4th International conference on Neonatology and Pediatric Care

Biography

Avroy A Fanaroff, MD, FRCP&CH was born and educated in South Africa. He completed his medical degree at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa and his boards in Internal Medicine (FRCPE) and Pediatrics, He emigrated to the United States in 1969 and did a fellowship in Neonatal Perinatal Medicine and was a Ford Foundation Fellow in Reproductive Biology at Case Western Reserve University. He is the Emeritus Eliza Henry Barnes Professor of Neonatology at Rainbow Babies and Children’s Hospital and Professor Emeritus in the Department of Pediatrics at Case Western Reserve University. He directed the neonatal Division for over 20 years and also served as department Chair in Pediatrics for 5 years. He is a fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics and has boards in Pediatrics and Neonatal Perinatal Medicine. He has authored and edited Care of the High Risk Neonate with Marshall Kllaus M.D (7editions) the last 2 with his son Jonathan., Neonatal Perinatal Medicine with Richard Martin M.D and Michelle Walsh M.D,(11 editions); Neonatology at a Glance with Tom Lissauer M.D (4 editions) and has served as editor of the yearbook of Neonatal Medicine since from 1987 for thirty years.

Avroy Fanaroff’s research interests include problems related to prematurity and particularly the care of infants at the borders of viability. He is also interested in neonatal infections and hyperbilirubinemia. He was a founding member of the Shriver NICHD Neonatal Research Network,has over 200 peer reviewed publications and is most interested in neonatal education.

He has received many awards including Honorary M.D’s from the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa and the University of Turku, Finland as well as Honorary Fellowship of the Royal College of Pediatricians and Child Health,London. He is aso the recipient of the Apgar award for life time achievement in Neonatal Perinatal Medicine, the Saltzman award for community service and the Physician recognition award from University Hospitals. He is married with three children and five grandchildren and is an avid sportsman bridge player  and photographer.

Biography

Prof. Poets graduated from Hannover Medical School in June 1986. He received his medical training at the Dept. of Paediatric Pulmonology & Neonatology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany, and at the Dept. of Paediatric Respiratory Physiology, Brompton Hospital&National Heart & Lung Institute, London, UK. In 1994, he became director of the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit and the Paediatric Sleep Lab at Hannover Medical School.

Since 2002, he is Chair and Medical Director, Department of Neonatology, Univer­sity Hospital, Tuebingen, Germany. In 2008, he became chairman of the newly established Inderdisciplinary Center for Cleft Palate and Craniofacial Malformations at Tuebingen University Hospital. Since 2020, he is also acting medical director of the Tuebingen University Children’s Hospital.

He has (co-)authored over 420 articles cited in PubMed and has contributed to over 120 review articles. His main research interests include the control of breathing, sleep apnoea/intermittent hypoxia, craniofacial malformations, e.g. Robin sequence, SIDS, perinatal epidemiology and outcome research, innate immunity, and the conduct of multicentre clinical trials. With regard to the latter, he was coordinator and Co-PI of NEuroSIS, a large EU-funded multicentre study on inhaled steroids for BPD prevention, and steering committee member of various multicentre trials (e.g., COT, ETTNO). In addi­tion, he serves on the DSMB of 2 large multicentre international trials (DOXA and HiLo).

Biography

Steven M. Donn, MD, FAAP, FAARC is a Professor Emeritus of Pediatrics at the University of Michigan Medical School in Ann Arbor, where he is a member of the Division of Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine at C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital. He is certified by the American Board of Pediatrics and its Sub-board of Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine. Dr. Donn is actively involved in teaching, writing, editing, and clinical research.  He is a member of numerous professional societies and is internationally known for his expertise in the management of respiratory failure in newborns.  In 2020 he was named a Fellow of the American Association for Respiratory Care for his profound and lasting contribution to the profession of respiratory care. He has authored more than 240 medical journal articles, written or edited 37 books and specialty journals, and contributed 259 book chapters. Dr. Donn’s extracurricular interests include astronomy, international travel, photography, and spectator sports (Go Blue!).

