical Officer, Institute Chief,
Neurosurgery, Neurological Institute,
Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, UAE

Dr. Ghazi Sarhan
Consultant Physical Therapist and EMG
Specialist, Certified Kinesio Taping and
Dry Needling Instructor, Bahrain Physio
WWL., Bahrain

Prof. Hanadi Al Hamad
Deputy Chief Medical Officer for
Long-Term Care, Rehabilitation &
Geriatrics, Hamad Medical Corporation,
Head of WHO Collaborating Center for
Healthy Ageing and Dementia, Qatar

Dr. Hussam Touma
Specialist Physical Medicine and
Rehabilitation, NMC Provita International
Medical Center, Abu Dhabi, UAE

Ms. Hina Jan
Pelvic Health Physiotherapist, Burjeel Medical City, Abu Dhabi, UAE

Prof. Ibrahim Abuamr
Professor and Chairperson, Department of Physiotherapy, College of Health Sciences, University of Sharjah, UAE

Dr. Iman Akef Khowailed
PT, MPT, MPH DSc, WCS, Board-Certified
Women’s Health Clinical Specialist
USA, Associate Professor, University of Sharjah, UAE

Prof. Imen Miri
Full Professor PRM, Pediatric
Neurorehabilitation Specialist, Pediatric
Neuropsychology, Urodynamics Specialist,
Faculty of Medicine of Tunis, Tunisia

Dr. Jessica Adeyemo
PT, DPT, NCS, Acute Care Services Stroke Team Coordinator, Department of
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation,
Johns Hopkins Hospital, USA

Mr. Ken Johnson
PT, Executive Director, Ambulatory Rehabilitation Services, Johns Hopkins Hospital and Johns Hopkins Rehabilitation Network, Department of
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, USA

Dr. Magid Alkimawi
Consultant Physical Medicine &
Rehabilitation, Sheikh Shakhbout
Medical City, Abu Dhabi, UAE

Dr. Mahesh Cirasanambati
Consultant Physical Medicine &
Rehabilitation, Burjeel Medical City,
Abu Dhabi, UAE

Ms. Mais AlQudah
MPT, BPT, Physiotherapist & Geriatric
Rehabilitation Specialist, Hamad Medical
Corporation, Qatar

Dr. Melvyn Roerdink
Senior researcher, Department of Nutrition and Movement Sciences, Maastricht University, Chief Scientific Officer, Strolll Ltd., Stafford, UK, Associate professor, Technology in Motion, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Dr. Marco Bundalo
Physiotherapist, Manual Therapist,
INDIBA International Trainer, Sport&
Rehab, Spain

Dr. Meruna Bose
PT (Neuro), PhD, Associate Professor,
Department of Physiotherapy, College
of Health Sciences, Gulf Medical
University, Ajman, UAE

Dr. Muna Alserkal
Rehabilitation Consultant & Head of Department, Sheikh Khalifa Hospital, Fujairah, UAE

Dr. Nawfel Ayad
MD, Consultant Psychiatrist, Reem
Neuroscience Centre, Abu Dhabi, UAE

Dr. Omendra Narayan
Director of Pediatrics & Consultant
Interventional Pediatric Pulmonologist,
American Hospital Dubai, UAE

Dr. P. Jacob Joseph
Medical Director, International Program,
TIRR Memorial Hermann, Director,
Medical Affairs and Services, Memorial
Hermann Rehabilitation Network, Vice
Chair, Clinical Operations, Physical
Medicine & Rehabilitation, McGovern
Medical School at UTHealth, USA

Dr. Peiting Lien
PT, DPT, NCS, Clinical Resource Analyst, Ambulatory Neuro Rehabilitation Program Manager, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Johns Hopkins Hospital, USA

Prof. Dr. Peter Lackner
Head of the Department of Neurology
at Clinik Floridsdorf, Vienna Healthcare
Group, Vienna, Austria

Dr. Pradeep Thumbikat
Consultant in Spinal injuries and Clinical Director, Specialised Rehabilitation, Princess Royal Spinal Injuries Centre,
Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, President, British Society of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine, UK

Dr. Preeti Raghavan
MD, Director, Center of Excellence of
Stroke Treatment, Rehabilitation and Recovery, Johns Hopkins Sheikh Khalifa Stroke Institute, Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and Neurology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, USA

Dr. Rami Al-Ahmar
Consultant Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Head of Rehabilitation, Reem Hospital, Abu Dhabi, UAE, President & Founder of MENASCI, ISCoS Advisor, EDC Member

Dr. Ramzi Moufarrej
CMO - Consultant Intensive Care &
Internal Medicine, Specialized
Rehabilitation Hospital, Abu Dhabi, UAE

Dr. Raquel Neves
PhD, MsN, RN, Director of Nursing,
Almoosa Rehabilitation Hospital,
Almoosa Health, KSA

Dr. Rawan AlDuaij
Neurorehabilitation Specialist, Physical
Medicine and Rehabilitation Hospital, Kuwait

Ms. Rosemary Wasti
Specialist Oncology/Hematology Nurse,
Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, UAE

Dr. Salah Al Alawi
Consultant Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Burjeel Medical City, Abu Dhabi, UAE

Dr. Shrenik Ostwal
Specialist Palliative Medicine, NMC
Provita International Medical Center -
Khalifa City, Abu Dhabi, UAE

Dr. Srinivasa Chakravarty Budithi
Clinical Lead & Consultant in Rehabilitation
Medicine (Spinal Injuries), Midland Centre
for Spinal Injuries, Oswestry, UK

Dr. Sonia Crottaz-Herbette
Lecturer and Privat Docent, University of Lausanne, Faculty of Biology and Medicine, Switzerland

Dr. Sunitha Mysore
Deputy Head and Clinical Lead, Department of Physiotherapy, Fatima College of Health Sciences, Abu Dhabi, UAE

Ms. Souzan Kutaila
Senior Instructor – Nursing, Fatima College of Health Sciences, Abu Dhabi, UAE

Dr. Taniya Raj
Senior Speech Language Pathologist,
Sheikh Shakhbout Medical City, Abu
Dhabi, UAE

Dr. Vivek Mundada
Consultant Paediatric Neurology,
Medcare Hospital, Dubai, UAE

Dr. Zaid Alboloushi
Senior Specialist Physical Therapist,
Jaber Al-Ahmad Hospital, Kuwait,
Clinical Instructor, International DNHS
Instructor

Prof. Ziad Hawamdeh
Full Professor, Vice President for
Administrative Administrative, Financial
Affairs and Digital Transformation,
University of Jordan, Senior Consultant
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation,
Jordan University Hospital, Jordan



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