المملكة العربية السعودية
الخدمات الصحية بوزارة الدفاع
مستشفى الملك فهد للقوات المسلحة بجدة

PROGRAM SCHEDULE

Time

Topic

8:00-8:30

Registration

8:30-8:40

Welcome from Saudi Neonatal Society

8:40-8:45

Welcome from Scientific Committee Chair

Session 1
Pearls

Moderators:
Prof. Saad Alsaedi / Dr. Ibrahim Alhifzi/ Dr. Mawaheb Abuouf

Time

Topic

08:45 – 09:15

Remarks on SNS: Its role in developing neonatal services

Prof. Abdulrahman Alnemri
(Speaker)

09:15 – 09:45

The Power of Artificial Intelligence in the NICU: Current Innovations & Future Frontiers

Dr. Micheal Narvey 🇨🇦
(Speaker)

09:45 – 10:15

Developing and applying your leadership skills

Prof. Peter Reynolds 🇬🇧
(Speaker)

10:15 – 10:45

Role of Neonatal Nursing Care in Improving Outcomeses

Dr. Debbie Fraser 🇨🇦
(Speaker)

10:45 – 11:00

QUESTIONS

11:00 – 12:00

Opening Ceremony

12:00 – 13:00

Lunch Break

Session II
Quality Improvement

Moderators:
Dr. Khalid Saidy / Dr. Asmaa Almazroaei

13:00 – 13:30

Role of data in improving neonatal outcomes

Dr. Kyong-Soon Lee 🇨🇦
(Speaker)

13:30 – 14:00

Medicolegal implication of neonatal practice

Dr. Sumesh Thomas 🇨🇦
(Speaker)

14:00 – 14:30

Caring for extreme low birth weight infants: The Constant Gardener

Dr. Debbie Fraser 🇨🇦
(Speaker)

14:30 – 14:40

QUESTIONS

14:40 – 15:00

Coffee Break

Session III
Quality

Moderators:
Dr. Rania Aljeaid / Dr. Abdelmawla

15:00 – 17:00

EPIQ Workshop

Prof. Adel Elsharkawy 🇨🇦
(Speaker)

17:00 – 17:15

QUESTIONS

Session IV
Emerging Evidence

Moderators:
Dr. Amna Alsuliman / Dr. Alaa Nawawi

Time

Topic

08:00 – 08:30

Neonatal transport metrics and quality improvement

Dr. Kyong-Soon Lee 🇨🇦
(Speaker)

08:30 – 09:00

Umbilical cord management: Where are we in 2024?

Dr. Sumesh Thomas 🇨🇦
(Speaker)

09:00 – 09:30

Updated European RDS Consensus Guidelines of the management of RDS

Prof. David Sweet
(Speaker)

09:30 – 09:40

QUESTIONS

09:40 – 10:00

Coffee Break

Session V
What is New?

Moderators:
Dr. Mohamed Alhindi / Dr. Emad Khadawardi

10:00 – 10:30

Steroid Therapy for preterm infants including the results of the PLUSS Trial

Prof. Peter Davis 🇦🇺
(Speaker)

10:30 – 11:00

Surfactant Nebulization: Where are we now?

Prof. David Sweet
(Speaker)

11:00 – 11:30

Patient-ventilator interactions in infants. The “dark matter” of neonatal ventilation

Dr. Gusztav Belteki 🇬🇧
(Speaker)

11:30 – 11:40

QUESTIONS

11:40 – 13:00

Lunch Break

Session VI
Neonatal Ventilation

Moderators:
Dr. Mansour Alqurashi / Dr. Jameel Alghamdi

13:00 – 13:30

Ensuring Optimal Oxygenation around the Clock: Automated Oxygen Control

Prof. Peter Reynolds 🇬🇧
(Speaker)

13:30 – 14:00

Optimizing Respiratory Support with High Frequency Jet Ventilation

Dr. Micheal Narvey 🇨🇦
(Speaker)

14:00 – 14:30

High frequency oscillatory ventilation with volume guarantee (HFOV-VG). What is the evidence and how to use it?

Dr. Gusztav Belteki 🇬🇧
(Speaker)

14:30 – 14:40

QUESTIONS

14:40 – 15:00

Coffee Break

Session VII
Respiratory

Moderators:
Dr. Rafat Mosalli / Dr. Maan Abuzaid

15:00 – 15:30

Evidence based extubation practices and what we learn from ECLAT trial

Prof. Peter Davis 🇦🇺
(Speaker)

15:30 – 16:00

Weaning from nasal CPAP in preterm infants: current evidence & evolving strategies

Prof. Hesham Abdel-Hady 🇪🇬
(Speaker)

16:00 – 16:30

Transitional care of babies with BPD in preparation for discharge

Dr. Sumesh Thomas 🇨🇦
(Speaker)

16:30 – 16:40

QUESTIONS

Session VIII
Neonatal Sepsis

Moderators:
Dr. Ali Almudeer / Dr. Ahmed Dohain Dr. Amal Zubani / Dr. Zahraa Alsulami

Time

Topic

8:00-8:30

The impact of antibiotics and other medications in the NICU on the microbiome and infection outcomes

Dr. Gergely Toldi 🇳🇿
(Speaker)

08:30 – 09:00

Quality Assessment of Clinical Practice guidelines for neonatal Sepsis: Systematic Review

Dr. Yasser Amer 🇸🇦
(Speaker)

09:00 – 09:30

Oral Antibiotic in neonatal sepsis

Prof. Peter Reynolds 🇬🇧
(Speaker)

09:30 – 10:00

Neonatal Sepsis &Hemodynamic Support: Evolving Toward Phenotype Driven Protocols for Superior Outcome

Dr. Amuchou Soraisham 🇨🇦
(Speaker)

10:00 – 10:15

Coffee Break

10:15 – 10:45

Vaccination in the NICU and its impact on infection outcomes

Dr. Gergely Toldi 🇳🇿
(Speaker)

10:45 – 11:15

Shielding our Smallest: Exploring the Impact of Infection Control Measures in NICU Care

Prof. Adel Elsharkawy 🇨🇦
(Speaker)

11:15 – 11:35

Antibiotic Sepsis Dilemma

Dr. M. Abdelmawla 🇪🇬
(Speaker)

11:35 – 11:45

QUESTIONS

11:45 – 12:45

Lunch Break

Session IX

Moderators: Prof. Alnamri / Dr. Nisreen Kafi / Dr. Adeeb Khawaji

12:45- 13:10

Strategizing RSV prophylaxis in new rea of increased respiratory co-pathogen exposure

Prof. Nawaf Aldajani 🇸🇦
(Speaker)

13:10 – 13:30

Navigating the Tiny Brain: The Art and Science of Neonatal Neurology in the NICU

Dr. Asmaa Almazroaei 🇸🇦
(Speaker)

13:30 – 13:35

QUESTIONS

13:35 – 13:40

CLOSING REMARK

Company Presentation

13:40 – 14:15

Optimizing Infants Formula: The Role of HMO