Biography

Mrs. Heather Hanna studied both adult and paediatric nursing in a joint course at the Charles West School of Nursing at Great Ormond Street Hospital, London qualifying as a Registered General Nurse and a Registered Sick Children’s Nurse in 1989. She also qualified as an RN in the State of Washington, practicing there for 3 years in Infant Intensive Care Unit and then as a Research Nurse at Children’s Hospital, Seattle. Her career was mostly spent in Neonatal Intensive Care before she moved into Research at St Mary’s Hospital Paddington where she also obtained her MSc in Allergy (dist.) from Imperial College London. Some seven years ago, she moved into Medical Education and obtained her MEd in University Lecturing and Teaching from Imperial College. Her roles are now split between Undergraduate Medical Education working in the Medical Ethics and Law Team and Postgraduate Medical Education as Clinical Teaching Fellow on the new online Applied Paediatrics MSc course, both at Imperial College London.

Biography

Dr. Hanna A. Alonim, Ph.D in Mental Health is an expert and researcher in the autism spectrum in infancy. Founder and Head of the Mifne Center, for Treatment, Training, and Research, since 1987. Head of the Therapists’ Training School for Autism at the Bar Ilan University. She developed the ESPASSI © screening scale for the detection of the autism prodrome in first year of life. Dr. Alonim is a committee member of the ICF Core Set for ASD, Stockholm 2016.

Biography

Dr. Eun-jung Koo, a medical professional, completed a Bachelor of Medicine degree from Jeju National University College of Medicine in February 2009. Subsequently, in February 2013, they pursued further studies at Dong-A University Graduate School of Medicine. Currently, they are enrolled in the doctoral course at Pusan National University Graduate School, which they began in March 2016.

Dr. Eun-jung Koo career began with an internship at Donga University Hospital, spanning from March 2009 to February 2010. Following that, they served as a Surgery Resident at Dong-A University Hospital from March 2010 to February 2014. They also worked as a Clinical Instructor at Hallym University Sacred Heart Hospital from March 2014 to February 2015. Continuing their professional journey, Eun-jung Koo held positions such as a Pediatric Surgery Research Instructor at the Department of Surgery, Keimyung University College of Medicine (March 2016 to February 2017) and a Clinical Research Assistant Professor at Yonsei University Severance Children's Hospital (March 2017 to February 2018). They then served as a Clinical Assistant Professor at Keimyung University School of Medicine, specializing in Pediatric Surgery from March 2018 to February 2019. Currently, they hold the position of Assistant Professor in the Department of Surgery, Department of Pediatric Surgery, at Keimyung University School of Medicine, starting from March 2019.

Biography

Zhenhuan LIU professor of pediatrics,Pediatric acupuncturist Ph.D.tutor.He has been engaged in pediatric clinical and child rehabilitation for 40 years. Led the rehabilitation team to treat more than 40,000 cases of children with intellectual disability, cerebral palsy and autism from China and more than 20 countries,More than 26800 childrens deformity returned to school and society and became self-sufficient.The rehabilitation effect ranks the international advanced level.Vice-chairman of Rehabilitation professional committe children with cerebral palsy,World Federation of Chinese Medicine Societies.Visiting Profassor of Chinese University of Hong Kong in recent 10 years. .He is most famous pediatric neurological and rehabilitation specialists in integrated traditional Chinese and Western medicine in China.He has edited 10 books.He has published 268 papers in international and Chinese medical journals.

Biography

As an academic neonatologist and pediatric intensive care physician, Dr. Tsao work in neonatal and pediatric intensive care, congenital airway anomalies, newborn screening. Dr. Tsao’s current research interests include i) universal newborn screening program of critical congenital heart disease, congenital CMV infection, and congenital toxoplamosis, ii) diagnosis and therapeutic intervention of airway anomalies via flexible bronchoscopy, iii) underlying mechanism and management of pediatric ARDS and HIE, and iv) long-term outcomes of high-risk infants.

Biography

Dr. Miranda graduated from the University of Santo Tomas as BS in Microbiology in 2010. She then pursued to study Doctor of Medicine at the St. Luke’s Medical Center – College of Medicine. She underwent pediatric residency at the St. Luke’s Medical Center – Quezon City. This will be her first presentation if granted the opportunity