LOCAL CHAIR:
Dr. Hana Al Zaabi, General Secretary, Arab Confederation for Physical Therapy – Gulf Region. Zayed Military Hospital, Abu Dhabi, UAE
SCIENTIFIC ORGANISING COMMITTEE:
Mr. Esmat Mohamed Al Hawary, MSc Orthopaedic, MSc Pain Management UK, Senior Physiotherapist, CME Coordinator, Rehabilitation and Physical Medicine Institute, Al Ain Hospital, Al Ain, UAE
Dr. Fawziea Al-Jenaibi, CME Officer - CPE Sub-Committee Coordinator, (HAAD)-Health Authority Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Miss. Haleimah Al Kaabi, Occupational Therapist, Chairperson of (OTS-EMA)-Occupational Therapy Society – Emirates Medical Association.Tawam Hospital, Al Ain, UAE
Dr. Omar Al-Medhani, Acting Head of Physiotherapy Department, Police Clinic, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Dr. Noura Al Menhali, PHD, CME/CPD, Section Head, (HAAD)-Health Authority Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Dr. Sultan Al Qaydi, Head of Arabic Relations Committee, Arab Confederation for Physical Therapy, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Dr. Hanaa Al Zaabi, General Secretary, Arab Confederation for Physical Therapy–Gulf Region. Zayed Military Hospital, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Dr. Ahmed Abdulhadi Bashkeel, Doctor of Physical Therapy, Al Ain Hospital, Al Ain, UAE
Ms. Sana Dabour, Occupational Therapy Supervisor, Tawam Hospital, Al Ain, UAE
Mr. Daniel R. Fischer, Acting Head of Rehabilitation, MSc, PT, Tawam Hospital, Al Ain, UAE
Dr. Mershen Pillay, Audiologist and Speech Pathologist, Mafraq Hospital, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Mr. Raafat Ramzy, Health Regulation Department, Examination Section, (HAAD)-Health Authority Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, UAE
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS:
Juliana Freeme, B.Sc (OT), M.Sc, Lecturer, Department of Occupational Therapy, University of Witwatersrand, Parktown, South Africa
Prof. Quinette Louw, Post Graduate/Research School of Physiotherapy, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa
Shovan Saha, BOT, MOT; Associate Professor & Head, Dept. of Occupational Therapy, Manipal College of Allied Health Sciences, Manipal University, India
Prof. Dr. Naguib Salem, Ph.D.P.T. England, Professor of Physical Therapy, Vice Dean of Community Services and Environmental Affairs, Faculty Of Physical Therapy, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt
Dr. Ghazi Sarhan, Consultant Physiotherapist, Bahrain Physical Therapy Centre, Manama, Bahrain
Dr. Brian Watermeyer, Clinical Psychologist M.A. (Clin. Psych.) (U.C.T.), Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa
Prof. Paul J. Watson, Professor of Pain Management and Rehabilitation, Department of Health Sciences, Academic Unit, University of Leicester, Leicester, UK
SPEAKERS:
Mr. Esmat Mohamed Al Hawary, MSc, Orthopaedic, MSc Pain Management UK, Senior Physiotherapist Coordinator, Rehabilitation and Physical Medicine Institute,Al Ain Hospital, Al Ain, UAE
Dr. Hana Al Zaabi, General Secretary, Arab Confederation for Physical Therapy – Gulf Region. Zayed Military Hospital, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Dr. Abeer Ahmed Abdel Hamed, Assistant Professor at Dept of Physiotherapy, College of Health Science, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, UAE
Khawlah Abulfeilat, Occupational Therapist, The Hashemite University Zerqa Jordan. Head of Planning and Development Department, Arab City for Comprehensive Care, Amman, Jordan.
Dilshaad Abbas Ali, General Manager, Capital Health Screening Centre, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Toni Arndell, Senior Speech Pathologist, Tawam Hospital, Al Ain, UAE
Mohammed Badghish, Physiotherapist, Comprehensive Rehabilitation Centre, Ministry of Social Affairs, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Rashid Buhari, Chief Physiotherapist and Electrophysiologist, Wooridul Spine Centre, Dubai, UAE
Sandhya Chetty, Al Ain Hospital, Al Ain, UAE
Ms. Sana Dabour, Occupational Therapy Supervisor, Tawam Hospital, Al Ain, UAE
Ekram El Koumy, Acting Service Manager, Pediatrics Unit, Sultan Bin Abdulaziz Humanitarian City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Dr. Salwa El-Sobkey, Assistant Professor, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Mr. Daniel R. Fischer, Acting Head of Rehabilitation, MSc, PT, Tawam Hospital, Al Ain, UAE
Dr. Fatma A. Hegazy, Associate Professor, Physiotherapy Dept., College of Health Sciences, Sharjah University, Sharjah, UAE
Karen Hoffman, Senior Research Occupational Therapist, Royal London Hospital, London, UK
Peter Vithus Jensen D.C., Chiropractor, Manual Therapist, Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Department, Zayed Military Hospital, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Ghazal Kamran, Senior Physiotherapist, Rehabilitation and Physical Medicine Dept, Al Ain Hospital, Al Ain, UAE
Shaju Kareem, Senior Physiotherapist, Dubai hospital, Dubai, UAE
Dr. Keith Kwai-Tung Chan MB BCh, FAFRM (RACP), ABPM&R (Pain Med, SCI Med), Senior Staff Specialist, Rehabilitation Medicine, ACT Health, Consultant in Rehabilitation Medicine and Pain Management, Capital Rehabilitation, Canberra, Australia
Chan-Shik Shim, M.D., Ph.D. Consultant Neurospinal Surgeon, Wooridul Spine Centre, Dubai, UAE
Mrs. Susan Waller, Researcher, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia